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E&P SERVICE COMPANIES IN NIGERIA

Company Name URL
A-Plus Resources Ltd http://www.aplusresources.com/
Additional Oilfield http://additionaloilfield.com/
Aftrac Group http://aftrac.com/
Amazon Energy Limited https://www.amazon-energy.com/
Ana Industries Limited http://www.anaindustriesltd.com/
Ansett Integrated Services Limited http://ansettgroup.com/
Ariboil Company Limited http://www.ariboil.com/
Ariosh Limited https://www.ariosh.com/
Atlantic Fluids & Integrated Services Limited http://www.atlanticfluids.com/
B.G.Technical Limited http://www.bgtechnical.com/
Baywood Continental Limited http://www.baywoodcontinental.com/
Catobi Nigeria Enterprises Ltd http://www.catobi.com/
CB Geophysical Solutions Ltd http://www.cbgeophysical.com/
Charkin Maritime and Offshore Safety Limited http://www.charkingroup.com/
Chesroc Nigeria Limited http://www.chesroc.com/
Ciscon Nigeria Limited http://www.cisconsservices.com/
Deltalift Resources Nigeria Ltd http://www.deltaliftng.com/
Dormanlong Engineering Limited http://www.dormanlongeng.com/
Dover Engineering Ltd http://www.doverengineering.com/
Drillog Petro-Dynamics Limited http://www.drillogpdl.com/
Drillpet International Limited http://www.hobarkintl.com/
Elshcon Nigeria Limited http://www.elshcon.com/
Emval Group http://www.emval.net/
Epic Atlantic http://epicatlantic.com/
First Marine & Engineering Services Limited http://www.firstmarineeng.com/
Flonex Limited http://www.flonex.com/
Flosmart Energy Services Ltd http://www.flosmart.com/
Frazimex http://www.frazinex.com/
Future Concerns Nigeria Ltd http://www.futureconcerns.com/
G.G.I International Ltd http://www.ggigroupltd.com/
Geoplex Drillteq Limited http://geoplex.com/
GIL Automations http://gilautomation.com/
Global Process & Pipeline Services Limited http://www.gppsl.com/
Gramen Petroserve http://gramenpetroserveng.com/
Halden Nigeria Limited http://haldenng.com/
Harrybeat International Services Limited http://www.harrybeat.com/
Hobark International Limited http://hobarkintl.com/
Hopic Nigeria Limited https://www.hopicng.com/
Hyprops Nigeria Limited http://hyprops.com/
International Energy Services Limited http://www.ieslglobal.com/
ITS Drilling Services Limited http://www.itsdrillingservices.com/
Laser Engineering & Resources Consultants Limited http://www.laser-ng.com/
Lonadek Global Services https://lonadek.com
Lonestar Drilling Nigeria Limited https://petan.org/http;/www.lonestardrilling-ng.com
Mansfield Energy http://www.mansfieldenergy.com/
Marine Platform Limited http://www.marineplatforms.com/
Matrix Petro-Chem Limited http://www.matrixpetrochem.com/
Nestoil Group http://www.nestoilgroup.com/
Nigerblossom Drilling Company Limited http://www.nigerblossomdrilling.com/
Northern Oilfield Supplies and Services Limited http://www.northernoilfield.com/
Oco Industrial Services Limited http://www.ocogroup.com/
Oildata Wireline Services Limited http://www.oildatainc.com/
Oilflow Services Nigeria Limited
Oilserv Limited http://www.oilserv.com/
Oiltest Group http://oiltestgroup.com/
Orbital & Oranges Nigeria Limited http://www.orbitaloranges.org/
PE Energy http://www.plantengrg.com/
Petrolog Limited https://petan.org/petrologgroup.com
Point Engineering Limited http://www.pointengineering.com/
Popham Walter Odusote http://www.pwoarch.com/
Poseidon Energy Services Nigeria Limited http://poseidonenergyng.com/
Radial Circle Group http://www.radialcircle.com/
Richardson Oil and Gas http://www.richardson-oilandgas.com/
Seafloat Marine Services Limited http://www.seafloat.com/
Sego Wireline Services https://petan.org/index.php/members-directory/members-list#
Segofs Energy Services Limited http://www.segofsenergy.com/
Slot Engineering Nig Ltd http://www.sloteng.com/
Solewant Group http://www.solewantgroup.com/
Sowsco Well Services Nigeria Limited http://sowsco.net/
Speciality Drilling Fluids Limited http://www.specialtydrillingfluidslimited.com/
Tecon Oil Services Limited http://www.teconoilserv.com/
Tilone Subsea Limited http://www.tilone.net/
Tolmann Allied Services Company Limited http://www.tolmann.com/
Topline Limited http://www.toplinelimited.net/
Vandrezzer Energy Services http://www.vandrezzerenergy.com/
Vhelbherg http://www.vhelberg.com/
Vurin Group https://vuringroup.com/
Weafri Well Services Company Limited http://www.weafri.com/
Wellfluid Services Limited http://www.wellfluidservices.com/
Wellopt Nigeria Limited http://www.wellopt.com/
Weltek Limited http://www.weltekng.com/
Westfield Energy Resources Limited http://www.westfieldenergy.com/
Wog Allied Services Nigeria Limited http://www.wogallied.com/
Zitadel Limited http://www.zitadelgroup.com/

