facility design

SPE Technical Director Hamad Al-Marri shares his outlook of the oil and gas production facilities landscape as it stands on the cusp of a significant transformation. The demand for oil and gas will continue to exist, but the industry will need to adapt to a new reality.

Two new wells add 15,000 BOE/D of peak capacity to the London-based supermajor's North Sea production profile.

The new burner, created with the help of machine learning and additive manufacturing, promises high methane destruction efficiency and combustion stability even in windy conditions.

Ruwais is slated to be the first net-zero LNG facility in the Middle East and North Africa.

This paper describes the development of guidelines to determine the most suitable corrosion-resistant alloys for downhole injection equipment in wells for carbon capture and storage and carbon capture, use, and storage.

By the end of 2025, a floating wind turbine will supply power to the operator’s Culzean platform in the Central North Sea.

This paper provides insights into the technical and economic viability of repurposing oil and gas wells for geothermal energy production for direct heating.

This paper describes a revamped methodology for field-development strategy formulation, particularly for marginal hydrocarbon resources, by shifting the mindset toward designing with an aim to value in order to improve project viability.

Today, oil and gas are still important energy providers. They will remain with us throughout this century, but, like the coal industry, they will decline, not because we will run out, but mankind will learn to harvest cleaner energy more favorable to the wellbeing of us all. In the meantime, I do hope that we are not so quick to rid ourselves of the impressive industr…

The paper describes a systems-engineering-guidance document currently being developed, and outlines the benefits associated with the use of formal systems-engineering processes when designing complex facilities.