Course Description:
In addition to the characteristics of crude oil, this course covers surface production facilities, such as well heads, flow lines and inlet manifold, separators, emulsion treaters…etc
Course Goal:
To enhance the delegate knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to deal with surface production facilities
Course Objectives:
By the end of this course, the participant will be able to:
- Understand the characteristics of crude oil.
- Recognize Christmas tree components and valves.
- Recognize flow lines and inlet manifold.
- Identify the importance of separation and recognize separators.
- Be familiar with emulsion treaters – (Heat – Chemical).
- Be familiar with oil treating.
Course Outlines:
- Characteristics of crude Oil.
- Physical properties of hydrocarbon.
- Crude assays.
- Distillation.
- Hydrocarbon Gases.
- Well heads.
- Christmas tree components & valving.
- Master valves.
- Wing valves.
- Chokes.
- SWAB valve.
- Well – surface safety valves (SSV).
- Surface controlled – sub surface safety value. (SC – SSV).
- Flow lines and inlet manifold.
- Separation and separators.
- Emulsion treaters – (Heat – Chemical).
- Oil treating.
- Separators – freewater knockout.
- Heater treaters – other treating methods.
- Chemical – electrical – crude oil coolers (heat exchangers).
- Gas dehydration.
- Gas sweating & sulpher recovery.
- Flare stacks and vent system.
Who Can Benefit?
All petroleum personnel
