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engageSubsea
An agile platform for theasset digital life-cycleAuthors

Alex Seinuah
Fabrizio Siracusano
Mario Alonso RinconConnor Robb
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The challenge

We are facing a world where a consistent connection
over data leads, real-time information and expertiseis expected.

Today’s business complexity requires an evolution in
the way we share project and service information in

the energy industry – from a reporting culture to truetransparency and collaboration. COVID-19 has madecollaboration and connectivity more critical than everbefore by asking us to adapt to a new normal. A digitalfoundational system able to embrace raw data, perform

analytics, and display key recommendations and insights
plays a key role on turning this unprecedented challenge
into opportunities by making our industry
more contemporary.

Market requirement/problem statement

Asset integrity management still represents almost 80%

engageSubsea is a real-time modular platform
for proactive asset management and instanttroubleshooting which can be leveraged during any

stage in a field’s life-cycle.

The platform represents the point of digital dialogue

between Baker Hughes and our customer. The modular

nature of engageSubsea ensures flexibility and is capableof integrating raw datasets (Baker Hughes or 3rd partydata). Leveraging almost 100 years of industry expertise
combined with best-in-class hardware and software

technologies, engageSubsea deploys an ecosystem ofmodules with proven ability to reduce non-productive
time and OPEX for our customers.

Our engageSubsea journey has rapidly evolved fromof our customers’ OPEX.

concept to reality – it has been the catalyst in supportingLess than 1% of data sets available are currently leveraged

created the base platform and then consolidated

monitored – most of the evaluations are based on humanof the operation (e.g. from order creation, throughour, and our customers’, digital transformations. We

in the oil and gas industry and usually – when they are

multiple data streams to allow end-to-end visibility

assessment of raw data.

equipment repair and maintenance, to installation andThe market and industry needs a way to use data,

coupled with expertise, to pro actively manage assets

commissioning and Life of Field (LoF)).

As planned and unplanned maintenance costs became

and reduce OPEX.

more critical to our customers, as did our focus on

Background & evolutionof engageSubsea

We enhanced engageSubsea’s capabilities and focused

After the success of engageDrilling in 2014, we built onthese foundations to create a subsea platform witha more ambitious goal – create a full-scale digital

enablement to the customer, going beyond visualizationof data, and provide a cohesive solution enabling
proactive management of asset life-cycle.

engageSubsea is the digital foundational system of allBaker Hughes subsea activities and represents Digital
Enablement within our Subsea Connect philosophy.

It combines vertical industry experience with best-in-class technology and intelligent analytics to proactively
support our customers throughout their project life-cycles. Built for collaboration, the platform unlocks value

for both Baker Hughes and its customers through 3 main
drivers: supporting live operations safely and remotely;

predicting degradation and failure of subsea and topside
assets; and supporting effective operations planning.

production efficiency and asset health monitoring.

on these themes with the enablement of our predictive
and monitoring capabilities, which can be enabledon new, or existing assets. This is key in supporting

preventative maintenance strategies as the systemallows not only immediate notification of equipment

failure, but also early identification of system degradation.
These insights, paired with Baker Hughes subject matter

experts’ experience, bring immediate valuable decisional
support to our customers’ operations.

The most recent upgrade to engageSubsea is to hostour remote activities, engageSubsea Remote. Fromthe platform, we are able to support both internal andcustomer operations without the need for personnel tobe on site. This functionality has allowed a number ofkey projects to continue during these unprecedented
challenging times. But the value does not stop there,
we have realized operational efficiencies for Baker

Hughes and our customers through improved lead timein troubleshooting and the ability to support multiple
operations at once.

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The platform - main functions

engageSubsea offers a comprehensive suite of modules• Equipment fleet management and maintenancedecision making. These modules deliver specific• Comprehensive project documentation libraryto get the most from operations planning and to support
capabilities including, but not limited to:planning• Equipment spares store• Saved 6-12 rig hours• Predictive algorithms matching historical data and• Future projections of electronic equipment lifespanoperating data to get more accurate maintenanceand auto-detect at-risk systems

or physical inspections plans• Hypothetical operational scenarios with full production
revenue impact modelling• Controls upgrade plans with redundancies analysis• Live visibility of global offshore activities (personnel,activities, tooling, equipment)

Offshore planning& OEM assets
management

Documentation& Datamanagement

Conventional/
AI-led analytics
for asset integrity& IMR

ModulesOnshore/offshore
remote support

MobilityPeople

Cloud

Obsolescencemanagement &asset healthscore

Big data/
analytics

engageSubsea Platform

HSE and Permit
operations
management

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Onshore & offshore remotesupportengageSubsea allows business continuity for ourcustomers during these challenging times and beyond.

