The training program is designed to equip participants with skills to efficiently treat oil-contaminated water. Through it, participants will explore separation techniques, filtration processes, and chemical treatments, enabling them to effectively address oil-water treatment challenges and improve operational efficiency.
Identify the impact of effective oilfield water chemistry on operations.
Assess the principles of oilfield production liquid separation.
Recognize the importance of proper water treatment processes.
Appreciate the benefits and methods of reusing produced water.
Evaluate technologies used in oil and water separation.
Engineering and technical personnel involved in water treatment.
Maintenance coordinators.
Operations and manufacturing managers and supervisors.
Foremen and team leaders.
Plant and field engineers.
The nature, chemistry, and composition of hydrocarbons.
Water chemistry fundamentals.
Environmental regulations and water specifications.
Environmental impacts caused by produced water.
Water sampling and analysis: test methods for oil and grease, Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD).
Produced water generation, production, and management practices.
Wastewater recycling and reuse.
Water scaling, corrosion control, and microbiology.
Emulsions: stabilization and destabilization.
Simulation software for predicting water quality for injection.
Principles of flotation: dissolved, induced, and dispersed air/gas flotation.
Key design parameters of flotation: air-to-solids ratio.
Henry’s and Stokes’ laws.
Nucleus and rate of rise theory.
Desalting fundamentals and techniques.
Mechanical filters and filtration technologies.
Gravity separation systems.
Skim tanks and piles.
API separators.
Plate coalescers and evaporative processes.
Desalting technologies.
Electro-deionization techniques.
Ion exchange processes.
Membrane processes for water treatment.
Desalination methods and technologies.
