Flexibility need prompts installation of Zeepipe modeling system

Journal Article · Mon Mar 23 04:00:00 EST 1998 · Oil and Gas Journal

OSTI ID:586084

Thaule, S B; Postvoll, W ^[1]

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1. Statoil, Stavanger (Norway)

Installation by den norske stats oljeselskap A.S. (Statoil) of a powerful pipeline-modeling system on Zeepipe has allowed this major North Sea gas pipeline to meet the growing demands and seasonal variations of the European gas market. The Troll gas-sales agreement (TGSA) in 1986 called for large volumes of Norwegian gas to begin arriving from the North Sea Sleipner East field in october 1993. It is important to Statoil to maintain regular gas delivers from its integrated transport network. In addition, high utilization of transport capacity maximizes profits. In advance of operations, Statoil realized that state-of-the-art supervisory control and data acquisition (scada) and pipeline-modeling systems (PMS) would be necessary to meet its goals and to remain the most efficient North Sea operator. The paper describes the linking of Troll and Zeebrugge, contractual issues, the supervisory system, the scada module, pipeline modeling, real-time model, look-ahead model, predictive model, and model performance.

• OSTI ID: 586084
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal, Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 96; ISSN OIGJAV; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

03 NATURAL GAS
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NATURAL GAS
NORTH SEA
NORWAY
PIPELINES
TRANSPORT