COURSE OVERVIEW:

This comprehensive course, focusing on Oil Dehydration and Desalting Design, delves deep into the design, specification, and optimization of crude oil dehydration and desalting systems. Participants will interpret, review, and enhance design specifications related to oil dehydration and desalting systems, including process configurations, equipment sizing, control strategies, and operating envelopes. Emphasis is placed on understanding crude properties, emulsion behavior, salt and water removal requirements, and their impact on system design and refinery downstream units. Participants will engage in practical exercises, design calculations, and case studies to apply the concepts learned in real-world scenarios.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

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

1. Define the role and importance of oil dehydration and desalting systems within upstream and downstream facilities.
2. Interpret crude assay data, salt and water content, and other feed characteristics as key design inputs.
3. Explain the mechanisms of emulsion formation and breaking, and their impact on dehydration and desalting performance.
4. Compare different process configurations for oil dehydration and desalting trains and select appropriate schemes for various crude types.
5. Review and enhance design specifications for heaters, mixers, separators, and electrostatic desalters.
6. Perform basic sizing and rating checks for key equipment in oil dehydration and desalting systems.
7. Specify chemical injections, wash water, and mixing requirements to achieve target salt and water content.
8. Identify appropriate process control, instrumentation, and safety measures for reliable and safe operation.
9. Evaluate bottlenecks and performance issues in existing dehydration and desalting units and propose debottlenecking options.
10. Apply relevant industry standards and best practices to ensure safe, reliable, and environmentally compliant designs.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

-Process Engineers

-Operation Engineers involved in crude oil processing

-Facilities and Production Engineers

-Project Engineers and Engineering Consultants working on oil processing facilities

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 will be provided in PowerPoint, with necessary animations, learning videos, and general discussions.

The course participants shall be evaluated before, during, and after 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.