Xodus Group Perth - Australian Capabilities

Australian Capability

Xodus Group in Australia Maximising the value of Australian assets

Browse Basin / Ichthys field

North West Shelf

Timor Sea Joint PetroleumDevelopment Area (JPDA)

Australia Pacific LNG project

Australia

North West Shelf,Western Australia

WESTERNAUSTRALIA

SOUTHAUSTRALIA

NORTHERNTERRITORY

QUEENSLAND

NEW SOUTHWALES

VICTORIA

TASMANIA

WESTERNAUSTRALIA

1. Balnaves field2. Coniston field3. Devil Creek gas plant4. East Spar field5. Goodwyn A platform6. Gorgon field7. John Brookes field8. Kultarr field9. North Rankin complex10. Novara field

11. Okha FPSO12. Persephone field13. Pluto field14. Pyrenees field15. Scarborough field16. Stag platform17. Stybarrow field18. Varanus Island processing hub19. Vincent / Van Gogh fields20. Wheatstone field

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As operators look to optimise existing facilities to increase output, Xodus Group provides the independent, integrated thinking needed to solve complex challenges in the Australia region.

Our engineers work seamlessly to deliver results that make an impact on enhancing production or driving cost efficiencies.

A joined up approach, delivered by a truly multidiscipline team, means that we can bring a small team attitude to tasks to deliver rapid, tangible outcomes.

At a time when our clients are altering strategies, we fully understand the pressures in a landscape of rising costs and low barrel prices.

From field development planning to supporting asset integrity, operations and maintenance, our specialists work as trusted advisors at every stage of the asset lifecycle. No challenge is too big or too small; we provide the smart thinking needed to deliver truly fit-for-purpose solutions to our clients’ needs.

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Xodus Group in Australia 2 . Operational Excellence 3 . Process & Facilities 4 . Production Assurance 5

Online Real Time Modelling and Advanced Simulation Technologies 6 . Visualisation Dashboards 7 . Subsea Analysis 8 . Vibration Engineering 9 . Tools 10 . Worldwide Support 11

Xodus Group experience

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Our experience in operational support places us in a unique position to consult on a wide range of issues to ensure our clients achieve operational excellence. We understand that moving from design into operations is not always a flawless transition; we have the capabilities in our Perth office to help solve the issues that arise along the way. We have gained extensive experience working on assets throughout the Australia region. Our integrated Process & Facilities, Production Assurance, Vibration Engineering, Subsea, Integrity and Environment teams have a strong background in maximising asset performance. They are able to offer a full suite of operational support services, software solutions, or a single specialist to assist our clients in achieving operational excellence on new or existing assets.

Expertise › Process system optimisation › Troubleshooting › Debottlenecking › Root cause analysis › Start-up (facilities and pipelines) › Commissioning (facilities and pipelines) › Compressor control optimisation › Dynamic plant modelling (HYSYS) › Linked dynamic models (HYSYS-OLGA) › Brownfields modifications › Dewatering / pigging › Inhibitor chemistry › Produced water chemistry › Acoustically Induced Vibration (AIV) /

Flow Induced Vibration (FIV) assessments › Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) /

Finite Element Analysis (FEA) modelling › Acoustics and noise management › Sand production and deposition analysis › Operating manuals and procedures › Slugging / surge management › Online monitoring and process data

management › Process dashboards › Integrity analysis (subsea and facilities) › Hydrate remediation › Pipeline repair support

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Our team of engineers delivers practical, up-front solutions that directly address process and operational challenges. With an extensive track record in complex development studies through to asset optimisation, brownfield modifications and field life extension, our team can support the entire asset lifecycle. All of our lead engineers and consultants have extensive experience in frontline operations. We bring this practical experience to every aspect of our work, adding significant value to solutions and taking full account of real-world challenges.

We provide the smart thinking needed to deliver truly fit-for-purpose solutions to our clients’ needs; maximising the uptime and value of their existing assets, and ensuring that new developments are brought on-stream efficiently. We integrate our facilities engineering excellence with the full range of services delivered by Xodus, providing holistic solutions to complex challenges. Our software and technology know-how enables us to deliver this via state-of-the-art software platforms.

Process & FacilitiesProviding high-quality solutions throughout the entire development and production lifecycle

Australia experience

Chevron Australia › Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility start-up

and operating procedures

INPEX › Dynamic simulation of Floating Production

Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel condensate train start-up

› Offshore operating manuals

Origin Energy › Integrated production planning and

optimisation model for Australia Pacific LNG

Quadrant Energy (Apache) › Field development studies, project

management and execution support for various subsea tiebacks

› Commissioning and start-up support › Debottlenecking studies

Woodside Energy › Goodwyn A debottlenecking, including

vibration assessment

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Process & Facilities

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As operators look to optimise existing facilities to increase output, our Production Assurance team is solving complex challenges that ultimately benefit the bottom line.

From flow assurance and production chemistry, to production technology and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), our Perth-based specialists delve deep to deliver practical, engineered solutions. We strive to push the boundaries of advanced engineering to help clients optimise their producing assets from wellbore to point-of-sale. Our focus is on measurable outputs that can be easily understood rather than simply presenting simulation results.

