Overcoming Technical Barriers to PRM Adoption through Fibre-optic Sensing Arrays

The adoption of offshore Seismic Permanent Reservoir Monitoring (PRM) has been relatively slow after the first field installation at Valhall by BP in 2003, and more recent installations at Clair (UKCS), Ekofisk (Norwegian Sea) and a planned installation at Jubarte (Brazil). One of the key hurdles to overcome in accelerating the adoption of PRM is to provide cost effective, fit for purpose technology in terms of data fidelity and reliability over a 10-20 year field lifetime. In this paper we review how advances in fibre-optic sensing technology have contributed to overcoming these technical hurdles to PRM adoption.