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T H E O F F I C I A L S H O W D A I LY O F T H E I N T E R N AT I O N A L P E T R O L E U M T E C H N O L O G Y C O N F E R E N C E
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12 December 2014
KUALA LUMPUR • MALAYSIA
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RasGas Shines,
Winning Award
for Excellence in
Project Integration
Abdelghani Henni, Staff Writer
Q
atar’s RasGas won the Excellence in Project
Integration Award in a ceremony held
Wednesday night at the eighth International
Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC).
The firm claimed the award for its RasGas
Expansion Phase 2 (RGX2) project, winning against
shortlisted entries from Saudi Aramco, for its Karan
megaproject, and Shell, for its Mars B project in the
Gulf of Mexico.
Nafez Bseiso, chief venture officer at RasGas,
received the award in the presence of senior oil
industry figures and representatives from the crucial
technology, service, and support companies; oilfield
service providers; and upstream engineering and
project consultants from throughout the world.
Speaking about the wining project, Bseiso said, “I
believe that all the nominated projects deserved to
win, and everybody is a winner tonight.”
“It takes team spirit and teamwork to achieve the
level of excellence we reached through the execution
of this project,” he said. “Over 20,000 people who
worked on this project are truly the heroes, and every
one of them deserves this award. They have the
Nafez Bseiso, right, chief venture officer for RasGas, accepts the award for Excellence in Project Integration from
IPTC Award Committee Chairperson Michitaka Ohta. RasGas won the award for its RasGas Expansion Phase 2 project.
RasGas’ winning project
is composed of two large
liquified natural gas
trains with a capacity of
15.6 million t/a. Photo
courtesy of RasGas.
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Technology Leaders See Falling Prices Encouraging Experimentation
Stephen Rassenfoss, Staff Writer
F
or those in the innovation business,
the oil industry’s sudden reversal
of fortune may open the minds
of customers to the value of trying
something different.
This reversal represents a shift in
what looks risky. When oil was selling
for more than USD 100/bbl, the fear was
that something might fail and reduce
returns. But, when profits take a hit,
there is a hunger for trying something
better, particularly if it can lower costs.
“In my 35 years in the industry, I have
seen innovation acceptance go through
cycles,” said Rustom Mody, vice president
Host Organization & Principal Sponsor
of technology at Baker Hughes. “The
introduction of new technology is quite
different for the unconventional market
and conventional market.”
Independent companies with limited
resources in the middle of the costly
process of figuring out difficult shale
formations are willing to try new things,
he said. But, in conventional formations,
particularly in deepwater markets, “it
is like pushing a rope,” when prices
are good.
Now, prices are 30% below what
seemed comfortable, and that is
reducing profits.
“Our role is not to regulate the oil
price or second guess it but to adjust
our operations to it,” said Zied Ben
Hamad, vice president of the Marketing
and Technology Production Group at
Schlumberger. “It is a competitive
business. There are always losers
and winners.”
Lower prices, which he sees
lingering for months or perhaps years,
highlight a problem that did not just
pop up late in the year. “Costs were too
high when the price of oil was pretty
high,” he said. In the spring, he was
hearing complaints about rising costs
and rising onshore production making
deepwater development uneconomical.
“Now, technology needs to make it
economical,” he said.
Cost is a simple measure, but
the avenues of attack are many and
the industry remains averse to risk.
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who are able to turn inventions
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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0730–1600
Exhibitors and Visitors, Ground Floor
Conference Delegates, Level 3
Panel Session 3—What’s So Unconventional
About Unconventional Oil and Gas? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1100–1230
Plenary Theatre
Speaker/Author Check-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0730–1600
Technical Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1100–1230
Room 305
Rooms 302–304 and 401–410
ePoster Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0900–1600
Technology Showcase—Thailand Department of Minerals
and Finance, Thailand: The 21st Bidding Round . . . . . . . . . . . . 1115–1145
Foyers, Levels 3 and 4
Industry Plenary Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0900–1030
Plenary Theatre
Exhibition Halls 1–5
Exhibition Hall 4
Panel Session 4—Collaboration, Outsourcing or
Building Internal Capabilities? Lessons Learnt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1430–1600
Plenary Theatre
Coffee Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030–1100
Exhibition Halls 1–5
Technical Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1430–1600
Rooms 302–304 and 401–410
ePoster Presentation 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030–1100
Closing Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1615–1800
Conference Hall 2, Level 3
Foyers, Levels 3 and 4
into workable solutions that offer
measurable benefits.
A chart of the cost of projects by
Total showed that cost inflation over the
past decade roughly doubled the cost of
projects. The company’s responses to
that include an effort to make research
and development a weapon in the fight
against rising prices.
“We reshaped our research and
development activities,” said Daniel
Plathey, vice president, technologies
for exploration and production, at Total.
