"Our process engineers are gurus in basis development, model construction, validation, and interpretation of outputs from sophisticated process simulation packages such as HYSYS. This project used HYSYS in an innovative way to diagnose a problematic operational issue in our client's facility. Our model worked in reverse, iterating a solution from literally thousands of operating data points, to bridge a gap between the reservoir engineering and plant operations teams as to the root cause of the capacity constraint experienced."
Geoffrey Constable
Projects Director
Advisory
Onshore Gas Processing
8 Weeks
$<100k
Process Consultants performed a study to assess the impacts of reduced plant inlet pressure on well deliverability, operational limits, and integrity limits. The assessment covered the production flowlines, wellhead choke valves and production manifold; involving system hydraulics, surge analysis, and corrosion / erosion reviews.
Process Consultants generated capacity curves for the wells, flowlines and production manifolds, based on a range of observed flowing bottom hole pressures.
The capacity curves produced reflected system hydraulics, and considered erosional velocity and other operational limits.
The study identified a number of debottlenecking options to maximise production at reduced plant inlet pressures.