Laboratory Technical Skills in Relation to Upstream Sector

Course Length: 5 days Course Dates:

Course Description

This course provides a comprehensive knowledge and develops
practical skills in conducting reliable and safe laboratory analyzes for the
Oil & Gas industry.

Who should Attend

Laboratory personnel, operational staff
and other professionals interested in laboratory analyzes dedicated to Oil
& Gas operations.

What you will Learn

·        
Grasp the physical and chemical concepts involved in
various analyzes, comprehend issues requiring special attention in various analyzes.

·        
Assess the results of an analysis and decide whether
to carry out the analysis over
again, review main Occupational Health and Safety rules within the framework of
laboratory activities

Course Outline

·  
Role &
Responsibilities of laboratory staff

–       
Member of production staff. Equipment yields controls/monitoring.

–       
Final product quality controls/monitoring.
Recommendations to improve
treatments.

·   Analyzes Specific to Crude Oil

–             
Specific gravity or
density

–             
Vapor Pressure (Reid VP).

–             
Water content: Basic Sediment & Water (BSW),
dean stark distillation

–             
Salt content: chlorides content, conductimetry

–             
Acid components content

–             
H2S content (methylene blue).

–             
H2S and mercaptans by potentiometry

–             
Total Acid Number (TAN) of liquid hydrocarbons

–             
Fluid rheology: pour point, kinematic viscosity, wax content.

·   Analyzes Specific to Gas

–         
Gas Characterization

–         
Dew Point (HC and
Water)

–         
Gas composition by Gas Phase Chromatography (GPC)

–         
Gas specific gravity estimate from composition

–         
Acid components content

–         
H2S content (Dräger), H2S and mercaptans content (potentiometry, iodometry)

–         
CO2 content (Dräger and acidimetry)

·   Analyzes for the Follow-Up of Effluent treatment Operations

–    Demulsifies
evaluation and selection (bottle tests, field
tests).

–    Quality
controls/monitoring of poor and rich Triethyleneglycol (TEG)

–    Water content, pH

–    Hydrocarbon content.

–   
Follow-up of equipment performances: water content,
residual emulsion

·   Laboratory Visit

–    Equipment Visualization

–    Discussions on
practices, difficulties