Modification 0607S - Amendment to Gas
Quality NTS Entry Specification at the St
Fergus NSMP System Entry Point
M. Kirkpatrick (BP) / D. O’Donnell (NSMP)
Action TR01201: BP Gas (MK) to produce analytical data of
the number of occurrences when the CO2 limit could have been
above 4mol%, including diagrams of the operational processes
and flows at the site.
M. Kirkpatrick (BP) / D. O’Donnell (NSMP)
Schematic of St Fergus sub-terminal entry to NTS
Norway
Bruce
CO2 2.5%
Europe
Heimdal
Hub
Rhum
CO2 6%
Sirge
(Laggan Tormore
CO2 0.2% )
Vesterled
pipeline
Bruce Wye
CO2 3.8%
CO2 2.5%
FUKA pipeline
‘Frigg’ System
SAGE
4%
SEGAL
1.6%
St Fergus NSM P
sub terminal
4%
Alw yn Area
NTS M anifold entry point
NTS entry
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St Fergus Sub-terminals
NSMP
Apache
Shell
St. Fergus
SEGAL
Nat Grid
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Occurrences when the St Fergus NSMP terminal
CO2 limit could have been above 4mol%
Total of 8 separate “total” outages of the Laggan Tormore fields since start up
of twin compressor operation in May 2016
•
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Double Compressor Trips at SGP since 2 Compressor Operations (May 16)
Date Start
Date End
Total Time (Days)
21/05/2016 03:00 21/05/2016 09:00
0.25
21/06/2016 20:50 24/06/2016 12:00
2.63
26/06/2016 03:00 26/06/2016 10:45
0.32
14/07/2016 16:30 15/07/2016 09:00
0.69
18/07/2016 18:10 18/07/2016 23:48
0.23
07/08/2016 05:32 08/08/2016 22:03
1.69
03/10/2016 00:00 04/10/2016 10:30
1.44
06/10/2016 13:18 07/10/2016 05:00
0.65
7.91
•
Laggan Tormore blend gas was unavailable only 4% of the time.
•
Rhum owners however required to purchase firm volumes of low CO2
Norwegian gas 100% of the time to mitigate against the risk of these unplanned
outages causing breach of 4mol% CO2 limit at the NSMP NTS Entry Point
•
The cost of purchasing this blend gas is prohibitive to Rhum and will lead to
early CoP of both Rhum and Bruce fields.
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Example Operational flows at St Fergus NSMP terminal
6
St Fergus Sub-Terminals System Entry Volumes
(May 2012 – May 2016)
 Between May 2012 and May 2016 there were only 3
unplanned days when both SAGE and SEGAL were
unavailable simultaneously (frequency of 0.2%).
NB: NSMP sub-terminal also shutdown in this period
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St Fergus CO2 Blending Analysis
Typical “Summer Norm” Day
M. Kirkpatrick
Summer Norm– Reference Day 30 June 2016
NTS Blending Scenario 1
This scenario imagines an offspec event on an ordinary summer’s day, using actual average flow rates from SAGE and
SEGAL, but adjusting NSMP flows.
