Bentley Solutions: Oil & Gas

A Bentley White Paper

The advantages of data control cannot be under-estimated. A common theme in data management is input once, use many times.

The backbone of the oil and gas solutions set is the data. As owner-operators capital project timelines are ever shortening, manpower resources are harder to find for design and construction. Also, margins for operations and maintenance are being squeezed razor-thin, so managers must look to reduce costs and increase productivity. By employing a solution set specifically addressing your type of work, data is properly managed throughout the engineering work process, eliminating data re-entry and data misuse and improving engineering data quality. By adding a new approach to managing and reviewing this data, unnecessary documents can be eliminated during the engineering process, timelines can be shortened, handover can be streamlined, and operations and maintenance can be improved. The advantages of data control cannot be underestimated. A common theme in data management is input once, use many times. With the Bentley oil and gas solutions set, reuse of data provides the following advantages: More accurate designs earlier in the project cycle More options can be evaluated even with limited resources Ability to address economics alongside engineering Reduction in engineering man-hours of 20-30 percent Reduced cost of structural steelwork Improved plant quality, safety, economics, and sustainability Improved plant maintenance and better spare parts inventory control

Bentley Solutions for the Complete Lifecycle

Bentley offers the most comprehensive suite of solutions for the oil and gas industry, both upstream and downstream. From mapping the area, site preparation at a new drill site, through development to production, all the way to design, construction, operations, and maintenance of a comprehensive refinery or gas processing plant, Bentley has a custom set of applications that form the digital plant solution just for you! Bentleys digital plant solutions comprise an engineering information system that provides the digital representation of the physical plant. Our products address data in the following categories: Front-end engineering Site preparation and planning Conceptual and detailed engineering Construction Operations and maintenance Mapping solution

Front-End Engineering
In the oil and gas industry, compressing project timescales is more important than project cost, and the time-constraining factor on all projects is securing materials and equipment to get the job done. Making good decisions upfront and securing increasingly long lead time items of equipment such as vessels, pumps, and valves is of critical importance and Bentley

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offers front-end engineering and design (FEED) tools to manage process engineering data and equipment sizing and to quickly evaluate facility layouts for rapid project cost estimation. AXSYS.Process links to process simulators such as HYSYS, ApsenPlus, UniSim, and Pro/II. It Allows process engineers to rapidly prepare and evaluate design alternatives and to interchange process simulation and engineering design data in a common environment to ensure data consistency. AXSYS.Process also automatically creates PFDs, preliminary P&IDs, and links to a variety of equipment and heat exchanger sizing packages.
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Bentley PlantWise for rapid preliminary layout, weight, and cost estimation. Automatic pipe routing allows piping and layout alternatives to be rapidly modeled and then perform cost estimation and weight analysis in order to determine the best layout.
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Site Preparation and Planning

As owner-operators face increasing environmental pressures to reduce their plant footprints, manage water runoff, and minimize environmental impact, owner-operators and EPCs need products for site development and analysis. Bentley offers: Bentley PowerCivil a flexible 2D/3D tool for land development and site modeling. It allows flexibility with visual modeling to match the way civil engineers work.
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Proven on a wide scale of projects to reduce project timescales and eliminate errors on site, Bentleys AutoPLANT plant design system is the #1 AutoCAD-based plant design system used world-wide on both large distributedenterprise projects as well as smaller plant rework projects.

GEOPAK Civil Engineering Suite for transportation and civil engineering projects including pipelines, roads, bridges, tunnels, and dams. InRoads Suite an integrated civil solution for pipelines and roads.

Conceptual and Detailed Engineering

Proven to reduce project timescales and eliminate errors on site, Bentleys AutoPLANT plant design system is the No. 1 AutoCAD-based plant design system used world-wide on both large distributed-enterprise projects as well as smaller plant rework projects. PlantSpace Design System is Bentleys MicroStation-based plant design system. AutoPLANT AutoCAD-based solutions for P&IDs, instrumentation, datasheets, 3D piping, 3D structural layout and modeling, equipment modeling, electrical raceway modeling and pipe support modeling. Interference detection ensures construction problems are reduced and comprehensive materials takeoffs allow for early procurement. PlantSpace MicroStation-based solutions for P&IDs, instrumentation, datasheets, 3D piping, 3D structural layout and modeling, equipment modeling, electrical raceway modeling and pipe support modeling. ProjectWise for management of all the project drawings, models, and documents across distributed project teams. ProjectWise Navigator visual collaboration tool supporting distributed teams with graphical navigation of 3D models and associated documents, and for visualization of project schedules and construction simulation. Bentley AutoPIPE comprehensive pipe stress analysis. STAAD.Pro finite element modeling and analysis of structures.

