Multiphase Sampling

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Representative multiphase sampling is essential for understanding wellstream composition, but it is a complex task influenced by flow regimes, pressure, temperature and sampling point design. Proserv offers innovative solutions that deliver representative samples of oil, gas and water without disrupting production.

 

Our PhaseCatcher system operates at flowline conditions, capturing samples with no change in chemistry and no venting of toxic fluids. Excess fluids can be returned to the process with no pressure drop. The MPSU and the Mini-Separator can replicate first-stage separator conditions and provide flexible, closed-loop sampling without the need to reroute to a test separator.

 

Both systems use advanced radar technology to measure each phase precisely. With custom-designed sample quills and CFD modelling, Proserv ensures each system is tailored for accurate, efficient sampling in even the most challenging conditions.

Multiphase samples with no change of phase

High quality representative samples are required to help understand the production chemistry of a well. This aids MPFM calibration and validation for fiscal measurement, assists well and reservoir monitoring and production optimisation, and provides crucial data for flow assurance and integrity issues.

 

Traditionally, oil, gas and water samples are obtained by flowing a single well to a test separator and taking individual phase samples. These test separators are large, costly pieces of equipment. To ensure the financial viability of a development, an increasing number of operators are developing subsea tiebacks without installing test separators for routine sampling. However, relying on infrequent sampling increases uncertainty regarding the field’s chemistry and allocated value, and introduces the possibility of systematic errors.

 

Proserv’s small footprint system allows for selective phase sampling from a multiphase flowline when no production test separator exists to deliver continuous, repeatable sampling.

  • Topside sampling system with extraction point technology
  • Fixed system for permanent installation or long term projects
  • Controlled extraction from pressurised flow line
  • Removes the need for a test separator for sampling
  • No loss of phase to the atmosphere on sample

Subsea production equipment on the seabed floor

Now you can reduce reliance on PVT data in certain multiphase flowmeters, enabling precise, on-site measurement of actual fluid properties as they are produced. This advancement provides greater accuracy and adaptability directly at the wellsite
Capture a single phase under controlled pressure and temperature conditions to directly measure key properties like density and permittivity. This approach enhances accuracy and provides real-time insights for optimal decision-making
Obtain subsamples for detailed compositional analysis and precise phase recombination, delivering deeper insights and more accurate assessments of fluid characteristics
Measure phase volumes under controlled pressure and temperature conditions, then adjust these conditions and re-measure within the same system. This approach reveals valuable insights such as liquid shrinkage potential, Gas Volume Fraction (GVF), and indications of gas carry-under, enhancing your understanding of flow dynamic
Multiphase sampling for production optimisation

Multiphase sampling for production optimisation

A compact solution for subsea tiebacks

Proven by extended live testing, Proserv’s innovative multiphase sampling system replicates a production test separator’s subsea sampling conditions providing like-for-like samples.

Proserv offers a compact, lightweight and cost efficient alternative to routing individual wells to the bulk production test separator which can result in production losses, or when a test separator is not available for use.
Phase selective
Continuous sampling

Contact the sales team:

Richard

Richard Barr

Technical Assurance & BD Manager

richard.barr@proserv.com +44 7809 339640 LinkedIn
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