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Issue Three 2018 UT Issue Three 2018 AUVs Cables Unmanned Vehicle 1 UT3 Issue 3 July 2018 Capital-Efficient Subsea Solutions UT3 Issue 3 2018 Production Tree Unified Controls Lead time: 12 months Lead time: 12 months Pump Lead time: 18 months Wellhead UT Issue Three 2018 Lead time: 8 months Manifold Lead time: 18 months Connection System Lead time: 6 months AUVs Cables Unmanned Vehicle 1 UT3 Issue 3 July 2018 Umbilical make up machine from Umbilicals International Vol 12 No 3 Society for Underwater Technology Unit LG7, 1 Quality Court Chancery Lane London WC2A 1HR +44 (0) 1480 370007 Editor: John Howes [email protected] Editorial Assistant: Ben Ron Over Production: Sue Denham Redefine economic viability with a new Advertising: Zinat Hassan approach to subsea production. [email protected] The OneSubsea portfolio of standardized designs supports streamlined processes, documentation, ISSN: 1752-0592 and manufacturing to deliver integrated production systems that enable achieving first oil as soon as 24 months after contract award. Published by UT2 Publishing for and on behalf of the Society for Underwater Customized to your field architecture, these capital-efficient solutions help you maximize recovery Technology. Reproduction of UT2 in whole or in part, without permission, is from new fields to transform deepwater economics across the life of the asset. prohibited. The publisher and the SUT assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material, nor responsibility for content of any advertisement, particularly infringement of copyrights, trademarks, intellectual property rights and 2 patents, nor liability for misrepresentations, false or misleading statements and 3 Find out more at illustrations. These are the sole responsibility of the advertiser. Opinions of the onesubsea.slb.com/standardization writers are not necessarily those of the SUT or the publishers. © 2018 Schlumberger. All rights reserved. 18-OSS-372531 UT3 Issue 3 July 2018 UT3 Issue 3 July 2018 News Kaikias Liza Liza Phase 1 Zinia 2 Shell has started production from its Kaikias field in the Development drilling has commenced offshore Guyana on Total and its partners have taken to Zinia 2 are currently under Gulf of Mexico, around one year ahead of schedule. Shell ExxonMobil's Liza Phase 1 development. the final investment decision to consideration on Block 17,” said took the financial investment decision in February 2017 launch the Zinia 2 deep offshore Arnaud Breuillac, President of Total after reducing costs by about 30%, lowering the break- Phase 1 involves the conversion of an oil tanker into the development in Block 17, 150 km Exploration & Production. even price to less than $30/bbl. floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel offshore Angola. The Zinia 2 project Liza Destiny, along with four undersea drill centres with will have a production capacity “The project is also a good example Production from the subsea deep water development, 17 production wells. Construction of the FPSO and subsea of 40,000 barrels per day (b/d), of capex discipline and cost which will reach 40,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, equipment is under way in more than a dozen countries. sustaining Pazflor field production, optimisation: the work carried comes after Shell reduced its costs by around 30 percent on stream since 2011. out to simplify the design while to allow it to generate profit at less than $30 a barrel, the Liza Destiny will have a production capacity of 120,000 capturing deflation allowed the company said. barrels of oil per day. A second FPSO with a capacity of Zinia 2 is the first of several possible partners to cut the development 220,000 barrels per day is being planned as part of the short-cycle developments on Block costs by more than a half.” Kaikias is located some 130 miles (210 kilometres) off the Liza Phase 2 development, and a third is under considera- 17 that will unlock its full potential coast of Louisiana in the Mars-Ursa basin. Shell holds an 80 tion for the Payara development. Together, these three by connecting satellite reservoirs Zinia 2 comprises nine wells in water percent stake in the project while Japan’s Mitsui holds the developments will produce more than 500,000 barrels of to the existing floating storage, depths ranging from 600 to 1,200 remaining 20 percent. oil per day. production and offloading (FPSO) meters, tied back to the Pazflor units. FPSO with a budget of US$1.2 The field is under around 4,500 feet (1,372 meters) Production startup is scheduled for 2020. The company billion. of water and its four wells are connected to the Shell- and its co-venturers have so far discovered estimated re- “Zinia 2 opens a new chapter operated Ursa hub, from where the oil flows to the shore coverable resources of more than 3.2 billion oil-equivalent in the