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- Performance. Hartley, Frank // Offshore;Nov2005, Vol. 65 Issue 11, p26
The article features the FasTest system, a technique used to determine how the oil well will perform under various flow conditions and its reservoir characteristics. The system offers: (1) multiple single-phase 600-cubic centimeter samples per run controlled by acoustic telemetry, annular...
- Reliable technique. Hartley, Frank // Offshore;Nov2005, Vol. 65 Issue 11, p26
The article features the FasTest system, a technique used to determine how the oil well will perform under various flow conditions and its reservoir characteristics. The reservoir fluid sampling and testing technique can acquire reservoir fluid samples taken at in-situ conditions, as well as...
- GoM well test. Hartley, Frank // Offshore;Nov2005, Vol. 65 Issue 11, p26
The article focuses on the performance of Fastest, a well test system, in the deepwater of Gulf of Mexico. The system was used for a major operator whose primary objectives were to calculate reservoir permeability, skin, formation cleanup, radius of investigation, and capture oil samples. The...
- Offshore Brazil well test. Hartley, Frank // Offshore;Nov2005, Vol. 65 Issue 11, p26
The article focuses on the performance of FasTest, a technique used to determine how the oil well will perform under various flow conditions, in offshore of Brazil. The system was used by major operator whose primary objective was to capture clean, single-phase oil samples at reservoir...
- Subsea HIPPS offers high-pressure field development option. Patni, Sandeep; Davalath, Janardhan // Offshore;Jun2005, Vol. 65 Issue 6, p107
A major challenge in developing a deepwater project is recovering reserves at a reasonable capex investment for flowline and riser installation. In this article, it is presented that a high-integrity pressure protection system (HIPPS) is a step toward improving recoverability. HIPPS provides a...
- DeepStar, MMS work toward HIPPS acceptance. Lindsey-Curran, Christopher // Offshore;Jun2005, Vol. 65 Issue 6, p94
This article focuses on the process of accepting a newly developed subsea high integrity pressure protection system (HIPPS) for high-pressure/high-temperature drilling conditions in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM), by the DeepStar program and the U.S. Minerals Management Service (MMS). HIPPS is a...
- Save the Wells. // Offshore;Jun2005, Vol. 65 Issue 6, p3
This article presents a situation wherein Superior Energy Services Inc. is being called to bring a deep, high-pressure, high-temperature, sour service well back to production. The well, which was more than 22,100 feet in measured depth, had been shut in for five years because reserves did not...
- Angola leads West Africa in international investment. Hayman, Andrew // Offshore;Jan2007, Vol. 67 Issue 1, p36
The article offers information on some of the offshore oil drilling and oil production projects of international oil companies in West Africa for year 2007. Sonangol is slated to offer new exploration acreage in 2007 including the North West ultra deep outboard of blocks 31. Shell is developing...
- Independent takes unconventional approach to hub-and-spoke solution. Paganie, David // Offshore;May2006, Vol. 66 Issue 5, p92
This article reports that ATP Oil & Gas achieved first offshore deepwater oil production through a semisubmersible offshore structure on the Gomez oil field in the Gulf of Mexico's Mississippi Canyon block 711. The semisubmersible was converted from an existing mobile offshore drilling unit...
