Caltec
Caltec designs, develops and supplies multi-phase boosting and separation technologies.
Petrofac acquired Caltec Limited (Caltec) in August 2008.
By harnessing energy from existing sources, such as high-pressure wells, the technology gives us the capability to improve production rates, access additional reserves and enhance ultimate recovery of hydrocarbons across multiple field production scenarios.
Our technology is split into two main areas: the Wellcom system which boosts production flowrates by lowering wellhead pressures, and the I-SEP system which allows the partial separation of gas, oil, water and solids.
Wellcom boosting technology
The Wellcom boosting technology increases production by eliminating the back-pressure effect on low-pressure wells. The technology harnesses energy from high-pressure wells or other available sources to drive product flow from low-pressure wells in the same production system. Wellcom is a cost effective boosting system designed to meet production pressure requirements whilst allowing wellhead pressure to be reduced, thus increasing production and ultimate recovery.
The key applications for the Wellcom boosting technology are:
- boosting low-pressure wells without adversely impacting high-pressure system
- recovery of low-pressure gas/oil
- flared gas recovery
- export gas boosting
- low-pressure gas boost from separators
- well start-up, sustaining well life and dead-well kick-start
- de-bottle necking main compression stations
I-SEP technology
Caltec’s I-SEP is a compact in-line separator that is very effective at separating gas, oil, water and solids. The I-SEP operates by creating high centrifugal forces that generate a low pressure vortex enabling denser fluids to be separated from the flow. This low pressure vortex is created solely as a result of the cyclonic actions of the I-SEP internal design and does not need to be maintained by external equipment.
The key applications for the I-SEP technology are:
- primary gas/liquid separation
- primary gas/oil separation
- bulk oil/water separation
- solids separation
- knock out of liquids from wet gas
- smoothes out “slugging” in flow
- under balanced drilling applications
- de-bottlenecking of production facilities
With patented products and solutions, Caltec has a successful, proven record in adding value to major oil companies world-wide with clients including BP, Shell, Conoco, Total and Chevron.
For additional information, please refer to the Caltec website at www.caltec.com.
Contact: John Kerr
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