Solution

AIM Concept Screening

AIM Concept Screening

From Months to Minutes in Early-Phase Concept Selection
From Months to Minutes in Early-Phase Concept Selection
Screenshot of computer simulation
Screenshot of computer simulation

Rapidly exploring all field development options, so teams can align early and move forward with confidence.

Client(s)

Equinor

Sector

Oil & Gas

Challenge

Field Development

Decision lens

Frontend Project Design

Product

AIM

Geography

Europe

The challenge

The challenge

Early-phase concept screening of field development projects is a complex and time-consuming process. Months of manual design work slow down decision-making, create rework, and often mean only a fraction of possible wells and infrastructure layouts are ever considered.


With conflicting risks and drivers across subsurface, wells, and engineering disciplines, outcomes can easily become siloed, subjective, and limited. As a result, valuable opportunities are missed, and confidence in decisions is reduced.

Early-phase concept screening of field development projects is a complex and time-consuming process. Months of manual design work slow down decision-making, create rework, and often mean only a fraction of possible wells and infrastructure layouts are ever considered.


With conflicting risks and drivers across subsurface, wells, and engineering disciplines, outcomes can easily become siloed, subjective, and limited. As a result, valuable opportunities are missed, and confidence in decisions is reduced.

Solution

Screenshot of a simulation computer application
Screenshot of a simulation computer application
Screenshot of a simulation computer application

AIM Concept Screening accelerates the integrated evaluation from months to minutes. The tool screens which targets can be reached - within well engineering rules - from all possible surface or seabed locations. And then identifies opportunities to combine wells with shared infrastructure (shallow water jackets, subsea templates, drill centers or well pads).


From there, AIM also explores all possible pipeline and umbilical routing options and optimises total cost - while showing in near real time how cost and risk change when moving individual locations or targets.


Instead of focusing on a single concept, teams can test every feasible option, compare trade-offs transparently, and align faster across disciplines.


The result is a shift from siloed, slow and manual work to rapid, integrated concept screening. Leaders gain a clear, data-driven foundation to make early-phase decisions with speed and confidence.

Results

From months to minutes

Development concepts evaluated in near real time

Full option space explored

Every feasible layout tested, not just one or two.

Transparent trade-offs

Clear cost and risk insights accelerate alignment across disciplines.

Results

From months to minutes

Development concepts evaluated in near real time

Full option space explored

Every feasible layout tested, not just one or two.

Transparent trade-offs

Clear cost and risk insights accelerate alignment across disciplines.

Results

From months to minutes

Development concepts evaluated in near real time

Full option space explored

Every feasible layout tested, not just one or two.

Transparent trade-offs

Clear cost and risk insights accelerate alignment across disciplines.

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