Jee used the industry approved Maximus software to carry out the ow assurance studies, looking at the eects of dierent production proles and compositions, identifying the expected back-pressures and ow regime. Jee carried out a review of ow assurance threats to identify which of the ow-related issues could pose problems, and subsequently how they could be mitigated. In particular, hydrate formation was identied as a potential threat, which showed some of the proposed options to be sub-optimal. From these studies, Jee was able to advise on the preferred owline routing options and to identify requirements for methanol injection Case Study: North Sea routing and flow assurance The problem Our client was planning on developing several marginal elds in the Dutch sector of the North S

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