AVAILABILITY ASSESSMENT OF A RAW GAS RE-INJECTION PLANT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF OIL AND GAS
Abstract
Driven by the needs of highly competitive markets, the performance requirements of today’s production systems are becoming increasingly demanding. High availability is one of the key requirements for new machines and industrial plants. The objective of the present study is the assessment of the availability of a Gas Re-injection Plant used for the production of oil and gas in the Kashagan field (Kazakhstan). In order to assess the availability performance of this complex system, a broad set of studies has been carried out to gather accurate information at the level of detail considered suitable to meet the availability analysis target. Following this preliminary work, the availability analysis was performed using a simulation approach. The RBD (Reliability Block Diagram) technique, in conjunction with Monte Carlo simulations, allowed many different elements to be evaluated simultaneously to determine the plant availability.
Event details
- Event
- Exploring New Frontiers of Instrumentation and Methods for Electrical and Electronic Measurements
- Technical Committee
- TC4
- Place
- Florence, ITALY
- Time
- 22 September 2008 - 24 September 2008
- Website
- http://www.imeko2008.org/