🚀 Production Chemistry: Unlocking Flow Assurance & Maximizing Production Efficiency

Overview

🔎 Course Description

This course provides a thorough understanding of production chemistry challenges in oil and gas operations. Participants will learn about fluid properties, identification and treatment of production-related problems such as scale, wax, asphaltenes, emulsions, corrosion, and H₂S management. The course combines chemistry fundamentals with practical mitigation strategies to improve flow assurance, integrity, and production performance.

🎯 Learning Objectives

✅ Understand the chemistry of produced fluids and how they interact
✅ Identify causes and effects of production chemistry issues
✅ Select and apply appropriate chemical treatments
✅ Integrate production chemistry into field operations
✅ Minimize production losses and integrity risks

👥 Who Should Attend

Production and operations engineers
Petroleum and reservoir engineers
Process engineers
Field chemists and lab technicians
Asset integrity and HSE professionals

🗂️ Training Format

✅ Instructor-led lectures with real field examples
✅ Chemical property demonstrations (videos or live lab)
✅ Hands-on exercises with fluid analysis data
✅ Group discussions on field case studies
✅ Daily recaps and Q&A

📅 Detailed Daily Agenda with Time Breaks

📅 Day 1: Fundamentals of Production Chemistry

Time	Topic
08:30 – 09:00	Registration, Introductions, Course Overview
09:00 – 10:30	Introduction to Production Fluids: Oil, Gas, and Water
10:30 – 10:45	☕ Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:15	Chemistry of Produced Fluids and Phase Behavior
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	Sampling and Analysis of Produced Fluids
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Basic Laboratory Methods in Production Chemistry

📅 Day 2: Scale Formation and Prevention

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Mechanisms of Inorganic Scale Formation
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Scale Prediction and Modeling Techniques
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	Scale Inhibitors: Selection and Application
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Field Case Studies on Scale Management

📅 Day 3: Wax, Asphaltenes, and Emulsions

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Wax Deposition: Causes, Prediction, and Monitoring
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Asphaltene Precipitation: Chemistry and Field Implications
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	Emulsion Formation and Stability
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Demulsifier Selection and Application

📅 Day 4: Corrosion and Sour Gas Management

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Corrosion Mechanisms in Production Systems
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Corrosion Monitoring and Chemical Mitigation
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	H₂S Generation, Measurement, and Treatment Strategies
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Health, Safety, and Environmental Aspects of Production Chemistry

📅 Day 5: Integrated Production Chemistry Management

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Production Chemicals: Selection, Testing, and Optimization
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Integration of Production Chemistry with Field Operations
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	Troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis for Field Problems
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Review, Discussion, and Certificate Ceremony

📦 Materials Provided

✅ Course manual with key chemical properties and design charts
✅ Calculation sheets for inhibitor dosing
✅ Field case study documents
✅ Certificate of Completion

Target audiences

Reservoir Engineers, Geologists

$ 5,950

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