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Feasibility and Evaluation of Surfactants and Gas Lift in Combination as a Severe-Slugging-Suppression Method

Use of surfactants and gas lift in combination to suppress severe slugging were tested. Surfactants were able to suppress severe slugging for most of the cases, and gas lift helped significantly.

July 1, 2015 • Cem Sarica • Oil and Gas Facilities
Field/project development

Integrated Project Delivery: A Paradigm Shift for Oil and Gas Projects in the UAE and the Middle East Region

The focus of this paper is how efficiencies affect schedule, with the recognition of the secondary effect on project cost. This paper also proposes integrated project delivery to enhance effectiveness.

July 8, 2015 • Adel Al Subaih • Oil and Gas Facilities
LNG

Challenges in a Multidisciplinary Approach for Explosion Design for Floating Facilities

Floating LNG (FLNG) units have a higher risk of explosion than onshore plants because of the limited and congested environment on the ship. This paper focuses on proper design to address this hazard.

July 17, 2015 • L. Paris • Oil and Gas Facilities
Safety

Risk-Based Analysis and Engineering of Safe Distances Between Occupied Structures and Processing Equipment

This paper presents a technique that results in an occupied structure being located properly and constructed to reduce the risk of harm to the occupants to a tolerable level.

July 22, 2015 • James E. Johnstone • Oil and Gas Facilities
Processing systems/design

Savvy Separator: The Effect of Inlet Geometries on Flow Distribution

Efficient separation assumes uniform flow, but the reality of inlet geometries can invalidate this assumption, leading to separation problems and loss of separation efficiency.

July 31, 2015 • Robert Chin • Oil and Gas Facilities
Mature fields

Technological Innovation Needed To Extract Value from Mature Fields

Mature fields still have value, and technology can help to capture that value through increased efficiency and reduced costs.

May 21, 2015 • Stephen Whitfield • Oil and Gas Facilities
Environment

SPE Publishes Technical Report on Worst-Case Discharges

SPE's report on Worst Case Discharge is designed to help US offshore operators calculate WCD to comply with the BOEM definition.

May 13, 2015 • Adam Wilson • Oil and Gas Facilities
Separation/treating

STTS Webinars Focus on Scrubber Designs

The SPE Separation Technology Technical Section (STTS) is presenting a webinar titled “Advances in High Capacity Internals and Performance Boosting With Inline Pre-separation”

May 22, 2015 • Chris Buckingham • Oil and Gas Facilities
Business/economics

Despite Imminent Project Delays, Deepwater Spend To Total USD 210 Billion From 2015 to 2019

Operators have announced reduced budgets and delayed deepwater project sanctions. Despite these reductions, the long term outlook is for increased deepwater spending.

May 24, 2015 • Mark Adeosun • Oil and Gas Facilities
Reflections on OTC

The author discussed the awards at the recent Offshore Technology Conference.

May 31, 2015 • Paul S. Jones • Oil and Gas Facilities

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