The Norwegian oil and gas industry is in the forefront with respect to development of subsea oil and gas fields, but new and innovative solutions are still required to be able to increase the recovery from existing fields, enable developments of new and more demanding oil and gas fields and to reduce the cost and complexity of subsea field developments.

Overview of Sub-Projects

Each of the SUBPRO research areas are divided into several sub-projects
 

Field Architecture

• Subsea gate box
• Field development concepts
• Multiphase booster models

Separation - Process Concepts

• Membranes for gas dehydration
• Membrane testing for gas dehydration
• H2S and hydrate control
• Characterization of particle breakup
• Experiments on fluid particle breakage
• Compact separation concepts

System Control

• Dynamic simulation model library
• Modelling and multivariable control of subsea systems
• Automatic control of subsea separation
• Control of subsea processes
• Estimation of un-measured variables
• Enhanced virtual flow metering
• Control for extending component life
• Production optimization