Field Development Case Studies

Dalia Deepwater Field by Total

Introduction

Location of Field
Congo River Block 17

Formed 25 million years ago Sediments pushed out from mouth of Congo River Location of fields detected by using seismic imaging processing technique

Description of Field
Layers of sediment forming the Cap Rock of reservoir

Water zone (shown in blue)

Bottom of reservoir (shown in red)

Reservoirs are shown in yellow and orange 800 m of sediment to mud line 67 highly deviated wells
34 production wells, 30 water injection wells, 3 gas injection wells 9 Pipeline end manifolds, 67 xmas (Christmas) trees

Description of Field

1400 m water depth Different sizes of tubings will be used depending on their production and productivity Intelligent completion wells to penetrate different reservoirs

Description of Field
Contain up to a billion barrels of oil Field extends over an area of 230 square kilometers Water depths ranging from 1,200 to 1,500 meters Brought on stream on December 13, 2006 Currently produces 250,000 barrels per day Estimated life of around 20 years 175 kilometers of lines and subsea cables snake across the ocean floor 71 wells have been drilled, requiring close to 3,000 days of work.

Description of Field
Flexible risers Individual wells Pipeline end manifold Flowlines Pipe lines

No light at 1400 m water depth Seabed also known as mud-line Temperature of 4C Use of remote-operated-vehicles (ROVs)

Field Installation
Monitor on surface

Manipulator arm

Use of ROVs, controls from surface Equipment designed to be installed by ROVs ROVs equipped with cameras, lights, manipulator arms

Xmas Trees
Xmas tree Control panel Flowline

Well head (of production well)

Xmas trees (valve manifold) are connected to each well Produce reservoir fluids or inject water or gas

Pipeline End Manifold (PLEM)

Pipe line

Flow line

Collects fluid from reservoirs through production wells and transport them to surface by pipelines and risers Umbilicals of cables and tubes carry instrument signals, electrical power, hydraulic fluids and chemicals

Insulation on Fluid Lines

Flexible risers

Pipe line

Production equipment are insulated Production pipeline are insulated with special material in pipein-pipe technology Flexible risers are insulated with special materials

Integrated Production Bundle (IPB) Risers

Carry production fluids from PLEM to surface facilities IBPs are insulated and heated to limit cooling in event of shutdown IBPs also include gas lift lines

Integrated Production Bundle (IPB) Risers

Carry production fluids from PLEM to surface facilities IBPs are insulated and heated to limit cooling in event of shutdown IBPs also include gas lift lines

Production by FPSO

Field is far from shore could not develop pipeline infrastructure to transfer viscous oil Deep water depth of 1400 m FPSO to process, store and offload dead crude

Production by FPSO

2 million barrel of crude storage 30,000 tonnes of topside equipment for processing, storage and offloading

Arrangement of FPSO

Helideck Survival crafts

Living quarters of 190 crew located above the hull, 137 rooms LQ designed to be gas tight, resist hydrocarbon fires and explosions Helideck and telecom tower located on top deck of LQ Evacuation by 4 units of motorised survival crafts

Offloading to via Buoy

Offloading via CALM buoy located 2 km from FPSO Offloading once every 5 days during plateau production

Field Development - Drilling

Drilling by Pride Africa and Pride Angola drillships

Field Development FPSO New Con

New construction of Dalia FPSO in DSME

Field Development FPSO New Con

Installation of topside modules at DSME Yard in South Korea

Field Development Xmas Trees

Fabrication of Xmas trees and pipeline end manifolds Shallow water test of Xmas trees and pipeline end manifolds

Field Development Manifold

Fabrication of subsea manifold support (shipped to Luanda)

Field Development Offloading Buoy

Fabrication of Offloading buoy

Field Development Pipe laying

Pipe laying of risers and umbilicals flowlines (UFL) by DeepBlue installation vessel

Dalia Field Development Milestone

September 1997: Dalia Field was discovered April 2003: Development project begins January-August 2004: FPSO hull built in South Korea February 2005: Drillships begin drilling campaign May 2005: Installation of the barge's topsides begins December 2005: Installation of subsea components begins September 2006: FPSO arrives on site December 2006: First oil

Dalia FOSO Interesting figures

300 meters long, 60 meters wide and 32 meters high Weighs 416,000 metric tons, nearly 30,000 metric tons for the topsides alone Living quarters can accommodate up to 190 people Entire project took over 15 million man-hours to install this (entire) complex structure, at a total cost of about USD 4 billion. USD 4,000,000,000 = SGD 7,000,000,000 1 plate of Nasi Lemak = SGD 3.