| Project Name |
Client |
Project Highlights |
Finish Date |
| Scarab / SaffronMediterranean - Offshore Egypt |
Burullus Gas (BG, Edison, EGPC)
|
Deepwater 90 km subsea gas tie-backFull systems/Flow Assurance and Operability work scope for FEED and detailed engineering. Steady state and transient thermal-hydraulic simulations to determine line sizes, hydrate control, slugging assessment, metering, and subsea operating philosophy. Chemical injection system design including subsea glycol distribution. |
Ongoing |
| King KongGulf of Mexico |
Mariner
|
15 deepwater subsea gas development, tie-back to the Allegheny Platform. Flow assurance design and flowline sizing detailed modeling of the reservoir/well/ flowline/platform system. |
Ongoing |
| Aconcagua / Canyon ExpressGulf of Mexico |
Elf
|
Deepwater 43 mile subsea gas tie-backFull Flow Assurance work scope for FEED. Production system hydraulics, steady state and transient. Subsea multiphase flow metering considerations. Chemical injection system design. Operating philosophy. |
Ongoing |
| AgbamiOffshore Nigeria |
Texaco
|
Deepwater, subsea oil developmentFull Flow Assurance work scope for FEED. Steady state and transient thermal-hydraulic simulations to determine line sizes, insulation requirements, hydrate and wax control, slugging assessment, and subsea operating philosophy. |
Ongoing |
| Angola LNGOffshore Angola |
Texaco
|
Long-distance gas gathering systemSteady state and transient hydraulic analyses in support of conceptual design. |
Ongoing |
| Benequela Belize Tomboco |
Chevron
|
Deepwater subsea oil tie-back and export pipelines. FEED level flow assurance design. Line sizing, insulation requirements, and transient analysis of slugging, shutdown, and start-up. |
Ongoing |
| Flow Assurance Design Guide |
DeepStar
|
Development of Flow Assurance design guide for DeepStar member companies. |
Ongoing |
| Ringhorne North Sea |
Esso Norge
|
Tie-back of wellhead platform to FPSO Pigging Assessment. Evaluate need to pig liquids in rich gas flowline via transient analysis. |
Ongoing |
| Boomvang / NansenGulf of Mexico |
Kerr-McGee
|
Deepwater, subsea oil and gas-condensate developmentConceptual and FEED level Flow Assurance assessment. Line sizing, insulation, and chemical injection requirements. |
2001 |
| Flow Assurance Technical Advisory |
DeepStar
|
Technical support provided to DeepStar Flow Assurance Committee. |
2001 |
| Horn Mountain |
BP/Vastar
|
Deepwater gas and oil export Flowlines. Steady state and transient flow assurance studies, from line sizing to operating strategies. |
2000 |
| Black WidowGulf of Mexico |
Mariner
|
One well tieback to Morpeth Conceptual level Flow Assurance and Operability design. |
2000 |
| Crazy HorseGulf of Mexico |
BP
|
Deepwater oil development Support for screening study. |
2000 |
| Devil's TowerGulf of Mexico |
Mariner
|
Development Study Conceptual level Flow Assurance and Operability design. |
2000 |
| El ToroGulf of Mexico |
Shell
|
Subsea tie-in of oil wells into existing subsea system. Conceptual level Flow Assurance. Steady state and transient thermal-hydraulic analyses of subsea system design options. Operating strategies. |
2000 |
| IntruderGulf of Mexico |
Ocean Energy
|
Deepwater oil developmentConceptual level engineering. |
2000 |
| PanyuOffshore China |
Sante Fe
|
Heavy oil development in shallow water Conceptual level Flow Assurance assessment. Line sizing, insulation, pumping requirements and operating strategies. |
2000 |
| MianoPakistan |
Alliance Engineering
|
Gas-condensate pipeline feeding a gas plant in hilly terrain. Detailed steady and transient hydraulic analysis to determine pressure loss, liquid holdup, terrain slugging, and ramp-up liquid surge. Assessed size and controls for slug catcher. |
2000 |
| ApiaGulf of Mexico |
Mariner
|
Subsea tie-back Conceptual level Flow Assurance and Operability design. |
1999 |
| Belema |
Shell & ABB
|
Multiphase gas gathering system. Transient simulations were developed to assess slugging and to determine liquid handling requirements. |
