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Carefully Think About Oil and Gas Industry Before Boycott Us

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We are working in oil and gas industry and many times we see many media, NGO’s, people want to ban oil forever. They make themselves look like heroes when they want to save the earth. However, this is totally impractical as you know. The Oil and Gas Industry is one of the biggest businesses in the world and without oil and gas industry many businesses will not be able to operate. People are a consumer of oil & gas both direct and indirect way, so we are relying on this industry.

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 If you meet people who think oil and gas is a bad business for them so you need to tell them to stop using oil and any related products. It is very simple! Following are few easy steps which you can show them in order to stop Oil & Gas industry and make positive impact on the climate change. Continue reading →

Well Construction Objectives for Exploration Wells, Appraisal Wells and Development Wells

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Well planning, design and construction phases are mainly concerned with three objectives:

  1. Well objectives as producing or exploring.
  2. Environmental and Safety Objectives
  3. Total expenditure and budget of the project

The above mentioned objectives do not come with standard specific goals and vary based on the location and environment of operations. The planning team has to correctly identify all the goals and factors that influence the project.

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The first step of well planning is Well Proposal or Statement of Requirements and it is mainly concerned with the Exploration and Reservoir Engineering Department. The contents of this document include the specific objectives of the well and are can be classified as Exploration, Appraisal or Development. Continue reading →

Why is Gas Flared?

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In petrochemical facilities and refineries flares are important for safety.  These burn the excess hydrocarbon gases in a safe manner as these can’t be recycled or recovered.  These excess hydrocarbon gases are burnt in the flare systems in a manner that is environmentally-sound.  This is an alternative to releasing this vapor directly into our atmosphere.

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When flaring occurs this excess gas is combined with air and or steam and burnt off in the flare system which produces carbon dioxide and water vapor.  This process is similar to the burning of LPG or liquefied petroleum gases.  Some of us use these as fuel for home cooking.

Flair use is minimized as much as possible, but it can occur during a shut down or a start-up of any one of our facilities during the maintenance period or during unplanned operational interruptions such as a power outage. Continue reading →