Flow Assurance Issues Related to Flexible Riser and Pipeline System Configuration

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leyuan Yu ◽  
Saif Mohammad ◽  
Scott Button ◽  
Mingxiu Li
Keyword(s):  
Flow Assurance ◽  
Pipeline System ◽  
System Configuration ◽  
Flexible Riser

Thermal Insulation With Latent Energy Storage for Flow Assurance in Subsea Pipelines

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Parsazadeh ◽  
Xili Duan
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Thermal Insulation ◽  
Phase Change Materials ◽  
Heat Transfer Analysis ◽  
Flow Assurance ◽  
Pipeline System ◽  
Fluid Temperature ◽  
Latent Energy ◽  
Subsea Pipelines

Flow assurance is critical in offshore oil and gas production. Thermal insulation is an effective way to reduce heat loss from subsea pipelines and avoid the formation of hydrates or wax deposits that could block the flowlines. This paper presents heat transfer analysis from a subsea flowline with different insulation materials, particularly with nano-enhanced phase change materials (NPCMs) that allow thermal energy storage in the pipeline system. The phase change materials (PCMs) can effectively regulate fluid temperature during production fluctuations or increase the cool-down time during production shutdown. This paper considers a pipe in pipe configuration with different insulation methods; the cool-down times are calculated and compared. The results show that thermal insulation can greatly delay the fluid cool-down process. A significant improvement of cool-down time can be achieved with PCM energy storage under a good conventional insulation layer. Moreover, with nanoparticles in a PCM, the latent energy storage is enhanced thus it takes even longer time for the internal fluid to reach its hydrate formation temperature.

scholarly journals Flow Assurance Study on Offshore Marginal Oil Field Development in Vietnam: The Case of Ca Ngu Vang Oil Field

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Van Thinh Nguyen ◽  
Thi Hai Yen NGUYEN
Keyword(s):  
Region Of Interest ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Oil Fields ◽  
Flow Assurance ◽  
Pipeline System ◽  
Wax Deposition ◽  
Daily Production ◽  
Subsea Pipeline ◽  
Field Development ◽  
Method Of Production

Over the last few years, PetroVietnam has discovered and exploited several marginal oil fields such as Ca Ngu Vang, Te Giac Trang, Hai Su Den, Hai Su Trang, etc. however the reserves are modest. Test results received during drilling exploratory wells within these fields indicated that the maximum total daily production rate from the wells could promisingly range to about 20,000 barrels of oil per day (BOPD). Unfortunately, the optimum development of these offshore oil fields still offers numerous challenges to oil engineers due to the limitations of equipment and technology. Oil production activities worldwide show that if the daily production of an offshore oilfield is less than 20,000 BOPD, a connection of the marginal fields to their nearest larger oil field should be taken into consideration in order to efficaciously recover more crude oil. Often, this method of production requires a long subsea pipeline system. Besides, the transportation of the fluids from these fields to the processing platform will undergo several serious problems caused by the deposition of wax. All these matters should be handled to guarantee the performance of transportation. A number of models using PIPESIM, PIPEPHRASE and OLGA have been applied to design and examine the operations of the subsea pipeline in different working conditions. Results of the simulations proposed the use of passive insulation to economically eliminate wax deposition and recommended proper pipeline shutdown operations to minimize several problems related to flow assurance issues in the region of interest.

The Stability of Fluid Production From a Flexible Riser

2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan A. Montgomery ◽  
Hoi C. Yeung
Keyword(s):  
Direct Consequence ◽  
Flow Assurance ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Flexible Riser ◽  
Unstable Flow ◽  
Flow Management ◽  
Fluid Production ◽  
Large Production ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Transition Type

The prediction of slug formation and slug size has a direct impact on the design of topsides separation facilities and flow assurance to the process. The characteristics and stability of liquid production from an S-shaped riser have been studied over a range of pressures, focusing on the implications for flow management. Severe slugging in an S-shaped riser gives a period of no liquid production, followed by a period of steady production and finally a large production spike, many times larger than the steady production. In contrast with classical severe slugging in a vertical or catenary riser, the transient spike is broken into two parts as a direct consequence of the bend in the line. Little attention has been paid to transition-type flows (between stable and unstable flow) previously. Data collected to date has shown transition flows have production peaks that are larger than those of classical severe slugging.

Dynamic Flow Simulation to Study Flow Assurance Challenges in Water Alternating Gas WAG Wells

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan Karimi ◽  
Erni Dharma Putra ◽  
Kapil Kumar Thakur ◽  
Rahel Yusuf ◽  
Azwan Shaharun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flow Simulation ◽  
Flow Assurance ◽  
Dynamic Flow ◽  
Water Alternating Gas

Additional methods to improve the energy efficiency of oil pipeline transportation

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 558-565
Author(s):  
Marat R. Lukmanov ◽  
◽  
Sergey L. Semin ◽  
Pavel V. Fedorov ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Pipeline System ◽  
Energy Costs ◽  
Improvement Program ◽  
Oil Pipeline ◽  
Energy Efficiency Improvement ◽  
Oil Transportation ◽  
Pumping Equipment ◽  
Preparatory Work

The challenges of increasing the energy efficiency of the economy as a whole and of certain production sectors in particular are a priority both in our country and abroad. As part of the energy policy of the Russian Federation to reduce the specific energy intensity of enterprises in the oil transportation system, Transneft PJSC developed and implements the energy saving and energy efficiency improvement Program. The application of energy-saving technologies allowed the company to significantly reduce operating costs and emissions of harmful substances. At the same time, further reduction of energy costs is complicated for objective reasons. The objective of this article is to present additional methods to improve the energy efficiency of oil transportation by the example of the organizational structure of Transneft. Possibilities to reduce energy costs in the organization of the operating services, planning and execution of work to eliminate defects and preparatory work for the scheduled shutdown of the pipeline, the use of pumping equipment, including pumps with variable speed drive, the use of various pipelines layouts, changing the volume of oil entering the pipeline system and increase its viscosity.

Compressor Issues for Hydrogen Production and Transmission Through a Long Distance Pipeline Network

2008 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred Starr ◽  
Calin-Cristian Cormos ◽  
Evangelos Tzimas ◽  
Stathis Peteves
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Pipeline System ◽  
Hydrogen Energy ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
System Pressure ◽  
Production Of Hydrogen ◽  
Plant Exit

A hydrogen energy system will require the production of hydrogen from coal-based gasification plants and its transmission through long distance pipelines at 70 � 100 bar. To overcome some problems of current gasifiers, which are limited in pressure capability, two options are explored, in-plant compression of the syngas and compression of the hydrogen at the plant exit. It is shown that whereas in-plant compression using centrifugal machines is practical, this is not a solution when compressing hydrogen at the plant exit. This is because of the low molecular weight of the hydrogen. It is also shown that if centrifugal compressors are to be used in a pipeline system, pressure drops will need to be restricted as even an advanced two-stage centrifugal compressor will be limited to a pressure ratio of 1.2. High strength steels are suitable for the in-plant compressor, but aluminium alloy will be required for a hydrogen pipeline compressor.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document