This Applied Water Technology in Oil and Gas Production training course will serve both as an introduction to the subject and will greatly assist the candidates to progress to a more detailed knowledge of this industry. It is suitable to a wide range of professionals and will greatly benefit:
- Plant and field engineers
- Chemists, new engineers needing to understand produced water related problems in the production of oil and gas
- Engineering and technical managers and supervisors
- Maintenance coordinators
- Operations and manufacturing managers and supervisors
- Foremen and team leaders
- Those interested in obtaining a general understanding of the industry
The Course Content
Day One: Oilfield Water Chemistry
- Fundamentals of Water Chemistry
- Water treatment microbiology
- Water Scaling
- Corrosion and Control
- Environmental Regulations and Water Specifications
- Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD)
- Water Sampling and Analysis
Day Two: Oilfield Water Generation, Separation Theory & Principles
- Produced Water Generation and Management Practices
- Environmental Impacts Caused by Produced Water
- Emulsions / Stabilization, Destabilization
- Henrys & Stokes Laws / Nucleus & Rate of Rise Theory
- The Nature, Chemistry and Composition of Hydrocarbons
- Equilibrium and Solubility Product First principles
- Water formed scales
Day Three: Separation and Treatment (I)
- Calculation of the solubility product and co-precipitation
- Scaling calculations first principles
- Commercial software - I – ScaleChem
- Commercial software - II – OLI Studio: Corrosion
- Corrosion control
- Gas flotation systems - Dissolved Air/ Induced Gas/ Dispersed Gas
- Key Design Parameters of Flotation / Air-To-Solids Ratio
- Case Study – Calculation of the solubility of BaSO4/ Co precipitation of CaSO4
Day Four: Separation and Treatment (II)
- Desalting Technologies & Equipment
- Electro-deionization
- Gravity Separation Systems /Separators - 2 and 3 Phase
- Skim Tanks / Skim Piles
- API Separators
- Plate Coalescers
- Filtration Technologies & Mechanical filters
- Ion exchange & Membrane processes
- Case Study
Day Five: Produced Water Disposal
- Water injection and disposal systems - theory of operation, corrosion, scale and biological control
- Treatment and Disposal of Produced Water
- Transportation Problems
- De-oiling / Soluble organics removal
- Desalination / Disinfection
- Evaporative processes
- Wastewater recycle / reuse
- Course Review & Close