PROGRAM'S BACKGROUND

Oil & gas test separators are designed for foamy oil degassing and associated gas treatment in gas collecting and treatment units at oil and gas fields. Oil & gas separators are used at first stage, intermediate and final stages of oil preparation units. Most refinery processes include one or more separators and the impact on unit performance is often overlooked. Poor separator design and performance can result in foaming in the separator, gas carry under in oil or water streams, liquid carry over in the gas stream, excessive water in oil stream, oil carry under in the water stream or poor level control.

This program provides you with the best coverage and knowledge needed in petroleum and natural gas separation process. It is a comprehensive source for the newest developments, advances, and procedures in the separation industry, covering everything from theory of separation, construction of separators, control of separators, separator safety systems to operation of separators.

This program covers the different types of separators typically encountered in oil and gas production facilities. 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 how the types of separators are incorporated into real production facility process flow diagrams. 

PROGRAM'S OBJECTIVES

This Program’s Attendees Will Be More Able To Know About:

›       New separation technology

›       Separator operation, control and process problems

›       The different types of separators utilized in the oil and gas industry and where they are used

›       The separation performance capabilities of the different types of separators and their usage in the oil & gas industry

›       The vertical up-flow separator (UVF) and its applications

›       Horizontal longitudinal flow separator (HLF) and its applications

›       Removing aerosol mists from gas streams using the mist-trap v horizontal and h horizontal coalescing separators

›       New developments in separation process

›       How to troubleshoot oil & gas separators

›       How to calculate the wall thickness and estimate the weight of separators

›       The instrumentation and controls used on separation equipment

PROGRAM'S ATTENDEES

›       Process Engineers

›       Facilities Engineers

›       Production Engineers

›       Sub-center Operators

›       Production Operators and Technicians

›       Well Testers

›       Oil & Gas Industry Personnel

PROGRAM'S OUTLINE

INTRODUCTION

›       Purpose of separation

›       Principles of separation

›       Types of separators

›       Separator construction and functions

GAS SEPARATION & TREATING

›       Two and three phase separation

›       Free water removal

›       Treatment of emulsions

›       Hydrate prevention and treatment

›       Vapor recovery

›       Gas conditioning for sales

›       Injection or field usage

›       Fine treated gas separators

›       Cellular gas separators

GAS & LIQUID SEPARATION EQUIPMENT

›       Slug catchers

›       Conventional separators (horizontal & vertical)

›       Scrubbers

›       Filter separators/coalescing filters

SEPARATOR INTERNALS

›       Inlet devices

›       Mist extractors

›       Baffles, weirs, etc.

EMULSIONS

OIL & WATER (SEPARATION & TREATMENT)

›       Two and three phase separation

›       Free-water knockouts

›       Emulsion breaking

›       Asphaltene, solids control

›       Removal of residual oil-in-water and water-in-oil to meet pipeline specifications or injection

›       Disposal requirements

›       Hydro cyclones and new water / oil treating equipment

›       Wash tanks

MECHANICAL DESIGN ASPECTS

›       Pressure vessel codes

›       Wall thickness & vessel weight estimation

›       Material selection

›       Relief requirements

TYPES OF SEPARATORS (APPLICATIONS & USAGE)

VERTICAL UPFLOW SEPARATOR (UVF) & ITS APPLICATIONS

›       Fuel gas scrubbers

›       Slug catchers

›       Surge vessels

›       Gas vent vessels

›       Small capacity production separators

›       Test separators

HORIZONTAL LONGITUDINAL FLOW SEPARATOR (HLF) & ITS APPLICATION

›       Production separators

›       Test separators

›       Gas scrubbers

›       Wellhead separators

›       Slug catchers

›       Free water knockouts

›       Degassing drums

›       Flare scrubbers

›       Inlet separators and floating production separators

HORIZONTAL DUAL FLOW SEPARATOR & ITS APPLICATIONS

VERTICAL CROSSFLOW (VHFTM/VHFM) SEPARATOR AND ITS WIDE RANGE OF APPLICATIONS

WHIRLYSCRUB SEPARATORS (VERTICAL & HORIZONTAL)

GAS-LIQUID CYLINDRICAL CYCLONE (GLCC) FOR COMPACT GAS LIQUID SEPARATIONS

›       Inlet or wellhead test separators

›       Two-phase production separators

›       Flash separators before oil treaters or water treating equipment

›       Vessel debottlenecking by removing excess gas from the flow stream in advance

MISTTRAP H HORIZONTAL COALESCING SEPARATOR

VERTICAL GRAVITY SEPARATOR (VGS) & ITS APPLICATIONS

›       Oil refineries

›       Mechanical programs

›       Service stations

›       Metal production and recycling

›       Power stations

›       Process water recycling

›       Vehicle dismantling/repair

›       Remediation systems

›       Waste processing

SEPARATORS CONTROL

SEPARATORS OPERATION

SEPARATORS PROCESS PROBLEMS

NEW SEPARATORS TECHNOLOGY

ADDITIONAL DETAILS