It assumes that flows are stable except for Laggan Tormore tripping
• SAGE flow rate of 20MCM/d at 4% CO2 (No blending benefit)
• SEGAL flow rate of 18.3MCM/d at 1.6% CO2 (entry spec)
• Vesterled is flowing 8.2MCM/d at 4% CO2 (No blending benefit – assume some Valemon gas is flowing)
• Frigg system is flowing near maximum rate (30MCM/d) until:
• Laggan Tormore trips – zero flow for 60 hours
• CO2 peaks out at 3.65%
Vesterled and Frigg flows and CO2 concentrations entering NTS
0.00
24.00
48.00
72.00
96.00
120.00
144.00
168.00
192.00
216.00
5.00%
4.50%
4.00%
3.50%
3.00%
2.50%
2.00%
1.50%
1.00%
0.50%
Mol%
0.00%
-0.50%
-1.00%
-1.50%
-2.00%
-2.50%
-3.00%
-3.50%
-4.00%
-4.50%
-5.00%
240.00
100
90
80
70
Time first
exceeds Flowrate
4%
at max CO2
Max CO2
Time of
max CO2
Frigg UK at St Fergus
4.57%
82
40
22.1
51
Frigg UK + Vesterled
4.45%
86
40
58
51
St Fergus Area
3.65%
86
never
76.3
0
At
Duration
(Hours)
Model Checks
MCMD
60
50
40
off
Not Applicable
30
20
10
0.00
24.00
48.00
72.00
96.00
120.00
144.00
168.00
192.00
Max CO2
FTSUK CO2
Vesterled and FTS CO2
Vesterled CO2
StF TEPUK flow
Vesterled flow
SAGE flow
SEGAL Flow
216.00
0
240.00
Hours
Duration
Before linepack
Not Applicable
Max CO2
Time of
Time first
Duration
Frigg UK at St Fergus
Frigg UK + Vesterled
St Fergus Area
St Fergus Area CO2
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Summer Norm– Reference Day 30 June 2016
NTS Blending Scenario 2
This scenario imagines an offspec event on an ordinary summer’s day, using actual average flow rates from SAGE and
SEGAL, but adjusting NSMP flows.
It assumes that flows are stable except for Laggan Tormore tripping
• SAGE flow rate of 20MCM/d at 4% CO2 (No blending benefit)
• SEGAL flow rate of 18.3MCM/d at 1.6% CO2 (entry spec)
• Vesterled is flowing 8.2MCM/d at 4% CO2 (No blending benefit – assume some Valemon gas is flowing)
• Frigg system is flowing at high rates (23MCM/d – Alwyn is offline) until:
• Laggan Tormore trips – zero flow for 60 hours
• CO2 peaks out at 3.78% CO2
Vesterled and Frigg flows and CO2 concentrations entering NTS
0.00
24.00
48.00
72.00
96.00
120.00
144.00
168.00
192.00
216.00
5.00%
4.50%
4.00%
3.50%
3.00%
2.50%
2.00%
1.50%
1.00%
0.50%
Mol%
0.00%
-0.50%
-1.00%
-1.50%
-2.00%
-2.50%
-3.00%
-3.50%
-4.00%
-4.50%
-5.00%
240.00
100
90
80
70
Time first
exceeds Flowrate
4%
at max CO2
Max CO2
Time of
max CO2
Frigg UK at St Fergus
5.27%
83
59
17.6
35
Frigg UK + Vesterled
4.93%
85
59
51
35
St Fergus Area
3.78%
85
never
69.3
0
At
Duration
(Hours)
Model Checks
MCMD
60
50
40
off
Not Applicable
30
20
10
0.00
24.00
48.00
72.00
96.00
120.00
144.00
168.00
192.00
Max CO2
FTSUK CO2
Vesterled and FTS CO2
Vesterled CO2
StF TEPUK flow
Vesterled flow
SAGE flow
SEGAL Flow
216.00
0
240.00
Hours
Duration
Before linepack
Not Applicable
Max CO2
Time of
Time first
Duration
Frigg UK at St Fergus
Frigg UK + Vesterled
St Fergus Area
St Fergus Area CO2
10
Summer Norm– Reference Day 30 June 2016
NTS Blending Scenario 3
This scenario imagines an offspec event on an ordinary summer’s day, using actual average flow rates from SAGE and
SEGAL, but adjusting NSMP flows.
