JPT

Vol. 59 No. 8

August 2007

Subsea Technology

Operations Management Extends Field Life of a Long-Distance Subsea Tieback in Ultradeep Water

In 2004, the subsea fields comprising the Canyon Express system were declining and water-production rates were increasing. To halt the fast decline and extend the life of the field, flowlines were reconfigured to separate the depletion-drive wells from waterdrive wells. A real-time production-management tool for enhanced production planning, monitoring, and troubleshooting was implemented.

View a Synopsis of OTC 18830 as published in JPT.

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper OTC 18830, “Innovative Operations Management and Flow-Assurance Strategies Extend Field Life and Increase Ultimate Reserves of a Long-Distance Subsea Tieback in Ultradeep Water,” by Aditya Singh, SPE, and Kevin Hannaford, Total E&P USA, prepared for the 2007 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 30 April–3 May. Copyright 2007 Offshore Technology Conference. Reproduced by permission.

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