This course is designed to provide the basic knowledge of surface facilities from the wellhead to the custody transfer. The topics covered in the course will facilitate the communication of the subsurface engineers with surface facilities engineers during the development phase or production of a gas and oil field. The emphasis of this course is on oil production facilities, from the wellhead, to the delivery of a specification crude oil product, to the refinery. Produced water treating and water injection systems are also covered. Solution gas handling processes and equipment will be discussed as well. In addition to the engineering aspects of oil production facilities, practical operating problems will also be covered, including emulsion treatment, sand handling, dealing with wax and asphaltenes, etc. The purpose of this course is to present an understanding of the wide range of oilfield production handling and treatment equipment. The participant should learn field fluid treating equipment operation. The fundamental principles of fluid behavior are first introduced, and then applied to all of the various equipment and systems comprising production operations. Emphasis is on understanding the internal workings inside the piping, valves and vessels. A major goal of this course is to improve communication among the technical disciplines, field and office in order to enhance operational efficiencies, lower costs and improve production economics. This course describes the process for the gathering system, fluid treatment, transportation, measurements and storage facilities associated with surface production operations. Natural gas and oil physics characteristics are presented together with their effect on separation, treatment and measurements. The delegates will learn through how to operate the surface facilities production equipment and process.
Upon successful completion of this course, the delegates will be able to:
Hydrocarbon Reservoirs
Well Production Systems
Oil and Gas Gathering Systems
Well Fluids Sampling
Process Facilities / Crude Oil Treatment and Storage
Well Monitoring
Production Database Collection / Reporting and Utilizing
Production, Operations, Facilities and Petroleum Engineers, Field Production Supervisors, Surface Equipment Technicians, who interact with field facility engineers/operators Surface Facility Operation Engineers, Surface Facility Design, Production Operation Engineers, Production Managers, Project Engineers, Field Operators, Chemical Engineers, Production Facilities Supervisors, Subsurface engineers, production technology engineers, reservoir engineers and managers involved in the field development and production of oil and gas, Process/facilities engineers and senior operating personnel involved with the design and operation of oil and produced water processing facilities, senior operating personnel, and production chemists