Water-Cut Measurement Techniques in Oil Production and Processing—A Review

Water cut is a vital monitoring and surveillance parameter with great significance in oil production operations and processing. Water-cut measurements are also challenging due to the significant variations and the harsh measurement environment. The objective of this article is to review the current...

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Published inEnergies (Basel) Vol. 16; no. 17; p. 6410
Main Authors Kamal, Bushra, Abbasi, Zahra, Hassanzadeh, Hassan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2023
Subjects
Corrosion
Crude oil
Dielectric properties
Electrodes
Measurement
Measurement techniques
Oil recovery
Oil sands
Petroleum industry
Production data
Production management
production monitoring
production operation
Production processes
production surveillance
Salinity
Sensors
upstream oil industry
Water measurement
water-cut measurement
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Summary:Water cut is a vital monitoring and surveillance parameter with great significance in oil production operations and processing. Water-cut measurements are also challenging due to the significant variations and the harsh measurement environment. The objective of this article is to review the current water-cut measurement techniques and suggest future areas that are expanding to overcome existing measurement challenges. Commercially available online methods such as capacitance-based sensors, tomography techniques, gamma densitometry, ultrasonic meters and infrared meters, and the traditional laboratory offline methods, are discussed, along with their principle of operation, detection range, and sensing resolution. Also, the discussed techniques are summarized, highlighting their main advantages and limitations. Furthermore, future trends and research areas, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), soft computing, Metamaterials, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), which are integrated with water-cut measurements, are briefly mentioned. The current research hotspots are directed toward integrating full-range measurements with multi-parameter detection, high sensitivity, and reliability.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en16176410