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Fabrication Highlights

Fabricator Exhibitors and Networking Attendees

Filtration Highlights

Filtration Exhibitors and Networking Attendees

Pump Highlights

Pump Exhibitors and Networking Attendees

Valve Highlights

Valve Exhibitors and Networking Attendees

Chemical Highlights

Chemical Exhibitors and Networking Attendees

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Founded in 1969, the Offshore Technology Conference is the world’s foremost event for the development of offshore resources in the fields of drilling, exploration, production, and environmental protection. OTC is held annually at Reliant Center in Houston. Each year, OTC attracts more than 60,000 attendees and 2,000 exhibiting companies representing more than 110 countries. OTC is sponsored by 12 industry organizations and societies, who work cooperatively to develop the technical program. OTC also has endorsing and supporting organizations.

Additional Exhibition Information

Fabrication Highlights

Challenges in Welding High Strength Steels and High Strength Corrosion Resistant Alloys

R.P. Badrak and W.R. Howie, Weatherford International Ltd; and J.L Scott, Devasco International, Inc.

The application requirements including various combinations of corrosion resistance, high strength, high impact/fracture toughness, and environmental cracking resistance are presented in relation to the challenges that they represent for welding. Achieving these requirements is discussed in relation to welding process limitations, material limitations and availability of suitable consumables. Several examples are presented that illustrate the problems associated with meeting design requirements.

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Materials, Fabricator Exhibitors and Networking Attendees

Areclor Mittal (Industeel)  Richard C. Garvin | Industeel North American Sales Director ArcelorMittal  richard.garvin@arcelormittal.com  T+1 (610) 383-3002 | F +1 (610) 383-3007 | M +1 (610) 517-1830 will be accompanied by Jean-Christophe Milek(Offshore Sales Mgr - Jack-up components) and John Clatworthy

iNDUSTEEL as part of ArcelorMittal specializes in pressure vessel steels and pre-hardened thick blocks with improved properties  for the oil and gas industry .Steel grades include F22, F11, CrMO(V), CMn HIC among others.  End users include BP, Shell, Total, Exxon Mobil, and Chevron Mecasteel, developed by Industeel, is a concept of patented pre-hardened grades with improved properties compared to standard AISI 4130 / 4140

_ High homogeneity through the thickness up to 37.4’’

_ High soundness quality

_ Good machinability

_ Good weldability

_ Delivered with tests certificates

A detailed presentation on Mecasteel for the oil and gas industry is posted in the McIlvaine Global Orchard.

Barrett Nickel Alloys Scotland Limited is a global supplier of oilfield grade steels for all sectors of the oil industry. It specializes in engineering bar to suit downhole and subsea requirements. The material comes with full material certification and is sourced from approved steel mills only.

West Brent, Forties Road industrial Estate
Montrose, Angus DD10 9PA
United Kingdom
Phone: 0044 1674674009
Fax: 0044 1674678583

 

Cessco is a major Canadian fabrication and will be in the Alberta provincial stand area. Ken Larsen is the sales manager sales@cessco.com, ph 780 433 9531

7310 - 99 Street
Edmonton, AB T6E 3R8
Canada
Phone: 1-780-433-9531
Fax: 1-780-432-7899
URL www.cessco.ca

Langley Alloys supplies advanced, high-strength corrosion-resistant stainless steel, nickel and bronze alloys to combat the effects of aggressive environments, especially seawater, industrial chemicals and gases, Langley developed FERRALIUM 255-SD50 superduplex.

The Wharf, 504-506 Lowfield Drive
Newcastle, Staffordshire ST5 OUU
United Kingdom
Phone: 00-44-1782-610250
Fax: 00-44-1782-612219
URL http://www.langleyalloys.com

Sandvik offers a wide range of products used in oil and gas exploration and production including corrosion resistant alloys (CRA) such as duplex, stainless steel, nickel alloys and other advanced materials. These materials are extremely resistant to corrosion caused by chlorides and aggressive chemicals threatening oil and gas operations.

