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Date: Wednesday, 25 March 2026
Time: 8:00-9:30 AM CST
Abstract:
Gas hydrates are crystalline solids that form when water and gas combine under high-pressure, low-temperature conditions, conditions commonly encountered in offshore and arctic oil and gas production systems. Gas hydrates remain one of the most significant flow assurance concerns, with severe negative economic and safety implications. This webinar presents recent advances in gas hydrate modeling integrated with transient multiphase flow simulations. It demonstrates how these tools can be used to analyze field cases and support improved hydrate management strategies. New modeling approaches are emerging to enhance predictive capabilities for gas hydrate in multiphase flow, especially during transient conditions such as shut-in and start-up, which pose the greatest risk of gas hydrate plugging. Understanding the fundamentals of gas hydrates and their interactions with multiphase flow is essential for flow assurance engineers, enabling more efficient and reliable gas hydrate management practices.
Speaker:
Luiz Dalla is a petroleum engineer with 14 years of industry experience in flow assurance and artificial lift, developed during his work with offshore production systems at Petrobras in Brazil. His expertise spans multiphase flow, production optimization, and flow assurance challenges in offshore production systems. He holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Brazil. In 2022, he joined the Department of Petroleum Engineering at Colorado School of Mines and the Center for Hydrate Research to pursue a Ph.D. degree. The research focuses on developing advanced gas hydrate models integrated with multiphase flow to predict gas hydrate formation, transport, and plugging risk in pipelines. He has also presented research at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), one of the world’s largest energy industry conferences. His work and research interests include multiphase flow and flow assurance modeling, as well as the development and innovation of digital tools to improve decision-making and efficiency in oil and gas operations.