Gas Oil Separation Process

with Aspen HYSYS

Revised: Nov 27, 2012

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 Objectives

Understand how to utilize Conceptual Design Builder in

Aspen HYSYS
Understand the gas oil separation process (GOSP)

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 Background

An oil well commonly produces the crude consisting of gas,

oil, water, and contaminants. A gas oil separation process
(GOSP) handles the crude from the well and separates oil,
gas, water, and contaminants. The processed oil and gas can
then be sent to oil refineries and gas processing plants,
respectively.

For field development research and assessment, a number

of process scenarios must be quickly generated and
assigned with different probabilities. The Aspen HYSYS and
Conceptual Design Builder lets you quickly generate the
necessary iterated, individual scenarios necessary for field
development research and assessment.

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 Problem Statement

An oil field produces the crude with the following

specifications that is processed in a gas oil separation
plant:
- Gas/Oil Ratio (GOR): 200
- Water/Oil Ratio (WOR): 0.02
- Production Rate: 2000 barrels/day

Using Aspen HYSYS and the Conceptual Design Builder,

determine the oil, gas, and water production rate from
this process.

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