‘Operation Offshore’ guides crew through emergency valve replacement

Global pipeline services provider T.D. Williamson (TDW) produced Operation Offshore: Risk on the Platform, a 12-episode, multimedia program that follows a platform crew step-by-step on their mission to isolate and replace a failing emergency shutdown valve ESDV in the Gulf of Mexico. The program is designed to help platform crew and is available on their website: operationoffshore.com

The program begins with a leaking ESDV that has hit its critical passage rate and the next scheduled shutdown is six months away. It progresses to how the crew handles the situation, mitigating risk even as potential setbacks appear.

According to George Lim, offshore veteran and market development director for TDW, initiatives like this are essential to expanding the industry’s knowledge base, particularly as operators navigate ever more challenging environments.

“With the departure of senior personnel from our industry, we’re losing knowledge, experience, and novel, innovative ideas. Programs like this help capture, share, and proliferate expertise and acumen,” Lim says.

“In a world awash with information, TDW is striving to bring clarity and conciseness to issues critical to the oil and gas business,” he adds.