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Innovations in Flow Assurance: Modeling, Chemicals, and Field Applications

Thursday, 7 May
Room 610
Technical Session
This session explores innovations in managing complex flow assurance risks across the lifecycle of offshore and deepwater assets. Topics include strategies for wax, asphaltene, scale, and slugging mitigation; advances in chemical design and optimization; and novel diagnostic and monitoring technologies such as AI-based image recognition and non-intrusive thermal profiling. Case studies from global operations illustrate how operators are integrating cutting-edge solutions with proven field practices to restore capacity, unlock production gains, and strengthen reliability in challenging environments.
Chairperson(s)
Phaneendra Kondapi, Affiliate Professor - Colorado School of Mines
Daniel Reagan, Principal Engineer - 2H Offshore
Sponsoring Society:
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • 1400-1418 36776
    Advanced Diagnostic and Inspection Solutions For Restoring Capacity In Non Piggable GRE Pipelines
    H.s. Al-Kasbi, H. Al Rashdi, Petroleum Development Oman
  • 1420-1438 37125
    Polymer-Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles for Inhibiting Asphaltene Deposition in Wellbores and Pipelines
    O. Taqi, T. Nguyen, M. Puerto, T. Terlier, S. Biswal, Y. Alhouli, Rice University
  • 1440-1458 36856
    A Water-Based Microemulsion Technology for Effective Paraffin Wax Treatment in Western African Offshore Operations
    S. Pradhan, E. Kakadjian, E. Gutierrez, Locus Bio-Energy; G. Ondongo, B. Nguie Gang, Timber & Minerals Trading Holding; M. Pearl, Locus Bio-Energy
  • 1500-1518 37032
    Correlation Between Asphaltene Contentand Water/ Sediment Level in Crude Oil
    Y.C. Araujo De Itriago, M. Azzam, R. Braun, Intertek Westport Technology Center
  • 1520-1538 37090
    SHIELD: Harnessing Production Thermal Energy for Non-Intrusive Wax Deposition Profiling in Subsea Pipelines
    S. Duplat, J.E. Patterson, B. Tanju, Chevron Center of Excellence; T. Mekky, A. Glauser, A. Smerdon, Aquatec Group Ltd
  • 1540-1558 36832
    Deep Learning-Based Co-Current Upward Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow Regime Identification in an Annular Conduit
    J.R. Macomber, A. Sajedian, K. Aminian, West Virginia University
  • 1600-1618 37220
    Flow Assurance in Parallel Lines: Experimental and Transient Analysis of Two-Phase Flow Maldistribution
    M.E. Karagoz, C. Nogueira Sondermann, E. Pereyra, C. Sarica, University of Tulsa

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