Proceedings of the

The 33rd European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2023)
3 – 8 September 2023, Southampton, UK

Proposal of a Test Protocol for Reliability Assessment of the New All-Electric Intelligent Completion Interface

Eduardo Menezes1,a, Isis Lins1,b, Márcio Moura1,c, Rafael Azevedo1,d, Caio Maior1,e, Manoel Feliciano da Silva2,f, Marcos Vinicius Nóbrega2,g, Fabricio Damico3,h and Marcelo Medici3,i

1Center for Risk Analysis and Environmental Modeling, Brazil.

2CENPES/Petrobras - Research Center Leopoldo Américo Miguez de Mello, Brazil.

3Navcon Engineering, Brazil.

ABSTRACT

One of the large breakthroughs in the O&G industry is the complete electrification of the completion. In this regard, a whole new group of equipment has been developed for implementing electric completion. One of the most critical is the subsea interface (SI), with the role of providing the subsea valves with the necessary power and the communication layer to the topside instrumentation and control. In order to evaluate the reliability of the SI, a complete test protocol must be designed, encompassing mechanical, thermal, electronic and electrical testing, since the equipment involves different mechanical support parts, power electronics and communication devices. In this work, the elaboration of a test protocol for the SI is executed according to the most recommended guidelines, academic research and reliability considerations.

Keywords: Accelerated test protocol, O&G industry, Intelligent completion, Test guidelines.


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