Hydrate plug dissociation
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S. R. Davies; M. S. Selim; E. D. Sloan; P. Bollavaram; D. J. Peters
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Article
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2006
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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English
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## Abstract It was shown that flowline hydrate plugs dissociate radially not horizontally; this has significant implications for the remediation of a hydrate blockage, a major flow assurance problem. Over a decade of measurements has enabled models to estimate the dissociation time for hydrate plug