 


Welltec: Embedding Automated Processes in Manufacturing

PAID POST

The Welltec Annular Barrier WAB®, a flexible, high performance production parker, is one of the results of a 26year long series of innovations which began with the Well Tractor® , the conveying device that launched Welltec in place as a top draw subsurface solutions service provider.

The company’s Development and Engineering (D&E) department is responsible for bringing new ideas to life and transforming innovation into reality. It is this ability to think differently and then do differently that forms the foundations on which Welltec is built. The company manufactures her products in-house, embedding automated processes to proffer completions and interventions solutions.

The main Manufacturing sites are based in Denmark with Intervention services produced in Allerød, a small community just north of Copenhagen, and Completion products made in Esbjerg, the Danish oilfield hub.

Below are pictures from a recent tour to the company’s facilities at Allerød and Esbjerg.


 

 


Applications of Multiphase Flow Meters (MPFM) Deployed in ‘Continuous Monitoring Mode’ (CMM)

By Geotrex Systems

Reservoir and production engineers depend critically on well production rates to carry out most of their basic everyday tasks. However, they seldom pay attention to the technical details of how these rates are determined in the field with respect to their quality, accuracy, currency and representativeness. This paper aims to point out why they should.

Worldwide, operators have sophisticated and well documented field operations philosophy and strategy. However important as the back-allocation problem is in operations, a metering philosophy is not included in that overall strategy. This paper also aims to point out why it should. Frequency, timing, back-up, redundancy, sparing etc should explicitly be specified and documented. More often than not however, operators merely follow the rigor of the regulatory authorities which casts doubt as to how the appellation ‘operator’ was earned in the first instance.

We begin with an examination of the pervasive but deeply flawed practice of intermittent well testing using test separators. Several authors have provided very good descriptions of the flaws of pursuing an intermittent metering philosophy and attendant escalation spike in field operations losses and costs. We do not aim to catalogue these references here since a copious inventory is provided in the appendices.

Rather we present a new ‘vista’ of problem ‘problems’ that may not excite the field metering technician but ought to be of interest to those charged with executing well and reservoir management strategies.

  1. Overarching focus on metering for fiscalization purposes. This widespread practice is not entirely surprising since short term cash generation depends critically of the metered volume of the primary product of the separation process. Unfortunately, not nearly as much attention is paid to metering for well and reservoir management purposes. Of the produced oil, gas and water as in the case of black oil field operation, only the produced oil rate is rigorously measured. Total gas produced may or may not be measured and in the case of the former not nearly with the same vigor or determination.
  2. Reservoir engineers ought to be alarmed that historically, produced water is rarely measured. Rather crude estimates are determined from random sampling of the well stream which may or not be representative unless special additional effort is invested in the use of auto samplers which aims to mix the flowing stream into a more homogeneous mixture suitable for sampling. Whether this is done or not, BS&W determination result is rarely instantaneously available leading to the additional difficulty of matching the value with the actual oil rate associated with it. This also means that direct comparison with MPFM water rate readings during a field test is near nigh impossible.
  3. Recently a number of operators have started installing direct water rate measuring devices on their production systems but these have been found to have BS&W range-dependent accuracies.

