Subsea Gas Pipeline Coiled Tubing Intervention for Hydrate Plug Removal (Russian)

Nepomiluev, M.; Streletskaya, Vlada

doi:10.2118/171322-ru

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“…20 The mechanical method mainly refers to coiled tubing, which has the advantages of high efficiency and easy installation. 21 In addition to hydrate blockages in pipelines that need to be dissociated, the natural gas hydrates also decompose continuously during the extraction process, which can lead to engineering geological disasters such as subsea stratum deformation, platform tilt and sinking, and climate change. Therefore, many scholars have studied the decomposition characteristics of hydrate particles in high-pressure reactors or porous media by thermal and pressure methods.…”

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“…The chemical method is to inject thermodynamic inhibitors into the pipeline to decompose the hydrate by changing the hydrate phase equilibrium conditions, and the commonly used thermodynamic inhibitors are alcohols (methanol, ethylene glycol) and some salts . The mechanical method mainly refers to coiled tubing, which has the advantages of high efficiency and easy installation …”

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Experimental Study of Hydrate Decomposition on the Gas-Phase Wall Using a Rock-Flow Cell

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Song

et al. 2023

Energy Fuels

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Hydrate control has always been essential to oil and gas pipeline flow assurance work. To study the decomposition process of the hydrate deposition layer in the gas–water system, the decomposition experiments of the hydrate layer on the gas-phase pipe wall under different heating temperatures, different depressurization rates, and the combined action of heating and depressurization were carried out by using a high-pressure transparent rock-flow cell with a voltage detection system. The dynamic decomposition process was observed, and it was found that the decomposition rate was faster when decomposed by the depressurization method compared to the heating method. The decomposition process of the hydrate layer was quantitatively analyzed based on the voltage signal, and an electrical signal-based method for monitoring the decomposition of the hydrate layer on the pipe wall was proposed. The decomposition mechanism of the hydrate layer in different ways is summarized. During decomposition by heating, the hydrate layer decomposes in the mode of shrinkage ablation. During depressurization decomposition, it decomposes in the mode of differential ablation with the shedding phenomenon. The impact force generated by the gas release is the main reason for hydrate layer shedding. Shedding of the mixture of ice and hydrate occurs at depressurization rates ranging from 0.026 to 0.056 MPa/s, with the risk of ice blockage. This work provides further insight into hydrate decomposition in gas–water flow systems.

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confidence: 99%