Flow Assurance Engineering

Engineering Service

Nov 5

Written By GATE Energy

At Viking, Flow Assurance engineering and modeling is designed to assist in project decision making, especially in the following areas:

Flow Assurance Engineering Services

Production and Reservoir Engineering
- Fluid Characterization (Oil, Gas, and Water), Production Profiles, Reservoir Pressure Behavior, Well Completions Requirements, Field Architecture Selection and Well Configurations and Optimization
Chemical Systems
- Chemical Injection Systems, Chemical Qualifications and Screening, and Umbilical Requirements
Materials Engineering
- Materials Selection and Requirements
Production Chemistry
- Fluid Compatibilities, Emulsion Treatments, Foaming Control and Produced Water Treatment
Integrity Assurance
- Corrosion Modeling, Erosion Modeling, Scale Modeling, and Souring Modeling
Process Design
- Topsides Requirements based on Transient Flow Modeling and Production Chemistry
Operations and Procedure Development
- Operating Guidelines and Specialized Procedures based on Steady‐state & Transient Flow Modeling

Consult a Specialist

Featured

Nelson Osorio

Engineering Manager | Production & Reservoir

Nelson is a Chemical and Petroleum Engineer with more than 20 years of experience. Nelson started his career as a Field Operations Engineer in Colombia and later moved to the USA working with ScandPower Petroleum Technology (now part of Schlumberger), GATE, and currently Viking Engineering. His experience includes onshore and offshore projects worldwide.

Phone: 281.870.8455

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