Multiport Flow Selectors Optimise Oil and Gas Production Testing

摘要

Using multiport flow selectors (MPFS) in oil and gas applications improves production testing and reservoir management. MPFSs facilitate cost-effective and compact selection and diversion of fluids from individual wells for testing, without disrupting the production from all other wells. Testing of constituent flows is a crucial part of the production process. Oil, water, brine, condensate, gas and other fluids must be monitored and measured regularly. Historically, wells were connected to a complex piping network. One manifold connects all wells to production. A second manifold connects the well selected for testing to a shared multi-phase flow meter or separator plus single phase flow meter set. While this conventional approach uses common valves, actuators, and piping components - it is more expensive and electrically complex than a multiport system.