ARENA. The future of engineering for flowline studies

The engineering in offshore industry is facing more and more challenges due to several factors: more design constraints, increase of the workload post-Covid, global cost reduction, etc…

To overcome those issues, TechnipFMC developed Smart Pipeline Design ARENA, a digital web platform, powered by pSeven, which is developed for rigid pipeline engineering (flowlines and risers).

The objective of such a platform is to improve engineering cost, engineering time, product robustness and cost. Within that context, ARENA is mainly developed playing on the following four main levers: (i) standardization, (ii) automation, (iii) optimization and (iv) uncertainty management.

ARENA remains a design platform which can be used by a large spectrum of users, i.e. from junior or less experienced engineers to technical experts.

In the first usage scenario, the platform proposes standardized and well-framed micro-services gathered in two toolboxes, i.e. respectively for flowline and riser design. Such first usage mainly considers standardized and validated micro-services and does not require any key experience.

For the second usage scenario, the platform offers all the freedom to the user to consider standardized tool but also to chain them for any automated process or to develop their own fit-for-purpose tools (including AI capabilities). The latter can be shared in a second step with the team for the benefit of the project.

Sylvain Truche, Project and R&D engineer of TechnipFMC presents the project. You can see videopresentation and download slides below.