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 IOGPT: Institute Of Oil And Gas Production Technology
 
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Performance Contract 2005-06
 
 Introduction
 
 

To meet the technological requirements of oil and gas production, the Institute of Oil & Gas Production Technology (IOGPT) was established in 1984 at Panvel about 50 km from Mumbai airport amidst picturesque surroundings on the Mumbai-Pune Highway. The objective was to improve the economics of operations and boost indigenous hydrocarbon production. This is the first institute in the country to provide integrated R&D support to the entire spectrum of oil and gas production, beginning with well/field production analysis to transmission to consumer point. The Institute has the distinction of providing specialized training including simulator based training to production engineers.

IOGPT has equipped itself with advanced information technology tools to keep pace with the ever-changing technology. While sophisticated computing facilities cater to the computational needs, a well designed library with electronic information search facility through Internet and CD-ROMs and well-stocked books and international journals on petroleum technology cater to the information needs. The Institute also has collaboration with many national/international premier research institutions to share the latest technological developments in its gamut of operations.

Beyond the quality focus, in pursuit of excellence, IOGPT has also been awarded the prestigious ISO-9001 Certification.

 

Over the years, IOGPT has completed about 600 projects related to various aspects of petroleum technology. Software worth over $0.9 million have also been developed by the Institute.

 
 Production Engineering
 
The services offered are:

Well completion design/review for vertical, horizontal & multilateral wells

Workover/trouble shooting for vertical, horizontal & multilateral wells

Stimulation Job design/post job analysis

Feasibility study of hydraulic/acid fracturing and matrix acidising job

Proppant conductivity measurement

Stimulation technique for horizontal wells

Sand control design/post job analysis

Design/development/evaluation of water shut off technologies

Concept development of marginal fields


Facilities available are:

Laboratory Equipment:

Complete setup for studying:
     Rock mechanics properties
     Fracture gradient
     Rock mechanical properties
     Matrix Acidisation
     Proppant conductivity
     Chemical evaluation for water shut-off operation
     Sand Practical size and shape analyser
     Core cleaning apparatus
     Helium porosimeter
     Relative permeability analyser
     Core flow setup

Software

     Family of Software for Hydraulic Fracturing from Meyer & Associates, USA
     Simulation & Formation Damage software from University of Texas, Austin
     Family Software for Horizontal Wells, Slimhole & Coil Tubing from Maurer Engg., USA
     Family of Software (QUESTER-OFFSHORE/ONSHORE, DEEPEST, ASSET & INPRO) from IHS
        Energy for conceptual design, cost estimation, sub-sea development of oil & gas prospect etc.
     FRACPRO-Simulator for optimization offracture design and analysis


Major projects completed are:

Commingled completion design

Rigless workover for MRBC

Workover techniques for horizontal wells

Alternatives to hydrofracturing in eastern region wells

Development of water shut off chemicals for ONGC fields

Conceptual scheme for marginal fields

Improvement in stimulation techniques in WRBC fields of ONGC
 
 Process Engineering
 

The services offered are:

Conceptual design/basic engineering for oil/gas/LPG installations

Optimization and trouble shooting for process facilities

Feasibility and basic engineering for value addition from various oil/gas products

Pipeline design & optimization for single phase/multiphase/ network transportation

Characterisation of crude oil/formation fluid/petroleum products

Review/optimization/adequacy check of oil & gas process facilities


Facilities available are:

Atmospheric & Vacuum distillation units

Thermal analysis system

Liquid/Gas chromatograph

Pour-point/Cloud-point analyser

Coil-shaped model pipeline system

Particle size analyser

Haake viscometer (RV20)

Automatic Titrator

Software:

     AMSIM - Gas sweetening simulator
     DESIGN-II - Process design & simulation
     PROVISION - Process plant simulator
     INPLANT - Pipeline optimization
     TGNET - Gas pipeline network transient analysis
     ENPRO - Effluent system design
     AMSIM - Gas sweetening simulator
     HCOMP - Multiphase multicomponent fluid flow in pipe
     CAEPIPE - Piping design and analysis
     PIPESIM - Single/multiphase pipeline/nodal analysis and well flow simulation
     OLGA - Transient multiphase flow analysis
     DESIGN AIDE - Design, Engineering and automation of drawing generation
     SINET PRO - Network Process Designer
     EXPRESS M - Mechanical design of pressure vessel


Major projects completed are:

