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field with Fatih drillship. started gas production at the end of 2019 The center will manufacture Cameron
Well flow tests in the field are being (thought to be at the Leviathan field), was not isolation valve technologies, including
conducted by TPAO’s drillship Kanuni, which introducing PAHs or metals in concentrations GROVE valves and ORBIT rising stem ball
joined the fleet in 2020. The flow test provides that exceeded environmental thresholds. valves, to help improve the efficiency of oil
data on the flow rate and the pressure of As a result, there were no bioaccumulation and gas operations in the region. Comprising
the natural gas to be extracted from the driven-impacts on fish or other marine almost 3,000 square meters, the facility
discovered reservoirs, based upon which the organisms. demonstrates Schlumberger’s commitment
economic production potential is calculated. Previously, bioaccumulation studies for to sustainability through localization,
So far, TPAO has discovered a total of 540 PAHs in waters around oil and gas platforms empowering local teams who understand
bcm gas in the Western Black Sea ultra-deep in the region had relied on either in-situ the local environment and giving them a
offshore. Sakarya gas field development deployment of live biota in cages or the technology portfolio with regional agility to
project comprises a subsea gas production removal of animals from their natural habitat address local operational and commercial
system, a receiving and processing terminal to perform laboratory experiments. needs, while at the same time creating
on the Filyos shore, and pipelines to connect However, PSDs are designed to mimic opportunity in the value chain and, ultimately,
them. the passive uptake of organic compounds contributing to regional energy access in
TPAO has already assembled a team across biological membranes, such as fish alignment with the Kingdom’s 2030 Vision.
of contractors for the project, including a gills, PSA pointed out. So they offer a non- The official ceremony was hosted by
consortium of Subsea 7 and Schlumberger, intrusive method for accurately estimating the Schlumberger CEO Olivier Le Peuch,
Italy’s Saipem, and the UK’s Wood. bioaccumulation of contaminants of concern Schlumberger Executive Vice President –
OE without disruption to the local marine life. Geographies Khaled Al Mogharbel, and
John Tiggelaar, CSA’s project manager, Schlumberger Managing Director Saudi
Monitoring project suggests said: “This novel use of PSDs provides our Arabia & Bahrain Ziad Jeha, in the presence
of Saudi Aramco Senior Vice President of
client the reassurances they need about the
no contamination offshore environmentally safe discharge of produced Technical Services Ahmad Al-Sa’adi and other
water following the platform’s first full year
key stakeholders.
Israel in service, a baseline from which they can manufacturing center—the second such
“We are proud to inaugurate this
confidently manage and assess any future
CSA Ocean Sciences has completed a water mitigation strategies.” manufacturing center to be opened by
quality monitoring project offshore Israel for a CSA field scientists collaborated with Schlumberger in King Salman Energy Park.
major oil and gas company. operatives and subject matter experts from As we celebrate 80 years of presence in the
This was the first time, CSA said, that Marine Ventures International on the project. Kingdom, we continue our localization
passive sampling devices (PSDs) had been OFFSHORE MAG journey in support of the Kingdom’s 2030
successfully deployed in Israeli waters to Vision, delivering an agile, fit-for-basin
conduct water quality studies for the oil and capability that links research, product
gas industry. SERVICES development, and manufacturing to meet the
The devices, deployed in late 2020 and needs of the Saudi Arabian market,” said Ziad
retrieved early last year following a 43-day Schlumberger inaugurates Jeha, managing director, Schlumberger Saudi
soak period, recorded the accumulation of 76 Arabia & Bahrain.
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and 2nd facility at SPARK King Salman Energy Park is continuing
seven metals: chromium, cadmium, mercury, to develop and capture the full economic
lead, manganese, nickel, and zinc. Schlumberger recently announced the value from energy-related goods and
Sample analysis results approved inauguration of its latest manufacturing services in Saudi Arabia and throughout the
and published by the Israeli Ministry of center in King Salman Energy Park (SPARK), region—localizing value creation through
Environmental Protection last August – supporting Saudi Aramco’s In-Kingdom Total dedicated industrial development as part of
indicated no statistical difference between the Value Add (IKTVA) program to promote the Kingdom’s Vision 2030. Read more about
concentrations of parameters detected by the economic growth. The center is the first of local content initiatives at Schlumberger in the
PSDs close to the platform and those placed at its kind for Schlumberger in Saudi as it will company’s Global Stewardship report.
reference checkpoints. support both the midstream and downstream SCHLUMBERGER
The conclusion was that the produced markets in the Kingdom and neighboring
water discharge from the platform, which countries.

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