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CHAPTER
1

Introduction

OUTLINE

Multiphase production problems: Blockages Threats to product value or process safety
and restrictions 2 (asset integrity) 24
Savings from using flow assurance 3 Hardware cost 24
Cost of subsea hardware related to flow
Examples of flow assurance problems 5
assurance 24
How flow assurance and production Monitoring and data mining 28
chemistry work together 10
Flow assurance in operations 28
When is flow assurance applied 14
Onshore production 28
Knowledge required in flow assurance 15 Offshore production 28
Deepwater production 29
Why flow assurance failures happen 15
Systematic approach to solving flow
Flow assurance background 17
assurance problems 29
Flow assurance requirements 21 Process safety 30
Basis of design 21
Units for fluid characterization 22 System of measures for flow assurance 30
Introduction to flow assurance risk Outlook for flow assurance 30
analysis 22 References 31
Threats to flow are normally attributed to
flow assurance 24

Flow assurance aims to make sure oil and gas keep flowing. To achieve that goal, flow
assurance relies on the analysis of multiphase flow and on the selection and use of produc-
tion chemicals. Flow assurance engineers commonly analyze the flow of oil and gas in wells,
production flowlines, process facilities and export pipelines. Complex networks of gathering
lines feeding into trunk flowlines exist in onshore and offshore fields, and the analysis to op-
timize flow routing through such networks is equally complex.

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