Towards Zero Flaring Schlumberger（对零的斯伦贝谢）.pdf

Towards Zero Flaring An important issue in protecting the environment of the Gulf, which is no less fragile than elsewhere in the world, is the effect of hydrocarbon flaring from oil production operations. This causes many forms of pollution – noise, toxic gases, soot, acid rain and the production of carbon dioxide, the latter is one of the primary causes of global warming. In this article, Alp Tengirsek and Nashat Mohamed explain the progress of a project in Abu Dhabi that has already eliminated oil flaring during testing and production, with the ultimate aim of eliminating all hydrocarbon flaring within a year. T he modern states of the Gulf Recognizing and anticipating The first stage of the plan was to region are fortunate in having mounting international concerns over reduce oil burning by reinjecting oil inherited an untainted environmental environmental issues, the Abu Dhabi recovered from water back into the legacy. The recent, bold development Marine Operating Company (ADMA- production stream. This was of their industrial base has taken into OPCO) and the Zakum Development introduced successfully to three account the lessons learnt by other Company (ZADCO) have achieved ADMA/ZADCO offshore rigs in 1998. regions that have undergone dramatic reductions in hydrocarbon To recover the oil, cleanup fluids were industrial revolutions. Pristine flaring from on- and offshore oil fields used to reduce water acidity to e