S-811 81
Sandviken, 4056
Sweden
Phone: 011-46-26-26-30-00
Fax: 011-26-26-02-20
URL http://www.smt.sandvik.com/oilgas

Filtration Highlights

PETROBRAS Experience on Water Management for Brown Fields

G.C. Nunes; L.S. Figueiredo; M. V. Melo; E. B.L. Junior; R.H. Motta; R.C.B.Lage, Petrobras

Brown fields usually associate high volumes of produced water with old and reduced performance units. Because most of Petrobras fields have been producing for more than 20 years now, delivering specified oil and gas has become an increasingly more difficult task. To guarantee operational and economical sustainability debottlenecking is an option but because most of its production comes from offshore fields, the cost of revamping and maintenance of such units can be prohibitive. Alternative options such as sending off-spec oil for onshore treatment, subsea separation, produced water reinjection, infill drilling or even relocating units have been analyzed. Environmental restrictions as well as economic limitations create a huge challenge for which new technologies play a big role. This work presents Petrobras experience with Brown fields and its approach to problem solving. The produced water perspectives are shown and future trends with the use of innovative technologies are explored.

A Novel Gas/liquid Separator to Enhance Production of Deepwater Marginal

Fields

Today, Subsea processing is recognized to be an efficient way for oil production enhancement, especially for fields having challenging reservoir characteristics or laying in very deepwater. These marginal fields must be developed with cost efficient solutions and innovative technologies to allow the economical recovering of the in place hydrocarbons as the conventional solutions are not viable in such cases.  The subsea gas/liquid separation associated with the boosting of produced liquids is one of the possible configurations for the depletion of the marginal fields, as the reduced back pressure at the wellhead can allow a larger recovery of the in place hydrocarbons and simplify the hydrate preservation strategy of the production flowlines during shut down. Being installed in deepwater, the subsea processing systems shall address the mechanical and functional constraints that are imposed by the deepwater installation and operation along with the obvious reliability requirements.  In order to provide a solution to this challenge, Saipem has developed a subsea gas/liquid separation and boosting station integrating a gravity separator made of pipes, specifically designed for the deepwater environment: the Vertical Multi-Pipe Separator is composed of an array of vertical pipes that provide the required separation and liquid hold up volume. The reduced diameter and wall thickness of the vertical pipes, as compared with the equivalent single separation vessel, is particularly suited in deep and ultra-deep water applications and/or high pressure services. Furthermore, the system relies on the gravity separation whose efficiency is less prone to the input flow rate and the un-steady regimes than dynamic separation processes.  To demonstrate the reliability and effectiveness of the multi-pipe separator, an extensive and in depth qualification and testing program has been performed for the validation of the concept and for the confirmation of anticipated performances. In particular, the validation of the separation performances was carried out, within the framework of a JIP sponsored by BP and Total, in a pressurized multiphase loop handling crude oil, natural gas and water.

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High-Pressure Gas-Liquid Separation: An Experimental Study on Separator Performance of Natural Gas Streams at Elevated Pressures

A.S. Bymaster, M.D. Olson, and E.J. Grave, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company

S.J. Svedeman and F. Viana, Southwest Research Institute®

R. Mikkelsen and R. Akdim, FMC Technologies / CDS Separation Systems

Print is restricted to an abstract of not more than 300 words; illustrations may not be copied. The abstract must contain conspicuous acknowledgment of OTC copyright.

Abstract

In an effort to understand separation phenomena, improve separation technologies, and mitigate the uncertainty and risk associated with separator design and operation at elevated pressures, high-pressure separation tests have been conducted at 1,500 psig and 2,600 psig over a wide range of gas flow rates and inlet liquid concentrations. The tests were performed at the Southwest Research Institute® Multiphase Flow Facility using hydrocarbons ― natural gas and a liquid hydrocarbon model fluid (ExxsolTM D110, with components C12-C17). The experimental test section used during this study was equipped with compact, high-capacity separation technologies that accomplish high liquid removal efficiencies while minimizing footprint. The unit consisted of a CDS Separation Systems inline cyclonic separator for bulk liquid-phase removal and a downstream vertical separator equipped with compact internals (i.e., a vane-type inlet device, drainable mesh pad coalescer, and demisting cyclones). The design of the test skid provided significant flexibility to evaluate the performance of the separation devices alone or in combination. In this paper, the high-pressure separation testing approach, performance trends, and impact of the results are presented and discussed.