Optimization of multiphase pipeline network of Bombay High

Feasibility study, basic engineering, bid package preparation for mini refinery at Tatipaka

Maximizing LPG production under various operating conditions for Uran and Hazira

Feasibility study for LPG recovery from Raava field for CAIRN ENERGY

Abandonment cost study for Raava field

Feasibility, engineering and bid package for oil/gas gathering stations

Crude/condensate/polymer characterization and gas/water analysis in the laboratory

 
 Corrosion Engineering
 
The services offered are:

Material selection/corrosion prediction and monitoring for production systems

Design of corrosion inhibitor programs

Remedial measures for internal and external corrosion

Corrosion audit for installation of pipelines

Onsite corrosion monitoring


Facilities available are:

Hardware:

     Metallurgical/Bacteriological photomicroscope
     Portable corrosion analyser
     Salt spray cabinet
     Computerised electrochemical measurement system
     Bi-potentiostat and rotating disk electrode
     Hydrogen sulphide analyser and stress test
     Wheel test for inhibitor evaluation
     Hydrogen penetration monitoring setup

Software:

     LIPUCOR - Corrosion rate prediction software
     CAPDES - Cathodic protection
     EXPERT SYSTEM - Material selection for oil and gas production/non-production systems, corrosion
        rate prediction and cracking behaviour of material


Major projects completed are:

Evaluation of effluent injection pipeline failure of onshore fields

Corrosion problem of storage tank and dehydrator and HP separators of CSU plant, Uran

Metallurgy selection for X-mas tree for Lan-Tay and Lan-Do of Vietnam offshore

Carbon Dioxide corrosion problem of Oil India Ltd.
 
 Artificial Lift
 
The services offered are:

Artificial Lift scheme design/optimization:

Design/trouble shooting of Lift systems

Sucker rod pumping

Gas lift-Auto/intermittent/continuous

Electrical submersible pump

Jet pumps

Progressive cavity pump

Performance testing of gas lift valves under static & dynamic conditions

Nodal system analysis of oil and gas wells


Facilities available are:

Gas lift valve performance test setup

Static and dynamic performance testing

Probe testing

Software:

     GLIDE - Gas lift design
     ESP DES - ESP design and optimization
     PLUNGD - Plunger lift design and optimization
     PRODGAS - Production system analysis of gas wells
     DYNA - Sucker rod pumping system design
     TGNET - Gas pipeline transient flow analysis
     WPM - Well productivity model sofnvare
     PIPESIM - Single/multiphase pipeline/nodal analysis, ESP and gaslift design & analysis, well flow
        simulation
     PETROLEUM W/BENCH - Reservoir simulation and characteristics, production data management,
        analysis


Major projects completed are:

Performance evaluation of gaslift valves

Artificial lift scheme design for most of the fields of ONGC

Design of auto gas lift system

Optimization of production from self flow wells of Bombay High

Optimization of artificial lift for the fields of ONGC

Conceptualization, design and implementation of combination lift with ESP and gaslift
 
 Training
 
IOGPT offers specialized training courses in all the areas of oil and gas production, processing and transportation for technologists and engineers. The Institute has all the state-of-the-art training facilities like classrooms, meeting rooms, advanced simulators and information center.

The specialized courses offered are:

Petroleum production engineering

Natural gas engineering and processing

Pipeline design and operations

Corrosion and its control in oil & gas production

Well analysis

Well testing

Well logging and interpretation (open/cased hole) for production engineers

Fundamentals of artificial lift

Simulator Based Courses:

Gas sweetening plant simulation

LPG operations plant simulation

Well productivity model

Offshore platform operations
 
 Clients
 
Hitech Drilling Services

Interlink Petroleum Ltd.

Selan Exploration Technology Ltd,

Dony Polo Petrochemicals Ltd.

Enron Oil & Gas (I) Ltd.

Cairn Energy (India) Pvt. Ltd.
 
 Contact
 
Institute of Oil & Gas Production Technology
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited
Phase-II, ONGC Complex, Mumbai-Pune Highway,
Panvel, Navi Mumbai- 410 221,
Maharashtra, India

Tel.: 91-22 745 1891/745 1069/745 1070
Fax: 91-22-745 1690

e-mail: iogpt@bom4.vsnl.net.in, iogpt1@bom3.vsnl.net.in, iogpt2@bom3.vsnl.net.in
 
 
 
 
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