北海油田运营商停机时间减少20%

据能源之声网站2月18日报道 根据能源服务公司Glacier Energy Services的数据，北海油田运营商在截至2019年9月的一年中将停机时间减少了近20%。

其Glacier产量指数使用石油和天然气管理局的数据来绘制油田报告零产量的频率图，与任何给定月份成功向管道输出石油的油田相比。

最新数据显示，停机时间同比成功减少。2018年，北海油田在截至9月的一年中记录了307个月的停产；去年同期，这一数字已降至仅248个月，降幅为19.2%。

总部位于阿伯丁的Glacier表示，在这段时间内，整体产量保持稳定，这意味着停机时间的减少直接转化为正常运行时间。

2018年前9个月，海上钻井平台从北海出口了价值85亿英镑的石油，当时正常运行时间的平均水平为80%。

根据Glacier的数据，这一比例在2019年上升到83%，可能会给生产商带来数百万英镑的额外收入。

Glacier执行主席斯科特·马丁说：“广义上讲，停机频率越低，生产效率就可能越高。

“提高效率吸引了新的投资……因为该行业希望在延长资产生命周期的同时不断降低成本基础。停机时间只是衡量成功与否的一个晴雨表。”

王磊 摘译自 能源之声

原文如下：

North Sea operators cut downtime by a fifth

North Sea oilfield operators cut the frequency of their downtime by nearly 20% during the year to September 2019, according to energy services firm Glacier Energy Services.

Its Glacier Production Index uses data from the Oil and Gas Authority to chart the frequency with which oilfields report zero production, compared to those successfully exporting oil into pipelines in any given month.

The latest figures reveal a successful year-on-year reduction in downtime. In 2018, North Sea oilfields recorded 307 individual months of no production in the year to September; in the same period last year, that figure had reduced to just 248 a 19.2% decrease.

Aberdeen-based Glacier said overall production remained steady in that timeframe, meaning the reduction in downtime converted directly into uptime.

Offshore rigs exported an ￡8.5 billion-worth of oil from the North Sea in the first nine months of 2018, when the average level of uptime was 80%.

According to Glacier, this increased to 83% in 2019 – potentially resulting in millions of pounds of extra revenue for producers.

Glacier executive chairman Scott Martin said: “Broadly speaking, the less frequently downtime occurs, the more efficient production is likely to be.

“Increasing efficiency has attracted fresh investment … as the industry looks to continually reduce its cost base while extending the lifecycle of its assets. Downtime frequency is just one barometer of how successfully this is being achieved.”