GB2210461B - Method and apparatus for monitoring the flow of a multi-phase petroleum stream - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for monitoring the flow of a multi-phase petroleum stream

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GB2210461B
GB2210461B GB8819488A GB8819488A GB2210461B GB 2210461 B GB2210461 B GB 2210461B GB 8819488 A GB8819488 A GB 8819488A GB 8819488 A GB8819488 A GB 8819488A GB 2210461 B GB2210461 B GB 2210461B
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monitoring
flow
petroleum stream
phase petroleum
phase
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GB2210461A (en
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Gregory John Hatton
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Texaco Development Corp
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Texaco Development Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F1/00—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow
    • G01F1/76—Devices for measuring mass flow of a fluid or a fluent solid material
    • G01F1/86—Indirect mass flowmeters, e.g. measuring volume flow and density, temperature or pressure
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F1/00—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow
    • G01F1/704—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow using marked regions or existing inhomogeneities within the fluid stream, e.g. statistically occurring variations in a fluid parameter
    • G01F1/708—Measuring the time taken to traverse a fixed distance
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N33/00—Investigating or analysing materials by specific methods not covered by groups G01N1/00 - G01N31/00
    • G01N33/26—Oils; Viscous liquids; Paints; Inks
    • G01N33/28—Oils, i.e. hydrocarbon liquids
    • G01N33/2823—Raw oil, drilling fluid or polyphasic mixtures

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  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Food Science & Technology (AREA)
  • Oil, Petroleum & Natural Gas (AREA)
  • General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Medicinal Chemistry (AREA)
  • Analytical Chemistry (AREA)
  • Biochemistry (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Immunology (AREA)
  • Pathology (AREA)
  • Measuring Volume Flow (AREA)
  • Investigating, Analyzing Materials By Fluorescence Or Luminescence (AREA)
GB8819488A 1987-09-30 1988-08-16 Method and apparatus for monitoring the flow of a multi-phase petroleum stream Expired - Fee Related GB2210461B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US10294387A 1987-09-30 1987-09-30

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GB8819488D0 GB8819488D0 (en) 1988-09-21
GB2210461A GB2210461A (en) 1989-06-07
GB2210461B true GB2210461B (en) 1991-11-27

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BR (1) BR8804831A (en)
CA (1) CA1329271C (en)
DK (1) DK543288A (en)
GB (1) GB2210461B (en)
NO (1) NO175332C (en)

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US5103181A (en) * 1988-10-05 1992-04-07 Den Norske Oljeselskap A. S. Composition monitor and monitoring process using impedance measurements
DE9204374U1 (en) * 1992-03-31 1993-08-12 Technische Universitaet Muenchen, 80333 Muenchen, De
US5415024A (en) * 1992-12-16 1995-05-16 Marathon Oil Company Composition analyzer for determining composition of multiphase multicomponent fluid mixture
GB9624899D0 (en) 1996-11-29 1997-01-15 Schlumberger Ltd Method and apparatus for measuring flow in a horizontal borehole
GB2345141A (en) * 1998-12-24 2000-06-28 Eastman Kodak Co Determining the percentage weight of phases in a multi-phase solution
NO324812B1 (en) 2006-05-05 2007-12-10 Multi Phase Meters As Method and apparatus for tomographic multiphase flow measurements
IT1400011B1 (en) 2010-04-29 2013-05-09 Pietro Fiorentini Spa METHOD OF DETERMINING THE DENSITY OF A MULTIPHASE FLUID, A DENSY METER USING THIS METHOD AND A MULTIFASE METER USING THIS DENSIMETER.

Citations (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1986005586A1 (en) * 1985-03-19 1986-09-25 Carroll, Noel Analysis of multi-phase mixtures

Patent Citations (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1986005586A1 (en) * 1985-03-19 1986-09-25 Carroll, Noel Analysis of multi-phase mixtures

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BR8804831A (en) 1989-04-25
GB8819488D0 (en) 1988-09-21
NO883802L (en) 1989-03-31
NO175332B (en) 1994-06-20
DK543288D0 (en) 1988-09-29
NO175332C (en) 1994-09-28
GB2210461A (en) 1989-06-07
NO883802D0 (en) 1988-08-25
DK543288A (en) 1989-03-31
CA1329271C (en) 1994-05-03

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