Advantages of lean gas for an upstream gas-gathering system*

Abstract

Offshore lean gas developments are often perceived as being inferior to a wet gas development. In this case study, the advantages of lean gas are shown to be an enabler, making a project viable in an area where many small lean gas accumulations combine to produce a viable development. Through beneficial flow assurance, cheaper and simpler facilities, larger drainage radii and technology applications such as DEH, viability of a development can be demonstrated in an area where smaller discoveries are currently perceived as being stranded.