scholarly journals Improvement of oil and gas production infrastructure as an effective tool for maintaining basic oil and gas production

2021 ◽  
pp. 121-130
Author(s):  
G. G. Gilaev ◽  
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M. Ya. Khabibullin ◽  
R. N. Bakhtizin ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Capital Costs ◽  
Gas Compression ◽  
Complex Element ◽  
Technological Efficiency ◽  
Single Complex

The modern world is a complex mechanism in which each process, direction, sphere of activity, despite visual differences, ultimately creates a single complex element aimed at ensuring human life. One of the key processes occurring on the planet is the extraction of hydrocarbons. The article proposes to consider a solution that will contribute to ensuring the efficiency of oil and gas production processes, will extend the life cycle of mature oil and gas production assets of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the RF) and extend their economic profitability. Economic and technological efficiency from infrastructure reengineering measures is individual for each region, and directly depends on the volume of oil, water production and the state of the ground infrastructure. The described areas of infrastructure reengineering, in aggregate, represent an effective tool for optimizing operating and capital costs, increasing the reliability of technological equipment, removing infrastructure restrictions, which will contribute to the achievement of the set task - maintaining oil production at mature assets. Keywords: facilities for oil treatment; gas compression; reservoir pressure maintenance; power supply; engineering networks; operating costs; reengineering.

Failures of the High Energy, High Pitch Velocity Gear Boxes

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Ingistov
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
High Pitch ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Mean Time Between Failures ◽  
Gear Teeth ◽  
Root Cause ◽  
Gas Compression

This Paper describes the on-going efforts of finding the root-cause for the failures of high-energy (over 30,000 HP), high-pitch velocity (over 30,000 FPM) gear elements. These gear elements are presently operating in Oil and Gas Production Facilities. They are installed between the GT drivers and turbo-compressors. Turbo-compressors deliver high-pressure gas into the underground oil fields to enhance the oil production. The oldest Gas Compression Units were commissioned in 1995 and the latest in 1998. Since installation in 1995 at least 6 gear boxes experienced failures of the pinion (high speed gear) teeth. The Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) of the pinion teeth was estimated around 34,000 operating hours. The costly shutdown of Gas Compression Units forced the management to seek advice within the company. The intent of this Paper is to share some field experiences and to present some corrective actions. The intent of this Paper is also to help Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) in this case gear elements Manufacturers to develop better balance between cost, life and reliability. Sometimes the balance between these three parameters is difficult to maintain. Too often the gear elements Manufacturers are forced to compete on the price basis and as result the quality of the gear elements are sometimes compromised. In addition, several well-known gear elements Manufacturers stopped offering high energy, high-pitch velocity gear elements because they suffered serious failures of the gear elements on the test stand and also in the field.

Oil and Gas Production Pipelines: Current Status of Brazil Safety Regulation

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica Vanessa Albuquerque de Oliveira ◽  
Priscila Raquel Kazmierczak
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Regulatory Body ◽  
Technical Regulation ◽  
National Agency ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Offshore Pipelines

The Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (Agência Nacional do Petróleo Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis - ANP) is the regulatory body responsible to regulate, contract and supervise the activities that integrates oil, natural gas and biofuels industry in Brazil, including the onshore and offshore pipelines. With this intent, ANP’s Resolution n° 06/2011, Technical Regulation of Onshore Pipelines for the Transport of Petroleum, its Derivatives and Natural Gas (Regulamento Técnico de Dutos Terrestres para Movimentação de Petróleo, Derivados e Gás Natural - RTDT), was published, establishing the essential critical requirements and the minimum safety directives for onshore pipelines, aiming at the protection of human life, facilities, and environment. The Technical Regulation covers onshore pipelines, new and existing ones, acting on the transference of the oil and gas production in the Brazilian jurisdiction and it is also applied on design, construction, assembling, operation, inspection, maintenance, integrity management, emergency response and decommissioning of the pipelines. Currently, ANP is elaborating a normative instrument applied to offshore pipelines, intending to establish the essential critical requirements for its safety management system. This paper presents an evaluation of the RTDT after its publication, including the improvements that will be concern with the review of the Resolution, and also gives an overview of the elaboration of the normative instrument for offshore pipelines.

The Effect of Inclination on Flow Regime Boundaries and Slug Flow Characteristics

1989 ◽  
Vol 111 (3) ◽  
pp. 181-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. G. Wood
Keyword(s):  
Flow Regime ◽  
Slug Flow ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Test Rig ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Capital Costs

Multiphase schemes for oil and gas production systems are becoming more common as the development of marginal fields necessitates a reduction in capital costs. Prediction of flow regime within these pipelines and the characteristics of the flow, especially within the slugging regime, is required in order to design the pipeline and the downstream separation and processing facilities. Test rig studies have been carried out at BP’s Sunbury Research Centre on the effect of small changes in pipeline inclination on both the flow regime and the characteristics of slug flow. Results from tests on a 2-in. rig are quoted.

Upstream and Midstream Compression Applications: Part 1—Applications

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rainer Kurz ◽  
Klaus Brun
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Injection ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Gas Compression ◽  
Gas Lift

The upstream and midstream sectors of the oil and gas business require compression for a number of distinctly different applications, such as transmission, storage, gas gathering, gas lift, gas export, gas injection, flash gas compression, and refrigeration. This paper explains the purpose of and requirements for these applications within the context of oil and gas production and the transport of natural gas to the consumer. Typical operating requirements for the gas compressors, and typical solutions to meet these requirements are introduced.

ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF THE PROJECT “ACQUISITION OF LIFTING UNITS APRS-18 AT NGDU “YAMASHNEFT”

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (8) ◽  
pp. 80-86
Author(s):  
L. N. KRASNOVA ◽  
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L. V. GUSAROVA ◽  
A. Ya. GAFUROVA ◽  
A. F. ZABBAROVA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Field Development ◽  
Capital Costs ◽  
Oil Reserves ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Goals And Objectives

The article is devoted to evaluating the effectiveness of implementing the APRS-18 lifting unit in order to improve the technology of underground repair of oil wells that have entered the late stage of development. The feasibility of implementing the unit is justified by the current stage of development of PJSC Tatneft and the state of the reserves structure of the developed fields. In conditions when the share of hard-to-recover oil reserves has increased to 86%, effective field development is impossible without the introduction of new equipment and technology. The article highlights the advantages of the APRS-18 lifting unit for repairing deeper wells working on Devon, and outlines the goals and objectives of implementing the unit. The economic efficiency of implementing APRS-18 units in Yamashneft NGDU, which is one of the leading oil and gas production departments in the structure of PJSC Tatneft, is calculated. Risks and uncertainties of the project are considered and identified, and the effectiveness of its implementation is proved at relatively low capital costs

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