Software that enables flow metering of well rates with long tiebacks and with limited or inaccurate instrumentation

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 2003-May, Issue , 2003, Pages 2381-2387

  Melbo, Hallgeir ^a,b   Morud, Svein Arne ^a,b   Bringedal, Bjørn ^a,b   Van Der Geest, Robert ^a,b   Stenersen, Kjetil ^b  

^a SPE   (Brazil)

^b ABB AS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOWMETERS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELLS; SOFTWARE TESTING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WELL TESTING;

ADVANCED SIMULATION; IMPLICIT INFORMATIONS; MULTI-PHASE FLOW METERS; OFFSHORE OIL PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION FACILITY; SEAWATER TEMPERATURE; SOFTWARE SIMULATION; WATER BREAKTHROUGH;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

EID: 84889722839     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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