The recent SPE workshop, titled “Separation Technology and Challenges for the Low-Carbon Future,” brought together various industry members to share knowledge and discuss future challenges faced during the energy transition. The workshop aimed to present cutting-edge separator design and troubleshooting methods, develop future separation needs and gap statements, and propose a forward path to overcome these gaps. With over 74 delegates in attendance, topics such as alternative technologies, energy transition, and reducing environmental impacts were covered through presentations and interactive breakout sessions.
Keynote speaker Ken Arnold shared insights on deployment of new separation technologies, highlighting successes and challenges faced by various companies. The workshop featured sessions covering design and modeling, energy transition, reducing environmental impact, and produced-water separation challenges. Attendees also delved into practical aspects of troubleshooting and case histories, focusing on bulk-fluid-handling challenges and practical solutions.
Breakout sessions allowed attendees to discuss future separation needs and gap areas, identifying key challenges and possible strategies to address them. Notable gaps included instrumentation and technology for oil and gas carbon footprint reduction, high water flows treatment, and validation data for equations of state and process models. The workshop concluded with recommendations on improving the overall performance of separation systems and enhancing collaboration between researchers and developers.
The workshop received support from sponsors including Wolf Process Technologies, SouthWest Research Institute, and TechnipFMC, making it a successful event highlighting the importance of advancing separation technologies for a sustainable low-carbon future.
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