“Improved monitoring of the gas stream in multiphase-flow pipelines will make the working day easier for personnel in the control room,” explains project manager Dagfinn Hansen.
“We’ve devoted much effort to making the new models as user-friendly as possible. Daily multiphase follow-up is more efficient – and that benefits customers in Europe and the UK.”
The Troll, Kvitebjørn and Valemon pipelines all involve multiphase flow – in other words, they carry both gas and liquid simultaneously.
Based on the same software as normal single-phase pipelines containing only gas, the new multiphase models are well integrated in a user-friendly interface.
The next step is to adapt functions which provide even better simulation of multiphase pipeline operation, with delivery of these scheduled for the spring of 2016.