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OM49 ARH PRS RPT 00003 C01 Pipeline Transient Analysis
OM49 ARH PRS RPT 00003 C01 Pipeline Transient Analysis
PROJECT TITLE:
PROVISION OF FEED AND DED OF AROH 1 & 2 WELL JACKET AND AROH
FIELD MANIFOLD IN OML-49
DOCUMENT TITLE:
DOCUMENT NUMBER:
OM49-ARH-PRS-RPT-00003
Date:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
As part of efforts aimed at improving crude oil evacuation from Aroh Well 1 and 2,
at OML-49, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Exploration and Production
Limited (NNPC E&P), a subsidiary of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC)
Limited is embarking on the design of a well head platform to replace the
temporary platform that is used to access the well head.
In addition, NNPC E&P intends to install a 12-string onshore manifold for the 2 Wells
and additional future Wells to be tie-in for a seamless evacuation of crude from the
well heads through the export line.
PESO Energy Services have been contracted to carry out the FEED and DED of
Aroh 1 & 2 Well Jacket and Aroh Field Manifold in OML-49.
The Aroh field comprises of the Aroh 1 and 2 Wells installed in the Aroh Wellhead
platform in OML 49 which is located in the Northwestern Niger Delta. The Aroh 1
and 2 wells are dual completion wells with short and long strings each. Currently,
the four flowlines (1S, 1L, 2S and 2L) are routed directly to the HP, MP, LP and Test
headers in Oziengbe flowstation.
As part of efforts aimed at improving crude oil evacuation from Aroh Well 1 and 2
in OML-49, NNPC E&P intends to carryout demolition of the existing Aroh 1&2
Wellhead platform and design of a new wellhead jacket/platform and a 12-slot
field remote manifold. The field remote manifold shall be located close to the Aroh
wellhead platform to commingle the crude oil from the four Aroh flowlines (1S, 1L,
2S and 2L) and other future wells to be drilled within the Aroh field. The 12-slot
remote manifold system shall comprise of the HP, MP, LP and Test headers with the
flexibility to produce each of the flowlines into any of the respective header.
Commingled well fluid from the new Aroh field manifold will be bulk flowed to the
Oziengbe flowstation inlet manifold via dedicated HP, MP, LP and test bulklines.
1.3 Purpose
The purpose of this document is to
1. Re-confirm the pipeline size using OLGA as a traditional steady state tool.
2. Perform steady state parametric study to establish minimum turndown rate
and verify the effect of different production rates on the inlet pressure, liquid
hold-up, slug and liquid surge.
3. Perform shutdown simulation of the pipelines.
4. Check hydrate formation potential of pipeline during “no touch” time of up
to 48 hours after shutdown.
5. Perform normal start up simulations for the various pipelines operating cases
and determine surge volume due to start up.
6. Establish fluid flow regime.
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1.4 Abbreviation
HP High Pressure
LP Low Pressure
MP Medium Pressure
RP Recommended Practice
1.5 Definition
COMPANY Nigerian National Petroleum Company Exploration and
Production Limited (NNPC E&P)
PROJECT Provision of FEED and DED of Aroh 1 & 2 Well Jacket and
Aroh Field Manifold in OML-49
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2.0 REFERENCES
In case of conflict, the regulations, codes and standards shall be applied in the
following priority order:
4. Industry Standards.
Should there be any conflict between the above standards and the project
Specifications, the project Specifications shall take precedence.
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The operating and design data for the Oziengbe flowstation HP, MP, LP and test
headers are shown in below Table 3-1;
Table 3-1: Oziengbe Flowstation HP, MP, LP and Test Headers Process Conditions
The LP flowlines, header and bulkline was modelled considering a 12” LP bulkline
size assuming all Aroh 1 and 2 flowlines, including future 4 wells (dual flowlines
each) are producing via the LP header and bulkline.
For this simulation, the below Table 3-2; provide estimate of the total flow rate
expected.
2 Aroh 1L 955.3
3 Aroh 2S 1,628.1
4 Aroh 2L 2059.0
5 Future 8 Flowlines* 16,000
6 LP Bulkline Flow Rate 21,598
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*considering 2,000 bopd for each of the eight (8) future flowlines.
For this case, the below Table 3-3 provide estimate of the total flow rate expected.
2 Aroh 3L 2,000
3 Aroh 4S 2,000
4 Aroh 4L 2,000
5 Aroh 5S 2,000
6 Aroh 5L 2,000
7 MP Bulkline Flow Rate 12,000
*considering 2,000 bopd for each of the three (3) future flowlines.
The Oziengbe flowstation MP header operating pressure is 203 psig as per Table 3.1
while the Future wells flowing THP of 1500 psig was considered for each of the Aroh
future flowlines as provided by Client.
3 Aroh 5S 2,000
4 Aroh 5L 2,000
HP header and bulkline
5 8,000
flow rate
*considering 2,000 bopd for each of the two (2) future HP flowlines.
The Oziengbe flowstation HP header operating pressure is 350 psig as per Table 3-1
while the Future wells flowing THP of 1500 psig was assumed for each of the Aroh
future flowlines as provided by Client.
The following simulation have been carried out for the test header and bulkline
from the Aroh field remote manifold to Oziengbe flowstation:
1. Flowing of LP Wells via the test header and bulkline to Oziengbe flowstation test
header (Testing of LP well).
2. Flowing of MP Wells via the test header and bulkline to Oziengbe flowstation
test header (Testing of MP well).
