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Case Study: Dolphin Energy achieves optimized pipeline scraping and reduced operating costs with SLB’s OLGA Online System
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Dolphin Improves Pipeline Management with OLGA Online System and Managed Services
Dolphin Energy worked with SLB to improve pipeline scraping operations at its Ras Laffan plant in Qatar. The company needed to reduce downtime and minimize the risk of high slug-catcher levels during scraping while transporting multiphase fluids through long sea lines, and it used the OLGA dynamic multiphase flow simulator with the Scraper Tracking Advisor module.
SLB implemented a tailored managed service and proactive support for the OLGA Online system, enabling online scraper tracking, prejob simulation, and real-time operational monitoring. The result was optimized production, reduced operating expenses, and safer operations, with the system matching pipeline pressure drops and onshore gas flow within 3% and predicting scraper travel time at 4 hours 2 minutes versus an actual 4 hours 5 minutes.
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