Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations

About: Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Carbonate & Carbonate rock. The organization has 184 authors who have published 111 publications receiving 1562 citations. The organization is also known as: ADCO.

Successful Pilot Onshore Abu Dhabi Shows That 4D Can Monitor Fluid Changes In a Giant Middle East Carbonate Field

Abstract: Preliminary results from a time-lapse 4D pilot study shows that saturation changes over time can be monitored in an onshore carbonate reservoir with the 4D surface seismic method. The 4D results were successful in showing that 4D responses can be observed in reservoir zones where sufficient saturation changes had occurred. The results of the 4D pilot showed that 3D seismic surveys can be repeated onshore with acceptable background noise levels, if done in the correct manner. Model predictions were found to be in agreement with the 4D results. 4D responses were found in the main reservoir layer where saturation changes are occurring and not in the water leg where saturation changes have not occurred. The 4D responses are in good agreement with available well control by greater than 80 percent. Detailed 4D validation showed the 4D results to match available production logging tool (PLT) measurements surprisingly well. The results also suggest that pressure changes are contributing to some of the observed 4D responses. Based on the results of this pilot, it has been shown that 4D can monitor saturation changes in time in this carbonate reservoir. The 4D results are helping to assess sweep efficiency and identify potential bypassed oil reserves.

Systematic Assessment of Combustion Turbine Inlet Air-Cooling Techniques

Abstract: The current study is centered on assessing the benefits of incorporating combustion turbine inlet air-cooling systems into a reference combustion turbine plant, which is based on a simple cycle under base load mode. Actual climatic conditions of a selected site were examined thoroughly to identify the different governing weather patterns. The main performance characteristics of both refrigerative and evaporative cooling systems were explored by examining the effect of several parameters including inlet air temperature, airflow-to-turbine output ratio, coefficient of performance (for refrigerative cooling systems), and evaporative degree hours (for evaporative cooling systems). The impact of these parameters was presented against the annual gross energy increase, average heat rate reduction, cooling load requirements and net power increase. Finally, a feasibility design chart was constructed to outline the economic returns of employing a refrigerative cooling unit against different prescribed inlet air temperature values using a wide range of combustion turbine mass flow rates.

Evaluation of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORMs) in Inorganic and Organic Oilfield Scales from the Middle East

Abstract: The distribution of natural nuclide gamma-ray activities and their respective annual effective dose rates, produced by potassium-40 (40K), uranium-238 (238U), thorium-232 (232Th), and radium-226 (226Ra), were determined for 14 oilfield scale samples from the Middle East. Accumulated radioactive materials concentrate in tubing and surface equipment, and workers at equipment-cleaning facilities and naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORMs) disposal facilities are the population most at risk for exposure to NORM radiation. Gamma-spectra analysis indicated that photo-gamma lines represent the parents of 10 radioactive nuclides: 234Th, plutonium-239, actinium-228, 226Ra, lead-212 (212Pb), 214Pb, thallium-238 (208Tl), bismuth-212 (212Bi), 214Bi, and 40K. These nuclides represent the daughters of the natural radioactive series 238U and 232Th with 40K as well. The mean activity concentration of 238U, 232Th, and 40K were found to be 25.8 ± 11.6, 18.3 ± 8.1, and 4487.2 ± 2.5% Bq kg−1 (average values for 14 samples), respectively. The annual effective dose rates and the absorbed doses in air, both indoor and outdoor, for the samples were obtained as well. The results can be used to assess the respective hazard on workers in the field and represent a basis for revisiting current engineering practices.