It assumes that flows are stable except for Laggan Tormore tripping
• SAGE flow rate of 20MCM/d at 4% CO2 (No blending benefit)
• SEGAL flow rate of 18.3MCM/d at 1.6% CO2 (entry spec)
• Vesterled is flowing 8.2MCM/d at 4% CO2 (No blending benefit – assume some Valemon gas is flowing)
• Frigg system is flowing at mid rates (21MCM/d – Alwyn is offline and Rhum has reduced to 3.5MCM/d) until:
• Laggan Tormore trips – zero flow for 60 hours
• CO2 peaks out at 3.66%
Vesterled and Frigg flows and CO2 concentrations entering NTS
0.00
24.00
48.00
72.00
96.00
120.00
144.00
168.00
192.00
216.00
5.00%
4.50%
4.00%
3.50%
3.00%
2.50%
2.00%
1.50%
1.00%
0.50%
Mol%
0.00%
-0.50%
-1.00%
-1.50%
-2.00%
-2.50%
-3.00%
-3.50%
-4.00%
-4.50%
-5.00%
240.00
100
90
80
70
Time first
exceeds Flowrate
4%
at max CO2
Max CO2
Time of
max CO2
Frigg UK at St Fergus
4.99%
83
68
16.2
27
Frigg UK + Vesterled
4.71%
85
68
49.6
27
St Fergus Area
3.66%
85
never
67.9
0
At
Duration
(Hours)
Model Checks
MCMD
60
50
40
off
Not Applicable
30
20
10
0.00
24.00
48.00
72.00
96.00
120.00
144.00
168.00
192.00
Max CO2
FTSUK CO2
Vesterled and FTS CO2
Vesterled CO2
StF TEPUK flow
Vesterled flow
SAGE flow
SEGAL Flow
216.00
0
240.00
Hours
Duration
Before linepack
Not Applicable
Max CO2
Time of
Time first
Duration
Frigg UK at St Fergus
Frigg UK + Vesterled
St Fergus Area
St Fergus Area CO2
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Summer Norm– Reference Day 30 June 2016
NTS Blending Scenario 4
This scenario imagines an offspec event on an ordinary summer’s day, using actual average flow rates from SAGE and
SEGAL, but adjusting NSMP flows.
It assumes that flows are stable except for Laggan Tormore tripping
• SAGE flow rate of 20MCM/d at 4% CO2 (No blending benefit)
• SEGAL flow rate of 18.3MCM/d at 1.6% CO2 (entry spec)
• Vesterled is flowing 8.2MCM/d at 4% CO2 (No blending benefit – assume some Valemon gas is flowing)
• Frigg system is flowing at disrupted rates (22MCM/d – Alwyn is offline and Bruce has reduced to 1.5MCM/d) until:
• Laggan Tormore trips – zero flow for 60 hours
• CO2 peaks out at 3.87%
Vesterled and Frigg flows and CO2 concentrations entering NTS
0.00
24.00
48.00
72.00
96.00
120.00
144.00
168.00
192.00
216.00
5.00%
4.50%
4.00%
3.50%
3.00%
2.50%
2.00%
1.50%
1.00%
0.50%
Mol%
0.00%
-0.50%
-1.00%
-1.50%
-2.00%
-2.50%
-3.00%
-3.50%
-4.00%
-4.50%
-5.00%
240.00
100
90
80
70
Time first
exceeds Flowrate
4%
at max CO2
Max CO2
Time of
max CO2
Frigg UK at St Fergus
5.61%
83
64
16.7
31
Frigg UK + Vesterled
5.17%
87
64
50.1
31
St Fergus Area
3.87%
87
never
68.4
0
At
Duration
(Hours)
Model Checks
MCMD
60
50
40
off
Not Applicable
30
20
10
0.00
24.00
48.00
72.00
96.00
120.00
144.00
168.00
192.00
Max CO2
FTSUK CO2
Vesterled and FTS CO2
Vesterled CO2
StF TEPUK flow
Vesterled flow
SAGE flow
SEGAL Flow
216.00
0
240.00
Hours
Duration
Before linepack
Not Applicable
Max CO2
Time of
Time first
Duration
Frigg UK at St Fergus
Frigg UK + Vesterled
St Fergus Area
St Fergus Area CO2
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