Problems of Transporting "Heavy" Gas Condensates at Negative Ambient Temperatures and Ways to Solve These Problems

Abstract

The transportation of heavy gas condensate through the pipeline system is conducted in accordance with the approved delivery plan, which provides for the operation of the system in various modes and circumstances. One of the main problems in transporting such gas condensate is the low (negative) ambient temperature. The results of this work are presented, on the basis of which two methods of solving the problem of transporting "heavy" gas condensates in the winter conditions of the North are proposed. The first method involves the use of overpressure, which prevents the formation of structures in gas condensates at sub-zero temperatures; the second method involves the use of a solvent than which it is proposed to use "light" gas condensates.