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IPEDEX
PRODUCTION Abu Dhabi has compiled and published operating procedures and
manuals for ADMA-OPCO for the following installations :
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Das Island :
Electrostatic Treatment Plant, Sea Water Oxygen Removal Plant,
Sour |
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Water De-Oilling
Plant, Crude Oil Chemical Injection Facilities, Gas Sweetening
Units |
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and Bunduq
Processing plant. |
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Umm Shaif :
Gas Treatment Platforms, Wellhead Platform, Water Injection
Platform, Power |
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Generation Platform,
Accommodation Platform, Riser Platform and Collector/Separator
Platform. |
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Zakum
Installations :
Accommodation Platforms, Collector/Separator Platforms, |
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Pump Platform, Gas
Gathering Platform, Riser Platform, Power Generation Barge and |
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Water Injection
Platform. |
ADMA-OPCO operates the
exploration, development and production activities of oil and gas in Abu
Dhabi's offshore concession area. Many reservoirs were discovered by
ADMA-OPCO in its concession but oil and gas production comes only from
two fields, Umm Shaif and Zakum. The output of oil and gas from these
fields is transported to the company's centre of operations on Das
Island for processing, storage and export via the Island's Terminal.
Recent production
levels have been of the order of 520,000 BOPD and 1045 MSCF per day of
gas.
The Operating
Procedures were developed using a methodology that recognised and
addressed the "human" factor necessary for any operating
procedures to maximise the safety and integrity of plant operations.
Our procedures actively
encouraged the participation of operations staff in its development and
this ensured :
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That these personnel
were fully familiarity and endorsed the operating procedures. |
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Operating expertise
and problem-solving skills were not only retained but made |
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available for
everyone. |
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Operating practices
were standardised. |
The operating
procedures were designed to ensure the safe operating of the plant and
structured as follows :
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The initial
safe and stable state of the installation at the commencement of
any |
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operation was
defined |
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The final
safe and stable state of the installation at the completion of
any |
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operation was
defined. |
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The most direct
route between the initial and final state was identified. This : |
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Was then broken down
into the elementary steps necessary for the safe i |
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mplementation of any
operation. |
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Had each activity in
each elementary step defined in a clear and unambiguous manner. |
Thus, the principle of safe operation
was that, should any incident occur, the operators would take the
operation back to the next safe and stable state.
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