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An integrated FMEA and MCDA based risk management approach to support life extension of subsea facilities in high-pressure–high-temperature (HPHT) conditions

Shafiee, Mahmood, Animah, Isaac (2022) An integrated FMEA and MCDA based risk management approach to support life extension of subsea facilities in high-pressure–high-temperature (HPHT) conditions. Journal of Marine Engineering & Technology, 21 (4). pp. 189-204. ISSN 2056-8487. (doi:10.1080/20464177.2020.1827486) (KAR id:95463)

Abstract

The majority of facilities installed in offshore oil and gas fields during the 1980s and 1990s were designed to operate in ‘normal’ conditions. However, during the operational life of the fields, some new high pressure/high temperature (HPHT) wells may be discovered and tied back to older facilities. Operating these facilities beyond their design parameters in harsh environments may lead to catastrophic failures, resulting in significant economic losses and environmental problems. Managing the risks associated with failure of ageing subsea facilities in HPHT environments is considered as a very complex and critical task. To overcome such challenge, there is a need for development of decision-making methods that are capable of estimating precisely the risks associated with HPHT conditions as well as prioritising the risk mitigation and remediation strategies. This paper aims to propose an integrated risk management framework – based on Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) approach and a hybrid Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) model – for evaluating the risks and prioritising mitigation strategies over the extended lifetime of subsea facilities in HPHT environments. For the purpose of illustrating the model, a case study of subsea manifold and flowlines is provided and the results are evaluated and discussed. Our findings indicate that the proposed approach offers significant improvement to the classical risk management processes applied to subsea oil and gas facilities as it can assist asset managers, risk analyst, regulators and policy makers with a decision model which considers both subjective (qualitative) judgements and objective (quantitative) evaluation measures.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1080/20464177.2020.1827486
Uncontrolled keywords: Risk management; Life extension; Subsea oil and gas; High-pressure/high-temperature (HPHT) conditions; Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA); Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA)
Subjects: T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
V Naval Science > VM Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Engineering and Digital Arts
Depositing User: Mahmood Shafiee
Date Deposited: 16 Jun 2022 08:11 UTC
Last Modified: 17 Jun 2022 08:18 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/95463 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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