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As well as being instrumental in the
long-term production optimization of existing assets, MSE have
extensive experience in the design of new facilities.
Compression facilities represent a large capital investment,
both in terms of the rotating equipment and the associated
plant. The sheer size and complexity of compression facilities
and the fact that the process plant is often designed around
them mean that once installed, major changes are both
prohibitively expensive and disruptive to production.
To ensure that the design of any new asset represents the
optimum solution for the life of the field, MSE engineers use
integrated modeling of reservoirs, wells, gathering systems,
process plant and compression facilities.
Frequently, MSE engineers investigate the pros and cons of many
alternative designs to identify the optimum solution. Such
investigations may not be limited to compression options but may
include gathering system design alternatives, well options (type
and number) and process plant design alternatives.
MSE engineers determine compression requirements through the
entire asset life. This is vital if driver ratings, casing size
and type, skid sizes, after cooler and intercooler capacities
are to be adequate to allow optimum production flows to be
achieved through asset life. Such design and engineering
expertise is vital as once installed, significant changes to
compression facilities are neither practical or economical.
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