Oil Separators: Sizing, Selection, Operation, and Trouble Shootings

DESIGNED FOR

Process/Facilities, plant, operation engineers needing skills for process, safety, operation, and troubleshooting of separators.

YOU WILL LEARN

• Different types of separation equipment utilized in the oil and gas industry and where they are used
• Separation performance capabilities of the different types of equipment
• How to size the different types of separation equipment
• How to troubleshoot and debottleneck separation equipment
• How to calculate the wall thickness and estimate the weight of separators
• Instrumentation and controls used on separation equipment

ABOUT THE COURSE

This course covers the different types of separation equipment typically encountered in oil & gas production facilities. Fractionation equipment and produced water treating equipment are not covered in this course. You will learn where the different types of separation equipment are used based on operating conditions and separation performance requirements. Frequent references will be made to real production facility process flow diagrams (PFD’s). Typical operational problems and their solutions will be discussed. Exercises requiring calculations are utilized throughout the course.

COURSE CONTENT

• Fluid properties & phase behavior
• Phase separation processes
• Gas–liquid separation equipment
• Conventional separators (horizontal & vertical)
• Scrubbers
• Filter separators/coalescing filters
• Separator internals
• Inlet devices
• Mist extractors
• Baffles, weirs, etc
• Emulsions
• Oil–water separation equipment
• Conventional 3–phase separators & freewater
• knockouts
• Wash tanks
• Oil treating & desalting equipment
• Mainly electrostatic coalescers
• Mechanical design aspects
• Pressure vessel codes
• Relief requirements

• Operational problems