This paper describes the approach taken by Hamilton Brothers to extend the economic life of the Innes Field, one of the North Sea's smallest producing oil fields. Emphasis is placed on the importance of minimising production operating costs for developed fields. In the case of Innes this was achieved by applying "low cost technology" to change the Innes production mode from a dedicated floating production facility to a subsea satellite manifold producing to a remote floating production facility (FPF). The feasibility study, the Innes flow test and the eventual project work leading to the demobilisation of the Innes FPF and the routing of Innes fluids to the nearby FPF "Deepsea Pioneer" are described in the paper.

Keywords:
hydrate formation, cost effective subsea technology, well 32, subsea flowline, corrosion inhibition, drillstem testing, inne well, installation, upstream oil & gas, drillstem/well testing
Subjects:
Production Chemistry, Metallurgy and Biology, Pipelines, Flowlines and Risers, Offshore Facilities and Subsea Systems, Formation Evaluation & Management, Risers, Drillstem/well testing, Corrosion inhibition and management (including H2S and CO2)
Copyright 1987, Society of Petroleum Engineers
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