Current Projects

Artificial Lift

Experimental study on the influence of the number of stages in ESP operating with gas-liquid mixture

Financial Support: Petrobras
Duration: 2019 – 2023

EPIC – Energy Production Innovation Center

RL2 – SP1: Characterization of single-phase and multiphase flow within ESPs
RL2 – SP3: 1-D modelling of the characteristic curves of ESPs
RL2 – SP4: Development of automation and control techniques for ESPs
Financial Support: Equinor and FAPESP
Duration: 2019 – 2024 and 2024 – 2029

Flow Assurance

EPIC – Energy Production Innovation Center

RL2 – SP2: Study of emulsions
RL2 – SP5: Clogging of chemical injection lines
RL2 – SP6: Flow assurance on underwater lines – A fundamental research on the mechanisms involved in wax deposition
Financial Support: Equinor and FAPESP
Duration: 2019 – 2024 and 2024 – 2029

Multiphase Flow

Development of technique for indirect measurements of multiphase flows characteristics from pressure signatures.

Financial Support: Petrobras
Duration: 2018 – 2023

A fundamental research on the stratified two-phase flow of a gas and a viscoplastic fluid in pipes

Financial Support: Totalenergies
Duration: 2021 – 2024

Experimental study and phenomenological modeling of three-phase gas-liquid-liquid flows in pipes in transient shutdowns and start-up processes

Financial Support: Petronas
Duration: 2022 – 2026

Asset Monitoring Through Fiber Optic Remote Sensing

Financial Support: COMGAS
Duration: 2021 – 2023

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