Total has narrowed the focus on what
it is developing, reduced its research
partnerships based on the most
productive ones, and is now measuring
the readiness of the technology it is
investing in to increase the odds of a
relatively short trip to market.
Still, the goal is developing
technology that offers significant gains.
The downside is the risk that they will
never be used. That makes research
vulnerable during downturns.
“The first inclination is, let us cut
research. Research is looked on as a
luxury,” Plathey said. He explained,
“Investment in research is not like a light
switch. You cannot turn it off and come
back 9 months later and turn it back on.”
Technology Showcase—Society of Exploration Geophysicists . 1415–1445
Exhibition Hall 4
Technology Showcase—Akzo Nobel, StimWell
for High-Temperature Matrix Acidizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000–1030
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Luncheon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1230–1430
Grand Ballroom
Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000–1630
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Exhibition Hall 4
“
Investment in research is not like a light switch.
You cannot turn it off and come back 9 months later
and turn it back on.”
— Daniel Plathey
Convincing operators to make a
significant change requires getting
their feedback and involvement with
technology development. Mody said
innovation is understanding the need,
looking systematically for the best
solution, and tying it all together to
create tangible rewards.
For the national oil companies in
Saudi Arabia and China, the research
efforts are critical because they are
aimed at the unique challenges in
countries where there are powerful
social and economic motivations
to maximize the amount of oil and
gas produced.
Saudi Aramco’s expansive work
includes partnerships with research
institutions and service companies,
such as Schlumberger and Baker
Hughes—both tenants in a Saudi
Arabian research park established to
allow more face-to-face collaboration—
and long-term work seeking
groundbreaking results.
Those projects put Saudi Aramco
at the frontiers of nanotechnology and
novel imaging methods, but they are
based on daily concerns in the kingdom
working to maximize its production
from its fields. On Saudi Aramco’s
priority list are
• Smart waterflooding using salt
water where the salinity or ionic
makeup of minerals is manipulated
to improve the output
• Deep diagnostic methods giving it an
unprecedented view of the rocks and
fluids in the ground between wells
and how they change over time
• Pore-scale physics to analyze oil
production on the most basic level
“We are seeking new technology for
advancement from the bottom up,” said
Abdulaziz Al-Kaabi, manager for Saudi
Aramco’s Exploration and Petroleum
Engineering Center Advanced
Research Center.
China is also working on ways to
image reservoirs so it can see even
thin pockets of remaining oil and use
enhanced oil recovery methods to
retrieve the most.
“It is not an easy job for us. Most
reservoirs in China are either marginal
or come into high water cut,” said Liu
Yuzhang, vice president for the China
National Petroleum Corporation’s
Research Institute of Petroleum
Exploration and Development (RIPED).
The company has a research budget
exceeding USD 1 billion a year and
employees about 3,000 researchers.
Its other major research goal is
economically producing oil and gas
from extremely tight reservoirs. The
challenges include formations in
mountainous, highly populated places
that are far more complex than US
shale gas and oil reservoirs. Liu said
he visits the sites regularly to monitor
the progress in a place he described as
“beautiful but difficult.”
“Unconventionals (in China) are
now at the beginning stage,” he said.
“Radical innovation is needed.” n
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Interview
Chairman Says Collaboration Sets
IPTC Apart From Other Conferences
D
ato’ Mohamad Idris Mansor is the chairman of the Board of Directors of the International
Petroleum Technology Conference and played an important role in establishing Kuala
Lumpur as one of IPTC’s permanent homes in Asia. The first IPTC held in Kuala Lumpur,
in 2008, attracted the event’s highest-ever attendance of 7,568 industry professionals from 57
countries, and this year’s event is expected to attract more than 8,000.
Dato’ Mohamad
Idris Mansor,
Chairman,
IPTC Board of Directors
Over the years, you have been
involved in many different
conferences around the world.
What sets IPTC apart from these
other conferences?
level of enthusiasm and creativity
displayed by young professionals
and students involved in the IPTC
educational activities.
For example, at the 2008 IPTC held
in Kuala Lumpur, the high school
The collaboration of IPTC’s
students who worked on
four sponsoring societies—
industry projects related
IPTC fosters collaboration not only
the American Association
to environmental issues
of Petroleum Geologists
for the IPTC Education
among professional societies and their
(AAPG), the European
Days were so passionate
members but also among the industry’s
Association of Geologists
that the Malaysian prime
stakeholders. IPTC brings together
and Engineers (EAGE),
minister, at the time Dato’
national oil companies, independent
the Society of Exploration
Seri Abdullah Hj. Ahmad
operators, service providers, SMEs
Geophysicists (SEG), and
Badawi, spent quite some
(subject-matter experts), and academia to
the Society of Petroleum
time viewing the projects
Engineers (SPE)—makes
and discussing them with
discuss the challenges and opportunities
IPTC a truly unique industry
the students.
facing hydrocarbon exploration and
event.
