INTRODUCTION Oil and gas reservoirs are a formation of rock in which oil and natural gas has accumulated. It is created naturally over the course of hundreds of millions of years when layers of decomposing plants and animals encounter with intense heat from the Earth and pressure from rocks. Oil […]
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Design Optimization of Condensate Stabilizer
INTRODUCTION As Full Well Stream (FWS) comes out of the well, it will first be separated into three phases, i.e., gas, oil and water for further processing and treatments. For crude oil/condensate, the most volatile components of FWS will be separated and stabilized to achieve the desired Reid Vapor Pressure […]
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Harnessing an Unconventional Power Source from an Unexpected Region- An Environmental Solution
Power plants commonly utilize conventional fuel sources from natural gas (from production wells), coal or biofuel products to produce electricity. Who would have thought that a fuel source could also be found from a deepwater lake in Africa? This spectacular phenomenon is found at Lake Kivu, Rwanda. The lake encompasses […]
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Pipeline Wax Management
PiPROBLEM STATEMENT Waxy crude oil extraction often comes along with wax gelling and deposition issues in the sub sea transportation pipeline. Once the fluid temperature falls below the fluid’s cloud point ( known as Wax Appearance Temperature, WAT), wax crystals begins to form and snowball if temperature persists to fall. […]
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