Det Norske (Ivar Aasen field)
Det Norske accelerates production start-up of its offshore field with AVEVA Asset Information Management
Det Norske discovered a major hydrocarbon deposit in the North Sea, named the Ivar Aasen field and estimated at 210 million barrels of oil equivalent, the company's first major field development. The traditional, event-based transfer of information between the project phase and the operations phase posed a considerable risk, and continuous assessment of data status was required throughout the project. To secure this critical transition, Det Norske deployed AVEVA Asset Information Management, complemented by AVEVA Information Standards Manager, to cleanly hand over engineering and execution data from the CAPEX phase. This approach established the asset model context serving as a digital twin for operations. The benefits are tangible: handover costs were significantly reduced, operational readiness was accelerated and processes became much more transparent and simple, paving the way for a fast ramp-up to full capacity.
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How does AVEVA Asset Information Management secure the project-to-operations handover in oil and gas?
For Det Norske, operator of the 210-million-barrel-of-oil-equivalent Ivar Aasen field, the traditional, event-based transfer of information between the CAPEX phase and operations represented a major risk. AVEVA Asset Information Management enables a progressive flow of validated data based on its maturity. This approach eliminates the gap between project and operations and ensures that teams have the information needed for safe, efficient operations from day one.
What does AVEVA Information Standards Manager bring to a major offshore project?
AVEVA Information Standards Manager defines and enforces data standards throughout the Ivar Aasen project. It ensures that the thousands of documents and technical items produced by multiple contractors follow a single naming convention, quality rules and a consistent asset model. This information discipline is essential for building the operational digital twin: without standards, the huge volume of data in an offshore project becomes unmanageable and unusable.
How is a digital twin of an offshore oil asset built?
The digital twin of the Ivar Aasen asset is based on AVEVA Asset Information Management combined with Information Standards Manager. The solution progressively captures and structures engineering, procurement and execution data from the CAPEX phase, then hands it over to operations within an asset model context. This digital twin becomes the single reference for maintenance, change management and operational decisions over the entire life of the field.
What financial benefits does structured information management bring to an oil project?
At Det Norske, AVEVA Asset Information Management significantly reduced project-to-operations handover costs, accelerated operational readiness and simplified processes. On a field development as ambitious as Ivar Aasen, every week gained on start-up represents millions of dollars of earlier production. Greater transparency also reduces the risk of errors during commissioning, a critical period for any offshore project.
Why continuously assess the state of data throughout a large-scale project?
An offshore oil project generates a huge volume of data that matures throughout the CAPEX cycle. AVEVA Asset Information Management enables Det Norske to continuously assess the state of its data and proactively flag gaps or inconsistencies before they affect operations. This approach turns passive document management into active information quality management, an essential condition for a fast ramp-up to full production capacity.