THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HIDES GASFIELD, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

1990 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 223
Author(s):  
J.F.A. Renton ◽  
J.H.S. Black ◽  
A.M. Grainge
Keyword(s):  
Joint Venture ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Environmental Study ◽  
Processing Plant ◽  
Construction Operations ◽  
Hydrocarbon Production ◽  
Gas Processing ◽  
North East ◽  
The Impact

The Hides gasfield was discovered by BP, and its Joint Venture Partner Oil Search Ltd, in Petroleum Prospecting Licence No.27 in Southern Highlands Province in late 1987 by the exploration well Hides-1. The well tested gas at rates of up to 15.9 mmscf/d with small volumes of associated condensate from four separate intervals within the Toro Sandstone.Negotiations with Placer Dome, a Vancouver-based mining company, led to an agreement to sell gas to supply electrical power for the Porgera gold mine in Enga Province 70 km North East from Hides. Approximately 10 mmscf/d of gas will be produced from two wells, one being the original Hides-1 discovery well, via an 8 km pipeline, to a gas processing plant in the nearby Tagari valley. The processed gas will be fed to turbines to generate approximately 42 M W of electrical power which will be fed to the Porgera mine by overhead transmission lines.BP has undertaken technical studies relating to the feasibility of producing the gas from Hides. In association with the technical work BP has also undertaken an environmental study of the impact of development and has embarked upon a survey of various local and land-related issues. It is anticipated that construction operations will start in early 1990, leading to first gas production in mid-1991, only 3½ years after the discovery. The Hides gasfield development will constitute the first commercial hydrocarbon production in PNG.

Full scale co-digestion of organic waste

2000 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Kübler ◽  
K. Hoppenheidt ◽  
P. Hirsch ◽  
A. Kottmair ◽  
R. Nimmrichter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Nutrient Content ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Waste Streams ◽  
Volatile Solids ◽  
Operation Results ◽  
The Impact

Operational results of a co-digestion facility were assessed over a period of 18 months. The organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) contains a considerable amount of contaminants and grit (up to 6% w/w). A BTA-Pulper efficiently treated the different waste streams and converted a high amount of volatile solids (VS) into the digester feedstock. The seasonal fluctuations of the waste composition significantly influenced the biogas production. The impact of this seasonally variant degradability of VS had to be considered by evaluating the operation results. The waste streams investigated did not show any negative impact on digester performance. The hydraulic retention time (HRT) in the digester considerably affected the VS-reduction. Despite a considerable decrease of VS-degradation a reduction of HRT from 14 to 8 days slightly improves the gas production rate (GPR). An activated sludge system efficiently reduced the pollution of the effluent.The nutrient content of the anaerobic compostwas favourable and the content of pollutants was low. The facility produced surplus electrical power up to 290 MJ/t. An overall energy balance shows that the facility substitutes primary energy.

Natural Gas Processing in Mexico and its Influence in the Petrochemical Industry

1993 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 569-580
Author(s):  
Rodolfo Navarro Penilla
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil Fields ◽  
Natural Gas Production ◽  
Sustained Development ◽  
Gas Processing ◽  
Natural Gas Processing ◽  
Gas Products ◽  
Petroleos Mexicanos ◽  
The Impact

This general out line for Petroleos Mexicanos describes the natural gas production and processing in Mexico, and the influence that natural gas products and condensate have on petrochemicals production. Since about 80% of natural gas production comes from the off-shore oil-fields in the Gulf of Campeche and from the in-land oil fields of the Chiapas-Tabasco mesozoic region, the Petroleos Mexicanos four largest natural gas processing centres are located in the south-east part of Mexico: Cactus, Nuevo Pemex, Ciudad Pemex and la Venta petrochemical complexes. The first one is located in Chiapas and the others in Tabasco. The impact of natural gas processing over the basic and secondary petrochemical industries is shown through its growing and sustained development since Mexico increased its natural gas availability.

scholarly journals The impact of oil and gas facilities on land pollution in the Saratov Zavolzhye region

2021 ◽  
pp. 82-85
Author(s):  
Nina Anatolievna Pronko ◽  
Anastasia Sergeevna Krasheninnikova
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Gas Storage ◽  
Petroleum Products ◽  
Hydrocarbon Production ◽  
Saratov Region ◽  
Gas Processing ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Processing Enterprise

The paper presents the data on the situation of the oil and gas complex of the Saratov region. It is shown that the Saratov region is a promising region for hydrocarbon production and one of the leaders in the Volga Federal district, since 85 % of the territory is occupied by oil and gas-promising lands. The structure of the oil and gas complex and the dynamics of production of hydrocarbons in the region are presented in the article. The paper describes the indicators of the oil and gas complex, background accident risks that determine environmental pollution. The results of monitoring the pollution of the territory of the largest in Europe Stepnovsky gas storage facility, created on the basis of the Stepnovsky oil and gas processing enterprise, which operated from 1953 to 1973, are given. It is proved that during the production and storage of hydrocarbons at this enterprise, there was a strong pollution of the soil with oil and petroleum products, so their content reaches 1527 mg/kg of soil in the upper half-meter layer, and 2060 mg/kg of soil in the second half-meter. The content of plumbum and copper in the soil is 3.3 and 2.3 times higher above the background values for dark chestnut soils. The accumulation of a significant amount of unsaturated hydrocarbons (C1-C10) in the subsurface air from 25.97 mg/m3 to 38.17 mg/m3 is proved. It is shown that the extraction and storage of hydrocarbons at the Stepnovsky enterprise did not lead to a deterioration of the sanitary and microbiological condition of the studied soil.

