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OG-S 103 - Pipeline Hydraulics & Multiphase Flow
| Code | Start Date | Duration | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OG-S 103 | 21 October 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| OG-S 103 | 18 November 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| OG-S 103 | 16 December 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| OG-S 103 | 27 January 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| OG-S 103 | 24 March 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| OG-S 103 | 19 May 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| OG-S 103 | 14 July 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| OG-S 103 | 08 September 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| OG-S 103 | 03 November 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| OG-S 103 | 29 December 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
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Course Description
This course provides an in-depth understanding of pipeline hydraulics and multiphase flow, with a focus on the use of the OLGA flow simulator software. Participants will learn about the fundamentals of fluid flow in pipelines, including pressure drop calculations, flow regime identification, and flow assurance considerations. The course will also cover the principles of multiphase flow, including gas-liquid and liquid-liquid flow phenomena.
Course Objectives
- Assess friction losses in a pipeline and fittings for a single-phase flow;
- Understand multiphase flow patterns and main perturbing factors;
- Grasp multiphase flow hydrodynamics for wet gas streams and crude oil streams;
- Understand operational constraints of single and multiphase flow lines;
- Deal with pipeline flow assurance issues, simulate a pipeline using software program.
Who Should Attend?
- Technicians
- Pipeline Operators
- Engineers
- Anyone looking to advance their career in the field of pipeline hydraulics and multiphase flow simulation using the OLGA software.
Course Details/Schedule
Day 1
- Fundementals of Fluid Mechanics Friction Losses in Single-phase Flow
- Total energy of a fluid. Bernoulli law.
- Real fluid flow: viscosity, friction coefficient.
- Flow regimes: laminar and turbulent (eddy) flows. Reynolds number.
- Calculation of friction loss through pipes: Moody chart, AFTP charts (Lefevre).
- Calculation of friction loss through fittings:
- Method 1: resistance coefficient.
- Method 2: equivalent straight pipe length.
- Case of compressible fluids (gas) - Main empirical equations.
- Several exercises
Day 2
- Multiphase flow in oil and gas production
- Incentives and stakes.
- Definition of multiphase flow.
- Main terminology.
- Basic understanding of different modeling approaches.
- Historical methods to study steady-state two-phase flow.
- Example of multiphase dynamic flow simulator OLGA™.
- Future with multiphase flow modeling.
Day 3
- Main flow assurance issues.
- Flow stability: flow pattern (horizontal and vertical); slugging.
- Erosion constraints, wax, hydrates.
- Heat transfer: main heat transfer phenomenon, OHTC, cold spot issue.
- Fluid modeling (example with Multiflash™).
- Phase envelope, hydrate dissociation curve, emulsion, viscosity
Day 4
- Well gas streams
- Natural gas field development:
- “Dry” scheme versus “Wet” scheme.
- Main flow assurance issues (hydrates, TLC, surge liquid volume handling).
- “Wet” scheme simulations.
- Operating envelope.
- Geometry impacts.
- Example of slug-catcher design
Day 5
- Crude oil streams
- Crude oil field development:
- Deep water constraints.
- Typical field preservation.
- Classical loops versus alternative development architectures.
- Subsea processing.
- Crude oil stream:
- Severe slugging.
- Hydrodynamic slug flow. Slug-catcher design.
- Thermal constraints during production/transient (cool down)
