Why Choose Viking Engineering?
Viking Engineering is a team of highly trained and experienced petroleum professionals. Each Viking Principal has over 30 years of hands-on and management experience. This experience covers all phases of petroleum engineering and many technological applications. Our clients include energy companies, independent operators, legal firms and manufacturing companies.
We are a close-knit company. This enables us to respond quickly to the needs of our Clients and also allows us to transfer learning’s and skills rapidly through our project group. We, in-turn, invest in our employees to a greater level than many other businesses do. This approach positions Viking Engineering of not only critical well engineering but also as a supplier of systems engineering expertise, taking into account the broader consequences of implementing specific technical solutions that may not be apparent to individuals with niche technical skills.
We are now a 100% employee-owned Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company.
Design Services
Our mission is to provide our clients with comprehensive, cost effective planning and design for wells, pipelines, water injection systems, and chemical injection systems.
Asset Integrity Services
From design to operations, our experts will work with you to ensure well, process facility and pipeline integrity and ensure safe production to maximize uptime.
Operations Readiness & Risk Assessment Services
Systems developed late in a project and in silos can’t reach the potential of becoming the powerful tools that they were developed to be. This is the industry culture change that Viking has set out to implement.
Optimization & Troubleshooting Services
Our Production Operations teams offer flow assurance and operability, production optimization, and comprehensive blockage remediation services.
Engineering Lab Services
The Viking Laboratory provides fit-for-service evaluations, testing and analysis for evaluating complex downhole failures, pipeline failure investigations and forensic services for midstream and downstream clients and also provides services to the renewable energy sector.
Our lab is centrally located in Houston with easy Hot Shot access.
What’s Happening at Viking Engineering
GATE Energy’s PHA Process : The process that combines Stream-Based HAZOPs, LOPAs and STPAs
Project Experiences
GATE Energy was responsible for pre-commissioning, commissioning, regulatory testing and vendor management for all Topsides systems of the King’s Quay FPU, both in South Korea and the United States / Gulf of Mexico. Viking, the engineering arm of GATE Energy, was contracted to assist with the development of the topsides standard operating procedures (SOPs).
An independent oil operator experienced four back-to-back casing failures in his Oklahoma shale program. These current failures and setbacks were eating into his budget and eroding stakeholder faith in the ability to complete wells.
His initial comment was, “I’m not getting any sleep – I need some help. You’ve got to help me stop the leaks!”
A winter-peaking natural gas storage plant undergoes a production expansion which includes infill well drilling and a gas compression system expansion.
Led study for independent oil and gas operator regarding the injection of flue gases from Gulf coast power plants to a Deepwater development for the purposes of enhanced oil recovery (EOR). This considered pretreatment and processing requirements for flue gases from natural gas-fired boiler plants, natural gas combined cycle plants, coal-fired boiler plants and integrated gasification combined cycle plants. Key issues considered were the ability of the pretreatment system to remove oxygen and water.
Viking Technical Articles
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.
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.
Introduction to casing design and fundamental design principles
What Our Clients Are Saying
“I have appreciated GATE going ‘the extra mile’ in accommodating our schedules and milestones which are often tight / short notice.”
- Tullow
“We were very impressed by the content of the RBI report...We were very pleased with the quality of work that we have received on this project. GATE has done a great job of updating us on progress also.”
– Anadarko
“Both on a personal and professional level, GATE has been a pleasure to work with. GATE’s experience, talents and leadership has been a terrific help in staying ahead of the many challenges in Phase 1 and now Phase II. Thanks for your hard work!”
– BP
“We have already requested further support on both the operations and engineering sides. We will continue to reach out to GATE for their guidance in GOM oil and gas processing design. Great job guys. Look forward to working with you in the future.”
— Stones FPSO