07-31-2013, 11:47 AM
PNG LNG from four wells
By Online Editor
12:39 pm GMT+12, 30/07/2013, Papua New Guinea
-Initial supply for the PNG LNG Project, which will have its first exports next year, will come from four major well pads (drills) in the Hides area of Hela.
Esso Highland Ltd (EHL) pipe and infrastructure manager Vincent Giorgi said these were Well Pad B, which has two wells, Well Pad C, Well Pad D, and Well Pad G, which are all in the vicinity of the Hides gas conditioning plant.
Giorgi, who is supervising an international team working around the clock to set up pipes along a 21km access road from the wells to Hides, said on site on Sunday it was a huge task but he was confident of getting everything ready in time for first LNG exports next year.
The access road is a hive of activity as EHL workers and contractors set up the pipes, well pads, and work on road access in the rugged and mountainous terrain.
Giorgi said the company was doing its best to cause as little environmental damage as possible.
“The feeder lines are 22-inch that comes from the well pads to the Hides gas conditioning plant,” Giorgi said.
“This line will import gas, condensate, water, impurities, everything.
“It gets process and gets separated, and you get condensate in an eight-inch and gas in a 32-inch that will flow on to Port Moresby for export.
“We’re using the well pad access road to also be our ride away pipeline alignment.
“We’ve been able to reduce any additional environmental footprints by using current project footprints.
“So we’re putting it (pipeline) on the road, actually, on the side of the road.
“It will connect into the process area (Hides).”
Giorgi said other environmental measures included turning quarries into drilling areas, a vehicle wash to prevent outside pests and diseases, and declaration of environmentally-pristine areas.
He said the 22-inch feeder lines in roadside trenches would be multi-purpose.
“Also in this trench is a high-voltage cable,” he said.
“The process will require power at the well pads, so that will carry high-voltage power into the facility.
“We will have a fibre optic cable as well.
“The fibre optic cable follows the pipeline all the way to Port Moresby.”.
Meanwhile, waste from onshore pipeline activities at the PNG LNG project continues to be processed at the waste management facilities, ExxonMobil environmental field advisor Isaac Jipsy says.
He said this during a recent quarterly media workshop to provide updates on the PNG LNG Project.
Jipsy said: “The project is using the best possible practices available in such a way that it has little or no negative impact to the environment.
“There is always a way to save cost and we are using five methods of waste management – avoid, reduce, reuse, recycle and dispose”.
ExxonMobil also uses old tyres from the trucks at the Hides and pipeline areas as buffers near roadsides.
Jipsy said this is known as the eco-flex method where the interior of the tyre is removed to be used.
He also said that 60 tonnes of biosolids, which include food waste, were reused as top soil at a land fill area to help bring back the vegetation and support recycling.
“These are some of the innovative ways of recycling and reusing of old products,” he added.
By Online Editor
12:39 pm GMT+12, 30/07/2013, Papua New Guinea
-Initial supply for the PNG LNG Project, which will have its first exports next year, will come from four major well pads (drills) in the Hides area of Hela.
Esso Highland Ltd (EHL) pipe and infrastructure manager Vincent Giorgi said these were Well Pad B, which has two wells, Well Pad C, Well Pad D, and Well Pad G, which are all in the vicinity of the Hides gas conditioning plant.
Giorgi, who is supervising an international team working around the clock to set up pipes along a 21km access road from the wells to Hides, said on site on Sunday it was a huge task but he was confident of getting everything ready in time for first LNG exports next year.
The access road is a hive of activity as EHL workers and contractors set up the pipes, well pads, and work on road access in the rugged and mountainous terrain.
Giorgi said the company was doing its best to cause as little environmental damage as possible.
“The feeder lines are 22-inch that comes from the well pads to the Hides gas conditioning plant,” Giorgi said.
“This line will import gas, condensate, water, impurities, everything.
“It gets process and gets separated, and you get condensate in an eight-inch and gas in a 32-inch that will flow on to Port Moresby for export.
“We’re using the well pad access road to also be our ride away pipeline alignment.
“We’ve been able to reduce any additional environmental footprints by using current project footprints.
“So we’re putting it (pipeline) on the road, actually, on the side of the road.
“It will connect into the process area (Hides).”
Giorgi said other environmental measures included turning quarries into drilling areas, a vehicle wash to prevent outside pests and diseases, and declaration of environmentally-pristine areas.
He said the 22-inch feeder lines in roadside trenches would be multi-purpose.
“Also in this trench is a high-voltage cable,” he said.
“The process will require power at the well pads, so that will carry high-voltage power into the facility.
“We will have a fibre optic cable as well.
“The fibre optic cable follows the pipeline all the way to Port Moresby.”.
Meanwhile, waste from onshore pipeline activities at the PNG LNG project continues to be processed at the waste management facilities, ExxonMobil environmental field advisor Isaac Jipsy says.
He said this during a recent quarterly media workshop to provide updates on the PNG LNG Project.
Jipsy said: “The project is using the best possible practices available in such a way that it has little or no negative impact to the environment.
“There is always a way to save cost and we are using five methods of waste management – avoid, reduce, reuse, recycle and dispose”.
ExxonMobil also uses old tyres from the trucks at the Hides and pipeline areas as buffers near roadsides.
Jipsy said this is known as the eco-flex method where the interior of the tyre is removed to be used.
He also said that 60 tonnes of biosolids, which include food waste, were reused as top soil at a land fill area to help bring back the vegetation and support recycling.
“These are some of the innovative ways of recycling and reusing of old products,” he added.