... ABSTRACT This paper describes a new type of minimal floating offshore platform, named MINIFLOAT, suitable for developing deepwater marginal fields. The paper covers the design methodology and hydrodynamic analysis of the platform. The numerical method used to determine the floater dynamics...

... jacket. KEY WORDS: jack-up installation Platform concept, marginal field, suction can, INTRODUCTION Offshore reservoirs containing hydrocarbons will only be exploited if the estimated revenues of the recoverable reserves exceed the costs of the exploitation investment and operating expenditure...

... at all. This paper describes the method of installation, as well as the work done to date to prove its feasibility. MARGINAL FIELDS IN THE NORTH SEA By now, most of the large fields that were easy to develop and delivered large amounts of oil and gas have been identified and brought into production...

... ABSTRACT: Marginal field development in deepwater areas requires a costeffective field development concept. If such a concept Incorporates a structural configuration that is simple to fabricate, transport and install, and also exhibits reliable In-service performance characteristics...

... Abstract: The concept of marginal field development using Early Production System assumes great significance with a view to provide a cost-effective solution to the global hike in the oilfield development costs thereby resulting in increased cost per barrel of crude oil produced. Recoverable...

.... In these exploration efforts, many small/marginal fields have been discovered off the Indian coast. To develop these fields economically cheaper and cost effective solutions are required which include subsea well completions. Further, due to marginal nature of these fields, artificial lift is required to improve...

... ABSTRACT Well fluid which comes out at well head is normally a multiphase mixture of oil and gas or oil, water and gas. Multiphase flow is widely encountered in the petroleum industry because well fluid is rarely single phase. Many marginal fields have been discovered in recent years. Locating...