MEETING THE DESIGN CHALLENGES OF OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS FIELDS DEVELOPMENT
Delizhan A. Mirzoev, Dr.Tech.Sci., professor, deputy general director, director of offshore field development department, CKBN OJAC “Gazprom”, d.mirzoev@ckbn.ru d.mirzoev@ckbn.ru;
Anatoly E. Kornilov, Cand.Tech.Sci., deputy director of offshore production technologies department, CKBN OJSC “Gazprom”, ckbn@ckbn.ru ckbn@ckbn.ru;
Yury Ya. Chernov, Cand.Tech.Sci., head of geology and offshore projects department, CKBN OJSC “Gazprom”, ckbn@ckbn.ru ckbn@ckbn.ru;
Anton I. Zakharov, chief specialist of geology and offshore projects department, CKBN OJSC “Gazprom”, zaharov_a_77@list.ru zaharov_a_77@list.ru.
УДК 622.242.4
Key words: project design, field infrastructure development, high rate well, efficiency.
Вhe paper provides an overview of issues relating to process design of offshore field development. The issues include insufficient knowledge of the geology of Russian offshore fields, complexity of offshore field development solutions and low profitability of development projects. The authors believe that high rate wells are the key element in the efficiency of offshore fields development. They point to the necessity of drilling pilot wells of various designs to identify production opportunities in high pressure environment, extended reach wells, etc.
MEETING THE DESIGN CHALLENGES OF OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS FIELDS DEVELOPMENT
Delizhan A. Mirzoev, Dr.Tech.Sci., professor, deputy general director, director of offshore field development department, CKBN OJAC “Gazprom”, d.mirzoev@ckbn.ru
Anatoly E. Kornilov, Cand.Tech.Sci., deputy director of offshore production technologies department, CKBN OJSC “Gazprom”, ckbn@ckbn.ru
Yury Ya. Chernov, Cand.Tech.Sci., head of geology and offshore projects department, CKBN OJSC “Gazprom”, ckbn@ckbn.ru
Anton I. Zakharov, chief specialist of geology and offshore projects department, CKBN OJSC “Gazprom”, zaharov_a_77@list.ru
Key words: project design, field infrastructure development, high rate well, efficiency.
The paper provides an overview of issues relating to process design of offshore field development. The issues include insufficient knowledge of the geology of Russian offshore fields, complexity of offshore field development solutions and low profitability of development projects. The authors believe that high rate wells are the key element in the efficiency of offshore fields development. They point to the necessity of drilling pilot wells of various designs to identify production opportunities in high pressure environment, extended reach wells, etc.
