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well deliquification-for pad-based onshore
developments.
The Case For MPF
Figure 1 illustrates an example equipment layout at an individual well pad
using the MPF approach. The "minimum
facilities," multiphase production concept
offers several strategic advantages over
traditional production facilities, including:
* A dramatically smaller operational
footprint;
* Lower capital and operating expenses;
* Reduced health, safety and environmental risks;
* Enhanced artificial lift performance;
and
* Improved well and reservoir management and surveillance.
The small-footprint MPF approach requires only a multiphase meter and pump
at the pad, rather than the stock tanks,
water tanks, production and test separators,
and associated manifolds typical of a traditional production facility. That not only
reduces the total amount of equipment
required, but also allows much of the
equipment that is now installed on individual pads to be concentrated on a centralized facility serving multiple pads to
substantially reduce the space occupied
on each pad site and lessen the visual
impairment/community impact.
The MPF approach also enables operators to proactively reduce HS&E risks
by eliminating pad separators and tanks
on pads, reducing hydrocarbon storage
on each pad and the associated risks of
spillage. Also moved from well pads are
vapor recovery systems, tank vents, flare
systems, and the permits/inspections associated with these production vessels.
Trucking to each pad, with its enormous
community impact and risk, is eliminated
also, since all produced fluids are pumped
to a central facility for processing.
Applications using the MPF approach
have reported a 30 percent or greater reduction in capital expenditures. The cost
savings come from eliminating the amount
of equipment that must be designed and
installed on each individual pad site. For
example, one multiphase export pipeline
can be installed instead of a traditional
facility's two single-phase pipelines leaving
each pad.
Note that when tank venting is not allowed and a vapor recovery system or
flaring is required, the savings are often

orders of magnitude compared with a
conventional production system. For example, Aera Energy in California was
able to decommission an entire gathering
center and pump production to another
facility using multiphase pumps.
Moreover, an MPF means installing
less equipment, so there is less equipment
to operate and maintain. When operating
dozens of pads, automating well testing
and operations provides a greatly simplified production system with a substantial

impact on operating costs that impact
the life of the field. In addition to the
benefits for surface facilities, multiphase
pumps and meters enable other improvements in operations that have significant
impact on the value extracted from a
given asset.
Improved Recovery
The multiphase pump is integral to an
MPF. This provides pad/wellhead compression, which is considered the "first

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