IIT Madras researchers develop lifecycle management system for ONGC

NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has developed a lifecycle management system that can decrease the maintenance cost and rehabilitation of offshore oil platforms. The Structural Integrity Management System (SIMS) by IIT Madras is being developed for the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). The SIMS system will help ONGC to monitor, evaluate and assess the structural condition of ONGC and also to set up procedures to assess the fitness-for-service of an offshore structure of ONGC, claims the institute.

IIT Madras SIMS system for ONGC was developed by the Offshore Structures Group from the ocean engineering department of IIT Madras. The institute claims that the newly developed system has a huge database management system that contains crucial information about structural and other design-related data, which can be accessed easily, helping the ONGC perform more efficiently. The SIMS system will have access to stakeholders such as the Institute of Engineering and Ocean Technology (IEOT), offshore Assets, Offshore Engineering Services and Inspection and maintenance and repair teams of ONGC.

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S Nallayarasu, the head of the ocean engineering department of IIT Madras headed the IIT Madras research team that developed the SIMS for ONGC. Today, on July 14, during an event at the IIT Madras campus, V Kamakoti, director of IIT Madras handed over the SIMS system to Pankaj Kumar, director of ONGC (offshore). “SIMS process provides a proactive approach to monitor, evaluate and assess structural condition and establish a procedure to validate the fitness-for- service of an offshore structure. it includes development of database management system for more than 330 platforms, development of Reliability Analysis Scheme for fatigue life of tubular joints and development of a Risk-Based Underwater Inspection Methodology (RBUI),” said Nallayarasu.

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“We are not just an academic institution as our researchers have developed a product that is in the market. I am sure this software will contribute towards ‘Atmanirbharta,’ which is very important. Today, tons and tons of your personal data is going (abroad). This IIT Madras contribution is extremely important in keeping ONGC data from going out. This data, if collected in a streamlined manner for some years, can help in the development of indigenous start-ups that can develop Aatma Nirbhar technologies,” said Kamakoti.