Expertise: Well Pads

The Challenge

Additional oil production from the Clearwater formation required our client to increase the processing capacity of an existing heavy oil battery from 8,000 BPD to 15,000 BPD. Due to the future plans to convert the field to waterflood, the upgraded battery equipment needed to be adequate to handle future water volumes. Functionality for crude oil blending with condensate and NGL was required to meet RVP, density, and viscosity specifications in the sales oil pipeline.

The Solution

CANUSA EPC was contracted to offer Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) services.

Developing a Plan to Meet Client Expectations:

• Leveraged CANUSA EPC’s previous battery design experience
• Developed a DBM to manage design expectations
• Developed a PEP and schedule to efficiently manage execution

Sourced New Equipment:

• Oil and Water Tanks
• Electrostatic Heater Treater
• Glycol Boiler and Cooler
• Waste Heat Recovery Building
• LACT Sales Oil Booster Pump
• Sales Oil Blending Package

Execute Value Engineering to Support the Project Schedule:

• Identified operational improvements for the upgraded battery
• Automated tank selection and facility de-sand
• Rectified deficiencies discovered in the existing battery during construction

The Results

• Increased oil production from 8,000 BPD to 15,000+ BPD
• Lowered emissions of produced oil
  • Implementation of a VRU to the tank farm
  • Utilizing electrostatic treater to reduce energy and chemical requirements of treating oil
  • Waste heat recovery reducing overall plant fuel gas consumption
• Operations improvements

The Challenge

The Client needed to design and install an additional oil sale point in the DAPL pipeline for a capacity of 1000 BPH. The existing facility had an existing 480V utility drop that would need to be utilized for 600 HP motors.
The Client was executing the project through an approval process requiring engineering definition to a Class 3 estimate before completing the design for construction.

The Solution

CANUSA EPC provided engineering and procurement services to the Client to expedite the project schedule.

Engineering:

• Site visit to inventory repurposed equipment
  • FEED Study including TIC estimate
  • Full discipline engineering and design
  ▪ Installation of a repurposed pump skid
  ▪ Electrical meter connection
  ▪ Meter run specification
  ▪ 20” Pipeline section to DAPL connection, including
  launcher/receiver
  ▪ ARC Flash updates
• Construction designs for skid equipment installation strategy

Procurement & Project Services:

• Schedule, budget, and scope management with our project services
• Specification of valves, meters, pig launcher
• Bid solicitation of electrical switchgear, motor-operated valves
• Bid analysis from vendor submissions
• Expediting

The Results

• Client site increased sales capacity to new pipeline connection at a rate of 1000 BPH.
• $2.5 Million USD budget managed
• Utilized existing pump skids to reduce the total cost of the project.
• Provided support through construction for client facility startup.

The Challenge

The Client was operating an existing Central Tank Battery with an existing separator and heater treater onsite for servicing the production facilities. This CTB was also the sales point for the gas from the production facilities. The Client wanted to increase the storage capacity onsite by 5000 BBL and add Vapor Recovery Units to meet tank emissions requirements. There was also a need to increase the inlet capacity to treat production for two new pads, targeting on line production shortly after the expansion of storage.

The Solution

CANUSA EPC first engaged with site visits to understand the existing infrastructure onsite and determine how the operations team had previously built the existing assets.

Our team provided as-built documentation of the existing facilities after the completion of a site visit. The construction design scope included:

Engineering:

• Facility plot plans and containment sizing for new tanks
• P&IDs of the facility
• Generation of pipe valve and fitting material based on the P&IDs
• Mechanical tie-in of a new VRU to meet Colorado AQCC Reg 7
• Area classification updates
• Single line updates
• Design of an electrical system for the expansion
  • Electrical
  • Controls
  • Instrumentation

The Results

Design and expanded two Central Tank Batteries

Designed expansion of an existing production facility and a new greenfield pad

Reusable equipment

• Provided onsite support of equipment walkdown for existing package redeployment

Designing for expansion capacity

• 900 barrels of added field production
• Existing electrical systems were evaluated to handle future needs for pumps and VRU packages