commercial in confidence subsea wireless group update for api january 2015
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Subsea Wireless GroupUpdate for API
January 2015
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Agenda
• About SWiG • Membership Update• Standards
development • Education
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About SWiG
• Subsea Wireless Group (SWiG)– Oil & Gas industry network (JIP)– Founded May 11
• Why SWiG?– Lack of open standards & interoperability is stifling innovation &
driving up costs
• Objectives– Define and promote open standards to support interoperability in
subsea wireless communications and control– Raise awareness and acceptance of subsea wireless comms & control– Promote best practice and knowledge transfer
• Technologies– Radio,– Acoustic,– Free-space Optics– Inductive power
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SWiG is currently formed of 23 member organisations
201420122011
Membership Update
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Standards development
• Radio standard submitted to API 17F for adoption
• Work has started on acoustic standard – Review of NATO acoustic standard (Janus)
– Identification of use cases where acoustic standard would be beneficial
• Riser Monitoring
• Seismic monitoring
• AUVs
• Environmental monitoring
– Discussion around what level of standardisation is beneficial and practical
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Education
• Case study database– Currently have 15 approved case studies to
demonstrate examples of wireless within the O&G sector from members
• Wireless 101– 1.5 day course introduction to Subsea Wireless – Includes theory & examples for radio, acoustics, FSO – Practical assessment of comparative technology
capabilities – 3 courses run to date – approximately 75 people
completed
• Other activities – Presentations given to students and conference
delegates in UK, China, and USA.
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Conclusions
• Summary
– Growing industry membership
– Good progress on standards development
– Greater understanding of technology through education
programme
• Actions– Opportunity for an Operator to join the Steering
Committee – SWiG looking for volunteers
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