Gas and water content’s monitoring of crude oil in pipeline during production in Arctic shelf

Abstract

Abstract The gradual depletion of onshore oil and gas fields and the aggravation of the global energy crisis lead to intensive development of oil and gas resources on the continental shelf, in particular, the Arctic shelf. When monitoring of oil production from wells in the conditions of Arctic shelf, it is necessary to measure free gas concentration and water content in oil-gas-water mixture in a pipeline. The paper discloses a method for non-contact monitoring of gas concentration and the water cut of products of oil wells in a pipeline, as well as presents the results of industrial studies of the interaction between gamma radiation and a flow of oil-gas-water mixture. Conclusions are formulated about the advantages of using and the feasibility of using this method for measuring the concentration of free gas and the water content in the oil-gas-water mixture during oil production.