| | MAY - 202219E ERGYTech ReviewCXO INSIGHTSBy Roberto Mantini, Well Production Services Director, Bonatti S.p.A.MULTIPHASE PUMP SYSTEMS:A COST-EFFECTIVE SURFACE SOLUTION FOR EOROil operators in addition to quick mobilizations of systems usually require the flexibility to adjust the hydraulics of such plants to adapt the pressures and volumes based on reservoirs variationsThe recent trends in the Oil & Gas market have demonstrated that the combination of the natural depletion of mature reservoirs with the volatility of oil price is forcing IOC, NOC, and small independent producer to rearrange the mix of investment towards larger projects targeting shorter returns and cost efficiency. In parallel, the existing reservoirs, are `sqeezed' as much as possible taking advantage of the already-in-place infrastructure using the new technologies for the enhanced oil recovery.In the last fifteen years, Bonatti--integral oil & gas solution provider for the upstream sector--embraced the new challenge of enhancing oil & gas recovery solutions, applying its own surface technologies to depleting wells through its `Well Production Services' (WPS) Business line. Bonatti proposes an innovative `full rental Solution' able to increase production of marginal fields, without being Capital intensive for the Operators.Within its Service Portfolio, the most advanced and technological one is the Multi-phase Pumping Service. This Service solution is based on multiphase pumping systems able to treat multiphase fluids (oil, gas, condensate, with presence of water, solids and others minor components) without the need of an early treatment and/or separation. The system basically lowers the well head pressure or boosts the flow of a manifold, allowing the multiphase fluid to reach the CPF. The advantage in terms of production is to grant additional barrels equivalent to be injected in the network, maximizing wells' optimization and the overall production life. Others advantages, compared to the classical production systems, are the absence
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