Production Management

Production optimization must extend across levels and be based on an integrated environment.

PRODUCTION VIDEO
Production Technology Video: Ramboll
Friday, June 27, 2008

See how Ramboll used the latest pipeline and subsea systems in the Tyrihan field in the North Sea.

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  • PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT FEATURES
    In upstream oil & gas, sometimes the best ideas may come from outside the industry—way outside

    Big companies like to take ideas that work in one place and seed them into their other businesses to see if they work there as well. Technology transfer takes a similar approach when managements in different industries look to spread the use of innovative solutions as far afield as possible.

    Gas-lift reverses diminishing returns

    Traditional gas lift delivers only limited success in long interval environments. Newer techniques overcome shortcomings, but a single tool does not solve every problem.

    Heavy lifting solved in Venezuela

    Faced with trying to produce 8.6°API crude with viscosity beyond 10,000 cP, PdVSA found innovative solutions to lifting and metering problems.

    A downstream view of an upstream problem

    Production optimization must extend across levels and be based on an integrated environment.

    Collaboration produces results in the North Sea

    Though the UK Continental Shelf has been in production for over 40 years, the area still has considerable potential.

    R&D will help meet demand challenges

    Presentation at SIS Global Forum shows there is increased demand for innovation in all aspects of the business.