PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Schlumberger offers surveillance and control package to boost subsea flows

Petroleum News

Subsea developments perform at just 75 percent of the yield of land and platform wells, according to Schlumberger Oilfield Services. The company is offering a package of services to help close that gap.

Operators of undersea wells don’t intervene routinely because of the costs and risks, Schlumberger says, cutting industry revenue by up to $10 billion a year.

Schlumberger’s Subsea Production Assurance package combines the company’s expertise in project management, systems engineering and technology. The company says its comprehensive approach ties the reservoir, wellbore, and processing facilities into one complete network, with data monitoring and control across the various systems.

The core of the system is flow surveillance, boosting and assurance services from Schlumberger. Flow surveillance allows real-time data to be analyzed to maximize productivity and reduce risks. Flow boosting ensures optimal use of lifting and pressure boosting technologies. And flow assurance uses advance fluid sampling and analysis to optimize productivity.

A separate surveillance and control system has an advantage because the operation doesn’t affect existing infrastructure, so it can be upgraded without affecting production, the company notes.

More information in Schlumberger’s service is available at http://www.oilfield.slb.com/subsea.