SURFACE PRODUCTION FACILITIES

DESIGN, SELECTION, INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND SURVEILLANCE

OF OIL AND WATER HANDLING FACILITIES

 

DR. Maurice Stewart, PE., CSP.

 
 
 

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

 
 
  • Develop a “feel” for the important parameters in designing, selecting, specifying, operating and trouble-shooting surface production facilities

  • Understand the uncertainties and assumptions inherent in designing and operating the equipment  in these systems and the limitations, advantages and disadvantages associated with their use

  • How to size, select, specify, operate, maintain, test and trouble-shoot surface equipment used in gas/oil/water facilities such as separators, heater treaters, wash tanks, gun-barrels, storage tanks, pumps, ACT units and produced water disposal and injection equipment

  • How to evaluate and choose the correct process for a given situation

NOTE: The course maintains a balance between lecture and in-class exercises, and between theory and application.  In-class exercise sessions are evenly dispersed throughout the course to emphasize the principles covered.

 

Dr. Stewart has a storehouse of knowledge and experience that he passes along to help the participants get a unique multidiscipline approach to combine electrical, mechanical, civil and petroleum methods in solving the problems associated with surface production facilities.

 
     
 

COURSE OUTLINE

 
 

Basic Principles

  • Oilfield chemistry

  • Basic hydrocarbon chemistry

  • Physical properties

  • Phase behavior

  • Flash Calculations

Overview of Production Processes

  • Introduction to field facilities

  • Hydrocarbon reservoirs and reservoir fluid characteristics

  • Major operational functions

  • Equipment and facilities

  • Offshore considerations

Separation

  • Fundamentals

  • Separator construction

  • Factors affecting separation

  • Gas-liquid separation

  • Vessel operation

  • Vessel internals

  • Separator operation considerations

  • Liquid-liquid separation

  • Two-phase sizing

  • Three-phase sizing

  • Mechanical design using the ASME Code

Emulsions and Oil Treating

  • Emulsion theory

  • Factors affecting emulsion stability

  • Emulsion treating methods

  • Emulsion treating equipment

-  FWKO’s

Gun-barrels

Wash Tanks with external gas boots

Vertical/horizontal heater treaters

-  Electrostatic heater treaters

-  Oil Dehydrators and Desalters

  • Emulsion treating equipment sizing

  • Practical design of an oil treating system

Water Treating

  • Basic considerations

  • Pre-treatment considerations

  • Upstream equipment considerations

  • Process considerations

  • Water treating equipment

-   API Separators

-   Skimmer Tanks and Vessels

-   Plate Separators (Downflow/Upflow/Crossflow)

-   Free-flow Turbulent Coalescers

-   Induced Gas Flotation Units (Mechanical/Hydraulic)

-   Sparger Units

-   Hydrocyclones

-   Combination Units

  • Information required for design

  • Influent water quality

  • Equipment selection and performance

Filtration

  • Solids removal principles

  • Water injection system treatment steps

  • Solids removal equipment

           -   Multimedia Filtration

           -   Deep-bed Upflow Filters

           -   Deep-bed Downflow Filters

           -   Deep-bed Nutshell Filters

           -   Equipment selection and performance

Pumps

  • Fluid principles and hydraulics

  • Hydrostatics

  • Hydrodynamics

  • NPSH requirements

  • Power requirements

  • Pump selection

Measurement

  • Oil and Water Metering

  • Accuracy

  • Positive displacement Meters

  • Turbine meters

  • ACT Unit Components and Operation

  • Basis of meter proving

  • Requirements for proving

Process Control and Safety Systems

  • Process control

  • Elements of a process control system

  • Control loops

  • Automatic control loops

  • Closed loop control

  • Automatic control loops

  • Control modes

  • Advanced control

  • Algorithms

  • Controller tuning

  • Control philosophy

  • Undesirable Events

 
 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

 
 
  • Design and construction engineers, team leaders/coordinators, operations engineers, construction coordinators, maintenance team leaders/engineers, operations team leaders and other personnel who are or will be responsible for the designing, selecting, sizing, specifying, installing, testing, operating and maintaining oil and water handling facilities

  • Experienced professionals who want to review or broaden their understanding of oil and water handling facilities

  • Professionals with little to moderate production facility design and/or operations background

  • Other professionals who want a better understanding of the subject matter

 

Learn how to Design, Select, Specify, Install, Operate, Test and Trouble-Shoot

 
 

COURSE MATERIALS

 
 
  • A copy of the newly revised 2nd Edition of Volume 1 of the widely acclaimed “Surface Production Operations: Design of Oil Handling Facilities,” written by Ken Arnold and Dr. Maurice Stewart.  This textbook continues to be the standard for industry, and has been used by thousands since its first printing over fifteen years ago. 