We can support live operations remotely, with technicalexperts in an onshore environment offering their support
to one, or many, operations at one time:• Support offshore operations from onshore• Real time collaboration between Baker Hughes
technical and operational teams• Real time, dual-sense data flow between offshore
and onshore• Remotely host Customer’s equipment and HSE

inspections ( in field or during shop operations)• Instant SME support from centralized knowledge base
• Provide training/knowledge sharing/AR• Remote support workflows are embedded in ourprocesses and integrated with other systems

Remote Support for Operational Excellence

Equipment integrity and flow
assurance managementOnly a low percentage of subsea data from distributed

In terms of production goals flow-assurance isanalysis and visualization is critical it is also complex

well testing to field characterisation. It also requires a lotcontrol systems (DCS) is available onshore, and although
and time-consuming. Simplifying the decision-making
process is operationally advantageous, but engineers
need more evidence than they often have.

engageSubsea’s modules for equipment integrity
management connect the following:• Sensors that can be integrated with well, riser andsubsea production system (SPS) equipment in a varietyof locations to give a broader view

• Agnostic application modules that can analyse andintegrate data on equipment from any manufacturer• Customisable screens for onshore personnel so they

can make decisions that are right for each site, projector asset• prognostic analysis that can predict failure points
and expected lifetime of equipment

fundamental and already based on data analytics, fromof ‘what-if’ analysis to determine optimum operational

set points, like minimum water production, or to optimise
required chemical injections. On the other hand, subsea

meters typically consolidate a number of measurements
which are not always available at every well and also
just one meter failure can affect accuracy ofthe measurement.

Baker Hughes will offer the best in class hardware(metering solutions covering SPS infrastructure, wells

and risers) to support measurement with a distributed
flow-metering (DFM) solution that combines the bestof virtual and physical metering, and which integrates
measurements from downhole, trees, and the wider

Subsea Product System (SPS); while engageSubsea’s
module will support decisions around productionenhancement with analytics embedding our expertise, inorder to provide flow engineers with a whole-system view.

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Obsolescence management& asset health score
The objective of obsolescence management is tomulti-stage process which is robust and standardized,

ensure that obsolescence is considered as an integral

to facilitate the rapid identification of those components

part of design, development, production and in-service

support in order to minimize cost and detrimental impact
throughout the product life cycle.

posing the highest obsolescence risk.

The process begins with uploading equipment Bills ofThe engageSubsea obsolescence management moduleis essential to achieve optimum cost-effectivenessMaterials to the asset management application andincludes a detailed manufacturer’s obsolescencestatus analysis, risk assessment, and reliability analysis

throughout the life cycle of a product. It uses a novel(including economic modelling).

Our asset health score provides the opportunity for oil

Baker Hughes to improve asset health scores and hence

objective view of the overall health status of their asset(s),definitive benchmark standard in asset health, providing

and gas equipment owners or operators to have anfield(s) or infrastructure, considering those elements

which have greatest bearing on health and longevity,with the possibility of monitoring health trends over timeand actively working with the subject matter experts at

Software Patch Maintenance - 5%prolong operable life and optimise productivity. It is thea snapshot metric of health. Much like the BH Rig Count,is the widely accepted metric for oil and gas drilling

activity and brings together the various asset healthconsiderations into a single, all-encompassing whole.

Cyber Security
Protection - 5%
Years Since First Oil/Gas - 15%

Realtime Monitoring of Data Trends - 5%
Number of Current IMS Alerts & Alarms - 5%
RAM System Reliability - 5%

Asset Health
Score

Wells Shut-in, Non-functioning
Instrumentation/Comms Channels - 15%

Number of Spares on Hand - 10%

Obsolescence (# obs, EOL,PDNs, Single Source etc) - 10%

Quality, Level, Frequency& Deferment of Maintenance - 15%
Number of Current
MCS Alarms - 10%

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Offshore planning &OEM assets management

HSE digitization and digital
work permitsengageSubsea is designed to eliminate those planningand day-to-day operations. A smart HSE data

NPT is a direct consequence of poor planning.

efficiencies. The dashboard provides full and live statusof any offshore activity – past, present or planned, andgives specific details around progress, tooling, spares,personnel, and houses the end of well report. Visibility

HSE plays a primary importance our industry, segment
management impacts operations management,

production scheduling, training and ultimately reputationof our customers, suppliers, and Baker Hughes.

of tooling and spares is essential to effective operation

By means of specific modules leveraging best in classpart level to show availability, history and forecast ofdata management to this specific matter, unlocking aplanning – engageSubsea gives a view at a fleet andcost impact per operation.

