WIRELINE Spring 2017

News Round-Up | Oil & Gas UK

10. Guidelines on high-pressure, high-temperature wells

New guidelines from Oil & Gas UK focus on wells with high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) properties. The publication reflects ongoing efforts to continually review and improve the safety of all aspects of well practices on the UK Continental Shelf. It provides information on project planning, HPHT cementing, and well construction, testing and abandonment. The guidelines provide the sector with a common framework to outline good practice, reduce operational complexity and improve safety performance.

Guidelines are free for members of Oil & Gas UK and purchasable by non-members. Download a copy at http://bit.ly/hphtwells.

11. MER UK in practice

The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) is now an independent government company and has published a range of documents outlining strategies for exploration, information management, the supply chain, asset stewardship, decommissioning, technology and enhanced oil recovery. This follows an event late last year on MER UK in Practice where the OGA discussed how it will seek to regulate, influence and promote the UK Continental Shelf to maximise economic recovery.

You can access the MER UK strategies at http://bit.ly/MERUKstrategies.

12. CDA’s Unstructured Data Challenge

Nine companies have taken part in Common Data Access Limited’s (CDA) Unstructured Data Challenge to demonstrate how modern data science techniques can extract value from CDA’s archive of 50-plus years of exploration data. Agile Data Decisions, AGR Software, Cray Inc., Flare Solutions, Hampton Data Services, Independent Data Services, Kadme, New Digital Business and Schlumberger Information Solutions used the data to explore how wells could be drilled more cheaply and with reduced risks; how prospective areas could be identified in a fraction of the time and cost; how time-consuming tasks, such as well log quality control, could be automated; and to identify formation analogues. Initial results from their work were revealed at an industry workshop, jointly hosted with ECIM, on 30 November in Aberdeen. CDA intends to progress the findings in 2017 to improve the accessibility and quality of data held in UKOilandGasData.com and to support industry insight in this important area.

13. Aberdeen City Region Deal signed Oil & Gas UK hosted the official signing of the Aberdeen City Region Deal by Lord Dunlop, Keith Brown MSP, Councillor Jenny Laing of Aberdeen City Council, Councillor Richard Thomson of Aberdeenshire Council and Sir Ian Wood. The deal, signed in November, commits both the UK and Scottish Governments to invest up to £250 million jointly to boost infrastructure and connectivity in the north east of Scotland. Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council and local partners will also invest up to £44 million over the next decade. The deal includes an appraisal of the region’s transport requirements, expansion of Aberdeen Harbour and funding for the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC). Colette Cohen of the OGTC also addressed the audience.

L-R: Lord Dunlop; Councillor Jenny Laing; Sir Ian Wood; Councillor Richard Thomson; Keith Brown MSP; and Colette Cohen

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