Standardized Development Planning for Satellite Fields in the South of the Sultanate of Oman

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter in ‘t Panhuis ◽  
Adel El Sabagh ◽  
Hilde Coppes ◽  
John Meyers ◽  
Niels Van der Werff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Oil Fields ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
The South ◽  
Well Design ◽  
Time Required ◽  
Rule Based Approach ◽  
Petroleum Development

Abstract This article will show how a standardized rule-based approach was used by Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) to shorten the cycle time required to mature the opportunity of implementing waterflood developments in small-to-medium sized satellite oil fields in the South of the Sultanate of Oman. The standardized concept relies on a common development strategy for a portfolio of satellite fields with similar reservoir and fluid characteristics that are still under depletion or in the early stage of waterflood. The targets are early monetization, driving cost efficiency through standardization & replication, and increasing recovery factor through the accelerated implementation of field-wide waterflood. This is achieved by leveraging excess capacity in existing facilities, applying analytical workflows for forecasting, standardizing well design and urban planning, and by applying the learnings and best practices from nearby fields that already have mature developments.

THE COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GOBE OIL FIELDS

1996 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
T.N. Magner
Keyword(s):  
Leading Edge ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Oil Fields ◽  
Cooperative Approach ◽  
Mature Phase ◽  
Cooperative Development ◽  
Oil Export ◽  
Petroleum Development ◽  
Northwestern Area

The proposed Gobe Petroleum Development Project includes the development of two separate oil fields, SE Gobe and Gobe Main. The fields are located, respectively, in the northwestern area of Petroleum Prospecting License (PPL) 56 and the southeastern area of PPL 161 in the Gulf and Southern Highlands provinces of Papua New Guinea, approximately 500 km northwest of Port Moresby, 80 km northwest of the town of Kikori and 85 km southeast of the Kutubu oil fields.The Gobe anticline, on which the discovery wells were drilled, is a large east-southeast trending ridge situated at the leading edge of the Papuan Fold Belt. The surface of the anticline was formed by folded limestone which has weathered to produce a rugged terrain characterised by intense pinnacle karst topography. Dense rainforest covers all of the project area. The crest of the anticline is in excess of 1,300 m above sea level, with the hydrocarbons occurring between approximately 900 m and 1,200 m below sea level.The Gobe Main Field is located entirely within PPL 161 which is operated by Chevron Niugini Pty. Ltd. The SE Gobe Field is located within both PPL 56 and PPL 161. The PPL 56 license is operated by Barracuda Pty Limited. Both of the fields are situated approximately 15 km from the existing Kutubu oil export pipeline. Development planning for the two fields is now at a mature phase and the two license groups are preparing to submit Petroleum Development License Applications (PDLA) to the PNG Government. Initial production is targeted for December of 1997 and the fields are forecast to produce at a combined peak rate of approximately 50,000 BOPD.The potential economic return to participants and the state will be optimised by developing these fields in a cooperative manner with shared production facilities. Similarly, utilisation of the nearby Kutubu oil export pipeline will yield benefits to both the field developers and pipeline owners. The Gobe development serves as an example of how the economics of two 'marginal' field developments can be enhanced by employing existing infrastructure and sharing of facilities. This paper will provide an overview of this cooperative approach to development.

scholarly journals Applying a tourism micro cluster model to rural development planning: a case study of Kaeng Ruang village in Thailand

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Cluster Model ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Cluster Development ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods

In Thailand, agriculture still plays an important role in the rural economy but is facing several problems resulting in poverty in rural settings. Tourism can play an important role in improving a rural economy in some areas. This paper proposes employing the tourism micro cluster model to address poverty in a poor village in the northeastern part of Thailand. The study also addressed the theoretical foundation of a tourism micro cluster model for a rural village in Thailand that applies concepts derived from a board literature review. Data were collected through both qualitative and quantitative methods to gain insights about problems and potentials for tourism development in the village. The proposed model is built from analyzed data and in the light of resource-based view, clustering theory, and the Thai King’s sufficiency economy philosophy. The proposed tourism cluster is consisted by four complementary businesses including homestay, marked trekking, adventure trekking, and processed malva nut products. In light of our analysis, it is evident that tourism clustering is feasible in the context of this locality. The studied village has sufficient resources both tangible and intangible resources possible for planned tourism micro cluster development. However, an attempt at cluster development in the studied village would require an intervention to provide technical assistance from concerned parties e.g. local government in the early stage to build capacity building of local people for running businesses independently and sustainably. Although one of the limitations of this study is to focus on only one village, the case study of Kaeng Ruang village can provide contextual insight and meaningful implications for policymakers when considering clustering as a planned destination development strategy.