Educational programs
production.”
The membership of
like those held in
— Dato’ Mohamad Idris Mansor
these four societies brings
conjunction with IPTC are
together an unparalleled
essential to attracting and
breadth of multidisciplinary
retaining new and young
As a long-time volunteer for IPTC,
upstream knowledge to share with the
talent to the industry, which is key to
are there any particular sectors of
industry and formulate the conference
addressing the challenges of securing
the industry on which future IPTCs
sessions.
a sustainable energy supply.
The success of these collaborative
should focus?
efforts has really shined through
Given your experience with IPTC,
this IPTC, as this conference is
With the increasing focus on
what do you think are the important
the first IPTC where the program
developing natural gas resources as a
factors for a successful IPTC?
committee has achieved an equal
key factor in the global energy mix, it
balance between geoscience and
will be important for IPTC to develop
Strong volunteerism and collaboration
petroleum engineering content in the
and strengthen content related to this
among the committee members,
technical sessions.
area. Asia Pacific and the Middle East
industry organizations, and sponsoring
IPTC fosters collaboration not only
are two key drivers in the natural gas
societies have been key to making
among professional societies and
market, which makes IPTC a wellIPTC a successful event.
their members but also among the
positioned platform for the sharing
Professional volunteers and their
industry’s stakeholders. IPTC brings
of technical knowledge and lessons
companies who support them have
together national oil companies,
learned from natural-gas projects
been essential in establishing IPTC as
independent operators, service
from around the world.
a premier upstream event.
providers, SMEs (subject-matter
On behalf of IPTC and its four
experts), and academia to discuss
What’s your most memorable
sponsoring societies, we would
the challenges and opportunities
moment from IPTC?
like to express our sincerest
facing hydrocarbon exploration
appreciation to all of those who have
and production. Each IPTC sees
One of my most memorable
helped make IPTC a success edition
the industry’s thought leaders and
moments at IPTC is seeing the high
after edition. n
“
captains of industry share their
perspectives, engage in important
dialog, and foster important
partnerships to develop innovative
solutions to energy challenges.
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passion and also think out of the box,
which makes this project in tonight’s
award ceremony.”
Bseiso also said that this award
means a lot to RasGas’ employees and
shareholders. “It’s another testimony
that the state of Qatar can indeed
deliver,” he said.
The RGX2 project is a global,
multibillion-dollar investment by Qatar
Petroleum and ExxonMobil affiliates to
develop Qatar’s North Field gas resource
100 km offshore north of Qatar. RGX2
is composed of two large liquefiednatural-gas trains with a capacity of 15.6
million t/a, alongside a gas-production
facility (AKG-2) with a capacity of
approximately 1,250 MMscf/D in addition
to approximately 15 million bbl of field
condensate, 1 million t of natural gas
liquids and 870000 t of ethane per year.
These onshore facilities are fed from
four remote wellhead platforms (WHP6,
WHP8, WHP10, and WHP11), with
load-out weights of 2100–2300 t each,
with two 38-in. pipelines to shore. The
company says the RGX2 project was
the largest, most ambitious, and most
challenging project ever undertaken
by RasGas.
The runner-up projects included
Saudi Aramco’s Karan project, which
is the first offshore nonassociated
gas development project intended for
domestic energy supply.
RasGas’ Nafez Bseiso sits in the audience before the announcement of the winner of
the Excellence in Project Integration Award.
fast-tracked to take only 5 years from
discovery to production, attaining a
production capacity of 2 billion scf/D
during 2013. The long-term plan includes
21 increment wells from five platforms
with 7-in. monobore completions. The
project achieved 61.5 million safe manhours without a lost-time incident, with
peak construction manpower reaching
10,901 people from 19 countries.
Representatives from the three
It contributed tremendous
nominated companies stand with Award
economic benefit to the region through
Committee Chairperson Michitaka Ohta,
procurement of engineering, materials,
left, during the awards ceremony.
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the kingdom’s economy, with materials
procured from domestic markets. The
Karan project was a multidisciplinary
team effort that included geoscience,
exploration, drilling, completion, rock
and fluids evaluation, testing, pipelines,
and processing.
The other runner-up was Shell’s
Mars B megaproject in the Gulf of
Mexico, which is the first of its kind
in the Gulf of Mexico to significantly
expand an existing oilfield operation.
Nearly 200 people live and work on
the Olympus platform, with thousands
more around the world involved in its
construction. Thanks to a focus on
safety and an approach that integrated
people as well as technologies, this
vast development was brought on
stream 6 months ahead of schedule.
