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    The production system begins at the wellhead, which includes at least one choke to control flow rates. A manifold is used to commingle flows from multiple wells and direct them to bulk production systems. The initial separation pressure is an important design consideration, as it determines how much liquid is obtained from the separator and whether light components remain in the liquid or vapor phase.

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    Basic System Configuration: Wellhead and Manifold

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    The production system begins at the wellhead, which includes at least one choke to control flow rates. A manifold is used to commingle flows from multiple wells and direct them to bulk production systems. The initial separation pressure is an important design consideration, as it determines how much liquid is obtained from the separator and whether light components remain in the liquid or vapor phase.

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    The production system begins at the wellhead, which includes at least one choke to control flow rates. A manifold is used to commingle flows from multiple wells and direct them to bulk production systems. The initial separation pressure is an important design consideration, as it determines how much liquid is obtained from the separator and whether light components remain in the liquid or vapor phase.

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    The production system begins at the wellhead, which includes at least one choke to control flow rates. A manifold is used to commingle flows from multiple wells and direct them to bulk production systems. The initial separation pressure is an important design consideration, as it determines how much liquid is obtained from the separator and whether light components remain in the liquid or vapor phase.

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    Surface Production Operations

    Basic System Conguration


    Wellhead and Manifold
    The production system begins at the wellhead, which should include at
    least one choke, unless the well is on artificial lift. Most of the pressure
    drop between the well flowing tubing pressure (FTP) and the initial
    separator operating pressure occurs across this choke. The size of the
    opening in the choke determines the flow rate, because the pressure
    upstream is determined primarily by the well FTP, and the pressure
    downstream is determined primarily by the pressure control valve on the
    first separator in the process. For high-pressure wells it is desirable to
    have a positive choke in series with an adjustable choke. The positive
    choke takes over and keeps the production rate within limits should the
    adjustable choke fail.
    On offshore facilities and other high-risk situations, an automatic shutdown valve should be installed on the wellhead. (It is required by the
    authorities having jurisdiction in the United States, Western and Eastern Europe, West Africa, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle
    East.) In all cases, block valves are needed so that maintenance can be
    performed on the choke if there is a long flowline.
    Whenever flows from two or more wells are commingled in a central
    facility, it is necessary to install a manifold to allow flow from any one
    well to be produced into any of the bulk or test production systems.

    Separation
    Initial Separation Pressure

    Because of the multicomponent nature of the produced fluid, the higher


    the pressure at which the initial separation occurs, the more liquid will be
    obtained in the separator. This liquid contains some light components that
    vaporize in the stock tank downstream of the separator. If the pressure for
    initial separation is too high, too many light components will stay in the
    liquid phase at the separator and be lost to the gas phase at the tank. If the
    pressure is too low, not as many of these light components will be stabilized into the liquid at the separator and they will be lost to the gas phase.
    This phenomenon, which can be calculated using flash equilibrium
    techniques discussed in Chapter 3, is shown in Figures 2-5 and 2-6. It
    is important to understand this phenomenon qualitatively. The tendency
    of any one component in the process stream to flash to the vapor phase
    depends on its partial pressure. The partial pressure of a component in

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