Seawater Injection or Waterflood Commissioning is not your typical oilfield commissioning.

While oil production process follow well-established separation and processing techniques that many operators are familiar with, waterflood systems introduce novel equipment, unfamiliar chemistry, and strict water quality requirements—making their commissioning uniquely challenging.

If you’ve been involved in capital project planning, you’ve likely seen it happen—despite detailed estimates, careful risk assessments, and robust controls, cost overruns and schedule delays remain persistent challenges.

The truth is, that most cost overruns are not caused by unexpected project-specific risks but by systemic risks—deeply embedded, structural uncertainties that traditional estimation methods fail to capture.

Prediction accuracy for extended-reach laterals and high-intensity completions is improved by applying a Gaussian Process Regression (GPR) model with a Matérn kernel that accounts for parameter space sampling bias. The method adjusts predictions based on local data density and provides uncertainty quantification, increasing reliability in underrepresented regions of the design space. Applied to wells from the Bakken Formation, the model outperforms traditional approaches and supports confident forecasting for non-standard development designs.

In this article, we look at the integrated CM-Cx service model alternative—where both functions are managed by a single entity with a unified team and goal—designed to maximize project value, minimize risk, and enhance execution efficiency.

So your pipe burst, your pump shaft snapped, or your welded joint split, and you need to figure out why and how to fix it. The next steps you take can make the difference between finding answers and leaving the mystery unsolved until the next failure.

We have many options for conducting root cause analyses (RCA) including TapRooT™ and CAST/STPA. The method described here is the method developed by GATE to simplify the analysis while maintaining adequate rigor.

This paper is Part II of a two-part series intended to narrate the history, some of which has been forgotten over time, leading up to the publication of the first Material Requirement (MR-01-75) standard prepared by NACE and its subsequent auxiliary standards.

This is Part I of a two-part series intended to narrate the “lost” history leading up to the publication of the first Material Requirement (MR-01-75) standard prepared by NACE (now AMPP) and its subsequent auxiliary standards.

Systems Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) is a systems approach to hazard analysis. It is based on the premise that accidents happen when we lose control. They are a control problem, not a failure problem.

The GATE approach to risk ranking makes risk assessment easier, more accurate and more repeatable by incorporating LOPA insights into the risk matrix approach.

HAZOP is the most commonly applied process hazard analysis (PHA) methodology in the processing industries. It is also the most flawed!

Through recognizing our clients’ needs, our engineering expertise, and our proprietary in-house GATE Prho™ software engine, we provide customizable, cost-effective, easy-to use software tools to deliver better client outcomes quicker.