2010 Annual Meeting

Session: Chemistry, Thermodynamics and Multiphase Flow of Complex Fluids Related to Flow Assurance II

Keeping crude oil pipelines flowing is of economic and strategic importance. Oil is being produced from increasingly deep prospects off-shore. Three-phase flow containing oils, gas and water is the norm. It is not uncommon to see precipitation of waxes, asphaltenes and emulsion and hydrate formation. In this session, we will address fundamental characterization and properties of oils, emulsions, hydrates, and other complex fluids.

Chair

J. J. Magda, University of Utah

Presentations

03:15 PM

(524a) Use of Anhydride Based Polymers as Scale Control Agents in Production of Heavy Oils
M. R. Riazi, Yousef Roomi, Fatima Hussain

03:40 PM

(524b) A Novel Design for in-Flow Deposition Property Measurement
Mark Jemmett, Milind Deo, J. J. Magda, Husam el Gendy, Preston Montalvo, Dave Wagner

04:05 PM

(524c) The Effect of Operating Temperatures and Solubility Curve of Paraffin On Wax Deposition
Zhenyu Huang, Shanpeng Han, Rainer Hoffmann, H Scott Fogler

04:30 PM

(524d) The Propagation of Pressure and Wall Shear Stress in a Gelled Laboratory Pipeline with Application to the Flow Assurance of Paraffinic Crude Oils
Husam M. El Gendy, Mataz Alcoutlabi, Mark Jemmett, Milind Deo, J. J. Magda, Rama Venkatesan, Alberto Montesi