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Review of gas hydrate anti-agglomerant screening techniques by Salmin, Davi Costa, Estanga, Douglas, Koh, Carolyn A.

“…Gas hydrates present a major flow assurance challenge due to the relatively fast timescales at which they can form, agglomerate, and plug a subsea flowline,…”
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Rapid screening method for hydrate agglomeration and plugging assessment using high pressure differential scanning calorimetry by Majid, Ahmad A.A., Creek, Jefferson, Subramanian, Sivakumar, Estanga, Douglas A, Koh, Carolyn A.

“…[Display omitted] •Flowline plugging tendency with gas hydrates can evaluated using HP-DSC.•Severe agglomeration leads to formation large water droplets during…”
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Clathrate Hydrate-Solid Surface Adhesive Shear Strength Measurements on Carbon Steel Surfaces by Brock, Christopher, Chase, Bella, Estanga, Douglas, Sun, Haijun, Koh, Carolyn

“…Oil and gas flowlines operating in subsea or cold terrestrial environments face the risk of forming hydrate deposits and plugs. The pressure differential…”
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Modeling Two-Step Mechanism of Thermodynamic Hydrate Inhibitor Injection for Gas Hydrate Plug Dissociation by Kannan, Seetharaman Navaneetha, Ravichandran, Sriram, Estanga, Douglas, Turner, Douglas J., Grasso, Giovanni, Sloan, E. Dendy, Koh, Carolyn A.

“…Gas hydrate blockage in oil and gas flowlines is a major flow assurance issue that results in operational disruptions, safety hazards, and economic losses…”
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A Joule-Thomson Loop to Study High-Pressure Fluid Expansion by Jeong, Kwanghee, Norris, Bruce W. E., Siahvashi, Arman, Jiao, Fuyu, Patterson, Joseph E., Estanga, Douglas, May, Eric F., Aman, Zachary M.

“…A specialized facility was constructed to investigate the Joule-Thomson (JT) effect during fluid expansion over a valve. The flow loop facility consists of 1.5…”
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Changing the Hydrate Management Guidelines: From Benchtop Experiments to CSMHyK Field Simulations by Wang, Yan, Subramanian, Siva, Estanga, Douglas, Majid, Ahmad A. A, Hu, Sijia, Salmin, Davi C, Koh, Carolyn A, Zerpa, Luis E

“…High-pressure and low-temperature conditions during subsea pipeline transportation favor the formation of gas hydrates and may create challenging flow…”
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