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GE Energy

Measurement & Control Solutions

Offshore Platforms & FPSOsBently Nevada* Asset Condition Monitoring

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Your Challenge

GE is OnboardIntroductionOshore oil and gas production began more than seven decades ago and continues to grow. With this growth,new challenges have arisen such as the operation o oshore acilities in dicult environments with increasedproduction expectations. The two most common types o oshore acilities can be classied as either platormsor Floating Production Storage and Ofoading (FPSO) vessels. Combined, this growing feet plays a signicantrole in meeting the worlds demand or oil and gas. In the pages that ollow, we invite you to learn how ourcomprehensive capabilities can help you meet your business needs. GEs Bently Nevada solutions can addressyour asset condition monitoring and protection needs, whether or a single platorm or or an entire feet.

While oshore acilities have opened the vast rontier o the worlds oceans to oil and gas exploration andproduction, they have also resulted in new and unique challenges or asset integrity. Financial data shows anhour o downtime or an oshore production acility is amongst the highest o any industry. Not only does thedowntime equation consist o loss o production, but it also orces the asset operator to consider the complexityand logistics o stang requirements, replacement parts and supplies to the remote location (as well as a numbero other critical variables).

As such, the ollowing are absolutely vital to the success o oshore acilities: Health, Saety, and Environment Proactive health management o your production assets Minimizing or eliminating unplanned outages and downtime Protecting critical machinery against catastrophic mechanical ailures Quick and eective RCFA when an asset does ail Eliminating unnecessary maintenance Maximizing machinery reliability and availability Global access to asset inormation Eliminating downtime or schedule alterations associated to product ooading or transer

GEs Bently Nevada Asset Condition Monitoring solutions have proven themselves time and again in addressingyour challenges.

We understand your imperatives and we have created oerings to meet the unique needs o oshore acilities.Listening to our customer and the markets trends, Bently Nevada has designed:

Unique solutions to address asset Condition Monitoring needs rom highly critical assets to low levelcriticality assets.

Systems that are remotely accessible, allowing remote monitoring and diagnostics o both machineryand instrumentation.

Solutions that are compatible with your IT structures and cyber security requirements

Systems that are capable o serving relevant data, notifcations, and inormation to the appropriatedepartments and personnel

Systems that are remotely maintainable, allowing: sotware updates, confguration changes, operating systempatches and data archives.

Hardware and sotware solutions that can integrate with third party applications. In addition, many o ourproducts have been certied to meet the rigorous maritime approvals.

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Bently Nevada Asset Condition Monitoring systemsdont COST

they PAY

Payback through Protection

Our solutions help protect your machinery from catastrophic failures andthe costs of those failures.

For more than 50 years, the Bently Nevada name has been recognized or its industryleadership in machinery protection and condition monitoring. Today, with more thanone million channels o machinery protection installed worldwide, customers have madeus the proven choice or machine protection. We not only protect your machinery, butour legendary product quality, deep application expertise, and highly competent locallyavailable service helps protect your condition monitoring investment as well.

Payback through Mechanical Validation

Our solutions let you capture baseline machinery conditions, pre- and post-mainte-nance, giving you a reference for optimal decision making.

One o the most crucial times in the lie o a machine is immediately ater maintenancehas been perormed. We can tell you i all is well with systems that capture relevantdata both beore and ater maintenance. You can instantly see i problems are presentand make decisions accordingly. For many customers, the ability to knowledgeablycontinue with or abort the startup o a large compression train can more than payor their entire system in a single event.

Payback through Predictive Maintenance

Our solutions deliver information that allow you to perform maintenancewhen conditions not calendars dictate.

The results o a proactive maintenance program enabled by our condition monitoringsolutions speak or themselves. Consider the recent fndings rom an oshore platorm(producing on the order o 250,000 bpd and 50 mcd gas production) operator or a two-year period. The condition monitoring and maintenance program consisting o BentlyNevada hardware, sotware, and Supporting Service Agreement has resulted in theollowing:

- Avoidance o equipment catastrophic ailure = $3,500,000- Avoidance o production loss = $180,000,000

Another customer realized a six-month system payback on their Bently Nevada solutionset installed on a 250,000 bpd FPSO. This payback was achieved by utilizing System 1*to predict equipment malunctions, and by reducing the run to ailure behavior. By takingthese actions, the operator was able to avoid many abnormal incidents, reduce lost protopportunities, reduce the maintenance budget and improve sta productivity.

