The decommissioning of oil and gas fields: Egyptian law and policy

Abstract Legal issues around the decommissioning of oil and gas fields have generally been given insufficient attention by energy lawyers in most jurisdictions worldwide. Oil and gas lawyers, and other stakeholders in Egypt, face the same challenge. This article discusses the topic of the decommissioning of oil and gas fields in the context of the legal aspects and the regulatory framework for decommissioning in Egypt, demonstrating the main challenges relating to the legal framework for decommissioning arrangements in the country. At the heart of the legal challenges associated with the decommissioning of oil and gas fields in Egypt lies the most important question: who should pay the associated costs, and when? This article also presents some recommendations to enhance the current regulatory framework for the decommissioning of oil and gas fields in Egypt, to maintain the balance of interests between international oil companies and national oil companies active in Egypt.

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Some legal aspects of the Iranian and global experience of shared oil and gas fields development

Actual Problems of Economics and Law ◽

10.21202/1993-047x.13.2019.1.1045-1059 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Fakhime Hadavimoghaddam ◽

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Masoud Mostajeran Gortani ◽

Fatemeh Amjadi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Oil And Gas ◽

Legal Aspects ◽

Oil And Gas Fields ◽

Gas Fields

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Asset Management Challenges of Offshore Installations in Arctic Regions

Volume 6: Materials Technology; Polar and Arctic Sciences and Technology; Petroleum Technology Symposium ◽

10.1115/omae2012-83252 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Alejandro Bencomo ◽

Tore Markeset

Keyword(s):

Asset Management ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Oil Companies ◽

Cold Environments ◽

Oil And Gas Fields ◽

Arctic Regions ◽

Offshore Installations ◽

Innovative Solutions ◽

Extreme Cold ◽

Gas Fields

In the last decade we have seen an increase interest by the oil companies in developing oil and gas fields in arctic regions. Companies are trying to adapt conventional procedures and technologies used in more tempered offshore regions into subzero environments. However, some all these proven technologies and techniques are not quite efficient in extreme cold environments. In this paper the authors discuss the main challenges inherent to operation and maintenance of offshore facilities in arctic regions. Moreover a set of conventional and innovative solutions for these challenges is presented.

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Wary investors will limit Iraqi Kurdish oil output

Emerald Expert Briefings ◽

10.1108/oxan-db218087 ◽

2017 ◽

Keyword(s):

Oil And Gas ◽

Oil Production ◽

Islamic State ◽

Kurdistan Region ◽

Economic Crises ◽

Content Type ◽

Oil Companies ◽

Oil And Gas Fields ◽

Petroleum Sector ◽

Gas Fields

Subject Kurdistan Region of Iraq petroleum sector. Significance The Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) petroleum sector has struggled to make progress in the context of local political and economic crises, the continuing fight against IS and some disappointing geological findings. Oil production is stagnant at around 600,000-650,000 barrels per day (bpd). Owing to persistent budgetary shortfalls, payments to international oil companies (IOCs) have faced delays. Impacts The defeat of Islamic State (IS) could open up potential oil and gas blocks in the Nineveh plains and around Kirkuk. The risk of conflict between Kurdish and Baghdad government forces over disputed oil and gas fields will rise. Worsening conflict in the Kurdish south-east of Turkey could endanger oil (and future gas) exports.

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Improving the efficiency of well workover solutions for the elimination of behind-the-casing flows

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202126601011 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 266 ◽

pp. 01011

Author(s):

L.G. Rakhmaev ◽

V.D. Odayev

Keyword(s):

Oil Recovery ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Cross Flow ◽

Operating Costs ◽

Injection Wells ◽

Oil Companies ◽

Oil And Gas Fields ◽

Low Efficiency ◽

Gas Fields ◽

Modern Technologies

The article deals with the increase of profitability of water shutoff treatment (WST), which is used to eliminate behind-the-casing flows (cross-flow) in production and injection wells. It is presented that modern technologies of water shut-off works have low efficiency (success rate), especially in liquidation of non-perforating interval. Inefficient (wasteful) injection is currently one of the main problems in the development of oil and gas fields, as it significantly reduces the oil recovery factor in addition to the huge costs for oil companies for injection (operating costs). The article presents the results of hydrodynamic research and proposes methods for determining the presence of behind-the-casing flows (BCF) and methods for detecting wasteful injection without geophysical well-logging (a non-standard approach). The article also presents equipment for the elimination of the behind-the-casing flow and technology of its implementation.

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