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Introduction
Course overview
Surface production facilities separate, treat and prepare oil, gas and water for transport or disposal. Their design and operation directly affect production rates, product quality, operating costs and safety.
This Aractech course covers the main processes and equipment found in oil and gas production facilities, including separation, oil treating and dehydration, gas conditioning, water treatment, compression, pumping and storage. Participants learn design principles, operating parameters, common problems and optimisation opportunities.
The course combines process explanations with practical calculations and troubleshooting cases from real production facilities.
What you will achieve
Learning objectives
- Describe the layout and functions of surface production facilities
- Explain separation principles and separator design
- Understand oil treating, desalting and stabilisation
- Describe gas conditioning, dehydration and compression
- Understand produced water treatment and disposal
- Troubleshoot and optimise facility operations
Who should attend
Target audience
- Production and process engineers
- Facility operators and supervisors
- Maintenance engineers in production facilities
- Project engineers working on facility upgrades
- HSE professionals in production operations
- Graduate engineers joining the oil and gas industry
Methodology
Learning approach
- Process explanation with diagrams and examples
- Practical calculations and sizing exercises
- Troubleshooting case studies
- Group discussions of operating experience
- Daily review sessions
Complete course outline
Five focused days of learning and application
The timings provided are estimates and may vary depending on the number of participants and the discussions taking place during the sessions. They are indicative only and do not constitute a binding commitment.
Day 1
Production Facility Overview
- Well fluids and their properties
- Facility configurations onshore and offshore
- Process flow diagrams
- Production chemistry basics
- Coffee break
- Production chemistry basics (continued)
- Safety systems overview
- Exercise: Reading a facility process flow diagram
Day 2
Separation
- Separation principles
- Two-phase and three-phase separators
- Separator sizing basics
- Internals and performance
- Coffee break
- Internals and performance (continued)
- Operating problems: foaming, emulsions and carryover
- Exercise: Separator sizing
Day 3
Oil Treating and Water Handling
- Emulsion treatment
- Dehydration and desalting
- Crude stabilisation
- Produced water treatment
- Coffee break
- Produced water treatment (continued)
- Water injection and disposal
- Case study: Solving an emulsion problem
Day 4
Gas Conditioning and Compression
- Gas dehydration
- Acid gas removal overview
- Dew point control
- Compression systems
- Coffee break
- Compression systems (continued)
- Flare and vent systems
- Exercise: Gas dehydration calculations
Day 5
Operations and Optimisation
- Pumps, storage and metering
- Process control and instrumentation
- Monitoring and troubleshooting
- Coffee break
- Monitoring and troubleshooting (continued)
- Energy efficiency and emissions reduction
- Debottlenecking opportunities
- Capstone: Facility optimisation study
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What does Surface Production Facilities: Design and Operation (OG-032) cover?
This course covers Oil and Gas through a structured five-day outline focused on practical application, discussion, and implementation planning.
When is the next available session?
The next scheduled session starts on 2 - 6 November 2026. See the course schedules section for the available dates and delivery formats.
Who should attend this course?
Production and process engineers, Facility operators and supervisors, Maintenance engineers in production facilities
Is bilingual course delivery available?
Yes. All course materials and presentations are provided in English, while bilingual explanation and discussion support may be available depending on the selected location and trainer availability. For example, when attending a course in Istanbul, you may request a Turkish-speaking trainer to explain the English course content in Turkish. Arabic explanation support may also be requested at this location. Other languages are available in selected cities. You can choose your preferred language support as an optional preference during registration.
How can I register for a session?
Use any Register button next to the available course dates to open the participant registration page and submit your booking request for the selected session.
Is this course available online as well as classroom-based?
Check the course schedules section for currently published classroom and Online / Live sessions.
Where are classroom sessions delivered?
Current classroom venues include London, Frankfurt, Geneva, Rome, Barcelona, Cape Town.
How long is the training programme?
The programme runs for five days from 09:00 to 14:00, which gives 25 contact hours, including a daily 30-minute break (22.5 hours of instruction).
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