scholarly journals Management of injected nitrogen into a gas condensate reservoir

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hadi Belhaj
Keyword(s):  
Gas Condensate ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
Processing Plant ◽  
Peak Shaving ◽  
Gas Streams ◽  
Gas Processing ◽  
The North ◽  
Condensate Reservoir ◽  
Heat Value ◽  
The Impact

<p>This study investigates the means of deferring the breakthrough of injected N2 and alleviating the impact of such on production rates and specifications as well as minimizing the required changes to the gas processing facilities. This aimed at assisting the ongoing efforts to transfer the Cantarell experience to Abu Dhabi, where large amounts of N2 gas will be generated and injected into a large gas condensate reservoir to partially substitute the recycling of lean gas. This will bring forward the opportunity to exploit lean gas by securing base load supplies before the start of reservoir blowdown, compared to the peak shaving approach currently practiced. Managing N2 breakthrough starts by better understanding the pattern at which N2 injection spreads into the gas accumulation. Based on the findings of initial subsurface and plant simulations carried out in 2008, N2 breakthrough in Abu Dhabi might be possibly deferred by segmenting the reservoir into a rich N2 region and lean N2 region. The approach assumes no thief zones will be faced and no channeling of N2 injected between the two regions is taking place. N2 is injected in the north region of the reservoir. The production of that region will be segregated and fed to a gas processing plant of lower NGL (natural gas liquid) recovery, which essentially takes longer time to start suffering the deterioration of residue gas (gas mixture resulted after separating NGL) quality. The residue gas use can be limited to re-injection where the effect of below specification LHV (Low Heat Value) would not be an issue. The rest of the reservoir feeds another gas processing plant of higher NGL recovery level from which an amount of residue gas equivalent to that of the injected N2 will be rerouted to the sales network. This scenario will significantly delay as well as downsize the requirement of a N2 rejection plant. There is technical and certainly economical advantage of deferring the installation of costly N2 rejection units. Such a requirement can be entirely eliminated if the sales gas specification can be relaxed considering blending with other gas streams of higher LHV, and in collaboration with gas customers, i.e. assessing their capability to tolerate feedstock of lower specifications. It must be noted that such school of thinking may not necessarily be eventually embraced. The chosen scenario will also depend on the final configuration, i.e., wells grouping and gas gathering, of the ongoing project.</p>

scholarly journals Aspen-HYSYS Simulation of Natural Gas Processing Plant

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 62-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Partho S Roy ◽  
M Ruhul Amin
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Physical Property ◽  
Power Source ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Processing Plant ◽  
Major Power ◽  
Gas Processing ◽  
Aspen Hysys ◽  
Steady State Simulation ◽  
Physical Property Data

In this time of energy crisis low production rate against the increasing demand of the gas production regularly hampers both the domestic and industrial operations since natural gas is the major power source of this country. Unless other power source is developed, natural gas is our only hope. Almost all the existing processing plants are now operating beyond their capacities. Nonetheless there has been a dwindling situation in the gas production. Besides political indecision regarding new establishment of gas plant and other power source have made the situation nothing but complicated. In such a case an idea of optimization of the gas processing plant will surely pave a way to a sustainable solution. This project has the intention to carry out the simulation of the Bakhrabad gas processing plant (at Sylhet) using the Aspen-HYSYS process simulator. The steady state simulation of the gas processing plant shall be performed based on both the design and physical property data of the plant. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jce.v26i1.10186 JCE 2011; 26(1): 62-65

scholarly journals GNSS measurements for ground deformations detection around offshore natural gas fields in the Northern Adriatic Region

2020 ◽  
Vol 382 ◽  
pp. 89-93
Author(s):  
Stefano Gandolfi ◽  
Paolo Macini ◽  
Luca Poluzzi ◽  
Luca Tavasci
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
High Precision ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Hydrocarbon Production ◽  
Northern Adriatic ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Ground Deformations ◽  
Gnss Permanent Stations ◽  
Gnss Measurements ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. The study aims to evaluate ground deformations in a vast area characterized by the coexistence of intense anthropic activities and offshore natural gas production. Onshore subsidence can be studied by GNSS, InSAR, high precision leveling and extensometers that provide broad datasets for a fully integrated description of the phenomenon. At present, seafloor subsidence monitoring cannot be carried out by high precision leveling, and GNSS is the only reliable method, implemented by means of permanent stations installed on offshore hydrocarbon production facilities. In the Northern/Central Adriatic Sea gas production platforms, GNSS data are recorded since more than 15 years, allowing to estimate not only the average subsidence of the platform/seafloor, but also possible velocity variations due to underground fluids withdrawal. This study shows the comparison of 22 offshore GNSS permanent stations located in the study area. Raw data have been processed with two different software packages (GIPSY-OASIS and GAMIT-GLOBK) based on different approaches and considering different boundary conditions of geodetic and/or modeling nature. Main results point out the high accuracy of the GNSS technology considering also the impact of data processing. Finally, at selected permanent stations we also performed a comparison of results obtained by GNSS, InSAR and high precision leveling.

