Southern Pines – Energy Center
DESIGN
- Well architecture
- Leaching program
- Schedule & Cost
LEACHING MANAGEMENT
- Cavern construction
- Leaching program update
- Site supervision of well interventions
- Cavern Acceptance Test (CAT)
- Assistance to debrining operations
- Snubbing & Commissioning
- Solution Mining Under Gas (SMUG)
- Capacity creation schedule
- Operator training
GAS OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
- Gas inventory management
- Storage performance optimization
- Mechanical Integrity Test (MIT)
DESIGN
- Leaching program
- Schedule & Cost
LEACHING MANAGEMENT
- Leaching Program Updates
- Capacity Creation Schedule
- Work-Over and Wireline Operations
- Cavern Acceptance Test (CAT)
- Assistance to Debrining Operations
- Schedule & Cost Control
- Operator Training
GAS OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
- Gas Inventory Management
- Storage Performance Optimization
- Preliminary and feasibility
- Basic design study
- Assistance to detailed design and procurement
- Assistance to construction, acceptance tests and commissioning
- Assistance to operation
- Seismic Re-processing
- Seismic structural and stratigraphic Interpretation
- Seismic Inversion
- Petrophysical analysis
- Geological Analysis & Modelling (including Fracture Network Modelling)
- Reservoir Engineering Study (Well test interpretations, wells modelling, material balance analysis, PVT modelling)
- Dynamic reservoir modelling (dual medium simulation): model building, history-matching, gas cycling forecast and sensitivity analysis.
- Economics study
- Subsurface Engineering assistance to the Owner: Call for tenders for Subsurface EPC, tenders evaluation, Drilling contracting,
- Reservoir study (update of 3D geological and dynamic models)
- Assistance for the design of storage wells
- Preparation of subsurface monitoring plan and performance plan for subsurface and surface facilities
- 3D seismic survey management (2017)
- Drilling supervision and technical assistance during the subsurface construction
- Feasibility study for the conversion to natural gas storage including:
- Reservoir modelling,
- Basic design of surface facilities and wells
- Cost estimate and economics analysis
- On-going: Owner’s Engineering for the field exploration and extended design phase
- Wide involvement since 35 years
- Preliminary and feasibility studies,
- Basic design, Wells design,
- Wells drilling supervision,
- Assistance to surface facilities construction,
- Supervision of acceptance tests, commissioning and start-up,
- Assistance to administrative authorizations,
- Training of operators and preparation of operating documents,
- Assistance to operation and reservoir follow-up,
- Supervision of expansion phases (volume and flow-rate increases),
- Continuous involvement in all kind of G&G, reservoir, wells and drilling studies.
- Assistance to conversion to UGS facility, Feasibility and Subsurface Basic Design studies
- Seismic interpretation
- Petrophysical analysis
- Well tests design and interpretation
- Construction and history-matching of a 3D reservoir model.
- Reservoir follow-up and technical assistance to storage operation.
- 3D reservoir model update & history-matching
- Recommendation for new monitoring wells
placement using the 3D model
- Capacity extension studies using the 3D model
- Assessment of conversion potential
- Reservoir geological modelling
- Reservoir dynamic modelling and simulation: History-matching and preliminary gas storage cycling forecast