Abstract:
This study is carried out in Unity State at five Field Processing
Facilities of crude oil (FPFs): UNITY, MUNGA, ELNAR, ELTOOR and
TOMA SOUTH that belong to Greater Nile Petroleum Operating
Company (GNPOC). The objective of this study was to reduce the cost of
production through the removal of the assisting booster pump of the five
mentioned transfer pumps of FPFs.
Two simulation models were built in this study. In the first model,
the booster pump was running whereas in the second model the booster
pump was stopped. Three parameters values: pipeline pressure, discharge
pressure and total production were recorded for each of the five FPFs.
Then the previous
results were compared with the actual three
parameters readings for the five fields.
This study shows that the differences between the simulation and
actual values are not significant except for discharge pressure values for
all fields' pumps. According to these findings the following
recommendations are suggested: the assisting booster pump should be
stopped to reduce the estimated annual cost of production around
868,580.88 USD, but the pressure of each of the five FPFs pipeline
should be increased to overcome and maintain the production at the
normal level.
