Natural gas flow has a valuable pressure exergy which is currently destroyed in throttling valves at exit of the gas fields. In the current study, this pressure exergy has been calculated for an actual case. Exergy analysis was based on actual condition of the Shanol gas field, which is situated in Iran, in the summer. It is assumed to be a good representative of Iran's whole gas fields. Exergy ...
Tight gas is the most available alternative unconventional natural gas in China. Its potential is huge and the Sulige gas field is the biggest one. However, there are many urgent development problems to be solved, and evaluating well performance is of one of them. Low permeability, strong stress sensitivity and hydraulic fracturing make it difficult to predict well performance. Evaluating the ...
The overpressurised CO 2 field Bečej (Serbia) was explored in 1951. At the end of 1968, an uncontrolled gas blowout of Bč-5 well lasted 209 days resulting in 35 bars pressure drop in the reservoir until 2007. Hence, the substantial loss of reserve (> 17 billion m 3 ) became a critical issue of the operator. Environmental friendly chemicals should be used only for well rehabilitation. ...
Plains Exploration and Production Company (PXP) Situation: Limited oil production capacity caused by a difficult-to-operate, under-sized low-temperature separation unit (LTS) Solution: Installation of a Xebec Fast-Cycle Pressure-Swing Adsorption (PSA) Unit to remove heavier hydrocarbons from field gas to meet sales gas specifications Benefits: Lower Cost, Increased Capacity, Fewer Fugitive ...
To investigate the flame spreading mechanism over charring materials under natural convection, wood sheets from 0.9 to 3 mm thickness have been chosen. The variation of mean flame spread velocity V with thickness is measured. Typical flame shapes over the wood surfaces are recorded using CCD. The temperature fields in the gas phase are examined by a set of fine thermocouples. On the basis of the ...
This paper gives a brief overview of our recent work in the field of high pressure structural studies of metal organic framework materials. These are nanoporous materials which have found widespread application in the fields of gas separation and storage. Pressure provides a convenient tool to modify pore size and content without the need to alter the material chemically. Our techniques (high ...
This year, Chromatotec celebrated its 40 years of expertise in gas analysis; 40 years in the market through the implementation of its dedicated product MEDOR® all around the world. The MEDOR® analyzer has now become the reference instrument in the field of expertise of natural gas in several countries especially in the United States. On July 9, in attendance of its distributors, ...
Integration & Joint Interpretation of Passive Seismic Tomography, Gravity and MT Data The scope of this project was an integrated interpretation of the Passive Seismic Tomography, Gravity and Magnetotelluric data, acquired in the Delvina Gas field area in the context of the according geophysical surveys. Although the Delvina Gas field has a marginal production, the only knowledge for the ...
Abstract Mass-transfer processes of paramount importance, such as reaeration and volatilization, occur at the air–water interface. Particularly, volatilization is intensively studied because it can be a relevant removal process for toxic contaminants from flowing and standing surface waters. The paper provides a comparison among predictive equations available from literature for standing waters ...
In the last decades, several technologies have been developed to measure greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations and fluxes. We compared six devices using different measurement technologies: two gas chromatographic systems with a barrier discharge ionization detector (GC-BID) and an electron capture detector (GC-ECD), respectively, a portable GHG analyzer based on laser absorption, a photoacoustic ...
Abstract Often there is a need for quick field measurement of gas condensate concentration in produced water, such as when performing process optimization, water treatment verification and routine process monitoring. Rigorous laboratory analysis methods such as gravimetric oil and grease measurements or gas chromatographic methods are not sufficiently sensitive to process changes and/or do not ...
YC13-4 gas field is located in the west of the South China Sea, where the seawater depth is around 90 m, and the average surface temperature is 26.2°C, while the minimum temperature at seabed is 18.9°C. Subsea wellheads are designed for gas production. In this paper, the risks of hydrate formation during drilling, well testing and gas production are analysed under different operation conditions. ...
This paper describes how physical models can be successfully employed in the design of Electrostatic Precipitators (ESP). The development of the computational power of personal computers has made possible the development of mathematical models of complex systems, like ESP, that can be used at relatively low cost. These mathematical models simulate the non linear coupling of the different physical ...
To help build a comprehensive Industrial Hygiene program, Buck Scientific introduces the IH910 vapor monitoring system utilizing our model 910 gas chromatograph and IH300 air sampling train. Designed to analyze hydrocarbons in air, such as degreasing solvents and paint vapors emitted during plant operations, the IH910 penetrates the 1mg/m3 detection barrier erected by other field portable ...
Activated carbon, also called activated charcoal or activated coal is a form of carbon that has been processed to make it extremely porous and thus to have a very large surface area available for adsorption or chemical reactions. The word activated in the name is sometimes replaced with active. Due to its high degree of micro-porosity, just 1 gram of activated carbon has a surface area in excess ...
Field data from the Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska was used to develop a neural network model of the cross-country gas transit pipeline network between the production separation facilities and central gas compression plant. The trained model was extensively tested and verified using 30% of the data that was not used during the training process. The results show good accuracy in reproducing the ...
MT & Gravity Survey In November 2012, SeismoTech s.ltd. was awarded a Gravity and Magnetotelluric survey in the Delvina Area (SW Albania), by Stream Oil & Gas Ltd. The scope of this project was to enrich with additional geophysical information the Delvina Gas field area, in order to conclude on optimum locations for well-drilling. The Delvina Gravity and Magnetotelluric Surveys are part ...
Nanomaterials, including nanoparticles, nanowires, nanotubes etc., are the object of much well deserving attention by researchers and the public alike. Because of their novel properties associated with their typically large surface to volume ratios and finite- or quantum-size effects, they offer an avenue of exploration for new and interesting physics, chemistry, biology and materials science. ...
The purpose of this rule is to add a test method which would be used to verify the performance and accuracy of gas dilution systems during a field test. The test method is entitled, 'Verification of Gas Dilution Systems for Field Instrument Calibrations,' and will be added to 40 CFR part 51, appendix M, as Test Method 205. This method will allow the facility greater flexibility while assuring the ...
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline is a 1,768 kilometres (1,099 mi) long crude oil pipeline from the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli oil field in the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. It connects Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan; Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia; and Ceyhan, a port on the south-eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey, hence its name. It is the second longest oil pipeline in the world after ...