TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AT TOTAL E&Ptechno-forum.jogmec.go.jp/2015/_pdf/oct28/presen/2.pdf · 28.10.2015 · TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION ORGANIZATION Technological Innovation Platforms

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AT

TOTAL E&P

A LONG TRACK RECORD OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS

2008 //

Enhanced Oil

Recovery

World-first injection of

polymers in the deep

offshore, Dalia, Angola

2006 //

SOUR GAS

Sprex®

Pre-treatment of gases

with high H2S

Cryogenic

distillation

2002 //

DEEP OFFSHORE

Canyon Express, deepest

subsea development at

the time (2,250 m), 3 gas

fields, multiphase export

2013 //

GEOPHYSICS

Full Waveform Inversion

High Performance

Computer:

PANGEA 2.3 petaflops

Velocity models based on

wave-equation migration

2007 //

DRILLING WELLS

All-metal Progressive

Cavity Pumps for high-

temperature wells

Access to frontier resources assured by technological breakthroughs and world firsts

2006 //

DRILLING WELLS

Glenelg well, one of the

first highly deviated

wells drilled in HPHT (1,100 bar, 200°C)

2001 //

HEAVY OILS

Sincor, one of the first

major heavy-oil

developments by cold

production

2000 //

HIGH PRESSURE /

HIGH TEMPERATURE

Production start-up of

Elgin-Franklin

2011 //

DEEP OFFSHORE

Pazflor start-up, subsea

gas-liquid separation, a

world first at this scale

2001 //

DEEP OFFSHORE

First oil

on Girassol

Winner of the 2003 OTC

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AGENDA

Introduction

- Definition and stakes of technological innovation

Technological Innovation Organization

- Technological Innovation Platforms


Technological Innovation process

- End of development phase

- First deployment phase

Examples of innovations

Conclusions

High Performance Computer

Subsea water desalination unit

INTRODUCTION: SOME DEFINITIONS

Technological Innovation (in TOTAL):

- First implementation in business of a technology – first because

• New technology from R&D

• Existing technology not yet used by TOTAL

• Technology used by TOTAL in a different context

- With various possible origins

• Long term needs (from TOTAL R&D)

• Urgent & important business needs

• Spontaneous business relevant ideas

Business

- Exploration, development or production

Technology

- Class of products or technical processes designed to fulfill some functions

• Combining hardware and/or software and/or chemicals and/or methodology

• On the basis of a specific concept


Membranes water filtration pilot unit

INTRODUCTION: STAKES OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION

Benefits of Technological Innovation

- Added value to business

• Improved HSE

• Costs reduction (CAPEX, OPEX)

• Additional resources

• Increased efficiency (time, energy, etc.)

- Improved image of the company

- Increased adaptability with enlarged knowhow

Challenges of Technological Innovation

- Resistance to change

- Work organization & processes

- Risk aversion

- added risk/uncertainty above normal

operational risks with proven technology


Combined visualisation of wells,reservoir & seismic cut

Acid gas treatment unit

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION ORGANIZATION

Technological Innovation Platforms

- 11 virtual entities in technical disciplines

• Geophysics, geology, reservoir, wells, HSE, IT, etc.

- In charge of technological innovation projects

• based on

- New technologies transferred from TOTAL R&D

- New or existing technologies from outside

• Of medium duration (1-3 years) compared to R&D

• Alone or in partnership (suppliers, contractors, operators)

- Covering

• end of technology Development phase

• beginning of technology Deployment phase

- Staffed by part time personnel from technical

disciplines

- Financed by R&D & assets (industrial pilots)

