The challenge for existing or 'brownfield' operating assets is how to turn decades-worth of experience and operating data from multiple information sources and systems into ‘actionable information’, improving operational safety, operating efficiency and asset information integrity, and reducing risk.

Different sources, 1D, 2D and other formats, along with historical record maintenance procedures, create additional challenges in how to funnel all that information into Insights.

The decommissioning of offshore installations is a complex technical exercise with a stringent regulatory framework. These assets have been in operation for decades, with structures approaching the end of the lifespan for which they were initially designed. Corrosion and ageing must be safely accounted for during the asset life extension or decommissioning proposal.

The sheer cost and scale of such operations and the associated health and safety risks further add to the complexities of already challenging working conditions and of access to current, correct information.