Need for controlling pipeline lines during oil transportation
- Controlling and managing pipeline lines during oil transportation is necessary to ensure that any leakage or unnecessary termination of the oil is avoided.
- Besides, controlling and managing pipeline lines during oil transportation will prevent theft of oil and loss of the petroleum due to vandalism.
- Through an organized control and management of pipeline, an oil company or its agent is capable of noticing the leak and termination in time to avoid excessive loss.
- Thus, incorporation of a hybrid system that entails the determination of the hydrate safety margin and an early warning system in case of initial hydrate formation may be the best solution.
- Since most of the pipeline blockages are caused by buildup of the oil gas, the hybrid system that entails the determination of the hydrate safety margin will ensure that preceding stages of blockage is noticed early enough to prevent its reoccurrence.
Benefits of the hydrate inhibitors proposed
- Since pipeline blockages and occurrence of the inhibitors influence oil projects, the proposed hydrate inhibitor system will ensure that the engineers are capable of correcting the problem before taking place.
- The problem is pre corrected through evaluation of the degree of inhibition by the aid of the hydrate inhibitors in the proposed system.
- Specifically, through the hydrate inhibitors, it is easier to tell the level of the hydrate safety margin in the pipeline transportation systems.
- This method is easier and allows easy management since the information dates back to the computer in the station. Besides, it is not labor intensive because only one officer can manage the system and inform others whenever necessary.
- Incorporation of the easy to manage system will prevents the incidence of other officers staying without the real time knowledge and operation whenever shifts change. Through this, the elements of human error and assumption will be minimized.
Rationale of proposing the hydrate inhibitors system
- This proposal is informed by the need to combat petroleum leakages in the pipelines to prevent the loss of oil during transportation.
- Moreover, the proposal endeavors to identify the best method of how to control and identify reasons for the pipeline blockage during transportation of oil.
- Working with the hypothesis that bursting of oil pipelines is a result of the accumulation of pressure in the pipes, the proposal endeavors to provide well researched alternative to prevent busting of pipes during transportation of oil.
- The proposed hydrate safety margin flow with the petroleum in the pipeline system will be compared to a situation where there is lack of the hydrate system to prove that blockage or busting of the oil pipes is as a result of unregulated pressure.
- In order to draw an empirical judgment, my underlying theory was that hydrates form during low temperatures would condense in presence of low temperatures.
- This means that the occurrence of the hydrates would lead to condensation of the hydrates that would eventually block the pipes.
How the hydrate inhibitors work
- Same as methods used by engineers such as thermal insulation and external heating techniques, the proposed hydrate inhibitor procedures will help re-heat the petroleum in the pipeline leading to prevention of the condensation of the hydrates.
- Since oil contains hydrocarbons that expand and contract depending on the temperatures, I concluded that the maintenance of high temperatures in the pipeline system would prevent the blocking of the pipes.
- The hydrate inhibitor system ensures that oil in the pipeline is maintained at high pressure and ideal temperature to avoid condensation during transportation.
- This reduces the loss of petroleum and oil leading to better transportation of the oils without the occurrences of the incidences such as bursting of the pipes.
- When the system is fully operational, the monitoring officers would easily notice any condensation of the hydrates in the petroleum pipeline at certain points and respond by adjusting the temperature knobs at these points.
- Before implementing this proposal, there is need for further on properties of oil and type of pipes used in oil transportation.
- However, the proposed system requires a computer literate personnel since control of the pipeline system is done through the use of special computer software program.
Advantages of the proposed hydrate inhibitor system
- The method is efficient since an oil transportation company is capable of identifying the source of oil pipe leakages or blocking easily through the installation of the hydrate inhibitor system in the oil pipeline.
- The company does not need numerous employees since a single employee can control the system from a central point through special computers. This makes the system cheaper and more efficient to run.
Disadvantages of the proposed hydrate inhibitor system
- The proposed system is limited to computer technology. This makes it hard for new petroleum companies since the initial cost of installation of the system and computers is capital intensive.
- The system depends on external source of power and infrastructure. For instance, whenever there is a shortage of electricity, the system may become erroneous since computers use external power source.
General reflection
- The main reason for the proposed hydrate inhibitor system is to protect the pipeline systems and making it a better method of petroleum transportation.
- The proposed hydrate inhibitor system helps in the formation of a better management method to prevent leakages and petroleum theft during the pipeline conveyance of oil.
- The research on the hydrate inhibitor system is informative on ways to improve efficiency in the transportation of oil through pipelines.
- I am flexible to any suggestion or opinion on the proposed hydrate inhibitor system.
