Flow Assurance and Process Engineering
The following are among the flow assurance capabilities:
- Fluid property calculations using PVTSIM
- Steady State analysis using PIPESIM (including pipeline sizing optimisation, pressure and temperature profiles, turndown, erosion velocity ratio, slugging etc.)
- Hydrate and Wax management strategy
- Insulation selection (U-value optimisation)
- Liquid management and slug catcher optimisation
- Transient analysis using OLGA (including Pipeline cool-down, restarts, ramp-up, packing, blowdown analysis)
- HIPPS response time evaluation
- Pigging simulation and optimisation
The following are among the subsea process capabilities:
- Subsea Process drawing development e.g. P&ID, PFD, C&E diagrams
- Design pressure & temperature philosophy
- Choke valve sizing
- Start-up and Shutdown operating guidelines
- Hydrate remediation strategy
- HIPPS system operational test procedures
- HAZID & HAZOP, LOPA participation
- Equipment duty specification/datasheet
- Technical evaluation of vendor proposals