Hydrate bedding modeling in oil-dominated systems

•A bedding model based on force balances coupled with a transient multiphase flow simulator is presented.•Hydrate particle/agglomerate size distribution can be simulated with a log-normal distribution.•The effective pipe diameter and the fluid shear rate change during hydrate particle bedding.•Injection of anti-agglomerant additives may prevent hydrate agglomeration.•Hydrate bedding model assumes the reversible bedded particles that can be resuspended.