The cleaning operations study of gas

wells blowing lines from fluid sand

mechanical contamination

Master research supervisor:

associate professor, candidate of
technical sciences Petryshak V. S.

Prof. zw. dr hab. in. Jakub Siemek

Presented by: group VNG-08-4
Orest Dudra
 Organization and implementation
of the pipeline cleaning

Organization and implementation of the pipeline cleaning includes the following main
process operations:
evaluation of the inner pipeline cavity and detection of the necessity for cleaning;

determination of the type of pollution inside the gas pipelines to choose process
operations and cleaning techniques;
reasoning of cleaning frequency of the pipeline or its sections;

implementation of the pipeline cleaning procedures;

evaluation of the cleaning technical results;

evaluation of economical efficiency of the pipeline cleaning procedures.

 Types of pollution

There can be the following in the gas pipelines cavities:

foreign bodies that got there during building, for example, soil, stones,
etc.;

water accumulation; condensate accumulation;

sand and clay particles that are carried out with the gas;

iron oxides; corrosion product .

hydrates that may form during gas transportation process.

 The foreign bodies remain inside the gas pipeline cavity
during its poor blow jobs and cleaning during building and
commissioning.

Accumulation of water, condensate, sand, or any other

mechanical mixture is the result of a poor gas preparation and
dewatering machine operation both at the main and the intermediate
compressor stations.

Water accumulation in the gas pipelines cavity is also formed

because of its incomplete removal after hydraulic test and placing
the gas pipeline into service.
 Iron oxides are formed in the result of the inner pipe wall
surfaces corrosion and formation (if present in gas) of oxidation
components (hydrogen sulphide, carbon diaoxide, and water).
Natural gas, saturated with water vapors, may form solid
compounds with water hydrates, under appropriate
thermodynamic conditions (under high pressure and appropriate
above-zero temperature).
 The following conditions are required
for hydrates formation:

appropriate pressure and temperature;

appropriate gas composition;

appropriate water composition;

presence of free water (if there is water in the

form of vapor, hydrates do not form);

hydrates formation accelerates turbulization

(mixing of gas and water).
 Methods for pipeline cleaning

Mechanical

vibromechanical

Ultrasonic

chemical

At pipelines the most popular cleaning mechanical method of internal cavity

is by means of pigs, separators and pistons.
 Cleaning pistons separators of OPRM type

1-steel enclosure, 2- tire casings, 3- rotary bushings,

4-pressure bulkhead , 5-disc support for tire casings

Figure 1 - Cleaning pistons separators of OPRM type

 Dividers with polyethylene cups

1-polyethylene cups, 2- mounting shaft

Figure 2 Divider with polyethylene cups

 Cup-type dividers of REM type

1-rubber housing, 2-container

Figure 3 Cup-type dividers of REM type

 Ball-type rubber dividers of KR type

1-heavy-walled layer that is made of oil and gasoline-proof rubber,

2 -metal or plastic holders

Figure 4 Ball-type rubber divider

 Condensate gathering tank

1 - gas pipeline,
2 outlet pipe,
3 condensate
discharge pipe,
4 underground chamber
5 outlet for chamber blowing

Figure 5 - Condensate gathering tank

 Gas-dynamic device for
well pipelines cleaning
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 11 12

1-pipeline, 2- cylindrical rubber enclosure, 3-central clearing hole,

4-casing,5,6-pads, 7-nut, 8-metal cylindrical brush , 9-disk,
10-screw canal, 11-safety nut, 12-supersonic nozzle,
Figure 6 Gas-dynamic device for well pipelines cleaning
 Device for well pipelines internal
surface cleaning
1 2 3 4

1-cylindrical rubber enclosure, 2- screw canals,

3-metal brushes
Figure 7 Device for well pipelines internal surface cleaning
Dependency of temperature distribution along the length of the
loop and the hydrate equilibrium curve
Dependency of temperature distribution along the length of the
loop and the hydrate equilibrium curve


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