Oil wells generally, produce a mixture of
hydrocarbon oil, water, gas, and even sand or solid materiel with dissolved
minerals usually including a large amount of salt & other gases like
hydrogen sulfide (H2S); and solids, including sand from the reservoir, dirt,
scale, and corrosion products from the tubing.
Foreign material, such as water and sand must
be separated from the oil and gas before they can be sold. This process is
known as Crude Oil Treating.
The purpose of Crude Oil treatment is to
separate, remove, or transform these various components to make the liquid
hydrocarbons (Crude Oil) ready for sales & send to refiners.
This course provides an overview of all the
theories and technologies involved in crude oil treatment, starting with brief
about Petroleum Crude Formation, Production, phase separation process, emulsion
theory formation, crude oil desalting, stabilization and the mechanism through
the technology to destabilize and separate water from oil in addition to crude
oil storage and loading facilities.
Due to environmental regulations, the produced
water must also be treated. This course will provide a brief of the processes
& operational conditions needed to achieve the required specifications for
the produced water.
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will gain knowledge
& full understanding of crude oil treatment from A to Z (formation till
loading to refiners) with extensive focus in Oil Treatment Operation.
This course
will feature:
Crude Oil Formation,
accumulation & Production
Crude Oil Composition &
Characteristics
Phase Separation Process
(Two & Three-Phase Separation)
Emulsion Formation &
Treatment
Crude Oil Dehydration
Crude Oil Desalting
Crude Oil Stabilization
& Sweetening
Crude Oil Storage, Loading
& Other Field Facilities
Produced Water Treatment
& Disposal
Training Objectives
What are the Goals?
By the end of this course, participants will have
learned and experienced practical applications of:
Recognize the theory of crude oil formation,
accumulation & production
Understand the Crude Oil compositions &
Characteristics
Practical understanding of field treating
facilities fundamental
The properties and behavior of crude oil that
govern production processing operations
Learn techniques of Field processes for
treating and conditioning full well stream production for sales or final
disposition including separation, dehydration, desalting stabilization,
storage & Loading
Gaining good understanding of the purpose and
internal workings of all types of surface facilities and treating
equipment
Target Audience
Who is this Training Course for?
This course
is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
Field Service / production Operators, Senior
Operators & Supervisors
Operation Foremen and Team leaders
Plant Engineers, field engineers & New
engineers
Maintenance Planners and Coordinators
All field maintenance personnel (Multi crafts)
those interested to understanding what they maintain
Training Methods
How will this Training Course be presented?
The training course will be reinforced by a
learning mix that includes, lecture style presentation, training
videos, open discussion, case studies, simulations and group work
This course includes interactive sessions with
questions, discussions and problem solving under supervision along with
group exercises
It will be conducted as an interactive workshop
that encourages participants to share their own experiences and apply the
program material to real-life situations
Organizational Impact
It’s well known that competency of the
organization employees determines its growth.
Excellent opportunity to expand the knowledge
base of the trained employees which positively will impact on their work
Employees gain more skills; they tend to
immediately apply them to their role
If employees feel that they are growing and
learning in their job, they are more likely to stay at their company (more
stability)
It makes a business / or organization
attractive to prospective employees
Personal Impact
The employee will be competent to handle
surface facilities equipments operational tasks
Competent employees will safe time & effort
by taking better actions in the right time to solve his operation problems
The employees will better understand their job
which resulted in more satisfaction
If employees have some weaknesses in some work
skills it should be improved
Training should guarantee better performance
for employees
Daily Agenda
Day
One: Petroleum Crude from Formation to Production
Formation and Accumulation of Petroleum Crude
Types of Petroleum Reservoir
Drilling the Oil Well
Producing the Oil Well
Composition and Characteristics of Petroleum
Crude
Field Service Equipments
Day
Two: Phase Separation Process
Two-Phase Gas–Oil Separation
Methods of Separation
Gas–Oil Separation Equipment
Three-Phase Oil–Water–Gas Separation
Horizontal Three-Phase Separators
Vertical Three-Phase Separators
Separation Theory
Day
Three: Emulsion Treatment and Dehydration
Oil Emulsions
Dehydration/Treating Processes
Heating
Chemical Treatment
Electrical Aid
Chemi-electric Dehydrators (Emulsion Theaters)
Day
Four: Desalting of Crude Oil
Description of The Desalting Process
Relationship among Volume of Remnant Water, Its
Salinity and Salt Content
Electrostatic Desalting
Determining Dilution Water Requirement
Effect of Operating Parameters
Desalter System Trouble Shooting
Day
Five: Crude Oil Stabilization, Sweetening & Storage
Stabilization Operations
Types of Stabilizer Employing Energy as a
Stripping Agent
Crude Oil Sweetening
Overview about Crude Storage Tanks
Vapor Recovery Units
Piping and The Oil Field
Certificate
Awarded
Certificate of Completion will be
awarded to Participants.
