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NEL Oil, Gas & Chemicals
Gregor BrownBusiness Manager
Oil, Gas and Chemicals
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• Background to NEL• Overview of capabilities
and services to industry in oil, gas & chemicals
• Examples of some specific activities
Introduction
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• National Engineering Laboratory• Established as a government
agency 1950 to provide an independent and confidential service to UK industry and government
• Privatised in 1995• 150 staff with head quarters and
laboratories in East Kilbride, Glasgow
• Wholly owned by TÜV Süddeutschland
TUV NEL Ltd
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• Oil, Gas & Chemicals• Government/Management
Consulting• Automotive, Aerospace &
Defence• Power Generation• Environmental Monitoring
Market Sectors/Business Divisions
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• Mechanical and chemical engineering
• Fluid dynamics• Flow measurement• Fluid properties• Thermal engineering• Separation processes• Software & Instrumentation
Production technology services
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• Facilities– Flow facilities for oil, water, gas and multiphase
flow (National Flow Measurement Standards)– Erosion rig (air/water/sand)– Heat transfer test rigs– Chemical compatibility test facility
• Software database and computational tools– Fluid properties, fluid dynamics, stress analysis
• People– A good mix of expertise and practical experience
Capabilities
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Services Overview
Oil, Gas & Chemicals
Test & Evaluation Tech Transfer Consultancy
Oil flow
Chemical compatibility
Multiphase flow
Gas flow
Software
Water flow
Others
Seminars/workshops
Training courses
Clubs
Development Projects
Oil and gas metering
Produced water
Erosion, valves
Uncertainty analysis
Multiphase metering
Others
Physical properties
Custom software
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• Technology transfer activities• Software products• Development Projects/Consultancy
– Heat Transfer and Flow Service– Orifice metering system headers JIP– HRL South Morcambe terminal metering upgrade
• Multiphase flow metering• HSE erosion investigation
Examples of activities
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• Conferences and seminars• Training courses• Tech transfer clubs
– Oil-in-Water Club– Produced Water Club– Flare Gas Club
Technology transfer clubs
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• PPDS product suite– Quality assured fluid properties
database and calculation tool
• Data Validation– Process data validation– Meter data reconciliation
• Custom Software– Client web pages and intranet
applications– Information management
incorporating flow and
thermodynamics knowledge
Software services
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• Heat Transfer & Flow Service
• Software owned by Aspentech
• R & D supported by NEL
• e.g. HTFS ACOL crossflow heat exchanger program developed at NEL
• Widely used around the world for exchangers like these
HTFS
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• Hi-water I & II JIPs• Multiflow I & II JIPs
– Evaluation of the performance of multiphase flowmeters
• UKOOA oil-in-water guidelines• Oil-in-water analysis JIP• Ultraflow Wet-gas JIP• NEL Wet Gas JIP• Ultrasonic Meters for Oil JIP• Fatigue Life of Fibre Ropes• Industrial Water Use
Joint industry projects
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• Headers Joint Industry Project– Investigation into the effect of headers on orifice metering systems– Lab and computational analysis– Basis for revision of standards and work on specific installations
• South Morecambe Terminal– 50million Sm3/d of natural gas– AGA3 “any other configuration” which requires 145D or flow conditioner– ISO 5167 requires a flow conditioner– Other maintenance issues
Headers JIP and consultancy
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South Morecambe
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South Morco
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• Computational analysis confirmed the following problems:
– Swirl (up to 7°)– Velocity distorted > 5%– Errors > 0.23%– One case = 0.75%
South Morecambe
• Orifice plates were replaced by 3 ultrasonic meters installed in the 3 metering runs where the flow profiles were best
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South Morco
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Multiphase metering
• Multiphase metering important technology for marginal field development and well management
• Technically, the simultaneous measurement of oil, water and gas flow is very challenging
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• In the 1990’s NEL Created a benchmark performance test through the Multiflow I and II Joint Industry Projects
• Tested the majority of the meters that had been developed into commercial products
• Performed factory acceptance tests for the likes of Amerada Hess, Philips, Shell, Petronas, BP, Kerr-McGee etc, etc.
• Provided consultancy and training for oil companies in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and South East Asia
NEL Involvement in Multiphase
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The Multiflow JIPs
Sponsors• Amerada Hess• Amoco• BP• ChevronTexaco• Elf• ExxonMobil• JNOC• Petrobras• Philips• Saudi Aramco• Shell• Schlumberger• Total
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Tullich Multiphase Metering
• Consultancy to identify suitable test site for two multiphase meters based on process data
• Selected ChevronTexaco Humble test site
• Devised test plan
• Supervised tests as independent witness
• Liased with Kerr-McGee / ChevronTexaco / Framo during tests
• Analysed the data and prepared the final report
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Tullich Multiphase Metering
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HSE bend failure investigation
• Pipe bend failure analysis• CFD analysis and lab testing• Customer: HSE (& Shell)
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• Funded by the National Measurement System Directorate of DTI
• Three year cycle• Four main themes
– Maintenance and Traceability– Research– Intercomparisons– Knowledge Transfer
• www.flowprogramme.co.uk
Flow Programme
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HSE bend failure investigation
• Complex interactions at work• Valve location doubled the rate of erosion• Able to advise on prevention of reoccurrence• General guidance document prepared for HSE
Flow solution Particle paths Erosion Model
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Clients
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Summary
• Broad capability• Expertise and experience in key areas of
production & process systems engineering– Flow measurement– Fluid properties– Heat transfer– Erosion– Valves, separators, instrumentation
• Independent organisation having strong links with industry
• Potential partner for technology R&D