HYDRATE PLUG FORMATION PREDICTION TOOL – AN INCREASING NEED FOR FLOW ASSURANCE IN THE OIL INDUSTRY

International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH) (6th : 2008)

HYDRATE PLUG FORMATION PREDICTION TOOL – AN INCREASING NEED FOR FLOW ASSURANCE IN THE OIL INDUSTRY Kinnari, Keijo; Labes-Carrier, Catherine; Lunde, Knud; Hemmingsen, Pål V.; Davies, Simon R.; Boxall, John A.; Koh, Carolyn A.; Sloan, E. Dendy

Abstract

Hydrate plugging of hydrocarbon production conduits can cause large operational problems resulting in considerable economical losses. Modeling capabilities to predict hydrate plugging occurrences would help to improve facility design and operation in order to reduce the extent of such events. It would also contribute to a more effective and safer remediation process. This paper systematically describes different operational scenarios where hydrate plugging might occur and how a hydrate plug formation prediction tool would be beneficial. The current understanding of the mechanisms for hydrate formation, agglomeration and plugging of a pipeline are also presented. The results from this survey combined with the identified industrial needs are then used as a basis for the assessment of the capabilities of an existing hydrate plug formation model, called CSMHyK (The Colorado School of Mines Hydrate Kinetic Model). This has recently been implemented in the transient multiphase flow simulator OLGA as a separate module. Finally, examples using the current model in several operational scenarios are shown to illustrate some of its important capabilities. The results from these examples and the operational scenarios analysis are then used to discuss the future development needs of the CSMHyK model.

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Title	HYDRATE PLUG FORMATION PREDICTION TOOL – AN INCREASING NEED FOR FLOW ASSURANCE IN THE OIL INDUSTRY
Creator	Kinnari, Keijo; Labes-Carrier, Catherine; Lunde, Knud; Hemmingsen, Pål V.; Davies, Simon R.; Boxall, John A.; Koh, Carolyn A.; Sloan, E. Dendy
Contributor	University of British Columbia. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering; International Conference on Gas Hydrates (6th : 2008 : Vancouver, B.C.)
Date Issued	2008-07
Description	Hydrate plugging of hydrocarbon production conduits can cause large operational problems resulting in considerable economical losses. Modeling capabilities to predict hydrate plugging occurrences would help to improve facility design and operation in order to reduce the extent of such events. It would also contribute to a more effective and safer remediation process. This paper systematically describes different operational scenarios where hydrate plugging might occur and how a hydrate plug formation prediction tool would be beneficial. The current understanding of the mechanisms for hydrate formation, agglomeration and plugging of a pipeline are also presented. The results from this survey combined with the identified industrial needs are then used as a basis for the assessment of the capabilities of an existing hydrate plug formation model, called CSMHyK (The Colorado School of Mines Hydrate Kinetic Model). This has recently been implemented in the transient multiphase flow simulator OLGA as a separate module. Finally, examples using the current model in several operational scenarios are shown to illustrate some of its important capabilities. The results from these examples and the operational scenarios analysis are then used to discuss the future development needs of the CSMHyK model.
Extent	306037 bytes
Subject	Flow assurance; Hydrate plugging; CSMHyK
Genre	Conference Paper
Type	Text
File Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
Date Available	2016-11-21
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0041042
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/1149
Affiliation	Non UBC
Citation	Kinnari, Keijo; Labes-Carrier, Catherine; Lunde, Knud; Hemmingsen, Pål V.; Davies, Simon R.; Boxall, John A.; Koh, Carolyn A.; Sloan, E. Dendy. 2008. HYDRATE PLUG FORMATION PREDICTION TOOL – AN INCREASING NEED FOR FLOW ASSURANCE IN THE OIL INDUSTRY. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA, July 6-10, 2008.
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Copyright Holder	Kinnari, Keijo; Hemmingsen, Pål; Sloan, E. Dendy; Koh, Carolyn A.
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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