Italian oil and gas company Eni has started oil production from its operated Agogo field, located offshore Angola, only nine months after its discovery, as reported by Offshore Energy Today. Eni announced “a major oil discovery” in Block 15/06, in the Agogo exploration prospect, in Angola’s deep water in March 2019. Eni operates two FPSOs…
Oilfield drilling is a process of boring hole into to the earth crust for natural gas and oil. To do this, a long bit attached to a “drilling string” is used. The bit varies in diameter from five to 50 inches. After each section is drilled, a steel pipe slightly smaller than the hole diameter…
A chemical flush is a process where pressure is applied to empty a pipeline using appropriate chemicals to suspend, disperse and remove accumulated materials. After this process, the pipelines are given a final flush with clean water and chemical inhibitors are added to protect the pipelines. The reason why chemical flushing is been used today is to remove…
Dispersants are chemicals that are sprayed especially on a surface oil slick. What dispersant does is to break down the oil into smaller droplets that are distributed or spread over a large volume of water which are more readily mix with the water. Dispersants do not reduce the amount of oil entering the environment, but…