Just like much of the world, the oil and gas industry in Australia has its eyes firmly focused on decommissioning and abandonment campaigns. With ageing infrastructure and the fact that no two wells are the same, it is inevitable that challenges will need to be overcome. To meet the demands and expectations of the decommissioning process, the reliance on skills, technology and knowledge sharing will be vitally important.
With a six-year history in delivering innovative technology for UK plug and abandonment (P&A) campaigns, Oilenco engineers have built an extensive knowledge of the market, allowing the company to develop inventive solutions that increase efficiency and reduce the cost of operations.
Oilenco, who are they?
Established in 2008 by Warren Ackroyd, company managing director, Oilenco are specialists in the design, engineering, and manufacture of well intervention and completion tool solutions.
Headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland and with a second facility in Stavanger, Norway, the company employs 45 staff including design engineers, CNC machinists, quality inspectors, a large team of workshop and offshore technicians, a production team, account managers and a business support team.
From working directly with clients involved in P&A campaigns, Oilenco has developed a suite of tools specifically targeted at solving P&A challenges. From well integrity issues and remote opening solutions, to bespoke tooling to solve unique challenges, for example, parted tubing issues and downhole obstructions, all with the aim of minimising intervention, increasing safety and reducing operational costs.
What makes Oilenco unique?
Warren comments: “Our organisation has the unique ability to design and engineer tooling from start to finish, with manufacturing, inspection, and testing capabilities all within our own facilities. We have a team of dynamic and innovative design engineers who work alongside our clients, developing ideas to create practical high-performance solutions. Considering usability, environmental impact, and safety of a design, we combine creativity with engineering excellence to develop each individual solution.”
Oilenco maintains a stock of approved materials, with the speed and agility to produce solutions to solve challenges. The company has a dedicated team of CNC machinists and the latest CNC technology to manufacture tooling components. With an ergonomic workflow and efficient manufacturing process, the company can provide a rapid response to meet operational requirements. We also have a team of quality inspectors that analyse and measure each component to ensure it meets client specifications and required industry standards.
Our dedicated safety valve test centre has full API specification 14A 12th Edition 2015 Annex C functional testing capabilities, allowing us to complete control line pressure testing, as well as nitrogen gas testing and liquid and gas leakage rate testing. Our custom-built testing chamber allows us to fully verify OEM safety valves, as well as the Oilenco safety valve.
Blair McCombie, Operations Director comments: “We are committed to developing high-quality solutions to optimise functionality of challenging offshore operations. Whether looking for a bespoke solution or downhole tooling from our tried and trusted product portfolio, we work with clients to provide solutions that are supported by our experienced technicians who not only assemble the tools in the workshop but provide practical training and support to the client asset team offshore when required.”
Why Oilenco?
Whether manufacturing bespoke solutions, providing tool redressing and refurbishment or supplying immediate tooling from our extensive rental fleet, the company have a wealth of intervention and P&A knowledge and experience to offer the Australian oil and gas market. In country to date, we have supplied our hybrid plugs (a high-performance well isolation barrier) and safety valve protection sleeves with in-line drift packages for P&A campaigns, as well as scale remedial packages and safety valve solutions for further well intervention workscopes.
David Fisher, Business Development Director adds: “Oilenco work directly alongside operators to get an in-depth understanding of the challenges they face. This allows us to determine the right solution, developing conceptual designs into a reliable product ready for operational use. We believe that collaboration and knowledge sharing is key to developing efficient solutions to tackle unique, often unexpected challenges. And we see this in the feedback we receive from our clients.
“Your team’s professionalism, proactiveness, speed of response and ingenuity in solving our well problems is greatly appreciated – Well Engineer, UK North Sea Operator.”
Oilenco is participating in the OWI AUS conference taking place in Perth on 8-9 November 2023. David will be showcasing our capabilities, as well as speaking about our experience of the P&A market and how, through collaboration and technology, we enhance plug and abandonment operations in the UK.
To learn more about Oilenco and our solutions, call +44 (0)1224 548700, email info@oilenco.com or visit our website, oilenco.com.
