About
This course delves into the upstream and downstream aspects of oil production and transportation. It covers various reservoir types, product characterization, wellhead and artificial lift operations, gathering systems, crude oil treating facilities to meet product specifications, and transportation to refineries where refined products are manufactured. It discusses both onshore and offshore facilities, including produced water treating and water injection systems. Solution gas handling processes and equipment are covered at a high level. In addition to the engineering aspects, the course addresses practical operating problems such as emulsion treatment, sand handling, and dealing with wax and asphaltenes. Exercises requiring calculations are included throughout. This course is intended to complement the G-4 Gas Conditioning and Processing course, which focuses on the gas handling side of upstream oil and gas facilities.
Target Audience
You Will Learn
- Well inflow performance and its impact on production/processing facilities
- About oil, gas, and water compositions and properties needed for equipment selection and sizing
- How to select and evaluate processes and equipment used to meet sales or disposal specifications
- To apply physical and thermodynamic property correlations and principles to the design and evaluation of oil production and processing facilities
- How to perform equipment sizing calculations for major production facility separation equipment
- To evaluate processing configurations for different applications
- How to recognize and develop solutions to operating problems in oil/water processing facilities