Recent technology development across the spectrum of subsea systems offers a vision of an integrated low-carbon future. This vision of a low cost, reusable tieback of the future could incorporate technologies such as on-bottom retrievable pipelines with mechanical connections, low friction internal coatings to reduce the need for flow assurance chemicals and combined with a subsea HPU/chemical delivery and local communications buoy could minimise or eliminate the umbilical.

The presentation will identify the technologies available or being developed across the industry and identify their current readiness status (TRL). Technical and commercial barriers to realisation will be discussed and a possible roadmap to deployment will be outlined. The presentation will tie together recent technology studies by Crondall Energy and broader industry developments to show how low carbon subsea tieback solutions are emerging.