scholarly journals The Legal Governance of Oil and Gas in Europe: An Indicator Analysis of the Implementation of the Hydrocarbons Directive

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (19) ◽  
pp. 6411
Author(s):  
Tamás Hámor ◽  
Katalin Bódis ◽  
Mária Hámor-Vidó
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Historical Review ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Publication Activity ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Policy Environments ◽  
Unconventional Hydrocarbons ◽  
Critical Minerals ◽  
The Impact

Hydrocarbons are traditional subjects to European Union (EU) law (“acquis communitaire”). A short historical review reveals that quasi all aspects of upstream and downstream segments are covered by the legislation. The results of applied information extraction and elaborated quantitative analysis indicate that the intensity of legislation making correlates with global drivers such as oil price booms, and technology developments such as extraction of unconventional hydrocarbons by hydraulic fracturing. A quarter of a century after the Hydrocarbons Directive was published and transposed by Member States (MS), data allow us to make a semi-quantitative assessment on the implementation, the major drivers of governments’ publication activity, and the impact on the oil and gas production. Another specific relevance of this study is on non-energy minerals management of the EU, whether the introduction of similar competitive bidding rules would induce a greater interest of investors, and the enhanced competition could bring more benefits to the states by the rejuvenation of the critical minerals extractive sector. The preliminary findings show that in some MS there is a positive correlation between the concession call publication activity and hydrocarbons production. To confirm these conclusions the analysis of an extended dataset including exploration data, investments, and social impacts is needed in order to screen the effect of global market trends, the exhaustion of domestic geological reserves, and the different policy environments.

Wet Gas Impeller Test Facility

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trond G. Gru¨ner ◽  
Lars E. Bakken
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Fluid Dynamic ◽  
Open Loop ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Atmospheric Conditions ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Wet Gas ◽  
Inlet Conditions ◽  
The Impact

The development of wet gas compressors will enable increased oil and gas production rates and enhanced profitable operation by subsea well-stream boosting. A more fundamental knowledge of the impact of liquid is essential with regard to the understanding of thermodynamic and fluid dynamic compressor behavior. An open-loop impeller test facility was designed to investigate the wet gas performance, aerodynamic stability, and operation range. The facility was made adaptable for different impeller and diffuser geometries. In this paper, the wet gas test facility and experimental work concerning the impact of wet gas on a representative full-scale industrial impeller are presented. The centrifugal compressor performance was examined at high gas volume fractions and atmospheric inlet conditions. Air and water were used as experimental fluids. Dry and wet gas performance was experimentally verified and analyzed. The results were in accordance with previous test data and indicated a stringent influence of the liquid phase. Air/water tests at atmospheric conditions were capable of reproducing the general performance trend of hydrocarbon wet gas compressor tests at high pressure.

Dropped Object Impact Analysis of Subsea Tree Frame

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kumarswamy Karpanan ◽  
Craig Hamilton-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Terminal Velocity ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Operational Life ◽  
Critical Components ◽  
Electrical Components ◽  
The Impact

Subsea oil and gas production involves assemblies such as trees, manifolds, and pipelines that are installed on sea floor. Each of these components is exposed to severe working conditions throughout its operational life and is difficult and expensive to repair or retrieve installed. During installation and operation, a rig/platform and several supply vessels are stationed on the waterline directly above the well and installed equipment below. If any object is to be dropped overboard, it presents a hazard to the installed equipment. A subsea tree comprises of a number of critical components such as valves and hydraulic actuators, in addition to several electrical components such as the subsea control module and pressure/temperature gauges. Their ability to operate correctly is vital to the safe production of oil and gas. If an object were to impact and damage these components, resulting in their inability to operate as intended, the consequences could be severe. In this paper, a typical subsea tree frame is analyzed to ensure its ability to withstand the impact from an object accidentally dropped overboard. This was accomplished using nonlinear dynamic Finite Element Analysis (FEA). In this study, the framework was struck by a rigid body at terminal velocity, resulting in a given impact energy. Displacements and resultant strain values at critical locations were then compared to allowable limits to ensure compliance to the design requirements.

scholarly journals The Assessment of the Impact of Sanctions on Russia for Oil & Gas Industry and Defence Industry Complex of Russia

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 46-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. V. Kazantsev
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Financial Economic ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Foreign Earnings ◽  
Defence Industry ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Impact

The article presents the results of the author’s research of the impact of a wide range of restrictions and prohibitions applied to theRussian Federation, used by a number of countries for their geopolitical purposes and as a means of competition. The object of study was the impact of anti-Russian sanctions on the development of Oil & Gas industry and defence industry complex ofRussiain 2014–2016. The purpose of the analysis was to assess the impact of sanctions on the volume of oil and gas production, the dynamics of foreign earnings from the export of oil and gas, and of foreign earnings from the sale abroad of military and civilian products of the Russian defence industry complex (DIC). As the research method, the author used the economic analysis of the time series of statistical data presented in open statistics and literature. The author showed that some countries use the anti-Russian sanctions as a means of political, financial, economic, scientific, and technological struggle with the leadership ofRussiaand Russian economic entities. It is noteworthy that their introduction in 2014 coincided with the readiness of theUSto export gas and oil, which required a niche in the international energy market. The imposed sanctions have affected the volume of oil production inRussia, which was one of the factors of reduction of foreign earnings from the country’s oil and gas exports. However, the Russian defence industry complex has relatively well experienced the negative impact of sanctions and other non-market instruments of competition

