What makes up the battery of an oil tank?
A tank battery that includes a gun barrel at the left, a water tank and two stock tanks. Most lease pumpers will have to deal with separating water sediment from the oil before it can be sold. The amount of water and sediment that needs to be removed determines the number, size, and kind of that equipment.
Which is the only tank in the battery?
As the separator is the only tank in the tank battery, there’s just two larger separator lines (with positive choke valves, heading to the upper left) and a smaller test line. Below the positive choke valves is the oil-saver hopper, where residue oil can be poured to be injected back into the system.
Do you need a tank battery to pump oil?
This tank battery sells directly to a pipeline, and therefore doesn’t need stock tanks. Some wells actually produce oil ready to sell, right out of the ground. When you’re pumping oil of that quality, the needs your tank battery has to meet are fairly simple. The battery in Figure 1 is an example of this sort of operation.
When do you need a gas tank battery?
When a well isn’t producing any water and there isn’t enough gas to be captured and sold, the tank battery can be just one vessel for storing oil prior to it being sold. Other types of operations may have a similar setup, such as a gas well that doesn’t produce any water or condensate.
How are oil and gas tank batteries connected?
Some tank batteries are connected to just one well, while others receive and process fluids from several different wells. When a single tank battery receives from a few different wells, those wells will usually all be close together which means they are all producing similar amounts and types of fluids.
As the separator is the only tank in the tank battery, there’s just two larger separator lines (with positive choke valves, heading to the upper left) and a smaller test line. Below the positive choke valves is the oil-saver hopper, where residue oil can be poured to be injected back into the system.
When a well isn’t producing any water and there isn’t enough gas to be captured and sold, the tank battery can be just one vessel for storing oil prior to it being sold. Other types of operations may have a similar setup, such as a gas well that doesn’t produce any water or condensate.
Can a 30 year old oil tank be replaced?
Nonetheless, a tank this old will inevitably have a layer of sediment at the bottom. If the oil level ever gets low, the sludgy sediment could gradually make its way into the oil lines and cause the system to clog. Therefore, replace a tank that is 30 years old as a preventive measure, even if it appears to be functional at present.