Additive management system
AssigneeOneSubsea IP UK Limited
InventorsBryan A. BUSSELL, Peter HAYWARD, Ulrich KLEINE, Rolf RUSTAD, Harald SOLHEIM, Gro Merete ALENDAL, Simon Charles HOLYFIELD, Eric GRZELAK, Thomas David BAMBER
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Abstract
A system including an additive management system configured to oversee hydrate formation in a hydrocarbon extraction system, the additive management system including a flow meter configured to measure a fluid flow rate, a first sensor configured to measure at least one of a fluid property and an environmental condition, and a chemical injection device configured to inject a hydrate inhibitor into a fluid flow.
Claims18
A system, comprising:
- an additive management system configured to oversee hydrate formation in a hydrocarbon extraction system, the additive management system comprising:
- a first sensor configured to generate feedback relating to at least one parameter of a fluid flowing through the hydrocarbon extraction system;
- a first chemical injection device configured to inject a hydrate inhibitor into the fluid at a first location;
- a controller configured to:
- receive the feedback from the first sensor;
- determine a likelihood of hydrate formation in the fluid at the first location based on the feedback;
- determine a flow rate of hydrate inhibitor to inject into the fluid using the first chemical injection device based on the likelihood of hydrate formation at the first location.
A system, comprising:
- a controller configured to control an amount and timing of injection of a hydrate inhibitor into a hydrocarbon extraction system using feedback from a flow meter and a first sensor.
A method for managing hydrate formation in a hydrocarbon extraction system, comprising:
- receiving a flow rate from a flow meter;
- receiving at least one of an environmental condition and a fluid condition from a first sensor;
- identifying a hydrate formation condition using feedback from the flow meter and the first sensor;
- and
- controlling injection of a hydrate inhibitor in response to the hydrate formation condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.