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NEL Oil, Gas & Chemicals. Gregor Brown Business Manager Oil, Gas and Chemicals. Introduction. Background to NEL Overview of capabilities and services to industry in oil, gas & chemicals Examples of some specific activities. TUV NEL Ltd. National Engineering Laboratory - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
NEL Oil, Gas & Chemicals
Gregor BrownBusiness Manager
Oil, Gas and Chemicals
• Background to NEL• Overview of capabilities
and services to industry in oil, gas & chemicals
• Examples of some specific activities
Introduction
• 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
• Oil, Gas & Chemicals• Government/Management
Consulting• Automotive, Aerospace &
Defence• Power Generation• Environmental Monitoring
Market Sectors/Business Divisions
• Mechanical and chemical engineering
• Fluid dynamics• Flow measurement• Fluid properties• Thermal engineering• Separation processes• Software & Instrumentation
Production technology services
• 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
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
• 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
• Conferences and seminars• Training courses• Tech transfer clubs
– Oil-in-Water Club– Produced Water Club– Flare Gas Club
Technology transfer clubs
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
South Morecambe
South Morco
• 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
South Morco
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
• 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
The Multiflow JIPs
Sponsors• Amerada Hess• Amoco• BP• ChevronTexaco• Elf• ExxonMobil• JNOC• Petrobras• Philips• Saudi Aramco• Shell• Schlumberger• Total
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
Tullich Multiphase Metering
HSE bend failure investigation
• Pipe bend failure analysis• CFD analysis and lab testing• Customer: HSE (& Shell)
• 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
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
Clients
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