Some General Applications of Continuous Well Monitoring Technologies

  1. Proved Developed Producing Reserves Determination. One of the highest categories of reserves in the books is proved developed producing reserves (PDPR). By deploying a MPFM in CMM mode for 3, 6 or even 1-year, accurate oil, gas and water rates can be observed over time thus generating good quality data for use in high grade decline curve analysis (DCA and RTA analysis) from which proved developed producing reserves can easily extrapolated.
  2. Detection of changes in reservoir fluid PVT properties over time. According to Larry Dake, many reservoir engineers tend to work with the notion that once reservoir PVT properties are properly determined at initial conditions, they remain the same throughout the entire productive life of the reservoir. This is far from true.
  3. Proper Calculations of Royalties. The prevailing practice of calculating royalties using fiscalized well volumes is to the detriment of regulatory authorities. This practice makes royalty determination to be dependent on operator efficiency which shouldn’t be the case. Ideally, royalties should be based on well head volumes and MPFM systems deployed in CMM can assure accurate and representative wellhead volumes.
  4. Slug Control Systems. MPFM in CMM mode can assist slug control systems detect early the onslaught of slug flow and triggering the slug control mechanism. This is of critical importance in offshore platforms with risers of several kilometer rangers. Undetected onset of slug flow is one of the most-risky conditions in offshore oil operations.
  5. Gas Lift, ESP and other Assisted Lift Applications. MPFM in CMM mode can enable an operator to verify and validate or otherwise modify his gas lift design. Are gas lift valves placed at correct depths and are they opening at the correct pressures to deliver the correct volume of gas lift gas are some of the questions that could be answered.
  6. Optimized Chemical Injection Timings and Rates
  7. Matching Reservoir Simulation Time Steps. Most reservoir simulators run at a simulation time step of 1-day. However, producing well rates are often averaged weekly or over a month. What this means is that for input into reservoir simulators, the weekly or monthly rates have first to be approximately transformed into daily rates using actual days of production or calendar days. In either case, the projects’ quality is detracted from ab initio because of questionable back allocation issues based on unreliable intermittent test separator tests.
  8. Correcting laboratory determined fluid PVT properties for installed surface facilities conditions for use in material balance calculations.
  9. Surface Recombination Sampling; in what ratio should surface samples be recombined for purpose of generating valid and representative reservoir fluid for PVT properties determination.
  10. Similarly, by deploying a MPFM at an observation well and recording flow rates changes attendant to informed changes in surrounding wells, data can be generated providing useful information for determination of average drainage radius of development wells and consequently the optimal number of wells required for full reservoir development.

Eunisell Committed to Reducing Marginal Field Challenges.

By Akpelu Paul Kelechi, Technology Correspondent

“Delivering The Qua Ibo field is a clear example of what we have done”, company beats its chest.

Eunisell, the Nigerian oil & gas production solutions provider, says it us committed to assist marginal oil field operators overcome complex technical and financial challenges.

This will help the government achieve its local content programme objectives, the company’s top management argues.

“Eunisell brings in its own assets and resources to help achieve early cash flow and accelerate the marginal oil field development”, says Chika Ikenga, Eunisell’s Group Managing Director. “Our track record speaks for itself. We are there to help build viable, Nigerian oil and gas businesses,” he explains.

“Achieving the objectives of the local content programme, is a vital factor in sustaining Nigeria’s economic development and oil industry growth.

“The marginal field development programme and the recent divestments of fields by IOCs have increased the participation of Nigerians in the oil and gas industry. The gap in technical and financial resources that have fallen out of recent developments, is being closed by Eunisell’s unique production solutions”.

Ikenga notes that the company’s taking the Qua Ibo field to first oil “is a clear example of what we have done.

“Apart from building a production facility in record time with the skills of highly experienced Nigerian professionals, Eunisell’s fast track solution helped to get these fields into early cash flow”.

Eunisell’s fast track production facilities also helped to achieve first oil in record time at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 56 in Delta State, and the OML 46 Atala field in Bayelsa.

Eunisell, with more than 20 years’ experience, was recently certified as an ISO 9001:2015 company. “We are immensely proud of our ISO certification; it underlines our longstanding ability to deliver critical Quality Management Systems (QMS) and Processes to our customers,” . Ikenga declares.


Pushing Boundaries with ‘Cement-less’ Completions

By Akpelu Paul Kelechi

“Many wells today where you have well integrity and zonal isolation issues are a result of a failure of the cement”

It is practically impossible to discuss well completions without a nod to the cementing process: the standard procedure that isolates the various down-hole formation zones.

