Robotics and the Oil and Gas Production Process: Right Technology, Right Timing

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Idachaba
Keyword(s):  
Production Process ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil And Gas Production

Structural Health Monitoring of An Offshore Platform Trend of Corrosion and Marine Growth With Predictive Maintenance

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. S. Suharto
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Data Processing ◽  
Production Process ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Offshore Platform ◽  
Offshore Platforms ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Potential Failure

Nowadays, there are a lot of oil and gas exploration activities all over the world, especially offshore. Oil and gas production itself has many supporting factors in the production process, of which one of them is the offshore platform. Over time, the offshore platform will experience a degradation in strength from the initial design, therefore offshore platforms need to carry out appropriate inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) programs so that the offshore platform does not reach critical conditions and disrupt the oil and gas production process, resulting in significant losses and not achieving the planned production rates. The offshore platform design is a combination of steel structure and other materials, methods, and loads that are initially worked at the port, such as wave loads, currents, and several other parameters such as gravity, wind, and earthquake. Most of the offshore platforms that currently exist (worldwide) were made in the period of oil investment that developed between 1970 and 1980, thus, the platform's age has now reached 40 to 50 years (El-Reedy, 2012). This research data based on a platform in the Makassar strait between the islands of Kalimantan and Sulawesi. The method used in this research is the platform's design, data observation, data analysis, data processing, and statistical multilinear regression analysis. This research is investigating the degradation trend of the offshore platform and predicting the future of potential failure because of corrosion and marine growth. After the platform encounters degradation over several years, it will decrease the service life before the degradation starts to matter. The results show after data processing that, offshore platforms encounter degradation over several years, and it is presented by a graph containing the condition trend over a multi-year condition because of corrosion and marine growth, and its effect towards unity check (UC) that define structure health. Unity check value produced from allowable stress versus capacity. In this research, structural health monitoring is predicting the potential failure of the platform towards its UC effect of corrosion and marine growth, with a max of the UC value is 0.8 because its a critical value. The failure of the structure possibly would have an affect on the cost-effectiveness. Therefore it is necessary to predict when the structure will fail so that the costs used are effective. Unfortunately, there is no core data for the environmental changes every year at the platform, so the model's equation does not include environmental conditions.

scholarly journals OPTIMIZATION OF THE OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION PROCESS IN THE CONCEPT DIGITAL DEPOSITS

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 213-214
Author(s):  
Oleg Arsent'ev ◽  
Dmitriy Ivanov ◽  
Kristina Saharovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Production Process ◽  
Intelligent Systems ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Technological Processes ◽  
Quality Of Products

The possibilities of using digital technologies in oil and gas production within the framework of the "Digital Field" concept are considered, and it is determined that the introduction of intelligent systems in technological processes increases the volume and quality of products while reducing their cost.

scholarly journals Gas lift optimization in the oil and gas production process: a review of production challenges and optimization strategies

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Ikenna Tobechukwu Okorocha ◽  
Chuka Emmanuel Chinwuko ◽  
Chika Edith Mgbemena ◽  
Chinedum Ogonna Mgbemena
Keyword(s):  
Production Process ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Injection ◽  
Injection Rate ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Optimization Techniques ◽  
Oil Well ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Artificial Lift ◽  
Gas Lift

Gas Lift operation involves the injection of compressed gas into a low producing or non-performing well to maximize oil production. The oil produced from a gas lift well is a function of the gas injection rate. The optimal gas injection rate is achieved by optimization. However, the gas lift, which is an artificial lift process, has some drawbacks such as the deterioration of the oil well, incorrect production metering, instability of the gas compressor, and over injection of gas. This paper discusses the various optimization techniques for the gas lift in the Oil and Gas production process. A systematic literature search was conducted on four databases, namely Google Scholar, Scopus, IEE Explore and DOAJ, to identify papers that focused on Gas lift optimizations. The materials for this review were collected primarily via database searches. The major challenges associated with gas lift were identified, and the different optimization strategies available in the literature reviewed. The strategies reviewed were found to be based on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). The implementation of any of the optimization strategies for the gas lift will enhance profitability, reduce operational cost, and extend the life of the wells.

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