Oil Field Chemistry Symposium 2023
Tuesday 14 March 2023
14.30
Short Course
Energy Transition and Production Chemistry
Speakers TBA
20.00
Dinner in the hotel restaurant
08.00
Registration
Wednesday 15 March 2023
08.30
Welcome
Chair 2023 Øystein Birketveit, SLB Production Chemicals, Norway
08.35
Key Note
The story of a new production chemist
K. Madsen, Ø. Strand, L. Lid, G. Ryste, L. Iversen, SLB Production Chemistry, Norway
Energy Transition
Chair: Øystein Birketveit, SLB Production Chemicals, Norway
09.00
1 The Impact of Net Zero on Production Chemistry
Stephen Heath, Creative Chemical Solution, UK
Stephen Heath, Creative Chemical Solution, UK
09.30
2 Value-added Decarbonatization via Carbon Dioxide Conversion to Cyclic Carbonates
Xiaofeng Wang, Analette Carrasco, Catherine Blackwell, Douglas Nugent, Corby Roberts, Onome Ugono, Sankaran Murugesan, and Jerry Weers, Baker Hughes, USA and UK
10.00
Break and Refreshments
Scale
Chair: Gordon Graham, Scaled Solutions and Kristian Sandengen, Equinor
10.30
3 Scale Control in Long Horizontals Producing Through Complex Reservoir Facies:
A Case History from Edvard Grieg
Gaël Chupin, Lisbeth Iversen, Aker BP, Elisabeth Finstad, John Arne Hermundstad, Alexander Nelson, SLB Production Chemistry, Norway
11.00
4 Development of a Process for Producing Realistic Scale Deposits
on Field Bore Tubing to Test Removal Methods
Andrew Fyfe, David Nichols, Gordon Graham, Scaled Solutions LTD, UK Jone Waage, Aker BP, Norway
11.30
5 Is Hyme field scale protected after six years shut-down?
Olav M. Selle, Dorota Dudasova, Equinor ASA, Alex Thornton,Terje Bratseth, Clariant
12.00
Lunch
EOR - Enhanced Oil Recovery
Chair: Gordon Graham, Scaled Solutions and Steve Heath, Creative Chemical Solutions
15.30
6 Impact of Pressure Variation on Brine Composition and Calcite Saturation
Index in Production Wells during CO2-WAG EOR in Carbonate Reservoirs
J. B. Gusmao and E. J. Mackay, Heriot-Watt University, UK
16.00
7 Optimization of Cyclic Polymer Flood in a Heterogeneous Reservoir
Oscar Vazquez, Moosa Al Habsi and Elokda Mohamed Elokda, Heriot-Watt University, UK
16.30
Break and Refreshments
Mercury
Chair: Gordon Graham, Scaled Solutions and Steve Heath, Creative Chemical Solutions
17.00
8 Mercury distribution in the oil & gas value chain way
Eleni Panteli, Equinor ASA, Nor
17.30
9 Modelling Elemental Mercury Partitioning and Transport:
-A Case Study of Fenris: A New Offshore High Pressure, High Temperature Gas-Condensate Field
A.R. Farrell, G.M. Graham, D. M. Frigo, Scaled Solutions LTD, UK B-A. Hugaas, Chr. Vikre, Aker BP, H. Mohorikar, Aker Solutions, Norway
18.00
End of day one
18.15
Social Event
19.30
Registration Oil FIeld Chemistry Synposium
Hotel Lobby
20.00
Dinner in the hotel restaurant
Thursday 16 March
Digital
Chai: Sylvi Høiland, Equinor and Kolbjørn Johansen, Aker BP
08.30
10 Improving Scale Management by Combining Digital Tools to Calculate
Ion Values from Individual Subsea Wells in Co-mingled Flow
W. Keogh, C. Møinichen, R. Ejventh, K. Espedal Jemsby, Ø. Birketveit, SLB Production Chemistry, R. Nautnes, OKEA ASA, Norway
09.00
11 Formation waters on NCS. Which minerals are at saturation
and why didn’t CaSO4 form on the Oda field?
