Surface Equipment Facilities

What are the Goals?

By the end of this training course participants will be able to:

• Identify the main surface facilities equipment, different types, application, selection criteria, the instrument & control devices used, the protection & safety devices installed
• Understand the working principles of each equipment
• Describe the operating context to maximize the equipment reliability and mitigate failure
• Describe the range of application of different types and categories
• Be familiar with common faults and its remedies
• Acquire knowledge on plant equipment operations and troubleshooting
• Review the operational systems, checklists and procedures adopted for process plant equipment commissioning and startup
• Anticipate and avoid all problems associated with oil and gas process plant equipment start-up/shutdown and operate process plants with safety as the prime consideration
• Be fully aware with the equipment used to process and transport produced oil, gas, and water including separators, heater-treaters, tanks, gas dehydration and sour gas sweetening systems, equipment used to clarify produced water, pumps, compressors, and heat exchange equipment
• Understand the effects of produced fluid compositions (oil/gas/water) on facility equipment selection and operation

Who is this Training Course for?

This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Production Engineers
• Process Engineers
• Operation Engineers
• Operation Staff
• Technical Supervisory Staff

Daily Agenda

Day One: Overview of Oil and Gas Surface Production Facilities 

• Introduction
• Production Fluid Properties and Hydrocarbon Properties
• Qualitative phase behavior and reservoirs
• Typical sales/disposal specifications
• Different Process Facility Configurations
• Flowlines, piping and gathering systems
• Static Equipment
• Separators
• Principles of Separation
• Separator Application
• Separators Classification
• Stage Separation
• Separators Sizing
• Separators Operation and Troubleshooting
• Heat Exchangers and Coolers
• Types of heat exchangers 
• Basic concepts of heat exchangers construction
• Operation and troubleshooting
• Storage Tanks
• General considerations
• Design, selection, operation and troubleshooting

Day Two: Oil Treatment 

• Oil Dehydration/Desalting
• Emulsions
• Emulsifying Agents
• Emulsion Terminology
• Treatment Equipment
• Electrical Desalting of Crude Oils
• Desalters
• Heatertreaters (horizontal & vertical)
• Electrostatic heatertreaters
• Gumbarrels
• Wash tanks

Day Three: Gas Conditioning and Processing 

• Overview of Gas Conditioning and Processing
• Gas composition and sales gas specifications
• Gas Dehydration Systems
• Gas Sweetening Systems
• NGL Recovery and Fractionation
• Distillation and Fractionation Towers
• Trayed and Packed columns design and operation
• Operating columns in fouling service
• Tower operation and troubleshooting

Day Four: Rotating Equipment

• Compressors
• Gas compression system
• General considerations
• Compressor system design and selection
• Operation and troubleshooting
•  Pumps
• General considerations
• Pump system design, selection, operation and troubleshooting
• Examples and Case Studies
• Gas Turbines
• General considerations
• System design, selection, operation and troubleshooting

Day Five: Design and Operation of Flare System  

• Safety implications and causes of overpressure
• Overpressure protection principles
• Swiss-cheese model
• Relieving capacity determination
• Selection and sizing of relieving devices
• Flare types
• Flare Design
• Flare operation and controlling emissions
• Zero flaring concept