TRAINING FLOW ASSURANCE

TRAINING FLUID FLOW ANALYSIS

TRAINING FLUID FLOW ANALYSIS

COURSE OUTLINE

Introduction to Onshore and Offshore Pipeline Flow Assurance
Economical Flow from Reservoir to the point of sale
Identification of Critical problems and Blockage in pipelines
Handling of Solid deposits
Application of Fluid Mechanics in Pipeline Operations Integrity
Avoiding Surging problem and High Viscosity liquid flow Failure
Evaluation of Chemical Injection and Pigging
Potential challenges in pipeline operations
Introduction to oil and gas fluid transportation – platforms, risers, floating production units, pipeline to shore and to storage or refineries
Reservoir fluid properties – oil, gas, condensate and water
Fluid data and phase determinationThe causes and operational responses to pipeline flow failures
Emulsion and multiphase fluid flow phenomena
Fluid flow analysis – single and multiphase
Surging and slugging
Slug formation and prediction
Riser slugging and surge analysis
Slug catcher types and operationsDeposition of paraffin, wax, asphaltene and naphtenates
The chemistry of hydrocarbon deposits
Prevention and remediation of wax formation and deposition
Scaling – prediction of scale precipitation
Sand production – deposition and pipeline erosion
Hydrate formation – blockage and corrosion
Hydrate prevention and control
SRB attack – internal pipeline corrosion control
Chemical injection – emulsion breaker, corrosion inhibitor, scale inhibitor, biocides, paraffin inhibitor, flow improver
Pigging – pig types and operations
The prediction of flows in production risers
Fluid mechanics of multiphase flow in pipeline
Transient multiphase simulation tools
Start-up and shutdown issues