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Production Engineer Interview Questions Part 2
Production Engineer Interview Questions Part 2
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2. Forming hydrochloric acid: it is formed because of the decomposition of chloride salts and
their reaction with water, this acid is very corrosive, and may corrode pipes and equipment.
3. increasing the energy consumption: water existence needs more power, for example;
water needs 8 times the power needed to heat oil.
4. multiple effects: reduce the pipe and equipment capacity used in oil treatment.
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4. Indirect heater: heats wet crude to reduce its viscosity.
5. Dehydrator.
6. Desalter.
7. Wash Water system: consists of a tank and two pumps.
8. Produced Water system: collects and treats the produced water from the process.
9. Heat Exchangers: they are of two types: water/ water and oil/oil.
10. Auxiliary systems: such as Instrument Air system and Fire – Fighting system.
Q: what is Emulsion?
A: a heterogeneous system that consists of at least
one immiscible liquid dispersed in another liquid in
the form of droplets.
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1. should be immiscible liquids.
2. a sufficient power to obtain this dispersion.
3. the existence of an emulsifying agent.
reducing oil viscosity is essential in wet crude treatment, this is achieved by heating the wet
crude oil by different means such as: heat exchangers, direct or indirect heaters, because
viscosity is inversely proportional with the downward velocity of water droplets.
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using too much wash water leads to excessive current or a short circuit between the grades,
may create paths for current leak , decrease the retention time and may cause water
carryover with oil outlet.
using less amount of wash water, will reduce water washing, leading to high salt content in
the oil outlet.
Q: what is the pump type used for chemical injection, and why?
A: reciprocating pumps is the better option for chemicals injected into ant stream, the main
features of this kind of pumps which make it the most preferable type : low flowrate and high
pressure, high pressure is required to help the chemical to be injected in a high-pressure
stream.
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electricity weakens the water droplet film, stretching it longitudinally and tangentially because
of reducing the surface tension.
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