Permanent facility

UPSV

Produced-Water Separation Facility

A permanent facility for early produced-water and gas removal from oil emulsion.

Field produced-water separation facility
Field produced-water separation facility

Purpose

Reduce hydraulic and process load on downstream treatment facilities.

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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Process mediumOil / emulsionGasWater

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.

Capacityliquid, oil, water and gas rates for design cases
Inlet water cutminimum, normal and maximum
Outlet targetsspecified residual water in oil and oil/solids in water
Design conditionspressure, temperature, gas-oil ratio and slugging cases

Process functions

Principal process duties

  • Free-gas separation
  • Free-water separation
  • Oil conditioning for downstream dehydration
  • Water routing and metering

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.

Pump units in a modular package
BN / GNU / PS

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Packaged pumping stations for oil, condensate, water, multiphase streams, wastewater and special fluids.

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