Download this PDF extract to preview the content of Module 4 – Topside Processes: Production, Storage and Export.
This Module will give you a solid understanding of:
- Reservoir fluids (oil and gas), how they vary from field to field and how this determines the processing system requirements
- The working principles of the separators, inter-heaters and electrostatic coalescers and their typical uses in oil separation
- The working principles of gas compressors, coolers and dehydration equipment in the gas compression and treatment systems
- How hydro-cyclones and degassers work
- The treatment of water injection
- The purpose of filters, sterilising units, de-aerators and water injection pumps, and sulphate removal
- The legislation requirements for the level of retained oil in the produced water for disposal into the sea, and the process equipment to achieve this
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