drilling with gas engines

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HARC Workshop Electrification for Oil & Gas Operations Drilling with gas engines Hannah Kaplan GE Power & Water – Distributed Power October 22, 2015

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Accessibility of low cost fuels

• Increasing • Emissions • Regulations

Trends in Exploration & Production

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Opportunities for gas drilling

Drive high reliability & availability

Decrease operating costs

Target environmental benefits

HARC Workshop| 22 October 2015

Jenbacher Type 2 • Output: 335kW (60 Hz) • Introduced in 1988 Jenbacher Type 3

• Output: 633-1,059kW (60 Hz)

• Introduced in 1988

Jenbacher Type 4 • Output: 852 - 1,421kW (60 Hz) • Introduced in 2002

Jenbacher Type 6 • Output: 1,800 - 4,335kW (60 Hz) • Introduced in 1989

Waukesha 275GL* • Output: 2,330-3,480kW (60 Hz)

Introduced in 2009

Waukesha VHP* • Output: 300-1600kW (60 Hz) • Output: 315-1500kW (50 Hz) • Introduced in 1967

Waukesha VGF* • Output: 280-830kW (60 Hz) • Output: 230 – 685kW (50 Hz) • Introduced in 1987

Gas Compression, Mechanical Drive,

Oilfield Power Generation

Power Generation

GE’s Reciprocating Gas Engines deliver power

throughout the Oil & Gas industry *Minimum 400 kV

GE’s reciprocating engines for oil & gas*

Driving reliability & availability

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GE’s mobileflex portfolio for drilling & oilfield operations Proven oilfield power solutions

• Lean burn combustion

• Fuel efficient & fuel flexible

-Up to 39% electrical efficiency

• EPA certified

• 1800 rpm (Genset, container, CHP)

• Since 1988 >8,000 engines delivered

• 12 rigs operating in the field

• 2 dedicated NG + 1 Diesel per rig

Jenbacher J320 1048 kWe (1468 BHP)

Waukesha* L5794GSI & L7044GSI 1000 kWe (1380 BHP) & 1200 kWe (1680 BHP)

• Rich-burn combustion

• Diesel-like load acceptance

-Up to 65% load steps and 100% load shed

• Fuel flexible in high BTU fuels

-950-2650 BTU

• EPA certified

• 1200 rpm (Genset, engine)

• Since 1967 >15,000 engines delivered

• 16 Rigs operating in the field

• 3 dedicated NG per rig

• 20 artificial lift EOR units HARC Workshop| 22 October 2015

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120%VHP* rich-burn fuel flexibility Designed to run on nearly any fuel from pure propane to pipeline gas

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VHP rich-burn wide timing range Allows for flexibility to keep engine running

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* Trademark of General Electric Company

Fuel flexibility advantage


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Diesel Capable of 100% load in one step

Rich-burn Capable of full load in two steps

Lean-burn Typically capable loading at 15% intervals

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Frequency Amplitude & Recovery Time is

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Gas engine loading capabilities


Decreasing operating costs

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Even with lower diesel prices, moving to field gas & alternative fuels offers operating cost savings…

Gas engine fuel Eff 7919 Btu/bhp-hr

Diesel engine fuel Eff 6113 Btu/bhp-hr

Diesel $.0902/bhp-hr

Field Gas $2.00/mmBtu $.0158/bhp-hr

LNG $1.40 DGE $.0856/bhp-hr

Propane $1.23 per gallon = 13.50/mmBtu $.1065/bhp-hr

$1.90 per gallon = $14.76/mmBtu

@1500 hp

$ 3,247 /day

$ 570 /day

$ 3,081 /day

$ 3834 /day


Driving environmental benefits

Emission control with low-cost 3-way catalyst

• Maintains EPA Mobile Certification

• Capable of 0.2 g/bhp-hr

Noise Reduction – 22db(A)*

• Almost 4X reduction

Diesel

Up to 95% lower emissions

4.8 < 0.5

NOx (grams per bhp-hr)

Natural Gas

Considerations with bi-fuel/dual fuel

Emissions Displacement Variable fuel quality

Up to 60% diesel

displacement

Up to 57% lower

emissions (NOX)

Up to 90% diesel

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Up to 85% lower

emissions (NOX)

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Alternative diesel + gas options

HARC Workshop| 22 October 2015 * Theoretical based on drilling operation; to be field tested

*Diesel sound levels from ATCO Noise

Management report on a drill rig in Texas


Antero Resources Patterson-UTI - Harrison County, WV


Encana Patterson UTI – 3 – 7044GSI

Mead, Colorado

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The timing is right to move to gas drilling

Proven technology for reliable oilfield operations

Opportunity to reduce operating costs

Emissions advantage in changing landscape

Established fueling infrastructure in many North

American oil & gas fields

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