Process design for offshore oil and gas production in cold ocean environment

• Published in: The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering
• Main Author: Sen, D. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1988
• Subjects: Beaufort Sea; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cjce.5450660522; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fcjce.5450660522; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/cjce.5450660522

Abstract Many considerations influence the design of offshore oil and gas processing facilities such as type of platform, weight and space limitations, environmental conditions, government regulations, drilling support, enhanced recovery, and logistics of supply and market factors. Some of these factors have major impacts on the design and make offshore facilities different from those on land. This paper discusses some typical case scenarios with particular emphasis on processing crude oil in a cold ocean environment such as the Grand Banks off Newfoundland or Beaufort Sea. It describes certain basic requirements for the process design on offshore platforms. Every design is unique for its particular situation.