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Risk management

Managing Nontechnical Risk in Offshore Projects

Nontechnical risks, primarily around HSE or social responsibility, increasingly pose risks to project timelines. To manage these risks, companies are seeking systems that can ensure quality performance in these operational areas.

September 30, 2015 • Stephen Whitfield • Oil and Gas Facilities
Inspection/maintenance

World Offshore MMO: From Slow to Grow

Low prices will constrain maintenance and modifications in the coming year. However, maintenance can only be delayed so long, leading to a long-term outlook of growth in the market for maintenance, modifications, and operations.

September 27, 2015 • Fay Bridges • Oil and Gas Facilities
Flow assurance

Solving Deepwater Challenges in a Low Price Environment

Construction costs, contractor involvement, flow assurance, and the integration of new technologies created to improve production are some of the deepwater challenges exacerbated by the current low price environment.

September 22, 2015 • Stephen Whitfield • Oil and Gas Facilities
SPE Honors Technical Paper 2014 Reviewers

Eleven reviewers joined the elite ranks of A Peer Apart by reviewing more than 100 papers for SPE, and 3 technical editors are recognized for their efforts during 2014.

October 31, 2014 • Oil and Gas Facilities
A Manifesto for Facilities Technology in 2025

Preferential engineering adds complexity and cost. The author's manifesto focuses on simple and elegant, combined with collaboration to meet future facilities needs.

July 24, 2015 • Paul S. Jones • Oil and Gas Facilities
Separation/treating

Savvy Separator: Scrubber Debottlenecking

An underperforming scrubber that was suffering from too much oil carry-over is described along with options for debottlenecking and improving performance.

September 26, 2015 • Robert Chin • Oil and Gas Facilities
Separation/treating

Performance Testing of an Inline Electrocoalescer Device With Medium and Heavy Crudes

To support subsea processing of heavy crudes, an inline electrocoalescer was tested for separation of water droplets dispersed in the crude oil.

September 19, 2015 • E.J. Grave • Oil and Gas Facilities
Decommissioning

Batata 2 Remote Well Pad: Executing Sustainable Development at a Sensitive Amazon Basin Area— Decommission and Abandonment

After initial exploration, a prospect deep in the Amazon jungle was declared non-commercial. The authors discuss how the initial project planning contributed to the decommissioning effort by means of life-cycle planning.

August 27, 2015 • F. L. Benalcazar • Oil and Gas Facilities
Decommissioning

Innovative Assessments for Selecting Offshore-Platform- Decommissioning Alternatives

An ecosystem-based management program is described to assess the potential sensitivities and contribution of the platform as an artificial reef.

August 31, 2015 • Oil and Gas Facilities
Carbon capture and storage

Carbon Capture and Storage for Enhanced Oil Recovery: Integration and Optimization of a Post-Combustion CO2-Capture Facility at a Power Plant in Abu Dhabi

The authors discuss the results of a pilot project to capture post-combustion CO2 for purposes of EOR.

August 18, 2015 • A. Reichl • Oil and Gas Facilities

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