Shape Memory Alloy: Low-Cost Manufacturing for the Oil and Gas Industry

The ability to measure large amounts of data at high frequency, and the increasing ability to process these data close to the source at the edge, has opened up a new frontier in asset management. Until now, analysis of high-frequency data in real time has been the domain of a few, very expensive devices. However, this is rapidly changing, with the increasing capabilities of sensors and edge devices providing flexible, low-cost solutions that can be deployed across all site machinery to provide predictive and detailed information about these assets. All machinery vibrates at multiple frequencies when running. If you listen to this vibration, it can tell you a lot about the condition of the machine and its components. In fact, it is surprising how rich and detailed this information can be. Cavitation, insufficient lubrication, failing bearings and faulty impellers all have different vibration signatures, and by listening for these signatures it is possible to identify issues before they occur, and even predict when they will occur. It is also possible to feed this information (e.g. cavitation) to the control system so that process decisions can be made to avoid machine damage. This paper discusses solutions that are available now and currently being developed in terms of edge computing devices and advances in the algorithms that analyse the vibration data, and how they can be applied in the oil and gas industry to ensure assets are optimised and downtime is minimised.

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Rice Husk Use In Oil Spills Demonstrated With Cod And Phytotoxicity Tests

10.21203/rs.3.rs-421850/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Maria Leticia Alves Goulart ◽

Rômulo Henrique Batista de Faria ◽

Larissa Loebens ◽

Louise Hoss ◽

Maurízio Silveira Quadro

Keyword(s):

Rice Husk ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Oil Spills ◽

Low Cost ◽

Oil And Gas Industry ◽

Lubricating Oil ◽

Basic Medium ◽

Gas Industry ◽

Acid And Base ◽

Object Of Study

Abstract Motivated to develop faster and faster contemporary society has been using more and more fossil and energy resources that can, unfortunately, cause environmental accidents. Petroleum is responsible for providing different products derived as lubricating oil widely used in different production chains and object of study of the work in question. Many environmental problems faced by the Oil and Gas Industry are associated with leaks, accidents and irregular discharges. Thus an alternative for cleaning and adsorption of oil spilled in the sea is presented the validity in this article: the rice husk, being the main objective of this article to prove its effectiveness with lubricant oil adsorbent. It was used as a low cost alternative adsorbent. Performing physical order treatments such as heating and using acid and base that could increase their efficiency. Some COD and Fitoxicity tests of the generated effluent were performed and analyzed during the work, generating excellent results related to the adsorption of lubricating oils, showing a total adsorption of 6.15 g / g when treated in basic medium and 4.7 g / g in acid medium.

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Is there any room for gravity in petroleum exploration? Let's open the door again!

The APPEA Journal ◽

10.1071/aj19195 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 60 (2) ◽

pp. 761

Author(s):

Sergey Shevchenko

Keyword(s):

Oil And Gas ◽

Gravity Data ◽

Low Cost ◽

Petroleum Industry ◽

Oil And Gas Industry ◽

Petroleum Exploration ◽

Geophysical Method ◽

Gas Industry ◽

Gravity Method ◽

1960S And 1970S

The seismic method has been thriving in the oil and gas industry for decades. Technological progress in acquisition, processing and interpretation have made it practically the only geophysical method used for petroleum exploration. Unfortunately, gravity, as a pioneering geophysical method appears to have been completely forgotten in Australia’s oil and gas industry. Most of the gravity data in Australia were collected in the 1960s and 1970s. Only government agencies and a few exploration companies have conducted gravity surveys in petroleum basins since that time. Australia’s mostly flat terrain, economical aspects of the gravity method such as low cost and the ability to cover vast underexplored onshore basins in the country, all seem to be positive factors indicating that this method should be commonly used as a part of petroleum exploration. Given the petroleum industry is currently trying hard to make exploration more economically effective, this may be an opportunity to revive the gravity method in petroleum exploration.