Prior to 1921, one of the greatest obstacles to successful development of oil bearing sands was the encountering of liquid mud, water and other sediments during and after the process of drilling a well; this was before the art of well cementing was “perfected.” It is easy to assume that almost a century later in 2019, well cementing would have advanced so much technologically that no undesirable basic, sediment and water (BS&W) would be produced from oil wells due to the failure of the cement to seal. Unfortunately, we still have frequent challenges mainly due to the hole geometry, formation types, pore pressure, differential pressure, etc. The production from typical oil wells which are hampered by BS&W intrusion require time, energy and expense to correct and has led to the abandonment of many wells which would otherwise have developed more profitable results for operators.

WAI Deployed in a Deepwater well

In July 2019, the French major Total announced that it successfully deployed a new breed of cementless completion called the Welltec Annular Isolation (WAI) in the Moho North Albian field.  According to Ronan Bouget, the Drilling and Completions manager of Total E&P Congo, the technology was jointly developed with Welltec. Gbenga Onadeko, Senior Vice President, Welltec Africa, tells Africa Oil+Gas Report that the “Welltec Annular Barrier (WAB) provides effective zonal isolation at discrete points within the well, whereas, the WAI provides zonal isolation across the length of the reservoir replacing the cement.”

“Many wells today where you have well integrity and zonal isolation issues are because of failures of cement. Attempting to place cement and achieve full circumferential coverage around a piece of pipe that is over three kilometres downhole in a well could be challenging due to gravitational effects especially if the well has some deviation, Gbenga explains. “The cement will tend to go to the lower side of the liner / casing while the upper side of the liner / casing may be left without cement, creating what is called a channel. The cement could also be contaminated due to interactions with mud and formation cuttings. The channels and micro annulus may lead to a loss of integrity or isolation between zones which could accelerate the production of water or gas break through.”

Squeeze cementing is a remedial cementing technique deployed when challenges occur during the primary cementing process. Gbenga continues. However, “this has a relatively low success rate with high cost. This is often the reason why wells produce 60% to 70% water cut from day one and is a contributor to cost overrun. In addition, depending on the age of the well, for example in the case of a relatively old well, cracks could develop in the cement due to thermal expansion and contraction, which can then lead to the leakage of gas or water.”.

Major IOC Review of 96 Cement Operations

 

The WAI technology can be deployed in various and even hostile well environments, adds Joseph Bagal, who is the Director of Well Completions for Welltec Africa. Joseph is a sand control expert with global experience and gained significant knowledge of the Niger Delta from various assignments living and working in Nigeria. He is familiar with the challenges associated with clastic depositional environments of the Niger Delta and he says that “although the first deployment of the WAI was in the Moho North which is a carbonate field, the WAB and the WAI technologies are also applicable in clastic environments.

WAB Preventing Water and Gas Production in the Benin Basin, Offshore, Nigeria

The materials used to manufacture the WAI are the same as used for very hostile environments including within Geothermal wells. They are highly resistant to corrosion and specifically selected for their life of well properties. Today, the industry continues to use cement because that is historically the solution utilized (even though as mentioned many well integrity issues arise from cement failure). The technical qualification performed on the Welltec Annular Sealing Products (WAB, WLP, WAI) are more stringent than the qualification tests on cement, when used for isolation – particularly their sealing capabilities” he claims.

The application of the WAI on the Moho North field dates back to 2016, when TOTAL E & P Congo selected the WAB in the development of the Moho North Albian field “this initial application was in conjunction with cement (assurance to provide a seal to isolate the zones)”, comments Joseph. “Total initially selected a cemented and perforated liner solution, the liner length was short and deep, implying the volume of cement was relatively small, which increases the operational risk of cementing the reservoir section. Because of the potential of cement contamination and also to increase the success rate of placing it behind the liner, the volume of cement pumped was increased by enlarging the hole (under-reaming) and drilling deeper i.e. a longer rat hole section, which placed the toe of the well within less preferential sections of the formation increasing the drilling and production risks.

With the liner deployed and cement in place, the WAB is expanded quickly under full surface control sealing against the formation rock, displacing the cement, providing a high integrity pressure isolation between zones. This in turn ensures that even if channels or micro-annulus are present in the cemented interval, effective isolation is still achieved within the annulus.

WAB for Cement Assurance in a Deepwater well

Following this initial success with the WAB and the efficiency drive by TOTAL E & P Congo to further reduce drilling expenditure (partially driven by the low commodity prices), this presented an opportunity to extend the scope of the utilization of the WAB to make the project more economical. This provided the impetus for the joint development of the WAI between Welltec and Total E & P Congo.

