Surface Production Facilities Operations Training
Everything a reservoir and a well accomplish gets tested at one final point — the surface facility that has to turn raw wellstream fluids into something that can actually be sold. Separators, treaters, tanks, and meters look simple on a process flow diagram, but running them well, day after day, is where production discipline either shows up or falls apart. Burraq Consulting’s course is built to instill that discipline.
What Are Surface Production Facilities?
Surface production facilities are the equipment and systems that receive fluids from the wellhead and process them into saleable products — separators, heater treaters, storage tanks, metering systems, and the associated piping and instrumentation connecting them. This is the point where production engineering meets day-to-day facility operations, and where good design intent can still be undone by poor operating practice.
Who Should Attend
- Production operators running day-to-day facility operations
- Facility engineers responsible for equipment performance and troubleshooting
- Field supervisors overseeing operations teams at production sites
Prerequisites
A basic technical background is expected; no prior facility operations certification is required.
What the Course Covers
- Surface facility layout and process flow from the wellhead through to the sales point
- Separator types and operating principles for gas/oil/water separation
- Heater treaters and dehydration systems used to condition crude oil and gas
- Storage tank operations, gauging, and custody transfer basics
- Metering systems and measurement accuracy considerations relevant to custody transfer and revenue accounting
- Facility startup, shutdown, and upset condition response procedures
- Routine operating rounds — what a competent operator should actually be checking, and why
Course at a Glance
Why Train with Burraq Consulting
Burraq Consulting’s instructors bring direct facility operations experience from production sites across the region, and this course focuses on real operating discipline — what a good operating round actually looks like, how upsets usually start small and get missed — rather than staying at the level of equipment theory disconnected from the daily reality of running a facility.
Certification and Next Steps
This course builds practical facility operations competency. It complements Burraq Consulting’s Oil & Gas Separation & Processing Fundamentals and Artificial Lift Systems courses for a complete view of production operations from wellhead to sales point.
Frequently Asked Questions
Production engineering focuses on optimizing well and reservoir performance; facility operations focuses on running the surface equipment that processes what those wells produce. Both need to work together, and this course builds the operations side of that relationship.
The course covers operating principles that apply across equipment types and manufacturers rather than vendor-specific training, so the skills transfer regardless of which equipment your facility runs.
Yes. The course is designed to build a solid operational foundation for personnel new to facility operations, while still offering value to experienced operators looking to sharpen their troubleshooting skills.
This course covers the equipment and operating practices at a facility level, while Burraq Consulting’s separation and processing course goes deeper into the underlying process principles — the two are natural companions for a complete picture.
Build the operating discipline that keeps facilities running smoothly.
or contact us to arrange an in-house program for your operations team.