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transformation how can you activate the implicit knowledge which has been generated in recent decades in order to fundamentally change the costs level and thus extend the commercial oper- ation of the danish platforms in the north sea? this is the key question which dhrtc?s research programme cost transformation (ctr) seeks to answer. running an oil
plant is incredibly complex and involves vast volumes of data
each day that people look at and base their deci- sion-making on. this is true all the way from the reservoir and until the oil and gas have been transported to shore in a sufficiently high quality. to make it possible to handle such large volumes of data, the data are filtered based on an implicit understanding of which information is important. this is not necessarily the optimum solution. to maintain commercial operations for longer periods of time, a change is needed so that large volumes of data which already exist can be processed more efficiently, so that everyone involved is able to make decisions that are more well-founded and relevant. the research conducted in the cost transfor- mation programme focuses on three areas: ? optimization of water injection and sys- tems for treating the water injected and produced, based on an understanding of the data. by improving the systems, it will be possible to increase daily oil production ? extending the commercially viable oper- ational phase by reducing maintenance costs and investing in improvements to the production facilities. the extra production years will increase the total oil recovery factor ? extending the structural life span of the platforms and their ability to withstand ex- treme wave loads so that plant operations are ensured until 2042 photo: maersk increased oil recovery through a shift on the cost side
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