Oil Production
and Processing Facilities

The Oil Production and Processing Facilities Course gives production, process, and facilities engineering professionals a comprehensive, technically grounded understanding of surface production systems covering separation, crude oil treating, gas handling and processing, produced water management, and hydrocarbon measurement and allocation across the full upstream facility lifecycle.

Surface production facilities are where reservoir performance is converted into saleable product — and the technical decisions made across separation, treating, compression, dehydration, and measurement systems directly determine product quality, operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and commercial accuracy. Professionals who understand how these systems work together as an integrated facility are significantly more effective in every operations, engineering, and management role.

This course addresses every major discipline within surface production facilities from well stream composition and nodal analysis fundamentals, through multiphase separation, emulsion treatment, crude stabilisation, acid gas management, gas compression, NGL recovery, and flow assurance, to hydrocarbon measurement, custody transfer, allocation methodologies, and allocation reconciliation.

The Oil Production and Processing Facilities Course is built for professionals who want a technically complete, systems-level understanding of oil production and processing facilities one that connects every process unit to the wider production system and the commercial outcomes it delivers.

The Oil Production and Processing Facilities Course is designed to develop comprehensive surface production facility knowledge from reservoir to export, covering separation, treating, gas processing, and measurement systems across the full upstream facility workflow.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the upstream production system from reservoir to export and describe the impact of well stream composition on surface facility design and operation
• Apply nodal analysis concepts and explain artificial lift fundamentals in the context of surface facility integration
• Explain multiphase flow and separation principles and identify the types and internals of production separators
• Manage three-phase oil, gas, and water separation and understand produced water treatment, disposal, reinjection, and regulatory requirements
• Apply emulsion treatment, dehydration, and electrostatic treating principles to crude oil treating operations
• Explain crude oil desalting, stabilisation, vapour pressure control, and H₂S and acid gas management
• Manage associated gas handling systems, evaluate compressor types, and apply gas dehydration and sweetening techniques
• Develop and apply hydrocarbon allocation methodologies and manage allocation reconciliation and reporting processes

The Oil Production and Processing Facilities Course is designed for production, process, and facilities engineering professionals who work with or are responsible for upstream surface production systems — and who need a technically rigorous, integrated understanding of how oil production and processing facilities function and are managed.

This course is suitable for:

• Production engineers responsible for surface facility performance, separation optimisation, and produced water management
• Process engineers designing, evaluating, or optimising oil treating, gas handling, and separation systems
• Facilities engineers managing the design, operation, and integrity of upstream production infrastructure
• Operations supervisors and technicians responsible for the day-to-day management of production and processing facilities
• Measurement and allocation professionals responsible for custody transfer, hydrocarbon measurement, and allocation accuracy
• HSE and environmental professionals managing produced water disposal, acid gas, and regulatory compliance
• Asset managers overseeing upstream facility performance, capacity, and capital investment decisions
• Graduate petroleum, process, and chemical engineers entering roles in upstream oil production and processing facilities

The Oil Production and Processing Facilities Course is delivered through a technically structured, systems-level learning approach that moves from production system fundamentals through separation and water management, crude treating, gas processing, and hydrocarbon measurement. Each day addresses a distinct surface facility domain building a complete, integrated understanding of how production and processing systems work together from wellhead to export.

Process system overviews, equipment function discussions, and real operational scenario analysis are integrated throughout ensuring delegates connect technical frameworks to the practical performance and management challenges they face across upstream production facilities.

Delivery methods include:

• Instructor-led sessions covering production system fundamentals, separation principles, treating processes, gas handling, and measurement frameworks
• Production system overview sessions applying reservoir to export system analysis and well stream composition impact assessment
• Separation system workshops examining separator types, internals, three-phase separation principles, and operational performance
• Produced water management sessions covering treatment technologies, disposal options, reinjection design, and regulatory considerations
• Crude treating and stabilisation workshops applying emulsion treatment, electrostatic treating, desalting, and H₂S management principles
• Hydrocarbon measurement and allocation workshops applying metering, custody transfer, allocation methodology, and reconciliation processes

• AZTech Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course