Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has signed a deal to create new digital twins of two offshore platforms in the Dutch North Sea, expanding its portfolio of digitized assets to 14.
Neptune Energy said the twins would allow engineers to carry out traditional offshore work from an onshore location, speeding up work schedules and reducing costs.
UK 3D technology specialist Eserv will digitize the D15-A and K12-C platforms operated by Neptune, having created digital versions of 12 platforms in the Dutch and UK sectors, Neptune said in its statement.
Instead of flying to offshore platforms to perform routine inspection and planning activities, Neptune teams can visit assets virtually, Neptune noted. Thousands of hours of work have been completed from offices in this way since the twins were introduced, he added.
“The use of 3D technologies, such as digital twins, has provided significant benefits, including reduced operational costs, allowing traditional offshore activities to be carried out quickly and efficiently, without traveling offshore. Our teams of engineering can now virtually visit platforms to support the safe running of operations from anywhere on the planet,” said Stephane Lacote, director of operations for Neptune Energy in the Netherlands.
Digitizing operational assets to improve safety and productivity and reduce environmental impacts supports Neptune Energy’s goals of improving asset integrity and providing employees with technologies that support collaboration with peers around the world , the company said.
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