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If you have small field with few wells, what will be configuration for separation system including test
separator system?
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2. Which principles are used to size separator and explain each principle briefly?
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3. What are operating challenges in separators during production?
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4. Mist eliminator types and their comparison?
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5. Some operators have replaced baffled with structured packing. Explain why?
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6. For Low Water Oil Ratio vertical separator is more preferable. What is the alternative design to this?
And if WOR is high which configuration is better?
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7. Methods of de-emulsification and advantages and disadvantages.
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8. Why viscosity of emulsified oil is greater than clean oil?
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9. Which actions are required from de-emulsifier and briefly explain?
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10. NGL stabilization methods and briefly explain working principles.
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11. Draw typical PID for pig launcher and explain operation of pig launcher?
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12. For liquid droplets falling in a gas phase, why rigid sphere data cannot be applied?
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13. Why K factor (Souder-Brown) is small in vertical separator compared horizontal one?
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14. Which stabilization method can be used for high API gravity condensates or low temperature
separation processes and explain why?
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15. Methods for desalting and working principle?
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16. Emulsion can cause serious downstream processing problems. Briefly explain why?
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17. Which factors determine stability of emulsion and how you can stabilize an emulsion?
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18. Pressure of fluid from an oil well is 6500 psia and enters a 3 stage separator train, where the final
pressure is 1 atm. Calculate the pressure in each of the 3 separators..
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19. For oil production, “emulsions” are something that we want to eliminate. However in some cases
we may need to generate emulsion, Explain Why?
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20. Some operators claim to have better water from oil separation if the water cut is higher. Explain
why?
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21. What are the advantages of having intercooler between compression stages?
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22. Why true length or height of separator will be larger than effective length/height required for
separation?
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23. Why residence time increase with increasing oil density?
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24. Difference between emulsion and dispersion.
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25. Hydrate formation and prevention.
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26. Advantages pf double barrel separators.
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27. Typical liquid level in horizontal separators and reasons?
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28. What is the purpose of Export or Metering Systems?
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29. Calculate the settling velocity of a 150 μm drop of oil, density 820 kg/m3, in a gas of density 60
kg/m3, viscosity 0.013 cP?
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30. What are difference between Knock Out Drums, Gas Scrubber and Cyclones?
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31. What are the mechanism for separation and compare energy requirements for each mechanism?
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32. Types of equipment configuration for a subsea production?
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33. Explain overall platform processing schemes
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34. Why the pipelines to and from separators should be straight?
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35. Why sizing method for three phase separator is based on settling velocity of water drops in oil?
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36. What is surfactant and working principle?
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37. Control Valve flow characteristic.
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38. What is well back pressure?
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39. Capture mechanisms for mist eliminator.
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40. In which cases horizontal separators are more preferable?
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