Deepwater Risers – Historical Review and Future Projections
EVENT: OTC Brasil
1 Oct 2019
The objective of this paper is to present the historical development of installed riser systems from the earliest offshore installations to the current state of the art and into the future.
The paper describes the main driving forces during the riser design process and presents the evolution of riser technology in a range of different regions and describes the influencing factors behind each development and the propagation of technology around the world. Using graphical visualizations of an extensive dataset of installed riser systems, the paper breaks down the global trends in riser by type, size, water depth and market dominance.
Authors
Pete Simpson
Director, Brazil
About
Pete is currently the director of 2H Offshore’s office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pete graduated with first-class honours in mechanical engineering from Cardiff University, UK, and joined 2H in 2002. After two years working at 2H’s office in Woking, he spent a year working as part of a 2H team within Saipem’s offices in Paris on the Kizomba B Project and then moved to Brazil in October 2005. During his time at 2H, he has developed extensive experience in freestanding riser systems in the Kizomba B project, SCRs on the P-55 FEED and also on the BSR system installed by Subsea7 in the Sapinhoá and Lula-NE fields offshore Brazil. He shares the management of the 2H office in Brazil with technical manager Roberto Alvim.
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Alexandre Lima
Technical Manager
Alexandre Lima
Technical Manager
About
Alex has over 19years’ experience in the offshore industry. Responsible for planning and carrying out technical work scopes that vary in size and complexity from small studies up to projects that involve a multi-discipline team of engineers with numerous interfaces with the client and third-party contractors. He has held project management role and worked as lead engineer in a number of projects in different stages from concept studies through to detailed design and integrity management, including BP Block31 PSVM offshore Angola, the Petrobras Buoyancy Supported Riser System (BSR) for Sapinhoá and Lula-NE fields and the Steel Lazy Wave Risers for Sepia field, offshore Brazil. Along 2H’s journey, Alex spent various periods working in 2H’s US and UK offices and has also been representing 2H when seconded to clients’ offices in different occasions, from pipe suppliers to EPCI companies and Operators. Providing direct support to company directors, sharing responsibilities of business development, client relationship management and leading the engineering team, Alex is currently one of the Technical Managers in the Rio office. He holds a master’s degree in structural engineering from UFRJ and has spent 2 years working for Petrobras Research Center before joining 2H.