ProSep has secured a contract to design and package 12 large oil treatment vessels for Shell Canada’s Carmon Creek project in Northern Alberta.
ProSep will design and partly fabricate the equipment, which includes de-gassers, production separators, production treaters and slop oil treaters. The company said that it will deliver the contract in a phased approach over the next two years, with the packaged units being delivered as they are completed.
Shell Canada expects to process around 80,000 barrels of bitumen a day from the project using the latest vertical steam drive (VSD) thermal recovery and initial cyclic steam stimulation (CSS) processes.
The project will be carried out in two phases with the first phase, which is expected to be operational by 2015, will achieve an initial production of 40,000 bitumen a day. The second phase is expected to produce an additional 40,000 bitumen a day by 2018.
Each of the phases will feature a single degasser vessel, two production separators and two production treaters. Plans also include a slop oil treater, which will be provided to process any out of specification oil in small quantities allowing for larger chemical dosage if required.
ProSep’s horizontal flow with multiple vertical grid design will be used in the production treaters and slop oil treaters. The company will fabricate the internals for the equipment with the vessels being manufactured in Calgary and Lloydminster.
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By GlobalDataProSep CEO Neil Poxon said that the company’s experience and approach to oil, gas and water treatment has brought good results, particularly in increasing recovery rates for clients.
"This is the largest contract award in the company’s history and reinforces the great start we have made to 2014," Poxon added.
