A new horizon in multiphase flow measurement

Oilfield Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 52-63

  Atkinson, Ian ^a   Theuveny, Bertrand ^a   Berard, Michel ^a   Conort, Gilbert ^a   Lowe, Trey ^a   McDiarmid, Allan ^b   Mehdizadeh, Parviz ^a   Pinguet, Bruno ^a   Smith, Gerald ^a   Williamson, Kerry J ^c  

^a Apache Energy Limited ^*

^b Apache Energy Limited   (Australia)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE (API); AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS (ASME); INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION (ISO); MULTIPHASE FLOWMETERS; MULTIPHASE METERING SYSTEMS; NORWEGIAN SOCIETY FOR OIL AND GAS MEASUREMENT (NSOGM);

CRUDE PETROLEUM; DATA ACQUISITION; EFFLUENTS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; PHASE MEASUREMENT; PHASE SEPARATION; PRODUCTION CONTROL; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 20144380037     PISSN: 09231730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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20. The weight figure applies to a Vx metering system with an 88-mm [3.5-in.] diameter venturi throat. A smaller diameter version of the system was also used in some of the applications.
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23. An analytical tool for forecasting the performance at various points, or nodes, in a production system, NODAL analysis is used to optimize well-completion and surface facility designs, maximize well performance and reservoir deliverability, identify restrictions or limitations in the system and improve operating efficiency.
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26. A floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) system is an offshore facility, typically ship-shaped, that stores crude oil in tanks located within the vessel hull. The oil is periodically offloaded to shuttle tankers or ocean-going barges for transport to receiving and processing facilities. An FPSO can be used to develop and produce marginal reservoirs and fields in deep water or remote from existing pipelines.