EXPLORATION • DRILLING • FIELD SERVICES
Edward adds: “Up until a couple
of years ago, it was rare to apply the same high-end systems seen in Norway to North America’s onshore space, but with 200,000 wells drilled there every year and only evidence of 200 systems being implemented to improve flow measurement so far, there are huge opportunities for those who recognise how much better their well management can be with improved measurement.”
A SHIFT TOWARDS DIGITAL M-Flow’s proposition, as a technology- driven business, comprises embedding sensing systems into the walls of carbon fibre pipes, rather than in the pipes themselves. Te result is a continuous generation of readings and data that are unhindered and entirely accurate, while the sensors themselves remain safely concealed away from the corrosive substances flowing through. A complex mechanical operation at first as companies are urged to integrate such solutions with existing pipelines, Edward hopes that by forming alliances with wellhead manufacturers, the future of the industry will be addressed at source, prior to implementation. “Nobody would dream of drilling a
wellhead without pressure measurement, temperature measurement or safety equipment today, but that was the reality once. Te oil & gas industry will be a substantially safer and more profitable sector once it becomes commonplace to have an efficient and accurate way of measuring what will come out the pipe,” he says. “From a commercial perspective, companies can embrace the complete
M-Flow’s meter delivers continuous, accurate data
METERING FOR EVERY WELL A
s the company’s flagship gateway to a more contemporary oil industry,
the M-Flow Multiphase Meter epitomises the company’s motto of ‘Metering for every well’. Championing repeatability, cost efficiency and heightened alignment with big data and AI
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trends, the product hopes to realise Giles Edward’s dream of establishing transparency and accuracy across oil extraction processes. “If you spend US$10 million drilling a hole in the ground, you need to know what’s coming out of it to maximise your return on investment. Not just for one
hour a day, but 24/7,” he says. “As an industry we’ve barely begun to scratch the surface of the information and knowledge that can be collected by monitoring all the time, and history tells us that there’s bound to be many unexpected outcomes to analyse through the use of constant metering.”
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