SPE President Visit
Please note that the 2017 SPE President, Janeen Judah, has unfortunately had to cancel her visit to Sydney
Verifying Performance and Capability of New Technology for Surface and Subsurface Facilities
Abstract:
As we have seen with the advent of the shale oil revolution in the United States, the development of new technology plays an important role in the oil and gas industry. It’s an enabler in reducing capital costs, simplifying production and increasing capacity of new or existing facilities. It can make a marginal project into a profitable development.
Progressing technology, while dealing with significant risk, is a challenge that can be overcome through a technology qualification process. A Technology Qualification Program (TQP) provides a means to identifying the risks and taking the correct steps to mitigate it; not avoid it.
This lecture summarizes the required steps involved in qualifying technology and how to keep track of technology development through the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) ranking system. In addition, some of the pitfalls in executing a TQP program are identified and discussed with emphasis on both component and system testing. Examples are given to illustrate the danger in taking shortcuts when executing the qualification plan.
Data from a recent subsea separation qualification program is presented comparing test results between CFDs, model fluid and actual crude testing at operating conditions. Knowing the limitations of the tools and testing system selected is an important step in closing the gaps identified in the TQP program.
The TRL has evolved at a faster pace and has become more acceptable in the oil and gas industry then the TQP. Nonetheless, continued standardization of both the TQL and TRL is still necessary in order to reduce overall cost of developing technology and allow faster implementation.
Biography:
Ed Grave graduated from New Jersey Institute of Technology with a Master of Science in 1982. Ed started his career at Lummus working on a number of petrochemical projects, in which in gravitated towards mass transfer and separations. He later joined Mobil Research & Development Company in 1990 as a mass transfer specialist. Today Ed is ExxonMobil’s Upstream Senior Technical Advisor for Fractionation & Separation at ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company in Spring, TX. His team is responsible for research, design, and troubleshooting, for all fractionating & separation systems for the entire ExxonMobil Upstream organization.
Ed is recognized for his expertise and as a leader within ExxonMobil in advancing new technology. He also led the effort in designing and qualifying separation system for ultra-deep water, making ExxonMobil ready to meet their future needs.
He initiated and is presently guiding the joint industry Separations Technology Research (STAR) Program on qualifying separation equipment as technical chairman. He also served as vice-chair at SPE’s Separation Technology Technical Section (STTS).
SPE President Visit
Please note that the 2017 SPE President, Janeen Judah, has unfortunately had to cancel her visit to Sydney.
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