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Gas field planning tool

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

J. van Berkel ,
U. Kaymak ,
G. Kulawksi ,
T. Weisenborn  and
M. White
J. van Berkel*
Affiliation:
EPT-RO, Shell International Exploration and Production, Volmerlaan 8, Rijswijk
U. Kaymak
Affiliation:
EPT-RO, Shell International Exploration and Production, Volmerlaan 8, Rijswijk
G. Kulawksi
Affiliation:
EPT-RO, Shell International Exploration and Production, Volmerlaan 8, Rijswijk
T. Weisenborn
Affiliation:
EPT-RO, Shell International Exploration and Production, Volmerlaan 8, Rijswijk
M. White
Affiliation:
EPT-RO, Shell International Exploration and Production, Volmerlaan 8, Rijswijk
*
1Corresponding author; e-mail: j.t.vanberkel@siep.shell.com
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Abstract

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Gas Field Planning Tool (GFPT) was developed in 1990 by the Shell Group of Companies to fill the need for a tool for gas field planning and development using deterministic subsurface and surface models. Main initiators were Shell Canada, NAM (the Netherlands), Shell Expro (UK) and BSP (Shell Brunei), as these companies are major gas producers.

Shell Companies now have several years experience with using the GFPT. Application ranges from simple single field models to corporate-level models with a large number of gas reservoirs and wells. Shell companies now using GFPT models are Shell Expro (UK), BSP (Brunei), SSB (Malaysia), Shell Canada, SPDC (Nigeria), SDA (Australia), Woodside (Australia), PDO (Oman), NAM (the Netherlands), New Business Development (e.g. Lunar Project) and in future also Shell Egypt.

NAM currently has a GFPT model for the Anjum field in Friesland and for the Ten Arlo field in the north of Holland.

GFPT is currently being migrated to an HFPT (Hydrocarbon Field Planning Tool), which can also be used for planning of condensate, oil and water developments and for control of hydrocarbon compositions in the network using PVT de-lumping at the well head (e.g. for LNG plants) and optimisation techniques (linear, non-linear or based on bean-back lists).

Keywords

softwaremultiple fieldsgas field planning toolAnjum Field
Type
Conference papers
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 80 , Issue 1 , April 2001 , pp. 103 - 105
Copyright
Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2001

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