Virtual Reality

Importance for Oil and Gas Upstream Facilities

PRESENTATION BY SACHIN RASANE
Virtual Reality… Importance for Oil and Gas Upstream Facilities

Topics

• Introduction
• Oil & Gas Upstream Overview
• O&G Upstream Challenges
• AR/VR Technology
• AR/VR Benefits for Multidisciplinary Design & Construction
• AR/VR Benefits for Operation & Maintenance
• AR/VR Benefits for University Students and Corporate Trainees
Virtual Reality… Introduction
Academic
- Instrumentation and Industrial Electronics Engineering
- VES Engineering College, Mumbai
- Year 1988

Experince:
- Domain – Oil and Gas Upstream
- EPC – Jacob’s, Worley Parsons, Kvaerner Sachin Rasane
- Engineering Consultants – Comprimo, Granherne
- System Vendors – Emerson, Honeywell
- OEM - GE
- Contractors – Al-Hassan, Mannai Engineering
- End Users – PDO-Shell, Occidental, Chevron, ADCO, ARAMCO, PKKR, MRPL, HPCL etc.

Current Position:
- Freelancer – O&G Automation Consulatnt (i-Cube Technologies, Pune) – Conducting Trainings for
Graduate / Junior Engineers and Workshops for Corporate. Initiative to reduce Industry-Academia Gap.

Association:
- Member of IEC
- Sr. Member of ISA (Bangalore Section)
- Formed OGIC (Oil and Gas Instrumentation Club) on LinkedIn for Global Instrumentation Community
Virtual Reality… Importance for Oil and Gas Upstream Facilities

Oil and Gas Upstream Overview

Virtual Reality… Importance for Oil and Gas Upstream Facilities

Oil and Gas Upstream Overview – Typical Process Flow Scheme

 O&G Production wells
 EOR wells (Secondary Wells)
Remote
 Steam Injection Skid
 MPS Valve skid
 Production Manifold
 Test Separator
 Bulk or Production Separator
 FWKO Tanks
 Oil Transfer (Shipping) Pumps
 Gas Compressor
 Gas Injection Manifold
 Flare System G&P Stn.
 Water Injection Pumps
 Water Disposal Pumps
 Water Injection Manifold
 Chemical Injection skids
 Air Compressor skids
 Diesel Generator
 Fire Suppression Skid
Virtual Reality… Importance for Oil and Gas Upstream Facilities

Oil and Gas Upstream Overview – Typical Process Flow Scheme

Virtual Reality… Importance for Oil and Gas Upstream Facilities

O&G Upstream Challenges

 Why O&G Upstream Process is complex and challenging?

oGeographical Location and Conditions
o Atmospheric Conditions
o Hydrocarbon Properties
o Local Rules, Regulations and Standards
o Company Standards
 Safety Issues
 Multidisciplinary Design and Construction Challenges
 Operation and Maintenance Challenges

Vendors

EPC / Plant Life

End User
Consultant cycle
Virtual Reality… Importance for Oil and Gas Upstream Facilities

AR/VR Technology

 The lower cost of technology in recent times has led to greater use of virtual
reality (VR) in Process Industry.
 Oil and Gas are complex, remote, and potentially unsafe, this immersive
technology can improve efficiency, safety, and productivity.
 Use of simulation in VR can help Designers, operators and maintenance
technicians interact in innovative new ways.
 VR plays a central role in Design
approvals in lesser man-hours,
increasing efficiency, improving
safety compliance, and lowering
maintenance costs for the Oil and
Gas industry.
Virtual Reality… Importance for Oil and Gas Upstream Facilities

AR/VR Benefits for Multidisciplinary Design & Construction

 Virtual Reality can create a computer-generated representation of real or

proposed process plant by importing multidisciplinary 3D models into VR pro-
software during Detail Design.
 Translating the digitized information into a 1:1 scale spatially accurate interactive
environment allows Design engineers to get a deeper understanding of the final
plant before construction and to troubleshoot and find resolution well in advance of
the commissioning activities.
 VR walkthrough will be crucial and helpful during HAZOP and SIL study to verify
Safety aspects.
 VR/AR can help EPCs,
Consultants, OEMs, Integrators to
correct Design and take Client
Approval much quicker. Saves huge
Design man-hours, repeat work,
Construction & Commissioning work
will be trouble-free.
Virtual Reality… Importance for Oil and Gas Upstream Facilities

AR/VR Benefits for Operation & Maintenance

 Oil and Gas plants are complex, remote, unsafe & highly hazardous. Workers must
be properly trained and certified before they enter plants or perform maintenance
and repair tasks.
 The 3D model and virtual view of a facility will improve general understanding,
making it easier for workers to practice safety requirements in plants and work areas
and better able to respond to potentially unsafe situations.
 Oil and gas upstream facilities are difficult and expensive to access. O&M personal
can use VR technology to familiarize themselves with facilities prior to physically
going there. Saves Time & Money.
 VR/AR Providing first-level
diagnostics to improve maintenance
efficiency & can significantly reduce
the time required to complete the
maintenance, and more importantly,
ensure that technicians are better
prepared before performing the work.
Virtual Reality… Importance for Oil and Gas Upstream Facilities

AR/VR Benefits for University Students and Corporate Trainees

 The Immersive Virtual Reality is far advanced than today’s training simulators by
enabling team training for Classroom and also it can coordinate activities of Trainee
Operators and Maintenance Team.
 Universities can Design various Process Design modules in VR for Engineering
Students; which can give real feel of Process plant and its operation. The solution
allows students in a classroom setting to go through an on-site visit experience.
Sites which might not be easily accessible to students due to their remote locations
or due to students’ health or safety reasons can be explored.

 VR/AR technology will help End Users,

EPCs, Consultants, OEMs, Integrators to train
their Graduate Trainees on topics such as;
Process, Multidisciplinary Design,
Construction & Commissioning activities,
O&M techniques and Corporate HSE
requirements.
Virtual Reality… Importance for Oil and Gas Upstream Facilities

Thank You

For Further Information and Queries on AV/VR

Contact:
Mr. Sachin Rasane
i-Cube Technologies
C-102, Vatsalya Vihar,
Nagras Road, Near Medipoint,
Aundh, Pune – 411007
India

E’mai: rasanesimved@yahoo.co.in
Mobile: +91 9422359938