Oil Production and Processing Facilities

Start Date End Date Venue Fees (US $)
09 Nov 2026 Live-Online $ 2,500 Register
28 Dec 2026 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia $ 4,500 Register

Oil Production and Processing Facilities

Introduction

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. Both onshore and offshore facilities are discussed. Produced water treatment and water injection systems are also covered. Solution gas handling processes and equipment will be discussed at a relatively high level. 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. Exercises requiring calculations are utilized throughout the course. The course intended to complement the G-4 Gas Conditioning and Processing course focused on the gas handling side of the upstream oil and gas facilities area.

Objectives

    • 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

Training Methodology

The course is delivered in a combination of lecture-style and computer-based training. In addition, a significant amount of time is set aside for small working group activity when addressing case study problems. Extensive use is made of case study material to underline the key aspects of the course and to give the delegates exposure to current best practice.

Who Should Attend?

Process/facilities engineers and senior operating personnel involved with the design and operation of oil and produced water processing facilities.

Course Outline

  • Reservoir traps, rocks, and drive mechanisms
  • Phase envelopes and reservoir fluid classification
  • Well inflow performance
  • Artificial lift
  • Gas, oil, and water - composition and properties
  • Oil gathering systems
  • Gas-liquid separation
  • Emulsions
  • Oil-water separation
  • Oil treating
  • Desalting
  • Oil stabilization and sweetening
  • Oil storage and vapor recovery
  • Sand, wax, asphaltenes, and scale
  • Transportation of crude oil
  • Produced water treatment
  • Water injection systems
  • Solution gas handling

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