Tests for Ensuring Smooth Flow Operation

With our expertise in chemical comparison, framework design criteria, and finding source and deposition mechanisms, SGS can ensure the continued and optimal productivity of your oil and gas streams.

Flow Assurance Tests

SGS provides expert analysis and interpretation for a wide range of multidisciplinary flow assurance tests. We use state-of-the-art equipment, including:

• wax deposit cells
• Light scatter detectors
• Hydrate Imaging Cells
• Pressurized rheometers
• Polarizing microscopes
• Power compensated calorimeters
• A set of auxiliary equipment for testing solids and analyzing the chemical composition of water.

SGS flow assurance technicians and the methods they use are available to you, either through our stationary test labs or our FluidPro PAL™ mobile lab service.

Our flow assurance testing program includes:

• Wax appearance temperatures, for dead oils, or not
• Asphaltene solubility limits (measurement of asphaltene appearance)
• Limits of association or dissociation of hydrates
• Scale solubility limits and analysis of scale deposits
• Tests for identifying potential organic solids
• Advanced tests of the chemical composition of water.
• Our expert and experienced staff will help you find solutions

Contact your SGS representative to discuss your analysis options.