The project includes
• The Olympus 24-slot tension-leg
platform (TLP), with a dedicated
drilling rig. It weighs more than
300 Boeing 747 jumbo jets.
• West Boreas/South Deimos subsea
tieback, a six-well, 15,000-psirated dual-flowline system tied
back to the Olympus TLP.
• Dedicated oil and gas export
pipelines and a shallow-water
platform named West Delta 143C.
• The first use of a passive hull
design, enhancing both process
and personal safety.
The awards ceremony was followed
by a gala dinner that highlighted the
cultural diversity of Malaysia. n
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Interview
Blend of Professional Societies Results in
Internationally Flavored, Successful Conference
M
atthias Bichsel, former projects and technology director for Royal Dutch Shell, has
been involved with IPTC since the first event held in Doha, Qatar, in 2005. This year, he
participated as Executive Committee co-chairman.
Matthias Bichsel,
Executive Committee
co-chairman
Over the years, you have been
involved in many different
conferences around the world.
What sets IPTC apart from these
other conferences?
attendees from so many different
parts of the world.
And last, but by no means least,
I truly appreciate the opportunity
to network and engage with many
What is your most memorable
moment from IPTC?
For me, besides meeting so
many people, which is always
memorable, I have always
Breadth of topics and
been impressed by the
the involvement of
official dinner where the
I believe, overall, IPTC is a successful
several professional
host organizations are
formula
and
would
suggest
that
we
societies gives this
putting a tremendous
should not try to fix something that is not
special flavor of seeing
effort into not just having
the totality of our oil and
a nice get-together but
broken. Invariably, however, participants
gas business and brings
offering insight into the
at IPTC want to know more about what is
the need for integration
culture and society of the
happening outside the direct oil and gas
to life.
country of the host.
sector, and, thus, IPTC should try to find
And, perhaps a bit selfand bring other voices into the dialog.”
What is your favorite
serving, a clear highlight
thing about IPTC?
was the first IPTC, where
— Matthias Bichsel
Shell put together a
It is the combination
great show in a Bedouin
of being in another
tent inside Doha’s Four
part of the world than the usual
senior stakeholders from both
Seasons ballroom, culminating
US or Europe and the fact
host governments and national
in a fireworks display over the
that the event is sponsored by
oil companies. This is important
water. I still have vivid memories of
several professional societies,
for someone representing an
that evening.
which makes for varied program
independent oil compnay.
and events.
Given your experience with IPTC,
IPTC has also been able to
As a long-time committee
what do you think are the keys to a
attract a substantive number
volunteer and IPTC participant,
successful IPTC event?
of oil and gas companies to the
are there any particular sectors of
exhibition in addition to the oil
the industry on which you believe
It is the untiring effort of the
and gas business suppliers and
future IPTCs should focus?
professional societies’ backvendors. This also adds to the
office professionals that keeps it
overall experience.
I believe, overall, IPTC is a
all together, led by the Society of
A key element is also the
successful formula and would
Petroleum Engineers. They keep
IPTC award for project delivery
suggest that we should not try to
the various committee chairs
excellence. We have seen many
fix something that is not broken.
and members on the straight and
fantastic projects that were
Invariably, however, participants
narrow and coordinate so many
delivered by industry, with the very
at IPTC want to know more about
different issues and demands that
best to win the prestigious awards.
what is happening outside the
it makes occasionally one’s head
And, perhaps most importantly,
direct oil and gas sector, and, thus,
spin. They do a remarkable job, for
IPTC is a much more international
IPTC should try to find and bring
which I would like to express my
event. It is fantastic to see so many
other voices into the dialog.
sincere thanks. n
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Topical Luncheon Highlights Collaboration as Key to Future
Abdelghani Henni, Staff Writer
T
he growing challenges facing the
oil and gas industry dictate that
the different industry players
take a new approach, mainly through
partnerships and collaboration,
according to Bart van de Leemput,
executive vice president at Royal
Dutch Shell.
Speaking during Thursday’s topical
luncheon, sponsored by Shell, Leemput
said that the oil and gas industry faces
one of the toughest challenges in its
history: how to meet the increasing
needs of an exploding global population
in a sustainable way. The demand for
energy is growing faster and could
increase by 75% over the next 50
years. “Fossil fuels are likely to make
up the bulk of the energy mix, with
gas showing the biggest growth by
midcentury,” he said. “Renewable
sources will continue to increase in
the energy mix. Solar, wind, biomass,
and others could rise to around 25% by
2050,” he added.
“But, with lower oil prices, things
are set to be tougher,” he said.
Leemput said that his company is
committed to continuing its technology
and innovation drive, which it considers
key to the company’s strategy. “We
take innovation very seriously, both in
delivering and fostering. In 2013, we
Innovative School Projects Awarded
More than 90 students representing 22 high schools participated in young
professional and student activities, where students had the opportunity to
interact with energy professionals, as well as work together on group projects
based on innovation and collaboration. Each school presented their projects and
were assessed on creativity, innovation, research, and execution. Although each
group shared new and innovative perspectives, only three schools developed
exceptional projects.
