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Flow assurance solids in oil and gas production /

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"The precipitation and deposition of solids are a major challenge in the production of oil and gas. Flow assurance solids are formed because of unavoidable changes in temperature, pressure and composition of the oil-gas-water flowstream, from reservoir conditions to processing conditions. The a...

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Main Author: Gudmundsson, Jon Steinar (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2017]
Subjects:
Flow assurance (Petroleum engineering)
Petroleum chemicals > Analysis.
Petroleum pipelines > Fluid dynamics.
Descaling.
Produits pétrochimiques > Analyse.
Décalaminage.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mechanical.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Power Resources > Fossil Fuels.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Power Resources > General.
Descaling
Petroleum chemicals > Analysis
Petroleum pipelines > Fluid dynamics
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover ; Half Title ; Title ; Copyrights ; Dedication ; Contents ; Preface ; Acknowledgements ; Chapter 1. Introduction. The view of solids; 1.1 Oilfield production ; 1.2 Flow assurance ; 1.3 Chapters and appendices ; 1.4 Supporting considerations ; 1.5 Symbols and units ; 1.6 Concluding remarks ; Chapter 2. Flow phenomena. The tools for study.
  • 2.1 Bulk and wall temperature 2.2 Pressure drop in pipelines ; 2.3 Surface roughness ; 2.4 Two-phase flow in pipelines ; 2.5 Convective mass transfer ; 2.6 Boundary layer theory ; 2.7 Particle mass transfer ; 2.8 Deposition models ; 2.9 Concluding remarks ; CXhapter 3. Asphaltene. The tar-like solids.
  • 3.1 Classes of crude oil 3.2 Crude oil SARA values ; 3.3 Analysis of elements ; 3.4 Molecules and particles ; 3.5 Polarity and dipole moment ; 3.6 Reservoir to surface conditions ; 3.7 Solution model ; 3.8 Saturation limits ; 3.9 Precipitation envelope ; 3.10 Instability line.
  • 3.11 Properties in model 3.12 Deposit buildup ; 3.13 Concluding remarks ; Chapter 4. Paraffin wax. The candle-like solids; 4.1 Wax in oil and condensate ; 4.2 Precipitation curves ; 4.3 Viscosity of oil-wax slurry ; 4.4 Thermodynamics of precipitation ; 4.5 Spatial and temporal buildup.
  • 4.6 Nature of deposits 4.7 Flow loop observations ; 4.8 Deposition profiles ; 4.9 Selected deposition models ; 4.10 Monitoring of pipelines ; 4.11 Pipeline pigging ; 4.12 Concluding remarks ; Chapter 5. Natural gas hydrate The ice-like solids; 5.1 Trapped in cages ; 5.2 Water in oil and gas production.