An Integrated Approach to Modeling Pipeline （一个集成建模方法的管道）.pdf

WHITE PAPER An Integrated Approach to Modeling Pipeline Hydraulics in a Gathering and Production System By Product Marketing, Aspen Technology, Inc. Executive Summary In recent years, as oil and gas fields become less accessible and their hydrocarbon quality lower and more variable, maintaining or increasing production levels has emerged as a key field development goal. One of the most pronounced challenges in meeting this goal is managing the complex hydraulics of pipelines used in gathering systems and to transport the oil and gas from wells to processing facilities. As these pipelines get longer in new fields, deeper in offshore environments, or simply older in aging implementations, EP companies face critical problems for which they need better performance predicting and troubleshooting tools. From a business standpoint, solving these technical challenges is an increasing priority, since the capital expenditures involved in constructing and retrofitting gathering systems are a high proportion of development costs, but pale in comparison to the possible loss in field profitability due to flow interruptions. This paper provides an overview of a new pipeline hydraulics modeling capability that eliminates the need to employ separate third-party tools for pipeline hydraulics. There are many benefits to modeling the