Companies collaborate to offer asset integrity management
Honeywell and Dover Energy Automation plan to collaborate as part of the Honeywell INspire program, which is Honeywell’s joint customer development program for its Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) ecosystem. The program is designed to help industrial energy customers improve the safety, efficiency and reliability of their operations, a press release stated. Honeywell’s capabilities in data consolidation, cybersecurity and software development combine well with Dover’s deep domain knowledge in condition monitoring and asset optimization to offer a robust IIoT ecosystem that is designed to help customers solve previously unsolvable problems. The goal is a simpleto- use infrastructure that gives users secure methods to capture and aggregate data so that they can be leveraged by using analytics and applying a range of domain knowledge from a vast ecosystem of equipment vendors and process licensors. With a larger consolidated dataset, manufacturers can apply higher analytics for more detailed insights, scale the data as needed to meet the varied needs of single-site or enterprisewide operations and leverage a wider pool of data experts for monitoring and analysis.
Completion system expedites multizone frack and gravel packs
To speed up sand control completions in land and offshore wells, Schlumberger offers its MZ-Xpress single-trip multizone frack- and gravel-pack system. After the zones of interest are perforated and the well is cleaned, hardware for all zones is run into the well in a single trip, permitting rapid gravel- or frack-packing. To ensure reliable operations in a wide variety of applications from land to deep water, the system incorporates robust debris management to minimize the risk of malfunctions and nonproductive time during sand control operations. The system also incorporates field-proven modular subassemblies that increase application flexibility in challenging well architectures, including multiple casings.
Buoy swivel technology reduces maintenance downtime
Flexible Engineered Solutions International (FES) has developed new technology for a major manufacturer of marine equipment based in China, a press release stated. The CALM Buoy Swivel, which is fully certified by DNV GL, includes new swivel technology that allows the buoy to rotate while maintaining a leak-free joint between the subsea pipelines and vessel during the transfer of fluid. Because it enables the replacement of seals onboard without the requirement to bring the main buoy into a repair yard, the new swivel will significantly reduce maintenance downtime for the CALM Buoy, avoiding it being offline for long periods of time.
New technology to dehydrate natural gas
ExxonMobil’s development of cMIST technology dehydrates natural gas using a patented absorption system inside pipes and replaces the need for conventional dehydration tower technology, a press release stated. This “in-line” technology could be deployed at land-based and offshore natural gas production operations. The new technology, developed and extensively field-tested by ExxonMobil, more efficiently removes water vapor present during the production of natural gas. Removing water vapor through the use of dehydration technology, typically accomplished using large and expensive dehydration towers, reduces corrosion and equipment interference and helps to ensure the safe and efficient transport of natural gas through the supply infrastructure and ultimately to consumers. cMIST is designed to reduce the size, weight and cost of dehydration, resulting in reductions of surface footprint by 70% and the overall dehydration system’s weight by half.
Reservoir modeling capabilities maximize recovery
Emerson Automation Solutions has released the Roxar API (Application Programming Interface), a press release stated. This extensibility interface is designed for reservoir modeling and, in particular, for the company’s software Roxar RMS. Roxar API helps operators customize their workfl ows to achieve specific goals, improves data management capabilities with greater interoperability and fl exibility, preserves vital reservoir information across multiple-stage workfl ows and enables users to analyze and visualize their models in different and innovative ways for improved reservoir interpretation and increased recovery. Using Python, a powerful but simple-to-use programming language, the Roxar API enables operators to integrate their own intellectual property into reservoir modeling workfl ows. In addition, applications can be written or extended to access RMS project data.
Drillbit technology increases toolface control
Halliburton has released its Cruzer depth-of-cut rolling element, which is a drillbit technology designed to increase toolface control without reducing drilling efficiency, a company announcement stated. This technology provides operators with the ability to increase their ROP at a lower cost per foot for improved economics. Halliburton drillbits are developed through a proprietary process called Design at the Customer Interface (DATCI), which customizes each bit for an operator’s specific application. DATCI employs a global network of design specialists who are familiar with regional characteristics and collaborate with customers for optimized solutions.
Ice charting capability for weather forecasting
BMT ARGOSS (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group, has released its ice charting capability, which coupled with its extensive weather forecasting expertise will provide a more enhanced and cost-effective service to customers globally, a press release stated. As part of this new capability, a number of BMT’s key senior meteorologists have completed an intensive training program at the Danish Meteorological Institute. BMT’s Mark van der Putte, who took part in the training, said, “The training has allowed us to better understand the ice regime, i.e., how ice builds up, how it moves and reacts, and how it evolves during the season. Interpreting satellite images is also a key requirement for delivering an effective output. The ice buildup and movement is very dependent on the weather; therefore, our extensive meteorological knowledge and experience will help us to further improve the service we provide.”
Rigless system enables ESP pump swap
AccessESP has showcased its rigless electric submersible pump (ESP) conveyance system in the industry’s first pump swap for an operator on the North Slope of Alaska, a press release stated. In two days through a live well intervention the AccessESP system enabled retrieval of the existing ESP pump and the install of a newly optimized ESP using only a slickline unit, lubricator and a crane, marking the industry’s first ESP pump swap on a commercial well. Surface diagnostics determined that the Access375 permanent magnet motor was fully functional; therefore, replacement was not required, thus reducing operational time and costs. In this case, the ESP pump had not failed but was proactively replaced with an optimized pump. This would be cost-prohibitive using a workover rig, requiring the replacement of the entire conventional ESP system. To resize a conventional ESP pump, the operator would mobilize a workover rig, kill the well, pull the tubing and ESP, and then replace the ESP and rerun the tubing. The costs associated with the intervention and downtime inherent in this approach can be substantial. However, by using a standard slickline unit, lubricator and crane, the AccessESP rigless conveyance system reduces the cost, time and risk associated with ESP resizing.
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