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Integrated Flow Assurance Analysis From "Reservoir To Export"

The document discusses integrated flow assurance analysis from reservoir to export systems. It covers topside processes like system deliverability, dynamic flow simulations, and addressing issues like liquid slugging, hydrates, corrosion, and thermal systems design. The analysis also includes transport systems, subsea processing systems, and subsea production systems connecting back to the reservoir. Flow assurance is key to ensuring project success and involves collecting reservoir fluids, predicting phase behavior, designing the system, implementing monitoring, and contingency planning.

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Integrated Flow Assurance Analysis From "Reservoir To Export"

The document discusses integrated flow assurance analysis from reservoir to export systems. It covers topside processes like system deliverability, dynamic flow simulations, and addressing issues like liquid slugging, hydrates, corrosion, and thermal systems design. The analysis also includes transport systems, subsea processing systems, and subsea production systems connecting back to the reservoir. Flow assurance is key to ensuring project success and involves collecting reservoir fluids, predicting phase behavior, designing the system, implementing monitoring, and contingency planning.

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Integrated Flow Assurance Analysis from

“Reservoir to Export”

TOPSIDE PROCESS
 System Deliverability
 Dynamic Flow Simulations
 Liquid Slugging
 h
Paraffin,l Hydrates, Corrosion
 Thermal Systems Design
 Operating Procedures
 Topside Impact Evaluation
 Chemical Injection System

TRANSPORT
SYSTEM
SUBSEA PROCESSING SUBSEA PRODUCTION
SYSTEM SYSTEM

RESERVOIR

University of Houston – Spring 2013


SUBS 6310 - Flow Assurance
Phaneendra Kondapi, Ph.D.

Flow Assurance is only one of the key things


Inputs &

Field Economics Drivers

Scenario Planning
Installation &
Constructability

Integrated
Project Execution Integrated
Total Development
Project Execution
Solution

Operability Hardware
Building Blocks

Flow Assurance
Systems Approach to
Cost Effective Field
Developments
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Typical Flow Assurance Issues

Gas Hydrates Liquid Slugging Wax / Asphaltene

Erosion Scale Corrosion

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Technical Challenges
· Deeper water depths
· Longer offsets/ tie-backs
· Bathymetry
· Arctic environment
· Low-energy reservoirs
· Heavy oil
· Subsea commingling
· Marginal and smaller fields
· Subsea processing
Flow assurance is key to
ensure project success!

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Field Architecture Design Considerations
Wellbore Geometry & Reservoir
Drainage Philosophy
· Vertical vs. Deviated
· Single vs. Multiple Zones
· Natural Drive vs. Enhanced Recovery
· Smart Well Completions

Develop Conceptual Alternatives for

70 80 90 100 110
FlowlineTemperature,d
· Single satellite vs. subsea manifolds

degF
· Single flowline vs dual flowlines
Pipe-in-Pipe
Externally Coated Line

· Phasing of wells and facilities


· Thermal design and chemical injection
60
options
50

10

20

25
15
0

TimeAfterShutDown,hours
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Flow Assurance Design Process

· Collect a reservoir fluid sample


· Predict phase behavior
· Define reservoir performance
· Perform thermal-hydraulic analysis
· Develop system design
· Implement monitoring program
· Consider contingency plan for
remediation
· Effect of changes in fluid properties
and composition over time

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17 kbpd (free-flow)
19 kbpd (Pump dP = 602 psi)
21 kbpd (Pump dP = 1767 psi)
23 kbpd (Not enough flowing P)

Pump
location
System modeling helps
identify design limits &
J-T Heating flow assurance issues.
across
perforations

Wellbore Flowline Riser

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Project Example: Bijupira and Salema


(OTC 16692 & OTC 14052 papers)
· System Line Sizing
– Flowlines & Risers
– Water Injection, gas lift
· Erosional Limits
Salema
· Hydrates / Wax
Bijupira
· Hot oil circulation
· Slugging Analysis
· Subsea Chemical Injection

Flow Assurance is a key challenge · Water injection surge


analysis
· Operability & start-up
strategy

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