Journal of Petroleum Technology, Vol.53, No.4, 46-47, 2001
Commissioning, startup, and early operation of the Gemini development
The Gemini subsea development is fast-track deepwater project. Operability throughout field life is an important element of any field development. The Gemini project team set system uptime and reliability as key project goals. Integrating offshore operations personnel into the system-design, installation-planning, commissioning, and startup teams contributed to the successful early operation of Gemini, In the first 7 months of operation, Gemini achieved high system availability that exceeded project objectives.