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REMOTEMONITORING

CENTER

Integrated Condition and Performance Monitoring Applications for Offshore Facil ities

System 1Condition Monitoring Software Platform

LEGEND (Recommended Solutions): System 1 Location Continuous Data Acquisition and Protection Periodic Data Acquisition Performance Monitoring

Other AssetsPipingVesselsValvesDry Gas SealsPressure Relief Valves

Remote Communication Methods Include:Fiber-optic, Satellite Link, Line-of-sight

Drilling AssetsAgitatorsAir CompressorsHydraulic UnitsMud Mixing PumpsMud Transfer Pumps

Gas Compression TrainsMain Compression Trains (LP, MP, HP)Low-pressure Compression TrainsOverhead Compression TrainsVapor Recovery UnitsBooster Compressors

Fan/Blower TrainsAuxiliary FansHVAC FansInert Gas Fans

Minox Gas BlowersVent FansHeat Exchanger Fans

Pumping TrainsBallast PumpsCargo PumpsStrip Pumps (clean and dirty)Corrosion Inhibitor Transfer PumpsCrude Booster PumpsDeaeration PumpsDiesel Fuel PumpsDrain PumpsDrilling Water Transfer PumpsFire Water PumpsFire Water Jockey PumpsFlare Scrubber PumpsFloatation Cell Recirculation PumpsFoam PumpsHeat Media PumpsLube Oil PumpsMethanol PumpsOil Pipeline PumpsPigging PumpsProcess Cooling PumpsProduced Water PumpsRO Feed PumpsSand Removal PumpsScrubber PumpsSeal Fluid PumpsSeawater Injection PumpsSeawater Lift/Booster PumpsSRU Feed Pumps

Stabilizer Feed PumpsTank Wash Pumps

Power Generation TrainsPrimary Power GenerationEssential Power GenerationEmergency Power Generation

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Measurable Results, Tangible ValuePlant-wide value through condition monitoring occurs asset-by-asset. Our solutions or platorms and FPSOsencompass your critical equipment where lost prot opportunities are the dominant economic driver. Inaddition, our plant wide approach encompasses the less-critical assets (which can aect critical equipment)as well as impact saety, health, and the environment. Below are just a ew examples o the dozens odierent asset types we can address.

Power Generation TrainsGEs Bently Nevada product line provided machinery protection and conditionmonitoring or power generation trains or decades. Our comprehensive solu-tion combines protection with state o the art condition monitoring hardwareand sotware or trending, high speed data capture surrounding an alarm, aswell as high speed data capture during start up, shut down, and overspeedconditions. By combining this unctionality with additional Bently Nevadamodules such as Thermodynamic Perormance monitoring, Predictive Emis-sions Monitoring System (PEMS), and Decision Support capacities, we are ableto help you manage these assets to meet your requirements.

Gas Compression TrainsCompression trains are a critical component to the production acility. BentlyNevada solutions successully protected and managed these trains ordecades. Our solution set combines the protection rom our 3500 System,with the management capabilities o System 1. Our modular approachallows you to select the solutions to meet your needs. Examples includeThermodynamic Perormance monitoring and Decision Support capabilities.One such Decision Support module designed specically or compressiontrains is the Dry Gas Seal RulePak. This solution allows System 1 to monitorand identiy important issues related to the malunction o Dry Gas Seals andeects related to the compressor train.

PumpsPumps are plentiul and absolutely vital to the operation o platorms andFPSOs. Unortunately, pump ailures can impact more than just maintenance

costs and production losses - they can result in res that may be catastroph-ic to your operations and sta. Our solutions or monitoring pumps detectand address the mechanical and Thermodynamic Perormance conditionsthat - when let unchecked - can lead to seal leaks, bearing destruction andother costly malunctions. To ensure that an economical yet appropriatesolution exists or the spectrum o pumps, we oer portable instruments,conventional wired systems or online monitoring, and innovative new wire-less technology that makes the benefts o online monitoring economicallyeasible or a larger percentage o your assets by dramatically reducinginstallation costs.