3. Flowing of HP Wells via the test header and bulkline to Oziengbe flowstation test
header (Testing of HP well).
Case 1: this simulation considers testing of LP Wells by flowing via a 4” Test bulkline
with LP arrival pressure of 70 psig. In this case, well testing is assumed to be carried
out one LP well at a time. Hence, the worst case flow of 2,000 bopd for the future
wells have been used for the simulation.
3.8 Assumptions
The following assumptions have been considered for carrying out the process
simulation.
Length of the HP, MP, LP and test bulklines from the remote manifold to the
Oziengbe flowstation is estimated as 8km.
Three (3) future wells were assumed in this hydraulic analysis with normal
operating capacity of 1000 bopd (per wellstring) and design capacity of
2000 bopd. The same MER data of Aroh 2L were assumed for the three (3)
future wells.
Flowlines THP for the future wells are assumed to be 1500 psig.
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Based on the above assumptions, the process simulation should be rerun when the
information is available.
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Carbon
7850 500 45 0.508
Steel
Minimum sea temperature is given as 22°C, as stated in the Design Basis for the
Project.
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OLGA version 7.2.3 transient simulator was used for building and analyzing models
for the pipeline system. The fluid composition was made suitable for use in OLGA
via PVTsim. Table files are created in PVTsim to enable the transfer of
thermodynamic properties into OLGA software in useable format.
The model assumes that inlet to the system is a closed node and a mass source
that provides the specified flowrates is placed at the inlet nodes. These inlet nodes
represent the Aroh wells. Flowlines from nodes commingle at the inlet to pipelines.
The commingled point is represented as an internal node. The outlet node which is
the end of the pipeline is modelled as a pressure node with a specified outlet
pressure. The simulator back calculates the required parameters such as pressure,
temperature, velocity, liquid hold-up etc along the pipeline length to the pipeline
inlet node.
The figures below show the model schematic for the system for each of the
pipelines.
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Pipeline size was verified for the operating cases, using OLGA. The result for the gas velocity and erosional velocity as
obtained from OLGA is given in Table 5-1 below
Erosional
Liquid Inlet Inlet Outlet Outlet Gas
NPS Velocity
Pipeline Flowrate Pressure Temperature Pressure Temp Velocity
(inches) Ratio
(bbl/day) (psig) (oC) (psig) (oC) (m/s)
(-)
LP
12 21,598 163 33 70 32 4.8 0.14
Bulkline
MP
8 12,000 309 33 203 32 2.7 0.16
Bulkline
HP
6 4,000 476 33 350 32 2.1 0.19
Bulkline
Test
4 2,000 288 33 70 32 1.9 0.12
Bulkline
The corresponding plots from OLGA are shown in the figures below
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The turndown simulation was carried out based on the maximum flowrate
from each well and turndown at 20%, 60%, 80%, and 90%. The plots below give
the inlet pressure at the flowlines, liquid holdup and surge liquid volume for
each of the manifolds.
The first plot below give the inlet pressure at the LP Wells flowlines. The liquid
holdup and surge liquid volume for the LP manifold is also obtained at steady
state.
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The first plot below give the inlet pressure at the MP Wells flowlines. The liquid
holdup and surge liquid volume for the MP manifold is also obtained at steady
state.
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The plots below give the inlet pressure at the MP Wells flowlines. The pressure,
liquid holdup and surge liquid volume for the MP manifold is also obtained at
steady state.
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The wax appearance temperature plot was obtained using PVTsim. The plots
for the wax appearance pressure and temperature curve are shown below.
The wax plot below gives the pressure and temperature at which wax is
formed. It is the same for all flowlines, manifold and bulklines.
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The pipeline shut down after 12 hours of normal operation was simulated.
After a total shut down period (no-touch time) of 36 hours, the following
temperature trend was observed.
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Figure 5-31: Fluid Temperature Trend for Aroh Test Pipeline Shutdown
The flow regime information for different flowrates is shown in the figures below
Figure 5-32: Flow Regime Indicator Plot for the LP bulk line for 21,598 bopd
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Figure 5-33: Flow Regime Indicator Plot for the MP bulk line for 12,000 bopd
Figure 5-34: Flow Regime Indicator Plot for the HP bulk line for 8,000 bopd
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Figure 5-35: Flow Regime Indicator Plot for the Test bulk line for 2,000 bopd
Figure 5-36: Flow Regime Indicator Plot for the flow line
From the flow regime indicator, it is obvious that for the various pipeline
system, the pipeline is in stratified flow region (ID=1). showing no slug flow for
all the pipelines except for the LP bulk line where slugs appear about 2km
from the Oziengbe flowstation. Appropriate pigging schedule to be develop
to mitigate slug build up on the LP manifold.
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The line sizing verification shows that the selected sizes of 12” for the LP bulk
line, 8” for the MP bulk line and 6” for the HP bulk line and 4” for the test
pipeline is adequately sized for the bulking system.
The shutdown of the pipelines was done after 12 hrs of operation, cool down
for 36 hours, and then start up to maximum capacity at 48 hrs. The liquid surge
volume was recorded.
After shutdown, the temperatures fell below the wax formation temperature
of 30°C, hence wax inhibitor injection is required for all the bulk lines.
Also, the flow regimes in the operating scenarios considered show flow ID = 1
shows flow which means no slug was formed in any of the pipelines except for
the LP bulk line case. The flow is in the stratified flow region for all other three
pipelines.
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