Slug Catchers in Natural Gas Production - NTNU
Slug Catchers in Natural Gas Production - NTNU
Slug Catchers in Natural Gas Production - NTNU
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Karam – <strong>Slug</strong> <strong>Catchers</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Gas</strong> <strong>Production</strong><br />
Table 2: Data from the reservoir and the pipel<strong>in</strong>es of the four different fields<br />
Process<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Plant<br />
Field<br />
Start<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>Production</strong><br />
date<br />
Water<br />
Depth<br />
Reservoir<br />
depth<br />
Distance<br />
to the<br />
field<br />
Pipel<strong>in</strong>e<br />
number<br />
Pipel<strong>in</strong>e<br />
OD<br />
Pipel<strong>in</strong>e<br />
OD<br />
Pipel<strong>in</strong>e<br />
ID<br />
Pipel<strong>in</strong>e<br />
ID<br />
[-] [-] [-] [m] [m] [km] [-] [<strong>in</strong>] [mm] [<strong>in</strong>] [mm]<br />
Kollsnes Troll 19/09/1995 350 1400 67 2 36 914.4 35.5 901.7<br />
Heidrun 18/10/1995 345 2300 250 1 16 406.4 14.95 379.8<br />
Melkøya Snøhvit 21/08/2007 250-340 2400 143 1 26.8 680.7 25.80 655.3<br />
Nyhamna<br />
Ormen<br />
Lange<br />
13/09/2007 800-1100 2013 121 2 30 762.0 27.17 690.0<br />
Process<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Plant<br />
Table 3: Data related to the wells and the slug catchers collected for the four different fields (* numbers close to real data)<br />
Field<br />
Field<br />
Flow<br />
Rate<br />
Number<br />
of Wells<br />
Well<br />
Flow<br />
Rate<br />
<strong>Slug</strong><br />
Catcher<br />
Capacity<br />
<strong>Slug</strong><br />
Catcher<br />
Capacity<br />
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Number<br />
of <strong>Slug</strong><br />
Catcher<br />
<strong>Slug</strong><br />
Catcher<br />
Total<br />
Capacity<br />
<strong>Slug</strong><br />
Catcher<br />
Total<br />
Capacity<br />
Pipel<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Outlet<br />
Pressure<br />
Pressure<br />
Inlet to<br />
<strong>Slug</strong><br />
catcher<br />
Temperature<br />
Inlet to <strong>Slug</strong><br />
catcher<br />
[-] [-] [MSm 3 /d] [-] [MSm 3 /d] [m 3 ] [ft 3 ] [-] [m 3 ] [ft 3 ] [bar] [bar] [°C]<br />
Kollsnes Troll 100 39 2.56 1250 44150 2 2500 88300 90 ~120 5 – 8*<br />
Tjeldbergodden<br />
Tjeldbergodden<br />
Heidrun 11 10 1.10 2300* 81236 1 2300 81236 120-170<br />
Melkøya Snøhvit 20.8 9 2.31 2800 98896 1 2800 98896 120-90*<br />
Nyhamna<br />
Ormen<br />
Lange<br />
50 (30-<br />
50)<br />
75 (70-<br />
90)<br />
<strong>in</strong>crease of 40<br />
(-5) - (4)<br />
70 8 8.75 1500 52980 2 3000 105960 110-95* 90 2 – 4