Patent ID: 11913589
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  F  C  E | IPC B  C  E  F

Claim 7:
8. A pipeline system, comprising:
an upstream process facility comprising:
equipment configured to process production fluid to generate processed production fluid that is output from the upstream process facility and routed into a pipeline downstream of the upstream process facility; and
an upstream control system configured to:
determine, based on observed operational parameters of the equipment of the upstream process facility, an indirect quality parameter for the processed production fluid;
determine, based on measurements of characteristics of the processed production fluid output from the upstream process facility, a direct quality parameter for the processed production fluid;
determine a quality parameter for the processed production fluid that is defined as the greater of the indirect quality parameter and the direct quality parameter for the processed production fluid;

a pipeline system comprising:
the pipeline; and
a pipeline control system configured to:
determine, based on the quality parameter for the processed production fluid, a model of the pipeline that comprises a cumulative water accumulation of a segment of the pipeline;
determine, based on the cumulative water accumulation of the segment of the pipeline, a water remediation schedule for the segment of the pipeline; and
conduct, in accordance with the water remediation schedule for the segment of the pipeline, a water remediation operation in the segment of the pipeline.