ASSESSMENT OF FLUID PRESSURE LOSS IN OIL & GAS IN-FIELD PIPELINES: A GIS BASED APPROACH (original) (raw)

The assessment of fluid pressure loss in pipelines plays a major role in the solution of problems of practical interest. Indirect corrosion monitoring as well as pipe size calculations, they both rely on an accurate calculation of pressure loss. However this is not a trivial task. In this paper we present an innovative methodology to calculate and display fluid pressure drop in Oil & Gas pipelines. This methodology addressed all relevant aspects of multi-phase fluid pressure drop such as emulsion kinematic viscosity model and emulsion density model. A solution to readily acquire input parameters to perform pressure drop calculations via Geographic Integration System (GIS) is also presented. The same system is use to present calculation results. This procedure allows a complete automation of the calculations for an entire pipeline network.

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