PipingThe eects o corrosion and erosion represent a signicant challenge orthe oil and gas industry. Corrosion and erosion conditions cost the indus-try billions o dollars each year. As signicant as those challenges are orland-based acilities, they are compounded when working in the extremes ooshore environments. To help you address this vital part o your asset condi-tion management program, we oer both online and portable capabilities ormeasuring piping wall thickness, corrosion rates, useul lie remaining, rate ochange, and other critical data to ascertain the overall integrity o your pipingand other corrosion-prone assets.

ValvesValve integrity is a critical part o any asset management program. Faultyvalves can result in not only undesirable environmental emissions and energylosses, but can also jeopardize saety. Particularly important are Pressure RelieValves (PRVs), which are used as part o pressure relieving systems. Compo-nents o such systems can include both the PRV and associated rupture disks.GEs Bently Nevada product line provides an innovative monitoring solutionthat can address both - allowing you to help assure the mechanical integrity othese vital components as well as environmental concerns.

Electric MotorsAC Motors - both fxed or variable speed - require a variety o specializedprotection and condition monitoring solutions depending on criticality, horse-

power, duty and the type o machinery they drive. For critical motor drivenapplications, such as re-injection pumps, compressors, cooling ans, etc;condition-monitoring techniques may include vibration, temperature, speedand phase measurements. A new and simple alternative or motors, espe-cially those that are difcult to access or are submerged is AnomAlert* MotorAnomaly Detector. This solution utilizes motor current and voltage transorm -ers to build an operational model, rom which real time and uture conditioncan be assessed. The user interace will automatically advise on electrical ANDmechanical anomalies associated with the motor and the driven load. Cor-rective action to the electrical supply, stator, rotor, bearings or abnormal loadrom clogged lters, or example, is available rom AnomAlert.

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Outstanding Saety Record

Global Experience

Local Presence in 40+ Countries

Deep Application Expertise

24/7/365 Technical Support

Thermodynamic and Rotordynamic Expertise

Remote Service Capabilities Move Data, Not People*

Complete Turnkey Installation Capabilities

50+ Years o Condition Monitoring Innovations

Comprehensive, Globally Available Services

Technical Support AgreementsA one-year renewable Technical Support Agreement (TSA) is automatically includedwith every product we sell. Its structure consolidates all products installed at your siteunder a single agreement or ease o administration and entitles you to phone, e-mail,and web-based support rom our global network o experienced support experts.

Machinery Diagnostic ServicesOur more than 70 machinery diagnostic engineers around the world are recognizedglobally or their expertise in gathering and analyzing data to document baselineconditions and troubleshoot even the most vexing machinery problems.

Remote Monitoring and DiagnosticsIn many cases, traveling to site to perorm machinery diagnostics and assess machineryhealth is a thing o the past. We can even work with your IT department to engineerremote connectivity solutions that are ully compliant with your corporate data networkrequirements.

Supporting Services AgreementsA Supporting Services Agreement (SSA) is a custom-tailored combination o individualremote and site-based service oerings that addresses the unique needs o your site andyour installation. We work with you as a partner to keep your instrumentation perormingoptimally at all times and to provide hands-on assistance that helps you realize the ullpotential o your condition monitoring system.

TrainingOur customers routinely praise our in-depth technical training or its highly eectivelearn by doing labs coupled with classroom-style instruction. A comprehensive suite oproduct training courses is augmented by courses that teach the undamentals o rotatingmachinery behavior and diagnostic techniques. Our courses can be provided at any oour global training centers or even brought to your site.

Design and Installation ServicesWe can provide comprehensive project management services to install and congureour solutions, document the installation, contract and manage site crat labor, and more.You determine the scope, rom simple installation consulting to ull turnkey services toeverything in between. Integration with your existing systems is our specialty, whetherto a unit control, DCS or historian.

Reliability ServicesWe provide our customers with the tools, processes, and methodologies to identiyand implement the proper condition monitoring technologies, strategies and predictiveservices or all maintainable assets required to meet their specic maintenance andoperational goals.

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For more inormation about

Bently Nevada Asset Condition Monitoring

solutions or oshore platorms and FPSOs,

contact your local GE sales

proessional or visit us online atwww.ge-energy.com/bentlyapplications

GE Energy

Bently Nevada Asset Condition Monitoring

1631 Bently Parkway South

Minden, Nevada 89423 USA

+1 775.782.3611

energy.bnsales@ge.com

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