Flow Assurance: Tips from Shell on Achieving Maximum Efficiency

Fouad Fleyfel, Head of Process and Flow Assurance Engineering at the Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, talks to Oil and Gas IQ about the work Shell has been doing in Nigeria, pinpointing the key challenges faced in the West African oil industry. The interview then looks at different ways of working towards maximum efficiency - outlining a few of the methods and strategies currently employed and why these methods have been chosen. Fouad addresses how Shell deals with napthenate deposits and also explains the work that the company has been doing with methanol in well shut-down and start-up operations. Fouad Fleyfel will be chairing the forthcoming Oil and Gas Flow Assurance Forum, which will take place from 8th - 9th December in Aberdeen. For further details of the specialist speaker panel, topics on the agenda, delegate booking information and also free downloadable resources on the subject, please visit: www.flowassurance.org, contact the event team on 0800 652 2363, or email enquire@iqpc.co.uk.