Engineering Aspects in the Design and Implementation of Onshore Smart Oil Fields

摘要

The Smart Field concept is deployed through disseminating elements of tools and infrastructure integrated to bring a level of smartness that can improve the performance of an oil field asset in a sustainable way. The design and implementation of these tools and infrastructure underpinning smartness can however differ based on the oil field conditions. Green fields for example, can be engineered up‐front to leverage all tools and deliver Smart Field value from the beginning of the asset’s life. On the other hand, smart field tools and infrastructure for brown fields would be selectively designed and implemented based on several engineering and economic considerations.