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Abstract A comprehensive overview of the status of the marine environment near the offshore facilities in the Southern Arabian Gulf, which was carried out for the Zakum Development Company (ZADCO) in 1999, was obtained by a marine environmental survey. This involved a team of marine biologists, chemists, ...
Abstract The increased use of deep, highly-deviated and tortuous wells has increased the risk of wireline logging tool strings getting stuck downhole. If this risk is not appropriately managed and effectively mitigated, significant financial exposure can result from the cost of the multi-day fishing ...
Abstract Chevron has developed a number of new techniques for abandoning wells with severe parted casing, which have been successfully applied in an unconventional Californian reservoir. A number of wells have developed severe doglegs or parted casing. Such restrictions have prevented traditional workover ...
This paper was prepared for the Second Biennial Symposium on Environmental Conservation presented by the Evangeline Section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME, to be held in Lafayette, La., Nov. 13-14, 1972. Permission to copy is restricted to an abstract of not more than 300 words. Illustrations ...
Abstract The ecological effects of acute oil releases into marine systems, such as occurs in major oil spill incidents, have been well documented. Less information has been collected together on the effects of chronic oil inputs, such as produced formation water discharges or municipal/industrial run-off ...
Abstract Oil field produced waters must comply with environmental protection regulations when discharged to the environment. One of the parameters produced voters may be required to meet is toxicity as determined by laboratory bioassays. A bioassay procedure using brine shrimp (Artemia salina) has ...
Abstract The paper commences by describing Yemen LNG's approach to the control of impacts on marine biodiversity, which mirrors its general 3-tier approach to managing social and environmental impacts. The paper recognises that some minor physical damages to corals may occur during the construction ...
Abstract During well construction activities, measurement-while-drilling (MWD) technology is applied to transmit sophisticated spatial and petrophysical data from downhole to surface. Used with advanced well construction tools such as rotary steerable systems, MWD technology has enabled complex, even ...
Abstract Studies of environmental impact assessment (EIA) base their final conclusions and/or decisions, typically, on available information that has been extracted from existing environmental studies. To solve this, conclusions and desicisons taken after an EIA can be re-stated in the form of hypothyeses, ...
Abstract The amount of produced water from oil production is expected to increase in years to come, and presently most of it is released to sea. Oil residues are regarded as one of the main environmental hazards of produced water discharges. The presence of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) metabolites ...
Abstract When the ambition of a zero discharge of harmful components policy was introduced for the offshore oil and gas industry on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and the subsequent regulatory demand in Norway for monitoring the marine environment, the need for better monitoring methods and risk assessment ...
A $12 million joint industry-government environmental research program consisting of 33 wildlife, biological, oceanographic, meteorological, sea ice, sea bottom, and oil-spill cleanup studies was conducted in the Beaufort Sea during 1974-75. The results were used to set operating constraints for drilling ...
SPE Members Abstract Oil companies have been forced to become more efficient and try new ideas to remain competitive in today's economic environment. This involves re-evaluating the cost effectiveness of tubing and downhole equipment designs and trying innovative ideas that have potential for ...
Abstract The recent development of dope-free solutions for tubing and casing premium connections provides a real and proved alternative to traditional thread compounds like the well known API Modified thread compound (1) , and the proprietary environmentally-friendly thread compounds. Among other advantages, ...
Abstract Zakum Development Company (ZADCO) is one of the UAE's major oil and gas producing companies operating a concession area in the Southern Arabian Gulf offshore of Abu Dhabi. The operations include production from three offshore fields and support, processing and export facilities from two ...
Abstract Milling success is dependent upon the level of technology, mill design and overall efficiency of the operation. Any milling job requires that the mill be the most appropriate for the given set of circumstances and that the operating parameters used provide maximum efficiency to minimize time ...
This paper was prepared for presentation at the 1999 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference held in Amsterdam, Holland, 9-11 March 1999.
Abstract Shell U.K. Limited Teal P1 subsea well was completed in July 1996 with a peak flow rate of 40,000 bopd. During the completion phase there were a number of problems and failed attempts in setting the production packer, which subsequently resulted in debris in the wellbore. To prevent this debris ...
Abstract As exploration and production move into ever deeper waters, the tools and techniques for assessing the environmental impacts of deepwater projects are being developed. This paper outlines the various complimentary techniques that BP Angola is using to describe biodiversity and to monitor ...
Abstract One of the environmental constraints on oil and gas development on the North Slope of Alaska has to do with the need for causeways. Causeways have been used to support docking facilities, drilling and production facilities, and waterflood seawater treatment plants. The design preferred by ...