EPN-V2

ELVE3615 Oil & Gas, Separation and Stabilisation Process Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Olje og gass separasjon og stabiliseringsprosessen
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2020/2021
Course history
Programme description

  • Introduction

    Start-up is dependent on a sufficient number of students registering for the course.

  • Recommended preliminary courses

    The course builds on MEK1000 Mathematics 1000.

  • Required preliminary courses

    No requirements over and above the admission requirements.

  • Learning outcomes

    After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

    Knowledge

    The student is familiar with

    • the Plan for Development and Operation of a petroleum deposit (PDO)
    • seismology, surveying for potential oil deposits below the seabed
    • the drilling process, drilling in test wells and production wells
    • field tests, the composition of oil
    • the design of a production platform, jack-up, GBS, floater or ship
    • the design of the process
    • wellheads/chokes
    • sand traps in processed oil and gas
    • separation trains, separation of oil and the gas phases
    • stabilisation and gas processing trains
    • water cleaning facility for produced water
    • utility systems
    • power generation
    • the metering system, fiscal metering of oil and gas production
    • export systems, compressors, pumps and pig launchers
    • stranded gas, processing deposits without pipe infrastructure
    • the control system, all control and security systems on-board a production platform
    • communication, on the platform, between platforms, and to land remote control
    • refineries or processing of petroleum products

    Skills

    The student

    • is familiar with the principles relating to conferring licenses and the use of these
    • can differentiate between the major equipment units
    • can differentiate between processing equipment and safety equipment
    • can evaluate safety and risks

    General competence

    The student

    • recognises all the modules on a platform
    • can differentiate between the various platform types
    • has basic knowledge in the field of oil and gas

  • Teaching and learning methods

    Lectures covering theory and project work.

  • Course requirements

    None.

  • Assessment

    Portfolio assessment subject to the following requirements:

    Four individual project assignments. The scope of the assignments is between 10-20 pages.

    One overall grade is awarded for the portfolio.

    The exam results can be appealed.

  • Permitted exam materials and equipment

    All aids are permitted.

  • Grading scale

    Grade scale A-F.

  • Examiners

    Two internal examiners. External examiners are used regularly.