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From Molecules to Megaflows: Advancing Flow Assurance for Complex Offshore Production Systems

04 May 2027
Room 604
Technical Session
This session explores how advances in flow assurance are improving the prediction, management, and mitigation of complex production risks in offshore and subsea systems. Covering wax, hydrates, asphaltenes, scale, erosion, and multiphase-flow behavior, the papers combine field experience, laboratory experimentation, mechanistic modeling, and data-driven methods. Together, they demonstrate how deeper understanding of fluid behavior and transport phenomena can be translated into more robust design, safer operations, and improved production reliability.
Chairperson(s)
Cem Sarica - University of Tulsa
Yani Araujo De Itriago, Senior Reservoir Engineer - Intertek Westport Technology Center

Proposal JSON

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