Challenge
The operator has discovered a new field in the vicinity of the existing FPSO and has some more discoveries in the same areal to be drilled as part of an extension plan.
The challenge is twofold: The FPSO has water handling constrains and the existing actual pipeline in the new field area is filled with water (>70%) from a producing satellite. The distance from the new discovery back to FPSO cannot, economically, justify separate pipeline and the additional discoveries face the same challenge.
The option is to utilize the existing 12’’ 20 km pipeline currently filled with >70% water and seek a solution avoiding or reducing the back-out penalty from the now producing field (lost production due to pipeline constrains).