AGIP, Trecate, Italy

Customer

Product

To design and supply a multiphase boosting system for a lowpressure oil well with up to 70% associated gas content. (Flow could be varied from 744 bbl/d at 45 barg to 6048 bbl/d at 56 barg). The system had to utilise motive energy from a higherpressure well producing 4992 bbl/d at 78 barg.

Approach

A WELLCOM Oil system was supplied comprising an I-SEP compact inline separator (to separate gas from the motive fluid), a custom design jet pump and a dedicated commingler (to remix the sepaarated gas with the driven fluids). The complete system was mounted in a skid frame.

Outcome

Results taken from the system instrumentation confirmed an impressive boost to the low-pressure produced fluids. At the discharge of the system, measurements showed that the lowpressure fluids had been boosted to a new range of pressures of 56 barg (744 bbl/d) to 58 barg (6048 bbl/d) representing a gain in pressure of up to 25%.

Comments

Dr Rex W Gaisford, C.B.E
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Developments Amerada Hess International Limited.

"From an oil company point of view, this project is easy to justify. The system provides benefits in production and yet does not interrupt the process. It has plenty of upsides and no downsides. The WELLCOM system has generated a lot of enthusiasm within Amerada Hess?- it is simple, rugged, with no moving parts"

Francesco Paone
Senior Engineer
AGIP, RIIN Dept.

"The reliability of the WELLCOM system has been proved with live oil at field conditions in a test campaign performed in Trecate."

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