Integrated Operations in the High North

Integrated Operations in the High North (IOHN, IO High North or IO in the High North) is a unique collaboration project that during a four-year period starting May 2008 is working on designing, implementing and testing a Digital Platform for what in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry is called the next or second generation of Integrated Operations.[1] The work on the Digital platform is focussed on capture, transfer and integration of Real-time data from the remote production installations to the decision makers. A risk evaluation across the whole chain is also included. The platform is based on open standards and enables a higher degree of interoperability. Requirements for the digital platform come from use cases defined within the Drilling and Completion, Reservoir and Production and Operations and Maintenance domains. The platform will subsequently be demonstrated through pilots within these three domains.[2]

Integrated Operations in the High North
Logo for Integrated Operations in the High North.
AbbreviationIOHN or IO High North
Formation2008-05-06
Legal statusProject at Det Norske Veritas (DNV)
PurposeDesigning, implementing and testing a Digital Platform for the next generation of Integrated Operations
Location
  • Bærum, Norway
Region served
Worldwide
Membership
22
Official language
English
Project Manager
Frédéric Verhelst
Main organ
Steering Committee

This new platform is considered an important enabler for safe and sustainable operations in remote, vulnerable and hazardous areas such as the High North,[3][4][5][6] but the technology is clearly also applicable in more general applications.

The IOHN project consortium consists of 23 participants,[7] including operators, service providers, software vendors, technology providers, research institutions and universities. In addition, the Norwegian Defence Force is working with the project to resolve common infrastructural and interoperability challenges.[2]

The project is managed by Det Norske Veritas (DNV).[8] Nils Sandsmark was the project manager during the initiation and start-up phase. Frédéric Verhelst took over as project manager from the beginning of 2009.[9]

Financing comes from the participants and the Research Council of Norway (RCN) for parts of the project (GOICT[10] and AutoConRig[11][12]).

Participants

The consortium consists of the following 22 participants[7] (in alphabetical order):

ABB Abelia Baker Hughes Cisco Computas
Det Norske Veritas ENI Epsis FMC Technologies FSI
IO Center IRIS National Oilwell Varco NTNU OLF
POSC Caesar Association Petroleum Safety Authority Norway Siemens Statoil Norwegian Defence
University of Oslo University of Stavanger

See also

References
  1. The Norwegian Oil Industry Association (OLF) and POSC Caesar Association (PCA) (2007-09-19). "Integrated Operations and the Oil and Gas Ontology" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  2. Integrated Operations in the High North (IOHN). "Short introduction to the Integrated Operations in the High North (IOHN) project". Retrieved 2009-05-07.
  3. The Norwegian Oil Industry Association (OLF) (2008-08-26). "Norway takes a leading role in next generation Integrated Operations". Retrieved 2009-05-07.
  4. Rigzone E&P News (2008-08-26). "Norway Takes Reign to Provide Next Generation Integrated Operations". Retrieved 2009-05-08.
  5. Digital Energy Journal (2008-08-27). "Norway developing next generation Integrated Operations". Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
  6. E&P Magazine (2008-12-02). "Offshore R&D pushes the limits". Retrieved 2009-05-08.
  7. IOHN (2010-03-10). "List of participating companies in the IOHN project". Retrieved 2010-03-10.
  8. Det Norske Veritas (DNV) (2008-08-26). "DNV leads Integrated Operations development". Archived from the original on 2009-09-11. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
  9. LinkedIn. "Profile of Frédéric Verhelst". Retrieved 2009-09-28.
  10. The Research Council of Norway (RCN). "Dependable ICT for the Energy Sector (GOICT, RCN proj.no. 183235, VERDIKT-programme)". Retrieved 2009-05-07.
  11. The Research Council of Norway (RCN). "Semi-autonomous control system for unmanned drilling rigs (AutoConRig, RCN proj.no. 187473, PETROMAKS-programme)". Retrieved 2009-05-07.
  12. Jens Ornæs (NOV). "RCN/NFR project "AutoConRig"". Retrieved 2009-07-02.
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