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Unit Outline School of Mechanical Engineering http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au

Marine Engineering Special Unit 2: “Subsea Technology” OENA8589 6 Credit points Semester 1, 2009 UWA Crawley Campus

Unit Coordinator: Kevin Mullen

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Notes All notices will be communicated via WebCT and/or the class email system. Lecture notes, exercises and assignments will be provided in WebCT for printing out unless advised otherwise. Students are encouraged to become members of the Society for Underwater Technology http://www.sut.org.au/perth/default.htm The SUT provides Educational Support Fund Scholarship Awards.

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Contents UNIT DESCRIPTION Introduction Unit content Learning outcomes Educational Principles

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CONTACT DETAILS

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TEACHING AND LEARNING RESPONSIBILITIES Teaching and learning strategies Attendance Charter of student rights Student Guild contact details Use of student feedback

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ASSESSMENT MECHANISM Assessment mechanism summary Assessment details Ethical Scholarship, Academic Literacy and Academic Misconduct Appeals against academic assessment

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TEXTBOOK(S) & RESOURCES Unit Website Recommended/required text(s) Additional/Suggested/Alternate text(s) Technical requirements Software requirements

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UNIT SCHEDULE

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Unit Outline for Subsea Technology OENA8589

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UNIT DESCRIPTION Introduction While subsea has been exploited for over 45 years, the challenges are increasing as oil and gas production moves into ultra-deep water and remote fields. The tools and subsea hardware are improving, matched by the ingenuity of the engineers who seek to develop these assets. This module on Subsea Technology includes presentations, case studies and assessment all delivered by engineers working in industry, who are acknowledged as experts in their field. The module introduces students to the equipment and methods used for subsea tiebacks to platforms, vessels or the shore, and give them a challenging assignment to develop a subsea oil or gas field. The assignment puts you in teams where you will be expected to work together on an oil and gas project similar to those being carried out in many of the engineering design houses in Perth and other capitals such as Houston, Aberdeen, London and Stavanger. You will find it challenging, and hard work. Like me, you may find it fascinating, and want to make a career of it.

Unit content This unit begins with an introduction to subsea technology and an overview of the unit content. The assignment is given to the class on the first night and the assessment method is explained. The core lectures on subsea hardware embrace: •

Tree and Wellhead Systems;

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Subsea Structures and Manifolds;

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Subsea Control Systems and Umbilicals;

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Flexible Flowlines and Flexible Dynamic Risers;

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Tie-In and Connection Systems; and

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Future Subsea Technology.

The related disciplines needed to put a system together are described in lectures on: •

Subsea System Development;

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Risk, Reliability and Availability;

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Fabrication;

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Installation;

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System Integration Testing and Commissioning;

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Subsea Field Operations; and

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Inspection, Maintenance and Repair.

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Case studies focus on developments such as the East Spar project and Snohvit, covering the equipment and field layout selected, and the justification for the choices made. Each lecture is delivered by an industry expert, and depending on lecturer availability, a selection of bonus presentations will be given to further explore issues such as: •

Field Layout;

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Flow Assurance;

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Subsea to Beach;

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Deepwater Developments; and

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Control Buoy Technology.

Learning outcomes Students are able to describe the functions, principal features and limitations of a range of current and future subsea technologies; and understand the methods for installation, intervention, maintenance and repair of equipment in a subsea environment. Students have an appreciation of risk and the importance of reliability. Students have experience working together as a team on a development project, to evaluate a range of subsea technologies and develop a subsea system layout for an offshore oil or gas field.

Educational Principles In this post-graduate unit, it is assumed that students are self-starting and capable of independent research and rational thought as they tackle the assignment. Furthermore, it is assumed that students are of sufficient maturity to be capable of working together in the teams to which they have been assigned. In this respect, the assignment reflects real life - you can't choose your fellow-workers when you are in employment. Best outcomes occur when there is challenge within teams, where students question one another's opinions and decisions. The questions "Why?" or "Have you considered these alternatives?" will ensure that all individual decisions become team decisions. It is also beneficial in larger teams (more than four or five) to have a Project Manager to coordinate the work and to take the responsibility for making binding decisions where the team can not come to agreement.

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CONTACT DETAILS Unit coordinator Name: Kevin Mullen Email: [email protected] Phone: 9289 5827 (email and class contact preferred) Lecture times: Thursday nights 5:30 - 8:30pm Note that I may not attend all classes. Some nights, the presentations will be delivered by experienced lecturers, and I will not be present. Lecture building & room: Engineering Building 2:45

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TEACHING AND LEARNING RESPONSIBILITIES Teaching and learning strategies "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." Attributed to Confucius, Chinese philosopher and reformer (551 BC - 479 BC) In this module, we use all three of these principles! The course content is delivered by lectures and case studies, livened up by PowerPoint presentations and animations and some video content. Some of the lectures may be pre-recorded, if a lecturer is unavailable and the schedule cannot be altered. The real learning occurs in the assignment, where students work together, discussing possible solutions and being challenged. Discussions are facilitated by workshops or questions to the course coordinator or the lecturer. The lectures are recorded via Lectopia and supported through WebCT.