Filtration Exhibitors and Networking Attendees

Compass Water Solutions (CWS) provides the global offshore market with ULTRA-SEP® Bilge Water Separators, which guarantee discharge with less than 5ppm! The CWS AQUA-SEP® Reverse Osmosis Systems provides fresh water in modular or skidded designs with a standard CIP membrane cleaning system. Systems are sized from 500 to over 85,000 GPD.

1732 McGaw Avenue
Irvine, CA  96214
United States of America
Phone: 1-949-222-5777
Fax: 1-949-222-5770
URL www.compasswatersolutions.com

Enviro-Tech Systems specializes in all aspects of oil/water separation, including the manufacturing and design of equipment for a complete produced water separation process, the refurbishment or repair of existing equipment, as well as the service and product improvement of all produced water equipment brands; Wemco, US Filter, Monosep and others.

17327 Norwel Dr.
Covington, LA  70435
United States of America
Phone: 1-985-809-6480
Fax: 1-985-809-6422
URL www.envirotechsystems.com

Enviro Voraxial Technology manufactures the Voraxial Separator, a high volume/small footprint continuous-flow separator that separates liquid/liquid, liquid/solid & liquid/liquid/solid mixtures at rates up to 5000gpm without a pressure loss. The Voraxial can handle fluctuations in flow rate and/or oil concentration without any adjustments.

Twin Filter OilBlock™ absorption cartridges are specifically designed and manufactured for the high efficiency removal of free dispersed oils from water.  The cartridges are being successfully applied in the oil and gas industry, bilge water treatment systems, contaminated surface water run-off and other industrial process applications.  The OilBlock absorption cartridge is filled with a unique co-polymer.  This element absorbs the hydrocarbons very fast and actually molecularly bonds the oil.  The water flows radially into the cartridge and the absorption media immediately encapsulates the oil and in time solidifies.  The OilBlock cartridge will fit into Twin Filter standard cartridge filter units.

Laura Dibella, marketing email laura@evtn.com will be on hand to answer your questions.

821 NW 57th Place
Fort Lauderdale, FL  33309
United States of America
Phone: 1-954-958-9968
Fax: 1-954-958-8057
URL www.evtn.com

Darlly Filtration Equipment Co.,Ltd was established in the early 90s. It offers a wide range of water filter cartridges including activated carbon filter cartridge, PP Melt blown filter cartridge, string wound filter cartridge, capsule filter cartridge, PP micro pleated filter cartridges, resin impregnated cellulose filter cartridge.

Xindeng Industrial Park
Fuyang, Zhejiang 311404
China
Phone: 0086-571-63210177, 63210677
Fax: 0086-571-62058127
URL www.darlly.cn

HYDAC Products include: Bladder, Piston Accumulators, Hydraulic and Lubrication Filters, Offline Filters, Filter Elements, Particle Counters, Vacuum Dehydration Systems, Automatic Backflush Water Filters, Coolers, Pressure Transducers and Switches, Ball Valves, and Tube and Hose Clamps, Manifolds and Cartridge Valves.

2280 City Line Rd.
Bethlehem, PA  18017
United States of America
Phone: 1-610-231-9105
Fax: 1-610-264-7529
URL http://www.hydacusa.com

KEM-TRON Technologies product line includes shale shakers, mud cleaners, centrifuges, degassers, mud shearing and mixing equipment, and centrifugal pumps. KEM-TRON's state-of-the-art liquid-solids separation units complete a true closed loop, zero liquid discharge system to minimize waste and cut mud costs while maintaining environmental standards.

10050 Cash Road
Stafford, TX  77477
United States of America
Phone: 1-281-261-5778-148
Fax: 1-281-499-4080
URL www.kemtron.com
 

Pall Subsea

Pentair provides products and systems used worldwide in the movement (pumps), filtration, separation, and storage of various fluids. Products are used extensively in Refineries, Offshore Platforms and Oil & Gas exploration.  Codeline is a leading brand of membrane housings built to maximize the performance of your water purification systems. Codeline is one of the most trusted brands in critical and demanding applications like desalination, reverse osmosis, nanofiltration and ultrafiltration. Pentair Industrial manufactures filter cartridges, filter bags, cartridge housings and bag filter housings (and more) to address a variety of industrial applications.

