SPE Brazil Flow Assurance Technology Congress 2024

The FATC promote the exchange of experience among more than 230 professionals (20 countries) from industry and academia.

This second edition will cover traditional topics in flow assurance as well as its connection with digital transformation and energy transition. Flow assurance provides a set of technologies to support reducing carbon footprint in offshore operations by allowing for example long tiebacks to existing facilities. It also supports Carbon Capture Storage and Utilization (CCUS) operations by ensuring safety and efficient transport of CO2 streams from any industrial source.

Jørn Kjølaas, Senior Researcher at SINTEF, will present the results of a large scale experiment campaign that was launched at the SINTEF Multiphase Laboratory, conducting multiphase flow experiments in a 194 mm pipe with 1° inclination. He will also demonstrate how these experiments can be used to improve the closure laws in LedaFlow, yielding more accurate predictions for three-phase gas dominated flow.