Systematic strategies for characterization of undesirable deposits in natural gas handling and treatment systems

Abstract:

During the last decade, a remarkable increase in the frequency of appearance of undesirable deposits in natural gas handling and treatment systems has been observed. Such deposits correspond to solid or semisolid materials of variable chemical composition that usually appear in almost all the stages of these processes. The most critical cases have appeared during the production of natural gas associated to crude oil, causing depletion of fluid flow, damages to facilities and equipment, and increments in costs related to the corrective and preventive procedures. This paper shows results obtained during the assessment of twenty-five undesirable solid deposition cases occurred in year 2005 at the main stages of natural gas handling and treatment plants located in Venezuela, Mexico, and Canada. The samples were classified according to the place they were found (by stages and attacked equipment) and by their …

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2006

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