Initial experience with an Underwater Manifold Centre

Conference · Mon Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984 · Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5982758

Osborne, J M

In July 1983 comingled production from the first two completed wells of the Shell/Esso Underwater Manifold Centre (the UMC), reached the Cormorant Alpha platform. This moment was the culmination of design and development effort which had begun as early as the spring of 1975. But being both the largest subsea system to become operational in the North Sea, and the first designed to the production of several subsea wells, whilst injecting into others, how would the UMC continue to perform. This paper details the operational experience gained to date with the UMC, tracing its brief history since it was first powered up in September 1982 to the present. This is discussed in the main body of the paper under the headings: Commissioning Experience; Operating Experience; Reliability and Maintenance.

• Research Organization: Shell Expro (U.K.)
• OSTI ID: 5982758
• Report Number(s): CONF-8410154-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States) Journal Volume: SPE12978
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
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42 ENGINEERING
423000 -- Engineering-- Marine Engineering-- (1980-)
ATLANTIC OCEAN
DESIGN
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
MAINTENANCE
MINERAL RESOURCES
NORTH SEA
OFFSHORE PLATFORMS
OIL WELLS
OPERATION
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
RELIABILITY
RESOURCES
SEAS
SURFACE WATERS
UNDERWATER FACILITIES
WELLS