OIL & GAS FIELD PROCESSING

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
• list main characteristics of Oil & Gas well effluents, assess problems induced by unwanted compounds,
• explain gathering network design and operations,
• detail field treatment of Oil & Gas streams and processes technology,
• grasp fundamentals of Oil & Gas field processing operations and related operating conditions,
• ascertain the treatment processes necessary for production water and injection water.

COURSE CONTENT

•  WELL EFFLUENTS BEHAVIOR
  • Different types of well effluent. Main characterization parameters.
  • Liquid-vapor equilibrium of pure substances and mixtures. Effluent behavior.
  • Constituents that pose problems for storage, transport or commercialization.
  • Main specifications to conform with and required treatments.
•  FUNDAMENTALS OF RESERVOIR & DRIVE MECHANISM
  • Reservoirs: types, exploration techniques.
  • Drive mechanisms.
  • Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR): aim and principle of the main techniques.
•  FUNDAMENTALS OF DRILLING, COMPLETION & WELL PERFORMANCE
  • Drilling principle. Case of offshore drilling.
  • Main completion equipment.
  • Well performance. Needs for artificial lift: principle of artificial lift by pumping, gas lift…
•  WELL EFFLUENT TRANSPORTATION, FLOW-ASSURANCE & GAS HYDRATES PREVENTION
  • Gathering network design and operation:
  • Main flow assurance issues.
  • Multiphase flow. Flow patterns.
  • Hydrates formation prevention strategies. Hydrates inhibition.
  • Case studies: gas condensate field development; deep-offshore production.
•  CRUDE OIL PROCESSING
  • Crude stabilization by Multi Stage Separation (MSS): election of the number of stages, effect of operating parameters, management of foam issues.
  • Crude dehydration and desalting. Emulsion treatment: operating parameters, internals, chemicals selection.
  • Crude sweetening (H₂S removal).
  • Examples of oil treatment and associated gas compression process schemes.
•  PRODUCTION & INJECTION WATER TREATMENT
  • Quality requirements for production water. Environment related constraints.
  • Main produced water treatments: API oil-water separators, plate separators, flotators, hydrocyclones…
  • Reasons for water injection.
  • Quality requirements and necessary treatments: chlorination, filtration, oxygen removal, sulfate removal.
  • Examples of process schemes for production and injection water treatment.
•  GAS PROCESSING & CONDITIONING
  • Gas dehydration: TEG units, solid desiccants (molecular sieves) units.
  • Gas sweetening. Acid components (H₂S and CO₂) removal: amine units, molecular sieves, membranes.
  • Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) extraction: use of cryogenic refrigeration, Joule-Thompson expansion, turbo-expander.
•  LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
  • Fundamentals of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) chain.

Course Duration 36hrs/3weeks

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