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    Module 2.1 - Basic Flow Assurance PDF

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    Flow assurance aims to keep the flow path open by developing strategies to optimize production and control solids accumulation. It involves generating thermal models, evaluating production enhancement methods, and recommending solutions to problems like slugging and viscous flow. Key roles include defining design and operational requirements to manage solids like hydrates, wax, asphaltenes, ice and scale. Flow assurance also addresses corrosion, erosion, and fluid chemistry issues, and interfaces with reservoir, pipeline and well engineering. The overall objective is to introduce flow assurance and common problems it addresses.

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    Flow assurance aims to keep the flow path open by developing strategies to optimize production and control solids accumulation. It involves generating thermal models, evaluating production enhancement methods, and recommending solutions to problems like slugging and viscous flow. Key roles include defining design and operational requirements to manage solids like hydrates, wax, asphaltenes, ice and scale. Flow assurance also addresses corrosion, erosion, and fluid chemistry issues, and interfaces with reservoir, pipeline and well engineering. The overall objective is to introduce flow assurance and common problems it addresses.

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    SSIC Module 2.

    Basic Flow Assurance Principles

    Subsea Systems Integration Course


    Module Objective

    • Objective: To introduce flow assurance as a discipline and briefly


    describe flow assurance problems found in many projects.

    • At the end of this session you will be able to:


    o Describe common flow assurance problems

    Subsea Systems Integration Course


    What is Flow Assurance?

    • Basic Definition of Flow Assurance – Keeping the Flow Path Open


    • Key Roles
    •Develop strategies to optimize production
    •Develop strategies to control accumulation of solids that can block the
    flow path & to remove solids if they become a problem
    •Translate flow assurance strategies into required functionality for system
    design, Operability strategies, and requirements for chemical injection
    •Provide solutions for other problems related to flow and/or produced
    fluid chemistry (e.g., corrosion, erosion, emulsions, foaming)
    •Scope – The flow assurance scope is typically from the perforations to
    the host

    Subsea Systems Integration Course


    FA Role: Optimize Production

    • Generate thermal-hydraulic models of the system(s) and


    determine the best choices for optimizing production
    • Line sizing
    • Number of lines required
    • Evaluate and recommend methods for production
    enhancement
    • Gas Lift – riser base
    • Subsea boosting
    • Recommend solutions for flow “problems” such as slugging,
    viscous flow, and others
    Subsea Systems Integration Course
    Slugging Control
    Dril-Quip S3 Installation – Penguin Tie-in, Gannet Platform

    Photo courtesy Ian Wood


    Subsea Systems Integration Course
    FA Role: Develop Strategies to Manage Solids

    Why Do Solids Form? Due to change in conditions from reservoir to host


    Types of Solids to Manage:
    • Hydrates – Gas stabilized solid form of water similar to “ice”.
    Drivers: T, P, wc, oc
    • Wax – Solid paraffin deposits from oil. Drivers: T, OC, p
    • Asphaltenes – Solids components of black oils. Drivers: OC, P, t
    • Ice – Ice can form in subsea systems with T < 0oC. Drivers: T, wc
    • Scale – Inorganic solids formed from produced water. Drivers: T, WC, p

    T,t-temperature, P,p-pressure, OC, oc-Oil composition, WC, wc – water composition

    Subsea Systems Integration Course


    Hydrates

    Photo Courtesy SGI-OGUA Hydrate Team


    Subsea Systems Integration Course
    Wax

    Photos courtesy SGSI-OGUA Wax Team


    Subsea Systems Integration Course
    Asphaltenes and Scale

    Photo courtesy M. Mataya, SEPCo & Photo Courtesty Grant


    Gibson Subsea Systems Integration Course
    FA Role. Define Design & Operating Requirements

    • FA Strategies Are Composed of Up to Three Elements


    • Design Functionality – ex., insulation, flowlines size, umbilical
    number & size
    • Operability – procedures carried out by Operations staff. Note: for
    flow assurance, procedures often must be carried within a given time
    • Chemicals – chemicals often used to control FA problems. Ex.,
    methanol, glycol, inhibitors
    • Strategies are Developed Throughout Project Execution and During
    Operating Phase
    • Strategies Balance Costs (CAPEX, OPEX), Ease of Operation,
    Risk vs. Remediation

    Subsea Systems Integration Course


    FA Role: Manage Other Problems

    • FA Engineer’s Scope Often Includes


    • Corrosion management
    • Erosion management
    • Foaming, emulsions – due to fluid chemistry or fluid additives
    • Well Engineering: Wellbore thermal-hydraulic modeling
    • Enhanced production – waterfloods, gas lift, boosting
    • FA Engineer May Also Fill a Systems Engineering Role
    • Systems-based decision making
    • Interface management

    Subsea Systems Integration Course


    Flow Assurance: Interfaces

    • Flow Assurance Interfaces With:


    • Project Systems Engineer
    • Pipeline Engineer – line sizing, insulation (external, PIP)
    • Umbilical Engineer – number & types of chemical delivery lines
    • Tree/Manifold – injection points, erosion calculations
    • Well Engineer – completion design, hydrate concerns for annulus
    • Reservoir Engineer – Expected production functions, modeling
    • Production Chemist – chemical selection, produced fluid chemistry

    Subsea Systems Integration Course


    Module Objective

    • Objective: To introduce flow assurance as a discipline and briefly


    describe flow assurance problems found in many projects.

    • At the end of this session you will be able to:


    o Describe common flow assurance problems

    Subsea Systems Integration Course

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