FSM eBlog
Facilities Sand Management Case Studies (B-FSM-198)
Facilities Sand Management Case Studies (B-FSM-198) A helpful tool in designing a Facilities Sand Management system is to see what other…
Facilities Sand Management: Key Technical Papers (B-FSM-197)
Facilities Sand Management: Key Technical Papers (B-FSM-197) At the end of each of the eleven training modules on Facilities Sand Management,…
FSM eBlog – The Five Most Important Posts (B-FSM-196)
FSM eBlog – The Five Most Important Posts (B-FSM-196) As we near the end of eBlog posting series on Facilities Sand…
FSM Demo Videos – CC in English and Spanish (B-FSM-195)
FSM Demo Videos – CC in English and Spanish (B-FSM-195) eProcess has put together a series of FSM equipment demonstration videos…
Facilities Sand Management Calculation Exercises (B-FSM-194)
Facilities Sand Management Calculation Exercises (B-FSM-194) This post provides calculation exercises based on material previously posted. You will need to first…
Heavy Oil & Viscous Fluid Sand Management – Key Items and Technical Paper References (B-FSM-193)
Heavy Oil & Viscous Fluid Sand Management – Key Items and Technical Paper References (B-FSM-193) This post concludes the discussion on…
Recommendations for Sand Removal in Heavy Oil Production (B-FSM-192)
Recommendations for Sand Removal in Heavy Oil Production (B-FSM-192) Bringing together the last several posts we now can make recommendations for…
Effects of Viscosity on FSM Unit Process Components (B-FSM-191)
Effects of Viscosity on FSM Unit Process Components (B-FSM-191) In this posting we look at the effect of increased viscosity on…
Reducing Oil Viscosity – Options for FSM (B-FSM-190)
Reducing Oil Viscosity – Options for FSM (B-FSM-190) A multitude of options are available for reducing the continuous phase viscosity –…
Effects of Fluid Properties on FSM – Minor to Major Effects (B-FSM-189)
Effects of Fluid Properties on FSM – Minor to Major Effects (B-FSM-189) In ranking fluid property effects on Facilities Sand Management…
Other Viscous Fluids in Oil Production & Processing (B-FSM-188)
Other Viscous Fluids in Oil Production & Processing (B-FSM-188) Aside from heavy oil, there are many viscous fluids encountered in oil…
Heavy Oil and Important Aspects for FSM (B-FSM-187)
Heavy Oil and Important Aspects for FSM (B-FSM-187) What is Heavy Oil?From SPE PetroWiki heavy oil is defined as that with…
Heavy Oil & Viscous Fluid Sand Management – Goals and Objectives of FSM Module 11 (B-FSM-186)
Heavy Oil & Viscous Fluid Sand Management – Goals and Objectives of FSM Module 11 (B-FSM-186) We now move on to…
Demonstration Video 4 – Offshore FSM System (B-FSM-185)
Demonstration Video 4 – Offshore FSM System (B-FSM-185) A series of equipment demonstration videos have been produced to show the process…
Demonstration Video 3 – eJECT Operation (B-FSM-184)
Demonstration Video 3 – eJECT Operation (B-FSM-184) A series of equipment demonstration videos have been produced to show the process operations…
Demonstration Video 2 – Accumulator Operation and Purge (B-FSM-183)
Demonstration Video 2 – Accumulator Operation and Purge (B-FSM-183) A series of equipment demonstration videos have been produced to show the…
Demonstration Video 1 – Liquid Desander Operation (B-FSM-182)
Demonstration Video 1 – Liquid Desander Operation (B-FSM-182) A series of equipment demonstration videos have been produced to show the process…
The Subsea Wellhead Desander (B-FSM-181)
The Subsea Wellhead Desander (B-FSM-181) The subsea wellhead desander is surface technology applied subsea. It uses well-proven multiphase desander technology packaged…
Subsea Sand Management – Recommendations and Conclusions (B-FSM-180)
Subsea Sand Management – Recommendations and Conclusions (B-FSM-180) If sand produced to subsea facilities…Not excluded by completion equipment or production limitsSeparate…
Subsea Sand Management – Path C: Removal With Disposal (B-FSM-179)
Subsea Sand Management – Path C: Removal With Disposal (B-FSM-179) After separation reintroduce to production line (bypass method)New flow streamPut sand…
Subsea Sand Management – Path B: Treatment (Particles or Flow Path) (B-FSM-178)
Subsea Sand Management – Path B: Treatment (Particles or Flow Path) (B-FSM-178) The Treatment Approach seeks to modify either the sand…
Subsea Sand Management – Path A: Conventional Approach (B-FSM-177)
Subsea Sand Management – Path A: Conventional Approach (B-FSM-177) The Conventional Approach uses known or standard methods or technology.Exclusionary ProductionInstall downhole…
The Subsea Sand Management Challenge (B-FSM-176)
The Subsea Sand Management Challenge (B-FSM-176) What to do with the sand? That is the subsea sand management challenge. It is…
The Five Steps of Sand Management for Subsea (B-FSM-175)
The Five Steps of Sand Management for Subsea (B-FSM-175) Applying the Five Steps of Sand Management to Subsea is the same…
Problems Caused by Sand in Subsea Processing (B-FSM-174)
Problems Caused by Sand in Subsea Processing (B-FSM-174) We discuss subsea sand management in the context of following the same steps…