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 Bentley PlantFLOW analysis of piping flow models. Calculates steady-state single-phase pressures, flow velocities, temperatures, and fluid properties in gas or liquid piping networks. Bentley PULS dynamic response analysis of fluid flow under steady-state pulsating-flow conditions.
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Construction
Helping construction operations to work out problems before they become time-consuming delays on site, Bentley offers products that allow construction sequencing simulation, simulation of specific construction jobs, such as crane lifts, and viewing of CAD documents without the need to load the native CAD software at the site. Solutions include: ProjectWise Navigator for 3D construction schedule simulation and job simulation
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ProjectWise for managing all construction documents Bentley View a free tool to view MicroStation and AutoCAD CAD drawings
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Bentley OnSite electronic field book for construction site stakeout and inspection
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Operations and Maintenance

For the operations phase of the plant, Bentley offers products that manage the engineering data and documents, as well as interface engineering data to spare parts-management systems, maintenance systems, and other infrastructure systems for rapid access to data and documents for operations, maintenance, and safety issues. Bentley also offers rapid as-built 3D model tools for quick plant modification projects. ProjectWise Lifecycle Server for management of engineering data. Connects to maintenance systems such as Maximo or SAP and ensures plant operators have rapid access to current engineering documents and data. Contains management-of-change system to manage data as it changes in projects or maintenance.
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ProjectWise for management of all engineering documents and data. Automatic links to Bentley Lifecycle Server. Bentley CloudWorx rapid as-built modeling in MicroStation from 3D point clouds created by laser scanning.

Mapping Solutions
A significant asset for all oil and gas companies is the land they own or have drilling rights to. Effectively managing these assets can directly impact a companys bottom line. Bentley offers a number of solutions for mapping and GIS to manage leases graphically. These solutions include: Bentley Geospatial Management provides a geospatial view and gives spatial context to information. Drawings, maps, models, images, vendor-specific GIS data, and business documents can be related spatially in ProjectWise, Bentleys premier data and document management system. Bentley Descartes imaging solution integrated with MicroStation to create image scenes for visualization and analysis with 3D terrain draping.
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GISConnect allows ESRI users to visualize ArcGIS shapefiles, geodatabases and other ArcGIS related data
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Data for Life Data Exchange During the Plant Lifecycle

Bentleys solution for oil and gas addresses data management for the complete lifecycle of the asset. By capturing engineering data during the engineering phase of the asset lifecycle, the data is accurately saved for operations and maintenance, while significantly reducing handover costs. The Bentley oil and gas solution provides a data warehouse specifically designed to capture engineering data during detailed design and then manage it in the way that engineering staff would expect to have it available during the operation of the asset. According to Coopers & Lybrand, engineers are frustrated searching for information. They spend 25 percent of their time searching for information, adjusting it to their purposes, and then re-entering the information. The Coopers & Lybrand study found that by using a managed data environment that uses industry standards, the following savings in time and cost should be expected throughout the lifecycle: 10-30 percent reduction in time spent preparing for decisions 15-28 percent reduction in engineering costs and 1-2 months reduction in project execution time 30 percent increased productivity from improvement in work relations between contractors and suppliers Improvement in the quality of documentation Better reuse of components in the project, resulting in lower maintenance costs A reduction of 40,000-80,000 man-hours during commissioning for a typical project Dramatic reduction in handover costs 10-20 percent reduction in maintenance and operations from improved efficiency in operations, due to more readily available and accurate information

Bentley is also working closely with FIATECH to implement the ISO standard data framework for exchange of information during the lifecycle.

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Bentleys solution for oil and gas provides the data management platform that allows users to realize the benefits suggested above in the Coopers & Lybrand report. Bentley is also working closely with FIATECH to implement the ISO standard data framework for exchange of information during the lifecycle. The Bentley Plant framework (for the oil and gas solution) is based on ISO 15926, which ensures that the framework is open and easily accessible to third-party software and supports intelligent data exchange between owneroperators and their contractors.

With the ISO15926 framework, Bentleys oil and gas solutions complete the lifecycle by allowing data reuse for rapid project startup, both for greenfield and brownfield projects. Effectively managing the data for reuse delivers significant time and cost benefits by getting new projects started faster and with more complete information.

Case Studies
Giprotyumenneftegaz developed project deliverables and cost estimates for the West-Salym oil field development in Russia. It was a complex project integrating many disciplines (process site, industrial area, camp, and utilities). A huge volume of information, including survey maps, models, drawings, explanatory notes, cost estimates, and bills of materials were generated by the many companies who worked on this project. Bentley oil and gas solutions were employed during all design phases, allowing Giprotyumenneftegaz to maintain coordination across disparate teams and to automate the generation of accurate deliverables. A 3D model of the site landscape allowed the company to make the site leveling exact, as well as to calculate earthworks, resulting in a savings of over six months in the life of the project. PlantSpace Design Series was used to create 3D models of the facilities under design.

