Managing hydrate risks for a black oil long subsea tie-back when water cut predictions exceed original design

Society of Petroleum Engineers - North Africa Technical Conference and Exhibition 2008: "Exploration and Production Challenges in North Africa"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 15-27

  Harun, A F ^a   Blanchard, T J ^b   Erdogmus, M ^c  

^a BP Egypt   (Egypt)

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^c BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; FLOWLINES; GAS HYDRATES; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; WATER INJECTION;

BLACK OIL; GULF OF MEXICO; HIGH WATER-CUT; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; ORIGINAL DESIGN; SUBSEA TIE-BACKS; TIE-BACKS; TRANSIENT SIMULATION; WATER CUTS; WATER-CUT PREDICTIONS;

HYDRATION;

EID: 78650760112     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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