Innovative Approach to Increase Name Plate Capacity of Oil and Gas Gathering Centre

作     者：Chirag Parikh Abdulaziz Al-Saeed Bader Mahmoud Raj iv Kukreja 

作者机构：Production Operations (North Kuwait) Team Kuwait Oil Company Ahmadi 61008 Kuwait 

出 版 物：《Journal of Energy and Power Engineering》 (能源与动力工程（美国大卫英文）)

年 卷 期：2015年第9卷第10期

页      面：860-865页

学科分类：0820[工学-石油与天然气工程] 081702[工学-化学工艺] 08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 082003[工学-油气储运工程] 

主　　题：Debottlenecking capacity enhancement production. 

摘      要：Purpose： The oil and gas gathering and processing facility of Kuwait Oil Company is built with a nameplate capacity of X MBOPD （thousand barrels oil per day） with 50% water cut. However, the facility was operating with a water cut of 35%. This comprehensive technical study was conducted to evaluate possibility of increasing oil processing capacity of this facility in line with current lower water cut and other operational flexibilities available in the facility without utilizing its design margin. Topic： This paper shares an innovative approach to increase name plate capacity of oil and gas processing facility utilizing available operational flexibility and operational margins with minor modification. It shares a case study where facility capacity is increased by around 19% without utilizing design margins of equipment or pipeline. Method： The study includes theoretical verification and analysis of all major equipment and piping to identify available capacity and limitation, in order to utilize available additional margin and to propose debottleneck options to overcome limitations. Achievement： The study confirmed that, facility name plate capacity can be revised from X MBOPD （with 50% w.c （water cut）） to X ＋ 32 MBOPD （with： 45% w.c） minor modification in separator and utilizing margin available in feed specification ofdesalter trains.