Oilfield Production involves the extraction of crude oil from a field. This is accomplished by a series of processes that involve exploration, drilling, production and processing.

The production process requires the use of various chemicals such as demulsifier, biocides and corrosion inhibitors. These products are used to separate oil emulsion and water to obtain high-quality crude oil.

Exploration

The search for oil and gas is an essential part of energy production. America’s energy renaissance depends on safe, responsible offshore and onshore energy development to meet rising demand and increase access to vital energy resources.

Exploration involves searching for petroleum or natural gas deposits in the ground using petroleum geology. This search may include a land survey to identify the areas that are most promising.

After identifying possible fields, companies often begin drilling exploratory wells to confirm the reservoir’s existence and size. They also test if the reserve can be extracted economically from the reservoir.

Drilling

Drilling is a process used to explore, appraise, and produce oil and gas from the Earth’s surface. It is an important part of the energy industry.

The process starts with identifying the location of oil or gas reserves in a geological layer. This is done by interpreting seismic data.

Next, a drill is directed to a specific target by a team of geologists and engineers. They consider the formation properties, such as pore pressure, fracture gradient, wellbore stability, porosity, permeability, lithology, faults, and clay content.

Once the target is located, a steel pipe called “well casing” is pushed down and cemented in place. This protects against the pressures of high-pressure wells and ensures the integrity of the hole.

Extraction

Extraction in oilfield production refers to the process of separating out chemical compounds from a mixture. This is often done to isolate a specific compound such as caffeine in a cup of coffee or oleanolic acid in tea.

The process is carried out in a separatory funnel and requires two immiscible liquids. These are ether (a nonpolar solvent) and water (a polar solvent).

The ether dissolves the polar compounds while the water removes the nonpolar compounds. The aqueous phase that contains the dissolved compound is called the extract.

Processing

Oil and gas wells produce a mixture of hydrocarbons, water, various impurities, and other materials that need to be separated, treated, transported, refined, and sold. These products are then sent to downstream markets and the petrochemical industry.

Companies in the oilfield services sector have begun to implement initiatives that improve business processes, cutting costs and allowing them to do more with fewer resources. These can include digitizing manual business processes, building solutions for sophisticated data management, and using business intelligence platforms.

Refining

Refining is the process of turning crude oil into finished petroleum products that are used for transportation and electricity fuels, asphalt and road oils, kerosene, and as raw materials for making plastic and synthetic materials.

Refineries use a wide variety of processes to turn raw crude oil into finished products that are sold and distributed around the world. These products include liquefied petroleum gas, naphtha, gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel, fuel oils, lubricating oils, waxes, asphalt, and petrochemicals.

Refining is a complex and expensive process that relies on a number of refinery units to convert crude oil into a range of petroleum products. The different refining units are arranged in different configurations depending on the type of end product being produced.

Marketing

Marketing in the oil and gas industry is a multifaceted and complex affair. With multiple stakeholders to keep tabs on, you need a centralized hub for information dissemination and a single source of truth that is easily accessed by everyone from your field staff to your supply chain partners and vendors.

The best way to do it is with an integrated, scalable and customizable solution that includes real time monitoring and alerting capabilities and robust reporting tools that you can count on. With a few clicks you can turn your production data into actionable insight that will save you time and money while improving efficiency and quality.