In the literature, optimization models deal with planning and scheduling of several subsystems of the petroleum supply chain such as oilfield infrastructure, crude oil supply, refinery operations and product transportation. The focus of the present work is to propose a general framework for modeling petroleum supply chains. As a starting point, processing units are modeled based on the framewor...

Installation of a system to monitor and measure sand production from an oil well especially in a petroleum industry would be valuable to assist. Sand production is considered one of the major Problems facing the petroleum industry since a small amount of sand in the produced fluid can result in significant erosion in a very short time period. In this paper, we present a framework for sand detec...

Valves are usually used in conjunction with large water-tower storage structures. Large pipes carry water from the storage tower to the flush gutter. Valves are used at appropriate locations in the pipeline to control flush water flow to individual gutters. Figure 1 is a schematic layout of a flush system using storage towers, pipelines and valves to flush several gutters. Use of multiple, inte...

From the beginning of the 80’s, the PETROBRÁS, Brazilian petroleum company, started the hydrocarbonets economic exploration in Urucu (AM), in the West Amazon region. This paper presents multitemporal study of the specific area of the Urucu (AM) region called Jurua’s petroleum and gas natural camps in which the land used changed due to the geophysical surveying, opening roads, drlling wells etc ...

This paper evaluates the added resistance of a torpedo shape AUV, moving inside a water pipeline, due to wall effects within the tube. Today, there are long length pipelines of water or petroleum that need to regular inspection. Early detection of failure will help to prevent breakdown and avoid the huge cost of an accident. As pipelines are enclosed environments and difficult to access, pipeli...