Over the forseeable future in support of the KOC 2030 strategic objectives the Greater Burgan Field will maintain its current plateau production whilst the water cut is predicted to increase from 23% to more than 60%. The requirement in any giant field is the implementation of timely upgrades to manage the required incremental gross handling capacity, reduce infrastructure complexity that will result from increasing well count and to manage investment and activity in line with the development needs. To meet these objectives it is required to reduce the normal capital project cycle of 8 years and wherever possible, procure standard equipment to reduce complexities in the new facility upgrades which will also provide flexibilities in installation and maintenance. To meet these challenges we required a common equipment philosophy and a faster procurement strategy. A concept was developed to modularize the upgrades into common, standard sized, skid-mounted (where possible) units to meet the increasing production system throughput and infrastructure de-congestion and combine these with long term supply contracts to manage the logistics and efficiency of rapid turn around in upgrades. This concept is already being implemented in the design and installation of remote headers and will create a step change improvement in our upgrading process when applied to the rest of the facilities upgrades.
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