Pipeline Modelling for the Lebanese Offshore: Cases in the Oil and Gas Industry

Abstract

Lebanon must build a pipeline system to carry the hydrocarbons from offshore to the shore. With no available studies and not much experience in this domain, designing a pipeline system in Lebanon is a topic of great concern. In this research, a prototype sample for the Lebanese offshore pipeline system is designed taking into consideration different parameters such as the drainage area, skin factor, Dietz shape, production interval, and the wellhead pressure. The system carries the gas from block 9 offshore Lebanon to a suitable production platform using different simulation software, mainly PROSPER. Different scenarios are modelled where results showed an optimum flow rate of 322.834MMscf/day and a wellbore pressure of 6460.73psi at 3000psi wellhead pressure. Further studies are encouraged to be carried out to transport the hydrocarbons from the wellheads of block 9 to the Zahrani processing plant via specified hydraulics engineering software.