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Key <strong>Flow</strong> <strong>Assurance</strong> Issues<br />

•Wax<br />

•Since 1996, there have been 51 major<br />

occurrences that the MMS had to be involved in<br />

•All were paraffin-related<br />

•Means of remediation<br />

•Pigging<br />

•Continuous inhibition (150-250 ppm for Gulf of Mexico)<br />

•Reduced wax deposition rate by 60-90%<br />

•Industry Technology<br />

•Modeling is overly-conservative (6X pigging<br />

frequency)

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