With deeper waters, longer distances and harsh environments, oil and gas production face more challenges including hydrate management, slugging, wax deposition, scale build-up, asphaltene precipitation, erosion and gel formation.
We take Flow Assurance engineering and modeling to operations. By using a systems engineering approach, ALPHA-ENERGY addresses the challenges from modeling to development of operational strategies to optimize flow assurance engineering in the production system. Flow Assurance Modeling is a key aspect of engineering design work, especially in deepwater oil and gas developments. Several issues impact the flow of oil and gas from the sandface (near wellbore area) to the platform and through the export systems including slugging, hydrate management and formation, scale formation, wax buildup, corrosion, erosion, asphaltene deposition and gel formation.
At ALPHA-ENERGY, Flow Assurance engineering and modeling is designed to assist in project decision making, especially in the following areas:
- Production and Reservoir Engineering
- Fluid Characterization (Oil, Gas, and Water), Production Profiles, Reservoir Pressure Behavior, Well Completions Requirements, Field Architecture Selection and Well Configurations and Optimization
- Chemical Systems
- Chemical Injection Systems, Chemical Qualifications and Screening, and Umbilical Requirements
- Materials Engineering
- Materials Selection and Requirements
- Production Chemistry
- Fluid Compatibilities, Emulsion Treatments, Foaming Control and Produced Water Treatment
- Integrity Assurance
- Corrosion Modeling, Erosion Modeling, Scale Modeling, and Souring Modeling
- Process Design
- Topsides Requirements based on Transient Flow Modeling and Production Chemistry
- Operations and Procedure Development
- Operating Guidelines and Specialized Procedures based on Steady‐state & Transient Flow Modeling
Flow Assurance engineering from modeling to operations requires seasoned professionals that understand the subject, the needs of the clients and the project challenges to optimally design operational strategies with the use of the state of the art modeling tools such as OLGA® Modeling Multiphase flow transient simulator.
GATE Flow Assurance Engineers focus on:
- Multiphase Flow ModelingSteady-State and Transient Modeling of Operations
- Line Sizing and Thermohydraulics Studies
- Shut-In, Start-Up, Restart, Ramp-Up/Down, Gas Lift
- Water Hammer and Pigging Studies
- Rigorous Choke Modeling
- Integrating Production Chemistry to Flow Assurance Related Issues
- Design Operational Guidelines and Procedures
Recent & Key Projects Involving Materials & Corrosion
Our Corrosion, Materials and Integrity Team support a wide range of projects from conceptual, selection, design and fabrication though operations from small developments involving a tieback to large developments of an entire field.