scholarly journals Gas Production from Gas Condensate Reservoirs Using Sustainable Environmentally Friendly Chemicals

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amjed M. Hassan ◽  
Mohamed A. Mahmoud ◽  
Abdulaziz A. Al-Majed ◽  
Dhafer Al-Shehri ◽  
Ayman R. Al-Nakhli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermochemical Treatment ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Gas Condensate ◽  
Absolute Permeability ◽  
Tight Gas ◽  
Hydrocarbon Production ◽  
Gas Condensate Reservoirs ◽  
Tight Gas Reservoir ◽  
The Impact

Unconventional reservoirs have shown tremendous potential for energy supply for long-term applications. However, great challenges are associated with hydrocarbon production from these reservoirs. Recently, injection of thermochemical fluids has been introduced as a new environmentally friendly and cost-effective chemical for improving hydrocarbon production. This research aims to improve gas production from gas condensate reservoirs using environmentally friendly chemicals. Further, the impact of thermochemical treatment on changing the pore size distribution is studied. Several experiments were conducted, including chemical injection, routine core analysis, and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements. The impact of thermochemical treatment in sustaining gas production from a tight gas reservoir was quantified. This study demonstrates that thermochemical treatment can create different types of fractures (single or multistaged fractures) based on the injection method. Thermochemical treatment can increase absolute permeability up to 500%, reduce capillary pressure by 57%, remove the accumulated liquids, and improve gas relative permeability by a factor of 1.2. The findings of this study can help to design a better thermochemical treatment for improving gas recovery. This study showed that thermochemical treatment is an effective method for sustaining gas production from tight gas reservoirs.

scholarly journals Convergent technologies as trend in oil and gas industry development

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-20
Author(s):  
Nikolay Alekseevich Tyukov ◽  
Andrew Alexeyevich Tyukov ◽  
Salam El'shan-ogly Geydarov ◽  
Vladimir Sergeevich Kudryashov ◽  
Anna Leonidovna Nemchinova
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Hydrocarbon Production ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Advanced Technologies ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

The article describes the extraction of hydrocarbons as the main source of energy in the world that requires careful control. The control is achieved by means of the advanced technologies that ensure a more rational and efficient use of resources. Technologies that have received great development in related areas of industry have a great perspective for the development of any industry as a whole. The influence of convergent technologies on the advanced technologies in the oil industry has been stated. The impact of the convergent technologies development on the oil and gas complex in the world, as well as the main problems facing the field of hydrocarbon production have been considered. The trends in convergent technologies in oil and gas production are presented: nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology. The main examples of implemented projects of convergent technologies directly in oil fields are considered. The main ways of introducing nano-, bio- and information technologies in the hydrocarbon industry have been identified, the typical cases of their application were defined, as well as the further prospect of introducing these technologies not only in formations, wells, but also at subsequent stages of the use of hydrocarbons.

ANALYSIS OF STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY IN THE YAMAL-NENETS AUTONOMOUS DISTRICT

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
pp. 35-44
Author(s):  
A. G. KAZANIN ◽  
◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Liquid Hydrocarbon ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Hydrocarbon Production ◽  
Gas Processing ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
Nenets Autonomous

Russia is one of the most important players on the energy shelf of the Arctic zone, with significant economic, political and political interests in the region, which is associated with significant natural resources, in particular oil and gas, in the Russian Arctic territories. The article analyzes the strategies of social and economic development of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The author identified the priorities of strategic regional development at the level of the oil and gas sector, which include the reorientation of the regional economy from gas production to the expansion of liquid hydrocarbon production, an increase in the region's share in the total volume of oil and condensate production in Russia, the expansion of oil and gas processing and petrochemicals in the region, the growth of production and transportation liquid hydrocarbons along the Northern Sea Route. Areas that are not given enough attention in the project approach are identified, and program activities for each period of the strategy implementation are analyzed.

The impact of self-reported oral health on the quality of life of teenage students with or without orthodontic treatment from North-East of Romania

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
GEORGETA ZEGAN ◽  
◽  
CRISTINA GENA DASCĂLU ◽  
RADU EDUARD CERNEI ◽  
RADU BOGDAN MAVRU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Orthodontic Treatment ◽  
North East ◽  
The Impact
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