European experience of forming strategic directions of socio-economic development of the country

2019 ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
Vasyl Papp ◽  
Nelya Boshota
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Main Task ◽  
European Experience ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Socio Economic Development

The main task that determines the effective functioning of the country is the formation of a strategy for its socio-economic development based on a long-term innovation strategy. An innovative development strategy of the country is defined as a fundamental, basic element of the overall strategy of socio-economic development. The purpose of the article is to develop the conceptual foundations for shaping the country's socio-economic development strategy in modern conditions, adjusting the priority directions of the strategy and the peculiarities in using the means of achieving the goals, taking into account European experience. The article examines the European practice of developing and implementing the strategy of socio-economic development of the country as the most important instrument of the state's influence on social and economic development. Recommendations on the use of advanced strategic planning tools are developed. It is proved that without the scientific and methodological support of the plan of socio-economic development of the country it is impossible to count on the successful solution of important tasks and the democratization of public relations. The concept of strategy formation is designed to take into account the interests of economic entities and territory and to cover not only the traditionally used sectoral aspect of development, but also the territorial, which includes the creation and development of clusters and special economic zones. European experience shows that transition of a country to an innovative socially oriented type of development requires an increase in the efficiency of the state strategic planning process, the achievement of which is possible only with the co-ordinated activity of state authorities, business structures, science and society. It should be emphasized that in the prevailing conditions there is a need to form a single integrated system of social and economic development planning that optimally combines both the use of strategic planning and the program-target method for solving urgent problems.

Fisheries Co-operation in the South China Sea and the (Ir)relevance of the Sovereignty Question

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thang NGUYEN DANG
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
The South ◽  
China Sea ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Spratly Islands ◽  
Low Profile ◽  
Viable Solution ◽  
Petroleum Development

Joint petroleum development has often been considered as a viable solution to the seemingly intractable Spratly Islands dispute in the South China Sea (SCS). This is, however, more easily said than done. On the other hand, little attention is paid to fisheries co-operation in the SCS despite the fact that fisheries constitute an important part in the economies of coastal states. The present laissez-faire approach to fisheries in the disputed area gives rise to friction and tension. By highlighting the salient features of existing fisheries’ co-operative arrangements in the world, this article demonstrates the merits of a fisheries arrangement in the SCS. It also argues that fisheries co-operation, as a low-profile undertaking, is probably easier to achieve than joint petroleum development. A fisheries arrangement would serve the immediate interests of parties to the Spratly Islands dispute and may pave the way for their future high-profile co-operation, i.e. joint petroleum development.

Revision of Pressure Transient Analysis in Mature Condensate-Rich Tight Gas Fields in Sultanate of Oman

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Elsayed Hegazy ◽  
Mohammed Rashdi
Keyword(s):  
Transient Analysis ◽  
Horizontal Wells ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Reservoir Modeling ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Pressure Transient Analysis ◽  
Pressure Transient ◽  
Full Field ◽  
Gas Fields ◽  
Half Length

Abstract Pressure transient analysis (PTA) has been used as one of the important reservoir surveillance tools for tight condensate-rich gas fields in Sultanate of Oman. The main objectives of PTA in those fields were to define the dynamic permeability of such tight formations, to define actual total Skin factors for such heavily fractured wells, and to assess impairment due to condensate banking around wellbores. After long production, more objectives became also necessary like assessing impairment due to poor clean-up of fractures placed in depleted layers, assessing newly proposed Massive fracturing strategy, assessing well-design and fracture strategies of newly drilled Horizontal wells, targeting the un-depleted tight layers, and impairment due to halite scaling. Therefore, the main objective of this paper is to address all the above complications to improve well and reservoir modeling for better development planning. In order to realize most of the above objectives, about 21 PTA acquisitions have been done in one of the mature gas fields in Oman, developed by more than 200 fractured wells, and on production for 25 years. In this study, an extensive PTA revision was done to address main issues of this field. Most of the actual fracture dynamic parameters (i.e. frac half-length, frac width, frac conductivity, etc.) have been estimated and compared with designed parameters. In addition, overall wells fracturing responses have been defined, categorized into strong and weak frac performances, proposing suitable interpretation and modeling workflow for each case. In this study, more reasonable permeability values have been estimated for individual layers, improving the dynamic modeling significantly. In addition, it is found that late hook-up of fractured wells leads to very poor fractures clean out in pressure-depleted layers, causing the weak frac performance. In addition, the actual frac parameters (i.e. frac-half-length) found to be much lower than designed/expected before implementation. This helped to improve well and fracturing design and implementation for next vertical and horizontal wells, improving their performances. All the observed PTA responses (fracturing, condensate-banking, Halite-scaling, wells interference) have been matched and proved using sophisticated single and sector numerical simulation models, which have been incorporated into full-field models, causing significant improvements in field production forecasts and field development planning (FDP).

