COURSE OVERVIEW:

This course will help the participants understand how Carbon Dioxide (CO2) affects the design, operation, integrity, and safety of oil production and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) surface facilities. It focuses on the full CO2 handling chain from reception, compression, dehydration, and transport through to distribution, injection, and recycling. Special attention is given to CO2 phase behavior, corrosion and materials selection, process vessel specification, onshore and offshore surface facilities, and the particular challenges of CO2 injection in conventional and unconventional reservoirs. Practical examples, case studies, and typical operating scenarios are used to link theory to real plant situations.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

After completion of this course, the participants will be able to:

1. Explain the basic concepts of enhanced oil recovery processes and the specific role of CO2 in improving oil recovery.
2. Describe the main elements of CO2 surface facilities, including compression, dehydration, transport, storage, distribution, and injection systems.
3. Interpret CO2 phase behavior and understand its impact on process design, operating windows, and equipment specification.
4. Identify key design and operating considerations for processing vessels, piping, valves, and rotating equipment in CO2 service.
5. Distinguish between onshore and offshore CO2 EOR facility configurations and their specific operating challenges.
6. Evaluate the requirements for CO2 transport, storage, and refrigeration systems for high pressure liquid or dense phase CO2.
7. Analyze CO2 distribution and injection systems, including wellhead injection, flow control, and pressure management.
8. Recognize corrosion and materials challenges associated with CO2, including carbonic acid corrosion, impurities, and water content, and apply suitable mitigation measures.
9. Understand specific considerations for CO2 injection in unconventional reservoirs and the resulting implications for surface facilities.
10. Apply safe operating practices, start up, shutdown, normal operation, and basic troubleshooting principles for CO2 surface and injection systems.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

-Operations professionals involved in CO2 EOR projects

-Field and panel operators responsible for CO2 surface facilities and injection systems

-Production and process engineers supporting CO2 handling operations

-Facilities and project engineers working on CO2 related projects

-Utilities and offsite operators handling CO2 reception, compression, and storage

-Any technical staff who need an advanced understanding of CO2 surface facilities and injection operations

TRAINING COURSE METHODOLOGY:

A highly interactive combination of lectures and discussion sessions, as well as case studies, will be managed to maximize the amount and quality of information, knowledge, and experience transfer. The course will be intensive but practical and highly interactive. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions and motivating everybody to find the right answers. The attendants will also be encouraged to raise more of their questions and to share in developing the right answers using their analysis and experience. There will also be some indoor experiential activities to enhance learning. Course material through PowerPoint equipped with necessary animation, learning videos, and general discussions will be provided.

The course participants shall be evaluated before, during, and at the end of the course.

COURSE CERTIFICATE:

National Consultant Centre for Training LLC (NCC) will issue an Attendance Certificate to all participants completing a minimum of 80% of the total attendance time requirement.