14th International Conference on
MULTIPHASE PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
Cannes, France: 17th – 19th June 2009

 Bound copies of the proceedings of this conference together with a CD of the proceedings can be ordered from the Conference administrator at BHR Group priced £200

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

SLUG CONTROL
Liquid surge handling at Åsgard by model predictive control 
H Torpe, J-M Godhavn, S T Strand, M Løvik, J Ø Tengesdal, B H Pettersen, StatoilHydro, Norway

 Severe slugging control through open loop unstable PID tuning to increase  
oil production
A I Ogazi, S O Ogunkolade, Y Cao, L Lao, H Yeung, Cranfield University, UK

Inverse modelling of the inflow distribution for the liquid/gas flow in horizontal  
pipelines
A Gryzlov, R F Mudde, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands;
W Schiferli, TNO Science & Industry, The Netherlands

METERS
Soft-sensing, non-intrusive multiphase flow meter 
K Wrobel, W Schiferli, TNO Science and Industry, The Netherlands

 A non-radioactive flow meter using a new hierarchical neural network 
M Meribout, Petroleum Institute, UAE; N Al-Rawahi, A Al-Naamany,
A Al-Birmani, SQU University, Oman; K Al-Busaidi, Petroleum Development Oman, Oman; A Meribout, Sonatrach Cooperation, Algeria

Void distribution in the liquid layer in stratified wavy flows measured with  
an X-ray Computed Tomography instrument
B Hu, M Langsholt, S Nuland, C Lawrence, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway

PUMPS
Grown-up twin-screw multiphase pumps – from marginal to full size  
applications
D Mũller-Link, G Rohlfing, J Heinr. Bornemann GmbH, Germany

Effects of dissolving and degassing phenomena on multiphase oil and gas  
boosting
T Groth, D Mewes, A Luke, Leibniz University of Hanover, Germany;
M Reichwage, Bornemann Pumps, Germany

Material optimization of pump components subjected to erosion-corrosion  
wear by a multiphase fluid
O Klein, H Hoffmeister, A Schwefel, Institute for Failure Analysis and Failure Prevention, Germany

FLOW/DATA
Prediction of pressure gradient in dispersed liquid-liquid flows during phase  
inversion
K H Ngan, P Angeli, University College, London, UK; K Ioannou, L D Rhyne, Chevron Energy Technology Limited, USA

An experimental study of low liquid loading gas-oil-water flow in horizontal  
pipes
H Dong, H-Q Zhang, C Sarica, The University of Tulsa, USA

Predictions of droplet distribution in low liquid loading, stratified flow in a large  
diameter pipeline
L Brown, ConocoPhillips, USA; G F Hewitt, B Hu, Imperial College London, UK; C P Thompson, P Verdin, Cranfield University, UK

Oil-water flow: experiments and model development 
L Amundsen, StatoilHydro & Telemark University College, Norway;
R Schulkes, StatoilHydro, Norway; M Melaaen, Telemark University College, Norway

WELLS
Steady state calculations of wellbore and wellhead temperatures 
A Aarvik, S Djuve, A Valle, StatoilHydro ASA, Norway

Application of transient multiphase models in onshore oil production 
V Elichev, T Garipov, V Krasnov, Rosneft Oil Company, Russia

Modelling and simulation of the co-flow of reservoir fluids and drilling/ 
completion mud in the ultra-long multilateral horizontal wellbores
B Hu, Z G Xu, SPT Group AS, Norway; E H Uv, StatoilHydro ASA, Norway

An experimental study of wellbore phase redistribution effects in gas  
condensate reservoirs
A Mavromoustaki, B Lim, B Ng, S M Mirza, C P Hale, I Manolis,
A C Gringarten, G F Hewitt, O K Matar, Imperial College London, UK

CONTROL 

Practical experiences from development of on-line simulators for operational  
support
K Havre, C Trudvang, G Kjørrefjord, SPT Group AS, Norway

Appearance and mitigation of density waves in continuously gas-lifted oil  
wells
M G L Evers, V L van Beusekom, Shell Global Solutions International BV, The Netherlands; R A W M Henkes, Shell Global Solutions International BV & Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

New dimensionless parameters and a power law correlation for pressure drop  
of gas-liquid flows in horizontal pipelines
A Al-sarkhi, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia; C Sarica, The University of Tulsa, USA

SLUGS
Motion of elongated gas bubbles over a horizontal liquid layer 
P Andreussi, University of Pisa, Italy; M Bonizzi, A Vignali, TEA Sistemi, Italy

Slugs, turbulence and the butterfly effect 
U Kadri, R F Mudde, R V A Oliemans, Delft University of Technology,
The Netherlands

Evolution of initiated slug velocity along hilly-terrain pipelines 
E Al-safran, Kuwait University, Kuwait; G Kouba, Chevron Texaco Inc., USA

SOLIDS
Analysing hydrate transport problems – new solutions from small scale  
experiments?
M Foss, K Hald, L Liu, S Nuland, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway

Simulation of hydrate growth in steady state flow lines 
J Sonne, K S Pedersen, Calsep A/S, Denmark

Experimental methodology to evaluate DRA efficiency and mutual effects  
of wax deposit and DRA action
M Darbouret, I Hénaut, T Palermo, IFP, France; C Hurtevent, P Glénat, TOTAL, France

 FIELD APPLICATIONS
Multiphase flow behaviour at Snøhvit 
G S Landsverk, G Flaten, M Svenning, D Pederson, B H Pettersen,
StatoilHydro ASA, Norway

Increasing maximum allowable production rate for subsea equipment  
through historical erosion analysis
O B Hegreberg, Total E&P Norway; N Davidsson, M Stinessen, R Moe,
FMC Technologies, Norway

Incident analysis of a fuel loading line 
J van ’t Westende, A Heinsbroek, M Tukker, Deltares/Delft Hydraulics,
The Netherlands; I Pothof, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands; W Guijt, Shell Global Solutions International BV, The Netherlands

Discretization methods for multiphase flow simulation of ultra-long  
gas-condensate pipelines
E Zakarian, H Holm, Shtokman Development A.G., Russia; D Larrey,
Total E&P, France

MODELS
Void fronts in pipeline-riser slug flow 
M Nordsveen, StatoilHydro ASA; P Andersson, Institute for Energy Technology; S Henriksen, T Wangensteen, J Rasmussen, Z G Xu,
SPT Group, Norway; R Shea, SPT Group, USA

Basic flow modelling for long distance transport of wellstream fluids
D Biberg, H Holmås, G Staff, SPT Group, Norway; T Sira, J Nossen,
P Andersson, C Lawrence, B Hu, K Holmås, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway

Relationship between mixture and two-fluid models 
T J Danielson, Y Fan, ConocoPhillips Company, USA