New Approach for Abandon and Side Track Cement Plugs in Long & High Deviated Wells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youssef Ali Kassem ◽  
Mahmoud Mohamed Hassan ◽  
Bassam Jamal El-Atrache ◽  
Moustafa Ahmad Ahmad ◽  
Rashid Khudaim Al Kindi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Offshore Drilling ◽  
Equipment Availability ◽  
Innovative Idea ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Side Track ◽  
Cement Plug ◽  
New Procedures ◽  
Deviated Wells

Abstract One of the biggest challenges in Oil and gas industries is placing a proper abandonment and sidetrack cement plugs in long and highly deviated wells like ERD wells. As per ADNOC offshore strategy for introducing new technology and practices to overcome operation challenges. ADNOC offshore drilling team worked together with one of the oil and gas services provider and came up with an innovative idea and technique by using available equipment and implementing a new procedures and practices to ensure well integrity by placing a long abandon cement plug in highly deviated well across hydrocarbon bearing reservoir. The new tools and technique implemented successfully in two wells X01 and X02 in one of ADNOC offshore fields. The new idea started from planning phase by working together with Services Company, where the assigned team went through all required job planning and check the proper tools to use with the best procedures. The team faced some challenges in relation to tools and equipment availability, which affected the first trial job. However, these challenges mitigated in the next job. The new technique proved advantageous by avoiding cement plug failures during abandon and sidetrack cement plug placements jobs, in optimum time and efficient way while reducing cost. This technique subsequently introduced to all ADNOC Offshore drilling teams and to be implemented in future wells.

Drilling and Service Contracts in Offshore Oil and Gas Operations

1973 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 480
Author(s):  
J. M. Killey
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Offshore Drilling ◽  
Oil Companies ◽  
Drilling Rig ◽  
Service Contracts ◽  
Oil And Gas Operations ◽  
Offshore Oil And Gas ◽  
Offshore Oil ◽  
Offshore Operations

As onshore oil and gas deposits are becoming more difficult to locate, and as the world demands for energy continue to increase at an alarming rate, oil companies are channeling much of their exploration activities towards offshore operations, and in particular, towards operations centered off Canada's coast lines. Because of the environment, offshore drilling presents problems which are novel to the onshore-geared oil industry. J. M. Killey discusses in detail many of the considerations involved in drafting the offshore drilling contract, concentrating on problems such as the liability of the various parties; costs; scheduling; pollution; conflict of laws; etc. Similarly, he discusses service contracts (such as supply boat charters; towing services; helicopter services; etc.^ which are necessity to the operation of an offshore drilling rig. To complement his paper, the author has included number of appendices which list the various considerations lawyer must keep in mind when drafting contracts for offshore operations.

scholarly journals Recent Judicial Developments of Interest to Oil and Gas Lawyers

1995 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 365
Author(s):  
William H. Bonney ◽  
J. Jay Park
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
Offshore Drilling ◽  
Fiduciary Duties ◽  
Governmental Regulation ◽  
House Of Lords

This article is a compilation of recent interesting and potentially influential decisions by Canadian courts. Of note also is a judgment by the House of Lords that appears to significantly restrain the applicability of Rylands v. Fletcher. The authors have surveyed case law development in such areas as contracts, lands, leases and titles, fiduciary duties, tax, the environment, torts, surface rights, governmental regulation, offshore drilling, creditors' rights and administrative law.

scholarly journals Elements constituent for the design of a riser system in areas deep water and extreme deep water applied for offshore drilling

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 127-144
Author(s):  
Marius STAN ◽  
◽  
Valentin Paul TUDORACHE ◽  
Lazăr AVRAM ◽  
Mohamed Iyad AL NABOULSI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Water Depth ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Operational Mode ◽  
Exploration And Exploitation ◽  
Offshore Drilling ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Marine Platform

Riser systems are integral components of the offshore developments used to recover oil and gas stored in the reservoirs below the earth’s oceans and seas. These riser systems are used in all facets of the development offshore process including exploration and exploitation wells completion/intervention, and production of the hydrocarbons. Their primary function is to facilitate the safe transportation of material, oil and gases between the seafloor oceans and seas and the marine platform. As the water depth increases, the working conditions of this system becomes challenging due to the complex forces and extreme environmental conditions which are impacting the operational mode as well as the stability. In this paper several aspects concerning riser mechanics and the behaviour of the riser column will be evaluated against different operational situations.

scholarly journals A REVIEW OF NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRIES

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
B.M. Das ◽  
D. Dutta
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Minimum Cost ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil Fields ◽  
Drilling Fluids ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
Exploration Drilling

Nanotechnology encompasses the science and technology of objects with sizes ranging from 1 nm to 100 nm. Today, exploration and production from conventional oil and gas wells have reached a stage of depletion. Newer technologies have been developed to address this problem. Maximum oil production at a minimum cost is currently a huge challenge. This paper reviews nanotechnology applications in the oil and gas production sector, including in the fields of exploration, drilling, production, and waste management in oil fields, as well as their environmental concerns. The paper reviews experimental observations carried out by various researchers in these fields. The effect of various nanoparticles, such as titanium oxide, magnesium oxide, zinc oxide, copper oxide, and carbon nanotubes in drilling fluids and silica nanoparticles in enhanced oil recovery, has been observed and studied. This paper gives a detailed review of the benefits of nanotechnology in oil exploration and production. The fusion of nanotechnology and petroleum technology can result in great benefits. The physics and chemistry of nanoparticles and nanostructures are very new to petroleum technology. Due to the greater risk associated with adapting new technology, nanotechnology has been slow to gain widespread acceptance in the oil and gas industries. However, the current economic conditions have become a driving force for newer technologies.

