Eserve International, an Aberdeen-based oil and gas engineering company, is working with the Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) to develop a new intelligent dimensional control survey and design platform, which could deliver significant cost-savings for North Sea operators.
Eserve’s solution provides a bespoke interface to extract laser scan data into a dimensional control environment, which allows for efficient and effective planning of repair work. Only a single operative is required for the survey activity offshore, with the majority of the survey work completed onshore.
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The current onsite dimensional control survey method using a theodolite is a time-consuming and expensive workflow which requires two operatives offshore, which impacts heavily on bed space and travel logistics for reactive scopes of work.
Dan Millard, Co-founder and Director of Eserve, said: “We’re delighted to have received funding and support from the Technology Centre for this project. It became clear after speaking with a number of major operators that the turnaround time for surveys is a significant issue to which our platform can offer a cost-effective and efficient alternative, which is already showing a 73% overall cost saving based on recent case studies.”
Rebecca Allison, Asset Integrity Solution Centre Manager for the Oil & Gas Technology, said: “Our goal is to eliminate the impact of asset integrity on operational uptime by 2026. To achieve this we need to transform the way we maintain assets and new technology is at the heart of this. Eserve’s solution has great potential and we believe it can deliver significant benefits North Sea operators.!
