Announced at ADIPEC in
Abu Dhabi, the network will connect customer collaboration centres across the
US, Brazil, Norway, Angola, the Middle East and Malaysia, providing integrated
technology and digital solutions for mature asset development.
Industry forecasts
estimate that mature fields will account for approximately 80% of global oil
and gas production by 2030, highlighting the growing importance of optimising
existing assets.
The hubs will bring
together Baker Hughes specialists in subsurface operations, wellbore
technologies, surface facilities and artificial intelligence to develop
solutions tailored to customers’ operational and economic objectives.
“As operators turn to
their existing oil and gas assets to drive production, innovative solutions are
needed to address increasingly complex challenges,” said Baker Hughes Executive
Vice President of Oilfield Services & Equipment Amerino Gatti. “Through our
Mature Assets Solutions hubs, we connect Baker Hughes’ regional and global
expertise with customer insights to provide outcome-based solutions that
optimize value across the lifecycle of these assets, which will play a key role
in supporting global energy security for decades to come.”
The connected network
will also enable the company to share technologies and operational expertise
across markets, applying experience gained in one region to address challenges
in another.
Baker Hughes
highlighted several ongoing projects demonstrating its mature asset
capabilities. In Pakistan, the company has launched a multi-year project with
Oil & Gas Development Company to optimise production and recovery across
more than 120 wells in mature oil and gas fields.
In Kuwait, it is
working with Kuwait Oil Company on an integrated polymer-flood pilot programme
covering 11 wells to improve hydrocarbon recovery.
In Brazil, Baker
Hughes has partnered with Petrobras on an integrated workover and well
abandonment project. During the first year, the company completed subsea well
abandonment operations in less than 20 days, among the fastest turnaround times
recorded in Petrobras’ history.
The MAS network will also support opportunities to extend asset life, improve production efficiency and develop economically viable approaches to retiring and repurposing oil and gas wells. -OGN/TradeArabia News Service