Economic & Technical Development and Production of Marginal Oil and Gas Fields.
£150
The book is structured to provide an overview as well as detailed methods to assess marginal oil and gas fields for their economic development and production. The assessment process involves the evaluation of the reservoir holding the oil and gas, the required infrastructure from wells, Xmas trees, connection systems, manifolds, pipelines and insulation, risers and the host facilities. Marginal fields are defined that make these fields economically difficult to develop and produce. This may be due to difficult reservoir characteristics, the oil characteristics, the lack of local infrastructure and its location from oil and gas processing facilities and market (oil price).
Reservoir enhanced oil recovery methods are presented from gas injection, water injection as well as chemical injection methods (Polymers, Nano fluids and Microbial). Costing for each of these methods are undertaken using the in-house software (Marginal Fields).
Flow Assurance being critical for any oil and gas field development is undertaken in detail. Flow assurance is presented for transporting reservoir production fluids between the reservoir and the host processing facility as well as providing the basics of oil and gas reservoirs and host processing facilities. Flow Assurance is defined, reservoir production fluids discussed, economics considered and host processing facilities options presented. Flow Assurance issues that are confronted in the development of marginal oil and gas reservoirs/fields are evaluated in detail as well as methods presented to assist in the design and operations of systems such as production wells, manifolds, flow lines, pipelines and risers for subsea fields as well as onshore field development and operation for the life of these fields.
Practical case studies in the development of marginal oil fields are also included, in order to appreciate the issues to overcome in the development of these fields. These case studies illustrate the application of flow assurance solution methods as guidance for practicing engineers, project managers and investment institutions or individuals that are involved directly or indirectly in the exploitation of marginal oil and gas fields either onshore or offshore. The complexities of multiphase flow have been discussed along with the evaluation of each of the main flow assurance issues that are required for the design and operation of the transportation systems. Subsea technologies that provide the economic value for offshore reservoir exploitation have been summarised and a chapter dedicated to reducing the environmental impact of releasing hydrocarbons into the atmosphere.
It is hoped that the readers of this book enjoy the scientific and engineering methodologies presented in the required flow assurance philosophies for the safe and economic exploitation of marginal oil and gas fields and the associated environmental pollution reductions. Further that, young engineers can take some of the ideas presented and develop new innovations to take the energy sector well into the 21st century.
