Flow Assurance in Pipelines

A Reference Guide

Saeid Mokhatab, Juan Manzano-Ruiz, Antonin Chapoy, Jonathan J. Wylde

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2025
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• eBook ISBN:
  9780323993890
• Subtopic: Energy
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Flow assurance is critical for effective design and operation of hydrocarbon production and transmission systems. The aim is to ensure safe and economical flow of hydrocarbon fluids from the source to the markets. As future development of hydrocarbon resources moves into more challenging environments, the importance of flow assurance is becoming more asserted.Written by an internationally recognized team of experts, Flow Assurance in Pipelines: A Reference Guide is a unique, well-researched, and comprehensive work in the flow assurance discipline that addresses the stages of a flow assurance study and identifies how they relate to the pipeline system design and operation. This book is a fundamental resource for flow assurance engineers, pipeline engineers, operators, and production chemists, providing a detailed explanation of basic flow assurance issues that can arise in the pipeline systems and discusses practical methods to solve those issues, safely and cost effectively. - Provides a systematic understanding of the concept of flow assurance - Discusses flow assurance challenges in pipelines and how to overcome them - Reviews latest flow assurance technologies, engineering principles, and practices - Describes the best operating philosophies of pipeline systems to minimize flow assurance risks - Explores sustainable pipeline applications in the transition to a low-carbon economy

Table of contents

• Flow Assurance In pipelines
• Part I: Fundamentals
• Part II: Fluid Related Risks
• Part III: Flow Related Risks
• Appendix A Critical Properties Estimation Methods
• Appendix B Goossens Correlation for Molecular Weight Calculation
• Appendix C Acentric Factor Estimation Methods
• Appendix D PNA-based Estimation Methods
• Appendix E Splitting Schemes
• Appendix F Whitson Lumping Scheme
• Appendix G Flow Assurance Software Tools
• Index