Long Distance Subsea Tiebacks

When:  Oct 28, 2021 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM (CST)

Note that this event will be conducted as a SPE webinar only event. It is free for global SPE members via the webinar registration link below. 

Webinar registration:

https://webevents.spe.org/products/long-distance-subsea-tiebacks

Description

Abstract:

As industry continues to search for cost effective field development solutions, installing a new floating facility in deep water becomes too expensive especially for marginal reservoirs. In addition to high CAPEX, new floaters also increase carbon intensity. There is an increasing number of smaller fields that are also located at longer offset distances from existing host facilities. Subsea long distance tiebacks can be challenging due to flow assurance performance limitations combined with high capital costs considering traditional field development solutions. These limitations include pressure drop in long flowlines, thermal management to mitigate hydrates and wax deposition, and the need for cost efficient delivery of chemicals. To overcome these limitations and enable economic development of long distance tiebacks, this webinar will provide an overview and benefits of key building blocks available to unlock stranded reserves by using long distance subsea tiebacks. The key enablers include electrically heat traced flowlines, subsea boosting and processing, subsea chemical storage and injection systems and all-electric subsea systems. These building blocks cost-effectively address key challenges to manage flow assurance in long distance subsea tiebacks and improve overall operability.

Speaker: Janardhan Davalath

Janardhan Davalath is currently Business Development Manager for Subsea Processing at TechnipFMC.  Responsible for translating customer needs into business strategy, development of new products and services in Subsea Processing.  He has over 35 years of experience in the offshore petroleum industry in the areas of leadership, business strategy, subsea processing, flow assurance, subsea field development and offshore drilling.  He has a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University.

Moderator: Gizem Ersoy-Gokcal

Gizem Ersoy-Gokcal is currently a New Operations Coordinator in ExxonMobil Upstream Oil and Gas Company. Gokcal has over 16 years of experience in multiphase flow research and oil/gas industry projects.  Last 10 years of professional experience has been focused on deep water greenfield and brownfield developments, identifying and assessing flow assurance challenges, optimizing and debottlenecking production and interfacing with subsea and chemical vendors. Gokcal is leading the flow assurance efforts for oil and gas production in Guyana. Gokcal also served in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)’s Flow Assurance Forum in various roles and currently in the leadership team of Society of Petroleum Engineer (SPE)’ Flow Assurance Technical Section. She holds a BS degree in petroleum and natural gas engineering from Middle East Technical University in Turkey, and MSc and PhD degrees in petroleum engineering from the University of Tulsa.

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Jeff Zhang
61.08.6224.1141
jeff.zhang@woodplc.com