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Above: 3D PlantSpace models of the West-Salym facility. VECO Alaska simultaneously engineered ConocoPhillips drill sites 3 and 4 in 2004 and 2005. VECO reused intelligent site-4 data to create the drill site 5 design. This resulted in a 30 percent cost reduction, with estimated savings of over 23,000 man-hours and approximately $2 million for this drill site. VECO used the Bentley oil and gas solutions to perform the design and manage the data. ProjectWise security greatly reduced the misuse and loss of data. The ability to control all of the disciplines and users at different levels helped to maintain project integrity. ProjectWise also allowed VECO to manage and distribute the construction documents. VECO credits its cost and time reduction to better management of data and smarter use of shared information through Bentley oil and gas solutions. KBR uses Bentleys plant structural analysis, design, and documentation tools for an existing refinery facility to support the increased production of a fluid-catalyst cracking unit. A structural evaluation of the 47-year-old reactor structure in Toledo, Ohio, was required to determine the feasibility of the proposed expansion. Bentleys STAAD product was used to generate wind load on this complex structure. Modeling was performed using the graphical user interface. Record low execution time for this project earned praises from the client. KBR saved 300 man-hours and $30,000 as a result of enhanced 3D graphical views and application of wind load.

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Quip S.A. used Bentleys plant visualization and simulation for its offshore platform P53. Located 120 kilometers off the Brazilian coast and moored at a depth of 1,080 meters, this floating producing unit (FPU) platform will have the capacity to produce and process 180,000 barrels of gas and six million normal cubic meters of gas a day. The FPU will not store the produced oil and gas in its tanks, as they are immediately transferred to other platforms. Quip S.A. developed the FPU P53 platform and presented all review sessions using Bentley Navigator , which gave the engineers and technical team access to 3D visualization so potential problems could be identified in advance. This was the first 3D visualization initiative in Brazilian offshore projects, and now other Brazilian EPCs are starting to adopt this concept.
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M7 Offshore of Norway innovatively used Bentley technologies to upgrade Bilabri-FPOS. Whakaaropai is a Suezmax-sized vessel operating on the Maui B oil field off New Zealand for Shell Todd Oil Services Ltd. Built in 1976 and converted in 1995/96, she was renamed Bilabri and upgraded as part of a project to engineer a new test separator module and a riser balcony. Tying a new module into an existing one of this size is normally a complex engineering task, but a model was created using Bentley software with accuracy down to a millimeter by scanning the site and obtaining a point-cloud model. Bentley CloudWorx converted the interface sections into CAD elements to be imported into the CAD model. The firm also used PlantSpace to produce quick, nonintelligent P&IDs, 3D models and ISO production, and 3D steel models and drawings. Bechtel Corporation is using Bentleys ProjectWise system to collaborate on the Jamnagar Export Refinery Project (JERP) in India. JERP has a plot plan bigger than that of London and a target completion time of less than 36 months. Bechtel is tackling this megaproject using engineering resources dispersed around the globe, including a design and engineering team of 2,500 professionals in 10 design locations, 19 offices, and eight countries. In total, the project will employ more than 90,000 people during construction and call for the fabrication and installation of 109,170 metric tons of steel, about 5 million meters of varied-size pipe, more than 4,000 pieces of major equipment, and more than 110,000 isometrics. Nearly 1,000 users in nine locations are employing ProjectWise to ensure that more than 50,000 drawings are available to the correct discipline at the correct location. With ProjectWise, the drawings can be worked on collaboratively, enabling designers in one location to view the results of design teams in other offices almost immediately. This means Bechtel can rapidly distribute the project work to the different locations in a much more granular way by unit, by discipline, and even by drawing as the needs of the project dictate. A key advantage realized by the project team is the ability to search for and find all files that were changed in the last week, and to cross reference the location of the files found with the location of the person who last changed them. This enables the JERP team to regularly reassess and redistribute their project content, optimizing productivity and reducing network traffic.

Quip S.A. developed the FPU P53 platform and presented all review sessions using Bentley Navigator, which gave the engineers and technical team access to 3D visualization so potential problems could be identified in advance.

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Using ProjectWise to track and manage data, Bechtel has been able to facilitate the reuse of more than 25 percent of the design and engineering information generated during construction of the original facilities. This has proved to be critically important in meeting the projects aggressive schedule.

In Conclusion
Clearly, as these applications by major players in the oil and gas industry show, there is a growing demand for software solutions that properly manage data throughout the engineering work process. Owner-operators who are deploying these solutions have eliminated unnecessary documents, reduced expenditures and, in many cases, seen an immediate return on their software investment. The Bentley oil and gas solutions set offers owner-operators a comprehensive suite of products that manage projects cost-effectively and ensure on-time project delivery.

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