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Key Steps to Asset Life Extension – Case: the Facilities Upgrade

Key Steps to Asset Life Extension – Case: the Facilities Upgrade

For the majority of older facilities the current production and processing environment has changed significantly since its early days. Typically current produced water flow rate is now similar to the original oil production rate. Coupled with increasing operational and maintenance overheads and obsolete control technology, this often threatens to bring lifting costs above production revenues. read more…

PEAK Performance – Producing the Limits

PEAK Performance – Producing the Limits

Producing the Limits (PtL) is a methodology for identification of where additional production can be gained in the short term, typically focussing on a period of one to two years, although this can be applied to medium and long term gains depending on the level of capital investment allocated by the operator. read more…

Jasmine Well Test

Jasmine Well Test

Company: ConocoPhillips

Project: Jasmine Well Test

Location: North Sea

Overview:

ConocoPhillips approached Peak recognising they lacked the specialist area of expertise required for their work on the Jasmine Platform. read more…

Offshore SIL Verification Methodology

Offshore SIL Verification Methodology

Company: EnQuest

Project: Offshore SIL Verification Methodology

Overview:

EnQuest required the development of a SIL verification procedure and Excel analytical tool, which enabled SIL classification of instrumented systems to be verified and demonstrated to the UK Health and Safety Executive. read more…

Offshore SIL Verification Methodology

Fire and Gas Upgrade

Company: EnQuest

Project: Fire and Gas Upgrade

Location: Thistle Alpha Platform, North Sea, UKCS

Overview:

In 2013, PEAK was approached by EnQuest in order to develop a fire, gas, and smoke philosophy shut down hierarchy for the Thistle platform – post LLX. This was to cover the whole platform, including process, utilities, mothballed modules, drilling and accommodation. read more…

Offshore SIL Verification Methodology

Thistle Alpha Late Life Extension

Company: EnQuest

Project: Thistle Alpha Late Life Extension

Location: North Sea, UKCS

Overview:

PEAK has been involved from the beginning in the conceptualisation and implementation of a process simplification and late life extension project on a first generation platform in the North Sea, which commenced production in the mid 1970s. read more…

Zirku Island ESD Upgrade Conceptual Study

Zirku Island ESD Upgrade Conceptual Study

Company: ZADCO

Project: Zirku Island ESD Upgrade Conceptual Study

Location: Abu Dhabi

Overview:

In 2013 PEAK was approached to get involved in a conceptual study for ZADCO, which aimed to detail the required Emergency Shutdown (ESD) upgrades to an oil/gas separation and stabilisation plant. This work was required in order to meet the latest industry standards. read more…