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  1. HTlofty

    Cost of hot tapping

    agreed - we assume that with a functioning (as in "presently producing") well-head, there are areas (portions) of the pipework either before or after the venting to atmosphere where an access of some type can be made (the metering of the flow may not be so important as regards how much gas is...
  2. HTlofty

    Cost of hot tapping

    agreed - Niger Delta is the place - I might revise the estimate! Regards the % - unfortunately not my decision but a good idea! We have discretion on the budget in this area - maybe we should look at a greater amount? If we are talking about sub-contracting, then there are plenty of skilled...
  3. HTlofty

    Cost of hot tapping

    present flare is simply flared off to atmosphere (little restriction on environment (one reason why I am so personally interested in doing something to capture and make use of flared gas. Well head ( s) presently situated in what amounts to a swamp - piping to collection point (again in the...
  4. HTlofty

    Cost of hot tapping

    David, BigInch, I am very grateful for the advice which is technically oriented - however this is genuinely not in my area of competence. The question posed to me was how much does it cost (as a generic operation) to tap into a flare gas supply in order to send that flare gas to an engine which...
  5. HTlofty

    Cost of hot tapping

    GREAT! What ARE the alternatives?
  6. HTlofty

    Cost of hot tapping

    First, many thanks for the reply - Yes! I figured that this would be the nature of a reply and I apologise for the lack of info in the first thread. OK - my experience in the oil sector is confined to upstream so I am by NO means an expert in this area - frankly the questions don't mean a great...
  7. HTlofty

    Cost of hot tapping

    Have to send an idea of how much it would cost to tap into an existing well head to take off flare gas for use in electrical generation onsite. Any ideas of the cost of such operations and what is involved - not my usual area.HTlofty

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