Making the Business Case for Permanent Marine Multi-Component Systems

P04 MAKING THE BUSINESS CASE FOR PERMANENT MARINE MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEMS Summary 1 This presentation contrasts permanent multi-component systems with alternative marine acquisition methods and identifies key technical and economic tradeoffs for each technology. A simple production model demonstrates the role of investment production and 4-D attribution for pay-back from a permanent multi-component marine system. Sensitivity analyses on several investment and pay-back scenarios illustrate key business strategies for asset managers. Introduction Valhall installed in 2003 as the first permanent multi-component (PMC) system for acquiring repeated 4-D images has been a dazzling technical success. The system has demonstrated an ability to acquire