Technical Challenges in Deepwater Operations for Oil and Gas Industry

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Background of the organization: Schlumberger
Schlumberger is one of the leading producers of technology in the world for the
characterization of reservoirs, drilling, production as well as processing of oil and gas. The
organization works in more than 85 countries and employs about 100,000 people from 140
nations. The organization provides a comprehensive range of services and products from
solutions of pore to pipeline to exploration for efficient recovery of oil or gas (Slb.com 2018)
Problem Statement: Technical Challenges
Due to an increasing global demand of energy, the organization faces an
unprecedented technical challenge to meet the rise in the demand. This requires development
of technology that can allow access to sources of hydrocarbons, previously thought
inaccessible or unrecoverable; extend production in mature fields as well as improve the
utilization of unconventional sources. The key technical challenges faced by the organization
include: deepwater operations, flow assurance, geothermal services, unconventional
resources, heavy oil, enhanced oil recovery, exploration, geomechanics, high pressure and
high temperature and carbonate reservoirs (slb.com, 2018). In this context, the challenges of
deepwater operations will be discussed.
Tools for analysis of the problem:
Several parameters are useful for measuring the feasibility of a deepwater operation.
These include seismic interpretation, seismic inversion studies, evaluation of deepwater
reservoirs and deepwater flow testing can used for the analysis of the challenges and allow
effective operational design (Slb.com, 2018).
Seismic interpretations for deepwater oil/gas well are required to be precise. Pore
pressures can be analyzed by measuring the overburden and layer thickness along with the