RE: Second well online shortly27 Aug 2022 16:20
Taversham: It's highly unlikely that a Rig Operator would 'bypass' Compressor stages.
Apart from Safety Features, the Compressors can act as a 'Regulator' ensuring more consistent pressure/flow rate.
you also don't want to be 'shunting' flow as you bring Compressors online/offline.
Ultimaately, Its best to operate a series of Parallel Compressors at reduced lifecycle rates also, hence my mention that ANGS need ot bring online more Compressor capability, if not only to provide redundancy aas well as support their 'proposed' flow-rates.
no doubt, they will definitely need more Compressor capability once they desire to introduce any future 'Side Track'.
Since ANGS are referring to two wells (B2 and A4) the most obvious Rig configuration is a "H" Pipework configuration with a Compressor on each Output and the 'Horizontal pipe' having a Stop Valve, the inputs to each COmpressor also having Stop Valves.
That way ANGS can flow each Well to it' own inidivdual with the 'horizontal' valve open to equalise pressures.
In that configuration, ANGS can close off say the B2 Compressor Stop valve for servicing or breakdown and still allow the B2 output to flow to the A4 Compressor. Or shut off the Horizontal Valve to shut off the B2 flow completely if needs arise.
Its really down to ANGS ensuring that they employ the most efficient, optimum and safe configruation setup.
But, I and I suspect everyone else on this baord don't have an idea of what the configuration ANGS is actually using.
Worst case secenario is that ANGS only has ONE Compressor. Hence if that goes down they are screwed and may only rely on the 'natural' Venting Pressure of the field... which we just don't have a clue about - yet.