Evaluating a Depleted Oil and Gas Field in the East Coast of Trinidad for Disposal of Carbon Dioxide

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deonarine J. Jaggernauth
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Gas Field ◽  
Oil And Gas Field

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TIRRAWARRA OIL AND GAS FIELD

1984 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 278
Author(s):  
H. T. Pecanek ◽  
I. M. Paton
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Injection ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Gas Reservoirs ◽  
Gas Field ◽  
Associated Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Field ◽  
Cooper Basin

The Tirrawarra Oil and Gas Field, discovered in 1970 in the South Australian portion of the Cooper Basin, is the largest onshore Permian oil field in Australia. Development began in 1981 as part of the $1400 million Cooper Basin Liquids ProjectThe field is contained within a broad anticline bisected by a north-south sealing normal fault. This fault divides the Tirrawarra oil reservoir into the Western and Main oil fields. Thirty-four wells have been drilled, intersecting ten Patchawarra Formation sandstone gas reservoirs and the Tirrawarra Sandstone oil reservoir. Development drilling discovered three further sandstone gas reservoirs in the Toolachee Formation.The development plan was based on a seven-spot pattern to allow for enhanced oil recovery by miscible gas drive. The target rates were 5400 barrels of oil (860 kilolitres) per day with 13 million ft3 (0.37 million m3) per day of associated gas and 70 million ft3 (2 million m') per day of wet, non-associated gas. Evaluation of early production tests showed rapid decline. The 100 ft (30 m) thick, low-permeability Tirrawarra oil reservoir was interpreted as an ideal reservoir for fracture treatment and as a result all oil wells have been successfully stimulated, with significant improvement in well production rates.The oil is highly volatile but miscibility with carbon dioxide has been proven possible by laboratory tests, even though the reservoir temperature is 285°F (140°C). Pilot gas injection will assess the feasibility of a larger-scale field-wide pressure maintenance scheme using miscible gas. Riot gas injection wells will use Tirrawarra Field Patchawarra Formation separator gas to defer higher infrastructure costs associated with the alternative option of piping carbon dioxide from Moomba, the nearest source.

The Development of the Hibernia Offshore Field: Panacea for a Depressed Regional Economy?

1994 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 265-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Wade Locke ◽  
James P. Feehan
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Gas Field ◽  
Grand Banks ◽  
Oil Companies ◽  
Oil And Gas Field ◽  
Offshore Oil And Gas ◽  
Offshore Oil ◽  
Offshore Field

The development of the Hibernia offshore oil and gas field is one of the largest ventures undertaken by the oil industry in Canada. It is also the first field to be developed on Canada's Grand Banks. Located in waters adjacent to the east coast of Canada's least developed, its discovery led to hope of prosperity for Newfoundland. The project offers the prospects of employment royalties and development of other offshore fields. With these prospects in mind, federal and provincial governments have provided substantial inducements to a consortium of oil companies to ensure that it would develop the field. This paper reviews Hibernia's controversial past and assesses the extent to which it may serve as a catalyst for economic recovery in Newfoundland.

scholarly journals Deep Eutectic Solvents Feasibility in Oil and Gas Processing Field for Contaminated CO2 Control

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ihtisham Ul Haq ◽  
Bhajan Lal ◽  
Dzulkarnain Zaini
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Deep Eutectic Solvent ◽  
Deep Eutectic Solvents ◽  
Gas Field ◽  
Gas Processing ◽  
Chemical Structures ◽  
Oil And Gas Field ◽  
Co2 Capturing ◽  
And Storage

Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) is highly expected to be mitigating the discharges of carbon dioxide in a surrounding environment. Solvents are an integral part of CCS. So far, several solvents have been explored the interest of meeting the requirements such as accessibility, non-harmfulness, biocompatibility, recyclability, and inexpensiveness. However, most solvents face failure in fulfilling the requirements due to many factors, so, this review paper gives a brief discussion about another category of solvent, an analogue of ionic liquids (ILs) named deep eutectic solvent (DES). Extensive research has been done on DES in recent years because of their various attractive advantages, i.e., non-poisonousness, biodegradability, cheap cost and easy preparation, that make them as a promising green solvent for many industrial procedure and application, for instance, polymer synthesis, biodiesel treatment, green chemistry, electrochemistry etc. Therefore, this manuscript mainly focusses on CO2 capturing through DES in oil and gas field. In addition, the preparation and chemical structures of this novel solvent (DES) is also discussed. Moreover, a detailed study based on experimental solubility of CO2 in DESs is also reported in this article.

The Current Situation and Prospects of Development of Low Permeability Oil Reservoir

2013 ◽  
Vol 734-737 ◽  
pp. 1286-1289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Cong ◽  
Wen Long Li ◽  
Jing Chao Lei ◽  
Ru Bin Li
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Oil Exploration ◽  
Gas Field ◽  
Oil And Gas Field ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoirs ◽  
Technical Measures ◽  
Exploration And Development

Internationally the research of low permeability oil reservoir is a difficult point in the exploration and development of oil and gas field. This thesis, based on the research methods of low permeability reservoirs at home and abroad, summaries several major problems encountered in the process of low permeability oil exploration and development under the current technical conditions as well as the corresponding, but more effective technical measures that need to be constantly improved. And that exploration and development of low permeability of the reservoir will be the main battle field for some time in the future of oil exploration and development.

CSAMT investigation with a new kind of controlled-source acquisition equipment at Chinese southwestern oil and gas field

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaodong Luan ◽  
Qingyun Di ◽  
Zhiguo An ◽  
Cheng Xu ◽  
Xianxiang Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Field ◽  
Controlled Source ◽  
Oil And Gas Field
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