We bring an independent perspective and look at a problem from every angle, engaging all stakeholders to come up with robust solutions. By integrating our multidiscipline expertise, we support clients in tackling production and integrity issues from erosion to slugging, solids deposition to hydrate management across the asset lifecycle, and can provide insight to the resolution of potential late-life or life extension issues.

Our specialists are focused on optimisation and can review historical data for potential areas for investigation and improvement. Using a small team approach to minimise client input and resources, we take a forensic view of anomalies to pinpoint the cause of losses and offer rational guidance on how to move forward.

The first step is a quick review to see if our team can add value and we then assemble the right cross-discipline expertise needed to address the issues, ultimately increasing efficiency and uptime and boosting production.

Production AssurancePredicting and managing production behaviour as fluids move from reservoir to market


BHP Billiton › Production chemistry support for Pyrenees

Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel (scaling, produced water / slops water treatment)

INPEX › Ichthys field Technical Directorate flow

assurance support › Ichthys field systems engineering support › Ichthys field pigging, commissioning and start-

up studies

Quadrant Energy (Apache) › Greater East Spar project flow assurance

engineering › John Brookes field Monoethylene Glycol

(MEG) delivery system debottlenecking Woodside Energy › Browse LNG project Front End Engineering

Design (FEED) flow assurance engineering › Goodwyn A platform wellbore N2 bullheading

and restart procedures


Chris Smith

Production Assurance

Manager – Perth

[email protected]

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As well as using Aspen toolkits to link HYSYS (steady state and dynamic) to multiphase pipeline simulators (such as PIPESIM, OLGA, PROSPER and GAP) and to Microsoft Excel, Xodus develops custom links to control systems, leveraging the Component Object Model (COM) and Object Linking and Embedding for Process Control (OPC) communication protocols.

Xodus has also delivered an industry first by using a dynamic process simulation at the heart of an allocation system, reading in-plant data to the model then calculating and publishing allocation reports to a client’s intranet.

As part of our client-centred approach we focus on developing visual interfaces to simulations to allow non-expert user interaction and ‘what if’ analysis.

Online Real Time Modelling and Advanced Simulation Technologies


› Integrated production modelling for coal seam and shale gas projects

› Slug control studies on oil train level control and reciprocating compressor control

› Produced water design stage control review › Compressor control optimisation studies

including the use of a Compressor Control Corporation (CCC) HYSYS extension where needed

› Rigorous hydraulic and thermodynamic blowdown analysis of onshore and offshore facilities

› Over-pressurisation and Instrument Overpressure Protection System (IOPPS) analysis of process facilities

› Development of operator training systems › Control solution for two platforms exporting oil

to a common manifold


Andy Jones

General Manager – Perth

[email protected]

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Xodus has developed methods to maximise the value returned from the visual representation and use of real-time and historical data. Using our clients’ preferred visualisation software e.g. BabelFish, P2 Explorer, Plant View, PI ProcessBook, or Uniformance, we distil vast quantities of data into readily accessible tools for pro-active monitoring and optimisation of facility performance. Work can get underway by simply mimicking offshore Distributed Control System (DCS) screens while other clients may require more sophisticated techniques to generate calculated data based on limited availability of instrumentation.

We have developed online tools including virtual metering of process and flare streams, compressor performance monitoring, Triethylene Glycol (TEG) system troubleshooting and electrical submersible pump optimisation.

Visualisation DashboardsMaximising value using real-time data


Quadrant Energy (Apache) › Virtual metering of the Varanus Island

processing hub flare system › Online monitoring of electric submersible

pumps

Woodside Energy › Interactive process and subsea dashboards

for Okha Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel

› Overview dashboards for North West Shelf gas assets


Andy Jones

General Manager – Perth

[email protected]

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Our team of engineers offers a highly experienced capability in subsea analysis to support operators and Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPC&I) contractors. Specific areas of expertise include analysis of flexible pipelines and umbilicals as well as rigid pipelines and flowlines.

Our riser system in-place analysis includes feasibility studies, flexible pipe procurement support and configuration assessments. Our global riser analysis consists of a preliminary, Front End Engineering Design (FEED) and detailed design stage.

We provide detailed installation analysis of rigid pipes, flexibles and umbilicals and dynamic lift analysis of subsea structures. We also offer bottom roughness, free span assessment and crossing design as part of our rigid pipeline analysis, as well as global finite-element buckling analysis (upheaval and lateral buckling) and bottom stability analysis.

Our Perth-based specialists apply these specialist skills on projects worldwide. Xodus Group’s integrated approach enables our Perth team to draw on our worldwide pool of experts for additional support and broader capabilities to meet project requirements.