1040 Muirfield Drive
Hanover Park, IL  60133
United States of America
Phone: 1-630-307-3000
Fax: 1-630-307-3030
URL http://www.pentair.com

Pieralisi manufactures centrifuges and other equipment for industrial process, oil slops treatment, drilling mud, petroleum dehydrated, sludge oil treatment. It also provides mobile plants.

4630 Beloit Dr. Suite 10 
Sacramento, CA  95838
United States of America
Phone: 1-916-993-3981
Fax: 1-916-925-5294
URL http://www.pieralisi-na.com.

 

Racor Division/ Parker Filtration

Recovered Energy Boss Oily Water Separators

Schroeder is a manufacturer of filtration products for the fluid power & process industries that provides value-added solutions for filtering contaminants down to 1 micron from petroleum-based fluids, emulsions, esters & water.  Filter Systems products range from particle monitors to sophisticated PLC-based flushing skids & carts.

580 West Park Road
Leetsdale, PA  15056-1025
United States of America
Phone: 1-724-318-1100
Fax: 1-724-318-1200
URL www.schroederindustries.com

Separation Specialists, Inc manufactures water treating equipment for petroleum & industrial markets, specializing in Induced Gas Flotation and Nut Shell Filtration units with parts, service and PM, rentals, new and refurbished equipment. The newest line, the Pressure Guard Nut Shell Filter, is claimed to be the latest technology in Nut Shell Filtration.

PO Box 21535
Bakersfield, CA  93390
United States of America
Phone: 1-661-746-2206
Fax: 1-661-746-2209
URL http://www.separationspecialists.com

Seven Trent Denora makes products to serve marine/offshore water and waste water treatment needs. Solutions include BALPURE® ballast water treatment, OMNIPURE™ Series 55 marine sewage treatment systems, SANILEC® electrochlorination biofouling control systems, UAT™ reverse osmosis and desalination systems and UltraDynamics® UV disinfection systems.

1110 Industrial Blvd.
Sugar Land, TX  77478
United States of America
Phone: 1-281-274-8448
Fax: 1-281-240-6762
URL www.severntrentdenora.com

SPX manufactures fluid process solutions, metering and blending systems, pumps, heat exchangers, and industrial valves serving offshore, oil and gas, industrial and municipal markets worldwide. Brands exhibiting: APV, Bran+Luebbe, Plenty, Copes-Vulcan, M&J Valve, WCB, LIGHTNIN, Johnson Pump and GD Engineering.

611 Sugar Creek Rd.
Delavan, WI  53115
United States of America
Phone: 1-262-728-1900
Fax: 1-262-728-4904
URL http://www.spxft.com

TS Group

The new high performance type of compact flotation unit (CFU) has been tested offshore and results have been documented by an independent third party. The new CFU has shown removal of oil droplets down to a d50 cut of 2 microns exhibiting increased performance compared to other first generation CFU technologies.

The technology is suitable for use in several applications:

·                  Downstream of the existing degasser as a polishing unit

·                  Downstream of hydro cyclones as a degassing vessel and polishing unit

·                  Downstream of first stage separator as a replacement for traditional equipment such as hydro cyclones and the degassing vessel

·                  In parallel with existing equipment to increase water processing capacity, resulting in increased oil production in many cases.

Versvikvegen 2
3937, Porsgrunn 
Norway
Phone: 0047 35 93 40 00
Fax: 0047 35 93 40 01

http://www.t-s.no/Modules/Page/viewPage.asp?modid=8175&level=8175

Twin Filter designs and manufactures a wide range of filtration equipment and consumables for the offshore industry.  Filter services and solutions are available for completion/gravel pack fluids, work over fluids, water injection, wastewater treatment, pipeline flushing, produced water treatment, sea water intake filtration, pre filtration RO.

1505 HE Zaandam
Zuiddijk, 398
The Netherlands
Phone: +31-75-6555-000
Fax: +31-75-6555-015
URL http://www.twinfilter.com

 

Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies (VWS) is part of Veolia Water - the world’s largest water treatment company. VWS specialises in the turnkey design and build of water treatment plant for the global oil & gas market (upstream or downstream, onshore or offshore).

