Description

The hydrate facility was donated by Marathon to the University of Tulsa in June 2001. Relocation of the flow loop, process building and control trailer occurred in the summer of 2002 and commissioning occurred in the summer of 2003.

The facility consists of a 3” pipe flow loop mounted on an 80-ft long tilt table. The flow path is 160-ft long and fluids can be set in motion by a Leistritz twin-screw multiphase pump or by the rocking motion of the flow loop deck. The process building contains all the equipment necessary to charge oil, water, gas and additives into the flow loop. The control trailer contains all the data acquisition modules and the operator computer interface. A 40’x 30’ contained storage slab is used to store the test fluids. A boiler system has been added to the original facility as well as a boiler room.

Overall View of Hydrate Facility