Equinor and TechnipFMC · Subsea installation
Åsgard Subsea Compression: every procedure rehearsed before the first offshore day
The challenge
The Åsgard compressor is the world's largest and most complex subsea installation, at 300 metres depth with poor visibility and light. Many crew members had not worked in the subsea environment for some time, and mistakes are not an option. Every operator needed to be ready before going offshore.
What OSC delivered
- An integrated digital twin of the bridge, control room, two ROVs and crane in one environment
- Every offshore procedure rehearsed step by step by the contractor's operators
- Crews who had lost familiarity with the seabed regained their confidence
- Dome visualisation and VR for spatial awareness a briefing room cannot give
Crew ready
Full readiness confirmed before the first offshore day
Seabed familiarity
Restored through simulator training
€20M per day
Realised from the Åsgard Subsea Compression project, in Equinor's words
"We at Equinor, Ocean Installer, and Axtech got exactly what we needed and feel fully prepared for the 2025 Compressor Replacement with Normand Vision and MRS."
Digital twinVR immersionMulti-operator trainingComms and radioSubsea installationROV operationsBridge replicationDome visualisationCrane operations