Oilfield Water Treatment Technologies

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Course Overview

Water treatment in oil and gas production is critical to ensure efficient operations, environmental protection, and regulatory compliance. Effective treatment techniques are required since significant amounts of produced water containing hydrocarbons, dissolved solids, chemicals, and impurities are created during hydrocarbon extraction. Oil residues, suspended solids, microorganisms, and hazardous chemicals are removed by means of separation, filtration, chemical treatment, and biological remediation, so enabling safe reuse or environmentally responsible disposal. A vital component of sustainable oil and gas operations, efficient water treatment reduces freshwater demand, minimises environmental effects significantly, prevents corrosion and scaling in production equipment, and improves reservoir recovery by reinjection. This Oilfield Water Treatment Technologies addresses all vital components of efficient Water Treatment in your field.

Learning Objectives

Upon the successful completion of the Oilfield Water Treatment Technologies course, the participants will gain knowledge in many topics including:

Discover the specifics of how efficient oilfield water chemistry affects
Understand how to evaluate the concepts of liquid separation in oilfield production.
Recognise the significance of appropriate water treatment
Recognise the significance of recycling produced water.
Gain the knowledge and abilities needed to assess the technologies used in water and oil separation.

Target Audience

This Oilfield Water Treatment Technologies training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals, including:

Engineering and Technical Personnel involved in water treatment
Maintenance Personnel
Operations and Manufacturing Managers and Supervisors
Foremen, Team Leaders and Field Engineers
Those interested in obtaining a general understanding of water treatment technology

Training Methodology

This training seminar will utilize a variety of proven adult learning techniques. Beginning with the day-to-day problems seen all over the world in oil and gas installations and explaining the basic principles. A highly interactive combination of lectures and discussion sessions will be managed to maximize the amount and quality of information and knowledge transfer. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions, and motivating everybody to find the right answers. You will also be encouraged to raise your own questions and to share in the development of the right answers using your own analysis and experiences.

Pre & Post course assessments will be used to measure the effectiveness of this training and measure the skill and ability of participants.

Course Contents

Module 1 - Oilfield Water Chemistry

Key Topics

Water Chemistry Fundamentals
Environmental Regulations and Water Specifications
Water Sampling and Analysis
Water Scaling, Corrosion Control and Microbiology of Water
Produced Water Generation, Production and Management Practices
Environmental Impacts Caused by Produced Water
Treatment and Disposal of Produced Water
De-oiling / Soluble organics removal
Desalination / Disinfection

Module 2 - Oilfield Production Liquid Separation Principles

Key Topics

The Nature, Chemistry and Composition of Hydrocarbons
Test Methods for Oil and Grease
Emulsions / Stabilisation, Destabilisation,
Principles of Flotation
Key Design Parameters of Flotation
Henrys & Stokes Laws
Nucleus & Rate of Rise Theory
Air-To-Solids Ratio

Module 3 - Water Separation and Treatment

Key Topics

Mechanical filters & Filtration Technologies
Gravity Separation Systems
Separators – 2 and 3 Phase
Skim Tanks
API Separators
Plate Coalescers
Skim Piles
Evaporative processes

Module 4 - Water Separation and Treatment (Continue….)

Key Topics

Ion exchange
Membrane processes
Electrodeionization
Desalination
Gas flotation systems
- Dissolved Air
- Induced Gas
- Dispersed Gas

Module 5 - Crude Oil Desalting

Key Topics

Desalting Technologies
Desalting Equipment
Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD)
Wastewater recycling/reuse
Course Review

Classroom Session

Dubai

09 - 13 Nov 2026

$5,600

Port Louis

09 - 13 Nov 2026

$5,600

Dubai

25 - 29 Jan 2027

$5,600

London

08 - 12 Mar 2027

$5,950

Dubai

19 - 23 Apr 2027

$5,600

Geneva

07 - 11 Jun 2027

$5,950

Dubai

09 - 13 Aug 2027

$5,600

Accra

27 Sep - 01 Oct 2027

$5,600

Dubai

08 - 12 Nov 2027

$5,600

Port Louis

15 - 19 Nov 2027

$5,600

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Online Session

Duration: 2 Hrs X 8 Days

Starting Date

19-Oct-2026

$3,000

Starting Date

07-Dec-2026

$3,000

Starting Date

15-Mar-2027

$3,500

Starting Date

01-Jun-2027

$3,500

Starting Date

17-Aug-2027

$3,500

Starting Date

05-Oct-2027

$3,500

Starting Date

14-Dec-2027

$3,500

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Certificate

Upon successful completion of this training, participants will receive a PROMISE Certificate of Completion.

Certificate

Upon successful completion of this training, participants will receive a PROMISE Certificate of Completion.

This Program has been approved for 25.00 HR (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR , aPHRi , PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi and SPHRi recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®)

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