1 May, 2018
The Importance of Process Safety Specification Breaks
This tip of the month (TOTM) explains specification breaks or spec breaks. It highlights why they are important in the design and operation of surface facilities in the hydrocarbon industry and how to avoid mistakes that can have catastrophic consequences.
Read More >1 Apr, 2018
How to Effectively Manage Project Stakeholders
Have you ever had trouble communicating or even working with project stakeholders? This tip of the month (TOTM) will discuss the key to effectively managing those stakeholders and review an internal stakeholder management process all companies should use.
Read More >1 Apr, 2018
Impact of CO2 on Natural Gas Density
Due to the importance of CO2 injection for enhanced oil recovery and the increasing interest in CO2 capture and sequestration, this facilities tip of the month (TOTM) was undertaken to prepare simple charts for accurately estimating the density for hydrocarbon systems containing nil to 100% CO2.
Read More >1 Mar, 2018
Multiphase Flow Measurement - What is it?
In this tip of the month (TOTM) we will review multiphase measurement, and examine the general impact of flow regime, water cut, salinity and flowing fluid density.
Read More >1 Mar, 2018
Why Do Projects Fail?
This tip of the month (TOTM) will study what project failures look like, examine the main causes and explain how to set yourself up for success.
Read More >19 Feb, 2018
EBOOK: Best Tips of the Month
We are excited to announce the release of our complimentary ebook: “Best Tips of the Month”, 2018 edition. Download your copy today!
Read More >1 Feb, 2018
Optimum Feed Tray Location in an NGL Fractionation Column
This tip of the month (TOTM) will demonstrate how to determine the optimum location of a feed tray in an NGL fractionation or distillation column by a short-cut method and the rigorous method using a process simulator. As an example, we will consider sizing a deethanizer by performing material and energy balances, distillation column short-cut calculations and rigorous tray-by-tray calculations. Finally, the TOTM will determine the optimum feed tray location by the short-cut and rigorous methods.
Read More >1 Feb, 2018
How to Prevent Formation Damage
Formation damage can adversely affect production rates, efficiency and recovery factors of a well. Research has shown that there are many causes of formation damage, and the effect of these sources and well activities can be summed as damage associated with either the movement and bridging of fine solids or chemical reactions resulting in precipitates and changes in wettability. In this tip of the month (TOTM), we will discuss the causes of formation damage, its effects and how to prevent formation damage from occurring during well activities.
Read More >2 Jan, 2018
Ideal Water Content Correlation for Sweet Natural Gas
In this TOTM, we will evaluate pressure and temperature applicability ranges and accuracy of the ideal water content correlation for sweet natural gases. In addition, the performance of the ideal water content correlations will be compared with the equation of state-based rigorous calculation methods.
Read More >5 Dec, 2017
How Does Horizontal Well Planning Differ from Other Directional Wells?
In this Tip of the Month (TOTM) you will learn about the steps of horizontal well planning including determining target constraints, build rate, tangent section and more.
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