Documentation & datamanagement

digital technologies, engageSubsea is able to extend thebroader data integration (and circulation) and delivering
analytics which take also in account HSE data sets formore accurate analysis and insightful recommendations.

Full project documentation is visible from engageSubsea
and aligns specifically with the related activity.

Equipment MRBs can be accessed alongside viewing

the part information and history, as can the 2D drawing
and 3D model. Documentation is visible throughout
engageSubsea, in the right place, at the right time.

Conventional /AI-led analytics
for asset integrity & IMR

Once engageSubsea is installed so that the foundational
system becomes a powerful enabler to make customers

display and manage different data sets and information,
the next step is building a series of increasingly more
complex correlations, among the different data setsinflowing in engageSubsea, with the ultimate goal ofpredicting degradations and failures of subsea andtopside assets in a faster and more accurate manner.
engageSubsea performs proactive conventional

analytics of subsea equipment systems, subsystems

and controls to support our customers’ predictive asset

integrity strategy. Conventional analytics are algorithms
based on Baker Hughes’ vertical experience in subsea

production assets integrity, as integrated with best-in-class data scientists’ support. Combining different dataflows (either historical and real time ones) with simplecorrelations, Baker Hughes is able to convey asset healthand recommendations both at a field and component

level. It enables our customers to future oriented decision
making:• Proactive detection of equipment failure• Prediction of asset, equipment, systems,subsystems and controls failures• Early identification of system degradation• Optimization of equipment operational
performance

The HSE digitization journey starts from a full configuration
integrating business rules, relevant legislature andregulations and the related procedures and standards.
This sets the ground for more accurate monitoring andknowledge storage and transfer standardization.

A second layer is the digitalization of the permits to workin order to ensure compliance and maximize safety andoperational efficiency. While the former has a staticalvalue, the latter allows customers to be dynamicallyaware of what is going on across the asset with real-timegraphical overviews and integrated conflict detections.
But the real purpose of this integration is theconnection with the overall asset data management:
engageSubsea’s modules will connect and makeinterdependent HSE data sets and the consequent

digital risk assessment with the asset-related modules,

including for example MMS, DMS and DCS, or interactions
with P&IDs, heading a full digital shadowing of the plant.
engageSubsea will drive the following capabilities:• HSE compliance digital check• HSE digital training• Workflows HSE monitoring• HSE analytics for process safety monitoring• Full integration with asset 3D model and asset
related data sets

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Customer benefits

Conclusion

leveraged for different purposes: once big data willa foundational digital platform?

From a technical perspective, engageSubsea may be
populate the platform, numerical value may beleveraged – as example – for the following purposes:• to design conventional analytics to understandredundancy status of specific systems or sub-systems• to set a predictive rule to minimize unplannedinterventions• to support customer’s predictive maintenancestrategies for an equipment system or the overall asset• to design a predictive alert system for component
failures in the field

Why should our customers adopt engageSubsea as
1. Because this user interface provides a digital support tocustomer’s decisions through the field life cycle.

2. Because this user interface will impact on equipment/

controls design and engineering to improve the qualityof Baker Hughes products.

3. Because this user interface will unlock a newcollaborative operating model where decisional

support and specific intervention categories will betied within the same process.

• to support life of field extension strategies• to minimize equipment downtime• Remote support for onshore and offshore
operations

With the help of engageSubsea, support to customer’s
decisions may also trigger proactive interventions interms of asset integrity management. In other words,
Baker Hughes will internally leverage analytics andpredictive plans to pivot business as usual operating
models, offering lump sum and performance based

contracts like smart life of field management, smart IMR

contracting, smart physical inspections plan and so forth.
The customer will benefit from an agnostic approach tofield servicing, an improved lead time to interventions,a lower and more programmable OPEX related to asset
integrity and an operational and financial risk hedging.

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