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OIL has accumulated over a hundred years of experience in oil and gas production
since the discovery of Digboi oilfield in 1889. From well completion to wellbore
servicing, installation, operation and maintenance of modern surface handling
facilities, OIL has the expertise to manage the entire range of operations required
for onshore oil and gas production. In particular, it has perfected the techniques
to produce and condition the waxy (paraffinic and asphaltenic) crude oil of Assam.
Productivity
improvement measures like acid stimulation, polymer water shut-off, gravel packing
and chemical consolidation are designed and implemented in-house. Coil tubing
technology has been increasingly used over the last decade. OIL also possesses
expertise in designing, installing and troubleshooting continuous and intermittent
gas-lift systems and the related networks.
About 50% of crude oil production comes from depleting oilfields. Artificial lifting
and EOR techniques adopted since late 1960s have played an important role in augmenting
production and enhancing the ultimate recovery from these oilfields.
OIL
produces around 5 MMSCUMD of natural gas and has a dedicated pipeline network
for collection and supply of gas as fuel and feedstock to nearby industries such
as refineries, fertiliser and petrochemical plants, power generation plants and
200 tea gardens. Over 90% of the internal energy requirement of varied oilfield
plants and equipment is met by natural gas.
OIL utilises a SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system for online
monitoring of production, injection, storage-cum-flowback and distribution of
natural gas. It has the expertise to design, install and commission gas compressor
stations and gas collection and distribution networks. OIL achieved natural gas
production of 2264.57 MMSCUM and sale 1767.505 MMSCUM during 2006-2007.
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LPG plant was set up in 1982 to process 2.2 MMSCMD of gas using the Turbo Expander
Technology for the first time in Asia. This plant is producing over 50,000 MT
of LPG annually with feedstock supplied from OIL’s internal gas production,
due to efficient operation and maintenance. The plant also handles LPG bottling.
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