AGAR CORPORATION

5150 Tacoma Dr. Houston, Texas 77041 (USA)

Tel.: 832-476-5100 Fax: 832-476-5299
email: sales@agarcorp.com
Web Site Address: http://www.agarcorp.com

Review of BP Multiphase Flowmeter Test in Alaska - 2003

Most of the North Slope of Alaska Wells have high water cuts and very high gas volume fractions (GVF). The
traditional 2-phase or 3-phase well test separators were not giving the type of accuracy desired. BP Alaska
wanted to improve their well testing accuracy.

There was interest in investigating/testing the new MultiPhase Flow Meters (MPFM) offered by various
manufactures to determine which unit was the most accurate and could it improve their well testing accuracies.
BP was joined by ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil in a JIP to test the four major brands of MPFMs--Agar, FMC,
Roxar and Schlumberger.

The test location was selected to push the technology to it upper limits---High Gas---GVFs ranging from 80 to
98% with most well tested over 90% gas. Most of the wells tested had water cuts above 75% and many as
high as 98%---generated by water-flood conditions. The water-flood added the additional challenge of
continually changing salinities/densities. See well distribution chart below:

An independent third party well testing company (ASRC) was chosen to provide a 2-phase separator for the
test. This test separator was to be manned 24/7 during the test by ASRC personnel and all parties agreed to
accept the 2-phase test separator as the test "reference".

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The four MPFMs were installed in series in the following order with the flow stream entering the Schlumberger
unit first, followed by FMC, Roxar and Agar. After passing through the four MPFMs, the flow went to ASRC's 2-
phase well test separator. (NOTE: Since the Agar unit is not effected by flow regime, velocity, gas break-out,
etc.--Agar volunteered to be installed in the last position.) See installation schematic below:

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3- 7- 4- 4- 3- 5
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All of the competitors' units are density based systems and require individual well calibration as the oil, water
and gas density change from well to well. If the density of the oil, water or gas change---these units have to be
recalibrated or large errors will occur.

The Agar unit is a volume based system and requires only a single calibration. If the density of the oil, water or
gas changes--the unit does not require recalibration and these changes do not effect accuracy.
The tests were run with a single calibration for all units--i.e., the calibration was not changed each time the well
being test was changed. At the end of the test, the test data was returned to each manufacturer for post
processing/corrections based on the different calibrations required for each well. Agar did not post process it
test data and accepted all of the initial data collected during the test since its accuracy is not affected by
changing densities of the oil or changing salinities of the produced water.

The Agar MPFM proved to be the most accurate unit tested and a summary of the test report covering the
MPFM is shown below:

•AGAR qualifies to bid on applications for testing wells with GVF <
95%
•Good repeatability and low RMS scores indicate high data
confidence
•Minimal change in statistics between Full Range and Limited
Envelope datasets indicate good handling of high GVF
•Gas Rate and Watercut readings good for full range of GVF
•Other evaluation criteria include Install Requirements
•Mechanical Design (footprint), E&I, Initial Calibration and
Operability
•HSE, Service, O&M expense, Periodic Calibration, Repair,
Data Interface

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