Jim Van Blaricum

A total of three rigs work in the Statfjord field, which produces 150,000 barrels of oil a day.
Production on the affected platform had been suspended to deal with the leak and would remain down for several days, StatoilHydro said.
Other rigs are also connected to Statfjord: around six million cubic metres of natural gas and between 470,000 and 480,000 barrels of oil transit the field every day, according to statistics provided by the Norwegian oil authorities.
The Statfjord A platform was last in trouble when more than 4,000 cubic metres of oil poured into the sea as it was being piped from the rig to a loading buoy last December, creating the second largest oil spill in Norway's history.
Multilateral well - More than one horizontal section drilled in one well. Used to maximise number of wells that can be drilled from small installations.
Arcasolve™ is a patented acidizing method which uses acid precursors (which are not themselves acidic) in combination with a catalyst. The catalyst acts on the precursors to produce organic acid (normally acetic acid) in-situ following placement of the Arcasolve fluid within the wellbore or rock formation.
Most of the world moves on petroleum–gasoline for cars; jet fuel for planes; diesel fuel for trucks. Then there is petroleum for running factories or manufacturing goods. That’s why the price of oil is so important. Oil prices have declined for the fourth straight year in a row. (In 1994, the price of a barrel of oil was $15.50.)
Sub-sea wellhead - A wellhead installed on the sea floor and controlled remotely from a platform, a floating production facility or land.
Redetermination - Retroactive adjustment to relative percentage interests of joint venturers in a field.
Commingling - Producing oil and gas from two or more reservoirs at different depths, or where product of two or more fields is transported via a common pipeline.
Halons - Halogenated carbon compounds used in fire extinguishing equipment and contributing to stratospheric ozone depletion. Being phased out under Montreal Protocol.
Flaring and venting - Flaring is burning of hydrocarbon gases for commercial or technical reasons. Venting is release of gases to atmosphere.
Development well - A production well drilled with intent of producing oil or gas from a proven field. company
The basic absorption process above can be modified to improve its effectiveness, or to target the extraction of specific NGLs. In the refrigerated oil absorption method, where the lean oil is cooled through refrigeration, propane recovery can be upwards of 90 percent, and around 40 percent of ethane can be extracted from the natural gas stream. Extraction of the other, heavier NGLs can be close to 100 percent using this process.
Assuming a pipeline company obtains all the required permits and satisfies all of the regulatory requirements, construction of the pipe may begin. Extensive surveying of the intended route is completed, both aerial and land based, to ensure that no surprises pop up during actual assembly of the pipeline.
Depropanizer - the next step separates the propane.
Risk - Measure of likelihood of occurrence of an undesirable event and of potentially adverse consequences.
Licence Round - Period during which Government offers and then allocates a number of specified areas (Blocks or part Blocks) within its national boundaries.
Structural traps - Formed by Earth movements that fold rocks into suitable shapes or juxtapose reservoir and sealing rocks along faults. Traps may also form when rocks are domed over rising salt masses.
Permeable - Cracks and pore spaces between the rock particles (such as porous sandstone or fractured limestone) are interconnected and are large enough to permit fluid movement.
Benzene - An aromatic hydrocarbon present to a minor degree in most crude oils. (Products manufactured from benzene include styrene, phenol, nylon and synthetic detergents).
Lifting equipment consists of a variety of specialized equipment used to help ‘lift’ petroleum out of a formation. This is most commonly used to extract oil from a formation. Because oil is found as a viscous liquid, it takes some coaxing to extract it from underground. Various types of lifting equipment are available, but the most common lifting method is known as ‘rod pumping’. Rod pumping is powered by a surface pump that moves a cable and rod up and down in the well, providing the lifting pressure required to bring the oil to the surface. The most common type of cable rod lifting equipment is the ‘horse head’ or conventional beam pump. These pumps are recognizable by the distinctive shape of the cable feeding fixture, which resembles a horse’s head.

Fertilizer
Natural gas is a major feedstock for the production of ammonia, via the Haber process, for use in fertilizer production.