Egypt's first remotely controlled subsea completion: fulf of suez case history

摘要

A case history of the Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company's (GUPCO) first remotely controlled subsea completion is provided. The first completion was for wel GS 373-2, a prviously drilled and tested exploration well located in the south portion of the Gulf of Suez. Subsea technology was utilized to economically justify development of this one well marginal field which was discovered in 1978. Traditional methods proved to be too costly for development, therefore application of a low cost subsera tree was utilized to capture the resources.