Multi-Phase Flow Metering in Offshore Oil and Gas Transportation Pipelines: Trends and Perspectives
Multi-phase flow meters are of huge importance to the offshore oil and gas industry. Unreliable measurements can lead to many disadvantages and even wrong decision-making. It is especially important for mature reservoirs as the gas volume fraction and water cut is increasing during the lifetime of a...
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| description | Multi-phase flow meters are of huge importance to the offshore oil and gas industry. Unreliable measurements can lead to many disadvantages and even wrong decision-making. It is especially important for mature reservoirs as the gas volume fraction and water cut is increasing during the lifetime of a well. Hence, it is essential to accurately monitor the multi-phase flow of oil, water and gas inside the transportation pipelines. The objective of this review paper is to present the current trends and technologies within multi-phase flow measurements and to introduce the most promising methods based on parameters such as accuracy, footprint, safety, maintenance and calibration. Typical meters, such as tomography, gamma densitometry and virtual flow meters are described and compared based on their performance with respect to multi-phase flow measurements. Both experimental prototypes and commercial solutions are presented and evaluated. For a non-intrusive, non-invasive and inexpensive meter solution, this review paper predicts a progress for virtual flow meters in the near future. The application of multi-phase flows meters are expected to further expand in the future as fields are maturing, thus, efficient utilization of existing fields are in focus, to decide if a field is still financially profitable. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-505253cbd17c43e0bd7cf9059cb651aa2022-12-22T04:24:41ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202019-05-01199218410.3390/s19092184s19092184Multi-Phase Flow Metering in Offshore Oil and Gas Transportation Pipelines: Trends and PerspectivesLærke Skov Hansen0Simon Pedersen1Petar Durdevic2Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, 6700 Esbjerg Campus, DenmarkDepartment of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, 6700 Esbjerg Campus, DenmarkDepartment of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, 6700 Esbjerg Campus, DenmarkMulti-phase flow meters are of huge importance to the offshore oil and gas industry. Unreliable measurements can lead to many disadvantages and even wrong decision-making. It is especially important for mature reservoirs as the gas volume fraction and water cut is increasing during the lifetime of a well. Hence, it is essential to accurately monitor the multi-phase flow of oil, water and gas inside the transportation pipelines. The objective of this review paper is to present the current trends and technologies within multi-phase flow measurements and to introduce the most promising methods based on parameters such as accuracy, footprint, safety, maintenance and calibration. Typical meters, such as tomography, gamma densitometry and virtual flow meters are described and compared based on their performance with respect to multi-phase flow measurements. Both experimental prototypes and commercial solutions are presented and evaluated. For a non-intrusive, non-invasive and inexpensive meter solution, this review paper predicts a progress for virtual flow meters in the near future. The application of multi-phase flows meters are expected to further expand in the future as fields are maturing, thus, efficient utilization of existing fields are in focus, to decide if a field is still financially profitable.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/9/2184multi-phase flowoffshoreoil and gasflow meteringinstrumentation |
| spellingShingle | Lærke Skov Hansen Simon Pedersen Petar Durdevic Multi-Phase Flow Metering in Offshore Oil and Gas Transportation Pipelines: Trends and Perspectives Sensors multi-phase flow offshore oil and gas flow metering instrumentation |
| title | Multi-Phase Flow Metering in Offshore Oil and Gas Transportation Pipelines: Trends and Perspectives |
| title_full | Multi-Phase Flow Metering in Offshore Oil and Gas Transportation Pipelines: Trends and Perspectives |
| title_fullStr | Multi-Phase Flow Metering in Offshore Oil and Gas Transportation Pipelines: Trends and Perspectives |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multi-Phase Flow Metering in Offshore Oil and Gas Transportation Pipelines: Trends and Perspectives |
| title_short | Multi-Phase Flow Metering in Offshore Oil and Gas Transportation Pipelines: Trends and Perspectives |
| title_sort | multi phase flow metering in offshore oil and gas transportation pipelines trends and perspectives |
| topic | multi-phase flow offshore oil and gas flow metering instrumentation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/9/2184 |
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