...Galen Dino Technology Focus Production-design, engineering, operations, and maintenance concerns have represented some of the more interesting and challenging issues with which I have dealt over more than 20 years of experiences around the world in offshore production facilities as a major operator...

...Galen Dino Technology Focus Flow assurance and mitigation technical concerns are some of the more critical components in the engineering, design, cost, and operation of offshore production facilities. While gas-hydrate handling typically dominates the thermo-hydraulic design, the mitigation...

...Sally A. Thomas Technology Focus Subsea tieback of a new field to an existing offshore production facility is one option to minimize development costs. Alternative flowline or equipment specification is another option in addressing development costs. The three papers here discuss slightly different...

... surges and excessive liquid levels in the first stage separator, is a major contributor to downtime and suboptimal performance in offshore production facilities. Production facilities operate most efficiently when flows are fairly stable. Slug-suppression technology has been applied historically...

...Sally A. Thomas Technology Focus Shallow-water offshore production began before 1900 and continues to be important today. Technology to maximize economic production from shallow-water fields can be adapted from onshore or deepwater technologies. Improvements in monitoring-system capabilities...

...Sally A. Thomas Technology Focus Offshore oil and gas fields exist along the continental shelf of every continent—even Antarctica. Commercial fields are in operation offshore Africa, Asia, Australia, North America, and South America. Documented offshore production activities began in 1896 from...

...Karen Bybee This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 135492, ’Revolutionizing Offshore Production by InLine Separation Technology,’ by R. Fantoft, SPE, R. Akdim, SPE, R. Mikkelsen, T. Abdalla, SPE, R. Westra, and E. de Haas, SPE, FMC CDS...

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