It's Not the End of Petroleum Engineering

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Nathan Meehan
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Technical Conference ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Petroleum Engineering ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Near Term ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Very High

Abstract Is this the end of petroleum engineering as we know it? This prescient question led to the most downloaded paper from onepetro.org in 2019. The events of 2020 resulted in massive layoffs, decreased hiring and many fewer students studying petroleum engineering. In the 2019 paper the authors claimed that the future would hold fewer petroleum engineering jobs and very different types of jobs. This paper incorporates a broader range of data and proposes some specific ways to improve prospects for the discipline of petroleum engineering. The opportunity for a near-term recovery is very high as the world overcomes COVID-19 issues, oil demand recovers and the impact of chronic underinvestment in oil and gas production looms. The world's largest producers have very different abilities to respond to a near-term uptick in demand. Energy transition pressures continue to cap growth in demand; however, demand for petroleum engineers is expected to grow under almost every scenario, but not to pre-2015 levels. Increased demand in CCUS and jobs that improve sustainability of oil and gas will continue to outpace conventional jobs. Data analytics will play an increasingly large role in engineering activities. The "Is it the end?" paper started with a question, a question that I first heard asked in 1977 at the SPE Annual Fall Technical Conference and Exhibition in Denver to 1972 SPE President M. Scott Kraemer. I have heard it many times since then and asked it many times. "Would you recommend that your son or daughter study petroleum engineering?" The answer to that question was pretty easy and unanimously positive in 1977. Keep this question in mind as we review what has happened since the prior paper came out.

Potential of Conventional and Unconventional Hydrocarbons: Comparison of Resources, Reserves, Recovery Factors, and Technologies

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Istva´n Lakatos ◽  
Julianna Lakatos-Szabo´
Keyword(s):  
Coalbed Methane ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Research Production ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Total Oil ◽  
Unconventional Hydrocarbons ◽  
Tight Sand Gas

The paper deals with the availability of natural hydrocarbons until 2100. Starting point of the evaluation is that the global demand will not be met by production of conventional oil and gas. Basis of the discussion is the comparison of available resources and reserves, recovery factors and technologies. The analysis comprised oil shale, tar sand, gas shale, tight sand gas, coalbed methane and gas hydrates. Taking the data of competent organizations into account, obviously the global resources of unconventional oil and gas significantly exceed the availability of conventional natural hydrocarbons in spite of the fact that their recovery efficiency is extremely low. Although the production cost (operation expenditure) of unconventional hydrocarbons is usually much higher than those of the conventional ones, industrial scale production of tar sand oil, tight sand gas and coalbed methane has started over two decades ago and their contribution to total oil and gas production is already substantial in several countries (US, Canada). The authors stated, however, that wider application of sophisticated technology to recover unconventional hydrocarbons needs more extensive and intensive R&D activity and further, new paradigms are necessary in education, research, production, field management, and governmental regulation.

Subsea Oil and Gas Production Assurance Using Artificial Lifts and Nodal Analysis

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ikenna A. Okaro ◽  
Longbin Tao
Keyword(s):  
System Analysis ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Submersible Pump ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Nodal Analysis ◽  
Multiphase Pump ◽  
Electrical Submersible Pump ◽  
The Impact

This paper describes how the operation of deep, subsea oil wells can be analyzed and optimized using artificial lift systems. A modest explanation was offered about an enhanced Hubbert model for determining production targets at pre-feed phase of project. In addition, the impact of artificial lifts on the economics of subsea wells facing hyperbolic production decline was illustrated. The principle of Nodal analysis was highlighted and applied to optimize a proposed subsea oil production case. Configurations of a nominally rated rod pump, a multiphase pump and an electrical submersible pump were modelled in a steady-state flow using Pipesim software and the simulated results which were functions of liquid flow rate and pressure distribution across the production system exposed the behavior of the system. The results showed that over 100% volumetric efficiency was achieved using a combination of electrical submersible pump at the bottom hole and a multiphase pump at riser base. A guide is presented on how to predict, analyze and enhance the recovery curve of subsea oil production using artificial lifts and nodal-system analysis. The benefit of this work is an enabling cost-effective approach for ensuring production assurance in deep water oil and gas production.

Variable Inlet Guide Vane Losses and Their Effect on Downstream Impeller and Diffuser in Wet Gas Flow

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Levi André B. Vigdal ◽  
Lars E. Bakken
Keyword(s):  
Gas Flow ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Guide Vane ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Innovative Technology ◽  
Inlet Guide Vane ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Wet Gas ◽  
The Impact

Adopting the innovative technology found in a compressor able to compress a mixture of natural gas and condensate has great potential for meeting future challenges in subsea oil and gas production. Benefits include reduced size, complexity and cost, enhanced well output, longer producing life and increased profits, which in turn offer opportunities for exploiting smaller oil and gas discoveries or extending the commercial life of existing fields. Introducing liquid into a centrifugal compressor creates several thermodynamic and fluid-mechanical challenges. The paper reviews some of the drive mechanisms involved in wet gas compression and views them in the context of the test results presented. An inlet guide vane (IGV) assembly has been installed in a test facility for wet gas compressors and the effect of wet gas on IGV performance documented. The impact of changes in IGV performance on impeller and diffuser has also been documented. The results have been discussed and correction methods compared.

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