Subsea Engineering Handbook

Chapter 2

Subsea Field Development

Contents

2.1. Subsea Field Development Overview

2.2. Deepwater or Shallow-Water Development

2.3. Wet Tree and Dry Tree Systems

2.3.1. Wet Tree Systems

2.3.2. Dry Tree Systems

2.3.3. Systems Selection

2.4. Subsea Tie-Back Development

2.4.1. Tie-Back Field Design

2.4.2. Tie-Back Selection and Challenges

2.5. Stand-Alone Development

2.5.1. Comparison between the Stand-Alone and Tie-Back Developments

2.5.2. Classification of Stand-Alone Facilities

2.6. Artificial Lift Methods and Constraints

2.6.1. General

2.6.2. Gas Lift

2.6.3. Subsea Pressure Boosting

2.6.4. Electric Submersible Pump (ESP)

2.7. Subsea Processing

2.8. Template, Clustered Well System, and Daisy Chain

2.8.1. Satellite Well System

2.8.2. Template ...