Production Assurance - Troubleshooting and Guidelines in Oil & Gas Operations (PRO04)

9-13 October 20235 daysVienna, AustriaCourse Fee: 3750 EUR + VAT

Description

During the remaining lifetime of an oil or gas field, the application of economic methods in the treatment process is a prerequisite for ensuring compliance with specifications for the gas, oil, and water phase.
This course bridges the gap between process technology and production chemistry. It includes aspects common to operational issues such as organic precipitates (asphaltenes and waxes), water treatment and quality for re-injection, causes of non-effective treatment plants, modern ways of optimising treatment units, corrosion prevention and rules of bacteria in oil and gas production, scale formation, as well as system surveillance strategies.
Based on practical experience possible causes of failure in production operation are explained and discussed in detail.

Course Level: Advanced
Instructor: Wolfram Kleinitz

Designed for you, if you are...

An engineer, project manager, production chemist, or a member of field operational staff currently or potentially involved in natural gas or oil production and storage operations
Seeking an overview of sustainable improvements in the gas/oil production process

How we build your confidence

The course focuses on practical onsite experience. Case histories (video support) and practical examples will be subdivided into the following sections: System description, theoretical background, failure potentials, weak points and recommendation to mitigate possible negative production effects or to prevent further damage in the operational system.

The benefits from attending

By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:

The efficiency of oil and gas treatment systems
Modern concepts against asphaltene and wax precipitation
Formation of foam in oil production
The impact of chemicals in oil and gas production and treatment
How to identify weaknesses in the production and treatment train
Definition and monitoring water quality for re-injection
The rules for Oxygen in production and material selection
How to control and improve the efficiency of treatment units
The impact of SRB’s (Sulphate Reducing Bacteria) in oil and gas production
The effective use of hydrates and hydrate inhibitors in gas production
The conditions for scale formation in treatment systems
Sustainable stimulation concepts to assure well capacity
The interpretation of chemical analyses from bailer samples
Types of corrosion in treatment and injection systems
Application of flow analyses in treatment unit by tracers
Modern ways of demulsifier screening processes
Rules of Halite precipitation in condensate treatment processes

Topics

Elimination of organic precipitates in oil production
Inhibitor and tracer screening and its application
Water quality and impact on re-injection systems
Main causes of non-effective treatment plants
Impact of retention time on separation processes
Methods for getting reliable samples for further analyses
SRB’s activity and MIC in oil and gas production
Evaluation of different gas dehydration processes
Rules of sulphate, carbonate and NORM scale formation
Overview of scale calculating programs
How to control corrosion in production operation
Production operation in the tail-end phase of oil fields
Troubleshooting in gas dehydration systems
Formation of halite scale in gas production and storage
Troubleshooting in treatment plants for tail-end production
Modern aspects in screening corrosion inhibitors
Interpretation aids of commercial well treatment chemicals

Customer Feedback

"Topics covered very well the operational issues at our field & other options for solutions, course topics always supported by case histories." - Sr. Production Technologist at Addax

"Enthusiastic and knowledgeable presenter" - Petroleum Engineer at BG Group