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Hydrocarbon Midstream
Ground rules
outline
Oil midstream
• Oil transportation
• Oil storage
• Tank operation example
Gas midstream
• Gas transportation
• Gas storage
Oil midstream
• Oil transportation
• Oil Tankers
• Pipelines
• Rail
• Truck
• Barge
Oil midstream- transportation
1- Oil tankers
Panamax- aframax- suezmax- VLCC- ULCC
Oil midstream- transportation
2- Pipelines
• Carbon steel pipes 4”- 48” inches
• Valves
Manual- check- safety valves
• Pumps
Centrifugal- Reciprocating
Oil midstream - storage
• Oil storage
• Fixed roof tanks
• Floating roof tanks
LPG storage
LPG is stored under pressure in spherical or cylindrical tanks
Oil midstream example on tank farm operation
Intake manifold from
- upstream
- tankers Pump
- other storage
tank
Pipeline to
- Refinery
- tankers
- Other storage/transportation
1- Tank capacity:
Cylinder volume = cross sectional Area * Height = 𝜋𝑟 2 ∗ 𝐻 𝑚3
2- Pump discharge (flow rate) 𝑚3 / hr
3- intake flow rate 𝑚3 / hr
4- flow rate = Area * velocity
Gas midstream
Gas transportation
Pipelines
• Valves
Manual- check- safety valves
• Compressors
Centrifugal- Reciprocating
Gas midstream- transportation
LNG carrier
CNG carrier
LNG/ CNG:
• Seasonal demand
• Remote area
Gas midstream - storage
Underground:
• Depleted reservoir
• Aquifer reservoir
• Salt formation, and mines
Line packing
CNG & LNG Tank farms
Assignment 1
Position Estimate for Egyptian energy sector regarding
Supply and Demand.
• Supply side: production/ imports of oil, gas and electricity
• Demand side: Oil products, Gas& Electricity sectorial analysis
and exporting
• Required data shall be recent and to be illustrated in graphs