FEESA has combined experience in Flow Assurance and multiphase flow of more than thirty years covering a range of activities from fundamental research into transient multiphase flow, through to the application of novel methods to the design of oil and gas production systems.

More often than not, Flow Assurance is regarded as a purely technical subject area.  However from our experience, it is clear that the assessment of Flow Assurance risk in the upstream sector, has both technical and economic dimensions.  This is due to the close coupling between risk, revenue and cost which suggests that Flow Assurance design should not really be considered in isolation from the project economics.  Two examples that illustrate this relationship are provided here.

In addition, Flow Assurance also includes a number of specialised subject areas, such as thermophysical properties prediction, phase behaviour and corrosion/erosion, which are the domains of the Thermodynamicists and Production Chemists.

What is required in Flow Assurance design therefore, is an interdisciplinary approach that draws on the specialist skills of a number of groups, including Production Chemists, Flow Assurance, Pipelines and Cost Engineers, Economists and Risk Analysts.