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72 Kazakhstan has the power to become a centre of excellence for the selection and deployment of flow assurance technology across the industry. Multiphase flow modelling and sand management expertise will be key. Kazakhstan Upstream oil & gas technology and R&D roadmap
3.1 Flow assurance and sand control Challenge commentary Kazakhstan’s upstream oil and gas industry suffers from common flow assurance issues such as hydrate formation, wax deposition and sand production. Multiphase flow modelling in both wells and pipelines is another challenge in Kazakhstan: it is a complex discipline and not well developed in country. Problems have been reported with the selection, deployment and monitoring of flow assurance techniques in a number of fields. Production allocation and pressure monitoring are known to be difficult in the Karachaganak, Kenkiyak, Kumkol South and North Buzachi fields. Flowline metering and monitoring is a challenge in extremely cold weather. And the assessment of permeability changes due to plugging and scaling during production has caused difficulties in the Tengiz, Kenkiyak, Kumkol South, North Buzachi and Karazhanbas fields. Sand management is a challenge in fields like Karazhanbas, North Buzachi, Zhalgiztobe and Kenkiyak. Operators appear to have given up trying to control sand production, simply dumping sand in special disposal sites. Formation stabilisation to reduce sand production and the processing of sand for industrial applications are both key challenges. Hydrate, asphaltene and wax deposition and scaling are reported problems in the Kashagan and North Buzachi fields. Paraffin build-up is an issue in fields like UzenMunayGas, Karamandybas and Zhetbay. And scaling due to the reaction between formation water and injected seawater is a common challenge. Speciality chemicals are available to tackle all of these problems and also to help break emulsions and improve oil rheology. But they are not routinely used in Kazakhstan owing to the lack of facilities to evaluate their performance and tailor their properties to the local conditions, and the absence of local manufacturing facilities (which puts up their cost). Finally, mercaptan removal is a specific challenge for operators in Kazakhstan. Levels are high, all the necessary technology has to be imported and the process is prohibitively expensive. VALUE VALUE 3.1.4 3.1.6 3.1.8 CHALLENGE (elements) Flow assurance methods incl. multiphase flow modelling 3.1.7 3.1.3 3.1.1 3.1.2 3.1.5 3.1.9 3.1.10 TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS 3.1.1 3D flow modeling (including multiphase flow) 3.1.2 Flow Assurance Modelling and Monitoring 3.1.3 Production surveillance and optimization 3.1.4 Multiphase flow meters (for extreme conditions, self calibrating etc) 3.1.5 Heating for Flow Assurance 3.1.6 Well Stimulation (remote stimulation techniques) 3.1.8 Intelligent completions 3.1.7 Sand Control and Removal 3.1.9 Flow Assurance Chemicals 3.1.10 Mercaptan Removal ATTRACTIVENESS 73 Sand removal and sand control Chemicals inhibition Mercaptan removal Kazakhstan Upstream oil & gas technology and R&D roadmap
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