09.15 Chairman's Opening Address
Professor Jim Peden
Director, Horizontal Well Technology Unit
ARTIFICIAL LIFT - WELL SYSTEM APPLICATION
09.30 Integrated Artificial Lift with Field Development Planning
This paper will review some of the opportunities for substantial cost saving and improved production Some of these opportunities result from recent technological advances Other improvements derive from a more integrated multi-discipline approach to oilfield development Examples will be given based on current field developments in the UK, Norway and other parts of the world
Speaker:
Alastair Simpson
Director
Triangle Engineering Consultants Ltd
The Brent Field is due to be progressively depressurised from early 1997 By about the year 2000 this will be achieved by using high volume downhole pumps (ESPs) Gas lift completions will also be installed in some oil producers to maximise well potential Variations on insert string technology are currently being considered for both pump and gas lift string deployment and a comprehensive test programme is being planned for late 1996 and 1997
Speaker:
John Davies
Senior Production Technologist, Brent Field Unit
Co-author:
Nicola Gordon
Senior Production Technologist
Shell UK Exploration and Production Limited
Challenges for the Near Future
Speaker:
Ricardo Camargo
Senior Petroleum Engineer
Artificial Lift & Multiphase Flow Group - E&P Department
Petrobras SA, Brazil
Systems using a Flexible Coiled Tubing Riser
Speaker:
Rory A Cooper
Project Manager
XL Technology Limited
14.15 Application for Hydraulic Drive Downhole Pumps in Production Scenarios
This paper describes the features and the recent development activities which have enhanced the application of the hydraulic drive concept within production scenarios
With the increased use of secondary recovery techniques and in particular pumps in artificial lift systems the hydraulically driven downhole pump has a number of technical features which are of benefit when applied to the subsea oil production scenario in the North Sea and other parts of the world
Amongst the topics which this paper will cover are operational flexibility, wireline retrievablilty, wear resistance and gas handling capability
Speaker:
Keith Peach
Sales Engineer
Weir Pumps Ltd
This presentation will briefly address the background to the development of Subseas SP Technology, touching on the main development projects which made it possible
The Petrobras Carapeba installation, the world's first Subsea ESP, will be briefly touched upon and the paper will focus in the Amoco Liuhia project the first field development to be based upon Subsea ESPs
The innovative contractual structure developed between Amoco and Lasalle will then be covered. This structure played a key part in bringing the technology and in making it a success
Speaker: Jim Reid
Business Development Director
The VASPS concept is a compact subsea separation and pumping system which is a novel helical separator and integral pump in a very compact configuration
Overview of the VASPS Concept
Current Status of the VASP development project
Vasps application case study
Speaker:
Alan Baker
Managing Director
Baker Jardine
Chairman:
Alastair Simpson
Director
Triangle Engineering Consultants Ltd
GAS LIFT TECHNOLOGY
Speaker:
Colin Rae
Regional Adviser, Artificial Lift, Europe & Africa
Co-author:
Eric Love
Technical Adviser, Artificial Lift
Halliburton Manufacturing & Services Ltd
Speaker:
Inge Sundet
Research Engineer
SINTEF Safety & Reliability, Norway
The key issues to be addressed during this session are:
This interactive forum will provide lively discussion
between speakers and delegates on the above areas
CASE STUDIES
Speaker:
Phil Head
Technical Director
XL Technology Ltd
Speaker:
Mark Jackson
Senior Petroleum Engineer
Petroleum Experts Limited
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