Upstream production

Provide an Hysys simulation of a production offshore platform

Hysys flowsheet

Stream data:
WellHead: 264,152.64 kg/h
161 ºC
250 bar
%mole Composition
13.92% CO2
1.91% Nitrogen
73.59% Methane
1.99% Ethane
0.99% Propane
0.50% n-Butane
0.49% i-Butane
0.45% n-Pentane
0.44% i-Pentane
0.81% n-Hexane
4.91% H2O
0.00% n-Heptane

MEG01: 4 ºC
255 bar
%mole Composition
100.00% EGlycol

TEG01: 35 ºC
70 bar
%mole Composition
95.00% TEG
5.00% H2O
Equipment data:
2.27 pin/pout. Wellhead Choke (VLV-101)
 5 bar. pressure drop. Safety valve (VLV-102)
5 bar. pressure drop. Safety valve (VLV-103)

Offshore Feed Pipeline:

Elevation profile:
1 2 3 # Segment
10 10 0.25 km. Length
200 -200 200 m. Elevation
80 80 80 Schedule
406.4 406.4 406.4 mm. Outer Diameter
Mild steel Mild steel Mild steel Material (for roughness calculation)

6 ºC. Ambient temperature

Include Pipe wall (Global)
Include Inner HTC
No insulation
Include Outher HTC. Ambient medium Water, velocity 1 m/s

5 bar. pressure drop. Safety valve (VLV-103)

Two Phase separators

10 kPa. Inlet Delta P
5 kPa. Vapour outlet Delta P

Dehumidification. TEG
6 stages
69 bar. Top stage pressure
70 bar. Bottom stage pressure

compresor Knock-out drum

50 kPa. Inlet Delta P
20 kPa. Vapour outlet Delta P

Compressor
centrifugal
200 bar. Pout
Heat Exchanger
25 ºC. Seawater inlet
10 K. minimum pinch

Offshore NG Export Pipeline:

Elevation profile:
1 # Segment
120 km. Length
500 m. Elevation
80 Schedule
 Mild steel Material (for roughness calculation)
Same data as offshore feed pipeline for HTC estimation

Upload the simulation files and this Excel with the answer to following topics…
2 a) MEG mass flow required in the wellhead to avoid hydrate formation in the feed pipeline, in kg/h.
2 b) Dimensions of the two phase separater in the plant inlet area, in m.
2 c) TEG mass flow required in the Dehydration unit in order to obtain the 50 ppm_mol maximum water content requ
2 d) Dimensions of the dehydration column, in m
2 e) mimimum size of NG export pipeline, in mm of outer diameter
ghness calculation)
pipeline, in kg/h.

ol maximum water content required in the Natural Gas, in kg/h