20 percent production boost: German firm offers latest technology to OGDCL, PPL

Germany has offered new technology to Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) and other exploration companies to enhance minimum 20 percent production of oil and gas from the reservoirs on 50 percent production sharing formula.
"German company is ready to give guarantee of minimum 20 percent increase in production from oil and gas reserves," Mehr Muhammad Yousuf Chand Honorary Investment Counsellor Germany and former advisor Prime Minister of Pakistan told Business Recorder. He said OGDCL had recently closed Dhodhak field due to depletion.
"Germany has the technology that can still recover oil and gas from Dhodhak field," he said, adding that exploration companies would save 10 million dollars per field by using new technology. He said "German company would provide technology on 50 percent production sharing formula and will seek guarantee from Pakistan not to transfer the technology to any other country.
He said companies that implemented the German technology include; Wintershall AG, Germany, Verbundnetz Gas AG, Germany, ESSO Norway, NODECO a/s Norway, SAGA Petolrum a/s, Norway, Philips Petroleum a/s Norway, Repsol Spain; Santos Indonesia and Shell Petroleum Co Brunei.
The presentation given to former Petroleum Minister Syed Naveed Qamar reveals that there will be more efficient and profitable recovery of reservoirs as; (i) earlier production start due to reduced construction time (appr. 14 days); (ii) significant higher production rate from the first day on (plus 10-50 percent compared to standard screens); (iii) constantly high production rates, no reduction caused by plugging or erosion and; (iv) raise of the volume that can be profitably recovered from the reservoir (plus 10-30 percent compared to standard screens).
The economic advantage will be as; (i) cost reduction during construction period and production process; (ii) reduction of cost during drilling process due to the reduced construction time; (iii) saving of cementation and tubing in the open hold; (iv) significantly reduced maintenance cost if any (during the production period; (v) increased lifetime of the screen due to reduction of erosion and pressure loss and; (vi) reduced necessity of additive usage due to laminar flow.
According to presentation, technical advantages stand at; (i) low hydraulic barrier (screen surface instead of perforated cement/tube construction) and reduced turbulence (laminar flow) improve the permeability; (ii) The laminar flow prevents erosion and corrosion and herewith safeguards the functionality and permeability in the long term; (iii) sand production is efficiently prevented by grain arches which are built up around the screen slots; (iv) the reduced friction loss causes a reduced pressure drop which has to be tolerated by the screen construction and; (v) the laminar flow may be combined with auxiliar means (steam, pressure, chemicals) to allow also heavy oil to pass the filter.