Continuous Determination of Oil Pipeline Watercut, Salinity, and API Gravity Regardless of Gas Fraction: The Microwave Watercut Monitor

JD Marrelli, GJ Hatton, F Siddiqui, LL Pepin… - SPE International Oil …, 1992 - onepetro.org
ABSTRACT The Texaco Microwave Watercut Monitor,(TMWM, STARCUT™) is a new
technology currently in field applications for the continuous measurement of the percent …

Texaco Watercut Monitor–Microwave Based Technology

MG Durrett, GJ Hatton, DA Helms, JD Marrelli - 1989 - archives.datapages.com
Abstract The patented Texaco Microwave Watercut Monitor is a new technology ready for
field applications for the continuous measurement of the percent water in crude production …

A New Microwave-Based Water-Cut Monitor Technology

GJ Hatton, DA Helms, JD Marrelli… - Offshore Technology …, 1990 - onepetro.org
ABSTRACT A water-cut monitor suitable for use on a wide range of production fluids has
been developed and tested. The monitoraccurately measures water cut from 0-100t without …

The design, development, and field testing of a water-cut meter based on a microwave technique

YS Yang, BN Scott, BB Cregger - SPE Annual Technical Conference …, 1990 - onepetro.org
This paper will describe a new and unique instrument to accurately determine the water-cut
of an oil-water emulsion. The basic principle of the measurement is based on a novel …

The Importance of Early Water Detection and Water Salinity Measurement in Multiphase Production Systems and a New Measurement Technology That Addresses …

BV Hanssen, A Lupeau, H Solheim… - Offshore Technology …, 2016 - onepetro.org
Early water detection and on-line measurement of water salinity is important for many
applications in multiphase and wet gas flow metering. Applications range from detecting …

The design and development of microwave holdup meter and application in production logging interpretation of multiphase flows

G Haimin, W Xiling, J Zhenwu… - SPE Annual Technical …, 1993 - onepetro.org
ABSTRACT A lot of field testing demonstrate that the fluid capacitance instrument usually
miss the ability to distinguish water from oil and gas in high water cut production well (water …

Investigation of trace amounts of gas on microvave water-cut measurement

J Liu - 2006 - oaktrust.library.tamu.edu
In recent years, the upstream oil and gas industry has dealt with some of the most
challenging metering applications. One of these is the measurement of water percentage at …

Measuring oil in water: a sanity check

L Brown, M Ide, P Wolfe - Offshore Technology Conference, 2009 - onepetro.org
Reliable measurements of oil in water are becoming increasingly important to the petroleum
industry. As the percent content of water in crude climbs higher, the need to increase the …

Optimised mode selection in electromagnetic sensors for real time, continuous and in-situ monitoring of water cut in multi-phase flow systems

C Yuan, A Bowler, JG Davies, B Hewakandamby… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2019 - Elsevier
Measurements of the composition of multiphase flows, especially water-cut in oil-water flow,
is a frequently encountered problem in the petroleum industry. New techniques that can offer …

Development of an Online, Non-Intrusive Means for Detecting Onset of Formation Water Production in Gas Flow Lines

SA Mohammed, M Aggour, M Fraim… - IPTC 2014 …, 2014 - earthdoc.org
Production of high salinity formation water with gas presents major operational and reservoir
management challenges in gas reservoirs. Early detection of unexpected water production …