This paper will introduce a new generation wireline Array Noise Tool (ANT). This tool is used to detect downhole acoustic / vibration activities originating from fluid-structure friction flow. One of main applications in Well Integrity (WI) and Plug…
The leakage detection of gas-liquid transportation pipeline is an important guarantee for the safety of oil and gas transportation pipelines. In order to study the leak-acoustics generation mechanism for gas-liquid pipeline slug flow, leakage process…
The oil and gas industry owns expensive and widely-spread assets. Any fault in this complex transportation network may result in accidents and/or huge losses thereby triggering various environmental and economic issues. Thus, real-time monitoring and…
The aim of this paper is to present a secure wireless sensor network-based infrastructure for fast and accurate detection of eventual leaks that might occur in multiphase pipelines (i.e., pipelines which carry simultaneously more than one fluid). The…
The presented initiative aims at the development of a low cost and low energy wireless sensor system for the immediate detection of leaks in metallic piping systems for the transport of liquid and gaseous petroleum products in a noisy industrial…
One of the safest ways for transporting fluid materials, such as natural gas, petroleum products, water etc., is the use of pipelines. However, a major problem in pipeline systems is the occurrence of leaks, which result in many environmental…
This paper expounds the potential safety hazard of natural gas pipeline leakage, and briefly summarizes the means and defects of pipeline leak detection recently. A acoustic detection method of natural gas pipeline leak based on adaptive filtering…
The aim of this paper is to present a secure wireless sensor network-based infrastructure for fast and accurate detection of eventual leaks that might occur in multiphase pipelines (i.e., pipelines which carry simultaneously more than one fluid). The…
The acoustic emission testing standards ASTM E1930, BS EN 15856, JB/T 10764 and Q/SY GD 0211 for atmospheric storage tank are compared and analysed. Combined with production practice, the revision direction and reference suggestions of acoustic…
Currently, the periodic inspection of composite tanks is typically achieved via hydrostatic test combined with internal and external visual inspections. Acoustic emission (AE) technology demonstrates a promising nondestructive testing method for…
This study presents an experimental demonstration of seismic monitoring of CO2 geologic storage based on the observation of pore fluid substitution effects on elastic wave propagation along a core sample of Berea sandstone. Two-phase core flooding of…
Evaluating any subsurface CO2 storage site comprises the reservoir, seal, and overburden investigation to mitigate injection and storage-related complications. The Upper-Middle Jurassic Sognefjord, Fensfjord, and Krossfjord formation sandstones are…
The elastic wave velocities of hydrate-bearing sediments (HBS) are considerably affected by the content of free gas and hydrate. Although several existing models relate the free gas and hydrate saturation to acoustic velocities, the accuracy of these…
Scope: This part of ISO 20765 specifies a method to calculate volumetric and caloric properties of natural gases, manufactured fuel gases, and similar mixtures, at conditions where the mixture may be in either the homogeneous (single-phase) gas…
Oil sludge presents a harmful but economically valuable waste. A large amount of oil sludge is produced during the processes of extraction, refining, storage, and transportation of petroleum. The contents of oil, water, and slag in the oil sludge are…
Abstract: The effect from the combined action of a low-frequency acoustic field, a demulsifier (DE), and the temperature factor on the stability of the water-in-oil emulsions formed by crude oils differing in the contents of resins, asphaltenes, and…
The formation of natural gas hydrates in oil and gas pipelines is an important concern due to the risk of hydrate blockage. In order to reduce the expenses with the use of chemicals to avoid hydrate plugging, more studies about the slurry flow and…
Leak detection is one of the most important issues in natural gas pipelines operation, major accidents can result from pipe gas leaks in pipelines that transport high-pressure gases. Natural gas pipeline leakage can cause huge economic losses and…
Brazilian presalt carbonate reservoirs are highly heterogeneous. This feature is mostly justified by the nature of the original depositional system and subsequently diagenetic processes. Consequently, reserve estimates and production forecasting are…
This work deals with the development of an ultrasonic backscattering sensor for the monitoring of water-in-oil emulsion. The sensor consists of a 3.5-MHz ultrasonic transducer, working in pulse-echo mode, and an array of cylindrical obstacles located…
Hydraulic fracturing produces artificial fractures and creates oil and gas seepage channels. It has now grown into an indispensable technology for oil and gas exploration and development, which leads to the evaluation of hydraulic fracturing effects,…
The thermal action on the layer forms the basis of process SAGD method that leads to a change in viscosity of the heavy oil, an increase of pressure in the vicinity of steam drainage area, and also in overlying and underlying rocks. All of this…
Natural fractures control the migration and accumulation of oil and gas in the tight sandstones. Understanding the characteristics and formation mechanism of natural fractures has important guiding significance to the comprehensive prediction and…
This work deals with the development of an ultrasonic backscattering sensor for the monitoring of water-in-oil emulsion. The sensor consists of a 3.5-MHz ultrasonic transducer, working in pulse-echo mode, and an array of cylindrical obstacles located…
