Oil wells typically produce a combination of hydrocarbon oil, water, gas, and often sand or other solid materials, which may include dissolved minerals like salt and gases such as hydrogen sulfide (H2S). These solids can include sand from the reservoir, dirt, scale, and corrosion byproducts from the tubing.
Before the oil and gas can be sold, it is essential to separate these foreign materials, particularly water and sand. This process is referred to as Crude Oil Treating.
The main goal of Crude Oil Treating is to remove or transform these elements, ensuring the liquid hydrocarbons (crude oil) are ready for sale and can be delivered to refiners.
This Energy training course offers an in-depth look into the theories and technologies behind crude oil treatment. It starts with an introduction to petroleum crude formation and production, covers the phase separation process, explains emulsion theory, and provides insights into crude oil desalting, stabilization, and the mechanisms used to separate water from oil. Additionally, the course covers crude oil storage and loading facilities.
Given the environmental regulations, the produced water also requires treatment. This Crude Oil Treatments training course will highlight the processes and operational conditions needed to meet the necessary specifications for treating produced water.
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of crude oil treatment, from formation to loading for refiners, with a strong focus on oil treatment operations.
This Crude Oil Treatments training course will cover:
- Crude oil formation, accumulation, and production
- Composition and characteristics of crude oil
- Phase separation processes (two-phase and three-phase separation)
- Emulsion formation and treatment
- Crude oil dehydration
- Crude oil desalting
- Crude oil stabilization and sweetening
- Crude oil storage, loading, and other field facilities
- Produced water treatment and disposal
Upon completion of this Crude Oil Treatments training course, participants will have gained practical knowledge and hands-on experience in the following areas:
- Understanding the principles of crude oil formation, accumulation, and production.
- Gaining insight into the composition and characteristics of crude oil.
- Developing a practical understanding of field treatment facilities and their operations.
- Recognizing the properties and behavior of crude oil that influence production processing.
- Learning field processing techniques for treating and conditioning well stream production for sale or final disposal, including separation, dehydration, desalting, stabilization, storage, and loading.
- Acquiring a thorough understanding of the function and operation of various surface facilities and treating equipment.
- The Crude Oil Treatments 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 Energy training 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
It is widely recognized that the growth of an organization is largely influenced by the competence of its employees.
- Providing employees with opportunities to expand their knowledge significantly enhances their job performance.
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- Offering such growth opportunities makes the organization more appealing to potential new hires.
- Employees will become proficient in managing the operational tasks of surface facilities equipment.
- Competent employees save time and effort by making more informed decisions and addressing operational issues promptly.
- Gaining a better understanding of their roles leads to greater job satisfaction for employees.
- Any areas where employees may have weaknesses in their skills should be addressed and improved.
- Training programs are essential to ensure enhanced performance and effectiveness in employee roles.
This Energy training 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
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 Equipment
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 Fields
- Produced / drained Water Treatment & disposal