Onshore Field

Typical facts for onshore facilities

- Fields are maturing, causing
   - Decreased reservoir pressure
   - Reduced wellhead backpressure (often requiring ESP)
   - Increased watercut
   - Increased slugging
   - Increased corrosion
   - Reduced production

- Terrain induced slugging is normal, since deserts are not flat and
  on-shore terrain is usually more rugged than offshore

- Liquid and/or water accumulation may be severe, due to the
  pipeline terrain and operation at low flow rates

- Increased water production causes accelerated pipeline corrosion

- Well production is transient and multiphase and the condition of
  the well influences the entire network

- Optimization of scraper operation is necessary to control surges
  and avoid hazards

- Steady state production is hardly attainable

- Multiphase transportation is an ever increasing operational
  challenge

- There is significant potentials in optimisation of onshore assets

The typical edpm solution for onshore production systems includes online monitoring and advisory features as summarised on the right hand side.