TX 75083-3836 U.S.A., fax 01-972-952-9435. AbstractThe Arun gas field is a giant hydrocarbon resource in Indonesia and has been supporting Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) sales to the Asian market since 1978. The ultimate gas recovery is expected to be about 94% of initial gas in place, and the ultimate condensate recovery is expected to be a very high 87% of initial condensate in place. As the field has matured, reservoir pressure has declined and well productivities have declined. Mechanical wellbore failures have increased because of increased downhole stresses.The lower reservoir pressure has also increased the water vapor content in the gas, and producing wells have started to loadup as flow rates have decreased.
This paper describes integrated asset management team efforts to sustain safe and profitable production of mature fields. Two case studies are presented: Excess assets consolidation at the onshore Arun field in Aceh province, and reservoir liquid breakthrough handling at the North Sumatera Offshore (NSO) field. The Arun field has been producing since 1977. Currently more than 99% of expected ultimate gas recovery has been produced. Surface facilities were designed for a peak capacity of 3,500 MMSCFD with multiple well clusters and production trains. With production declining to less than 5% of design capacity, the majority of facilities have significant excess capacity. Asset consolidation efforts were started in 2004 with the Arun Cluster Consolidation Project (ACCP) to centralize gas dehydration and booster compression facilities into one cluster. In total, ACCP reduced active assets by 60%, operating expense by $350K annually, and fuel gas consumption by 9 MMSCFD. The ACCP was followed by the Liquid Handling Project (LHP) to consolidate liquid separation and transfer facilities from four clusters into two. Completed in 2010, the LHP reduced manpower by ~ 600 man-hours per year and avoided machinery reliability issues due to operation below turndown limit. Liquid handling is often a major bottleneck for offshore gas facilities, especially after formation water breakthrough on platforms that treat and discharge produced water overboard. Weight and footprint limitations restrict flexibility for de- bottlenecking. The NSO platform was designed with a total liquid handling capacity of 2,500 BPD, subject to a regulatory overboard water quality limit of 50 ppm oil in water content. Improvements in the chemical treatment and physical separation processes were utilized to increase capacity by 40 percent to 3,500 BPD while continuing to meet condensate quality and overboard water targets, enabling production to be maximized in spite of increasing water breakthrough.
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