Optimize labor costs, minimize emissions, and improve efficiency with the Sahara Facility Cyclone
The Problem:
A major producer in the Montney zone in Canada had a 10-well pad in the steady state phase and was looking to cut costs and make production more efficient. They had been using individual well desanding units for each well, which required the sand to be dumped once a day. Together, all of the wells in the pad were producing 12,000 lbs of sand each day. Dumping all 10 wells on a daily basis was a labor-intensive and costly process.
The client approached EnerCorp because they wanted to try to comingle each well into a multi-well pad desander.
The solution:
The EnerCorp engineering team worked to custom engineer a solution that could recover 12,000 lbs of sand per day from the client's 10-well pad.
Our Sahara Facility Cyclone is the perfect solution for operators that have multiple wells in the steady state phase. It can handle massive amounts of sand from multiple wells, and can separate sand down to 50-micron particle sizes, ensuring virtually no sand gets into the production facility.
Our engineering team constructed a blowdown unit for this client so we have a complete closed loop system, enabling them to monitor the sand in the cyclone and the blowdown unit. We designed the accumulator so that it can hold a full days’ capacity of sand from all of the 10 wells, ensuring the client only needs to blow down one single unit instead of 10 units like before.
For our client in the Montney, we custom engineered the Sahara Facility Cyclone to recover 12,000 lbs of sand per day from their 10-well pad. The team also constructed a blowdown unit for the client to create a combo complete closed loop system. This enables the client to monitor the sand in the cyclone and the blowdown unit.
With one Sahara Facility Cyclone, the client could get rid of the 10 individual sand management vessels at each well. Instead of blowing down each unit once a day, the client now only needs to blow down the Sahara Facility Cyclone once a day.
The results:
99.9% sand removal efficiency: We captured virtually every particle of sand before it reached the production facility.- 40% cost savings: The client reduced their labor costs massively by having to only blow down a single unit once a day as compared to 10 separate units. Also, the cost savings associated with previously having 10 units and piping to only having one unit was quite significant.
- Fewer environmental releases: The Sahara Facility Cyclone is a closed-loop system, meaning all vapors and gas that are released during the blowdown process are contained and not released directly into the atmosphere.
- Less truck traffic: There is nine times less truck traffic because the client only needs to blow down one unit instead of 10, minimizing emissions.
See what the Sahara Facility Cyclone can do
The client was so pleased with the results that they have ordered multiple units of the Sahara Facility Cyclone to be delivered in 2024 for their other pads.
The Sahara Facility Cyclone provides another solution for producers that want to get away from single-well desanding. This fully customizable technology is unlike any other in the market today, providing both high efficiency and incredible sand capture results.
Want to see the same results for your production facility? Get in touch with EnerCorp today.