scholarly journals Behavioral Models of Population Inhabiting the Fortresses in the South of Russia in the 17th century (as Documented in Voronezhsky, Kozlovsky and Tambovsky counties)

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 10-28
Author(s):  
Denis A. Lyapin ◽  
Yuri A. Mizis
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
Behavioral Patterns ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Behavioral Models ◽  
The South ◽  
Material Wealth ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Archival Source ◽  
Single Mass

The article discusses the process of formation of the main behavioral patterns of the population of the southern counties during the period of the settlement in and development of the South of Russia in the 17th century. The authors analyze the behavior of migrants to the steppe periphery of the country, on the basis of large archival source. An important place in the development of steppe territories was occupied by fortresses, which were military, political and religious centers for the counties. The strong influence of collectivist principles is noted in the article. Particular attention is paid to studying the dynamics of changes in the social environment in the South of Russia, the formation of property stratification, the emergence of individualism. It is argued in the paper that social changes were associated with shifts in the behavioral models of the inhabitants of the fortresses: if at the early stage of its existence the population of the towns consisted of a single mass of the servicemen, then the second half of the 17th century is characterized by a gradual destruction of social cohesion. The behavioral models of servants and townspeople were determined by the desire for personal gain, material wealth, and individual benefits. This was due to the increase in the number and importance of townspeople, whose lives were a constant competition. Discovered shifts of behavioral patterns are indicative of important changes in society.

ORGANIZATION OF TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING IN THE CONTEXT OF DECENTRALIZATION OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: COMBINATION OF INTEGRATED, SPATIAL AND ECONOMIC APPROACHES

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (11) ◽  
pp. 23-38
Author(s):  
Hanna OLEKSYUK ◽  
◽  
Stepan KUIBIDA ◽  
Nataliya LYSYAK ◽  
Nazariy POPADYNETS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Spatial Development ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Economic Planning ◽  
Development Plan ◽  
Territorial Development ◽  
Integrated Development

The complex spatial and economic planning of development of territorial communities on the conditions of their combination which will promote effective management of territories and ensure integrated sustainable development of territories for the future generations is investigated. The peculiarities of the legislation on new provisions of spatial and economic planning of territorial communities are covered, the main approaches to the development of the Comprehensive Spatial Development Plan of the Territory of Territorial Community, the Concept of Integrated Development of the Territorial Community and the Territorial Community Development Strategy are compared. The scheme of connections of elements at formation of the specified Comprehensive Plan, Concept and Strategy is constructed. The legislative level acceptance of the provisions on joint approaches to the formation of key documents of spatial and economic planning of territorial communities, the unity of land management documentation and urban planning documentation at the local level is established. It is shown that the Concept of Integrated Development of the Territorial Community is the basis and a certain “bridge” for combining the principles and indicators in the formation of the Comprehensive Spatial Development Plan of the Territory of Territorial Community and the Territorial Community Development Strategy. The formation of the Concept is proposed to be carried out on the basis of preliminary conceptual and structural modeling of endogenous potential of territorial communities that will establish the features of the existing potential by its elements (natural resources, production and infrastructure, labor, socio-cultural, etc.) that have a place in each community depending on its specific and general characteristics. It is proved that the modeling of the potential of territorial communities is carried out on the basis of establishing, integrating, uniting, combining, interpenetrating of connections and dependencies in the present time and their interpretation (design, transfer) to the appropriate time perspective (five, ten and more years).

