Project number
16091
Organization
UA Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Academic year
2016-2017
Early production facilities take crude oil from wells and process it to meet environmental and standard specifications. The goal of this project is to design such a facility for two wells that extract light and heavy crude from an oil field in Batman, Turkey.
The facility designed uses several tools to remove oil contaminants such as water, basic sediments, and sulfur. The first stage of the process designed by the team separates crude straight from a well into natural gas, water and oil.
The oil is then heated to reduce its viscosity and mixed with fresh water to dilute the salt concentration. This mixture is passed through an electrostatic coalescer that uses an electric field to polarize and separate the water and salt, which allows the crude to meet basic sediment and water specifications. Oil then goes to a stripping column where nitrogen is bubbled through it to remove hydrogen sulfide. The crude is cooled before storage and transportation.
The facility designed uses several tools to remove oil contaminants such as water, basic sediments, and sulfur. The first stage of the process designed by the team separates crude straight from a well into natural gas, water and oil.
The oil is then heated to reduce its viscosity and mixed with fresh water to dilute the salt concentration. This mixture is passed through an electrostatic coalescer that uses an electric field to polarize and separate the water and salt, which allows the crude to meet basic sediment and water specifications. Oil then goes to a stripping column where nitrogen is bubbled through it to remove hydrogen sulfide. The crude is cooled before storage and transportation.