Key Engineering Highlights of Facilities and Equipment for Oil & Gas Production

Abstract

Abstract The paper provides an insight into key engineering aspects of Kuwait Oil Company's existing projects, facilities and equipment both current and from nearly 30 years of projects development. It deals with engineering features of mainly process and mechanical equipment, both static and rotating besides others, used for collection, separation, desalting, heat transfer, chemical treatment, storage, transmission, pipelines and similar facilities utilized for upstream oil and gas production, both sweet and sour. Engineering highlights include certain technological developments, metallurgical aspects, few best practices and lessons learnt as well. Seven (7) case studies are included towards the end that show case some of the engineering aspects of facility equipment, lessons learned from their engineering and conclusions drawn that emphasise the need to focus on initial, preliminary engineering aspects of projects and could provide useful tips for oil and gas engineers and designers.