scholarly journals Economic threshold of CO2-EOR and CO2 storage in the North Sea: A case study of the Claymore, Scott and Buzzard oil fields

2018 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 271-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kris Welkenhuysen ◽  
Bruno Meyvis ◽  
Rudy Swennen ◽  
Kris Piessens
2017 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 7060-7069 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kris Welkenhuysen ◽  
Bruno Meyvis ◽  
Kris Piessens

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Cogswell

AbstractHistorians have not paid close attention to the activities of freebooters operating out of Dunkirk in the late 1620s. This essay corrects that omission by first studying the threat from Dunkirk to England's east coast and then addressing how the central government, counties, and coastal towns responded. A surprisingly rich vein of manuscript material from Great Yarmouth and particularly from the Suffolk fishing community of Aldeburgh informs this case study of the impact of this conflict around the North Sea.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Kelsey ◽  
Magnus Raaholt ◽  
Olav Einervoll ◽  
Rustem Nafikov ◽  
Stian Amble

Abstract Multilateral technology has for nearly three decades extended the production life of fields in the North Sea by delivering a higher recovery factor supported by the cumulative production of the multiple laterals. Additionally, operators continue to look at methods to reduce the environmental impact of drilling and intervention. Taking advantage of the latest multilateral technology can turn otherwise unviable reservoirs into economically sound targets by achieving a longer field life while minimizing construction costs, risk, and environmental impact. This paper will focus on mature fields in the region that have used multilateral applications for wells that were reaching the end of their life and have been extended to further economic production. This paper discusses challenges faced to provide a multilateral solution for drilling new lateral legs in existing wells where there is a lack of available slots to drill new wells. Additionally, discussion will cover completion designs that tie new laterals into existing production casing. The case study will include discussion of workover operations, isolation methods, and lateral creation systems. The paper focuses on the challenges, solutions, and successful case study of a retrofit multilateral well constructed in the North Sea which extended production life in a mature field by using innovative multilateral re-entry methods. The paper also provides insight as to methodology for continually improving reliability of multilateral installations to maximize efficiencies.


2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Thomas ◽  
L.-S. Schiettecatte ◽  
K. Suykens ◽  
Y. J. M. Koné ◽  
E. H. Shadwick ◽  
...  

Abstract. The coastal ocean is a crucial link between land, the open ocean and the atmosphere. The shallowness of the water column permits close interactions between the sedimentary, aquatic and atmospheric compartments, which otherwise are decoupled at long time scales (≅ 1000 yr) in the open oceans. Despite the prominent role of the coastal oceans in absorbing atmospheric CO2 and transferring it into the deep oceans via the continental shelf pump, the underlying mechanisms remain only partly understood. Evaluating observations from the North Sea, a NW European shelf sea, we provide evidence that anaerobic degradation of organic matter, fuelled from land and ocean, generates total alkalinity (AT) and increases the CO2 buffer capacity of seawater. At both the basin wide and annual scales anaerobic AT generation in the North Sea's tidal mud flat area irreversibly facilitates 7–10%, or taking into consideration benthic denitrification in the North Sea, 20–25% of the North Sea's overall CO2 uptake. At the global scale, anaerobic AT generation could be accountable for as much as 60% of the uptake of CO2 in shelf and marginal seas, making this process, the anaerobic pump, a key player in the biological carbon pump. Under future high CO2 conditions oceanic CO2 storage via the anaerobic pump may even gain further relevance because of stimulated ocean productivity.


CONVERSAZIONES were held this year on 6 May and 24 June. At the first conversazione twenty-four exhibits and a film were shown. Dr P. E. Kent, F.R.S., and Mr P. J. Walmsley of The British Petroleum Company Limited arranged an exhibit demonstrating the latest progress in the exploration for hydrocarbons in the North Sea. The established gas fields and the recently discovered oil fields were shown on maps together with sections which illustrated their structure. Seismic sections and geological interpretations were exhibited to show the type of information being obtained in the North Sea and the structural complexities which arise. A scale model of one of the semi-submersible drilling outfits used in North Sea exploration was on display together with a sample of British North Sea oil.


Author(s):  
R. Veenhof ◽  
T.J. Moser ◽  
I. Sturzu ◽  
D. Dowell ◽  
A.M. Popovici ◽  
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Author(s):  
O. Yilmaz ◽  
J. Rutledge ◽  
O. Sandvin ◽  
P. Farmer ◽  
R. Roberts
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