Management, Treatment, and Injection of Coproduced Water in Oil Fields

  • Obtain the necessary skills to successfully manage water from fluid separation and treatment processes in a production facility in oil or gas production fields.
  • Know the basic aspects of the produced water: volume, origin, characteristics, treatment equipment, according to the use and final disposal that will be given to water.
  • Evaluate and optimize the physical and chemical equipment and processes used in the: management, treatment and final disposal of the water produced in a “Production Battery”, in compliance with national and international environmental standards and regulations.
  • Know the importance of accuracy in the management of variables, chemical treatment and tests that must be carried out on treated water to comply with existing standards and provisions.
  • Analyze the basic aspects and facilities required for a water injection system into the Oil fields, as a means of maintaining the pressure of said oil fields to increase the “recovery factor” of the hydrocarbons.
  • Supervisors, operators, and engineers who work in production fields and in wastewater treatment plants for injection or discharge.
  • Maintenance personnel, services and contractors who supply equipment and chemicals for wastewater treatment and injection plants.
  • HSEQ personnel who participate in the crude oil production and wastewater treatment processes.
  • Personnel who wish to expand their knowledge about the processes required for the treatment of water co-produced with oil, the equipment and the chemical treatment required to leave the water in the conditions required by the end users.

Chapter 1

EXTRACTION, COLLECTION AND SEPARATION PROCESSES OF FLUIDS PRODUCED IN AN OIL FIELD.

  • Characteristics and origin of water produced in oil fields.
  • Concept of free water and emulsified water.
  • Variation in volume of water produced over time.
  • Systems for: collection, separation, and treatment of produced fluids.
  • Physical and chemical processes for separating free and emulsified water.
  • Equipment used: well heads and flow lines.
  • Production manifolds, FWKOs, three-phase separators, flow lines to traps and water treatment systems

Chapter 2

TREATMENT PROCESSES, USES AND FINAL DESTINATION OF THE WATER PRODUCED.

  • Use of formation waters. Objectives of water treatment.
  • Characteristics and conditions of water for the “primary” treatment of production water.
  • Systems for collecting co-produced water in a production facility.
  • Chemical treatment required: skimming and flocculation processes.
  • Operation and functioning of equipment to achieve an efficient primary treatment process for co-produced water.
  • Expected results in the primary treatment process. Process control.

Chapter 3

PRIMARY WATER TREATMENT PROCESS.

  • Equipment used in primary treatment. Crude traps and API boxes.
  • Knowledge of the different equipment existing in a production facility to carry out the primary treatment process of co-produced water.
  • Analysis and behavior of the different existing equipment and technologies for primary water treatment.
  • Characteristics and conditions of entry and exit of the water to be treated. Process control variables.
  • Processes for the chemical treatment of water currents. Water quality control.

Chapter 4

SECONDARY AND BACTERIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESSES.

  • Existing equipment and technologies for the secondary treatment of co-produced water.
  • Analysis and operation of the equipment and technologies applicable to carry out the secondary water treatment process in oil fields.
  • Advantages and disadvantages of the different equipment required.
  • Process control variables.

Chapter 5

TERTIARY TREATMENT AND FINAL CONDITIONING OF WATER.

  • Equipment and chemicals used for tertiary treatment and final conditioning of water.
  • Types and operation of filters.
  • Filtration and filter backwash processes.
  • Decanting tanks and facilities for the filter backwashing process.
  • Other processes and equipment required for the final conditioning of the water to be disposed of.

Chapter 6

MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT OF SOLID WASTE.

  • Drying process of solids resulting from water treatment and filter backwashing.
  • Treatment of oily solid waste from water. Drying beds.
  • Treatment of other contaminated solids.
  • Final disposal of solid waste.

Chapter 7

WATER REINJECTION.

  • Basic concepts for water reinjection. Required facilities.
  • Facilities required in water injection plants.
  • Basic aspects for success in the implementation of water injection projects.
  • Analysis of possible problems presented in water injection.
  • Control of variables for the success of a water injection system.
  • Application exercises.