McDermott Digital Efforts Featured in the Journal of Petroleum Technology
6/6/2018
McDermott’s efforts on project lifecyle management (PLM) and creating a digital twin of the as-built facility under its Gemini XDTM application was featured in the June issue of the Society of Petroleum Engineer’s Journal of Petroleum Technology.
McDermott’s digital twin is based on its Gemini XD software platform, which is named after the twin constellation and NASA’s Gemini space program, the precursor to the Apollo program. The article quotes Vaseem Khan, Global Vice President of Engineering, “So what we are doing is we’re taking the technology that’s used in the automotive and the aerospace industries” that use PLM for repetitive manufacturing, “and we’re modifying it to use in our more-bespoke project environment.”
The article also highlights McDermott’s use of Gemini XD on two BP offshore projects: the Tortue-Ahmeyim field subsea development off Mauritania and Senegal and the Cassia C compression platform off Trinidad and Tobago.
The article also highlights the many advantages of a 3D digital twin and can be read by clicking on this link.