Kristian Sandengen, Equinor ASA, Norway
09.30
12 Cost Effective Production Chemical Program Management using Big Data
Jonathan Anthony Collins and Kathiravan Silvam Baker Hughes, UK
10.00
Break and Refreshments
Corrosion
Sylvi Høiland, Equinor and Kolbjørn Johansen, Aker BP
10.30
13 Development of a suitable corrosion inhibitor for MEG regeneration and reclamation systems
Abdulati Rafefi & Adedamola Adelusi, Baker Hughes, UK
11.00
14 Implementation of a new corrosion and scale control strategy for a subsea multiphase
transport pipeline – how we managed the challenges
I. Andersen Johnsen, A-M. Koren Halvorsen, K-A. Lian, M-E.Planting Skjeldnes, E.Storås, R.Fjær Rosvold, All Equinor ASA, Norway
H2S Challenges
Chair: Sylvi Høiland, Equinor and Kolbjørn Johansen, Aker BP
11.30
15 High H2S Sour Condition CI Evaluation Challenges
Scott Fairley, Hunter Thomson, Rodney Madjitey, Caroline Simpson, Gordon M. Graham Scaled Solutions Ltd, UK
12.00
16 Development and Modelling of the Test Methodology for Iron Sulphide (FeS) Scale Prediction
Khosro Jarrahian, Ken Stuart Sorbie, Heriot-Watt University, UK Giulia Ness, Flow Confidimus, UK
12.30
Lunch
Hydrates
Chair: Gill Ross, Harbour Energy and Oscar Vazguez, Heriot-Watt Univer
15.30
17 Exploring the possibilities of a regression model for the prediction of wetting index from crude
Elise Lunde Gjelsvik, Kristin Tøndel, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway, Martin Fossen, Anders Brunsvik, SINTEF AS, Norway
16.00
18 Know your value chain! Assessment of performing a well clean-up operation to land facilities
Maria Lioliou, Julien F. Faber, Monika Franke, Anne Marie K. Halvorsen, Equinor ASA, Norway
16.30
Break and Refreshments
17.00
19 Environmentally Acceptable (Yellow) Anti-Agglomerant for the Most Stingent
Environmentally Conscious Regions
Scot H. Bodnar; Goswinus H.M. de Kruijff, Jonathan Wylde, Jarle Skjold, Nirupam Purkayastha, Clariant, Stephan Hatscher and Luis Ugueto, Wintershall DEA Norge AS
17.30
20 Determination of Levels of Production Chemicals in Water Phase using Capillary Electrophoresis
Liridon Aliti and Simon Ivar Andersen, Danish Technology University, Denmark
Poster Session
The following posters will be presented as three minutres teasers
*1. Application and Monitoring Techniques of an Iron Sulphide Scale Inhibitor to Reduce Solids in Stabilized Emulsions
Bethanni McCabe, Miriam Barber, Malgorzata Wronska, Baker Hughes, UK
2. Modelling of Stimulation Fluid Placement and Flow in Carbonate Reservoirs
Samantha Wilson, Gordon M. Graham, David Nichols, Hanen Ben Abdallah Bellio Scaled Solutions LTD, UK
3. Retention of Scale Inhibitors on Carbonate Rocks: Overview And Modelling
Khosro Jarrahian, Mahdi Kalantari Meybodi, Mike. A. Singleton, Lorraine. S. Boak, Kenneth. S. Sorbie, O. Vazquez, E. Mackay, Heriot-Watt University, UK
*4. Relationship of surface tension with surfactant concentration
Sunder Ramachandran, Daniel Fakunle, Jonathan Vargas, Baker Hughes, USA, Bethanni McCabe, Baker Hughes, UK
5. Green Molecules for Demulsification
Kekeli Ekoue-Kovi and Wojciech Jakubowski,Baker Hughes, USA
**6. CFD as Complementary Tool for Analyzing and Verifying Empirical Data and Observations for Enhance Chemicals Utilization
– Cases Studiesbr>
John B. Sabey, Gregory Hallahan, and Raul Gonzalo, ProSep, UK
7. Reduction and Elimination of Sheen in the Scean caused by Overboard Water from Offshore Crude Oil Production Facilities
Leonora Franca, Daniel Fakunle Tomasi Ledesma, Rene Troche- Baez, Baker Hughes, USA
8. Organic acid inhibition in crude oils
Rachael Cole, Simon Våge, Marius Lilletveit, Bakary Jang Konateh, Tore Nordvik and Johannes Rosnes
19.00
End of day two
20.00
Aperitiff and Conference Dinner
Friday 17 March 2023
09.00
21 Extensive deposition in process equipment on Gullfaks C due to MBO H2S scavenger
S. Høiland, K. Leversen, M. Lioliou, Equinor ASA, Norway Ø. Birketveit, SLB Production Chemistry, Norway
09.30
22 Dead-legs in subsea production systems with high gas volume fractions are not
so dead as they appear at first glance
Pål Johnsen, A/S Norske Shell, Norway
10.00
23 Effect of Cancelling Nitrat Injection and increased Biocide Treatment on Reservoir Souring
Lilian Strand Ree, Kolbjørn Johansen, Jone Waage, Aker BP, Norway
10.30
End of conference
Øystein Birketveit, SLB and program chair
10.50
Transport to train bound for Oslo (11:12)
11.15
Coach departure from hotel for Oslo airport Gardermoen ETA 1500
11.30
Transport for train bound for Bergen at 1156
