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

Claim 17:
18. The medium of claim 17,
wherein wet crude oil is processed by the equipment of the upstream process facility to generate dry crude oil;
wherein the processed production fluid comprises the dry crude oil,
wherein the upstream process facility comprises a gas oil separation plant (GOSP),
wherein the equipment comprises:
a dehydration unit that is configured to remove water from the wet crude oil; and
a basic sediment and water (BS&W) analyzer that is configured to measure a BS&W of the processed production fluid output from the upstream process facility,

wherein the observed operational parameters of the upstream process facility are indicative of a duration of time that dehydration unit is offline,
wherein the indirect quality parameter for the processed production fluid comprises an indirect BS&W quality parameter determined based on the duration of time that the dehydration unit is offline, and
wherein the direct quality parameter for the processed production fluid comprises a direct BS&W quality parameter determined based on a measure of BS&W of the processed production fluid output from the upstream process facility that is obtained by way of the BS&W analyzer.