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Colorado's 2022 Tankless
The History of Oilfield Tanks, 1859-2024
The History of Oilfield Tanks, 1859-2024
Oilfield Facilities
The state of Colorado is suggesting operators eliminate typical storage tanks to help reduce carbon emissions and overall carbon footprint. This poses design challenges that can be met.
The History of Oilfield Tanks, 1859-2024
The History of Oilfield Tanks, 1859-2024
The History of Oilfield Tanks, 1859-2024
Crude oil was discovered in Titusville, PA, in 1859. It was originally stored and moved in old 42-gallon wine barrels. As the industry grew, so did the tanks. Eventually, wood gave way to steel, and tanks became sophisticated.
The Ideal 21st-Century Tank Battery
The History of Oilfield Tanks, 1859-2024
It's Time to Use AI and IoT in Upstream Oilfield Facilities
This paper details the paradigm-breaking CTB and component systems designs to assure oil and gas operators' optimum separation and maximized hydrocarbon sales.
It's Time to Use AI and IoT in Upstream Oilfield Facilities
It's Time to Use AI and IoT in Upstream Oilfield Facilities
It's Time to Use AI and IoT in Upstream Oilfield Facilities
This paper suggests that the time is now to use AI and the IoT in existing and new tank batteries to improve efficiency and increase much-needed profitability.
Vessel Specifications Pay Big Dividends
It's Time to Use AI and IoT in Upstream Oilfield Facilities
Should Treater Firetubes be in Water or Oil?
This "White Paper" was written to help facilities engineers get a grip on the important issues they face when they buy new oilfield process equipment. When you take the time to write a specification, you pay for your time a hundred times over!
Should Treater Firetubes be in Water or Oil?
It's Time to Use AI and IoT in Upstream Oilfield Facilities
Should Treater Firetubes be in Water or Oil?
For nearly 90 years, designers have placed treater firetubes in water. This paradigm ("we've always done it that way") is challenged in this technical paper, suggesting we shouldn't have!
Process Safety, Corrosion Prevention, Patents
Most Oilfield Facility Fires Can Be Prevented
Most Oilfield Facility Fires Can Be Prevented
Most Oilfield Facility Fires Can Be Prevented
Oilfield facilities designers and installers should consider all salient conditions for the prevention of fires. This paper outlines some of the key issues.
Stop Corrosion in Its Tracks
Most Oilfield Facility Fires Can Be Prevented
Most Oilfield Facility Fires Can Be Prevented
Nearly all oilfield facilities experience corrosion to one degree or another. Stopping it is easy! The best use of coatings, anodes, and chemical corrosion inhibitors is outlined in this white paper.
Our Patents
Most Oilfield Facility Fires Can Be Prevented
Our Patents
Patents and efficiency often go hand in hand. In facility design, we weigh the value of patented technology against its costs. When efficiency matters, our IP (patents and intellectual property) really performs. Take a look at our IP here and use it in your next project!
Process Equipment Innovation and Patents
Report of the Woodward L-POD Field Test
Report of the Woodward L-POD Field Test
Report of the Woodward L-POD Field Test
This "White Paper" describes the first field test of the Generation 1 L-POD System. The results were predictably very positive. Since this test, L-POD's Generation 2 System has been designed and produced. It will be an even better performer in the real world.
Facilities Performance Evaluation Reports
Report of the Woodward L-POD Field Test
Report of the Woodward L-POD Field Test
Facilities are ever-changing with the times. As operations' personnel come and go through the "boom and bust" cycles, facility performance sometimes suffers. We offer evaluation studies to find weak links and return performance to a higher level of acceptability.
L-POD Oil
Report of the Woodward L-POD Field Test
L-POD Oil
Clarifier Designed for Crude Oil Terminals
This "White Paper" describes this new system designed to eliminate BS&W from crude oil BEFORE it is pumped into the nation's pipelines and refineries!
Process Equipment Sizing and Design
The World's First AI-Controlled Treater
Overcoming the Sizing Paradigms of the Past
The World's First AI-Controlled Treater
This "White Paper" describes the economics of using the L-POD System as artificial intelligence finds its way into the upstream oil and gas industry. This fully self-managed treater can even be made to have a zero-carbon footprint!
The 1880 Gunbarrel May Not Work Today!
Overcoming the Sizing Paradigms of the Past
The World's First AI-Controlled Treater
In the 1880s, gunbarrel tanks were designed to remove small amounts of water from larger volumes of produced oil. Today's high water cuts demand a new design that does just the opposite!
Overcoming the Sizing Paradigms of the Past
Overcoming the Sizing Paradigms of the Past
Overcoming the Sizing Paradigms of the Past
This paper describes the methods of sizing Gunbarrel tanks for the low water cut applications of the past and for the higher water cuts of today. The 21st century has ushered in a new set of production conditions never experienced before.
APRIL 20, 2020
KOTREATTM - Another 21st Century Breakthrough
Overcoming the Sizing Paradigms of the Past
The Day Oil Prices Tanked!
For the first time, the price of crude oil went negative! The COVID-19 pandemic drastically cut worldwide use of ALL petroleum products, driving the price of oil down to -$37.63.
KOTREATTM - Another 21st Century Breakthrough
KOTREATTM - Another 21st Century Breakthrough
KOTREATTM - Another 21st Century Breakthrough
This "White Paper" describes how the innovative KOTREATTM reduces costs. KOTREATTM is a single vessel combining a free water knockout section and a horizontal heater treater.
Cut Chemical Costs by 50% or More!
KOTREATTM - Another 21st Century Breakthrough
KOTREATTM - Another 21st Century Breakthrough
This "White Paper" describes simple, practical, doable ways to cut chemical costs while improving chemical treatment effectiveness at the same time. Application methods make all the difference... and you can make it happen!
Electreater
Proper Oilfield Vessel Baffle Designs Improve Separation Efficiency
Proper Oilfield Vessel Baffle Designs Improve Separation Efficiency
At Last, an Eco-Friendly
Heater Treater
This all-electric treater produces zero greenhouse gas while automatically controlling paraffin, RVP, and BS&W electronically. It's the industry's first Eco-friendly flameless treater!
Proper Oilfield Vessel Baffle Designs Improve Separation Efficiency
Proper Oilfield Vessel Baffle Designs Improve Separation Efficiency
Proper Oilfield Vessel Baffle Designs Improve Separation Efficiency
Almost all oilfield pressure vessels suffer from surges, which short-circuit retention time. Proper attention to baffle design can cure this problem!
Industrial Drones Save Time and Money
Proper Oilfield Vessel Baffle Designs Improve Separation Efficiency
Industrial Drones Save Time and Money
21st-century drones have amazing capabilities. A properly configured drone can "fly" a site and generate an accurate 3D CAD model of the site in an hour or two! The savings are huge compared to the weeks a survey crew would need to do the same job!.
The Following Are Technical Papers From High-Tech Consultants, Inc., The Predecessor Company of Breakthrough Engenuity LLC
HTC Technical Papers
These "White Papers" below were written by Bill Ball between 1992 and 2014. In 2014, Bill's High-Tech Consultants, Inc., was reformed as Breakthrough Engenuity LLC. These papers are intended to help facilities engineers improve their process equipment, systems, and facilities design efforts.
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