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Black Oil System: Displacement<br />

Hydrate Prevention - Shutdown<br />

• During “Prevention” time, displace produced fluids<br />

from flowline<br />

• Topsides design considerations<br />

• Available backpressure<br />

• Circulation rate<br />

• Limited by pig integrity<br />

• Typically 3-5 ft/sec<br />

• May be faster for “straight-pipe”<br />

• Storage volume<br />

• Circulation passes<br />

• With pig: 1 residence time<br />

• Without pig: 2-3 residence times for efficient water removal

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