Using the skin effect current tracing techniques in super heavy oil pipeline in Liaohe oilfield as the background, the physical model and mathematical model of the skin effect current tracing in super heavy oil pipeline was set up, and indoor experiment and numerical simulation method was used to analyze the skin effect current tracing. Study results show that through the experiment and the simulation of a comparative analysis of the data, using software to make the simulation calculation is possible. Not only can you display the temperature distribution of super heavy oil pipeline, but also made a theoretical basis for the optimization of super heavy oil pipeline heat tracing effect and the safe shutdown time.