Oil Water Treatment Technology

Overview:

Introduction:

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.

Program Objectives:

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• 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.

Targeted Audience:

• Engineering and technical personnel involved in water treatment.

• Maintenance coordinators.

• Operations and manufacturing managers and supervisors.

• Foremen and team leaders.

• Plant and field engineers.

Program Outline:

Unit 1:

Oilfield Water Chemistry:

• 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).

Unit 2:

Oilfield Production Liquid Separation Principles:

• 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.

Unit 3:

Crude Oil Desalting:

• 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.

Unit 4:

Separation and Treatment (I):

• Mechanical filters and filtration technologies.

• Gravity separation systems.

• Skim tanks and piles.

• API separators.

• Plate coalescers and evaporative processes.

Unit 5:

Separation and Treatment (II):

• Desalting technologies.

• Electro-deionization techniques.

• Ion exchange processes.

• Membrane processes for water treatment.

• Desalination methods and technologies.