... onshore upstream production operations personnel. There shall be a Limited/No Flow from a heavy oil well as the viscosity is high and to ensure extraction of hydrocarbon in a most possible efficient manner, thermal operations (including the steam injection) is the best option available. This additional...

... in heavy oil operations. Presence of high H2S not only poses risk to the personnel, it also affects the performance of the equipment (failure of pipelines and vessels due to H2S induced corrosion). The well locations are sometimes close to the farms area. Therefore, H2S needs to be managed right from...

... production cycle. A large field development and the operation during the lifecycle should be harmonious; it is supported by PSM and Barrier Management which plays a vital role in preparing and guiding towards a holistic Risk Management. Technical Safety Studies can be challenging as scenarios keep changing...

... equipment of the unit. The normal production of high viscosity and high deviation wells has been realized and the conventional pumping units have been replaced. The electric heating process with rod pumps can greatly reduce the energy consumption of the system operation, and provides a new technical way...

... a target plateau of 60,000 BOPD over a ten-year period from start of operations. This rate will increase after ten years, with future phases ramping up production up to a final plateau of 270,000 BOPD. Reservoir engineering work performed to date indicates that phase 1 areas can best be developed by two...

... Abstract Heavy oil production poses multiple challenges on oil companies such as intricate operations (complexity), high operational costs (efficiency control), and solutions for high viscosity and low API fluids (specific technology). This paper describes the technical workflows implemented...

... reservoir experiment complex reservoir viscosity oil sand Upstream Oil & Gas air diffusion Kuwait crude oil hdad hdad technology operation heavy oil reservoir bitumen calculation recovery diffusion air source reservoir heavy oil injection Introduction Currently oil...

... Abstract Developing the necessary skills in the oil and gas workforce has always been a challenge for operating companies, as each individual needs not only knowledge in their specific discipline but also sufficient understanding of the interfaces to other parts of the business. The challenge...

... challenges to refinery operation. Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) has Al-Zour Refinery (ZOR) which is designed to process a wide range of crudes; 30° to 14° API such as Kuwait Export Crude (KEC), Kuwait Heavy Crude (KHC), Eocene and Lower Fars for supplying LSFO to power plants...

... Abstract Sand control and sand management require a rigorous assessment of several contributing factors including the sand facies variation, fluid composition, near-wellbore velocities, interaction of the sand control with other completion tools and operational practices. A multivariate...

... a typical heavy oil project with 94 activities organized in 7 field life cycle phases: 1) Data acquisition for uncertainty reduction, 2) static modeling, 3) dynamic modeling, 4) field development planning, 5) well and facilities engineering, 6) execution and 7) operations and monitoring. Each phase...

... Operationalize thermal EOR, and develop operational excellence in heavy oil thermal operations Analysis of Reservoir Performance The North LSTP was commissioned in May 2015. In order to get the necessary data prior to the start-up of the commercial project, the project planning was built as follow...

... Abstract Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) is operating two Heavy Oil fields. Field A aims at production by Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS), followed by steam flood. Field B envisages primary recovery through cold production, followed by non-thermal Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR). This requires drilling...

... is being constructed as part of the first phase of the South Ratqa thermal development. Control of bacteria was identified early in the design phase to be crital to ensure successful operation of the BFW plant with minimal down time. Bacteria control will be done at two locations: Upstream of the BFW...

... drainage mitigation action selection operation life cycle EOR screening cost optimization assessment crude oil construction Scenario Introduction Identification of the value associated with an opportunity for the potential development of a deep (~9000 feet) extra heavy oil green field...

... the Data Management processes and workflows currently in place not only to use the captured and analyzed data for production and facilities optimized and safe operation but also the strategic plan for future integrated wells and facilities management. Different approaches for both at wells and surface...

... significant value to similar projects elsewhere in the world. steam-assisted gravity drainage steam generation SAGD water disposal well enhanced recovery produced water discharge Kuwait cost-effective water management strategy operation source water well injection society of petroleum...

... implementation improves NPV by at least 30% with more than 60% lower computation cost. machine learning SAGD thermal method Artificial Intelligence reinforcement learning steam-assisted gravity drainage enhanced recovery field operation injection profile algorithm reservoir optimization...

... between solar energy and oil and gas such as solar energy used in oil and gas fields as a complementary green energy. sustainable development social responsibility sustainability oil company steam generation operation solar radiation electricity middle east oil field energy source solar...

... injection-production distribution in diatomites to decrease well failures is used beyond the existing applications of surface tiltmeter, for instance, in the areas of detection of early steam breach to surface in steam operations and fracture orientation. This method also provides real-time data for robust...