Permanent facility

UPN

Oil Treatment Plant

A permanent oil, water and associated-gas treatment facility for long-term field operation.

Permanent oil treatment facility
Permanent oil treatment facility

Purpose

Achieve the required sales-oil specification and integrate with permanent field infrastructure.

Process arrangement

Simplified process diagram

The diagram identifies the principal process duties, equipment connections and product handover points. Final scope, redundancy and battery limits are established from project data.

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Oil / emulsion

The simplified diagram identifies the principal process duties and product handover points. Final equipment scope is established from project data.

Engineering basis

Technical parameters

Final ratings, materials and supply scope are established from project-specific operating data.

Capacityoil, water and gas rates over the design envelope
Treated oilwater, salts and vapor pressure to export-point requirements
Associated streamsproduced water and associated gas to agreed battery limits
Executionopen plot or modular building arrangement

Process functions

Principal process duties

  • Oil separation, dehydration and desalting
  • Produced-water treatment
  • Associated-gas treatment and metering
  • Custody transfer and product export

Typical scope

Main equipment

  • 01

    Factory-complete process modules

  • 02

    Interconnecting piping, isolation, control and relief valves

  • 03

    Instrumentation, emergency shutdown and process control

  • 04

    Power distribution, heat tracing, lighting and earthing

  • 05

    Maintenance platforms, shelters and transport provisions as required

Questionnaire

Data required for engineering

Worked examples and vessel-volume fields are retained. Use them as guidance or provide parameters from an existing design.

  1. 01

    Minimum, normal and maximum liquid, oil, water and gas rates

  2. 02

    Wellstream composition and physical properties

  3. 03

    Inlet pressure and temperature, allowable pressure drop

  4. 04

    Required outlet-stream quality and export destinations

  5. 05

    Climate, site category, available utilities and transport constraints

Proposal request

Operating data for a technical and commercial proposal

Attach the completed questionnaire or provide the principal operating data below. Equipment scope, design ratings and battery limits follow engineering review.

Email the questionnaire, specification and attachments

Facility composition

Principal equipment and process packages

The list reflects a typical functional structure. Process stages, redundancy and battery limits are established by engineering calculations.

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