Sekolah Menengah Sains Miri ranked first, followed by Maktab Rendah Sains
MARA Langkawi in second place. Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi, Sabak
Bernam, came in third.
spent USD 1.3 billion on research and
development,” he said.
The presence of different
stakeholders in the industry requires a
sort of unity to face these challenges.
“There are many stakeholders in this
game, and this is why collaboration is
crucial,” he said.
The collaboration should not only be
around technology but also around how
the industry works together. “Innovative
collaboration in the establishment of
policies, regulations, and relationships
will be vital if we are to develop a
sustainable energy future that will
provide clean, affordable energy for
future generations,” he said.
Innovation in partnership is a key
element for the industry to survive
amid the increasing challenges. “More
innovation is required, not just with new
technology but also in the way various
sectors, institutions, and individuals
work together to find and implement
solutions,” he added.
Partnership plays a major role in
collaboration, and the history of Shell
in Malaysia is a perfect example of
successful partnership over the years.
Shell discovered Malaysia’s first oil
well in 1910, followed by the building of
Malaysia’s first refinery in Miri in 1914,
and Peninsular Malaysia’s first refinery
in Port Dickson in 1963. “In the late ’50s,
it was the first to take oil exploration
offshore and discovered oil and gas
in Sarawak and, later, Sabah waters,”
he said.
Leemput said that, as the industry
celebrates the 50th anniversary of
liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments,
his company can look with pride at
Shell’s partnership with Petronas in
transforming Malaysia to an important
LNG exporter. “Just recently, a final
investment decision was made to
develop the E6 field offshore Sarawak,
which will help to sustain gas supply
to Malaysia’s LNG Tiga Plant and
maximize value by producing crude
oil concurrently,” he said. “This
contributes toward Shell Malaysia’s
aspirations and reconfirms its position
as a heartland for Shell,” he added.
Leemput said that his company is
constantly searching for innovative
ways to find, develop, and produce
hydrocarbons efficiently and costeffectively and that minimizing harm to
the environment is key.
Leemput also referred to carbon
capture and storage (CCS) projects.
He said that CCS is an example
of the need for collaboration and
continued partnership across industry,
governments, international bodies,
research institutes, and the wider
community. “As the climate change
rises in the global agenda, the need for
a new kind of collaboration to facilitate
policies and framework for commercial
development of CCS becomes ever
more evident,” he said. n
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Technical Session Addresses Industry Environmental Concerns
Chris Carpenter, Staff Writer
A
technical session on Friday is
aimed at the critical industry
effort to coordinate production
efforts with environmental issues. The
session takes place from 1100 to 1230
in Room 302 and is chaired by Shell
Malaysia’s Andrew Shepherd and Saudi
Aramco’s Mohammad Khadhrawi.
The session includes presentations
on environmentally conscious field
development, effective oil-spill
response, and gas-emission reduction.
The papers that will be presented
draw upon case studies, simulations,
and technology assessments to
demonstrate techniques that raise
industry consciousness and promote
environmentally responsible production.
Three papers will be presented, with
another offered as an alternate.
The session begins with
“Environmentally Friendly Manifa Field
Development: The World’s Largest,” by
James Arukhe. The author discusses
the development of the Manifa
megaproject located off the northeast
coast of Saudi Arabia, the world’s
largest offshore hydrocarbon increment
built in a single phase. Located in an
environmentally sensitive area in which
local populations depend heavily upon
fishing and related industries, the field
had to be developed in a responsible
way that still optimized production.
Session 49: Environment
1100
1130
1200
Alternate
Room 302
Paper 17833 • Environmentally Friendly Manifa Field Development:
The World’s Largest
Paper 18215 • LULA Exercise: Testing the Oil Spill Response to
a Deep Sea Blowout With a Unique Combination of Surface- and
Subsea-Response Techniques
Paper 18212 • Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction for an LNG
Plant: Technology Assessment Study
Paper 17824 • Successful Slickwater Fracturing in Ultrahigh
TDS Produced Water by Novel Environmentally Preferred
Friction Reducer
The answer was to build 27 artificial
islands and a causeway that effectively
converted an offshore development
into an onshore one, thereby protecting
the seagrass meadows in which
fish, shrimp, and some endangered
species thrived. To do so, the operator
had to rely on the collaborative effort
of marine and design specialists
as well as a workforce that totaled
21,000 people at its peak. The paper
highlights the complexities and
environmental priorities adopted by the
multidisciplinary teams that developed
the huge field.
