Industry Developed Guidelines and Standards for Ageing and Life Extension

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per Otto Selnes ◽  
Gerhard Ersdal
Keyword(s):  
Oil Production ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Life Extension ◽  
Industry Association ◽  
Initial Design ◽  
Safe Life ◽  
Design Life ◽  
Standards And Guidelines ◽  
Guidelines And Standards ◽  
Production Facilities

A large number of the Norwegian gas and oil production facilities have exceeded their initial design life but the respective fields are still producing substantial levels of hydrocarbons. In order to ensure technical and operational integrity of these ageing facilities, the Norwegian oil industry Association (OLF) has initiated a project to establish the necessary standards and guidelines for assessing and ensuring safe life extensions. This paper presents this project and the headlines of these standards and guidelines.

Lifetime Assessment of Flexible Pipes

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorgen Thomas Wold Eide ◽  
Jan Muren
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Life Extension ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Flexible Riser ◽  
Original Design ◽  
Design Life ◽  
Flexible Pipes ◽  
Guidelines And Standards

This paper presents a methodology for performing a lifetime assessment of flexible pipes applicable to re-qualification during the original design life and at life extension. A systematic approach is developed, providing flexible riser and flowline engineers a standardized methodology for determining the current integrity- and risk level. The objective is to provide methodology that is easy to implement, thus enabling consistent assessments of all flexible pipes in the operator’s portfolio. The methods described are taken from work performed in a recent JIP run jointly by MARINTEK/NTNU and 4Subsea, and is based on substantial experiences with lifetime assessment combined with a review of relevant guidelines and standards. Key areas are suggested for industry improvement and recommendations to further developments, to increase both efficiency and quality of the lifetime assessment process.

Flowmetering in the Oil Industry

1986 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 63-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
R C Gold
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Uncertainty ◽  
Crude Oil ◽  
Measurement Accuracy ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Different Types

The article traces the use of flowmeters in the production and processing of crude oil and its refined products. Emphasis is placed on meters used for accounting purposes and wherever possible, the significance of measurement uncertainty at the various stages of oil production is expressed in financial terms. The article concludes that improved measurement accuracy is more likely to be achieved from improved calibration and operating procedures than from the use of different types of flowmeters.

A Framework for the Management of Ageing of Safety Critical Elements Offshore

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
John V. Sharp ◽  
Edmund G. Terry ◽  
John Wintle
Keyword(s):  
Life Extension ◽  
Original Design ◽  
Safety Critical ◽  
Critical Elements ◽  
The North ◽  
Design Life ◽  
Offshore Installations ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
And Performance

Many offshore installations in the North Sea have now exceeded their original design life and are in a life extension phase. A Framework of six processes has been developed for the management of ageing of Safety Critical Elements (SCEs) in offshore installations. The processes include an analysis of the effect of ageing modes on SCE performance. Examples of performance indicators for typical SCEs are proposed based on how their condition and performance as may be affected by physical deterioration and other effects of ageing. Indicators for calibrating the maturity and effectiveness of the management processes are also suggested.

scholarly journals Automated DNA extraction platforms offer solutions to challenges of assessing microbial biofouling in oil production facilities

AMB Express ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Athenia L Oldham ◽  
Heather S Drilling ◽  
Blake W Stamps ◽  
Bradley S Stevenson ◽  
Kathleen E Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Dna Extraction ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Automated Dna Extraction ◽  
Production Facilities

New Developments for the Offshore Oil Industry

1971 ◽  
Vol 8 (01) ◽  
pp. 8-12
Author(s):  
M. G. Krutein ◽  
J. A. Reed
Keyword(s):  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Offshore Drilling ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Offshore Oil Industry ◽  
Offshore Oil

More than a decade ago, oil drillers and naval architects started to use vessels instead of fixed structures for offshore drilling. A multitude of novel platform concepts were developed which allowed the tremendous spreading of offshore oil activities. Today, search for oil spreads into areas of greater depth and farther away from the shores. This requires new developments of technology over a broad spectrum. The latest concepts of underwater oil production systems are briefly described.

