OVERVIEW
Why subsea seawater injection?
Subsea water injection is a resource-efficient field development strategy for enhanced oil recovery, providing effective pressure support to reservoirs where needed. Subsea seawater injection may provide significant cost and performance benefits compared with topside injection alternatives, which may require expensive modifications that increase complexity and waste valuable real estate.
Once operational, the injection system ensures optimal production capacity through better use of topside space, and they offset emissions by eliminating the need for fuel to power high-pressure water transport from the surface — relying instead on natural pressures at the seabed to help power injection pumps.
Depending on the reservoir compatibility with the seawater there may be need for disinfection, filtration and treatment of the seawater prior to injecting it.
Once operational, the injection system ensures optimal production capacity through better use of topside space, and they offset emissions by eliminating the need for fuel to power high-pressure water transport from the surface — relying instead on natural pressures at the seabed to help power injection pumps.
Depending on the reservoir compatibility with the seawater there may be need for disinfection, filtration and treatment of the seawater prior to injecting it.
