LOCATION: Athabasca
Acero Engineering was engaged to support the construction of a new wellsite for a heavy oil well (10–20° API) with a total depth of 900m. The site was equipped with a wellhead pump and two (2) 750bbl tanks for treating production. Oil production (~100 bpd) was pumped into the first tank, cascaded into the second, and was then pumped out; produced water was removed from the first tank as required.
Both tanks were propane-heated via burners. Gas production was expected to be negligible and sweet. A propane bullet was installed on-site to power either a generator or a hydraulic unit for the wellhead pump.
LOCATION: Northern Alberta
Acero Engineering was engaged to support the installation of a new 4" Fiberspar underground raw water pipeline to supply additional quench water to Well Pad 2, addressing increased flow requirements from the upgraded production transfer pump. The pipeline originated at the CPF, tying into the discharge of Raw Water Pump C06-P-612, and was primarily installed by directional drilling with carbon steel surface piping at both ends. The project resolved capacity limitations and plugging issues in the existing quench water line, ensuring adequate sub-cooling of emulsion prior to transfer. Raw water was selected over de-oiled water to improve quenching efficiency due to its lower temperature. The pipeline was designed for 1,000 m³/d flowrate and piggable for cleaning and maintenance.
LOCATION: Fort St. John, BC
Acero’s scope of work was to add an additional 40 MMSCFD train in parallel with an existing 20 MMSCFD raw gas facility. Facility improvements included slug catcher, relocation and use of an available separator as FKOD for acid gas going to incinerator, evaluation and upgrade of gas power/ generator units to accommodate winter consumption (mainly heat tracing); associated instrumentation and control upgrades and accommodations.
LOCATION: Columbia
Acero was engaged to support the Acordionero Central Processing Facility (CPF) in Colombia with the design of a new blending facility and export pipeline to mitigate crude trucking risks and prevent CPF storage limitations from forcing well shut-ins. Scope included concept development and FEED for a new blending terminal with three 7,500 bbl crude/blended oil tanks, one 7,500 bbl diluent tank, static mixer, pump-around blending/cooling loops, diluent storage and injection, crude oil cooling, shipping pumps, and associated LACT unit. A new 8” high-pressure export pipeline (~500 m) was designed to connect the blending facility to Cenit’s 8” Galan-Ayacucho pipeline, including provisions for pigging/line flushing, automated valve operation, ESD tie-in, and off-spec oil handling. Design capacity was 20,000 BPD blended crude (10–15% diluent) with ~1,400 psig discharge pressure, in compliance with ASME, API, RETIE, and GTE specifications.
LOCATION: Putumayo Basin, Colombia
Acero was responsible for the conceptual through to detailed engineering, procurement, and construction management of a long-term fully mobile testing facility, to be fully transportable from site to site, capable of long-term use on each well pad - from six months to one year. Equipment was designed to handle the production of two wellheads with each wellhead producing up to 1,500 bpd of crude oil.
Location - Kurdistan, Iraq
Acero Engineering delivered comprehensive, multi-disciplinary engineering services for the tie-in of the new CK-25 production well at the Well Pad-A in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The scope spanned Process, Piping, Civil, EI&C, and Mechanical disciplines, covering the full project lifecycle from initial design reviews (IFR) and HAZOP facilitation (IFH) through to the final Issued for Construction (IFC) detailed design and procurement support.
