To SSIV, or not to SSIV: that is the question

2009 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Steven Cooper ◽  
Fiona Aoun
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Large Diameter ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Design Teams ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Oil And Gas Fields ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Gas Fields

Sub Sea Isolation Valves (SSIVs) are normally considered for installation on the majority of facility builds. They first started coming to prominence in the world of safety following the Piper Alpha tragedy in 1988, where 167 people died and the platform was destroyed as a result of an explosion and fire. The aim of SSIVs is to protect the people on the platforms by limiting the amount of hydrocarbon available for a jet fire. Reducing the severity of a jet fire protects the integrity of manned living quarters in the event of an issue with the pipeline. This theory still holds true today but twenty plus years on SSIVs are not always included in new facility designs. Oil and gas fields developed in the future are more likely to be in more remote locations with large diameter pipelines tied back to onshore processing facilities. With well bays being replaced by subsea wells and flowlines it would be thought that the SSIV would now be man’s best friend; however, with the oil and gas industry showing a declining trend in fatalities around the world and with design improvements preventing and mitigating the occurrence of major accident events, many operators are questioning the added benefits of the SSIV. This paper debates the use of the SSIV and explores the issues over which many design teams deliberate. It considers the positives and the negatives associated with the SSIV and illustrates why an SSIV installation is a case-by-case prospect. A case study using a risk-based approach for installing the SSIV as part of a design concept is used to help illustrate this point.

scholarly journals MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY OF OIL AND GAS RESOURCES IN ACEH TERRITORY AFTER SIGNING THE GOVERNMENT REGULATION NUMBER 23 YEAR 2015

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (Number 2) ◽  
pp. 59-69
Author(s):  
Azhari Yahya ◽  
Nurdin MH
Keyword(s):  
Government Regulation ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Oil And Gas Fields ◽  
Oil And Gas Resources ◽  
Free Aceh Movement ◽  
The Government ◽  
Gas Fields ◽  
Energy Law

The oil and gas industry in Indonesia has been started since 1871 by Royal Dutch Shell. Meanwhile, the oil and gas industry in Aceh began in 1971 which was marked by the discovery of the Arun oil and gas fields. At that time, the management of oil and gas is done centrally by not involving the Government of Aceh as a regional producer. This led to armed conflict between the Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement and prolonged conflict (for 32 years) ended with the approval of the joint oil and gas management pattern found in the territory of Aceh as stipulated in the MoU Helsinki on August 15 2005, Law No. 11 of 2006 concerning the Government of Aceh and Government Regulation No. 23 of 2015 concerning Joint Management of Oil and Gas in Aceh. In order to finalize joint oil and gas management in Aceh, universities, especially the Faculty of Law, need to immediately prepare human resources who are competent in the oil and gas and energy law so that they are skilled at negotiating and drafting a Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) for oil and gas or Kontrak Bagi Hasil (KBH). For this purpose, law faculties need to immediately incorporate oil and gas and energy law courses into their curriculum.

scholarly journals Analyzing the Impact of Covid-19 on the Oil and Gas Industry: A Case Study of Petronas

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-33
Author(s):  
Daisy Mui Hung Kee ◽  
Nur Amira Liyana ◽  
Zhang LuXin ◽  
Nur Atikah ◽  
Ninie Alwanis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Oil Price ◽  
Sharp Drop ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

As a result of the Covid-19 epidemic, every industry in the world has been greatly affected. We took Malaysia's Petronas as an example to analyze how oil and gas industries were impacted by such a difficult international situation. This paper investigated how Covid-19 affected Petronas and how it responded to the sharp drop in oil price. In a questionnaire survey, we listed the problems that Petronas may face in this outbreak.

scholarly journals Main directions in the development of Russia’s oil sector in the first half of the XXI century

2019 ◽  
Vol 89 (11) ◽  
pp. 1095-1104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexey E. Kontorovich ◽  
Lev M. Burshtein ◽  
Valery R. Livshitc ◽  
Svetlana V. Ryzhkova
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
First Century ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Oil And Gas Fields ◽  
Oil Sector ◽  
Gas Fields

This paper discusses the most important aspects of the development of the oil and gas industry in Russia. To replace declining oil production in Russia, we need to change the obsolete paradigm of the development of the domestic resource base. In the twenty-first century, the priority tasks in the search for oil deposits should be the Russian Arctic shelves and immature onshore provinces as well as unique unconventional oil accumulations (Bazhenov, Domanik, Khadum, Kuonamka Formations, etc.). In addition, special focus should be placed on the exploration of small and smallest oil and gas fields, which will be developed with the collaboration of small- and medium-sized oil businesses to ensure up to 20% of domestic oil production. The shift from extensive to intensive development of Russias oil and gas sector will require the prioritizing of technological tasks.

scholarly journals Will Uzbekistan’s oil and gas industry benefit from international listing?

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-271
Author(s):  
Kurkam Suvanova ◽  
Changmin Lee ◽  
Hyoung-Goo Kang
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Government Control ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Oil And Gas Fields ◽  
Low Efficiency ◽  
Gas Fields ◽  
Efficiency And Productivity

Uzbekistan’s oil and gas industry is experiencing declining production due to the depletion of existing oil and gas fields and aging production infrastructure. A multi-level organizational structure at Uzbekneftegaz is another reason for low efficiency of the industry, which causes the problems of increased bureaucracy, increased tax burden and inefficient allocation of resources. Partial privatization of Uzbekneftegaz can be an efficient tool in attracting alternative financing without putting the burden on the state budget and not ceding government control. Being listed on the international market, Uzbekneftegaz will have to follow internationally accepted corporate governance standards. This will have a positive impact on the efficiency and productivity of the industry

scholarly journals APPLICATON OF MICROSEISMIC NOISE ESTIMATION IN OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION AIMED AT REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-210
Author(s):  
A. Yu. Tsivadze ◽  
Yu. V. Sirotinskiy ◽  
M. A. Abaturov
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Noise Estimation ◽  
3D Seismic ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Oil And Gas Fields ◽  
Hardware Complex ◽  
Acoustic Methods ◽  
Gas Fields

