Petroleum Production Engineering II (Surface Production Operations)

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. apply the concept of fluid separation using different types of separators; 2. explain the problems with fluid separation: emulsion, foaming, dehydration and treatment processes; and 3. undertake Separator and Compressor Design and explain the thermodynamics of compressors and compressor efficiencies.

Surface Equipment: Gathering systems, Design and Testing of flow lines, service and cleaning of systems. Phase separation: Separation process, separators and components design and construction of separators, dehydration, emulsion problems and treatment. Dew-point depression. Absorption and adsorption.