Concept Paper for Small Footprint Welltest Package

Concept Paper
Small Footprint Welltest Package

April 2013
Author: James Antony Stenhouse

H2Oil UK Ltd.

Concept Paper for Small Footprint Welltest Package

This concept paper is a short description of the proposed outlines and reasoning behind the concept and
potential applications.

Purpose/Rationale
Well test packages normally have a total foot print of between 35-45m2. (not including Labs/Storage
containers).
Many locations or job requirements would have a big problem getting this size of equipment either to the
location or located in an area suitable for performing a well test.
Therefore a package with a smaller footprint and lighter weight would enable easier mobilisation and also
designed in a way that it can cope with the higher flow rates as a normally sized package.

Concept Description
The concept outline is to reduce the size of the two largest components of any well test package. The
1440psi separator and surge tank, These would be resized as follows:

Normally a Separator 42x15 is 6m x 2.4m. (Total Volume 22bbls)

This would be replaced by a 21x8 Separator with a foot print of 3m x 1.5m (Total Volume
11.5bbls)
The separator would be designed within NACE MR0175 / ASME Sec VIII Div 1 / ASME
B31.3 / DNV 2.7-1.
Allowing 4,000bbls/day Oil with 1 minute retention time and 35 MMscf/day Gas.

Dual Compartment Surge tank (2.5m x 2.9m) (80bbl)

This would be replaced by a dual compartment surge tank with a footprint of 1.5m x 1.7m
(total volume 25bbls).

Potential Applications
With many locations/rigs having limitations on package size this concept least the following scenarios:

Remote locations requiring helicopter portable packages where flow rates are out within
normal package limits.

Locations with limited deck space (Normally Unattended Installations, Satellite

platforms)

Locations with limited lifting facilities (Crane max 10tonne)

Less cost due to small equipment manufacturing.

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Concept Aim and Goals

Concept Aim
The aim is to reduce the size of the package without limiting flow rates. As above you can see whilst
downsizing the vessels you are decreasing volumetric capabilities and thus reducing overall flow
rate availabilities. So the aim is to redesign the process method based on proved theory with
unproved process applications.

Concept Goals
The goal is to split the total flow into separate trains and thus only measure a certain percentage of
the flow and then to multiply this to gather a total rate. For this concept we will split the flow into 4
trains and measure only 25% of flow.

Concept Methods
For each flow train to match in multiphase flow rates they will have to maintain an equal pressure across
all trains. This will be done by the following:

Separator pressure constantly monitored and on other three trains Multiphase Pressure
control valves will reposition to maintain same pressure as Separator.
SepP=Train1P=Train2P=Train3P
SepP

Train1
In

Out
Train2

Train3

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The fisher control valves could either be controlled electronically via a SCADA system
or realtime via tallied in Fisher control panels.

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Concept Proving Method

To prove the correctness of the 4 trains a MPFM could be added to the three bypass trains and confirm
that they supply 75% and the vessel supplies 25% of flow rate.

SepP

Train1
In
Train2

MPFM

Out

Train3

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