Aim. This article discusses the possibility of reducing ecological costs and risks during exploration of oil and gas fields. To this end, we propose to reduce the number of exploratory drilling works performed using unjustified non‐productive wells. Such a problem can be solved with the help of innovative seismic‐acoustic methods of direct deposit exploration.Methods. The method of microseismic noise estimation (MNE) in application to hidden hydrocarbon de‐ posits is proposed. When implementing the MNE algorithms, Chebyshev spectroscopy and analysis of the noise in terms of Gaussian distribution were used.Results. The hardware im‐ plementation of the MNE method is presented. The key component of the hardware complex is presented by an autonomous microprocessor 3D seismic module. The seismic module registers signals across the frequency range of 0.5‐40 Hz with a level of spectral density of self‐noise not higher than 0.5 nm×Hz‐1/2. Presented both in land and sea design, the module is compact and mobile.Conclusion. The application of the MNE method in prospecting and exploration allows identification and exclusion of obviously non‐productive wells from drilling, as well as reduc‐ tion of the total number of wells more than by twofold. For the Caspian region, this indicator is expected to be higher. As a result, the method will provide a significant reduction in the envi‐ ronmental consequences of the oil and gas industry as a whole.   

scholarly journals SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW DEPOSITS: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF APPLICATION IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (37) ◽  
pp. 53-66
Author(s):  
R.Kh. Azieva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Economic Assessment ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Oil And Gas Fields ◽  
Gas Fields ◽  
Oil And Gas Companies

The oil and gas complex is one of the main triggers of the industrial potential of the Russian Federation. An extremely important aspect for the Russian economy is the analysis of the introduction of intelligent digital technologies in the oil and gas industry, since it is necessary to immediately organize the transition from the traditional economy to the modern one – information, intellectual, digital. The use of digital technologies in the oil and gas industry is reduced to the automation of the entire process of oil and gas production and processing, and they are successfully integrated with digital control systems that are developed to solve the tasks of oil and gas processing enterprises in general. The article examines the features of the use of digital technologies by enterprises of the oil and gas complex at the stages of search and development of new oil and gas fields. The empirical basis of the study was made up of data on the reporting on the sustainable development of oil and gas companies of PJSC Gazprom Neft, PJSC Lukoil, PJSC NK Rosneft, PJSC Tatneft. The author identifies the problems of using digital technologies in the oil and gas industry, including: bimodal age distribution of the labor force; a significant increase in applications and data formats; global division of working groups; instant receipt of a huge amount of data in real time; a stable decrease in the number and size of new field discoveries; an increase in the cost of advanced technologies for restoring oil and gas production. In the context of the economic assessment of the search and development of new oil and gas fields, the use of an integral index of the use of digital technologies by oil and gas companies is proposed, which includes a number of indicators: the share of digital assets in the company's asset structure; the ratio of capital expenditures for digitalization of activities to the company's net profit; the share of employees with digital competencies; the share of new developed fields with the use of digital technologies; the profitability of the use of digital technologies (coefficient). The conclusion is substantiated that it is advisable for oil and gas companies to use the proposed conceptual model in order to identify the level of digitalization of the search and development of new oil and gas fields, which will allow improving the mechanism of state regulation of the country's oil and gas complex.

A Comparison of Double Block and Bleed Technologies

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angus Bowie
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
The World ◽  
Maintenance Activities ◽  
True Definition ◽  
Plant Shutdown

Double Block and Bleed is a term often used in the oil and gas industry to define a level of isolation sufficient to perform maintenance activities. The true definition relates to incumbent valves providing two proven levels of isolation against the outboard pressure to permit breaching of containment in the isolated pipe. This paper assesses how temporary isolation devices can provide equivalent isolation where incumbent valves do not exist at appropriate locations in the system. It reviews the different interpretations of Double Block and Bleed used within the industry and compares how different isolation devices are assessed in relation to the level of isolation they provide. It will reference several examples from around the world of where temporary isolation devices have been used to replace valves and perform repairs in trunk pipelines without depressurising the whole pipeline. It will also cover examples of isolating live process pipe to perform maintenance activities outside plant shutdown.

Value Co-Creation Practices in the Decommissioning of Offshore Platforms: A Case Study Approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 239496432110320
Author(s):  
Francesca Loia ◽  
Vincenzo Basile ◽  
Nancy Capobianco ◽  
Roberto Vona
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Offshore Platforms ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Collaborative Interactions ◽  
Exploratory Approach ◽  
Italian Context

Over the years, value co-creation practices have become increasingly more important by supporting collaborative interactions and the achievement of sustainable and mutual competitive advantage between the ecosystem’ actors. In this direction, the oil and gas industry is proposing a sustainable re-use of offshore platforms based on value co-creation and resources exchange between the actors involved. According to this consideration, this work aims at re-reading the decommissioning of offshore platforms in the light of value co-creation practices, trying to capture the factors that governments and companies can leverage to pursue a sustainable development of local communities. To reach this goal, this work follows an exploratory approach by using, in particular, the case study. Specifically, one of the most notably projects in the Italian context have been chosen, the Paguro platform, in order to provide empirical insights into the nature of these value co-creation processes. Five value co-creation practices have been identified which highlight the importance of synergistic efforts of institutions, companies and technology-based platforms for improving the ability to co-create and capture value in the process of decommissioning. This exploratory work establishes a foundation for future research, and offers theoretical and managerial guidance in this increasingly important area.

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