Pipeline water remediation based on upstream process operating parameters

A pipeline system, comprising:

• an upstream process facility comprising:
• equipment configured to process production fluid to generate processed production fluid that is output from the upstream process facility and routed into a pipeline downstream of the upstream process facility;
• and
• an upstream control system configured to:
• determine, based on observed operational parameters of the equipment of the upstream process facility, an indirect quality parameter for the processed production fluid;
• determine, based on measurements of characteristics of the processed production fluid output from the upstream process facility, a direct quality parameter for the processed production fluid;
• determine a quality parameter for the processed production fluid that is defined as the greater of the indirect quality parameter and the direct quality parameter for the processed production fluid;
• a pipeline system comprising:
• the pipeline;
• and
• a pipeline control system configured to:
• determine, based on the quality parameter for the processed production fluid, a model of the pipeline that comprises a cumulative water accumulation of a segment of the pipeline;
• determine, based on the cumulative water accumulation of the segment of the pipeline, a water remediation schedule for the segment of the pipeline;
• and
• conduct, in accordance with the water remediation schedule for the segment of the pipeline, a water remediation operation in the segment of the pipeline.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising program instructions stored thereon that are executable by a processor to perform the following operations for operating a pipeline:

• determining, based on observed operational parameters of equipment of an upstream process facility, an indirect quality parameter for processed production fluid output from the upstream process facility and routed into a pipeline downstream of the upstream process facility;
• determining, based on measurements of characteristics of the processed production fluid output from the upstream process facility, a direct quality parameter for the processed production fluid;
• determining a quality parameter for the processed production fluid that is defined as the greater of the indirect quality parameter and the direct quality parameter for the processed production fluid;
• determining, based on the quality parameter for the processed production fluid, a model of the pipeline that comprises a cumulative water accumulation of a segment of the pipeline;
• determining, based on the cumulative water accumulation of the segment of the pipeline, a water remediation schedule for the segment of the pipeline;
• and
• conducting, in accordance with the water remediation schedule for the segment of the pipeline, a water remediation operation in the segment of the pipeline.