Paper: Practical Approaches To Two-Phase Flow Problems In Producing Operations

The full scope of two-phase producing problems extends from sand-face to separator, offshore to onshore. Both operational and design decisions are being made daily which require a thorough understanding of two-phase flow. The purpose of this paper is to highlight some of the major problems in each area und discuss current solutions or applicable technology. This paper describes gathering systems, terrain effects sphering sonic flow (pressure relief). black oil versus compositional liquid dropout, slug catchers, flow regimes slugging risers, gas lift deliverability, and flow splitting.