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Conclusion JIP33 has been a great success in the short time it has been active . The JIP33 Program is now actively engaging with additional operators and EPCs to further adoption across the industry . A large number of projects are now using JIP33 specifications , and large volumes of equipment specified by JIP33 have been procured since the oil & gas industry started to recover from the pandemic . While there is still a journey for many companies to go through to get the full cultural
and behavioural changes required throughout their organisation , there is the full support of executives from the major international and national oil & gas companies driving this program and making it go from strength to strength . The program continues to welcome increased participation of suppliers in the program , welcomes their input at all stages of the process , and actively encourages those who wish to know more to reach out to the JIP33 Project Team in this exciting endeavour .
JIP33 beyond oil & gas
David Harris has been the Specifications Manager of the JIP33 project at IOGP since 2020 . He highlighted how the project is having a positive effect well beyond the oil & gas industry . “ When JIP33 was set up , it was aimed at large upstream oil & gas projects that , in terms of global expenditure , are second only to aerospace . However , it ’ s now also being applied to the maintenance and upgrades of existing facilities .” “ Beyond oil & gas , the program is also relevant to low-carbon projects , from the electrification of existing facilities to carbon capture . JIP33 specifications have already been applied to some publicly announced carbon capture projects in the UK and Europe , and several of our new topics will have applications for net zero and low carbon projects . For example , specifications
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for power cables to offshore oil & gas facilities have applicability to offshore wind farms . New energy projects will benefit from the standardisation , experience and competency present in traditional oil & gas engineering . While they may have a different economic base and risk profile , much of the subsea knowledge required for e . g . carbon capture is well-known within oil & gas . Notably , for new energy projects to succeed , they need to operate long-term , and the oil & gas industry understands long-term engineering reliability very well .” “ An important advantage of JIP33 and the IOGP , in general , is that we can publish best practices and guidelines in a reasonably short period of time . We ’ re happy for these to be picked up by international standards organisations to form the basis for international standards . There ’ s a lot of exciting innovation in the global low-carbon energy industry , and some of the foundational principles from big oil & gas projects also apply to them . We have a thorough understanding of operational integrity and excellence .”
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