Dr. Mirza patronises BBBF meet

Manama : Minister of Energy, Dr. Abdulhussain Mirza patronised the meeting of Bahrain British Business Forum’s  (BBBF) Special Interest Group (SIG) for Oil, Gas and Energy sector professionals last night.  BBBF Chairman Khalid Al Zayani OBE welcomed Dr. Mirza and Simon Martin CMG, British Ambassador to Bahrain, to the meeting.

The BBBF’s ‘SIG’ for Oil, Gas and Energy professionals was established last year to facilitate networking and exchange of information amongst industry colleagues and is sponsored by local Bahrain company OAK Utility Solutions and Development (OAK). 

The presentation was held in conjunction with the BBBF and the British Business Association (BBA) from the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.  70 BBBF and BBA members and their guests, including several industry leaders, attended the event.  The presentation was facilitated by SIG Head, Simon Bromyard of OAK, and featured keynote speakers, Abdur-Rasheed Omidiya, Duane Ragbir, from OAK’s JV Partner, EARTH Environment Services (EARTH), and Antonio Amaral.

The presentation focussed on the challenges faced by operators managing mature brown-fields, introducing a new and patented technology for artificial lift called ‘BPZ’ Pneumatic Pumping System, invented by Zadson Franco under patent and development with Petrobras–Cenpes.  The BPZ technology is designed for artificial lifting within oil wells and works in cycles of compression and decompression of gas, using the compressed gas available in the field.

Usage of the BPZ technology commenced with key installations on over 230 wells in South America. Due to the continuous success of the technology on multiple worldwide installations, in 2015 a contract opportunity, under negotiation, was attained to install the BPZ technology on a further 3,000 wells, thus moving from mechanical pumps to BPZ to achieve savings on well maintenance, as well as increase production.  The technology is adaptable and easy to install and is ideal for GCC oil field conditions with its successes of achieving great results, increasing production efficiency by up to 500 per cent.

The rights to commercialise the BPZ technology worldwide is represented under alliance in the Middle East by Earth and its JV Partner, OAK.