Workforce safety education and training for oil and gas industry: a conceptual framework for virtual reality-based HAZFO expert 2.0

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Mujtaba Asad ◽  
Fahad Sherwani ◽  
Razali Bin Hassan ◽  
Zafarullah Sahito ◽  
Najmonnisa Khan
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Drilling Process ◽  
Offshore Drilling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Gas Drilling ◽  
Oil And Gas Drilling ◽  
Educational Aid ◽  
And Training

Purpose Oil and gas industries play a major role for the growth of world economy, and drilling operation is considered as most important and hazardous procedure at the same time for oil and gas drilling crew because of the lack of effectual and user-friendly safety and health teaching and learning aids with updated knowledge and training capability. According to the previous studies, there is an urgent industrial need for user interactive technological aid for enhancing the teaching and learning of oil and gas drilling crew and safety officials at onshore and offshore drilling domains to fulfill the requirements of fourth industrial and educational revolutions. Therefore, this proposed virtual reality (VR)-based Hazard Free Operation (HAZFO Expert 2.0) teaching and learning aid to reduce the workplace risk and hazards to enhance the vestibule and experiential learning performance of oil and gas drilling process at Pakistani drilling industries. Design/methodology/approach In this proposed product based study for interactive teaching and learning application for industry, sequential explanatory research design will be adopted to prevent the accidents according to the modern technologies in this era of IR 4.0. Whereas, for the development of VR-based educational aid for Pakistani oil and gas industries, Autodesk 3ds Max, visual studio and MySQL software’s will be used. Findings This new concept of VR-based interactive educational aid (HAZFO Expert 2.0) for accident prevention at oil and gas drilling industries will be based on potential hazards and their suitable controlling measures for onshore and offshore drilling sites. Practical implications VR-based interactive educational aid for oil and gas workforce will facilitate the health and safety professionals for the elimination of potential hazards associated with oil and gas drilling activities to the next level of identification of hazards which has been identified in HAZFO Expert 1.0 at onshore and offshore drilling sites. Originality/value This proposed VR-based interactive educational aid for safe drilling process will be the first visual teaching and e-learning technology which covers all onshore and offshore drilling operations in Pakistani oil and gas industries and provides effective hazard controlling strategies to overcome challenging industrial hazards.

Retrofitting Offshore Drilling Rigs with Islanded DC Grids and Energy Storage

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stig Settemsdal ◽  
Saverio Ventrelli
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Dynamic Performance ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Power Grids ◽  
Offshore Drilling ◽  
Drilling Rig ◽  
Drilling Rigs

Abstract The paper presents a novel approach for modernizing/retrofitting offshore drilling rig power plants with islanded direct current (DC) power grids and energy storage. The concept has been successfully applied on several offshore rigs which are in operation today and is applicable to jack-ups, semi-submersibles, drill ships, as well as other types of marine support vessels for oil and gas platforms and wind farms. The approach aims to enhance the feasibility of leveraging energy storage solutions on offshore drilling rigs and marine vessels by making use of the existing power plant footprint. Unique measures have also been incorporated into the electrical system architecture to ensure that the reliability and safety of the existing alternating current (AC)-based system are not compromised. This enables operators to capitalize on the numerous benefits of energy storage (e.g., reduced emissions, enhanced dynamic performance for drilling and dynamic positioning, etc.) without having to perform a "rip and replace" of the entire power plant and electrical infrastructure.

Challenges for Diadromous Fishes in a Dynamic Global Environment

2009 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Aboriginal People ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Farmed Salmon ◽  
European Contact ◽  
Ecosystem Based Management

<em>Abstract</em>.-Aboriginal people developed integrated ecosystem-based management long before European contact in the 1750s. Ecosystem knowledge contributed the lion's share of precontact wealth. Fisheries drove the early British Columbia economy, but now account for less than 0.5% of gross domestic product. Even thought West Coast research shows that precontact ecosystems could sustain many times current catch value, this still would not weigh heavily against other economic sectors. Single species management has failed to avert the depletion of many fisheries; hence, we now hear calls for ecosystem-based management as opposed to integrated management (used in reference to managing multiple sectors such as fisheries, farmed salmon, oil, and gas, as well as climate change). We suggest that reintegrating ecosystem-based and integrated management necessitates the cooperation of other ocean sectors in generating the information necessary to monitor and restore ecosystems while ensuring that their own operations are sustainable. Currently, there are a number of scientific initiatives, ocean and biological observing platforms, and high-powered models to help develop new management regimes. We consider how this new technology could help to understand the collapse of eulachon <em>Thaleichthys pacificus</em>. Eulachon are of great importance to Native peoples but could well be described as the forgotten anadromous fish of the research community. It is important that both industry and governments recognize the importance of maintaining the long-term viability of these important tools and invest appropriately to ensure sound ecosystem management practices into the future.

Applying New Technology to Optimize Mature Oil and Gas Fields (SPE94075)

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.P. Stefanescu ◽  
G. Serrano ◽  
K. Wegemer ◽  
W. Stolk
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Oil And Gas Fields ◽  
Gas Fields
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