FIELD WATER MANAGEMENT IN OIL & GAS INDUSTRY

COURSE DESCRIPTION

A comprehensive course, which deals with produced water treatment and handling within the overall context of oil production operations, it provides a brief review of water in the reservoir and the methods by which water is produced to allow forecasting of rates for equipment sizing considerations. Includes review of Water Chemistry, Sampling Procedures, Scales, Waxes, Corrosion, Bacteria, Inhibitors and Treatments, Surface Equipment for Oil and Water Handling, Separation, Emulsions and Treatment, of Water, Disposal Practices.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Process Engineers, Laboratory Chemists, Pipeline and Production Engineers, Hydro-Geologists, Environmental advisers, Production Geologists and individuals involved in handling, Treating and Disposal of Produced Water.

OUTLINES

In this course participants will learn from and discuss with professional instructor the following subjects:

1.     Proper Water Sampling

Sample Containers, Sample Amount, On –Site Analysis, Source of Produced Water

2.     Water Treating

Use of Water in Oil Recovery, Required Water Quality, Source of Injection Water, Problems with Injection Water, Typical Treatment Systems, Open VS closed Systems

3.     Water Disposal Practices

Introduction, Production Formation, Re-Injection into the Production Formation, Selection of Other, Deep Well Disposal Formations, Disposal Well Completions, Offshore Disposal, Other Disposal Practices

4.     Scales

Sources of Scales, Scales Deposition and Identification, Scales Removal, Scale Control, Scale Inhibitors, Predicting Scale Formation, Treating Problems, Squeeze Treatments

5.     Treatment and other Tests

Scale Inhibitors, Information Requirements, Types of Inhibitors, Methods of Treatment, Selecting the Inhibitors, System Monitoring

6.     Corrosion Fundamentals

Definitions and Forms, Electro-Chemical, Corrosion, Factors in Corrosion, Types of Corrosion Control, Factors Governing Oil-well Corrosion, Choosing the correct Corrosion Inhibitor

7.     Bacteria

Introduction, Types of Organisms, Recognition of Bacterial Problems, Detection of Microorganisms, Sampling Procedure, Controlling Microbial Corrosion

8.     Wax

What Is It?, Problems associated with wax, Wax Formation and its Removal, Control of Deposition, Screening Test, Points to watch for wax problems

9.     Surface Tension

Reservoir Wettability, Capillarity and Repartition, Irreducible Water Saturation, Displacement Pressure, Displacement of Oil, Relationship between Permeability and Fluid Saturations, Reservoir Fluid Properties

10.Surface Equipment – Oil Handling

Flow Lines and Test Separators, Free Water Knock Outs, Heaters and Heater Treaters, Cheme-Electric, Gun-barrels Storage, Tanks and Oil Metering

11.An Overview of Geology and Hydrocarbon accumulation

Introduction, Classification of Rock, Origin and Habitat of Oil, Hydrocarbon Reservoirs, Subsurface Mapping, Reservoir Temperature and Pressure

12.Relative Permeability and Saturations

What is an Emulsion, Formation of an Emulsion, Breaking the Emulsion, Action of chemical Demulsifiers, Selecting the Best Demulsifier, Bottle tests

13.Reservoir Drive Mechanisms

Oil Reservoirs, Solution Gas Reservoir, Gas Cap Expansion Reservoirs, Water Drive Reservoirs, Recovery Efficiencies, Pressure Maintenance and Secondary Recovery Schemes, Water Production

INSTRUCTOR

M. Sri Prasetyo Budi, ST., MT & Team