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Multidimensional Interpolation Filters Development for Risers’ Database Analysis

Volume 1: Offshore Technology ◽

10.1115/omae2013-10372 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Ricardo Pereira Gonçalves ◽

Edison C. P. Lima

Keyword(s):

Structural Analysis ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Low Cost ◽

Oil And Gas Industry ◽

Knowledge Gain ◽

Gas Industry ◽

Interpolation Filters ◽

Flexible Pipes ◽

Multidimensional Interpolation ◽

Artificial Intelligence Technology

This work presents the application of Artificial Intelligence Technology to a database that stores valuable information about structural analysis results of flexible pipes used in Oil and Gas Industry. The main objective is to create a low-cost computational tool capable to infer structural analysis results that can be used as a preliminary design for flexible pipes. This application uses Data Mining concepts for database preprocessing techniques, learning and prediction, multidimensional interpolation algorithms for knowledge gain. The usefulness and the reliability of this methodology are illustrated by means of numerical examples.

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Swelling Elastomer Applications in Petroleum Drilling and Development

10.5772/intechopen.94721 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sayyad Zahid Qamar ◽

Maaz Akhtar ◽

Tasneem Pervez

Keyword(s):

Oil And Gas ◽

Low Cost ◽

Oil And Gas Industry ◽

Gas Industry ◽

Gas Drilling ◽

Chemical Attack ◽

Increasing Temperature ◽

Petroleum Drilling ◽

Resistance To Heat

Oil and gas drilling and development is witnessing new and inventive techniques targeted at increased production from difficult and aging wells. As depth of an oil or gas well increases, higher temperatures and harsher environments are encountered. Suitable elastomers can provide good sealing as they possess good resistance to heat and chemical attack, and as they are widely availability at low cost. In comparison with metals, elastomers are lighter in weight and lesser in stiffness and hardness, swell more with increasing temperature, and are usually better in corrosion resistance. Other reasons for their preference include excellent damping and energy absorption, more flexibility and longer life; good sealing even with moisture, heat, and pressure; negligible toxicity; good moldability; and flexible stiffness. As mentioned in chapter-1, swelling elastomers or gels have found extensive use in different applications including drug delivery, microfluidics, biomedical devices, scaffolds for tissue engineering, biosensors, etc. As the main focus of this book is the oil and gas industry, implementation of swelling elastomer technology and deployment in different petroleum applications are discussed below.

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Microseismic Multistage Formation Hydraulic Fracturing (MFHF) Monitoring Analysis Results

Key Engineering Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.785.107 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 785 ◽

pp. 107-117

Author(s):

Vadim Aleksandrov ◽

Marsel Kadyrov ◽

Andrey Ponomarev ◽

Denis Drugov ◽

Irina Bulgakova

Keyword(s):

Oil And Gas ◽

Low Cost ◽

High Mobility ◽

Oil And Gas Industry ◽

Microseismic Monitoring ◽

Gas Industry ◽

Seismic Emission ◽

Hydrocarbon Fields ◽

Deployment Time ◽

The Impact

Microseismic monitoring of hydrocarbon fields is one of the promising areas of modern seismology. In recent years, the methodology of microseismic monitoring for seismic emission has been actively developing in the oil and gas industry in order to study the impact of various technogenic processes on the hydrocarbon (HC) fields being developed. The technology does not require powerful sources of sounding signals, but uses constantly existing weak seismic fields of artificial or natural origin. During the development of the field, periodic monitoring of the intensity and spatial position of the zones of microseismic activity allows controling the behavior of HC deposits in order to optimize their development. Distinctive features of this technology are high mobility, fast deployment time, high resolution, and low cost of receiving, transferring and processing of microseismic data. The purpose was to analyze the results and evaluate the effectiveness of MFHF using microseismic monitoring of seismic emission processes. The results were obtained with the help of quantitative microseismic monitoring of seismic foci occurring successively near the well ports at different times during MFHF.

