Reducing drag and improving turbulent flow through pipelines is necessary for production optimization. This non-hazardous flow improver maximizes pumping efficiency and increases throughput and flow rate in the pipeline.
Characteristics:
DRA reduces the loss of energy due to friction as fluid transfer through the pipeline. DRA allows higher throughput without additional pumps, and allows earlier ramp down of pump stations as through put declines.
Applications:
DRA is applied in pipeline where the Reynolds number (the ratio of inertial to viscous forces) is higher than the traditional flow regime, resulting in turbulent flow. This means there is a wide range of applications from the semi-heavy to the lightest of crude oils, refined products such as gasoline and diesel, multiphase flows, condensate and also NGLs.
Objectives of DRA applications typically include one or more of following:
- Decrease discharge pressure while maintaining flow rate
- Increase flow rate while decreasing operational pressure
- Faster transfer of crude oil or refined products through pipeline
- Reducing energy and operational costs by shutting down pumps
- Smaller pipelines
- Accommodate additional stock for new producing wells
- Providing for peak flow while minimizing CAPEX
DRA injection equipment:
We provide equipments for injection, handling and storage of DRA, as specified by the client.
This includes:
- Stand-alone injection skids
- Containerized injection skids
- Homogenization (recirculation) skids
- Pressurized air supply skids
- Field warehouse
Field test and Results:
The situation:
An Iranian onshore facility needed to reduce operational pressure at a pump station to increase oil transportation rate through a single phase pipeline.
The Solution:
Based on an evaluation of operational conditions at that time, our product was chosen and injected during field test at a related dosage.
Safety Parameters:
- Non-hazardous
- Non-flammable
- Non-combustible
- Non-reactive
- Low toxicity
- Easy to clean up
Features:
- Ultra-high molecular weight polymers
- Not a viscosity modifiers
- Does not change density of fluids
- Does not coat pipeline walls
- Affecting the turbulent flow
- Susceptible to shear points
- Shear degradable
