Improvement of oilfield services quality through concurrent engineering techniques

Abstract

Unfortunately troubles, delays, and failures have become an inherent part of most of oilfield projects involving downhole operations. Unseen problems have forced field engineers and specialists to act on reactive response principle rather than preventive measures, making the possibility of delays and plan changes more frequent. This paper attempts to provide some possible solutions to reduce the risk of delays and failures. These solutions are based on concurrent engineering methods involving cooperative teams, information sharing, and real time collaboration between rig and office experts. Recent case studies have been discussed for instance which include some failures which could be avoided using CE principles implementation. The proposed solutions provide an effective way of risk mitigation. The solutions are based on real time communication, information sharing, and parallelization of tasks. © Springer-Verlag London 2013.