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Executed on a major Chinese oil & gas group South China Huizhou an offshore platform in the South China Sea

Oil-Based Mud (OBM) Cuttings Treatment

OBM cuttings have a high oil content and are hard to treat — they are a key item in the environmental compliance of offshore platforms. The Ruituxiang scheme was executed on a major Chinese oil & gas group South China Huizhou an offshore platform in the South China Sea and carries a complete qualification package for offshore platform operations.

Solution Overview

High-oil cuttings, a key offshore compliance item

OBM cuttings have a high oil content and are hard to treat. Ruituxiang's scheme for an offshore platform in the South China Sea is supported by complete testing records, a construction technical scheme, and equipment explosion-proof and typhoon-resistance certificates, meeting the compliance requirements for offshore operations.

Challenge

OBM cuttings

High oil content and hard to treat, directly determining the environmental compliance status of the offshore platform.

Objective

Volume reduction

Reduce high-oil cuttings to a state where they can enter the subsequent disposal steps.

Threshold

Offshore operation qualification

Offshore platform operations require a full set of proofs — construction scheme, safety system, equipment and personnel. The qualification package is the entry prerequisite.

Qualification Highlights

A complete qualification package for offshore platform operations

Built on site during an offshore platform in the South China Sea project; reusable for other offshore operation scenarios.

01

Schemes and systems

Construction technical scheme and on-site safety management system documents.

02

Equipment certificates

Equipment explosion-proof certificates and typhoon-resistance capability proof.

03

Licensed personnel

Licensed operators, including seafarer medical checks and laboratory personnel qualifications.

04

Testing procedures

On-site testing record sheets and laboratory testing procedures.

Related Track Record

Field execution and offshore affairs records

Offshore platform

a major Chinese oil & gas group South China Huizhou an offshore platform in the South China Sea

Completed the offshore platform volume-reduction module for oily cuttings: prepared a complete construction technical scheme, safety system documents and testing record sheets, staffed licensed operators (including seafarer medical checks and laboratory personnel qualifications), and equipment with explosion-proof certificates and typhoon-resistance proof.

Reusable assets built on site: construction technical scheme template, on-site safety management system, laboratory testing procedures, personnel qualification package.

2020
Offshore affairs

the South China Sea cuttings project

Handling of offshore affairs related to oily cuttings.

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