Simulation Process of Pipeline Design and Examination The Transportation of Crude Oil Through Three Types of Pipes

الملخص

Transporting waxy crude oil through pipelines presents several challenges due to the unique characteristics of the crude oil, including its high paraffin wax content, which can solidify and cause blockages at lower temperatures, leading to the formation of wax crystals inside the pipeline especially in colder climates. This is an actual case study performed by a request of Libyan petroleum company wants to examine the transportation of 1000 bblD of Crude Oil for about 35 km through three pipeline options (Carbon steel “CS”, Thermal Composite Pipe “TCP”, and Insulated TCP) to select the best for this process. The simulation process done by OLGA software and comparison between prices of the three options has been done. The main reason of this simulation and comparison is to find out the best pipeline type with minimum risk of wax deposition inside the pipes side by side with the cost factor. Running the OLGA software was efficient and gave an excellent result to achieve the aims of this study.