Replication of Oil & Gas Projects: A Model for Achieving Predictability on Oil Sands' SAGD Plants

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dc.contributor.advisorJergeas, George
dc.contributor.authorHalari, Alnoor Akberali
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-05T19:53:35Z
dc.date.available2014-06-16T07:00:40Z
dc.date.issued2014-05-05
dc.date.submitted2014en
dc.description.abstractReplication in some mature industries is quite common and has been very successful. Every automobile manufactured of a certain year and model is identical, and so is every airplane, with a few variations. Every McDonalds restaurant has the same kind of deep fryer, and similar if not identical floor plans. In the oil & gas industry generally, a few examples of Replication exist, but in the oil sands’ Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) industry, it is a relatively new concept. Numerous papers have been written and research done in the oil sands’ sub-surface reservoirs, but little on the building of the surface plants that actually support it during production. A thesis by Halari (2011) recommends Replication as a strategy to mitigate issues encountered during execution of SAGD plants, and forms the genesis of this research. This much required research into Replication of SAGD plants, which includes industry opinion based on experience of over 140 practitioners, identifies the critical factors in executing replicated SAGD plants. Among these, the most significant critical factors found by this study include: • Effective resource development planning; • Standardization as a major design criterion; and • A proper understanding of the Replication concept and effort required to implement. Grounded on the critical factors collected, a SAGD Replication Model is created in this research. It focuses on the four key pillars of Development Economics, Reservoir Planning, Replication Philosophy, and Engineering Design, which SAGD developers need to evaluate based on their company’s respective contexts. Through analysis, this research has also developed some new and interesting concepts such as the inverse relationship between change and Replication, the impact and correlation between time and Replication, and the most important of all, the definition of Replication within the context of oil & gas projects. It is the intent of this initial research to provide a point of reference in developing new projects based on Replication in the oil & gas industry and SAGD in particular. Hopefully, the thinking and concepts it presents will create a dialogue among industry and academia while providing grounds to germinate newer ideas and further research.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHalari, A. A. (2014). Replication of Oil & Gas Projects: A Model for Achieving Predictability on Oil Sands' SAGD Plants (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27631en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27631
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/1503
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectBusiness Administration--Management
dc.subjectEngineering--Chemical
dc.subjectEngineering--Civil
dc.subject.classificationSAGDen_US
dc.subject.classificationReplicationen_US
dc.subject.classificationoil sandsen_US
dc.subject.classificationProject Managementen_US
dc.subject.classificationOil & Gasen_US
dc.subject.classificationStandardizationen_US
dc.subject.classificationEngineeringen_US
dc.subject.classificationChemicalen_US
dc.subject.classificationPetroleumen_US
dc.subject.classificationDesignen_US
dc.subject.classificationPredictabilityen_US
dc.subject.classificationPlanningen_US
dc.subject.classificationCosten_US
dc.subject.classificationScheduleen_US
dc.subject.classificationPerformanceen_US
dc.subject.classificationStrategyen_US
dc.subject.classificationProductionen_US
dc.subject.classificationResourceen_US
dc.subject.classificationAlbertaen_US
dc.subject.classificationCopyen_US
dc.subject.classificationtechnologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationProcurementen_US
dc.subject.classificationConstructionen_US
dc.subject.classificationOperationsen_US
dc.subject.classificationEconomicsen_US
dc.subject.classificationBusinessen_US
dc.subject.classificationDevelopmenten_US
dc.subject.classificationFront-enden_US
dc.subject.classificationExecutionen_US
dc.subject.classificationModularizationen_US
dc.subject.classificationIndustryen_US
dc.titleReplication of Oil & Gas Projects: A Model for Achieving Predictability on Oil Sands' SAGD Plants
dc.typedoctoral thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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