Active Feedback Control as the Solution to Severe Slugging

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 1801-1816

  Havre, Kjetil ^a,c   Dalsmo, Morten ^b  

^a ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b ABB

^c Scandpower AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FEEDBACK CONTROL; FLUID DYNAMICS; INSTALLATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PIPELINES; RESERVOIR INLETS;

FLOW CYCLE; GAS INJECTION; SLUG CHOKING;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 1142269556     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/71540-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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