1999 |
| BluestreamBlack Sea |
Petergaz
|
390 km gas transmission pipeline in water depths to 2,100 m. Assessment of hydrate potential. Development of operating strategy. |
1999 |
| BongaOffshore Nigeria |
Shell Deepwater Development Systems
|
90 km, deepwater, multiphase gas export pipeline. Steady-state hydraulic simulations were performed to evaluate line diameter and liquid holdup. Transient simulations were performed to scope the need for HIPPS. |
1999 |
| DulcimerGulf of Mexico |
Mariner
|
12.5 mile one-well tieback Conceptual through detailed engineering. Overall Flow Assurance and Operability design. |
1999 |
| FujiGulf of Mexico |
Texaco
|
Deepwater, subsea oil development. Three design iterations since 1995. Conceptual engineering. Development of Flow Assurance design and operating philosophies, thermal management study. |
1999 |
| GeminiGulf of Mexico |
Chevron
|
Deepwater, subsea gas tieback.Operability review. |
1999 |
| Hungo-DikanzaAngola Block 15 |
Exxon Upstream Development Company
|
Subsea and surface production to floating facilities. Conceptual engineering. Steady-state simulations to determine subsea flowline diameters. Transient thermal simulations to determine insulation requirements. |
1999 |
| KingGulf of Mexico |
Amoco
|
Deepwater, subsea oil developmentFinite element modeling and actual scale testing of VIT and PIP thermal performance. |
1999 |
| KuitoPhase 1CAngola Block 14 |
Chevron
|
Deepwater subsea oil development Conceptual Flow Assurance analyses. Hydraulic analysis and line sizing, assessment of deposition potential, development of operating strategies. |
1999 |
| MalampayaOffshore Phillipines |
Cameron / Shell
|
30 km deepwater, subsea gas tie-back to shallow water platform Operating philosophy and outline procedures for preliminary engineering. |
1999 |
| MatterhornGulf of Mexico |
Elf
|
Oil and gas long-distance tiebacks Conceptual-level Flow Assurance design and flowline sizing. |
1999 |
| MicaGulf of Mexico |
Exxon Upstream Development Company
|
Oil and gas long-distance tiebacks Conceptual engineering. Pigging and system and Thermal performance evaluation. |
1999 |
| Mustique Gulf of Mexico |
Mariner
|
Subsea tie-back of gas-condensate field benchmarking. Comparison of predicted to observed pressure drops. |
1999 |
| Name withheldGulf of Mexico |
Marathon
|
Long distance, deepwater subsea tieback of gas-condensate field conceptual engineering. Steady-state hydraulic simulations were performed to determine line diameters. Hydrate inhibition requirements were calculated. Heat loss was calculated to determine wax deposition. The production system re-start was dynamically simulated to determine liquid surge. |
1999 |
| Name withheldGulf of Mexico |
Shell Offshore, Inc.
|
12 mile subsea tie-back of gas-condensate field steady-state hydraulic simulations performed to evaluate system capacities. Transient simulation of shutdown operations used to assess the need for over-pressure protection. |
1999 |
| Name withheldGulf of Mexico |
Unocal
|
2 well long-distance tieback re-evaluation of Flow Assurance issues. |
1999 |
| OGGSOffshore Nigeria |
Shell
|
Gathering systems for gas previously flared. Conceptual engineering. Line sizing and pressure ratings; platform compression considerations. |
1999 |
| PlutoGulf of Mexico |
Mariner
|
18 mile subsea tie-back of difficult gas-condensate field. Conceptual through detailed engineering. Extensive steady-state thermal-hydraulic and hydrate analyses were performed. Transient simulations of well clean-up. |
1999 |
| PrinceGulf of Mexico |
El Paso
|
Conceptual level Flow Assurance. |
1999 |
| SweetheartGulf of Mexico |
Mariner
|
Development Study Conceptual level Flow Assurance and Operability design. |
1999 |
| West Delta Deep MarineMediterranean - Offshore Egypt |
British Gas
|
48 mile subsea tie-back of gas-condensate field conceptual engineering. Steady-state hydraulic and transient simulations to evaluate liquid holdup and to model. Startup and the resulting liquid surge and of line-packing during shutdown. |
1999 |
