Course Description
The aim of this course is to develop advanced understanding of the chemical structure of crude oil with Hi-TAN number, its problems and solutions. The course is designed to improve the participant's understanding of the approach to building Integrated Production Understanding of available technologies
Course Objectives
- Comprehensive understanding of hi-TAN chemistry
- Basic understanding of the available technologies
- Understanding the limitations and the problems of the current technologies
- Understanding of multi-industrial developing technologies
Who Should Attend?
- Production staff
- Chemical engineers
- Petroleum engineers
Course Details/Schedule
- Hi-TAN definition
- Chemistry of Hi-TAN
- Problems with Hi-TAN
- How important to decrease TAN
- Current and future solutions
- Blending
- Using proper material (higher chrome and/or molybdenum)
- Removal of Acids from crude
- Destruction
- Decarboxylation
- Heating upto750 F
- Mix with lime (CaO), heat to 500 F
- Adsorption
- On a nickel oxide
- On an ion exchange resin
- Extraction
- Polar solvent
- Solution at Source – Removal of Acids from crudes in reservoir
- Microbiolagical solution
- Injection of inhibitor
- Refinery solutions
