Subsea boosting and processing technology, a solution for enhancing oil recovery of offshore fields
Abstract
Offshore exploration and production activities have been boomed since the 1950s and increasingly developed with the active participation of the world’s leading oil and gas companies. According to statistics by 2010, offshore production regions represented nearly 650 billion barrels of oil equivalent (Gboe), accounting for 20% of known remaining global oil reserves [1]. Nevertheless, offshore production requires complex technologies as a result of water depth, fluid characteristics (viscosity, density, and impurities) and reservoir conditions (temperature, pressure, etc.) involved. This article introduces Subsea Boosting and Processing (SBP) technology, a new development which has been researched and tested with the aim of enhancing oil recovery of offshore fields, especially fields with high density oil and/or low pressure reservoir.
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