From Seabed to Surface: How an Offshore Oil Field Works
In short: A sourced walk through offshore oil production: the subsea parts on the seabed, the many forms of host facility, gravity separation of oil, gas and water, reservoir pressure and artificial lift, and the ageing infrastructure that tiebacks depend on.
A 1:56 short film in the series “How Things Work”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Springer Nature (conference chapter by Mohamed Ali Arbaoui and Messaoud Hassini, Kasdi Merbah University, Ouargla, Algeria; © 2024 Springer Nature Switzerland AG), “Using Water in Secondary Oil Recovery”; U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Regional Office (OCS Report MMS 2000-015, May 2000; hosted by BOEM), “2000-015.pdf”; U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Economics Division (report dated December 2020), “SCRR-Deep-Subsea-Tieback_0.pdf”; Norwegian Offshore Directorate (Sodir), FactPages, “Facility: Attributes - Factpages - Norwegian Offshore Directorate”; Offshore Industry (offshoreindustry.co.uk), an industry guide site, not one of the reputable sources the mission names (BSEE/BOEM, Norwegian Offshore Directorate, NSTA, SPE/OnePetro, university textb…, “Subsea Production Systems: Trees, Manifolds, Controls | Expert Guide”; Science Publishing Group (American Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2023, 11(1), 1-19; authors Bishoy Magdi Abdu Sabir, Ibrahim Hassan Mohammed Elamin, Hisham Rabie Sadiq), “Dynamic Modelling and Simulation of a Three-Phase Gravity Separator”; Norwegian Ministry of Energy and Norwegian Offshore Directorate (Norwegianpetroleum.no), “Discharges to the sea - Norwegianpetroleum.no”; Springer Nature (Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology), “Production optimization of a network of multiple wells with each well using a combination of Electrical Submersible Pump and Gas lift - Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology”.
Sources used in this film
- Springer Nature (conference chapter by Mohamed Ali Arbaoui and Messaoud Hassini, Kasdi Merbah University, Ouargla, Algeria; © 2024 Springer Nature Switzerland AG) — Using Water in Secondary Oil Recovery · View →
- U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Regional Office (OCS Report MMS 2000-015, May 2000; hosted by BOEM) — 2000-015.pdf · View →
- U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Economics Division (report dated December 2020) — SCRR-Deep-Subsea-Tieback_0.pdf · View →
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate (Sodir), FactPages — Facility: Attributes - Factpages - Norwegian Offshore Directorate · View →
- Offshore Industry (offshoreindustry.co.uk), an industry guide site, not one of the reputable sources the mission names (BSEE/BOEM, Norwegian Offshore Directorate, NSTA, SPE/OnePetro, university textb… — Subsea Production Systems: Trees, Manifolds, Controls | Expert Guide · View →
- Science Publishing Group (American Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2023, 11(1), 1-19; authors Bishoy Magdi Abdu Sabir, Ibrahim Hassan Mohammed Elamin, Hisham Rabie Sadiq) — Dynamic Modelling and Simulation of a Three-Phase Gravity Separator · View →
- Norwegian Ministry of Energy and Norwegian Offshore Directorate (Norwegianpetroleum.no) — Discharges to the sea - Norwegianpetroleum.no · View →
- Springer Nature (Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology) — Production optimization of a network of multiple wells with each well using a combination of Electrical Submersible Pump and Gas lift - Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Springer Nature (conference chapter by Mohamed Ali Arbaoui and Messaoud Hassini, Kasdi Merbah University, Ouargla, Alger: Using Water in Secondary Oil Recovery
- Also: U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Regional Office (OCS Report MMS 2000-01: 2000-015.pdf
- Also: U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Economics Division (report dated December 2020): SCRR-Deep-Subsea-Tieback_0.pdf
- Also: Norwegian Offshore Directorate (Sodir), FactPages: Facility: Attributes - Factpages - Norwegian Offshore Directorate
- Also: Offshore Industry (offshoreindustry.co.uk), an industry guide site, not one of the reputable sources the mission names (: Subsea Production Systems: Trees, Manifolds, Controls | Expert Guide
- Also: Science Publishing Group (American Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2023, 11(1), 1-19; authors Bishoy Magdi Abdu Sabir, : Dynamic Modelling and Simulation of a Three-Phase Gravity Separator
- Also: Norwegian Ministry of Energy and Norwegian Offshore Directorate (Norwegianpetroleum.no): Discharges to the sea - Norwegianpetroleum.no
- Also: Springer Nature (Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology): Production optimization of a network of multiple wells with each well using a combination of Electrical Submersible Pump and Gas lift - Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology
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