The WAI technology is based on the WAB platform, with the packers extending over the complete length of the liner (the joints are not covered). The WAI effectively replaced the cement within the annulus across the reservoir interval. A large quantity of Welltec Proprietary seals are installed along the length of the WAI, providing zonal isolation down to each 20 cm, with each seal qualified for 4,500 PSI of differential pressure. By eliminating the cement completely from the reservoir section of the wells, the drilled interval is shortened (i.e. no rat hole), the need to under-ream for hole enlargement is removed along with the need to perform extensive wellbore cleanout. This reduction in work scope delivered significant savings in the number of days predicted to complete the well compared to the best composite result achieved in the field. Non-Productive Time (NPT) from the wells where the WAI were deployed was reduced. The use of the WAI led to a reduction in rig time and saved a huge amount of cost for our client.”

Returning to the WAB technology, which has been deployed all over the world including clastic environments in the North Sea and as well as in the Benin Basin Offshore Lagos, Nigeria. “If you have a clastic reservoir, cement is pumped all the way to the cap rock to achieve isolation and well integrity. We successfully used the WAB product to assist a minor deepwater operator in Nigeria to achieve approximately 3,000 barrels per day of oil production. Two WABs were installed in the side-tracked section of their last well which successfully eliminated the water cut, but more importantly eliminated the gas flowing from the gas gap and the associated sustained casing pressure as monitored at the well head. It is understood that the well has kept this state since 2017 when it was put on production.”

The catch with the oil and gas industry however, is the conservative nature of the industry in adopting new and improved technology. As an innovative company with pioneering technologies, Welltec often experiences this challenge. Gbenga sums it up with these words: “We develop cutting edge technologies and work extremely hard to convince our clients to deploy the value adding solutions. One of values we add to the industry is to assist our clients in overcoming their initial reluctance. We want to ensure that these technologies are included in their field development plans to avoid paying premiums later due to rush mobilizations. Including the technologies in their initial plans reduces the risk of budget variation. With the WAI, we predict that cost savings of up to $75Million to $100Million over a 15 to 20 wells deepwater field development plan can be achieved (including reduced NPT). Proportional savings can also be achieved in onshore and shallow offshore markets. Approaching it from a larger scale makes the value proposition more obvious. We like to think that we work on solutions that are best for the well and the overall project. In most cases, our industry is integral to the economies of the oil and gas producing countries. We therefore believe that we are having a positive impact on the overall wealth of the nations we operate in.”


A Grip on Oil Flow Rates With Neftemer

It is statistically insignificant to sequentially feed the flow from each oil wellhead once a month, to a central test separator so as to evaluate the well production performance and determine the flowrate of each phase (oil, gas and water) after separation; it is unrepresentative and inaccurate. Wells seldom flow at constant rates and the ‘one-day’ test separator rate is a random sample of one, out of thirty possible rates. This is statistically insignificant.

Neftemer™ is a non-intrusive clamp-on Multiphase Meter that measures unseparated crude oil flow in well flowlines and oil-flow pipelines. It provides measurement of oil, produced water and associated gas in the following units: liquid mass flow, tons/day; gas volumetric flow, m3/day and water cut, mass fraction. Preferably, Neftemer is installed on a vertical section of pipeline with flow upward. When in operation, its parts do not come in contact with the product fluids, do not change its direction, do not produce extra hydraulic resistance, nor does it influence the hydrodynamic characteristics of the flow or the physical and chemical properties of the product fluids. The measurements are taken without conditioning the flow (i.e. without homogenization or separation).

This clearly eliminates the persistent issues associated with back allocation for obvious fiscal reasons. The oil rate is accurately measured directly at the wellhead; the gas flow is not diverted to the flare where bulk of the gas may or may not be measured but the Neftemer measures this volume upstream of the well; also, it accurately captures the water flow rate.

At the separator where BSW is determined, back allocation of gas volume and water rate remain problematic. Moreover, in practice, total Flow-Station rates (fluid flow), are seldom used even when the oil rate injected into a bulk export line is accurately metered e.g. via an available LACT unit. Rather, each contributory flow station is assigned a volume based on a so-called reconciliation factor, determination of which is opaque in most cases.

This practice simply does not make room for a representative and accurate determination of oil, gas and water rates simultaneously; a task required for optimal tuning of the well, and effective reservoir management practices.