Technology Readiness Levels

TRL Status

Re

se

arc

h

1Basic principles

identified

2Concept and application

formulated

3

8A few records of

implementation

Proof of feasibility of

industrialization6

4 Proof of integration

De

plo

ym

en

t

7 First unit implemented

9Extensive

implementation

De

ve

lop

me

nt

Concept validated

5Validation of the

operational context


TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION ORGANIZATION


DEVELOPMENT DEPLOYMENT

R&D 11 TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION

PLATFORMS BUSINESS

HSE

Geophysics

Geology

Reservoir

Unconventional resources

Integrated Geoscience Suite

Development

Technologies

Drilling/Wells

Field Operations

Information Systems

Exploration

Development

Production

Abandonment

HQ technical entities

Affiliates

New Business

UNIVERSITIES INSTITUTES O&G INDUSTRY OTHER INDUSTRIES

5 prospective labs

Biotechnolgies

Robotics

Nanotechnologies

Numerical methods

Image processing

8 strategic R&D programs

Frontier exploration

Earth Imaging

Field reservoir

Unconventional resources

Deep offshore

Wells

Gas solutions

Sustainable development

TRL 1 - 4 TRL 5 TRL 6 TRL 7 TRL 8-9

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION PROCESS: TOWARDS TRL 6

End of development phase = proof of feasibility of industrialization

- Technology assessment

• Maturity level (TRL), Performance assessment , Risk analysis

• Business case (key to “marketing” of technology)

- Technology upgrading

• Integration into a system, a workflow, a platform

• Up scaling

• Extension of application domain

- functionalities, environmental/process conditions

• Improvement of performances

- reliability, availability, accuracy, efficiency

- Technology qualification

• Performance and analysis of tests (physical or numerical)

• Performance of pilots (normally industrial pilots) if required

- Decision on way forward

• First implementation (deployment) or upgrade or stop


Downhole electrical

pump power supply

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION PROCESS: PILOTS

What is a pilot?

- A specific project aimed at de-risking a

technology in a specific environment

- A step in a Technology Development phase

- Performed alone or in partnership

3 types of pilots

Main challenges (industrial pilots)

- Identifying a playground

- Financing the project

- Reaching clear conclusions

System principle identified or

demonstrated

(TRL 1 to 3)

Proof of integration

(TRL 4)

Validation of the operational

context

(TRL 5)

Proof of feasibility of

industrialization

(TRL 6)

Field proven technology

(TRL 7 to 9)

“Experimental” Pilot “Demonstration” Pilot “Industrial” Pilot

to reach TRL 4 to reach TRL 5 to reach TRL 6


Downhole monitoring

with optic fibers

Water treatment

demonstration pilot

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION PROCESS: PILOTS

Netherlands Deep Offshore development :

Electrical DHSV

France Acid Gas Treatments : acid gas treatments pilot

USA Oil Shale :

- Ecoshale ®

- AMSO pilot

Venezuela EOR : C- EOR

Argentina Flow Assurance :

LDHI-AA

Angola Asset integrity : HORUS Subsea

Hazard Monitoring

Congo Deep Offshore : SPRINGS®

UGANDA EOR: TRESEOR

Viscosified water

treatment pilot

Abu Dhabi EOR: C-EOR ABK,

SWTT skid

Major accident prevention : 3D Gas cloud

visualization

EOR : mobile construction C-EOR skid

PIT EXP :

- FLEX

- Crawler pilot

Canada Extra Heavy Oil:

- ES-SAGD

- JV Technology

- Fishbone Pilot

Tight Oil Gas Shale:

WT-Log pilot

PIT EXP : water treatment Pilot

PIT SI : LTE wireless network technology

Sustainable Development

Field Reservoir

Gas Solutions

Unconventionals

Deep Offshore

Technological Innovation Plaforms

R&D strategic programs

In progress

Project stage

Achieved early 2015


PIT

More than DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES FIELD TESTED EACH YEAR 10

Manifold

Vertical Separator

25m

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION PROCESS: TOWARDS TRL 7

First implementation = beginning of deployment phase

- Project definition

• SOW, budget, schedule, contractual strategy,

• with strong customer (asset) involvement

- Project sanction

• By relevant authority (budget holder, committee, etc.)

