FLOW SOLUTIONS GUIDE

VERTICAL HEATER TREATER OPTIMIZATION

PRODUCTIONMODELINGEFFICIENCYALLOCATIONAVAILABILITYHEALTH SAFETY ENVIRONMENT

ONE OPERATOR IMPLEMENTED EMERSON’S HEATER TREATER SOLUTION AND REDUCED THE TREATER ALLOCATION METER-TO-TANK VOLUME DISCREPANCY FROM 15% TO LESS THAN 5%

FLOW SOLUTIONS GUIDE

VERTICAL HEATER TREATER OPTIMIZATION

To maximize yield and ensure accurate allocation accounting, it’s critical you are receiving timely, reliable production data from the heater treater – without the need to send someone to the field to validate the data. Minimizing fuel waste, decreasing emissions, and avoiding HSE risks help ensure you meet production plans, maintain compliance, and reduce your overall operating costs. With a wide range of technologies to choose from and limited resources, however, it can be challenging to feel confident you’re utilizing the best approach to achieve your goals.

Reduce your production allocation errors

• Reduce risk of royalty disputes

• Respond quickly to production changes

• Improve reservoir and production management

• Reconcile heater treater oil production measurement with stock tank level

✓ Advanced flow measurement technology and software

✓ Diagnostics to detect gas in liquids and oil/water contamination

✓ Improved level loop control

✓ Predictive diagnostics and remote insight into heater treater performance

✓ Gas-in-liquids detection

✓ Reliable temperature control

✓ Improved level loop control

✓ Tighter pressure control

✓ Reliable fuel gas and pilot control

✓ Field-proven, reliable technology designed for the oilfield

✓ Remotely accessible diagnostics

✓ Lifecycle services for ongoing support

✓ Alarm management

✓ Pressure control and relief event tracking

Improve heater treater separation efficiency

• Minimize lost gas sent to tanks and flare

• Reduce crude quality losses

• Reduce fuel consumption and emissions

• Minimize equipment failures

• Control and diagnose problems remotely

• Supplement scarce resources and expertise

• Reduce high risk reactive emergency operations and maintenance events

Spend less time in the field checking and maintaining heater treaters

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Emerson’s Flow Technologies, Systems & Services expertly address critical operations and production processes to help

REDUCE EMISSIONS

IMPROVE ALLOCATION ACCOUNTING

MINIMIZE LOST PRODUCTION

MAXIMIZE PRODUCTION & YIELD

REDUCE FISCAL RISK

Pressure

Temperature

Thermostat

Firetube

Heat

Gas

Gas

Untreated Oil

Treated Water

Water

Treated Oil

Treated Oil

Untreated Oil

PRESSURE RELIEF

WATER OUTFLOW

OIL OUTFLOW

Measures oil production with diagnostic insight to detect gasin the oil leg and water in the oil

Entrained gas volume remediation

Integral RTD confirms heater treater temperature control

Smart Meter Verification ensures meter performance

Wide flow range gas measurement and easy inspection with removable orifice plate

Measures and controls the flow of hydrocarbons out of the heater treater

Configurable systems and application software to manage the heater treater, detect upsets, and set alarms with easy-to-use, cause-and-effect user programming

Lower installed cost dP, pressure and temperature for compensated flow

Measures gas production with diagnostic insight to detect liquid carry-over

Transient mist remediation

Smart Meter Verification ensures meter performance

High turndown measurement of gas with non-wetted sensor and non-clog design

Maintains tighter control of heater treater pressure with highly-variable inflows

MICRO MOTION CORIOLIS METER

Measures water with diagnostic insight to detect gas in the water line and oil in the water

Entrained gas volume remediation

Smart Meter Verification ensures meter performance

MICRO MOTION CORIOLIS METER

Measures level in downcomer pipe for precise dump cyclecontrol eliminating gas blow-by

Controls and modulates downcomer pipe outflow for increased flow measurement accuracy

Low power, electrically-actuated valve and flexible control signal interface

ROSEMOUNT DP LEVEL TRANSMITTER

Measures level in downcomer pipe for precise dump cyclecontrol eliminating gas blow-by

ROSEMOUNT DP LEVEL TRANSMITTER

Accurate water production measurement with no moving partsand Smart Meter Verification to ensure device performance

ROSEMOUNT MAGNETIC FLOWMETER

Measures water production with non-wetted sensor and non-clog design and minimal power consumption

Produced fluid diagnostic detects gas stuck dump valve

ROSEMOUNT VORTEX METER

Controls and modulates downcomer pipe outflow for increased flow measurement accuracy

Low power electrically-actuated valve and flexible control signal interface

FISHER EASY-DRIVE VALVE

FISHER EASY-DRIVE VALVE

POSITION MONITOR AND ACOUSTIC TRANSMITTER

Alarms and reports estimated gas volumes vented

SERVICE & SUPPORT

LIFECYCLE SERVICES

Full scope of lifecycle services to support heater treater optimization

Technology selection, best practices, startup, repair, troubleshooting, calibration, and training

DANIEL ORIFICE METER with MULTIVARIABLE SENSOR MICRO MOTION CORIOLIS METER

ROSEMOUNT VORTEX METER

FISHER REGULATORS

GAS OUTFLOW

CONTROL & DATA MANAGEMENT

REMOTE AUTOMATIONSOLUTIONS

RTUs, Flow Computers, Software

VERTICAL HEATER TREATER OPTIMIZATIONEmerson’s Flow Technologies, Systems & Services Guide

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Emerson’s Flow solutions deliver what you need

FLOW TECHNOLOGIES Using the best fit-for-purpose flow technology, leveraging field-proven best practices, and utilizing inherent device data ensures early insight and enhances the performance of critical process units.

FLOW SYSTEMS Utilizing best-in-class technology, proven system design processes and practices, and global project support enhances measurement system operational effectiveness and capital efficiency.

FLOW SERVICES Partnering for a broad range of maintenance, reliability, and performance services assures long-term asset sustainability and performance.

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PARTNER WITH EMERSON’S FLOW SOLUTIONS

TO OPTIMIZE OPTIMIZE YOUR HEATER TREATER

BY USING THE ABILITY TO DETECT ENTRAINED GAS WITH EMERSON’S HEATER TREATER SOLUTION, ONE OPERATOR ESTIMATED THEY COULD RECOVER APPROXIMATELY 42,000 SCF/DAY, WORTH $134,000 PER YEAR, OF HIGH BTU CONTENT-RICH GAS THAT WAS GOING TO TANKS AND FLARE.ONE OPERATOR IN THE BAKKEN IMPROVED CONFIDENCE IN THEIR ALLOCATION MEASUREMENT FROM THE HEATER TREATER AND WAS ABLE TO INCREASE PRODUCTION AND COMINGLE PRODUCED FLUIDS REDUCING TANKAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR A TOTAL SAVINGS OF $275,000 PER WELL.

ONE OPERATOR WAS ABLE TO DETECT 4.5% OF WATER IN OIL PRODUCED AND TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION TO OPTIMIZE HEATER TREATER SEPARATION AND REDUCE RECIRCULATION AND LEASE OPERATING COSTS.