history of Block 17. This Total operates the Block 17 with a via the Mars pipeline barrels on the Stabroek Block. project will allow to extend the 40% interest, alongside affiliates profitability of this prolific block, of Equinor (23.33%), Exxon Mobil with over 2.6 billion barrels already (20%), and BP (16.67%). Sonangol, Bibby Contract produced. Thanks to the favorable is concessionaire. It has four FPSOs Bibby Offshore has secured a two- fiscal framework introduced by the — Girassol, Dalia, Pazflor and CLOV. phase multimillion pound contract with Angolan authorities for satellite In 2017, its production averaged a leading oil and gas and production developments, other projects similar 600,000 b/d. company. The contract, awarded in April, will see Bibby Offshore carry out IRM services across a number of the operators North Sea assets. Engineering work for this project has started, with the initial offshore phase due to commence in Q2 this year and a further campaign scheduled for Q3. Bibby Offshore’s multi-role diving support vessel, Bibby Topaz, will be the primary vessel utilised to carry out the base workscope. Total first moved into Block 17 in 1997. Located off the coast of Angola, 4 nearly 1,300 meters below sea level, Block 17 is made up of four major hubs – 5 Girassol, Dalia, Pazflor and CLOV (Cravo, Lirio, Orquidea and Violeta) – which Bibby Topaz were gradually brought on stream between 2001 and 2014. UT3 Issue 3 July 2018 UT3 Issue 3 July 2018 News Shah Deniz 2 The BP-operated $28 billion project deliver natural gas from the Caspian production from the Shah Deniz field Gas is transported onshore through stations – carrying the gas to Turkey. Turkey through the new Trans- is the first subsea development in Sea direct to European markets. will be up to 26 bcma of gas and up a 85 km pipeline to the Sangachal Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP), which the Caspian Sea and the largest to 120,000 barrels of condensate a terminal near Baku, which underwent a The development is a major milestone was inaugurated earlier this month, subsea infrastructure operated by BP At plateau, Shah Deniz 2 is expected day. major expansion to accommodate the in the creation of the new Southern and, when complete, the Trans- worldwide. to produce 16 billion cubic meters new increased gas output. The project Gas Corridor which, once completed, Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) will then of gas per year (bcma) incrementally Offshore, the Shah Deniz 2 project also includes the new South Caucasus will transport Caspian gas directly into supply gas as far as Greece, through 6 It is also the starting point for the to current Shah Deniz production. includes 26 subsea wells, 500km of pipeline expansion - 428km of new the heart of European markets for the Albania and on to Italy. Commercial 7 Southern Gas Corridor series of Together with output from the subsea pipelines and flowlines and pipeline in Azerbaijan and 59km in first time. From the South Caucasus deliveries to Europe are expected pipelines that will for the first time first phase of development, total two new bridge-linked platforms. Georgia, including two new compressor pipeline, gas is transported across to commence in 2020. UT3 Issue 3 July 2018 UT3 Issue 3 July 2018 News Serica GE-BH Serica Energy has submitted a Field GE will divest its 62.5% interest in Development Plan for the Columbus Baker Hughes GE (BHGE) over the Development. The FDP provides for next two to three years. This comes the supply of up to 40 million almost a year since GE Oil and Gas cubic feet of gas per day (gross) at merged with Baker Hughes. The peak to the UK gas market and 1,150 Houston-based BHGE, however, barrels per day (gross) of condensate is now being sold as part of GE’s and natural gas liquids. ambition to create a leaner corporate structure and cut its substantial debt. The Columbus Development is located in Blocks 23/16f and 23/21a Columbus Subarea in the UKCS Zinia Central North Sea. Subsea 7 has been awarded a substantial contract by Total The Development Area will be E&P Angola for the engineering, drained by a single subsea well, procurement, installation and which will be connected to the commissioning of the subsea proposed Arran-Shearwater pipeline, flowlines and umbilicals for the Zinia through which Columbus production Phase 2 project, 150km offshore will be exported along with Arran Angola in water depths from 800 to Vito Field production. The FDP 1000m. is therefore contingent on development approval and go-ahead The contract scope includes the tie- for the Arran project. back development of two reservoirs The contract scope covers the commissioning contract by Burullus to the existing Pazflor FPSO in project management, engineering, Gas Company for the West Delta When the production reaches the Block 17.
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