- As sa flow assurance engineer, the candidate is expected to develop strategies which guarantee and optimise production from the near wellbore to the point of processing by predicting, preventing and solving problems associated with the behaviour of the transported fluids.
- The role not only includes providing predictions but also prevention strategies and remediation methods in case of the occurrence of solids/wax deposition leading to a pipeline blockage or jeopardising production.
- Responsibile for providing prediction and interpretation of fluid characteristics, flow hydraulics, thermal behaviours and the guidance of operation strategies and procedures.
- To interact and work with multiple disciplines involved in a project, including subsurface, pipeline and risers, subsea hardware, topsides process facilities, chemical vendors and fluid laboratories.
- In addition to interfacing with multiple disciplines, needs to work across the entire engineering project life cycle from conceptual select studies through FEED and detailed engineering to commissioning and operations support.
- Thermo-hydraulic analysis to assess the capacity and capability of the production system to ensure that production profiles can be met without being hydraulically or velocity constrained.
- Investigation of system insulation requirements to ensure the system operates at steady-state without entering the hydrate risk region or drop below the wax appearance temperature.
- Generation of pipeline pressure, temperature, liquid hold-up, velocity and contents density profiles for input towards project mechanical design engineering work.
- Inpurt towards topsides or onshore facilities design and development of system operating philosophies.
- Shutdown cool-down, including calculation of system no-touch times and settle-out pressures.
- Depressurisation analysis covering time to depressurisation, topsides restriction orifice sizing, minimum fluid temperature calculations and assessment of potential liquid surge volumes received at the pipeline outlet.
- System start-up simulations to calculate well warm up times, minimum fluid and pipe wall temperatures, liquid surge volumes and hydrate inhibitor injection requirements.
- Rapid transient events such as liquid surge pressures in export systems or over-pressure protection (HIPPS) trips in upstream systems.
Production Process and Flow Assurance Engineer - Chennai, India - Hindustan oil Exploration Company
Description
Position : Production Process and Flow Assurance Engineer
Industry : Upstream Oil and Gas Industry.
Experience : 12+yrs
Location : Chennai.
Responsibilities:
The flow assurance engineer should support both steady-state and transient work scopes.
In terms of steady-state flow assurance analysis, the following activities are typical:
Transient flow assurance analysis is also essential to assist in the development of a more in-depth understanding of a system's operability to develop an understanding of the time-dependent issues associated with the operation of an Asset and the impact of these instabilities through simulation and analysis of the following typical operating scenarios:
Typically, provide support in the development of hydrate and wax mitigation philosophies or supporting the generation of detailed operating procedures explaining the steps to be taken when performing transient operations such as depressurisation, start-up or shutdown.