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