 

Orbital House 3 Redwood Crescent 
East Kilbride, Glasgow, G74 5PR
United Kingdom
Phone: +441355588000
Fax: +441355588001
URL www.vwsoilandgas.com

Vigilant Environmental Solutions (VES) develops and manufactures a line of cartridges to remove oil from water. Cartridges are capable of removing Free Oil, Oily Emulsions, Water Soluble Organics and Oils, and Mineral Oils from water to non-detectable limits in a single cartridge pass. The new ECO cartridge contains more than 50% recycled material, and is a top performer.

7000 Merrill Ave B-210 Suite F 
Chino, CA  91710
United States of America
Phone: 1-909-597-9508
Fax: 1-909-597-9514
URL www.vigilantenvironmental.com

Pump Highlights

Use of Electrical Submersible Pumping Systems in Offshore and Subsea Environments

Ben D. Gould, Baker Hughes Incorporated

Electrical submersible pumping (ESP) systems have been an efficient method to boost production of oil wells for over half a century. In the past few years, ESP systems have been accepted for use in what once was considered unconventional types of applications, pushing the technology further than ever before. This technology push has encouraged ESP suppliers to devote more time and energy to research and development in order to meet the needs of the expanding application envelope.

This paper will outline the results of the research and development as well as the advancements that have been made or are likely to be made to various components of an ESP system. New and innovative ways in which ESP systems have been deployed as well as the positive effects that these techniques will have on the ultimate well recovery and customer’s return on investment for deepwater projects will be reviewed and discussed. We will highlight the specifics of ESP applications in off-shore and subsea projects, including seabed boosting.

Pump Exhibitors and Networking Attendees

Valve Highlights

An Evaluation of the Fatigue Performance of Subsea Wellhead Systems and Recommendations for Fatigue Enhancements

John T. Evans, Cameron International & John McGrail, 2H Offshore Engineering Ltd

The specification and selection of subsea wellhead systems is typically based on the use of generic system designs which have a defined extreme load capacity. However the fatigue performance of the wellhead system is also a critical aspect of the equipment which may not always be fully evaluated at the specification and selection stage, as the fatigue life is specific to field design parameters. These parameters can include local environmental loading, drilling rig motions, marine riser stack-ups and BOP configurations, and soil conditions, as well as operational parameters such as riser tensions and mud weights which can vary during different stages of the drilling, completion and work-over operations.

This paper will highlight through the use of analytical results the sensitivity of typical wellhead system designs to changes in these design parameters. This will provide an indication of the significance of these parameters on fatigue life predictions for subsea wellhead and conductor systems, and identify scenarios where fatigue is most likely to be of concern.

Valve Exhibitors and Networking Attendees

Chemical Highlights

Development and Performance of Biodegradable Antiscalants for Oilfield Applications

Wayne Dickinson, SPE and Rick Griffin, SPE, Laura Sanders, Chris Lowen, Kemira

Biodegradable scale inhibitors have been developed that provide excellent inhibition of barium sulfate scale and that meet regulatory requirements for application in the North Sea and in other sensitive marine environments. These inhibitors are in compliance with the “yellow-banded” classification issued by the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, meeting ecotoxicity, bioaccumulation, and biodegradation standards. Using turbidity and dynamic tube-blocking protocol, the inhibitors have been shown to provide barium sulfate inhibition comparable to their non-biodegradable equivalents.

Introduction

Deposition of scale on production equipment impairs the production of oil and gas in reservoirs, down hole, surface and injection operations. Scale inhibitors are often a significant portion of the aqueous based chemical stimulation package used in either the stimulation and/or completion of oil/gas wells. Although highly effective, a number of the chemistries used for these applications-polyacrylates, polyphosphonates, and polysulphonates-have low biodegradability and are unable to meet increasingly strict environmental legislation.

A series of improved polymeric scale inhibitors have been developed in accord with the ecotoxicity, bioaccumulation, and biodegradablity standards set by the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR.. These inhibitors are highly effective for control of a variety of alkaline-earth scales and are suitable for use in scaling environments ranging from mild supersaturation to severe conditions where difficult-to-control barium sulfate scales may form. These products perform comparably to their non-biodegradable equivalents while exceeding the standards required for “yellow-banding” status in oil production for the Norwegian sector of North Sea.

