Aquateam - INTSOK - Norwegian Oil and Gas Partners

Aquateam



Company type: R&D, Consulting & Training, FinancingCapability Clusters: Environmental Protec. & Emission Mgmt. /uploads/img/PartnerLogos/Aquateam.png INTSOK´s partners´ IOR CapabilitiesAquateam is a leading consultancy company delivering consultancy, R&D to industry, local and state authorities, nationally and internationally. Providing specialised consultancy services and R&D in water treatment, water quality and environmental risk assessment, Aquateam has been active in the energy sector for > 25 years. Our expert base is the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Services include: produced water re-injection studies (lab, pilot & full scale), water treatment technology evaluation & optimization, operational support, system performance & trouble shooting, discharge studies, oilfield microbiology & corrosion, water injection, chemical process optimization, environmental risk assessment & optimisation, lab services & instrument leasing.

  • Data Acqusition
    Lab based and full scale studies including:
    • Reservoir fluid control
    • Reservoir souring evaluations and prognosis
    • Mapping of reservoir fluids and souring patterns in the near well-bore area
    • Souring mitigation studies in seawater, aquifer and produced water for reinjection
    • Control of reservoir and fluid parameters during produced water reinjection
    • Microbial control within fluid handling
    • Corrosion control in fluids handling and transportation
    • Optimisation of process design & operation to optimise fluids production
    • Control and optimisation of injectivity parameters including particles and scaling
    • Microbial induced corrosion evaluations in transport, communication and umbilical lines
    • Lab-scale flooding studies for reservoir control and exploitation
    • Investigation of well specific parameters (schmoo, souring, corrosion, injection)
    Chemical Flooding
    • Souring mitigation studies using packed bed column bioreactors
    • Testing of field specific microbial populations for souring capacity and reactions to varied IOR/mitigation strategies:
    • Nitrate
    • Nitrite
    • Biocides
    • Nutrient addition (varying carbon sources, phosphate availability etc)
    • Oxygen addition
    • Carbon dioxide addition, etc
    • Fluids commingling
    • Effect of flooding strategies on corrosion (chemical & microbiological)
    • Fluid viscosity and impact on plugging/injectivity
    • MEOR & environmental risk assessment
    • Full scale field trials with nitrate and nitrite
    • Monitoring of produced water re-injection programmes:
    • Backflow studies & reservoir mapping
    Water Management
    Integrated management of water streams (produced, seawater, aquifer and PWRI) to maintain optimum process conditions including:
    • Mapping emulsion formation potential due to:
    • Scale production
    • Fluids recirculation
    • Wax deposition
    • Asphaltene production
    • FeS formation in flowlines/ topsides process
    • Chemical overdosing
    • Schmoo formation & control
    • Solids formation & control
    • Topsides microbial control (biofouling, MIC & solids & emulsion formation)
    • Injection water
    • PWRI (produced water re-injection)
    • Aquifer fluids
    • Pigging surveys
    • Produced water system mapping
    • Optimisation, operational support and on-the job training of operators for water treatment equipment offshore and onshore
    • Treatability & feasibility studies of different technology solutions for on- and offshore water treatment
 

 
 
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