fax 01-972-952-9435. AbstractAs part of its global FIELD OF THE FUTURE initiative, BP in the North Sea has embarked on a programme to significantly change how onshore and offshore staff interact and collaborate, with the objective of improving the efficiency of drilling and operations. This paper reports on the first phase of this project, in which five Advanced Collaborative Environments (ACEs) have been designed and deployed in the BP Aberdeen office in support of production operations. These environments take advantage of a range of digital technologies to deliver operational data to a wider team who are focused on further improving operational excellence.
This paper is one of a series published during 2000 to coincide with the launch of an advanced drilling system known as "Anaconda". This drilling system utilises a manufactured carbon fibre composite tube in place of conventional steel drill pipe or coiled tubing. The composite tube incorporates wires built into the wall, making it possible to transmit all the available formation evaluation and drilling data to surface continuously and in real-time. This paper focuses on the impact of this real-time data availability on the ability to make real-time geosteering decisions. In particular we focus on:The uncertainty associated with wellbore planning at seismic resolution when compared with the fine resolution required for modelling log responses and planning well bore trajectories. The issues associated with planning well bores in geological space instead of geometrically are also explored.The issues relating to wellbore planning before the well is drilled and in particular the forward modelling of the anticipated log responses.The practical implications of having all the normal formation evaluation data available in real-time whilst drilling a well. These include handling large data volumes and the ability to reach well decisions in significantly shorter time frames.The software systems developed to deliver the ability to update the geophysical and geological interpretation in the time frame required to influence a well path.The technology which makes it possible to steer the drill string effectively in real-time as new data becomes available.The organisational implications for such real-time decision making - such as high-speed re-interpretations under operational time pressures.The business benefits that might derive from this real-time decision making capability - such as reduced numbers of geological sidetracks, ability to terminate a wellbore at the most appropriate time and maximising the productivity of the wellbore. An Overview of the "Anaconda" System The "Anaconda" advanced well construction system has been described in detail in related papers1,2,3. To summarise, "Anaconda" is a completely new well construction system incorporating the features described in the following three subheadings. Composite Coiled Tubing. Anaconda incorporates a unique coiled tube conduit from surface to the bottom hole assembly (BHA), utilising a carbon fibre structure around an impermeable thermoplastic liner. On the initial system, the pipe is 73mm (2 7/8-in.) O.D. Built into the wall of the pipe are a series of copper wires, allowing power transmission and high-speed (156Kb/s) communications from surface to the downhole tools, and high-speed data communication from the downhole tools to surface. The density of the pipe is engineered such that it is near neutral buoyancy in drilling fluid. Neutral buoyancy substantially changes the drill string dynamics, in particular reducing well-wall-to-drill-string friction significantly. Reduction of friction allows an Anaconda system to drill significantly further than a similar size steel drilling system. Composite Coiled Tubing. Anaconda incorporates a unique coiled tube conduit from surface to the bottom hole assembly (BHA), utilising a carbon fibre structure around an impermeable thermoplastic liner. On the initial system, the pipe is 73mm (2 7/8-in.) O.D. Built into the wall of the pipe are a series of copper wires, allowing power transmission and high-speed (156Kb/s) communications from surface to the downhole tools, and high-speed data communication from the downhole tools to surface. The density of the pipe is engineered such that it is near neutral buoyancy in drilling fluid. Neutral buoyancy substantially changes the drill string dynamics, in particular reducing well-wall-to-drill-string friction significantly. Reduction of friction allows an Anaconda system to drill significantly further than a similar size steel drilling system.
Hydrocarbons were first discovered in the Brae Area of the UK North Sea in 1975. Since then over 50 exploration and appraisal wells have been drilled, together with more than 50 development wells on the three producing fields -South Brae, North Brae and Central Brae.
This paper provides an overview of the current legislation regulating the deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the European Union, and examines how this regulation dictates the selection, implementation and long term use of monitoring technologies at CO2 storage sites onshore and offshore. We consider the wide range of purposes and objective that a CCS Monitoring Plan has to meet, and the resulting wide range of parameters that it is necessary to monitor. We also assess some of the practical considerations that may render a particular technology viable in one reservoir, and completely inappropriate in another reservoir. The authors conclude that the monitoring plan will be highly site dependent. We also note that there exist a wide range of cost-effective and readily deployable wellbore logging and monitoring tools developed for the oil and gas industry, which have direct applicability to the monitoring of a CCS storage site and complex. However, the unique attributes of CO2, and the significant difference in the monitoring objectives when compared with oil and gas activity means that there is significant potential for new technologies to improve CO2detection in the subsurface and to reduce costs.
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