Development of a New Model for the Formation of Wax Deposits through the Passage of Crude Oil within the Well

P Ilushin, K Vyatkin, A Kozlov - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Wax deposits related to flow assurance are a costly problem in oil production in many fields
around the world. Modeling of this process is the main tool for creating and optimizing …

Continuous flow of fractured wax deposits in subsea pipelines

X Zhang, Q Huang, Y Zhang, K Wang, W Chen… - Journal of Non …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pigging technology is frequently employed to minimize the potential risk of wax deposition
for the safe operation of subsea pipelines, but a limited understanding of the flow of fractured …

Modeling wax deposit removal during pigging with foam pigs

X Gao, Q Huang, Q Yun, Q Li, W Li, Y Liang… - Geoenergy Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Foam pigs are widely used in the progressive pigging operation for reducing the wax
buildup in crude oil pipelines. However, there is no investigation on the theoretical pigging …

Friction Performance of Rubber Sealing Disc Inside Pipe Robots for the Production of High-Paraffin Oil

G Tan, Z Luo, Y Ji, X Huang - Lubricants, 2024 - mdpi.com
The in-pipe robot is the most commonly used technique in offshore pipelines. The use of
rubber sealing discs is important for in-pipe robots to ensure that the robots are moved by …