In all links of natural gas supply, storage and marketing, accurate measurement of flow is one of the most critical links. Due to the high requirements of gas flow measurement for the flow meter measurement system, not only high accuracy of the flow…
An adaptive approach of abnormal signal extracting is proposed for pipeline leak detection based on acoustic method in this paper. The dynamic pressure signal is divided into many intervals based on zero crossing points, and each frame of signal is…
This work introduces a clamp-on narrow-band passive ultrasonic isolator that extends the gas density / pressure Pareto frontier for non-invasively polling the interior of gas-pressurized steel pipeline. The isolators enable an ultrasound-based…
Routine dehydration can't be satisfied the practical demand because of the heavier, the higher salinity and the more seriously demulsification of oil. The factors affecting the desalting and dewatering during the ultrasonic pretreatment of crude oil…
In all links of natural gas supply, storage and marketing, accurate measurement of flow is one of the most critical links. Due to the high requirements of gas flow measurement for the flow meter measurement system, not only high accuracy of the flow…
Localizing greenhouse gas (e.g., CO2) leakage from the sub-seabed is necessary to determine the passive acoustics as an effective environmental monitoring tool above marine carbon storage sites. In this paper, we develop an approach to verify the…
As a gas storage method with high efficiency, easy operation and economical rationality, CNG gas storage wells are widely used in fuel supply facilities such as gas stations and gas companies. However, gas storage wells are susceptible to the…
Pipeline systems are safe and economic infrastructures for transporting gas and oil. However, leakage failure is the most common problem encountered with the use of pipeline and affects operation. The accuracy in locating a leakage point…
Oil sludge presents a harmful but economically valuable waste. A large amount of oil sludge is produced during the processes of extraction, refining, storage, and transportation of petroleum. The contents of oil, water, and slag in the oil sludge are…
As the main equipment for petroleum and petrochemical raw materials and products storage, storage tanks are widely used in petroleum and petrochemical companies. The safe operation of storage tank is the precondition of normal production. The tank…
Trans Mountain owns and operates approximately 1300 km of pipelines in Alberta, British Columbia and Washington state. These pipelines transport a variety of liquids including crude oils, refined products and methyl tertiary butyl ether. They…
In mineral transportations, it is essential to measure the gas hydrate particle concentration to manage the risk of flowline blockage. Traditional single-frequency ultrasonic methods measure the particle concentration by treating the mixtures with an…
Pipelines are considered to be a part of the transportation sector. The pipeline industry moves various substances such as crude oil, refined petroleum products, and natural gas within thousands of miles of pipelines. There may be various reasons…
Oil volume fraction determination is important for the transportation and separation of oil–water dispersed flow in petroleum industry, for which ultrasound method is suitable with the advantages of good penetration and low cost. The existing…
Pipeline systems are safe and economic infrastructures for transporting gas and oil. However, leakage failure is the most common problem encountered with the use of pipeline and affects operation. The accuracy in locating a leakage point…
Industrial sensing applications place a premium on cost-effectiveness and accuracy. Traditional approaches often use expensive, invasive sensors from concern that inexpensive, non-invasive sensors will incur many false positives. High sensor cost…
Routine dehydration can't be satisfied the practical demand because of the heavier, the higher salinity and the more seriously demulsification of oil. The factors affecting the desalting and dewatering during the ultrasonic pretreatment of crude oil…
At present, there are few high precision and inexpensive equipments for measuring the water content of petroleum (MMCP), which is a big problem faced by most of the operators. The sonic velocity is determined by the fluid property. So the different…
Pipeline networks have been a frequently used and safe way of transporting fluids (such as crude oil, petroleum products, natural gas, water etc.) for many years. Some of the reasons which made the pipeline networks so popular are the relatively…
The Northern Tier Pipeline Company proposes to locate a major crude oil transfer facility along the Strait of Juan de Fuca at or west of Port Angeles, Washington. The facility would receive tankers carrying primarily Alaska North Slope crude oil and…
Oil sludge presents a harmful but economically valuable waste. A large amount of oil sludge is produced during the processes of extraction, refining, storage, and transportation of petroleum. The contents of oil, water, and slag in the oil sludge are…
Corrosion of oil storage tanks used to store crude oil and produced water in an operating oil field were identified as a potential safety issue when inspection results indicated significant wall loss due to internal corrosion. Corrosion was noted to…
Fracture structure characteristics are crucial for determining the fracture mechanism of coal mass and the migration law of oil and gas disasters. In this study, computed tomography (CT) scanning technology and fractal theory were used to investigate…
When salt caverns are used for the medium of underground energy storage, the surrounding rock experiences cyclic loading due to periodical injection-production. The cyclic load contains constant stress intervals and varied stress amplitudes, which…
This paper presents use of the acoustic emission (AE) method for diagnostic testing of aboveground vertical storage tank bottoms. This method allows evaluation and location of active corrosion damage of bottom material and micro-leaks in the tested…