Corrosion monitoring and early detection of pits and wall thinning for casing pipes are considerably important to gas and petroleum industries since the frequently occurring corrosion at the internal or external parts of those steel casing pipes used…
Steel casing pipes used in underground gas storage or in oil fields are subjected to corrosion. Corrosion frequently causes some pitting or wall thinning to the internal or external of casing pipes. More serious corrosion would form holes on the…
With the increase of the age of the transport oil pipeline, leakages caused by corruption are often found. The public is paying more and more attention to the problems of environmental pollution and economic loss brought by leakage, so a detection…
In connection with extensive world-wide development of transporting gas networks the problem of the gas leakage detection on the underwater gas pipes becomes rather actual. The present paper is devoted to the solution of the problem of underwater gas…
In the case of aerial accident spreading out dangerous gases into the atmosphere, an instrument called electronic nose can warn about the beginning of petroleum derived leaks. In this paper we present the architecture of the neural network for…
Static pressure method and dynamic pressure method were commonly used in pipeline leak detection. Advantages and disadvantages of the two methods were analyzed and a dynamic pressure sensor was designed for long-range oil and gas transmission…
As a potential strategic resource in the future, natural gas hydrates has been highly appreciated by governments and scientists all over the world. The Marine Controlled Source Electromagnetic (CSEM) method has become one of the high techniques to…
In order to solve the field safety monitoring problem about high sulfur-containing natural gas purification plant commissioning test, designed and developed multi-sensor wireless monitoring system, and carried out the field application at Guangyuan…
The leakage detection system based on negative pressure wave method has been widely applied to crude oil pipelines. Aiming at its shortcomings in reducing false alarms and improving location precision, a combined Kalman filter - discrete wavelet…
The article studies the features of the Minigrid operation which formed on the basis of local power supply systems with small generation power plants. These systems can operate on renewable energy sources (solar and wind power plants) forming a…
Aroma is one of the most important factors affecting the quality of citrus fruit and its processed products. We use electronic nose (E-nose) to detect and analyze volatile components in citrus. An E-nose is an artificial intelligence system with…
Gas chromatography plays a vital role in ensuring the safe running and efficiency of a multitude of chemical production steps mainly in the oil and gas industry, gas processing, refining, Air separation/liquefaction, Power and Alternative Energy,…
Summary & Conclusions: Managing safety-critical systems in real-time, across geographically diverse multiple oil & gas installations, both offshore and onshore, is in itself a huge challenge for any corporation. PETRONAS, through its Exploration,…
Pipelines transporting CO2 to crude oil producing fields for tertiary recovery injection are a relatively new segment of the pipeline industry. An affiliate of the Shell Oil Company has participated in two major pipelines for this service. The…
The use of modular prefabricated buildings for the integration of electrical, instrumentation, and control systems equipment is an established practice in the industry. The concept of prefabrication has developed to the point that entire processing…
The ultrasonic in-line inspection is one of the important ways to inspect the wall-loss defects on-line for crude oil pipeline. As an integrative device, ultrasonic in-line inspection system contains complex mechanism, electronic instruments and a…
The leakage detection system based on negative pressure wave method has been widely applied to crude oil pipelines. Aiming at its shortcomings in reducing false alarms and improving location precision, a combined Kalman filter - discrete wavelet…
The calibration of a multiphase flowmeter is usually highly dependent on the flow regime of the mixture being monitored. Since the flow regime present in a pipeline cannot always reliably be predicted, then online calibration of such instruments is…
Application of blind signal processing technique on gas-liquid two-phase flowrate measurement is presented in this paper. Because flowrate is related to the differential pressure (DP) signal which is adopted near the pipe wall when the fluid is…
The development and implementation of a computer-based tank gauging system for the Phillips Sweeny Refinery Complex is described. The complex included 193 storage tanks located at six different sites, with each site considered as a separate tank farm…
In connection with extensive world-wide development of transporting gas networks the problem of the gas leakage detection on the underwater gas pipes becomes rather actual. The present paper is devoted to the solution of the problem of underwater gas…
In the offshore engineering community, reliable deep-water anchor performance is critical for mooring floating platforms such as Mobile Offshore Drilling Units. In a typical installation, an anchor is fully embedded into the seabed (up to 100 m).…
In order to solve the field safety monitoring problem about high sulfur-containing natural gas purification plant commissioning test, designed and developed multi-sensor wireless monitoring system, and carried out the field application at Guangyuan…
Use of multistage surface pumping systems have been expanding as an overwhelming choice because of simplicity of design components, cost, system efficiency, maintenance, versatility of applications, and reliability to move fluids with higher volumes…
