Oil and gas Production

Operations

Introduction
Elhassan Mostafa Abdallah

Elhassan@ucsiuniversity.edu.my
 course objective
This unit aims to introduce to the students:
 Introduce oil and gas exploration and production; and
its types of production equipment.
 Provide the importance well stimulation and its
techniques.
 Introduce the difference techniques of artificial lift and
its operations.
 Provide an understanding in oil and gas separation,
treatment and storage system
 Introduce the problem related to oil and gas production
operation such as corrosion
course Contents
 Oil & Gas Exploration and Production (E&P)

 Surface and Subsurface Production Equipment

 Well Stimulation

 Artificial Lift

 Separation, Treatment & Storage

 Corrosion Control
 Introduction
Oil & Gas Exploration and Production (E&P)

Components of the petroleum

production systems
Role of effective communication
between the reservoir and the
well bore.
Types of production processes
Introduction
Surface and Subsurface Production Equipment

Subsea field development

equipment; Forces on
packers and tubing
movements; Selection
consideration of packers
and packer settings;
Subsurface safety and
flow control valves
Introduction
Well Stimulation

Introduction to different
stimulation techniques;
Stress and rock
properties in selecting of
stimulation techniques;
Formation damage
Introduction :
Artificial Lift

Gas-lift theory; Plunger-

lift theory; Hydraulic-lift
Theory; Capillary foam
Lift; Rod-lift systems;
Progressing-Cavity
Pump Theory; Criteria
for selection of artificial
lift system Pump-off
control; Production
Optimization
Introduction
Separation, Treatment & Storage

Oil processing platforms;

Gas processing platforms;
Offshore testing and
production tests; Emulsion
testing; Oil and gas
separation techniques
Introduction
Corrosion Control

Corrosion; Scale formation; Water

disposal; Paraffin, Asphaltenes
and Hydrogen sulphide
problems; Environmental issues
concerning corrosion,
hydrocarbons and hydrogen
sulphide
 course Learning outcome
Upon completion of this unit, you will be able to:
o Explain the oil and gas exploration and production (E&P); and
its types of production equipment.
o Justify the well stimulation techniques best suited for various
formation types and situations as well as acidizing techniques.
o Analyse the selection of artificial lifting and the operation of gas
lift installation.
o Explain the different methods of oil and gas processing,
separation, treatment and storage system.
o Evaluate the control procedure related to corrosion, scale
formation, water disposal, paraffin, asphaltenes and hydrogen
sulphide in oil production operation
course Evaluation

 Projects [ 10%]
(assignments, reports, classwork, tutorial work)
 Test [ 20 %] (week 12)
 Mid term exam [20%]
(will be conducted in week 7 22end June 2017)

 Final exam [50%]

 introduction
Production Technology
Main disciplines

Production engineering Production chemicals

Fluid flow
reservoir dynamics Rock
Fluids
produced mineralogy
Injected physical/chemical properties
Equipment design
Treatment fluids strength
installation

Operation
Failure analysis
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production system
• The reservoir - productive
capacity and dynamic production
characteristics
• The wellbore - the production
interval
• Production string - the tubing
and the tubing components
• Wellhead, X-mas Tree and Flow
Lines
• Treatment Facilities
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major areas
Well productivity
Production technology
is both a complex area. Well completion
With on-going Well stimulation
development of the
Petroleum Industry the Work over techniques
scope of the Artificial lift
technological activities
continues to expand Surface processing

Production problems
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Well Productivity
 Productivity index
Generally

In SI units

In field units

Pressure losses ???

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well completion

The major considerations

1. Completion fluids
2. Fluid flow from formation
to wellbore
3. Capability, safety, and
future work over
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well stimulation
Stimulation techniques are intended to:
o Improve the degree of inter-connection between the pore space
o Remove or bypass restriction to flow
o Provide a large conductive hydraulic channel which will allow
the wellbore to communicate with a larger area of the reservoir.
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Work over Techniques

o Identification of problems
and their source
o Plan the required
corrective action
(Identifying the equipment,
manpower, safety, and
other capabilities required).
o The assessment of the
probability of technical and
economic success.
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artificial lift
 Reducing flowing pressure
gradients in the tubing

 Providing additional power using a

pump

Each artificial lift system has a

preferred operating and economic
envelope influenced by factors such as
fluid gravity, G.O.R., production rate as
well as development factors such as well
type, location and availability of power.
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surface processing
o To effectively separate oil, gas,
water and other produced
materials such as sand.
o To monitor and adjust the
chemical properties prior to
separation/transport
o To dispose of the oil and gas via
pipeline or to storage
o To prepare for re-inject
necessary fluids such as gas and
water.