Program Overview

Oil & Gas Production Chemistry Program

Overview

The Oil & Gas Production Chemistry program is designed to address the operational constraints that arise with the maturity of oil fields, including increased water production, depletion of reservoir pressure, and external materials injected into the reservoir for stimulation and Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) activities. The program focuses on developing skills in identifying the source of problems and the judicial use of chemicals and treatment methods to maintain production.

Course Details

• Lead Instructor: Dr. Bisweswar Gosh
• Date: September 19, 2022
• Location: Online
• Course Length: 5 days
• Course Fee: AED 2,500 / US$ 680

Program Outline

Day 1

• Introduction to oil production operations
• Overview of production processes
• Production equipment for crude oil, gas, and water processing
• The chemistry of crude oil and oilfield water
• Introduction to chemical additives in the oil industry
• Environmental issues including discharges and ecotoxicity testing
• Well stimulation: Introduction and chemical methods
• Exercises/Quiz

Day 2

• Oilfield corrosion
• Corrosion theory and corrosive agents
• Predicting and monitoring corrosion rates
• Corrosion inhibitor selection and application
• Corrosion control: Management, prevention, and cathodic protection
• Oilfield microbiology: Introduction to microbiology
• Sulphur reducing bacteria: Factors affecting growth, the impact of microbes, microbiological analysis, controlling microbial action, and bioremediation
• Application of scavenger chemicals for O2 and H2S scavenging
• Exercises/Quiz

Day 3

• Oil field emulsions & foams
• Basics of oil field emulsions
• Demulsifier selection and field application
• Foams & defoamers
• Foam basics and field application of foams
• Oil carryover in water
• Removal of oil & oily solids
• Exercises/Quiz

Day 4

• Paraffins & asphaltenes
• Causes of paraffin (wax) problems
• Paraffin treatment chemicals
• Asphaltene deposition mechanism
• Asphaltene stability
• Asphaltene inhibition and removal treatment
• Drag reducers: Flow improver, chemicals, and application
• Oil field scales
• Scale and scaling causes
• Oil field scale formation
• Scale prediction and monitoring using prediction software and water analysis
• Exercises/Quiz

Day 5

• Scale inhibiting chemicals and squeeze treatment
• Scale dissolvers and removers
• Gas hydrate
• Requirements for gas hydrates to form
• Hydrate formation control compounds
• Green chemicals
• Guidelines for system design
• Case studies
• Exercises/Quiz

Target Audience

• Oilfield professionals specializing in production chemistry

Course Description

The program covers various aspects of production chemistry, including the use of chemicals for controlling corrosion, emulsions, foaming, mineral scales, paraffin (waxes), asphaltenes, gas hydrates, hydrogen sulfide scavengers, and water clarifiers. It also includes methods to determine the need for chemical treatment, how to select the proper chemicals, and how testing for chemical compatibility with the formation and other chemicals is performed.