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Conclusions ALES is basically a computerized model that uses a knowledge base of human expertise along with the proper design calculations for each A/L system available in KOC, all-in-one, providing the all necessary inputs to make right decisions. This concept has let KOC expedite the A/L selection and pre-design evaluation for each well with the same manpower providing very high quality results, which makes this system highly reliable for the company. In Summary, the following characteristics can be assigned to ALES: - Accurate, since all widely used assumptions and rules of thumb have been reduced to the minimum expression. - Time Saving due to all steps related to data analysis, A/L performance evaluation and method selection has been concentrated into three clicks only. - Assertive, since ALES considers all necessary equations, limits and properties to emit the results, providing a complete picture to the users to make the right decision. - Knowledge Transferring as result of the permanent availability of the experts in the KOC servers. - Complementary Trainer as new Engineers can use it to identify how changes in some parameters can impact and affect the method selection and the A/L performance, obtaining at the same time the assessment of the experts by warnings, suggestions and observations. Some new features will be added soon that will enhanced ALES capabilities such as TVD-MD corrections for horizontal/deviated wells, IPR for multilayers, IPR construction based on multirate tests, ESP design module, Gas Lift and Hydraulic Jet Pump pre-design and expert system modules. After all this improvements, it is expected ALES to be considered one of the most advanced petroleum engineering-related applications in KOC. REFERENCES - Espin, D. Gasbarri, S and Chacin J. 1994. Expert System for Selection of Optimum Artificial Lift Method. Paper SPE 26967 presented at the SPE Latin American & Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 27-29 December - Clegg, J.D, Bucaram, S.M, Heln, J.R. 1993. Recommendations and Comparisons for Selecting Artificial-Lift Methods. Paper SPE 24834, JPT 15 December. - Takacs, G. 2003. Sucker-Rod Pumping Manual, First edition. Tulsa, Oklahoma: PennWell Corporation - Takacs, G. 2009. Electrical Submersible Pumps Manual: Design, Operations, and Maintenance, First edition. Burlington, Massachusetts: Gulf Professional Publishing - Cholet, H, G. 1997. Progressing Cavity Pump, First edition. Paris: Editions Technip. - American Petroleum Institute 2004. Recommended Practice for Sizing and Selection of Electric - Submersible Pump Installations: API Recommended Practice 11S4, Third edition. Washington D.C.: American Petroleum Institute - American Petroleum Institute 2008. Design Calculations for Sucker Rod Pumping Systems: API Recommended Practice 11L, Second edition. Washington D.C.: American Petroleum Institute - American Petroleum Institute 2010. Progressive Cavity Pumps for Artificial Lift: ANSI/API Standard 11D2, First edition. Washington D.C.: American Petroleum Institute 36 April - June 2013
Overview KOC Recovers 90,000 Barrels of Spilled Oil Per Month DMD (NK) Capt. Ahmad Al-Rasheed recently commended the exceptional efforts exerted by GC-17 employees in joining hands for the recovery of oil resulting from upstream operations and spills. Al-Rasheed voiced his pride with the success of young Kuwaiti staff in designing and implementing the different phases of recovering, gathering and transferring spilled oil, after purification, to export lines, therefore asserting their commitment to preserve the national wealth, consecrate their expertise into preventing spills and their active contribution to protect the environment from pollution. Speaking before a gathering comprised of Group Managers, Omar Sadeq (Operations) - who undertook to explain the phases of work in GC-17, Hassan Bunain (Fields Development), Ismael Abdullah (Corporate Services) and the center’s staff on the occasion of its inauguration, Al-Rasheed maintained that “What has been achieved by those young people by their own efforts, without depending on whatever foreign expertise, was an extremely important achievement, a source of pride for the Company, and an example to be followed by its employees and future generations.” On his side, Maintenance Supervisor (WK) Mahmoud Al-Sayyed explained that the work of the Oil Spill Recovery Unit encompasses three oil lakes, the depth of which could reach 10 meters, and has been equipped for gathering, warming and purifying spilled oil from roughly 1,000 wellheads scattered around the Directorate, before being dispatched to the Gathering Center. He added that an average of 90,000 barrels of spilled oil were recovered every month and that work is under way to apply the best methods of coping with upstream operations and linking recovered oil to export lines. Such operations are comprised of getting rid of impurities and mud residues created by drilling works and separating produced water and re-injecting it underground before sending oil to specialized installations for purification. April - June 2013 37
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