INTECSEA is fully qualified to assist customers in all aspects of the design of complete production systems including:
- Thermal-hydraulic simulations
- Hydrate prediction, inhibition, and remediation
- Production chemistry issues such as wax and as asphaltene deposition
- Slug prediction and slug catcher sizing
- Production/flow system operability
At INTECSEA, production system design, and particularly flow assurance, embodies a whole system approach. Design and operation of the system are inexorably linked and must be treated as such throughout the design process.
Our flow assurance services include:
- Technical and economic studies from concept selection through start-up
- Field development studies
- Hydrate, wax control and remediation
- PIPESIM and OLGA modeling
- Chemical injection design
- Pigging system design
- Systems engineering
- Operating manuals
- Flow assurance manuals
- Operating strategy/philosophy development
- Operability reviews
- Fluid characterization
The primary flow assurance and analysis tools used at INTECSEA include: PIPESIM, OLGA, Multiflash and PVTsim. We also use ANSYS (or other FEA / CFD programs) for detailed flow and heat transfer modeling and analysis of insulation systems and other specialized programs are available and are used where/when needed. INTECSEA personnel have experience with other analysis tools including PIPEPHASE, HYSYS, Natasha, Fluent, ANSYS, SPS and Depowax.