Subsea AnalysisDelivering results to maximise opportunities and minimise risk


Apache › Greater East Spar project package

management and fabrication support

Wellstream (GE Oil & Gas) › Pyrenees field flexible riser system

detailed design › Apache Balnaves field flexible riser preliminary

configuration design

Global integration

Danish North Sea – Bibby Offshore › Tyra E platform rigid riser installation analysis

Norwegian North Sea – Ocean Installer › Draugen field flexible and umbilical

installation analysis

Persian Gulf – Maersk Oil Qatar › Al-Shaheen field rigid pipeline on bottom

roughness, crossing and lateral stability design

UK North Sea – GDF Suez › Juliet field gas export pipeline upheaval

buckling analysis


Chris Jones

Consultant Engineer

[email protected]

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Vibration problems associated with both static and rotating equipment can lead to significant reliability issues and plant downtime. This often results in significant remediation costs, associated loss of production, re-design and replacement of failed piping, investigation by regulatory authorities and potential damage to reputation.

Our vibration engineering specialists have international experience of helping oil and gas clients address their vibration issues, from troubleshooting fatigue issues and site surveys, to proactive office-based design and vibration control reviews. This is accomplished using a combination of on-site measurement and experience based inspection, detailed analysis, advanced modelling techniques and Subject Matter Expert (SME) knowledge.

For mature assets and life extension studies, our engineers adopt a risk based approach to vibration, focussing on safety and production critical systems. Then using our experience and expertise, we advise our clients on how to identify the vibration issues of greatest concern and provide advice on the most cost effective control strategies.

For new greenfield / brownfield developments or debottlenecking studies, we adopt a proactive approach to vibration assessment using, for example, the Energy Institute Guidelines, but augmented by many years of carrying out such studies. We are able to support our clients through the design, construction, commissioning and operational phases to minimise the risk of fatigue failures or reliability problems.

We can draw on multidisciplinary technical expertise and, where required, provide design solutions developed to ensure fitness for purpose in all aspects of operation. The support we provide helps to increase asset uptime, delivering substantial cost benefits.

Vibration EngineeringPreventing vibration induced failures


Chevron Australia › Acoustically Induced Vibration (AIV)

assessment for Wheatstone Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Gorgon LNG

Origin Energy › SME support for Australia Pacific LNG project

pipeline re-pressurisation studies

Woodside Energy › Design stage flow induced vibration

assessment of subsea production jumpers for Pluto field

› Topsides and subsea flow induced vibration assessment during detailed design for Persephone field

› SME input to North Rankin B platform firewater pump Root Cause Analysis (RCA)


Rob Swindell

Global Vibration

Engineering Lead

[email protected]

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XRISK is a secure web-based risk management tool that places data relating to risk assessments into a central risk register. It is used to generate controls, assign and track actions and create an auditable record. A powerful risk graph plots managed and unmanaged risks in terms of likelihood versus severity and displays the cost implications.

Features › Clear, graphic visualisation of risk elements › Users set email alerts, access and control an

action register and generate reports › Reports based on a wide variety of criteria › Supports several different types of risk

assessment processes.

Benefits › Risk registers can be managed on a project

related and strategic basis › Allows safety, environmental and availability

implications to be assessed immediately › Enables efficient risk management.

XPLORE is an app created by Xodus Group to collect, process and deliver accurate production and equipment data.

Features › Brings data together from multiple sources › Performs advanced dynamic process

simulations using industry-standard packages › Visualises data on a thin web client – view up-

to-the-minute, secure data on your computer, tablet or smartphone

› Applies Boolean logic to become a powerful diagnostic tool.

Benefits › Customisable web interface allows you to

quickly determine the current performance of any asset

› Helps to determine an optimal production strategy using real-time / predictive, historical and what if analysis modes

› User access over your corporate intranet. No downloads or plug-ins, and upgrades are simultaneous for all users.

ToolsDeveloping innovative solutions to support our capabilities

XPLORE processes raw data to deliver a powerful, near real-time picture of your operations, allowing you to take the right course of action at the right time and meet your operational targets.

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Worldwide supportXodus Group is an international engineering and advisory company founded on an integrated approach to energy challenges

Xodus offers engineering and advisory support for oil and gas upstream operators and renewable energy developers worldwide as they seek to overcome the challenges they face throughout the life of their assets.

From conceptual studies, Front End Engineering Design (FEED) and detailed design, into operation and through to life extension and decommissioning, Xodus provides the clever and innovative thinking needed to maximise the return on our customers’ investment.

Xodus’ uniquely integrated services, backed up by specialist tools and training, span the numerous disciplines involved in delivering complex energy projects.

17Strategically placed officesAmericas . EuropeMiddle East & Africa . Asia Pacific

500+Clients worldwide

EnvironmentIntegrity

Process & FacilitiesProduction Assurance

Subsea EngineeringTechnical Safety & Risk

Vibration Engineering

Project ManagementTrainingWell EngineeringWell ExaminationWell Intervention

GeosciencePetrophysicsProduction TechnologyReservoir Engineering

Our technical capabilities are tailored to each project’s requirements and are delivered via one of our six integrated business units

Xodus offers the broadest range of technical capabilities in its field

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11108 October 2015 XPLORE and XRISK are Xodus Group proprietary products.All other company, product, and service names are the properties of their respective owners.

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