Gas Processors Association Europe

Neil Wragg, GL Industrial Services, UK

The paper will describe how GL’s OPTAGON Monte Carlo simulation software is now regarded as a valuable tool in optimising the design and maximising the performance of complex oil & gas production facilities. Equipment unreliability may not always be the most significant contributor to an asset’s production losses; often there can be significant opportunity for increasing production without major capital investment. OPTAGON has recently been used to quantify the effects on production of the following: - Production targets and system capacities - Contracts strategy - Operational strategy - Market constraints - Unavailability of export routes - Production system bottlenecks - Subsea intervention strategies - Planned maintenance strategies - Two-phase production limits.