Case Studies
From contract award to startup, the early production facilities were engineered, manufactured, procured, and deployed on accelerated timelines to bring production online sooner.
Production facilities
From design through operations
Integrated production facility designed for your reservoir and production objectives
SLB provides design, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operations, and maintenance services to deliver integrated production facilities from concept to production.
By connecting subsurface understanding with surface processing capabilities, we design facilities around the characteristics of the reservoir, produced fluids, production profile, and required outlet specifications.
Our integrated approach brings together process technologies, engineering expertise, operations experience, asset management, digital capabilities, and life cycle support to help maximize recovery and optimize performance for any targeted production rate, required standards, effluent condition, or export quality requirement.
From concept and design through commissioning and operations, this integrated approach helps optimize facility performance as field conditions evolve.
Production Facilities
Integrated surface processing and separation
Built around the needs of your asset
Fit-for-purpose design
Tailored for your reservoir characteristics to enhance recovery, production targets, operating conditions, and project requirements.
Comprehensive technology portfolio
Proven processing and separation technologies for oil, gas, produced water, and seawater supporting a wide range of operating conditions and treatment requirements.
Digital optimization
Leverage data analytics, process modeling, and automation to support flow assurance and optimize production.
Domain expertise and services
Integrated engineering, project execution, and operations and maintenance support across the facility life cycle.
Optimize facility performance with digitally connected systems
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Maximize production and recovery
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Maintain product specifications
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Respond to changing production conditions
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Improve reliability, asset integrity, and uptime
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Identify process and production optimization opportunities
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Manage operating and project economics
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First production in less than 5 months, accelerating cash flow
Enabled production of 10,000 bbl/d while the permanent 160,000-bbl/d production facility was under construction. Early production generated positive cash flow to help finance and sustain ongoing and future field development.
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First oil from remote greenfield in 9 months despite challenging conditions
Produced 10 million bbl in three years, generating crude sales to help finance and sustain continued field development. Maintained 96% operational uptime despite its remote mountainous location and harsh weather conditions.
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Standardized-equipment approach delivered remote facility in a record-breaking 11 months.
Compact modules characteristic of the early production facility have minimized delays related to equipment acquisition, transport logistics, and setup, enabling the project to be fast-tracked and completed in 11 months. Operational capacity has increased 200% to process 35 Mbbl/d fluid containing 20 Mbbl/d water, which satisfies the drilling and production commitment.
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Gas Processing & Treatment
Technologies, services, and expertise
Produced Water Treatment
For disposal or injection
Oil treatment
Preparation of oil for shipment to a refinery or transportation through a pipeline
Seawater Treatment
Biofoulant control, filtration, and dissolved solids removal
Solids Management
Custom separation and handling solutions
Processing & Separation Operational Support
From concept through operations
Frequently asked questions about production facilities
How long does it take to bring a new production facility online?
Project timelines vary, but early production facilities can accelerate the path to first production. In Indonesia, we enabled 10,000 bbl/d of initial production in less than 5 months while a permanent facility targeting 160,000 bbl/d was under development. In Ecuador, a standardized modular approach enabled completion of a remote production facility in 11 months.
What does SLB's integrated approach to production facilities cover?
We connect subsurface understanding with surface processing from facility design through operations. Depending on project requirements, this can include engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operations, and maintenance, with the facility configured around reservoir characteristics, produced fluids, production targets, and required outlet specifications.
How do SLB production facilities adapt to changing production conditions?
Our digitally connected production facilities combine reservoir understanding with data analytics, process modeling, and automation. This helps manage changing production conditions, maintain flow assurance and required export quality, and optimize production and recovery throughout the life of the field.
What processing and separation technologies can be integrated into an SLB production facility?
Production facilities can be configured with oil treatment, gas treatment, produced water treatment, and seawater treatment technologies according to fluid properties, treatment requirements, and outlet specifications. These capabilities can be integrated into a fit-for-purpose facility based on the needs of the asset. The wording here deliberately matches the actual SLB processing and separation of taxonomy rather than introducing more detailed technologies from separate product pages.
How is an SLB production facility tailored to a specific reservoir?
We use reservoir characterization and production requirements to develop a fit-for-purpose, reservoir-integrated facility design. The facility can be optimized for targeted production rates, fluid and effluent conditions, recovery objectives, and export quality requirements, with operations adjusted as field conditions change.