The second of the presented papers,
“LULA Exercise: Testing the Oil-Spill
Response to A Deep-Sea Blowout,
With a Unique Combination of Surfaceand Subsea-Response Techniques”
by Cedric Michel, Laurent Cazes,
Christiane Eygun, Lindsay PageJones, and Jean-Yves Huet, outlines
a 2013 exercise in which a 50,000-B/D
blowout was simulated off the Angolan
coast in order to test current abilities
to respond to oil spills. The exercise,
1.5 years in the making and involving
some 500 personnel, also offered the
possibility of testing a new subseadispersion-injection device. With the
help of Angolan national authorities
and a complex pre-exercise planning
and logistics campaign, the exercise
was carried out successfully, with the
subsea-dispersion-injection device
operating efficiently and offering great
promise. The paper will explain why the
exercise, dubbed LULA, met its potential
and will outline lessons learned and
opportunities for improvement.
The final presented paper is
“Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction
for an LNG Plant: Technology
Assessment Study” by Afzal A.
Subedar, Khalifa Ahmed Al-Sulaiti,
Rashid Mohammed Al-Rashdi, and
Ibrahim Bawazir, which describes a
technology-assessment study within
the Qatar liquefied-natural-gas
industry that revealed a number of
methods through which operating costs
and, more importantly, greenhousegas-emissions can be substantially
reduced. After key metrics were
identified regarding emissions and
cost reduction, a series of steps was
adopted by which different potential
measures were screened and
evaluated. Six were eventually shortlisted and considered for adoption.
Although the authors point out that
these measures are best used in
combination, the paper will discuss the
findings of gas-emission and costreduction studies with respect to these
analyzed methods. n
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Petronas Brings Firms Together To Tackle High-CO2 Gas Fields
The offshore cryogenic distillation
facility aims to reduce the CO2
concentration to 6.5%, which would
make it suitable for liquified natural
gas processing. The CO2 separated
at the facility will be injected into
the aquifer 2.2 km below the seabed
for storage.
“The K5 project will also position
Petronas as a forerunner in offshore
carbon capture and storage and
provide a stepping stone for a
greener oil and gas industry as no
contaminants are emitted into the
atmosphere, with zero venting and
flaring,” Nasir said.
In addition to the K5 project,
Petronas has achieved several
milestones in developing high-CO2concentration oil fields in Malaysia,
namely Tangga Barat, Muda,
and Cakerawala.
Petronas, Wasco Sign
Licensing Agreement
Petronas Technology Ventures,
a technology commercialization
arm of Petronas signed a licensing
agreement with Wasco Coatings, a
global pipe-coating specialist, for the
commercialization of Remcoat.
Under the terms of agreement,
Wasco will manufacture and market
Remcoat, Petronas’ proprietary
three-layer pipeline coating system
that protects oil and gas pipeline
against corrosion.
Colin Wong Hee Huing, chairman
of Petronas Technology Ventures,
said, “Remcoat is currently being used
at our Garraf projects in southern
Iraq, offering reliable protection for
pipelines. Through this collaboration
with Wasco, we believe Remcoat will
gain wide acceptance internationally.”
Wasco Group Chief Executive
Officer Giancarlo Maccagno said,
“Remcoat is a testament of the strong
collaboration between Wasco and
Petronas to deliver efficient new
product solutions to the market.
We have successfully exported our
deepwater technology solutions, and
we are confident that Remcoat will
be successful.”
Remcoat is a coating system that
offers protection against corrosion.
The innermost fusion-bonded-epoxy
(FBE) layer is applied directly over the
steel pipe and acts as a barrier against
aggressive service conditions.
The middle layer, on the other
hand, is a copolymer adhesive binder
to bond the FBE layer to the topcoat,
which provides mechanical protection.
The binder and topcoat come in
polypropylene and polyethylene
versions. The coating system has the
capability to provide protection for
20 years.
The agreement was formalized at a
signing ceremony held in conjunction
with the eighth International Petroleum
Technology Conference.
Petronas Extends
Production-Sharing Contract
Petronas on Wednesday signed a
contract with EQ Petroleum Production
Malaysia, Petronas Carigali, and E&P
Malaysian Ventures for the extension of
a production-sharing contract for Block
PM8 offshore Peninsular Malaysia.
Under the terms of the contract,
the tripartite partnership will continue
the development and production of
petroleum resources until 2033 from
Seligi field and the fields within the
PM8 sub-blocks, namely North Raya,
South Raya, Serudon, Yong, Lawang,
and Langat.
The signing of the agreement
also marks a significant milestone
for the partnership; the parties have
now executed the full term of the
contract and will also see possible
developments of the East Raya and
Pantai fields.
Under the extended contract, EQ
Petroleum Production Malaysia will
be the operator, with a participating
interest of 50%, while Petronas
Carigali and E&P Malaysian Ventures
will hold 40 and 10% of participating
interests, respectively. n
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etronas on Thursday signed
agreements with four companies
to work together to monetize
high-CO2-concentration gas fields.
