Challenges in slug modeling and control for offshore oil and gas productions: A review study

S Pedersen, P Durdevic, Z Yang - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2017 - Elsevier
The upstream offshore multi-phase well-pipeline-riser installations are facing huge
challenges related to slugging flow: An unstable flow regime where the flow rates, pressures …

Review of slug detection, modeling and control techniques for offshore oil & gas production processes

S Pedersen, P Durdevic, Z Yang - Ifac-papersonline, 2015 - Elsevier
The current offshore oil & gas multi-phase production and transportation installations have
big challenges related with the slugging flow: An unstable multi-phase flow regime where …

Cleaning the produced water in offshore oil production by using plant-wide optimal control strategy

Z Yang, S Pedersen, P Durdevic - 2014 Oceans-St. John's, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To clean the produced water is always a challenging critical issue in the offshore oil & gas
industry. By employing the plant-wide control technology, this paper discussed the …

Experimental investigation of model-based IMC control of severe slugging

KH Park, TW Kim, YJ Kim, N Lee, Y Seo - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Severe slugging formation has been investigated experimentally in a two-phase flow-loop
composed of a downwardly inclined pipe and a vertical riser. In this study, a bifurcation …

Challenges in modelling and control of offshore de-oiling hydrocyclone systems

P Durdevic, S Pedersen, Z Yang - Journal of Physics: Conference …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Offshore de-oiling installations are facing an increasing challenge with regards to removing
oil residuals from produced water prior to discharge into the ocean. The de-oiling of …

Plant-Wide Anti-Slug Control for Offshore Oil and Gas Processes

S Pedersen - 2016 - vbn.aau.dk
Abstract In offshore Oil & Gas production processes the undesired severe slug flow regime
can be present. The negative impact of severe slug is crucial to the production rate and …

Experimental study of stable surfaces for anti-slug control in multi-phase flow

S Pedersen, P Durdevic, K Stampe… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Severe slugging flow is always challenging in oil & gas production, especially for the current
offshore based production. The slugging flow can cause a lot of problems, such as those …

Learning control for riser-slug elimination and production-rate optimization for an offshore oil and gas production process

S Pedersen, P Durdevic, Z Yang - IFAC Proceedings Volumes, 2014 - Elsevier
Slugging flow in the offshore oil & gas production attracts lot of attention due to it's limitation
of production rate, periodic overload on processing facilities, and even direct cause of …

Progress and outlook on severe slugging mitigation techniques for offshore hydrocarbon production: A systematic review

S Chen, L Zeng, Z Zhang, Y Liang, J Tan… - Geoenergy Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Severe slugging poses a significant flow assurance challenge to continuous and stable
hydrocarbon production in offshore facilities, particularly in the later stages of brownfields …

Influence of riser-induced slugs on the downstream separation processes

S Pedersen, PD Løhndorf, Z Yang - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract In Oil & Gas installations the severe slug is an undesired flow regime due to the
negative impact on the production rate and facility safety. This study will evaluate the severe …