As a recognized critical issue in design and operation of subsea oil/gas systems, flaw assurance is an engineering analysis process to assure that hydrocarbon fluids are transferred economically and safely from resemoir to the end user during the life...
As a recognized critical issue in design and operation of subsea oil/gas systems, flaw assurance is an engineering analysis process to assure that hydrocarbon fluids are transferred economically and safely from resemoir to the end user during the life of a project. One of the flow assurance challenges is prediction of the slugging in the subsea pipelines which could potentially block the flow path of hydrocarbon fluids because slugging greatly affects the design of receiving facilities such as separators and slug catchers. Tire facilities can be flooded and damaged if the slug is larger than the receiving capacity of the facilities. Tlw'efore, quantifying the slug volume is a essential part in the design of subsea production plants. The pui'pose of this paper is to analyze the effect of Operating conditions on slug volume in the subsea pipeline system using multiphase flaw simulation code, OLGA. It is shewn that the slug volumes into the separator through the subsea pipelines are affected by the operating conditions, ramp-up scenarios, and tend to be created lower for the conditins of applying the two step ramp-up scenarios rather than the single step and linear ramp-up scenarios.