Basic polycarboxylic and sulphonated polycarboxylic acid chemistries were used as the basis of the new scale-inhibiting products. The new inhibitors were developed by examination of their scale inhibiting properties relative to conventional polycarboxylates and-in conjunction with biodegradation testing-were optimized with regard to scale inhibition, biodegradability, and price. Characteristics of the chemistries are shown in Table 1.

With the increased biodegradability and excellent scale inhibition performance of these range of chemistries, oil and gas producers can control scale in operations while meeting environmental requirements required in the North Sea and other locations around the world.

Experimental Details

Regulatory Testing

The regulatory requirements for ecotoxicological testing for all chemicals used for offshore drilling in the North Sea are specified in the OSPAR guidelines for the North-East Atlantic. These regulations were implemented in 2001 and are intended to harmonize the mandatory control systems for offshore chemicals. The three categories of tests required by OSPAR are:

• Acute toxicity

• Bioaccumulation

• Seawater biodegradation (persistence)

 Case Study on Polymer Gel to Control Water Coning for Horizontal Well in Offshore Oilfield

Dai Caili, China University of Petroleum, You Qing, Peking University and China University, Xie Yuhong, Zhanjiang Oilfield of CNOOC, He Long, Cui Ya, Northwest Oilfield of SINOPEC, Zhao Fulin, China University of Petroleum.

This paper describes polymer gel with different gelation time for water coning control in horizontal well located in Weizhou 11-4 offshore oilfield, CNOOC, China. The selected horizontal well was shut in with zero oil production and 100% water cut before treatment. This paper also reports the detailed information about the treatment, including production history of this horizontal well, gelants formulas with different gelation time optimization, operational procedure and reservoir performance after treatment. In addition, a method is built up to control water coning for horizontal well in offshore oilfeild. The gelants formulas are 0.30%HPAM +0.60%phenol formaldehyde resin, 0.40%HPAM+0.10%Na2Cr2O7+0.20%(NH2)2CS and 0.40%HPAM+0.20%Na2Cr2O7+0.40%(NH2)2CS, with corresponding gelation time of 3.5 day, 2.0 day and 1.0 day separately at 75 degrees celsius.

The above gelants were successively injected with injection volumes of 384 m3, 256 m3 and 128 m3. The overdisplacing fluid was used to displace gelants away from percolation area. Then the well was shut in for four days in order to form gel that could be used as packer between oil-water interface to control water coning. At the same time, real-time monitoring data about injection pressure and rate were also recorded. The treatment resulted in an oil increase of 16.3~27.4 t/d and average water cut decrease of 6%~9% in one year after treatment.

Treatment Chemical Networkers at the Shows

In addition to the speakers listed above Kemira will have other attendees including Wayne Dickinson 387 Technology Circle, Suite 300, Atlanta, GA 30313 USA

email wayne.dickinson@kemira.com  +1.404.477.6564

Chemical Treatment Exhibitors

Nalco helps customers reduce energy, water and other natural resource consumption, enhance air quality, minimize environmental releases and improve productivity and products while boosting the bottom line. Over 12,000 Nalco employees operate in 150 countries supported by a network of manufacturing facilities, sales offices and research centers.

7705 Highway 90-A
Sugar Land, TX  77478
United States of America
Phone: 1-281-263-7700
Fax: 1-281-263-7900
URL www.nalco.com

Universal Bacteria Specialist (UBS.) claims a breakthrough in the production of an Environmentally (biodegradable) Friendly (GREEN:) & CO$T competitive biocide, ECAT-O&G. Anolyte is utilized for treating water to manage bacteria, protecting fracturing fluids & gels, & ensuring polymer with long-lasting and improved performance.

Chuck Ludwig will be at the stand email cludwig@universalbacteria.com

1117 FM 359, Suite #140
Richmond, TX  77406
United States of America
Phone: 1-281-342-9555
Fax: 1-281-344-9709
URL universalbacteria.com

Bob McIlvaine
President
847 784 0012 ext 112

rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com