GAS DEHYDRATION AND GLYCOL REGENERATION

OBJECTIVE

After participate in this course, the participants will be able and capable to:

• Understand the basic concept of oil , gas and water handling processes and facilities, and how to operate this technology in field application.
• Diagnostic of oil and gas reservoir performance under actual drive mechanism and future performance with current handling processes.
• Analyze the production potential of reservoir under with actual handling system processes and to plan the better development processes according to reservoir capacity.
• Understand the fundamentals of microscopic and macroscopic aspects and phenomena of oil, gas and water handling processes.

COURSE CONTENTS

Introduction

• Overview of Oil and Gas Production
• Pipelines and Risers
• Wellheads, Manifolds and Gathering

Oil Emulsion

• Energy of Agitation
• Emulsifying Agents
• Removal of Free Water
• Resolution of Emulsified Oil
• Treating the Emulsion

Dehydration / Treating Processes

Gas Dehydration

• Direct Cooling
• Absorption of Water in Glycols
• Adsorption of Water by a Solid
• Glycol Reboiler/ Regenerator
• Glycol Energy Exchange Pump
• Glycol Contactor
• Molecular sieve dehydration system

Heating

• Methods of Heating Oil Emulsions
• Heat Requirement
• Types of Heater Treater
• Filters, Scrubbers,
• Re-boilers and Heat Exchangers

Chemical Treatment

• Selection and Injection of Chemicals (Demulsifiers)

Design of Treaters

• Sizing Horizontal Treaters
• Sizing Vertical Treaters

Glycol Dehydration Process (Absorption)

• Basic Principles
• Absorption System
• Pressure and Temperature Considerations
• Process Design

Solid-bed Dehydration (Adsorption)

• Operation of Solid-Bed Dehydrator
• Design of Adsorber for Gas Dehydration

Glycol Regeneration and Regeneration Heat Requirements

Who Should Attend

The course is intended for engineers, supervisor, inspectors responsible.

INSTRUCTOR

Dr. Ir. Viktor Malau, DEA  and Team