MULTIPHASE TECHNOLOGY - Technical Scope
Papers and case studies were invited on current techniques and new developments under the following topics.
Applications
- Case histories with lessons learnt
- Geographical - environmental issues; difficult terrain; deep & ultradeep waters; cold environment; subsea long distance tiebacks; oil sands; oil sand particle transport; downhole & seabed processing; wet vs. dry wells; hilly terrain pipeline operations
- Flows - flow assurance; flowlines & risers; vertical flows; heavy oil flows; rheology/complex fluids; bundles/heating systems; slug mangement & control; turbulence & wave motion; thermal remediation
- Application of flow modelling - field validation; modelling in intelligent wells; multi-dimensional modelling; new applications.
Technologies
- Product formulations - emulsions, foams & slurries; hydrates, asphaltenes & waxes; sand & scale
- Equipment - integrated production systems; multiphase pumping & boosting; seperation & seperator vessels; multiphase metering; instrumentation & control; raw water re-injections; subsea equipment; pigging
- Flow simulation - modelling studies; experimental data scale-up
- Pipeline protection - corrosion & erosion; leak detection in multiphase systems
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