How does the Neftemer Multiphase Meter achieve all this seamlessly? The secret is in its construction. It comprises of a gamma-ray attenuation transducer which is located near the wellhead in a hazardous area with secondary equipment comprising a data processing unit located in a safe area in a control or equipment room. A user display (personal computer) and printer may be used for setting this up. The gamma-ray attenuation meter comprises a gamma radiation source mounted in a source housing and a flameproof gamma radiation detector all mounted on a special mounting bracket. The density and composition of the unseparated well fluids as well as gas flow velocities, are determined from the attenuation of gamma radiation.

As a clamp-on device, it can be mounted without cutting the flow line; upstream of the pipeline. The length of straight pipe both upstream and downstream of the gamma ray beam should be not less than 0.5m. It also has other plush parameters including two communication links (see Fig. 1). The DCS link is used to provide measurement results to the customer. Output data will be: oil, water and gas flow rates, water cut, average density of flow. The auxiliary link is intended for downloading data archives by a service engineer.

Finally, production engineers need to know if the well is operating within its performance envelope or not and tune it appropriately. Reservoir engineers need accurate oil, gas and water rates to carry out meaningful material balance calculations and determine total underground withdrawal for each reservoir; run realistic reservoir simulation models and generate meaningful medium and long term production forecasts for the business. Current operations practice and use of ‘one-day’ test separator rates simply do not allow for these essential and critical calculations to be accurately carried out. This practice also leads to endless disputations between the field operator and regulators over what volumes royalty calculations should be based upon. With Neftemer™, however, impactful reservoir management and peace of mind is assured.

This is a paid post, sponsored by Geotrex

 


Schlumberger Improves Production Rates of Shale Rock in the United States

30-day production rates surge by 78%
Schlumberger has reported that its technologies helped dramatically increase production and operational efficiencies of Eagle Ford and Permian Basins, which are geologic sequences with extensive shale rock reservoirs in North America.
“In US Land, Well Services BroadBand* unconventional reservoir completion services have been deployed in 14% more wells and in 52% more stages as compared to 2014”, the company declares in a company report.
“BroadBand technology maximizes wellbore coverage and reservoir contact to increase production and recovery by stimulating and propping open every fracture from tip to wellbore. The Eagle Ford and Permian Basins reflected the highest activity in 2015 while total activity covered six basins and 32 operators”, the company disclosed.

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Ofserv Goes To SPE with Well Production Monitoring Solution

The Nigerian oilfield service company Ofserv says it has added Well Production Monitoring to its suite of services.  It is deploying this solution in partnership with Wireless Measurement, a UK based oilfield solutions provider.

The service “offers a comprehensive real time system delivering monitoring and alarm data from remote oilfield equipment including wellheads and pipelines”, Ofserv declares in a widely distributed newsletter.  “Our configurable data and control systems seamlessly link the wellhead or pipeline to operators, engineers, managers and stakeholders”, the company says.

Ofserv will showcase the overall delivery at its booth at the Nigerian Annual International Conference and Exhibition of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), holding in Lagos, from August 2 to 4, 2016. The SPE NAICE is the largest gathering of petroleum engineers on the continent.

“There is no need to install wired or conventionally powered infrastructure on site for this service to work”, Ofserv explains in the statement.  “Our autonomously powered wireless system provides a perfect ‘well head to office’ retrofit solution for existing unmonitored operations. With simple to install proven products, easy to use software and first class support, we offer a complete package to provide remote oilfield services. Ofserv adds that its wireless comprehensive digital oilfield solution include:

Wireless Sensors:-measuring parameters include wellhead pressure and temperature, Flow and tank level via ATEX Zone 0 instruments

Multi-format data gathering:– Wired digital and analogue data gathering, such as downhole gauges, via MultiMesh controllers

. Real Time Remote Monitoring and Control:– Data highway taking data to and from clients office in real time

Flexible alarms:– Direct to operators, engineers, managers and stakeholders via SMS and e-mail

Integrated Office Based Data Service:– For visualisation of data and management of alarms and sensors.


Sercel Launches Marine Mammal Monitoring System

Seismic Equipment Manufacturer, Sercel has launched QuietSea™, its new passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) system designed to detect the presence of marine mammals during seismic operations. “Totally different from other commercially available PAM systems, QuietSea is set to revolutionize PAM within the seismic industry”, the company says in a release.

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My Country Is Rich In Oil, So Why Am I So Poor?

By Toyin Akinosho

We were in the middle of a conversation on the above title in the city of Baku(on the Caspian sea), the birthplace of the oil industry, in late September 2012,when a side question came up.

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