Technip Consultant will work on
the conceptual engineering design
for an offshore cryogenic distillation
facility. UOPMalaysia will work on
the marinization, intensification, and
miniaturization of cryogenic distillation
technology for CO2 separation offshore.
Twister will work on supersonic
technology for CO2 separation,
and GeneronAsia will work on
developing membrane technology for
CO2 separation.
Nasir Darman, the head of Petronas’
Technology Division, Technical
Global, Upstream Malaysia, said,
“The technology-centric program
for high-CO2 fields will delve into
both surface and subsurface designs
and is comprehensive across the
value chain—for carbon separation,
transportation, capture, and storage.”
He added that the technologies
offer a commercially viable and
environmentally sustainable approach
for these challenging assets.
The technologies will be redesigned
and applied at Petronas’ first offshore
cryogenic distillation facility, at
the K5 field, a green field 250 km
offshore Bintulu, Sarawak, with a CO2
concentration of approximately 70%.
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Around the Exhibit Floor
A roundup of technology being displayed at this year’s IPTC
Workflow Integrates
Seismic to Simulation
One of the major challenges in
reservoir management is the ability to
create a workflow taking the user from
seismic acquisition and interpretation
through to reservoir modeling,
simulation, and accurate reservoirbehavior predictions. The ambiguities
in the seismic data, the laborintensive processes, and the huge
2D and 3D data sets have often been
challenging. In response, Emerson
Process Management introduced
its complete seismic-to-simulation
solution. It is a workflow that helps
operators make informed decisions
across the prospect lifecycle on where
to drill, what production strategies
to adopt, and how to maximize oil
and gas recovery. A number of recent
advances are behind the seismicto-simulation workflow. First, the
latest developments in Emerson’s
reservoir modeling software Roxar
RMS enable modelers not only to
create the geological model while
conducting seismic interpretation but
also to capture uncertainty during the
interpretation process. This approach
allows for the early quantification
of geologic risk and model updating
directly from the seismic. Building
Tempest, with its major enhancements
to its uncertainty management and
reservoir prediction features, allows
users to better quantify uncertainty in
production forecasts. Finally, the 2015
launch of Emerson’s modular and
open-based DotRox framework will
help accelerate future developments
in relation to interoperability,
performance, and usability.
Model-driven interpretation enables users
not only to create the geological model
while conducting seismic interpretation
but also to capture uncertainty while
interpreting. Photo courtesy of Emerson
Process Management.
on this, the latest versions of Roxar
RMS have uncertainty tools being
tightly integrated with structural
modeling and 3D gridding to enable
users to build horizon and fault
uncertainty models in full. The
second development is seen in the
improved usability, performance, and
efficiencies within the new workflow.
This includes RMS Data Explorer,
a new browser for locating and
organizing data objects that is crucial
to handling the huge body of different
data items in today’s workflows.
Emerson’s integrated reservoirengineering-software suite, Roxar
System Improves Allocation
in Pipeline-Sharing Wells
As more wells are completed subsea in
ever-increasing water depths, offshore
logistics and economics often require
that several wells share a single
pipeline. In such cases, operators need
a way to monitor both commingled
flow and production from individual
wells. Traditional well tests require
interventions that are costly, disruptive
to production, and not always possible.
The Schlumberger FloWatcher flowrate, fluid-density, and pressure/
temperature monitoring system
provides a reliable, cost-effective
way to acquire continuous real-time
data from individual wells, whether
offshore or onshore, that are tied
together. The system—deployed in an
individual well—consists of a venturi
Three wells share a common pipeline to a single platform in the North Sea. The
FloWatcher system improves production allocation tracking for the three without the
time, expense, and risks of individual well tests. Photo courtesy of Schlumberger.
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nozzle and gradiomanometer densitymeasurement system, a venturi gauge,
and high-precision quartz gauges that
measure the temperature and pressure
drop across the venturi nozzle.
Because the wells are tied in at a single
gathering point, the performance of
each well affects the performance of
the others. The data enable operators
to identify production and reservoir
anomalies early and to avoid the time,
expense, and added risks of testing
the wells individually. The system was
installed in one of three North Sea
wells that shared a common pipeline.
The continuous real-time data showed
that one well was producing at a
higher rate than initially allocated.
Because the wells were tied together,
the data implied that the remaining
wells had produced less than initially
thought. This information enabled
the operator to improve allocation
workflows, better understand reservoir
performance, and identify opportunities
to improve individual well and overall
field performance.
