Intergraph and DNV Software Offshore Industry Solution Shortens Time to First Oil, Protects and Manages Assets

New Integrated Lifecycle Approach Boosts Design, Construction and O&M Productivity

HOUSTON, May 5, 2003 - The Process, Power & Offshore division of Intergraph Corporation <NASDAQ: INGR> and DNV Software today jointly announced integrated lifecycle software for concurrent engineering, design, modeling, analysis, construction and operation of offshore oil and gas production facilities. Primary components include the advanced Intergraph SmartPlant(r) Offshore, the well-known DNV Software SESAM and Nauticus along with facility operation management systems and proven Intergraph outfitting tools. Software for outfitting includes support for instrument and electrical engineering, piping and instrumentation diagrams, procurement management and related disciplines. The combined offering unifies engineering tasks of previously disparate project phases in a single environment, enabled by Intergraph workflow, integration and lifecycle engineering data management architecture. The initial release will support floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels and will be available to key customers in late 2003. Subsequent planned releases support all types of offshore designs including fixed, tension leg, floating and spar installations.

The DNV Software FPSO Package provides conceptual vessel and topsides design, modeling and strength assessment through SESAM and Nauticus while SmartPlant Offshore encompasses all 3D modeling functions for detail and fabrication design of hull and topsides.

Intergraph of Huntsville, Ala. And DNV Software of Norway announced and demonstrated the software at the Offshore Technology Conference, the world's largest offshore industry event. Intergraph today also announced SmartPlant Offshore in a separate news release.

For offshore engineering and construction firms, the software offers cost and time savings derived from work process improvements including concurrent global engineering as well as automation for productivity and design re-use for standardization. Increases in productivity, design integrity and automation for fabrication translate into shorter time to commissioning. For offshore facility owner-operators, the offering provides a data-centric model of the facility including a comprehensive lifecycle information repository for use in maintenance, modification and operation.

The combined offshore industry solution provides the capability to perform concurrent design engineering across disciplines and organizations, manage change, avoid duplication of effort and automate repetitive tasks. The software is designed to answer the global business imperative to shorten time to first oil through fundamental work process improvement.

FPSO Package Bridges to Detail Design

The DNV Software FPSO Package provides a fully integrated system for early design and strength and fatigue analysis of the entire interacting system of hull, topsides, moorings and risers. The package is offered in different configurations, ranging from initial design and rule check packages to advanced systems for modeling and analysis of the integrity of the FPSO, topsides, hull, mooring and riser systems. The FPSO Initial Design Tool application, with minimum input, provides accurate wave load analysis and midship bending moments and shear forces for use in main scantling analysis and steel weight calculation. The FPSO Package also includes sophisticated analysis for mooring and riser design for any water depth.

Workflow begins with the FPSO Package and continues into the detail design and fabrication phases with Intergraph SmartPlant Offshore, which helps ensure design integrity, resulting in a complete definition of the FPSO for electronic handover into operations.
Intergraph SmartPlant Offshore Integrates Hull, Topsides Design

Intergraph SmartPlant Offshore provides full multidiscipline design functions and addresses conceptual and detailed design of hulls, topsides structures and outfitting, plan approval, production planning, manufacturing and construction engineering. SmartPlant Offshore features a single 3D model for concurrent, multi-site engineering. The data-centric, rule-based, integrated 3D modeling environment -particularly when combined with SmartPlant software for outfitting- aims to streamline work processes, appreciably lower manpower requirements and material outlays and significantly reduce overall facility design and construction costs and schedules. The architecture provides full access to current engineering data and is the foundation of a shared repository for all design, construction and management information accessible to all authorized users.

FPSO Life Cycle Manager Helps Reduce Operational Risk
To support operation, the DNV Software FPSO Life Cycle Manager handles inspections and planned periodic maintenance of hull, topsides, moorings and risers. Additional software options include operations lifecycle support of semis, TLPs, jackets and spars. Based on data from design and construction, the software maintains history and statistics for inspection, maintenance and repair throughout the installation lifetime. The operation management component helps to increase reliability and availability through cost-optimal inspection, maintenance and repair and to reduce risk associated with unplanned shutdowns. The key Intergraph integration architecture provides links to upstream and downstream engineering data as well as to other maintenance and ERP systems to improve decision support.

Combined Solution Promotes Competitive Edge

Gerhard Sallinger, president, Intergraph Process Power & Offshore, said, "The Intergraph and DNV Software combined solutions represent a focus of the very best skills and most advanced technology available. DNV Software expertise in the marine industries is well known as is Intergraph's leading position in topsides and plant design. This combined experience will create true advances in productivity not only for offshore design, engineering and construction but also operations and maintenance."

"The proven DNV Software solutions combined with the advanced Intergraph SmartPlant Offshore technology will enable offshore contractors and shipbuilders to significantly improve design and construction productivity and provide early decision support capabilities needed to gain a competitive edge in today's market," said Managing Director Elling Rishoff, DNV Software. "Over the next five years, the industry is expected to design, construct and commission approximately 80 FPSO vessels consistent with continued growth in global deepwater production. To meet these engineering and business challenges, DNV Software and Intergraph are comprehensively integrating information and workflow throughout the entire lifecycle with initial focus on FPSO vessels."

About DNV Software

DNV Software is an independent business unit of the Norwegian corporation Det Norske Veritas. Established in 1864, Det Norske Veritas is an independent foundation with the objective of safeguarding life, property and the environment, and is a leading international provider of services for managing risk. DNV Software is among the global market leaders in software development for design, strength assessment and risk management. DNV Software has more than 3,000 clients in 55 countries within the maritime, offshore and process industry sectors. 

www.dnv.com/software

About Intergraph Process, Power & Offshore

With nearly a quarter century of industry experience, Intergraph Process, Power & Offshore enables customers to create, capture and manage plant information as a strategic asset by providing integrated life cycle solutions for the engineering, design, construction and operation of process and power plants as well as offshore oil and gas facilities. Core brands include the SmartPlant(r) and PDS(tm) (Plant Design System) suites, the SmartPlant Foundation lifecycle engineering information management and MARIAN(r) materials, procurement and supply chain management solutions. Intergraph Process, Power & Offshore is the acknowledged global leader in the plant creation market (Source: Daratech Inc.). A division of Intergraph Corporation, Process, Power & Offshore is headquartered in Huntsville, Ala. USA, employs more than 700 people and does business in more than 60 countries.

www.intergraph.com/ppo

 

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