Scope: This test method covers the detection of the presence of components in liquefied petroleum gases which can be corrosive to copper. Note 1:For an equivalent copper strip test applicable to less volatile petroleum products, see Test Method D130.…
Today, modern industrial equipment is very complex as it involves sophisticated assets and systems. Thus, machine equipment optimization and safety have become operators' main concerns in the quest for maintaining optimum operational efficiency,…
Reciprocating compressors are widely used in the petroleum industry, and a small fault in reciprocating compressors may cause serious issues in operation. Monitoring and detecting potential faults help compressors to continue normal operation. This…
The oil-and-gas industry is Russia's top source of budget income. This industry is moving towards more pronounced use of IT in order to minimize oil production and refining costs. Notably, any major oil refinery prioritizes not only the final-product…
Big Data is the massive amount of data that is generated at such a high speed that is very difficult to analyze with traditional tools. Hadoop provides distributed storage and processing, to extract useful information from such huge data. On the…
For the detection of cracks and corrosion in pipelines an ultrasonic measuring system (pig) was developed. During the pipeline inspection there is no communication to the outside world, the accumulated data have to be stored on a mass storage device.…
The ultrasonic thickness measurement technique is a corrosion monitoring technology, which is widely used, but testing workers have been troubled by how to accurately locate corrosion of key parts. In this paper, the acoustic emission technique was…
Corrosion detector using an array of planar Cu electrodes is demonstrated. The planar Cu electrodes are patterned from commercially available single-sided printed circuit board (PCB). The ten electrodes exhibit anodic and cathodic characteristics by…
Because of kinds of regulating commands, Oil and gas pipelines in operation can occasionally generate a series of conditions consisting of stopping transportation, starting transportation, distribution, increment, internal pump regulation of single…
For the method of magnetic flux leakage testing, the evaluation of test results is based on the detected signals. The quality of evaluation is affected by the quality of the signals. The signals of magnetic flux leakage are often influenced by…
A novel sensor-based approach for leak detection of oil pipeline is proposed. The approach uses piezoelectric sensor in dynamic pressure transducer. The key to the detection algorithm is the use of the characteristic of piezoelectric sensor: when…
The petroleum products leakage from the storage tank bottom could not be discovered in time without store contents emptied out because of the bottom not being accessed easily and the amount of leakage in the beginning being too small to be detected…
In order to explore the changing law and influencing factors of the filtering performance of natural gas filter elements under high pressure conditions, four types of filter elements were selected as the research objects, and field tests and…
Biodiesel has emerged as a viable alternative to mineral diesel in the transport sector to replace fossil fuels partially. However, long-term compatibility with engine hardware must be evaluated to ensure a smooth transition. Long-term material…
Scope: This International Standard specifies the methodology for the regular monitoring of the test method precision achieved versus precision published in the standard test method using data from Proficiency Testing (PT) schemes supported by the…
1 Scope This document specifies a method for the determination of the rust prevention characteristics of lubricating grease in the presence of a flow of an aqueous test fluid. This test method is used to assess the ability of a grease to prevent…
1 Scope This document specifies a method for the determination of the rust prevention characteristics of lubricating grease under dynamic wet conditions. This test method is used to assess the ability of a grease to prevent corrosion in rolling…
Wax deposition in pipelines transporting crude oil is a serious problem as wax tends to precipitate under low temperature conditions observed during pipeline flow. The current research work embarks on the development of novel nanocomposite pour point…
The development of concentrated and highly stable oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion is considered to be a cost-effective alternative for the transportation of produced heavy crude oils. However, the demulsification of a transported O/W emulsion is…
The purpose of the work is to conduct a comparative analysis of the stability of two types of polymer coatings to the effects of formation water and hydrochloric acid based on the analysis of mechanical properties, thermal stability and surface…
The concentration and size distribution of dust particles at the inlet and outlet of multi-cyclone separators and filters in two domestic natural gas stations are measured by the particle online measuring devices for high pressure gas, and the…
Pipeline transportation is the most economic and reasonable transport means of petroleum and natural gas. Influenced by complex corrosion environment, it is challenging to detect anomalies accurately with precise boundaries. Inspired by the idea of…
The phase behavior of reservoir uids is crucial for the smooth operation of an underground gas storage (UGS). In this work, three experiments were conducted to investigate the phase behavior of condensate and crude oil systems within dierent…
Based on the differences in production mode and operation process between gas storage and gas reservoir, we established a phase balance test procedure and a theoretical simulation model of phase balance during multi-cycles of injection and production…
Scope: This test method covers the determination of the boiling range distribution of petroleum products. The test method is applicable to petroleum products and fractions having a final boiling point of 538C (1000F) or lower at atmospheric pressure…