Step Change in Delivering High Fracture Wells by Eliminating Expandable Liner

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Salim Al Sheidi ◽  
Hatim Abdul Raheem Al Balushi ◽  
Zahran Ahmed Al Rawahi ◽  
Yahya Hilal Al Amri ◽  
Deutra Mansur
Keyword(s):  
High Fracture ◽  
Additional Time ◽  
Construction Time ◽  
Large Hole ◽  
Well Control ◽  
Well Design ◽  
Shale Formation ◽  
Petroleum Development ◽  
Operational Failure ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This paper discusses the journey of finding alternate solution for having to run the Expandable Liners operations in the Fahud field which is already one of the most operationally challenging fields to drill in Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), due to the presence of a gas cap in highly fractured and depleted limestone formations with total losses and the need for dynamic annulus fill to maintain primary well control. In Fahud field, there is a highly reactive shale formation within reservoir limestone formation. Due to high likelihood of total losses, this shale formation caused bore hole instability challenges while drilling. And with more depletion took place, the challenges became more frequently to occurred. In 2001, expandable tubular liner was introduced to address these bore hole instability challenges while drilling highly reactive shale formation under total losses in the 8-1/2″ section. The use of expandable technology was sustained over the years in delivering all wells drilled to traverse this reactive shale column. Previously before 2001, wells used to have fat well design by installations of extra casing to cover the formations and problematic zones. Also, Fahud field was not depleted as it is now, and the problematic shale zone used to drill by normal conventional way without any issue using inhibition frilling fluid. Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) identified expandable liner as a preferred alternative to ‘Fat’ well design. The ‘Fat’ well design would have a large hole size through potential loss zones, resulting in unmanageable volumes of water being required. Expandable liber was fast-tracked - various technical options were considered by PDO with expandable liner technology being identified as the best solution to address the problem of the shale column. However, the deployment of expandable tubular liner technology supported to drill & deliver wells but also has its associated challenges incurring additional time and cost with reasonable installation and low operations success rate due to number of operational steps required prior and after the expandable liner. Adding to that, all the challenges associated with each step. The installation of the expandable liner required eight operational steps with multiple trips to under-ream, install and expand, cement, caliper log and drill through the liner which increased the probability of something going wrong due to mainly the challenging well profile and multiple operations steps. The expandable liners technology was required when the target formation was below the reactive shale interval. The team carried out a study of previous deployments with the intention of identifying well planning and operational contributors to the installation difficulties and operations failures, with a view of eliminating the need for installing the expandable liner and drilling the well to the desired landing point at designed section total depth. Most of the unsuccessful installation rates were observed to be prevalent in wells with high angle applications. The team also observed that the length of the hole interval below the reactive shale column contributed to the number of unsuccessful installation and operational failure rates recorded. The team evaluated the impact of reducing well inclination on the ability to deliver the hole section without installing the expandable liner. Subsequently the team developed an optimization plan which involved keeping all build activities above and below the problematic interval and holding tangent at less than 45° inclination while drilling across the problematic shale. In conclusion, in 2020 the team delivered six wells (90% of wells crossing reactive shale formation delivered) using the above described approach and traversed the historically highly reactive shale formation without installing expandable liners. This resulted in a 20% reduction in total well construction time and 17% reduction in total well delivery cost per well. In addition to the time and cost saving, with the new approach, described in this paper, less water needed to be pumped for dynamic fill. This allowed bringing the wells quicker to production, thus reducing oil deferment.

Advancing the Global Perspective of Tourism by Examining Core and Peripheral Destinations

2015 ◽  
pp. 37-53
Author(s):  
Frances Cassidy ◽  
Margee Hume
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Data ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
The South ◽  
The Core ◽  
Main Population

Core and peripheral destinations are very significant to island tourism because of core and peripheral islands. Peripheral locations may be disadvantaged as they are isolated from the core or economic centers and from the main population. This chapter reviews literature on the complexity of core and peripheral destinations, their development, planning, marketing and management together with local resident's perceptions of tourists and the tourist's expectations. The South Pacific is defined and it's Colonial past discussed together with tourist motivations. It is becoming increasingly difficult for all stakeholders to agree on programs and tourism practices and that various South Pacific countries have different ways of collecting statistical data resulting in few generic standards to adhere to.

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