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Facilities Sand Management
- What to do with Produced Solids after Separation: Dewatering, Transport, and Disposal.
SPE ATCE, Houston, October 2022. Paper Presentation - The Subsea Sand Management Challenge – “What to do with the sand?”
OTC, Houston, May 2019. Paper Presentation - Enhanced Production Through Surface Facilities Sand Management
SPE Distinguished Lecturer Presentation, 2018-2019. - Particle Transfer Between the Cyclone and Accumulator Sections of a Desander
SPE Oil & Gas Facilities (peer-review), August 2018. - Separating Solids First – Design and Operation of the Multiphase Desander
SPE WRM, California, April 2017. Paper Presentation - Design of a Cyclonic-Jetting and Slurry-Transport System for Separators
SPE Oil & Gas Facilities (peer-review), February 2016 - Upgrade of Spar Topsides with Comprehensive Facilities Sand Management System
SPE OTC-Asia, Malaysia, March 2014. Paper Presentation - Study on the Interaction of a Flooded Core Hydrocyclone (Desander) and Accumulation Chamber for Separation of Solids from Produced Water
Produced Water Society, Houston, January 2014. Paper Presentation - Sand Management Methodologies for Sustained Facilities Operations
SPE Oil & Gas Facilities, Vol. 2, No. 5, pp. 27-34, October 2013 - Design of a Cyclonic Solids Jetting Device and Slurry Transport System for Production Systems
SPE ATCE, Louisiana, October 2013. Paper Presentation - Sand Management Methodologies for Sustained Facilities Operations
SPE NATCE, Egypt, April 2013. Paper Presentation - A Comparison of Methodologies for Handling Produced Sand and Solids to Achieve Sustainable Hydrocarbon Production
SPE EFDC, The Netherlands, June 2007 - Application of Multiphase Desander Technology to Oil and Gas Production
BHR Int. Conf. on Multiphase Technology, June 2002 - Design and Installation of a Sand Separation and Handling System for a Gulf of Mexico Oil Production Facility
SPE Production & Facilities, August 2001
Produced Water Treatment
- Operating Limits of the Desanding Hydrocyclone for Produced Water Treatment.
Whitepaper, February 2024. Paper - Produced Water Treatment with Deoiling Hydrocyclones – Misconceptions & Corrections.
SPE WRM, Alaska, May 2023. Paper Presentation - Produced Water Treatment with Deoiling Hydrocyclones – Misconceptions & Corrections.
Whitepaper, August 2022 - Experimental Study on Oil and Solids Removal in Nutshell Filters for Produced-Water Treatment
SPE WRM, California, April 2018. Paper Presentation - Experimental Study on Oil Removal in Nutshell Filters for Produced-Water Treatment
SPE Production & Operations (peer-review), June 2017 - Mechanisms for Flotation of Fine Oil Droplets
SME, Colorado, March 2011 - Characterization of Deep Bed Filter Media for Oil Removal from Produced Water
SME, Arizona, March 2010 - Flotation of Fine Oil Droplets in Petroleum Production Circuit
SME, Recent Advances in Mineral Processing Plant Design, 2009 - The Separation of Solids and Liquids with Hydrocyclone Based Technology for Water Treatment and Crude Processing
SPE APOGCE, Australia, November 1994
Compact Separation Systems
- Partial Subsea Bypass to Keep Sand Out of Critical Equipment
OFFSHORE ENGINEER, Jennifer Pallanich, August 2019 - Partial Processing: Produced Water Debottlenecking Unlocks Production on Offshore Thailand MOPU Platform
SPE ATCE, San Antonio, October 2017. Paper Presentation - The Case for Compact Separation
Journal of Petroleum Technology, May 2003 - Optimization of a Horizontal Flow Electrostatic Coalescer in Offshore Gulf of Mexico Service
SPE ATCE, San Antonio, October 2002 - Testing of an In-Line Rotary Separator at the Chevron F. Ramirez Gas Production Facility
LRGCC, Oklahoma, February 2002 - Field Test Results of a Rotary Separator Turbine on the Ram/Powell TLP
OTC, Houston, May 2001 - Design and Analysis of a Multiphase Turbine for Compact Gas-Liquid Separation
SPE ATCE, Dallas, October 2000 - A new software suite for separation concept evaluation and performance trouble-shooting
IBC Conference, Norway, May 1999 - Design Basis of a Compact Production System for Minimum Size and Maximum Flexibility
IBC Conference, Houston, November 1997
