CHALLENGE: ROBUST COST EFFECTIVE DESIGNS
CAPCIS
expertise is increasingly sought throughout all phases
of the engineering and procurement process in the development
of oil and gas projects:
- Design Audits – CAPCIS undertakes Design
Audits prior to project sanction providing independent
verification of all aspects from the Design Basis,
interpretation of Production Chemistry, Material Selection
philosophies, design and operational Mitigation Strategies,
Corrosion Risk Assessments, CP design and Construction
and Commissioning.
- Life Cycle Trade-Offs – For Well Construction
and Pipeline Designs, integrating the evaluation of
alternative materials with the development of Mitigation
Strategies and Operational Philosophies to manage
Residual Risk is becoming increasingly important.
For example, mitigation strategies vary from ‘designing-out’
through the use of expensive exotic materials; to
the management of inherent risk through robust inhibition,
integrity and monitoring strategies.
- Inhibitor Selection and Performance– The
use of carbon steel plus inhibition in ever more stringent
conditions demands increasingly rigorous approaches
to chemical selection, deployment and performance
optimisation in the field. CAPCIS has developed an
unrivalled reputation in the provision of laboratory
testing, consultancy services an field trials in this
key technical field.
- Materials Qualification trends are driven by the
industries push to develop new reserves in harsher
physical and operating environments; the growing costs
of intervention/replacement; and the lack of operating
history for new materials such as flexible risers
under severe operating conditions. CAPCIS’s
unique sour laboratories, HP/HT Autoclave and Fatigue
Testing provide Operators and Contractors an independent
service to qualify materials against increasingly
challenging contractual specifications.
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