Sand/erosion management and production optimisation
Oil & Gas Operating Companies and Asset Managers are aware of the dangers of solids produced from the reservoir formation. Proactive strategies are required to manage the impact of solids production and maximise productivity.
Solids production is typically episodic and can cause extreme damage almost instantaneously. Consequences include erosion of choke valves, erosion and accelerated corrosion of pipework, reduction of corrosion inhibitor performance and filling of separators all resulting in reduced well productivity.
Reliable instantaneous measurement of solids in offshore and subsea systems is of vital importance.
Cormon advocate an integrated measurement and control approach to solids management by providing direct-correlation tools between process measurement (volumetric flow and velocities, choke position, chemical inhibition-rates, pressure, temperature) with real-time intrusive erosion & corrosion measurement and acoustic measurement of particle impact. These are then linked to alarm management functions.
This facilitates the instantaneous response to solids production thereby mitigating damage. In addition this provides the platform for the development of reliable empirical models/algorithms for the trending of the reservoir behaviour and establishing safe operational limits in terms of erosion damage and quantity of solids.
Application
Cormon state-of-the-art technology is capable of measuring instantaneous erosion (<10nm) using long-life sensors (25 years) engineered into packages for topsides and subsea(HT/HP & deepwater) applications.
