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The document discusses multiphase pipe flow, which is a key technology for the oil and gas industry. It describes Norway's largest energy research lab, the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), which conducts extensive experimental research and development on topics including multiphase flow and flow assurance. The IFE has international collaborations and is a leader in areas like corrosion, tracer technology, and multiphase flow modeling. The document then discusses challenges with multiphase transportation and modeling multiphase flow, and provides an overview of multiphase flow research at the IFE.

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1 Multiphase Flow Key Technology

The document discusses multiphase pipe flow, which is a key technology for the oil and gas industry. It describes Norway's largest energy research lab, the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), which conducts extensive experimental research and development on topics including multiphase flow and flow assurance. The IFE has international collaborations and is a leader in areas like corrosion, tracer technology, and multiphase flow modeling. The document then discusses challenges with multiphase transportation and modeling multiphase flow, and provides an overview of multiphase flow research at the IFE.

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Multiphase Pipe Flow

- a key technology for oil and gas industry -

Murat Tutkun
Institute for Energy Technology (IFE)
and
University of Oslo

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Institute for Energy Technology
www.ife.no
The JEEP II reactor at Kjeller

Norways largest Energy research lab


Oil & gas, new energy systems, nuclear technology
and safety
Extensive experimental R&D
600 employees + ~100 Ph.D./PostDoc/Visitors
Contract research: ~900 MNOK
The Multiphase flow lab

Extensive international collaboration


With R&D Centers and universities
Income from companies in 30 different countries

Focus on technology spin-offs JEEP The HaldenKjeller


II Reactor reactor
IFE Petroleum Technology Tracer technology

Close co-operation with


international R&D and markets
Multiphase flow and
Flow Assurance
Core competence within
Multiphase flow and flow assurance
Corrosion and material technology
Tracer technology
Model and software development
Integrated operations and work processes
Advanced experimental R&D facilities

International leader in corrosion, tracer and


multiphase flow Corrosion technology

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Subsea technology development in Norwegian waters

Subsea to shore
Ormen Lange
New
technology Snhvit
Subsea & floating
Glitne
sgard
2007
Platform based
Norne
Troll 2006
Statfjord 2001
satellites
1999
Gullfaks 1997
Statpipe
1996

1994 Significant
1986 step changes
1985 Time
-
A 25-year history of successful technology implementation
What is multiphase transportation?
Transport of gas, oil, water, chemicals and possibly solid
particles in the same pipe.
Why?
Reduces need for new production platforms
More cost efficient and safer

How?
Gather production from many wells and send to existing
platform or shore
Subsea separation and pumping/compression may be
required
Often requires chemicals to prevent corrosion and solids
precipitation that can possibly restrict or stop the flow

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Flow map of horizontal two phase flows based on superficial
gas and liquids Reynolds numbers

(by G Hajar)

27.10.2015
Even more complicated if it we have a oil-water-gas mixture

Trevisan and Bannwart (2006)


Multiphase transportation challenges

Capacity problems due to viscous oils, emulsions etc.


Solids precipitation can restrict or stop the flow
Liquid accumulation during low flow rates in gas
condensate pipelines
Large flow transients during production ramp-up
Slugging and other instabilities can give problems in the
receiving facilities
Erosion/corrosion

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Application of multiphase flow models
Tool for system design
Piping and equipment dimensioning
Heating and thermal insulation
Chemical choice and dosage
Part of system simulator
Integrated system design
Subsea solutions
Operator training
Operation support system overview
Surveillance: Compute non-monitorable parameters
- Liquid content, leak detection

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Challenges in Multiphase (MP) Flow Modeling
MP flows are complex, 3D, and show many different flow regimes which
may vary along the pipe and in time
All MP flow models are based on experimental data but field predictions
imply extrapolations beyond data basis
Thus, reliable field predictions require more basic MP flow models &
integrated 3D flow assurance models
Improved flow regime, flow transition and components models
And we need more accurate reliable predictions of flow assurance
problems!

gas

INTSOK Paris
o
Top: 0 deg, Usg=2.0m/s, Usl=0.4m/s
IFE Lab data
October 1, 2007
il
Bottom: 1 deg, Usg=3.5m/s, Usl=0.3m/s
Challenges in Heavy Oil Transport
Heavy oil constitutes a large part of remaining reserves

Conventional oil Heavy oil

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Engineering models show large differences for
these oils.

As we move downstream, cold oil collects near the bottom of the pipe.

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Multiphase flow research
Improved understanding and simulation of
multiphase flow
Lab experiments
Detailed simulations (e.g. LES/DNS)
Modelling of flow phenomena
Oil fields with high water production
Fluid characterization, emulsion properties
Heavy, high viscosity oils and non-Newtonian
fluids (e.g. drilling fluids)
Liquid accumulation
Corrosion
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Upscaling from lab to the field needs more unknown
parameters to be modelled.

Mechanistic model

Lab Field

We need mechanistic models in order to improve scaling properties


Multiphase flow experiments and modelling
at IFE a moving target!
IN THE BEGINNING . (1980s)
pressure drop
and liquid holdup in two-phase gas-liquid flow

THEN .. (1990s)
oil/water slip

AND NOW . (since 2000)


dispersion details
tomographic imaging
velocity profiles
turbulence

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What base knowledge is needed?
Mathematics
Partial differential equations
Fluid mechanics
Fundamentals/Physics
Multiphase flow/Turbulence
Waves
Experiments & CFD
Computer science
Programming
Applied numerical methods
Thermodynamics/physical chemistry
Statistics

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