Wax Solvent Displacement in Atoll Development Project Using Ultrasonic Devices: Case Study in the East Nile Delta in Egypt

Khadrawy, Waleed; Elsherbini, M.M; Saad, Reham S.; Abd Elkader, Hala

doi:10.21608/mjeer.2020.103955

Wax Solvent Displacement in Atoll Development Project Using Ultrasonic Devices: Case Study in the East Nile Delta in Egypt

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Ops. Department in Pharaonic Petroleum Company

² Dept. of Electrical, Shoubra Faculty of Engineering, Benha University.

³ Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Benha University.

10.21608/mjeer.2020.103955

Abstract

Ultrasonic device is used in many different fields. It is used to detect objects; measure distances and gives a lot of information about oil and gas flows. The flow in pipes can be measured by ultrasonic flow meters, which measures the average velocity of flowing Material. In this paper, we will go through a new application by injecting a solvent with a produced gas to resolve the gas blockage problem that caused by slugs creation in a pipeline by benefiting the Ultrasonic device usage, as it works with the same inner size of the pipeline, as well as getting pipe and flow information such as temperature, pressure and having accurate flow gas measurement.

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