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Oilfield Technology
May
2016
May 2016
World news
DNV GL project approves of wind-powered oil recovery
Over the past year, participants from both the renewable and oil and gas industries, including
ExxonMobil, Statoil and Nexen Petroleum UK, have collaborated in a DNV GL-led WIN WIN JIP
to further develop the concept of utilising floating wind turbines to power a water injection
system, and assess its technical and commercial feasibility.
Thus far, no major challenges have been identified through the study. In fact, the results
demonstrate that WIN WIN is able to meet the operator’s key performance requirements such
as injection volume targets, as well as reliability and minimised downtime.
“For the first time we can now see renewable energy as a large scale source of power to
offshore oil and gas operations. By utilising the recent developments of floating offshore wind
turbines this concept can offer a clean, reliable, and cost-effective alternative for powering
water injection in offshore locations. The WIN WIN project showcases that the oil and gas
industry can become a creative force in solving the world’s energy trilemma by driving
development of reliable, clean and affordable technologies. This is a win for both oil and gas
and for the wind power industries,” said Remi Eriksen, Group President and CEO of DNV GL.
“We are encouraged by recent advances in wind technology, particularly for niche
applications such as offshore oil and gas operations,” said Sara Ortwein, President of
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company. “Such technological advances improve the
economic feasibility for wind to contribute to the overall energy supply mix.
“Supplying clean power to oil and gas installations was part of the original idea behind
Statoil’s Hywind concept,” said Hanne Wigum, Head of Renewable Technology Development
in Statoil. “The WIN WIN concept represents an alternative source of electricity and has the
potential to open up new opportunities for field development.
First oil production at Aje
field, offshore Lagos
Panoro Energy, has announced that its partner,
the operator of OML 114 Yinka Folawiyo
Petroleum Company has noted the first oil
production from the Aje field, offshore Lagos.
Subsea installation activities, which had
been underway at the field since January were
completed in early March ready for the hook-up
of the Front Puffin FPSO, which arrived in
Nigeria 16 March.
The Front Puffin will store any oil produced
from the Aje field. The Front Puffin has
production capacity of 40 000 bpd and storage
capacity of 750 000 bbls.
Flow rates will be provided in Panoro’s
next operations update, following a period of
commissioning and well stabilisation.
John Hamilton, Panoro’s Chief Executive
Officer said: “We are extremely pleased to
announce the start of first oil production at Aje.
This is a transformational milestone for Panoro
and represents a great achievement by the Aje
project teams. It is also a key building block in
our strategy to become a full cycle E&P company
focused on West Africa.”
Fast track buoyancy order
for Trelleborg
Trelleborg’s offshore operation has been
awarded a fast tracked order for drill
riser buoyancy modules (DRBM) by one
of the world’s leading drilling companies.
Trelleborg was chosen, due to the
flexibility of its customised automation
manufacturing processes and tested
proven buoyancy technology.
Vice President of Trelleborg’s offshore
operation based in Houston said:
“Trelleborg welcomes this opportunity
to provide a fast track solution that
will support our customers tight time
scale with proven DRBMs. As a global
manufacturer of syntactic foam solutions,
our engineering and technology teams
pride themselves on providing solutions
that function as expected in the harshest
conditions. With a focus on innovation and
technology, we recently upgraded critical
equipment including new testing systems
and introduced customised automation
manufacturing processes in our Houston
facility.”
Shaz Deniz partners award
subsea installation contract
The Shah Deniz consortium has announced
the award of a US$1.5 billion contract which
covers the transport and installation of the
deeper water subsea production systems
for Shaz Deniz Stage 2 to the BOS Shelf LLC,
Saipem Contracting Netherlands B.V. and
Star Gulf FZCO consortium.
The scope of the work is for the
management and operation of the new-build
subsea construction vessel (SCV) Khakendi
for the transport and installation of the
deeper water subsea production systems
and subsea structure at all five flanks of the
project.
The expected completion date of the
contract is mid 2022, and includes a five year
option to extend the contract to cover the
installation of remaining trees, flying leads
and jumpers at the East-South, East-North
and West-South subsea flanks between 2022
and 2027. The scope includes the reactivation
of the Pipe-lay Barge Israfil Huseinov and the
second pipe-lay installation campaign of the
deeper water flow-lines in 2019.
Cegal launches information
management solution
Cegal has announced the release of
Blueback Seismic Data Management, a
software solution that provides full lifecycle
management of seismic data for a range of
geoscience applications.
Built on a modern architecture and a
web based user interface, Blueback Seismic
Data Management scans, catalogues, quality
controls and prepares seismic data sets.
The solution is desgined to be cost and time
efficient, and help improve the quality of
application ready seismic by managing large
volumes of data with efficient workflows,
where geoscientists achieve easy access to
available seismic data with self-service tools.
The solution integrates with geographical
information systems (GIS) and provides
map and table based views. The spatial
information can be accessed directly from
ESRI ArcGIS for integration into GIS workflows
and external maps.
