CENTRE OF INNOVATION

MARINE & OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY

Blk 34 Level 1, 535 Clementi Road,
Singapore 599489
Tel: (65) 6460 8262 Fax : (65) 6467 4185
www.np.edu.sg

PRIMER COURSE IN SUBSEA PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

COURSE OVERVIEW
This course is the joint-cooperative effort of Ngee Ann Polytechnic Centre of Innovation – Marine &
Offshore Technology and AZUR Offshore, UK. The course is designed to help the participants to
acquire the fundamental knowledge on Subsea Production Systems. Upon completion of the course,
participants should be able to understand the basics of subsea oil and gas production facilities, their
working principles and field requirements. Case Studies and videos will be used to illustrate lessons
learned from past successful projects. A CDROM of the powerpoint presentation in colour will be
distributed with the lecture materials.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Shipbuilding, Shiprepair & Ship Conversion, Oil Rig-building, Offshore Engineering & Construction,
Offshore & Subsea Oil & Gas Production personnel involved in project management, engineering,
procurement, production, construction, commercial, commissioning and administration.

COURSE CONTENT
• Introduction to Offshore Drilling and Production Activities
• Flow Assurance
• Drilling and Wellheads, Types of Drilling Rigs
• Surface and Subsea X’mas Tress
• Subsea Manifolds and Well Clusters
• Subsea Flowlines and Pipelines
• Production Risers
• Subsea Control Systems and Chemical Injection
• System Reliability
• New Technology – Subsea Processing
• Case Studies and Video examples

AWARD
Certificate of Participation will be awarded to participants who have achieved at least 80%
attendance.

COURSE DETAILS
Start Date : 24 March – 25 March 2011
Duration of Course : 12 hours
Day/Time : Thursday and Friday 8:30 am to 4:00 pm

COURSE FEE $513.60*

* Fees are inclusive of 7% GST and subject to review
Course fees are payable upon application
FUNDING INCENTIVE
Funding incentive is not available for this course.

APPLICATION
Please submit application form by Friday, 25th February 2011 with cheque payment to:

CENTRE OF INNOVATION – MARINE & OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY

Blk 34 Level 1, 535 Clementi Road,
Singapore 599489

Cheques should be crossed and made payable to NGEE ANN POLYTECHNIC

REFUND POLICY FOR WITHDRAWAL

Participants are liable to pay full course fees. All applications for refund of fees due to withdrawal must
be made in writing to the Director, COI-MOT. Each application will be assessed and processed on a
case-by-case basis.

Guidelines for refund or waiver of fees are as follows:

Application submitted to COI-MOT Course Fees
Two weeks before course commencement 100% refund / waiver of Course Fees
Within two weeks before course commencement 75% refund / waiver
on valid grounds**
On commencement of course No refund
** Valid grounds: Medical, Overseas company assignment, National Service

NB: In the event that the course is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances, full refund of course
fees will be given.

COURSE TRAINER
Dr John Preedy
AZUR Offshore Ltd, United Kingdom

PROJECT LEADER
Mr BOEY Thim Ming, School of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering Division)
Email: btm@np.edu.sg
Tel : 6460 6458

GENERAL ENQUIRIES
Tel : 6460 8262 (COI-MOT Office) or
Tel : 6460 6458, BOEY Thim Ming, Project Leader

Office opening hours: 8:30 am to 6:00 pm (Monday to Thursday) / 8:30 am to 5:30 pm (Friday)
 PRIMER COURSE IN
SUBSEA PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
DAY 1
08:30 Course Registration
09:00 COURSE WELCOME
09.15 L1 INTRODUCTION
- Background and General Trends in Offshore Production
- Review of Fields developed with Subsea Production Systems
- Influence of Pressure, Temperature and Reservoir Chemistry on
Production Systems
- Deepwater Requirements
- Examples of Subsea Components

10:15 Break
10:30 L2 FLOW ASSURANCE
- Flow Assurance Problems
- Chemical Injection
- Energy Management
- Hydraulic Flow Simulations
- Subsea Separation

11:45 L3 DRILLING AND WELLHEADS

- Overview of Geology and Reservoir Formations
- Seismic Data Collection and Analysis
- Drilling Rigs and Rig Equipment
- Drilling Subsea Wells
- Deepwater Drilling
- Horizontal and Extended Reach Drilling
- Wellheads – Design and Function

