The Applications and Operation of Surface Jet Pumps to Enhance Oil and Gas Production
Disciplines: Production and Operations
Course Description
This course highlights the challenges facing mature fields or satellite fields and refers to the range of solutions available. The course then focuses on the applications and operation of surface jet pumps. Related topics include optimizing production from mature fields, production and process optimization, and offshore oil and gas production. Caltec has produced a useful handbook on the subject, which will be given to attendees as a part of the course.
Gaps that develop as a result of differences in technical focus and common management practices are defined and changes that can be undertaken to bridge them are presented. Actual project examples are provided for clarification
Most engineers involved in production need a basic knowledge of how to maintain production or maximum recovery from mature fields. There are a variety of solutions such as multiphase pumps, etc. Surface jet pumps are among the systems which engineers are less familiar with and yet they have a wide range of applications to enhance production. This course will not only introduce them to the key features, performance and operation of SJPs, but will familiarize them with their wide range of applications by referring to many recent field applications.
Learning Level
Intermediate
Course Length
1 or 2 Days
Why Attend
This course is highly educational and informative. It will not only enhance the knowledge of the attendees, but will help them to identify applications in the fields which are involved as consulting engineers or production process engineers. This will also add to their experience and knowledge of how to boost production from mature fields and hot to maximize recovery from oil and gas fields.
Who Attends
Asset managers, all engineers involved in production, process engineers, reservoir engineers, well performance engineers, and consultants.
Special Requirements
Students must bring their own laptops.
CEUs
1.6 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) are awarded for this course.
Cancellation Policy
All cancellations must be received no later than 14 days prior to the course start date. Cancellations made after the 14-day window will not be refunded. Refunds will not be given due to no show situations.
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We reserve the right to substitute course instructors as necessary.
Instructors
Sacha Sarshar is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Caltec. He has over forty years’ experience in the oil and gas industry. He started work as production engineer, working in the oil fields in the Middle East and later worked for a number of major engineering companies involved in the
development, design and commissioning of oil and gas production systems and subsea separation and production systems. He has over 14 patents on jet pumps and compact separation system for a variety of duties.
Sarshar has an honors degree in structural engineering and a post graduate degree in petroleum production engineering from Birmingham University. He has presented over 60 technical papers on the subject of jet pumps, production boosting and separation systems worldwide, including SPE seminars. He has been guest lecturer at Imperial College and Cranfield University. He has won several awards for innovation, including the prestigious award for innovation from the British Royal Society.
Najam Ali Beg is Technology Director and co-founder of Caltec Ltd. Over the years he has been involved in advancing the fields of jet pump technology for pressure / production boosting of oil and gas fields, neural networks based multiphase/wet gas measurement; inline compact gas/liquid/solid separation technologies and supersonic flows. He holds a number of patents in these areas. He earned his PhD and DIC degrees at Imperial College, London and BSc. and MS degrees with distinction at Engineering University (Pakistan), and West Virginia University (USA), respectively all in petroleum engineering. During his academic and professional careers, he has earned many awards and scholarships from the UK, USA and Pakistan, including a prestigious gold medal and an award from The Royal Society (UK) for outstanding contribution to science, engineering and technology. He also holds a Harts PEI Special Meritorious Award for Engineering Innovation (USA) for his contributions to the design and development of Systems for Improving Hydrocarbon Production. He also acted as an expert witness in an international arbitration case for flow metering.