The Shvabe holding company of the Rostec State Corporation has delivered to the customer a pilot set of equipment for a fiber-optic system for transmitting and converting optical signals (SPOS). Signal transmission equipment for controlling the subsea infrastructure of offshore oil and gas production is planned to be installed at the Russian production complex at the Yuzhno-Kirinskoye field on the shelf of Sakhalin Island.
The technological solution is based on the use of fiber optics and allows data exchange at a depth of up to 500 meters. In terms of the speed of information transmission, Russian equipment surpasses its foreign counterparts operating via an electric cable.
Digital fiber-optic modules designed specifically for operation in deep water are responsible for the speed and reliability of information transmission. In total, the system allows you to connect up to 48 underwater control modules (PMUs), which remotely control and monitor the production process at a distance of up to 85 km. The guaranteed service life of the system is at least 30 years.
In 2021, it is planned to complete operational tests and carry out the next delivery in the interests of an energy company operating on the Russian shelf.
As part of Rostec, the project is implemented by the M. F. Polyus Research Institute. Stelmakh – a subsidiary company of the holding "Schwabe".