- Project execution

• By asset with assistance from Innovation

• Or by technological Innovation Platform

- Decision on way forward

• further deployment (TRL 7 reached)

• or technology upgrade or stop


Subsea gas liquid separator

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION PROCESS

Other activities

- Development of knowhow

• Drafting of new or updated guides and manuals

• Organization of training to use technologies

• Development of database

- Valorization of technologies

• Internal & external communication

• Issue of patents, selling of licenses,

• Integration of technologies into commercial offers

- Scouting

• Participation to JIP, conferences, industry forums

• Organization of external workshops

• Regular meetings with O&G companies and other technological companies


EXAMPLE: SMALL WATER DEPTH INSPECTION ROV (ROBIS)

Application domains and functions

- Tankers and Floating Production Units ballasts,

jacket platforms (60 m), loading buoys

- Visual inspection, thickness measurement, cathodic

protection monitoring with higher safety and lower

costs (no divers, no shutdown)


Innovation process (3 years)

- 2012: Project launched with 3 partners

- Engie (french O&G Cy, robot spec. with TOTAL)

- DCNS (robot operator)

- Subseatec (robot constructor)

- 2013: Upgrade of existing robot

- 2014: Industrial pilot performed in ballast

tank (TRL 6)

- First deployment planned on loading buoy

in 2015 (TRL 7)

Remotely Operated Vehicle

Pictures from ballast internals

EXAMPLE: SOLVENT FOR MERCAPTAN REMOVAL (HYSWEET® )


- Acid gas treatment

- Improvement of mercaptan removal to reduce

costs of downstream process



- 2006: First laboratory tests

- 2007: Internal development of simulation tool

performance of demonstration pilot (TRL 5)

performance of an industrial pilot (TRL 6)

- 2008: First deployement in an existing acid gas

treatment plant plant (TRL 7)

- 2010: Launching of a new project (10 MMScfd,

125 T/d H2S), started in 2013 (TRL 8)

Absorption column internals

Acid gas treatment unit

EXAMPLE: INTEGRATED PRODUCTION NETWORK MODELING


- Complex production systems with mutiple reservoirs

and common production network (e.g. deep offshore)

- Modeling and simulation of systems in minimum time

to optimize design and production


- 2012 : acquisition of new high resolution reservoir

simulation software

- 2012-13: internal development by TOTAL R&D of

an integrated production network functionality

within the software

- 2014: transfer to PIT & pilot performed to qualify

technology on ultra deep offshore project in Angola

- 4 reservoirs, 50 km of flowlines, 3 risers with gas-lift

- 100 times faster than traditional software!

- 2015 first deployment on-going in Nigeria

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Production system overview

Integrated production system model

EXAMPLE: OPTIMISATION OF GAS-LIFTED SAGD WELLS


- Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage Oil Production

- Software controlling gas lift rate and production

choke to maintain Horizontal Well sub-cool level

and optimize production



- Project launched Q2, 2014 with 3 partners

- Surmont SAGD J.V. (operating asset)

- ConocoPhilipps Ltd. (JV Operator)

- INFAUTELEC (French Process Control Eng.)

- Control algorithm development in 2014

- Demonstration Pilot Q1, 2015 (TRL 6)

- First Deployment 10 wells, Pad 103

Surmont Oct. 2015 (TRL 7)

Software control panel

Schematic of SAGD production system

Gas-lit activated

CONCLUSIONS ON TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION

The main challenge is to implement new

technologies quickly and successfully despite

- Resistance to change

- Risk aversion

- Difficulties finding playground & budget for pilots

Organization, process and tools are in place to

address these challenges

But other levers are needed:

- management support

- marketing skills

- successful industrial pilot / first deployment

“ You only have one opportunity to make a

good first impression”


Pipeline inspection AUV

TOTAL ARGOS challenge candidate (AIR-K)

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