摘要 |
Systems (30, 30'), program product (71), and methods to estimate and manage flowing fluid characteristics of a fluid stream flowing through a pipeline (21) in real-time, are provided. A system (30, 30') can include a vertically oriented extent (59) of a pipeline (21) for transporting crude oil, a pair of spaced vertically apart sensors or sensor assemblies (51, 53) connected to the vertically oriented extent (59) to obtain pressure and temperature readings of the crude oil, a controller (31) in communication with the pair of sensors or sensor assemblies (51, 53), and crude oil analysis and management program product (71) stored in the memory (35) of the controller (31) and adapted to determine or estimate density, specific gravity, and API gravity of the crude oil to thereby manage flowing fluid characteristics of the crude oil.
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