Oil Process Facilities

DAY 1 - Module 1, 2 and 3

Pre-Course test
Module 1: Introduction and Overview

• Properties of fluids, viscosity, density, solubility,
• compressibility, and surface tension at the surface.
• Effects of fluid properties on a production system
• Phase envelop, dew/bubble points, dense phase, critical point, hydrocarbon mixture
• Laws: Stokes, Bernoulli, Darcy, Reynolds

Module 2: Integrated Production System

• Reservoirs: types, drive mechanisms, porosity, permeability, skin
• Wells: Types and objectives
• Surface facilities: Configurations and objectives
• Flowlines, piping, gathering systems; solids, and liquid limits
• Production measurements and types of meters
• Disposal: types and environmental impact
• Nodal analysis: pressure drop over the system

Module 3: Sub-surface Operations

• Well types: vertical, deviated, casing schemes, cementation, completion classification, packers, perforations, tubing standards, and tubing connections.
• Vertical flow performance: multi-phase flow
• Well integrity: well intervention operations, workover, snubbing, coiled tubing, acid treatment, pressure control, SSSV, MAASP
• Artificial lift: gas lift, beam pump, ESP, etc.
• Group discussion & exercises

DAY 2 - Module 4, 5 and 7

Quizzes & Recap

Module 4: Wellhead & X-mas Tree

• Types of casing and objectives
• Casing head housing/spools
• Tubing hanger: Tubing hanger systems and
• components, types
• X-mas tree: types, valves, API standard

Module 5: Flow Control and Manifolds

• Chokes: fixed, variable, critical flow, erosion
• Flowlines: horizontal flow performance: multi-phase flow, vertical flow phases
• Manifold layout

Module 6: Separation

• 2 and 3 phase separation, multi-stage separation, effects of separator pressure, the internals of separators, vertical/horizontal separators, retention time.
• Atmospheric separation, surge vessels

Module 7: Oil Treatment

• Wash tanks, storage/export tanks,
• Emulsion treatment, dehydration/desalting of crude
• Solids in oil
• Export/sales quality and market requirements
• Case Study:
  • Emulsion
  • Reservoir and emulsion aspects

DAY 3 - Module 8, 9, 10 and 11

Quizzes & Recap
Module 8: Pipeline Systems

• Operations
• Maintenance
• Inspection of pipelines
• Best practices of pipeline pigging operations
• Cathodic protection and corrosion monitoring through pigging operations

Module 9: Water Treatment

• Water quality: oil in water, disposal at surface/sub-surface, water injection, hydro cyclones

Module 10: Reserves Planning

• PRMS: Petroleum Resource Management System
• Portfolio management

Module 11: Gas Treatment

• Gas coolers: water in the gas, isobaric dehydration
• LTS: mechanical cooling, J-T valves, turboexpander
• Absorption: glycol systems, regeneration, contactor, quality, filters
• Adsorption: silica gel systems, batch operation
• Acid gas treatment
• Case Study:
  • Produced water treatment & recycling
  • Wash water quality and role in the oil separation process?

DAY 4 - Module 12, 13, and 14

Quizzes & Recap
Module 12: Corrosion

• Corrosion mechanisms
• CO2, H2S, Chlorine, brittle fractures, HIC
• Galvanic corrosion
• Corrosion detection, management, and protection

Module 13: Rotating Equipment

• Pumps
• Compressors (reciprocating, centrifugal)

Module 14: Static Equipment

• Heaters
• Vessels
• Valves
• Regulators
• Case Study:
  • 3 case studies by participants?

DAY 5 - Module 15, 16, 17 and 18

Module 15: Instrumentation

• Measurement equipment: end elements, DCS / SCADA
• Safety equipment: IPF, HIPPS, voting systems
• Fiscal measurements
• Reliability: SIL, FoD, risk

Module 16: State-of-the-Art Systems

• New developments

Module17: Oil Storage & Shipping Facilities

• Tanks and Tank Storage facilities
• Types of Storage Tanks
• Associated Hazardous Conditions

Module18: HSE Requirements

• Authorization and Competency of Production
• Personnel
• General Safety Procedures
• Handling Chemicals
• Post-course test

What is Oil Process Facilities training course objective?

• Understand surface facilities components from well to production station
• Understand the principles of Oil & Gas Separation
• Understand the principles of Oil & Gas Dehydration
• Familiarize with the principles of Fractionation & Operations
• Familiarize with the principles of Refrigeration Operations
• Understand and Identify the Operating problems
• Familiarize with the Pipeline Operations & Maintenance, Problem & Troubleshooting
• Familiarize with the Pipeline Pigging Operations
• Familiarize with types of Storage Tanks, Associated Hazards & Safety
• Familiarize with various equipment and tools and their function