Caracterización y mitigación del flujo intermitente en sistemas de recolección multifásicos bajo condiciones dinámicas

• Main Authors: Gustavo Andrés Valle Tamayo, Manuel Enrique Cabarcas Simancas, Robert Padrón García
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad Industrial de Santander 2015-12-01
• Series: Revista Fuentes El Reventón Energético
• Subjects: flow assurance; Multiphasic flow; slug flow; transient flow; transportation Phenomena; surface facilities
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18273/revfue.v13n2-2015007

Challenges associated to multiphasic fl ow are as old as the petroleum industry itself. in many oil and gas fields with multiphasic fl ow lines, production instability due to severe slugging is their main fl ow assurance issue. in Colombia, the previous works on this matter are rather limited. there are strong reasons to presume the existence of fl ow assurance issues related to severe slugging in many national fi elds. the main purpose of this article is to perform a technical compliance of the most relevant studies related to severe slugging in the Oil and Gas industry operations, which allows to set basis for further works in this area, addressing the matter in the national context. this paper contains a state-of-the-art review on severe slugging, intermittent fl ow, their characteristics, and a thorough revision of the existing numerical simulation methods in literature. in addition, this document proposes a methodology for the realization of similar studies, and a discussion of mitigation strategies and their application on fi eld operations.