Compact Node Designed
for Challenging Environments
Seabed Geosolutions introduced
Manta, a single ocean-bottom-node
solution for water depths ranging
from 0 to 3000 m. Manta overcomes
challenging environments with
complex geologies and delivers
data clarity through versatility in
survey design. The Manta system
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The compact Manta node, an oceanbottom technology for water depths
ranging from 0 to 3000 m. Photo
courtesy of Seabed Geosolutions.
was designed to deliver improved
geophysical illumination seamlessly
with flexibility for dense-source-grid,
full-azimuth, and long-offset surveys.
The Manta node consists of a fourcomponent sensor incorporating three
geophones mounted in a Galperin
orientation and one hydrophone. The
integral inclinometer continually
records the orientation of the node
once it is positioned on the seafloor.
This component configuration, which
includes omnidirectional geophones,
provides a uniform azimuthal response
capturing the full seismic wavefield.
The Manta technology records seismic
attributes, which enable better
delineation of hydrocarbon zones and
subsurface lithologies. This technology
has been developed in unison with
custom-designed robotics to create
an entirely automated handling
system, thereby reducing health,
safety, and environment exposure
while achieving operational efficiency.
The customized deployment and
recovery system with automated
node storage, data download, and
battery charging is founded on a
transportable modular solution using
available dynamic-positioning vessels.
Seabed Geosolutions’ research and
development team has combined
contemporary microcomponents
with recent advances in rechargeable
power-dense battery technology to
create a compact, lightweight node
for almost all survey locations and
designs. The reduced node size and
stackable shape economizes deck
space, allowing for flexibility and
optimization of node counts. The
automated handling system delivers
the Manta node in either a traditional
dense receiver configuration or
by remotely operated underwater
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vehicle. With the variety of deployment
methods the system offers, the
highest-resolution subsurface data
can safely be acquired in the most
challenging obstructed areas and
from shallow transition zones to
deepwater. This makes the technology
ideal during the production phase to
understand, monitor, and manage the
reservoir across the life of the field.
Thickness-Mode Ultrasonics
Clean Heat Exchangers
Ultrasonic cleaning in thickness
mode provides a more-efficient way to
clean heat exchangers. Sound-wave
implosions, called cavitation, separate
the contaminant from the surface
without damaging a component. Crest
Ultrasonics’ push-pull transducers
with near-perfect, omnidirectional
Ultrasonic cleaning is an effective and efficient way to clean heat exchangers. Before,
left, and after ultrasonic cleaning, right. Photo courtesy of Crest Ultrasonic.
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radiation of sound waves provide
distinct advantages in cleaning
applications. This is accomplished by
resonating the transducer to generate
larger wave amplitude. Transducers
inside each endcap on the titanium rod
produce cyclic positive and negative
pressure waves at the frequency of
operation (25, 30, or 40 kHz). The
positive-pressure wave acts as a
pushing force on the titanium rod and
the negative-pressure wave acts as a
pulling force (hence push-pull). The
energy releases from the cavitation
implosion and collides or disintegrates
the contaminants allowing the
cleaning detergent or solvent to
displace it quickly. Simultaneously,
this implosion also creates dynamic
pressure to carry contaminants
away from the substrate surface.
The cumulative effect of millions of
continuous tiny implosions in a liquid
medium provides the necessary
mechanical energy to break up the
physically and chemically bonded
contaminants. Ultrasonic cleaning has
several advantages over hydrojetting.
First, the tiny cavitation bubbles have
increased ability to penetrate and
scrub surface contours, no matter
how irregular. Ultrasonic cavitation
activity can reach and penetrate
crevices, pipes, blind holes, and areas
that are inaccessible by hydrojetting.
Ultrasonic cleaning also effectively
removes all forms of hydrocarbon
contamination and refinery-grade
Ikon MetaStore cross plotter delivers understanding of regional trends. Photo
courtesy of Schlumberger.
byproducts from any surface, unlike
the hydrojetting processes. The
ultrasonic-cleaning process can
be performed more quickly than
hydrojetting can. Conventional highpressure cleaning can use in excess of
20,000 gallons of water per exchanger
and requires wastewater treatment.
The waste ultrasonic cleaning
produces is contained in a tank and
changed out only after cleaning a
few bundles, a very environmentally
friendly approach. Also, water usage in
ultrasonic cleaning is greatly reduced
compared with hydrojetting, and
there is less surface damage. Finally,
ultrasonic cleaning reduces safety
concerns when compared with highpressure cleaning methods, which can
be dangerous.
Complete Rock Physics
System Stores, Manages Data
In many settings, rock physics
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allows administrators to enable
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selected groups or individual users
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geographical location, domain, asset,
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can be uploaded from documents (.pdf,
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geomechanical data, and associated
with the correct assets, wells, fields,
and basins. In the same way that many
mass-consumer sites operate, users
have the ability to identify and locate
data quickly on the basis of specific
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data for input into other systems with
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workflows to generate reports and
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with audit trails captured on previous
versions of projects and the ability to
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