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1Primary funding is provided by
The SPE Foundation through member donations and a contribution from Offshore Europe
The Society is grateful to those companies that allow their professionals to serve as lecturers
Additional support provided by AIME
Society of Petroleum Engineers Distinguished Lecturer Programwww.spe.org/dl
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2Slugging in Pipelines:What You NEED to Know
Mona TrickAdvisor Flow Software
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3Outline
Why Worry? Hydrodynamic Slugs Terrain Induced Slugs Turn Up Slugs Pigging Slugs Slug Modelling: Where Are We? Areas Currently Being Researched Conclusions
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4Why Worry?
Damage to facilities
Separators flooding
Increased corrosion
Starving compressors
High back pressures
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5Hydrodynamic Slugs
Slugs can be created by just flowing
and there might be lots of them
Steady state mechanistic models will account for hydrodynamic slugging (OLGAS, XIAO models)
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6Hydrodynamic Slugs
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Liquid Inventory m3
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Inlet Pressure kPa
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7Avoiding Hydrodynamic Slugs
Superficial Gas Velocity (ft/sec)
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8A Slug can be created by liquid trapped in the pipeline at low spots
Terrain Induced Slugs
.. Irregular ...
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9Severe SluggingStage 1
Terrain Induced Slug - Severe
Gas blockage can occur in downward sloped flow line at riser base
A liquid slug begins to form in the riser
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Terrain Induced Slug - Severe
Riser fills, and liquid begins to unload into the separator
Gas pressure builds up behind slug!!!
Severe SluggingStage 2
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Severe SluggingStage 3
Terrain Induced Slug - Severe
Gas penetrates into the riser
Liquid begins to unload rapidly
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Severe SluggingStage 4
Terrain Induced Slug - Severe
Liquid blows through with residual fallback
Gas blockage occurs, and cycle begins again
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Terrain Induced Slug
Steady State Multiphase Software: Severe slugging: Fuchs and Pots
correlations give contradictory results but Pots can give indication of potential severe slugging
Cannot predict other terrain induced slugging Check for high liquid holdup in low spots and
low liquid velocities
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Terrain Induced Slug
Use a Transient Multiphase Model to Determine:
Whether terrain induced slugging will occur Length and size of slug Transit time of slug Frequency of slug Separator size required to handle the slug
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Severe Slugging Liquid Flow Rate
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Separator Size
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Avoiding Terrain Induced SlugsIn Onshore Pipelines: Increase gas flow rates Decrease diameter
In Offshore Risers:
Add riser base gas injection
Increase backpressure
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Turn Up SlugsA Slug can be created by a Flow Rate change
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.. but only when it increases ...Slug volume = difference between liquid holdup at 2 flow ratesUse transient model to rigorously model
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Turn Up Slugs
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Outlet Liquid Rate m3/d
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Pigging SlugsSlugs can be created by Pigging
.. but typically just one...
Slug volume = total liquid in pipe minus volume dumped into the separator during pig transit
Use transient multiphase model to accurately model pigging slug size and transit time
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Pig Position and Pig Velocity
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Liquid Inventory from Pigging
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Liquid Inventory m3
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Slug Modelling: Where are We?
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Slug Modelling: Where are We?
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Slug Modelling: Where are We?Mechanistic Models Use the Unit Cell Model
Developed by Taitel in 1980s
Liquid picked up from liquid film = liquid shed
In mechanistic models now (OLGAS, XIAO)
Accurate pressure gradients and holdup
in fully developed slugs
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Areas Currently Being Researched
Flow pattern transition to / from slug flow in steady state
More robust models for Liquid holdup in liquid slug (gas entrainment) Gas velocity in liquid slug (turbulence within
the liquid slug) Liquid holdup in elongated bubble Liquid slug translational velocity
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Conclusions
Define what you mean by slugging- hydrodynamic- terrain induced- turn up- pigging
Transient modelling provides additional information
Mechanistic modelling of slug flow understood but still actively being researched and improved
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Acknowledgements
Dr. Garry Gregory and Dr. Khalid Aziz For creating the multiphase video at the
University of Calgary For the images for severe slugging and slug
flow Pablo Adames, Schlumberger
For updates on the current state of slug research and parsing the multiphase video
Schlumberger for sponsoring My time, visas, inoculations and hotels
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Slugging in Pipelines:What You NEED to Know
Mona TrickAdvisor Flow Software
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Hydrodynamic Slugging: Steady State
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Hydrodynamic Slugging: Transient
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Hydrodynamic Slugging: Transient
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Terrain Induced Slugging
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Terrain Induced Slugging
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Turn Up
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Turn Up: Elevation Profile
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Pigging
Slide Number 1Slugging in Pipelines:What You NEED to KnowOutlineWhy Worry?Hydrodynamic SlugsSlide Number 6Avoiding Hydrodynamic SlugsTerrain Induced SlugsTerrain Induced Slug - Severe Terrain Induced Slug - SevereTerrain Induced Slug - SevereTerrain Induced Slug - SevereTerrain Induced SlugTerrain Induced SlugSevere Slugging Liquid Flow RateSeparator SizeAvoiding Terrain Induced SlugsTurn Up SlugsTurn Up SlugsPigging SlugsPig Position and Pig VelocityLiquid Inventory from PiggingSlug Modelling: Where are We?Slug Modelling: Where are We?Slug Modelling: Where are We?Areas Currently Being ResearchedConclusionsAcknowledgementsSlide Number 29Slugging in Pipelines:What You NEED to KnowHydrodynamic Slugging: Steady StateHydrodynamic Slugging: TransientHydrodynamic Slugging: TransientTerrain Induced SluggingTerrain Induced SluggingTurn UpTurn Up: Elevation ProfilePigging