12:00 Lunch
13:00 L4 X’MAS TREES
- Xmas Tree Functions
- Standard Dual Bore and Horizontal Trees
- Running and Installing
- Interfaces with Controls, Chokes, etc
- Completions/Workover Systems

14:15 Break
14:30 L5 MANIFOLDS AND WELL CLUSTERS
- Functional requirements
- Pre-drilling Templates
- Subsea production templates with manifolding functions
- Well clusters and manifolds
- Piping, Valves, Chokes, Instrumentation and Control interfaces
- Installation, operation and maintenance
- Deep water modular systems

16:00 Q & A, Followed by Close

DAY 2
09:00 L6 FLOWLINES AND PIPELINES
- Flowline / Pipeline Design
- Multiphase Flow
- Route Selection
- Pipe Laying Techniques

10:30 Break
10:45 L7 RISERS
- Rigid Platform Risers
- Flexible Dynamic Risers
- Deepwater requirements
- Steel Catenary Risers
- Hybrid Risers and Riser Tower

12:00 Lunch
13:00 L8 SUBSEA CONTROL SYSTEMS AND CHEMICAL INJECTION
- Systems Configuration
- Electro-Hydraulic MUX Systems
- Systems Components
- Chemical Injection
- Examples

13:45 L9 SYSTEMS RELIABILITY

- Concepts
- Reliability Engineering
- RAM Analysis
- Reliability Maturity Index
- Level of Risk
- Risk Analysis and Assessment
- Subsea Examples of Failure

14:30 Break
14:45 L10 NEW TECHNOLOGY – SUBSEA PROCESSING
- Multiphase Pumping
- Subsea Separation
- Water Re-injection
- Technology Examples

16:00 Q & A, Followed by Presentation of Certificates of Participation

and Close
About Your Course Trainer
Contact: 
Dr John PREEDY 
AZUR OFFSHORE LTD 
28 OAKHAM DRIVE 
BROMLEY 
BR20XE    UK 
Tel: 0044 208 290 6790 
Email: johnpreedy@aol.com 

Dr John Preedy

Dr John Preedy worked for BP for 28 years as a Research Associate and Team Leader, working on Feasibility
Studies and acting as a trouble shooter covering all aspects of BPs businesses. These covered field Development
Project in the North Sea and several novel resource recovery techniques which were taken from Concept to Field
Pilot trials in Canada. His specific work in the offshore area covered Subsea Robotics / Automation, Seabed
Production Concepts, Seabed Excavation Methods, Underwater Repair Techniques, Flexible Riser Studies and
Maintenance Cost Reductions.

After leaving BP in 1992, he has continued working in the offshore oil industry through Azur Offshore Ltd, including
activities in the assessment of Emerging and Novel Technologies, Technical and Economic Audits, Studies,
Production Sharing Agreement Evaluations, Safety and Environmental issues. Clients have included Chevron UK, BP
Exploration, British Gas, Technomare, Trident Consultants, Fina UK and Cameron France. In addition he is
responsible for co-ordinating and is the Course Director and Principal Lecturer for the oil Industry Training courses
that Azur Offshore Ltd Provides to Professional Engineers in Europe, USA , S.E. Asia, Australia and Africa. John is
regular University lecturer at Crandfield School of Industrial Sciences (UK) and is a course Group Project external
examiner for Cranfield. He also lectures on offshore oil industry activities at ENSIETA (France), the Technical
University of Delft (Holland) and the Northern Territories University in Darwin (Australia).

He is an active member of the UK Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) and serves on their Subsea
Engineering and Operations Committee.

Dr John Preedy is also the Advisor and External Examiner of the offshore oil & gas modules in the Marine &
Offshore Diploma course at Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore.
PRIMER COURSE IN
SUBSEA PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
Thursday 24th March and Friday 25th March 2011

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Please submit application form by Friday, 25th February 2011 with cheque payment to:

CENTRE OF INNOVATION – MARINE & OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY

Blk 34 Level 1, 535 Clementi Road,
Singapore 599489

Cheques should be crossed and made payable to NGEE ANN POLYTECHNIC