As the capabilities of multiphase flowmeters increase, the problems of how to validate the performance of such instruments on-line also increases. This paper considers the extent to which simple capacitance sensors could be used to determine the…
The ultrasonic in-line inspection is one of the important ways to inspect the wall-loss defects on-line for crude oil pipeline. As an integrative device, ultrasonic in-line inspection system contains complex mechanism, electronic instruments and a…
The paper presents a pipeline liquefied petroleum gas network (PLPGN) monitoring system based upon the virtual instrument architecture. Starting from the introduction of development requirements and environment for the monitoring system, the paper…
The paper primarily discusses the design and implementation of a pipeline Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) monitoring system based upon the virtual instrument techniques. Starting from the introduction of the monitoring system development requirements…
With the increase of the age of the transport oil pipeline, leakages caused by corruption are often found. The public is paying more and more attention to the problems of environmental pollution and economic loss brought by leakage, so a detection…
The leakage detection system based on negative pressure wave method has been widely applied to crude oil pipelines. Aiming at its shortcomings in reducing false alarms and improving location precision, a combined Kalman filter - discrete wavelet…
An intelligent monitoring system for underground oil pipeline anticorrosive layers, which includes the design of both hardware and software, is developed based on the electromagnetism principle and an appropriate instrument design. The monitoring…
Pipeline robot is a research hotspot in pipeline industry, as the same as research and application in petroleum pipeline .Because that the condition is special in downhole, the performance of downhole crawling robot is different from general pipeline…
The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is a regulatory collection of general and permanent federal agency rules. This case study is specific to two sections pertaining to the control of corrosion and electrical protection of underground pipe lines and…
The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is a regulatory collection of general and permanent rules of federal agencies. This case study is specific to two sections pertaining to the control of corrosion and electrical protection of underground pipe…
In this paper we analyze the diffusion of natural gas for transportation in a market, in order to understand the factors that affect its adoption and evaluate several policies to enhance the diffusion speed in the Colombian market. We developed a…
This paper presents the design, implementation and test results of an online system for instantaneous measurement and display of fuel consumption in a vehicle. By utilizing the existing available sensors for input, the overall cost and complexity of…
To increase the efficiency of exploiting energy resource and confirm the optimum expected energy-saving target and the tax rates implementation scheme of the energy-saving target, an analytical model of tax policy was set up for researching on the…
The petroleum industry includes the processes of exploration, extraction, refining and transportation. In the areas mentioned above there must be an efficient lighting that provides the minimum lighting levels in the work plane, according with the…
Corrosion monitoring and early detection of pits and wall thinning for casing pipes are considerably important to gas and petroleum industries since the frequently occurring corrosion at the internal or external parts of those steel casing pipes used…
The paper talks about the technology, theory and application of transducers to flow measurement sensors used for royalty and custody transfer measurements of crude and hydrocarbon products. It highlights the operations, current research, field test…
Gas chromatography plays a vital role in ensuring the safe running and efficiency of a multitude of chemical production steps mainly in the oil and gas industry, gas processing, refining, Air separation/liquefaction, Power and Alternative Energy,…
The technological parameters of gas wells in the fields located in the Far North are monitored by self-powered, or stand-alone Information and Instrumentation Systems (SIIS). These systems are powered by lithium thionyl chloride batteries the service…
Corrosion monitoring and early detection of pits and wall thinning for casing pipes are considerably important to gas and petroleum industries since the frequently occurring corrosion at the internal or external parts of those steel casing pipes used…
In order to solve the field safety monitoring problem about high sulfur-containing natural gas purification plant commissioning test, designed and developed multi-sensor wireless monitoring system, and carried out the field application at Guangyuan…
The leakage detection system based on negative pressure wave method has been widely applied to crude oil pipelines. Aiming at its shortcomings in reducing false alarms and improving location precision, a combined Kalman filter - discrete wavelet…
The factors that affect measurement accuracy of vertical tank are briefly analyzed, and the method of measuring with wall-climbing robot is proposed to reduce the radial deviation that occurs in the process of measuring the tank bottom quantity.…
Steel casing pipes used in underground gas storage or in oil fields are subjected to corrosion. Corrosion frequently causes some pitting or wall thinning to the internal or external of casing pipes. More serious corrosion would form holes on the…
Summary & Conclusions: Managing safety-critical systems in real-time, across geographically diverse multiple oil & gas installations, both offshore and onshore, is in itself a huge challenge for any corporation. PETRONAS, through its Exploration,…