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Comparison of wastewater treatment in oil and gas industry using conventional methods (chemical, physical and biological)

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science ◽

10.1088/1755-1315/896/1/012044 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 896 (1) ◽

pp. 012044

Author(s):

M Hamdy ◽

Sudarno ◽

H S Huboyo

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Wastewater Treatment ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Low Cost ◽

Oil And Gas Industry ◽

Petroleum Products ◽

Oil And Grease ◽

Gas Industry ◽

Treated Water ◽

Conventional Methods

Abstract The oil and gas industry consumes tons of water, and the water produced from this industry contains harmful substances such as petroleum products and heavy metals that negatively affect humans and the environment. The objective of this research is to know the efficiency of the conventional wastewater treatment technologies (chemical by adding Alum, biological with aeration, and physical by filtration) to treat oily wastewater and the effect of the quantity of Alum on the treatment efficiency by using jar test and laboratory analysis beside modify the system to reuse the treated water in various activities. The treatment results showed a decrease of COD by 27%, BOD by 26.5%, oil and grease by 55%, and heavy metals by 95%, and the final results are compatible with the Egyptian standards. It is found that the optimum alum quantity that can be used is 15 mg/L which can remove 48% of oil and grease. Despite the simplicity and low cost of conventional methods for industrial wastewater treatment compared to advanced methods, they still give acceptable results. Reusing the treated water and sludge saves money, encouraging many industries to use it instead of discharging it.

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Effect of Eccentricity in Microwave Imaging of Multiple Composite Pipes

Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal ◽

10.52214/cusj.v15i.7805 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 ◽

pp. 30-38

Author(s):

Yuki Gao ◽

Noshin Raisa ◽

Reza Amineh

Keyword(s):

Oil And Gas ◽

Low Cost ◽

Near Field ◽

Oil And Gas Industry ◽

Microwave Imaging ◽

Destructive Testing ◽

Material Loss ◽

Gas Industry ◽

Additional Imaging ◽

Composite Pipes

The use of non-metallic composites that are durable, low cost, and lightweight is growing fast in various industries. A commonly used form of these materials is in the shape of pipes that can be used, for instance, in oil and gas industry. Such pipes can be damaged due to material loss (defects and holes), erosions, and more which may cause major production failures or environmental mishaps. To prevent these issues, non-destructive testing (NDT) methods need to be employed for regular inspections of such components. Since traditional NDT methods are mainly used for metallic pipes, recently microwave imaging has been proposed as a promising approach for examination of non-metallic pipes. While microwave imaging can be employed for inspection of multiple layers of pipes, the effect of undesired eccentricity of the pipes can impose additional imaging errors. In this paper, for the first time, we study the effect of eccentricity of the pipes on the images reconstructed using near-field holographic microwave imaging when imaging double pipes.

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Cost transparency: which levers do you pull when we cannot trust the dials? The continued challenge of understanding what is really driving costs

The APPEA Journal ◽

10.1071/aj15087 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 56 (2) ◽

pp. 581

Author(s):

Jonathan Smith

Keyword(s):

Joint Venture ◽

Lower Cost ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Low Cost ◽

Oil And Gas Industry ◽

Gas Industry ◽

Cost Transparency ◽

Barriers And Enablers ◽

The Past ◽

Safety First

In the past few years an industry-wide race towards achieving construction milestones took place, which drove behaviours of increased spending. Now the focus is on implementing low-cost operating models to optimise the move towards operations in a lower-priced oil world. KPMG’s recent work and research demonstrates that cost transparency is still a major issue in the upstream oil and gas industry for operators and non-operators. It is clear that it will be difficult to drive out costs and move to the lower cost baselines without significantly improving cost transparency in oil and gas organisations. In KPMG’s research, operators in Australia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) were asked about what challenges they saw, and how they were managing cost in the context of cost transparency. The focus of the research covered the following areas: how can you optimise costs if you don’t have transparency? defining the problem and its boundaries; external influences; internal influences and reactions; the increased scrutiny from joint venture partners; the challenge to developing a cost culture; and, the barriers and enablers. Also, the oil and gas industry has invested heavily in a safety first culture. It has made enormous improvements and the culture is permanent. It could be argued that if the industry put a fraction of the same energy in to building a cost conscious culture then it will weather the lower oil price world so much better.

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