Testing research for oil-gas-water flow pattern in Daqing oilfield

During the period of the high water cut later stage, it is significant for decreasing energy consumption of gathering system to research oil-gas-water flow pattern. At the moment, the studies on oil-gas-water flow pattern are mainly focused on the temperature range of crude oil freezing point. A experimental system is designed, constructed and operated in oilfields in horizontal pipeline., which is used for experimental investigation and analysis of oil-gas-water flow pattern under freezing point in horizontal pipeline. According to the crude oil condition, the results show that oil-gas-water flow pattern includes four types that are oil contact wave flow, oil-oil particle dispersion flow, oil lamellar flow, oil puddle slugging flow.