Attendance Participation in class, whether it be listening to a lecture or getting involved in the team assignment is an important part of the learning process. It is essential that you attend classes. Any absences should be notified to the course coordinator and other team members. Unwarranted absence may count against you in the marking process.

Charter of student rights This Charter of Student Rights upholds the fundamental rights of students who undertake their education at the University of Western Australia. It recognises that excellence in teaching and learning requires students to be active participants in their educational experience. It upholds the ethos that in addition to the University's role of awarding formal academic qualifications to students, the University must strive to instil in all students independent scholarly learning, critical judgement, academic integrity and ethical sensitivity. Please refer to the guild website the full charter of student rights, located at http://www.guild.uwa.edu.au/info/student_help/student_rights/charter.shtml.

Student Guild contact details The University of Western Australia Student Guild 35 Stirling Highway Crawley WA 6009 Phone: (+61 8) 6488 2295 Facsimile: (+61 8) 6488 1041 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.guild.uwa.edu.au

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Use of student feedback The unit is periodically evaluated and the feedback from students taken into account when the unit is updated. Some examples of student feedback in previous years are provided below. You can see from this how the feedback is often conflicting: what one student loves, another hates. Nevertheless, all feedback is considered and changes have been made over the years in lectures and lecturers to provide course content which consistently achieves a high level of satisfaction from students.

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ASSESSMENT MECHANISM Assessment mechanism summary Item

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Due date

Attendance at lectures

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Participation in team assignment

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Team Presentation

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Thursday 11/06/09

Team Report

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Wednesday 14/06/09

Assessment details Assessment is carried out by assignment (100 per cent). For the assignment, students are formed into teams and each team (as a whole) is assessed. The assignment is in the context of an engineering company submitting a proposal to an oil and gas company for the development of an oil or gas field. Team submissions comprise an outline plan, a presentation and a final written report. The assignment is given to the teams on the first evening, and as the module progresses, more aspects of the final solution can be solved. Workshop sessions are scheduled during the lectures to facilitate general discussion on the assignment. In addition, team members are encouraged to discuss any aspect of their assignment with the module lecturers. Assessment is based upon the ability of the team to select and configure subsea technology into feasible and economically viable subsea production systems. The pros and cons of each option should be identified and evaluated and, where possible, a preferred/optimised option should be identified. While evaluation of options involve a consideration of the overall field economics, the principal focus is on the technology and how it is used to form subsea production systems. If a team indicates that a member has not been pulling their weight, and carrying out their fair share of the work needed to complete the assignment, this should be notified as early as possible to the Unit Coordinator for investigation. Individuals who are found to be under-performing or missing classes or team meetings may have their marks adjusted accordingly. Assessment is carried out by a group of industry experts and the winning team is awarded the INTEC Excellence Award for Best Team Project in Subsea Technology at a presentation night.

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Ethical Scholarship, Academic Literacy and Academic Misconduct Ethical scholarship is the pursuit of scholarly enquiry marked by honesty and integrity. Academic Literacy is the capacity to undertake study and research, and to communicate findings and knowledge, in a manner appropriate to the particular disciplinary conventions and scholarly standards expected at university level. Academic misconduct is any activity or practice engaged in by a student that breaches explicit guidelines relating to the production of work for assessment, in a manner that compromises or defeats the purpose of that assessment. Students must not engage in academic misconduct. Any such activity undermines an ethos of ethical scholarship. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to cheating, or attempting to cheat, through: • • • • • •

Collusion Inappropriate collaboration Plagiarism Misrepresenting or fabricating data or results or other assessable work Inappropriate electronic data sourcing/collection Breaching rules specified for the conduct of examinations in a way that may compromise or defeat the purposes of assessment.

Penalties for academic misconduct vary according to seriousness of the case, and may include the requirement to do further work or repeat work; deduction of marks; the award of zero marks for the assessment; failure of one or more units; suspension from a course of study; exclusion from the University, non-conferral of a degree, diploma or other award to which the student would otherwise have been entitled. Refer to the Ethical Scholarship, Academic Literacy and Academic Misconduct and individual Faculty policies.

Appeals against academic assessment If students feel they have been unfairly assessed, they have the right to appeal their mark by submitting an Appeal Against Academic Assessment form to the Head of School and Faculty Office. The form must be submitted within twelve working days of the formal despatch of your unit assessment. It is recommended that students contact the Guild Education Officers to aid them in the appeals process. They can be contacted on +61 8 6488 2295 or [email protected]. Full regulations governing appeals procedures are available in the University Handbook, available online at http://www.publishing.uwa.edu.au/handbooks/interfaculty/PFAAAA.html.

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TEXTBOOK(S) & RESOURCES Unit Website http://units.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/oena/oena8589

Recommended/required text(s) None. Corse notes are provided by WebCT

Additional/Suggested/Alternate text(s) None.

Technical requirements None.

Software requirements Access to MS Excel, Word & Power-point

UNIT SCHEDULE Available on WebCT

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