Modeling of Sand and Crude Oil Flow in Horizontal Pipes during Crude Oil Transportation
Joint Authors
Sanni, Samuel Eshorame
Olawale, A. S.
Adefila, S. S.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-01-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Some oil and gas reservoirs are often weakly consolidated making them liable to sand intrusion.
During upstream petroleum production operations, crude oil and sand eroded from formation zones are often transported as a mixture through horizontal pipes up to the well heads and between well heads and flow stations.
The sand transported through the pipes poses serious problems ranging from blockage, corrosion, abrasion, and reduction in pipe efficiency to loss of pipe integrity.
A mathematical description of the transport process of crude oil and sand in a horizontal pipe is presented in this paper.
The model used to obtain the mathematical description is the modified form of Doan et al.
(1996 and 2000) models.
Based on the necessity to introduce a sand deposit concentration term in the mass conservation equation, an additional equation for solid phase was derived.
Difference formulae were generated having applied Fick’s equation for diffusion to the mass conservation equations since diffusion is one of the transport mechanisms.
Mass and volume flow rates of oil were estimated.
The new model, when tested with field data, gave 85% accuracy at the pipe inlet and 97% accuracy at the exit of the pipe.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sanni, Samuel Eshorame& Olawale, A. S.& Adefila, S. S.. 2015. Modeling of Sand and Crude Oil Flow in Horizontal Pipes during Crude Oil Transportation. Journal of Engineering،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1068053
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sanni, Samuel Eshorame…[et al.]. Modeling of Sand and Crude Oil Flow in Horizontal Pipes during Crude Oil Transportation. Journal of Engineering No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1068053
American Medical Association (AMA)
Sanni, Samuel Eshorame& Olawale, A. S.& Adefila, S. S.. Modeling of Sand and Crude Oil Flow in Horizontal Pipes during Crude Oil Transportation. Journal of Engineering. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1068053
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1068053