Overview

Facilities for Oil Production and Processing

About the Course

 The focus of this course is on oil production facilities, from the wellhead to the refinery delivery of a product that meets specifications for crude oil. Facilities on land and offshore are both covered. Additionally included are systems for processing produced water and injecting water. We'll talk at a fairly high level about solution gas handling procedures and tools. In addition to the engineering features of oil production facilities, real-world operational issues including emulsion treatment, sand handling, dealing with wax and asphaltenes, etc. will also be covered. Throughout the course, calculations-intensive exercises are used. The upstream oil and gas facilities area's gas handling side was the emphasis of the course, which was designed to complement the G-4 Gas Conditioning and Processing course.

 The Oman Institute of Oil & Gas is hosting a session in Muscat from May 14–23 in addition to the open sessions listed to the right. find out more

Target Audience

 Process/facilities engineers and senior operations staff who work on the design and operation of oil and produced water processing facilities.

Course Objectives

•  Performance of well inflow and its effects on production and processing facilities
• When choosing and sizing equipment, information on the compositions and qualities of water, gas, and oil is required.
• How to choose and assess the methods and tools that will be utilized to meet sales or disposal requirements
• to consider physical and thermodynamic property correlations and principles in the planning and assessment of oil production and processing facilities
• How to calculate the equipment sizing for the separation equipment in large production facilities in order to compare processor settings for various applications
• How to identify and create fixes for operational issues in oil/water processing facilities

Course Outlines

•  Rocks, reservoir traps, and driving mechanisms Reservoir fluid categorization and phase envelopes Artificial lift Well inflow performance
• The composition and characteristics of water, gas, and oil Collecting systems for oil
• separating gas and liquid Emulsions
• Separating oil from water removing oil Desalting
• sweetening and stabilizing oil Storage of oil and vapor recovery Scale, asphaltenes, sand, and wax crude oil transportation produced water purification
• olution gas management systems for water injection