Flow Assurance For Offshore Production

Flow Assurance for Offshore Production

OBJECTIVES

• Identify the components of a complete flow assurance study and understand how they relate to the production system design and operation
• Interpret and use sampling and laboratory testing results of reservoir fluids relative to flow assurance
• Understand the basic properties of reservoir fluids and how they are modeled for the production flowline system
• Understand the thermohydraulic modeling of steady state and transient multiphase flow in offshore production systems
• Evaluate and compare mitigation and remediation techniques for: gas hydrates, paraffin (waxes), asphaltenes, emulsions, scale, corrosion, erosion and solids transport, and slugging
• Understand the elements of an operability report for subsea production facilities, flowlines, and export flowlines

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Engineers, operators, and technical managers who are responsible for offshore completions, production, and development; technical staff needing a foundation in principals, challenges, and solutions for offshore flow assurance. The course is also appropriate for persons involved in produced fluids flow in onshore production operations.

COURSE OUTLINE

• Overview of flow assurance
• PVT analysis and fluid properties
• Steady state and transient multiphase flow modeling
• Hydrate, paraffin, and asphaltene control
• Basics of scale, corrosion, erosion, and sand control
• Fluid property and phase behavior modeling
• Equations of state
• Fugacity and equilibrium
• Viscosities of oils
• Thermal modeling
• Multiphase pressure boosting
• Slugging: hydrodynamic, terrain induced, and ramp up
• Commissioning, start-up, and shutdown operations