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Early Production Facility (EPF)​​​​​​​

An Early Production Facility (EPF) serves as a modularized integrated solution for expediting oil and gas production, allowing customers to initiate production swiftly. The timely commencement is crucial for realizing commercial advantages. Many oil and gas operators favor EPFs for the development of marginal fields or to rapidly generate revenue from fields before establishing a permanent facility. This approach offers both financial and operational advantages in the realm of oil and gas production.

KARA offers a comprehensive solution for an EPF package, encompassing various equipment categories:

Gas Treatment: This includes Gas Compression, Gas Sweetening units, Gas Dehydration units, Dew Point Control units, and Gas Metering systems.

Oil Treatment: The package involves Three Phase Separators, Crude Oil Heaters, Electrostatic Desalters/Heater Treaters, Crude Stabilization units, Crude Storage, Metering, and Pumping Units.

Produced Water: KARA incorporates CPI Separators, De-oiler Hydro cyclones, Induced Gas Flotation (or DGF/DNF), and Nutshell Filters.

E&I Package: This features an Integrated Control and Monitoring system (PLC) and ESD system.

Plant Utilities: This includes power generation, instrument air packages, fire water systems, fire and gas detection, flare systems.

KARA optimizes the process by sourcing process equipment from existing inventory, configuring it offsite, and requiring minimal on-site construction for piping and ancillaries during installation.
Moreover, KARA provides additional value by offering EPFs on either a lease or sale basis.
The standard scope of a KARA Early Production Facility (EPF) project encompasses engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operation, and maintenance.
In terms of engineering, KARA covers various disciplines, including process, instrument and control, electric, piping, mechanical, and civil. Throughout detailed engineering, KARA delivers all necessary outputs to meet client expectations, ensuring that the facility complies with required product specifications. The engineering depth allows for detailed HSE studies (HAZOP, HAZID, SIL studies) to guarantee safe facility design and operation.
The construction phase adheres to a modular concept, fabricating skids and pipings offsite to reduce onsite construction and installation time. Minimal civil work is required, expediting construction for fast-track commissioning.
During pre-commissioning and commissioning, a detailed documented procedure is prepared. Following mechanical completion, activities commence based on the prepared procedures, with all involved parties signing off. Fluid flow begins, and operational activities ensure the delivery of the final on-spec product.
In terms of operation and maintenance, a well-experienced, trained, and qualified personnel operate the EPF facility safely, adhering to all HSE rules and regulations. Scheduled product analysis and daily production reports are conducted, and planned inspection preventive maintenance follows the maintenance schedule, complying with company, client, and international HSE standards..
The EPF is adept at processing highly intricate well fluids, ensuring the attainment of final product specifications with minimal environmental impact and utilizing the least possible equipment. Particularly in fields dealing with heavy oil possessing an API less than 10, the EPF solution proves uniquely advantageous. This presents a financial gain, considering that such complex crude would necessitate a more extended timeline if produced through a conventional Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) project
EPF consists of following equipment:

-Intelligence Header with control system
-Flow control & Shut Down equipment and piping
-Desander
-Heat exchangers
-2-phase and 3-phase separators
-Electrostatic Desalter
-Colesser Tank
-Data Acquisition System wizard type (wireless) with PLC System and ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
-Chemical Injection System
-Water Treatment System and online Analyzer
-Metering Skid with Auto sampler & Flow computer
-KO Drum with Flare
-Safety and measure equipment
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