What are the Goals?
By the end of this PetroKnowledge training course, participants will be able to:
- Learn the details of the impact of effective oilfield water chemistry
- Comprehend how to assess the oilfield production liquid separation principles
- Understand the importance of proper water treatment
- Appreciate the importance of reusing produced water
- Develop skills necessary to evaluate the technologies used in oil and water separation
Who is this Training Course for?
- Engineering and Technical Personnel involved in water treatment
- Maintenance Coordinators
- Operations and Manufacturing Managers and Supervisors
- Foremen and Team Leaders
- Plant and Field Engineers
- New Engineers
- Those interested in obtaining a general understanding of water treatment technology
Day One: Oilfield Water Chemistry
- The Nature, Chemistry and Composition of Hydrocarbons
- Water Chemistry Fundamentals
- Environmental Regulations and Water Specifications
- Environmental Impacts Caused by Produced Water
- Water Sampling and Analysis
- Test Methods for Oil and Grease in water
- Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD)
Day Two: Oilfield Production Liquid Separation Principles
- Produced Water Generation and Production and Management Practices
- Wastewater recycle / reuse
- Water Scaling, Corrosion Control and Microbiology of Water
- Emulsions / Stabilization, Destabilization
- Simulation Software to predict water quality for injection
- Case Study Scaling Software demonstration
Day Three: Crude Oil Desalting
- Principles of flotation
- Dissolved/ Induced/ dispersed Air/ Gas Flotation
- Key Design Parameters of Flotation
- Henrys & Stokes Laws
- Nucleus & Rate of Rise Theory
Day Four: Separation and Treatment (I)
- Mechanical filters & Filtration Technologies
- Gravity Separation Systems
- Skim Tanks & Piles
- API Separators
- Plate Coalescers
- Evaporative processes
Day Five: Day 5: Separation and Treatment (II)
- Desalting Technologies
- Electro deionization
- Ion exchange
- Membrane processes
- Desalination