Essentials of Flow Assurance Solids in Oil and Gas Operations: Understanding Fundamentals, Characterization, Prediction, Environmental Safety, and Management

Abdullah Hussein is currently a production technician for Elanco Canada Limited. Previously, he worked for Gulf of Suez Petroleum Co as head of research and development and responsible for all lab operations, HSE, and field research proposals. He developed new strategies to characterize, remove, and control solid deposits which lead to significant improvements in production revenues. Abdullah has published many scientific papers, and received his B.Sc. in chemistry from Zagazing University in Egypt. 1. Oil and Gas Production Operations and Production Fluids 2. Flow Assurance 3. Problems Associated with Solids Formation and Deposition 4. Flow Assurance Solids Types and Mechanisms of Formation  5. Mineral Scales in Oil and Gas Fields 6. Gas Hydrates and Diamondoids 7. Wax Deposits 8. Asphaltenes Deposits 9. Naphthenates Deposits 10. Biofouling 11. Chemicals Incompatibility Deposits (pseudoscale) 12. Flow Assurance Solids – Prediction and Modeling 13. Monitoring of Flow Assurance Solids Formation in Oil and Gas Fields 14. Flow Assurance Solids Chemical Analysis and Characterization 15. Mineral Scales Management 16. Gas Hydrates Management 17. Wax Deposits Management 18. Asphaltenes Deposits Management 19. Naphthenate Deposits Management 20. Biofouling Management 21. Mechanical Removal of Solid Deposits 22. Chemical Injection Systems 23. Environmental Aspects of Solids Deposition and Their Management