720395Gas Tolerant Water Cut MeterClosedGRD Development of PrototypeInnovate UKThe UK’s world class oil and gas industry, comprising both production and the essential support services, is a vital part of the economy and also a key sector of the Government’s future industrial strategy. M-Flow Technologies Ltd (M-Flow) epitomises this technology lead with its unique, expanding, portfolio of sensor developments based Magma Global Ltd mpipe ®. The proposed ‘Gas Tolerant Water-Cut Meter’ (GTWCM) Project is one such development. Within the industry a fundamental oil well evaluation parameter is the proportion of oil and water flowing from the well. Due to natural contamination or injected process fluids there is always a proportion of water flowing with the oil. So-called ‘water-cut’ meters are used to measure the ratio of water and oil. In many cases there is also gas mixed with the oil/water. The gas fraction causes problems for the accuracy of existing types of water-cut meters. The key aims and objectives of the GTWCM Project are therefore: 1) Development of a prototype gas-tolerant water-cut meter for use in oil field applications using both M-Flow’s ‘background’ microwave flow sensor technology and complimentary additional sensing techniques; 2) Development of interpretational algorithms and models 3) Sensor construction to incorporate the multi-parameter sensors 4) Development and execution of a flow rig test plan to generate data sets to be calibrated against models. The innovation and novel aspects of the proposal include: 1) The first use of multi- parameter sensors embedded within m-pipe®; 2) Innovative combinations of sensing techniques to measure gas, water and oil fractions; 3) Characterisation and modelling of flow regimes to allow calibration of the new sensor. The main benefits will include: 1) Provision to industry of a lower-cost, low maintenance, smaller, robust device that can accurately monitor water cut in three phase flows. 2) More accurate economic viability assessment for production wells and custody transfer