The issues of controlling the use of chemical reagents to ensure the safety and efficiency of oil production, treatment and transportation

2021 ◽  
pp. 338-345
Author(s):  
Ильназ Ильфарович Хасбиуллин ◽  
Антон Анатольевич Шматков
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
State Level ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Regulation System ◽  
Pipeline Transportation ◽  
Technical Regulation ◽  
Chemical Reagents

Химические реагенты активно используются в нефтяной отрасли для решения практических задач и совершенствования технологических процессов. При этом на сегодняшний день в России не определен единый, регламентированный нормативно-правовым документом надлежащей юридической силы, порядок применения и контроля качества химических реагентов при добыче, сборе, подготовке и трубопроводном транспорте нефти. С целью обоснования необходимости совершенствования технического регулирования в указанной области проведен анализ нормативно-правовой базы, требований к данному виду химической продукции, процедуры ее сертификации, правил и порядка допуска к применению. Установлено, что в настоящее время использование химических реагентов в нефтяной отрасли почти в полной мере регулируется внутренними нормативными документами компаний - потребителей этих химических веществ, что имеет издержки и недостаточно для эффективного функционирования системы технического регулирования в рассматриваемой области. Представляется целесообразным вернуться к ранее существовавшей практике общего нормативно-правового регулирования применения химических реагентов в процессах добычи, сбора, подготовки и трубопроводного транспорта нефти, а также обязательной сертификации данного вида продукции. Необходимо продолжать деятельность по обеспечению эффективности и безопасности применения химических реагентов: совершенствовать нормативную базу и систему контроля качества, разрабатывать новые методики испытаний и инструкции по применению. Все эти меры должны реализовываться не только на отраслевом, но и на государственном уровне. Chemical reagents are actively used in the oil industry to solve practical problems and improve processes. At the same time, Russia currently has no unified procedure for the use and quality control of chemical reagents in the production, collection, preparation, and pipeline transportation of oil that is regulated by a legal document of proper legal force. In order to substantiate the need to improve technical regulation in this sphere, analysis of the regulatory and legal framework, the requirements established for this type of chemical product, the procedure for its certification, rules and procedures for admission to use has been conducted. It has been established that currently the use of chemical reagents in the oil industry is almost fully regulated by the internal regulatory documents of companies that consume these chemicals, which incurs costs and is insufficient for the effective functioning of the technical regulation system in the industry under consideration. It seems appropriate to return to the previously existing practice of full legal regulation of the use of chemical reagents in the processes of oil production, collection, preparation, and pipeline transportation, as well as mandatory certification for this type of product. It is necessary to continue activities to ensure efficiency and safety of the chemical reagent use: to improve the regulatory framework and quality control system, to develop new test methods and usage instructions. All these measures need to be implemented not only at the industry but also at the state level.

LONG ISLAND POINT FRACTIONATION PLANT FACILITIES LIFE EXTENSION

2007 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 301
Author(s):  
G.R. Keen ◽  
M.G. Sethi
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Long Island ◽  
Life Extension ◽  
Safe Operation ◽  
Design Life ◽  
Oil And Gas Resources ◽  
High Standards ◽  
Fractionation Plant ◽  
And Control

ExxonMobil Australia Pty Ltd’s subsidiary, Esso Australia Resources Pty Ltd (ExxonMobil), and BHP Billiton jointly own and operate an LPG fractionation facility at Long Island Point, near Hastings in Victoria. This facility began operating in 1970 as part of the overall development of Gippsland oil and gas resources. The facility had a nominal design life of 30 years; however, the facility will be required to operate for many more years, given the significant gas reserves remaining in Bass Strait. A plan was developed to identify and progress plant facility upgrades to ensure continued, safe operation to life end. Nine separate projects with a total value in excess of A$250 million were developed and are now in various stages of progress. The key projects include: refrigerated LPG storage tank refurbishment, fire system upgrade, a new control room and control system, and plant emergency shutdown system upgrades. These projects focus on achieving high standards of safe operations and long-term reliability through application of advances in technology to ready the facilities for their remaining life.

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