Maintaining well integrity is one of the critical factors in the oil and gas industry. It requires close monitoring during the life cycle of the well, especially in offshore fields, to maximize the well life cycle and avoid catastrophic failure.…
Maintaining well integrity is one of the critical factors in the oil and gas industry. It requires close monitoring during the life cycle of the well, especially in offshore fields, to maximize the well life cycle and avoid catastrophic failure.…
Maintaining well integrity is one of the critical factors in the oil and gas industry. It requires close monitoring during the life cycle of the well, especially in offshore fields, to maximize the well life cycle and avoid catastrophic failure.…
Maintaining well integrity is one of the critical factors in the oil and gas industry. It requires close monitoring during the life cycle of the well, especially in offshore fields, to maximize the well life cycle and avoid catastrophic failure.…
Wax deposition is a serious issue during the pipeline transportation of crude oil. This research work has investigated the effects of some important parameters on the flow characteristic of crude oil during the pipeline transportation in offshore and…
Wax deposition and gel formation have been crucial problems to the oil industries. The deposition of waxes would lead to gelation which blocks flow in pipelines and interrupts steady production of oil at offshore fields. The plugged gel needs to be…
Interfacial tension (IFT) between oil and brine is key to determine the Capillary Number, which governs capillary forces in the porous medium. As a result, changes in IFT affect the displacement efficiency and the residual oil saturation having…
Along with the maturation of main oil exploration and production (E&P) areas in the world, the industry has started to seek for new investment opportunities that have been considered unattractive so far. Among such opportunities might be small oil…
Oil and gas companies are facing low output prices and are forced to focus on the development of mature fields. Relevant investment decisions for operators include lifetime-enhancing activities, such as drilling new wells or permanent shutdown. We…
South part of NN reservoir, located at Bohai Bay of China, has reservoir characteristics of complex oil-water contact system, thin single pay zones of 6~8 m and heavy oil viscosity with 413~741mPas. At initial natural energy production stage, daily…
Under international situation of long term low oil price, it is increasingly difficult to develop offshore oil&gas field for low economic benefits. So it is necessary to study on optimization measures to improve the economic benefits. For certain…
Strandings of semi-solid to solid asphaltic bitumen along the coastline of South Australia have been reported as far back as the late 1800s. Hitherto only a single variety, now referred to as asphaltite, has been attributed to seepage from the nearby…
Based on the latest developments of desulfurization and decarbonization technologies of acidic natural gas, the process characteristics, product purity, consumptions, occupied area, advantages and disadvantages of various desulfurization and…
Some deep-water offshore fields produce oil with high gas/oil ratios and ultra-high %CO2 (>60%mol) with the onus of processing low-grade gas simultaneously handling huge CO2 dispatch goals. Thus, processing solutions are needed to make feasible such…
Natural gas leakage on offshore platforms has a great impact on safety production, and effective and reasonable leakage detection methods can prevent the harm caused by natural gas leakage. This article proposes a method based on ant colony…
In offshore oil-and-gas fields with high CO2 content, oil-and-gas processing entails recycling CO2 to the field for enhanced oil recovery. Despite blocking fossil CO2 ingress into the biosphere and improving oil production, this entails increasing…
Supersonic separator is investigated via process simulation for treating CO2 rich (>40%) natural gas in terms of dew-points adjustment and CO2 removal for enhanced oil recovery. These applications are compared in terms of technical and energetic…
Well production in oil fields is a dynamic and complex activity. The patterns and characteristics inherent tothe well, such as pressures and flow rates, are changing based on production time and the fluid composition-A complex multiphase mixture…
Determining oil quality is essential to identifying valuable resource accumulations. However, in new areas of exploration, little information is available on the processes affecting resource quality. Geochemical analyses of oil seeps from frontier…
Well production in oil fields is a dynamic and complex activity. The patterns and characteristics inherent to the well, such as pressures and flow rates, are changing based on production time and the fluid composition - a complex multiphase mixture…
It's very common now that more and more offshore oil fields are found with high CO2 content. In certain offshore new oil field development project in South China Sea, the CO2 content is about 95%(mole) in several oil wells, so it meets with huge…
The microbiologically influenced‐corrosion (MIC) ‐related problems encountered in the water‐injection wells of the Rijn Oil Field, offshore the Netherlands, were assessed from multiple perspectives to determine the root cause of the corrosion and the…
Aging facilities are a common issue within the oil and gas industry. This research demonstrates a practical approach to aging life extension, taking into account risks and constraints, such as budgets, resources and offshore field-level logistics.…
In offshore oil-and-gas fields with high CO2 content, oil-and-gas processing entails recycling CO2 to the field for enhanced oil recovery. Despite blocking fossil CO2 ingress into the biosphere and improving oil production, this entails increasing…
The development of offshore heavy oil field need to reduce investment, energy consumption for oil and gas processing and transportation, we should improve the process, in order to simplify the process by using advanced technology, reduce processing…
Supersonic separators offer a cleaner offshore processing of natural gas with carbon dioxide content from deep-water oil-gas fields. Conventional offshore gas processing comprises water dew-point adjustment via glycol-absorption, hydrocarbon…
Wax deposition and gel formation have been crucial problems to the oil industries. The deposition of waxes would lead to gelation which blocks flow in pipelines and interrupts steady production of oil at offshore fields. The plugged gel needs to be…
Deep-sea oil and gas fields are acting as a vital role by providing substantial oil and gas resource, and Floating Production Storage and Offloading is an indispensable tool for the development of offshore oil and gas fields effectively. Here, Life…
The development of offshore heavy oil field need to reduce investment, energy consumption for oil and gas processing and transportation, we should improve the process, in order to simplify the process by using advanced technology, reduce processing…
Aging facilities are a common issue within the oil and gas industry. This research demonstrates a practical approach to aging life extension, taking into account risks and constraints, such as budgets, resources and offshore field-level logistics.…
It's very common now that more and more offshore oil fields are found with high CO2 content. In certain offshore new oil field development project in South China Sea, the CO2 content is about 95%(mole) in several oil wells, so it meets with huge…
Libra Field is a giant oil and gas offshore field situated in Santos Basin, at 200 km from southeastern Brazil coast, 2200 m water depth and 5 km crust depth. The product of Libra is a 27API oil with a remarkable characteristic: an impressive gas/oil…
Meeting the objective shared by all offshore oil and gas companies - maximizing reservoir production and recovery - is constantly challenged by a growing host of market issues and technology risks. When producing new offshore fields, operators face…
Wax deposition and gel formation have been crucial problems to the oil industries. The deposition of waxes would lead to gelation which blocks flow in pipelines and interrupts steady production of oil at offshore fields. The plugged gel needs to be…