An intensive professional development training course on
Applied Water Technology
in Oil and Gas Production
The Chemistry of Produced Water Processing and Disposal
Why Choose this Training Course?
This Applied Water Technology in Oil and Gas Production training course introduces the essential chemistry involved in managing produced, connate, and flooding water issues. It covers various aspects, including produced oily water treatment, scaling and corrosion monitoring and control, bacterial growth, and wellbore pore blockage.
The production of both conventional and unconventional fossil fuels inherently generates substantial volumes of wastewater that must be treated to meet environmental standards before discharge. Additionally, flooding or injection water must meet specific quality requirements to prevent wellbore pore blockage and bacterial growth. Despite its significance, proper water treatment is often underestimated due to the considerable variation in available water sources. Produced water, which contains oil, suspended solids, and dissolved salts, necessitates mandatory treatment before disposal. This course will enhance understanding of effective oil and water separation, which is crucial not only for water injection/reuse but also for reducing disposal quantities and meeting stringent environmental discharge regulations.
This AZTech training course will enable participants to:
- Learn the chemistry and physics behind wellbore pore blockage, scaling, and corrosion.
- Understand the biochemical effects of bacterial growth in flooding operations.
- Comprehend the physics and mechanics of effective oil and water separation.
- Recognize the importance of reusing produced/formation water.
- Acquire practical techniques for produced water treatment and management.
- Gain insights into the scaling process from first principles and understand the chemistry and thermodynamics involved in scaling.
What are the Goals?
In this AZTech training course you will:
- Learn the details of the impact of effective oilfield water chemistry
- Understand the importance of proper water treatment
- Comprehend how to assess oilfield production liquid separation principles
- Understanding and resolve operational problems in process equipment
- Develop skills necessary to evaluate the technologies used in oil and water separation
- Gain hands on techniques with commercial scaling software and understand the chemistry behind it
Who is this Training Course for?
This training course will serve both as an introduction to the subject and will greatly assist the candidates to progress to a more detailed knowledge of this industry. It is suitable to a wide range of professionals and will greatly benefit:
- Plant and field engineers
- Chemists, new engineers needing to understand produced water related problems in the production of oil and gas
- Engineering and technical managers and supervisors
- Maintenance coordinators
- Operations and manufacturing managers and supervisors
- Foremen and team leaders
- Those interested in obtaining a general understanding of the industry
How will this Training Course be Presented?
A range of interactive training methods will be used including practical exercises, case studies, question and answer sessions and group discussions to cover current practices in the field. In addition, commercial software will be used and demonstrated. Presentations will underpin topics that highlight key issues on oil water separation technologies and short films and animated exercises will be used during the program to enhance the participants’ knowledge of the subject. The training manual will support the learning experiences and provide additional reference material and examples.
The Course Content
Day One: Oilfield Water Chemistry
- Fundamentals of Water Chemistry
- Water treatment microbiology
- Water Scaling
- Corrosion and Control
- Environmental Regulations and Water Specifications
- Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD)
- Water Sampling and Analysis
Day Two: Oilfield Water Generation, Separation Theory & Principles
- Produced Water Generation and Management Practices
- Environmental Impacts Caused by Produced Water
- Emulsions / Stabilization, Destabilization
- Henrys & Stokes Laws / Nucleus & Rate of Rise Theory
- The Nature, Chemistry and Composition of Hydrocarbons
- Equilibrium and Solubility Product First principles
- Water formed scales
Day Three: Separation and Treatment (I)
- Calculation of the solubility product and co-precipitation
- Scaling calculations first principles
- Commercial software - I – ScaleChem
- Commercial software - II – OLI Studio: Corrosion
- Corrosion control
- Gas flotation systems - Dissolved Air/ Induced Gas/ Dispersed Gas
- Key Design Parameters of Flotation / Air-To-Solids Ratio
- Case Study – Calculation of the solubility of BaSO4/ Co precipitation of CaSO4
Day Four: Separation and Treatment (II)
- Desalting Technologies & Equipment
- Electro-deionization
- Gravity Separation Systems /Separators - 2 and 3 Phase
- Skim Tanks / Skim Piles
- API Separators
- Plate Coalescers
- Filtration Technologies & Mechanical filters
- Ion exchange & Membrane processes
- Case Study
Day Five: Produced Water Disposal
- Water injection and disposal systems - theory of operation, corrosion, scale and biological control
- Treatment and Disposal of Produced Water
- Transportation Problems
- De-oiling / Soluble organics removal
- Desalination / Disinfection
- Evaporative processes
- Wastewater recycle / reuse
- Course Review & Close
The Certificate
- AZTech Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course
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