With the increasing maturity of traditional energy oil and gas extraction technologies, miners are turning their attention to the field of new energy, such as solar energy, shale gas, coal to oil, etc., all of which are increasing their construction efforts and scale. Among them, shale gas extraction technology has made significant improvements in recent years. With the gradual reduction of extraction costs and rapid increase in gas production rate, the extraction of this energy has already had high economic value.

Due to the storage of shale gas in interlayers of mudstone, shale, and siltstone, hydraulic fracturing technology is required for extraction. Water, certain chemical agents, and sand are injected into the well to induce fractures in the rock layers, ultimately allowing shale gas to flow from the shale into the well. Currently, the two most important issues in hydraulic fracturing of oil wells are environmental protection and operational safety,FLEXIM ultrasonic flowmeterThe clamping technology is a safe and cost-effective method for measuring liquid and gas flow rates. At present, fleximultrasonic flowmeterIn the process of shale gas extraction, it is mainly used for flow measurement of natural gas, oil, and brine, as well as flow measurement of fracturing flowback fluid.

After drilling, hydraulic fracturing, and production settings, the extracted gas from shale gas extraction must be separated from the liquid state before being sent to downstream processing plants, while the extracted water must be purified.FLEXIMUltrasonic flow meters can help monitor and measure all these gas and liquid flows without any risk of leakage. Separating unnecessary elements from natural gas and oil is a crucial step before the refining process, and the traditional approach is to use two plug-in flow meters: one for flow measurement of natural gas or oil, and the other for flow measurement of brine. To maintain or replace these flow meters, the oil well needs to be shut down 2-3 times a year, which will result in a loss of revenue. All FLEXIM ultrasonic flow meters are equipped with dual channel measurement function, and with their clamping technology, media such as gas, oil, and separated water can be measured and monitored by one system without maintenance, so there will be no loss of income due to flow meter maintenance.

The fracturing fluid that flows back is a mixture of chemicals, water, sand, natural gas, and petroleum. EPA regulations require operators to capture and monitor as much backflow fluid as possible to protect the environment as much as possible. A non-invasive flow meter is required for measuring backflow fluid, as it faces high wear issues caused by corrosive media inside the pipeline as a real flow measurement system. Flexim ultrasoundflow meterIt belongs to a non-invasive flow measurement method, which has the characteristics of no corrosion, no wear and tear, no maintenance or recalibration, zero point stability without zero drift, and fast installation without cutting pipes. It will not cause any losses caused by production interruption.