Barge Assisted Coiled Tubing Operations in the South China Sea | SLB

Barge Assisted Coiled Tubing Operations in the South China Sea

Published: 06/01/2011

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PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd. operates a handful of small platforms in offshore Malaysia, in the Malay Basin area, located in the South China Sea. Most of these platforms were designed with limited crane capacity of a maximum five mega-ton load and small deck space area. After many years of production, the fields began experiencing sand production, water cut and/or large skin factors, thus requiring well interventions and treatments such as matrix stimulation, water shut off or sand clean out to sustain and/or enhance production. Coiled tubing intervention is the most effective method to achieve these goals, but can be a difficult task with limited platform facilities. This case study confirmed that CT operations can be cost-effectively performed with the support of a work barge on platforms that cannot accommodate all of the necessary equipment.

Barge Assisted Coiled Tubing Operations in the South China Sea
Location
Malaysia, Asia
Publication
Oilfield Technology
Article Topics
Coiled Tubing Intervention Unconventional Resources