1 Scope This document specifies a test method for the determination of the content of mono-aromatic, di-aromatic and tri+-aromatic hydrocarbons in diesel fuels, paraffinic diesel fuels and petroleum distillates. This document defines two procedures,…
The pentane solvent deasphalting (SDA) process was carried out with petroleum vacuum residue (VR) blend with a bio-oil (BO) and solely with the bio-oil as a raw material. Two fractions each were produced: deasphalted oil (DAO) and asphaltic residue…
1 Scope This European Standard specifies requirements and test methods for marketed and delivered fatty acid methyl esters (hereafter known as FAME) to be used either as fuel for diesel engines and for heating applications at 100 % concentration, or…
1 Scope This document specifies a method for the determination of the boiling range distribution of petroleum products by capillary gas chromatography using flame ionization detection. The standard is applicable to materials having a vapour pressure…
1 Scope This document specifies a method for the determination of the boiling range distribution of petroleum products by capillary gas chromatography using flame ionization detection. The standard is applicable to materials having a vapour pressure…
Scope: This test method covers the determination of the boiling range distribution of petroleum distillate fractions. The test method is applicable to petroleum distillate fractions having an initial boiling point greater than 174C (345F) and a final…
Scope: This test method covers the determination of the boiling range distribution of petroleum distillate fractions. The test method is applicable to petroleum distillate fractions having an initial boiling point greater than 174C (345F) and a final…
1 Scope This document specifies a fluorescent indicator adsorption method for the determination of hydrocarbon types over the concentration ranges from 5 % (V/V) to 99 % (V/V) aromatic hydrocarbons, 0,3 % (V/V) to 55 % (V/V) olefins, and 1 % (V/V) to…
Scope: This test method details a procedure for performing particle size distribution analysis by dry sieve testing on green petroleum coke with a topsize of no more than 75mm and calcined petroleum coke with a topsize of no more than 25mm. Size…
Scope: The procedures in this test method cover the determination of organic chloride (above 1 g/g organically-bound chlorine) in crude oils, using either distillation and sodium biphenyl reduction, distillation and microcoulometry, or distillation…
Scope: The procedures in this test method cover the determination of organic chloride (above 1 g/g organically-bound chlorine) in crude oils, using either distillation and sodium biphenyl reduction, distillation and microcoulometry, or distillation…
In this study, it was aimed to obtain the conversion of the heavy crude oil with 12.2 API gravity into the liquid fuel-like condensate fractions having different boiling points of gasoline (initial boiling point180), kerosene (180240C), light diesel…
Cellulose derivatives are widely applied in the field of oil and gas exploration. However, this kind of natural polymers always shows poor temperature resistance due to their organic nature. To improve the temperature resistance of hydroxyethyl…
Scope: This document defines the methods for the generation and testing of foamed cement slurries and their corresponding unfoamed base cement slurries at atmospheric pressure. These methods are developed for foamed cement slurries with air, at…
The formation volume factor and gas-oil ratio of crude oil obtained from PVT testing are essential and important data for reserve estimation and reservoir development design, which can directly affect the accuracy of the oil reserve and oil…
In mixed- to oil-wet reservoirs characterized by intense natural fracturing where the dominant displacement mechanism is gravity drainage, surfactant injection can lead to a shift in wettability and incremental oil production. In some cases, oil can…
Heavy oil reservoirs remain challenging for surfactant-based EOR, particularly in selecting fine-Tuned chemical formulations which exhibit high performances and are cost-effective. This paper reports a core-scale laboratory feasibility study, aiming…
Heavy oil reservoirs remain challenging for surfactant-based EOR. In particular, selecting fine-tuned and cost effective chemical formulations requires extensive laboratory work and a solid methodology. This paper reports a laboratory feasibility…
1 Scope This document specifies a method for the determination of the rust prevention characteristics of lubricating grease in the presence of a flow of an aqueous test fluid. This test method is used to assess the ability of a grease to prevent…
1 Scope This document specifies a method for the determination of the rust prevention characteristics of lubricating grease under dynamic wet conditions. This test method is used to assess the ability of a grease to prevent corrosion in rolling…
A novel dry low-NOx gas turbine technology requires well-balanced assessments since the early development phases. The weak knowledge of often conflicting aspects, such as operability and manufacturability, make any roadmap difficult to be drawn.…
Scope: This test method covers the determination of nitrogen oxides (NO and NO2), carbon monoxide (CO), and oxygen (O2) concentrations in controlled and uncontrolled emissions from natural gas-fired reciprocating engines, combustion turbines,…
Low oil recovery factors and rapid decline rates are key challenges in developing shale and tight oil formations. Despite encouraging gas Huff-n-Puff (HnP) field pilot results, the oil-recovery mechanisms are still not well understood. This paper…
For rational design of drilling process parameters and guarantee of safe drilling, law of carrying cuttings in horizontal well drilling of marine natural gas hydrate should be intense research to effectively reduce the friction of drilling tools and…
The normal operating transformers encounter various kinds of stresses such as thermal stress, electrical stress, mechanical stress, and ambient effect that can expedite the deterioration process. Partial discharge occurs normally in high voltage…