  • A comprehensive set of lecture notes for after course reading and reference

  • An extensive set of practical in-class “case study” exercises specifically developed by Dr. Stewart that emphasizes the design and “trouble-shooting” pitfalls often encountered in the industry.  The suitability and applicability of the case studies is recognized as one of the best in the industry.           

 
 

YOUR COURSE INSTRUCTOR

 
 

Dr. Maurice Stewart, PE, CSP, a Registered Professional Engineer with over 40 years international consulting experience in project management; designing, selecting, specifying, installing, operating, plant optimizing, retrofitting and trouble-shooting oil, water and gas handling, conditioning and processing facilities; leading hazards analysis reviews and risk assessments.

He is internationally respected for his teaching excellence and series of widely acclaimed textbooks in the areas of designing, selecting, specifying, installing, operating and trouble-shooting: 1) oil and water handling facilities, 2) gas handling, conditioning and processing facilities, 3) facility piping and pipeline systems, 4) gas sweetening, 5) gas dehydration, 6) pumps, compressors and drivers, 7) instrumentation, process control and safety systems, 8) oil and gas measurement and metering systems and 9) conducting safety audits, hazards reviews and risk assessments. Dr. Stewart is one of the co-authors of the SPE Petroleum Engineering HandbookHe has authored and co-authored over 90 technical papers and has contributed to numerous conferences as a keynote speaker. To date, Dr. Stewart has taught over 60,000 professionals in 90 countriesHe has provided consultation and/or instruction in virtually every oil and gas production sector in the world, including the Middle East, UAE, Northern and Western Africa, Angola, Nigeria, North Sea, Western and Southern Europe, China, Central Asia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Brunei, India, Kazakhstan, Central and South America, Australia, Canada and throughout the United States.

He has provided consultation and/or instruction to well over 100 oil and gas related companies worldwide and is currently held on retainer by a number of companies where he regularly provides consultation regarding complex oil and gas issues related to surface production facilities.  A partial list of his clients include: Abu Dhabi Oil Company, Exxon USA, Esso Producing Malaysia Inc, Petronas, Petronas Carigali, Petronas Gas, Sarawak Shell, Gas Malaysia, BP, DeltaAfrik, Occidential Petroleum, Kuwait Oil Company, Saudia ARAMCO, AMOCO, ADNOC, Qatar Oil Company, Nipon Oil Company, Shell USA, Conoco Inc., Brunei Shell, DeltaAfrik, Oryax Ecuador Energy Company, Petro-Amazonas, Petro-Ecuador, British Gas, Texaco, Petro China, Petro Viet Nam, Maxus Indonesia, Maxus Ecuador Inc., CNOOC, Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Ltd., Caltex Pacific Indonesia, Vico Indonesia, Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, PTTEP, Chevron Nigeria Ltd., Chevron Overseas Producing Inc., Chevron USA, Chevron Thailand, Pertamina, UNOCAL Indonesia, UNOCAL USA, Unocal Thailand, Spirit Energy 76 ,ChevronTexaco, Medco, Migas, Total Indonesie, TotalFinaElf Myanmar, Total Fina Elf, Total E&P, Sonangol P&P, Exspan, Tengizchevoil, Exxon Mobil, Mobil USA and Royal Dutch Shell.

He also serves on numerous international committees responsible for developing or revising industry Codes, Standards and Recommended Practices for such organizations as ANSI, API, ASME, ISA, NACE and SPE.  Dr. Stewart is currently serving on the following American Petroleum Institute (API) committees: API RP 14C, RP 14E, RP 14F, RP 14G, RP 14J, RP 500 and RP 75. Dr. Stewart has developed and taught worldwide short courses for API related to Surface Production Operations.  In 1985, Dr. Stewart rived the National Society of Professional Engineers “Engineer-of-the-year” award.

He is very active in the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).  He served on the board of directors for the Delta Section for over 10 years, chairman and committee member of the professional engineering registration committee for five years and chairman of the continuing education committee for eight years.  For twelve years he conducted a review course that prepared petroleum engineers for the “Principles and Practice” examination in Petroleum Engineering.  He developed and has taught worldwide short courses for SPE related to Surface Production Operations.  For his continuous effort in the advancement of Petroleum Engineering he was awarded the SPE Regional Service Award.

Dr. Stewart holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana State University and MS degrees in Mechanical, Civil (Structural Option) and Petroleum Engineering from Tulane University and a Ph.D in Petroleum Engineering from Tulane University.  Dr. Stewart served as a Professor of Petroleum Engineering at Tulane University and Louisiana State University.

 
 
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