Project Overview

The Flarestick project, located in Taktak, Iraq, is an industrial facility extension designed to regulate and control oil pressure within the well. In oil extraction, natural gas is released alongside crude oil at high pressure. This gas must be separated and safely burned, while oil droplets within the gas mixture need to be recovered efficiently. The project involves a 50-meter extension to the existing pipeline to enhance safety and operational efficiency.

Key Features

Controlled Gas Flaring: The pipeline system ensures that excess gas is safely burned without affecting facility operations.

Oil Recovery: A precise 1% slope is applied to the pipeline, enabling the recovery of remaining oil droplets within the gas.

Extended Pipeline for Safety: The existing pipe was extended to reduce the impact of radiant heat from the flare on the facility.

Precision Engineering: The entire extension was designed with millimetric accuracy to ensure smooth integration with the existing infrastructure.

Role

As the architectural designer and BIM modeler, I developed the project design, ensured its feasibility, and modeled the entire system in Revit for detailed execution.

Methodology & Tools

Revit was used for design, modeling, and quantity takeoff with millimetric precision.

The pipeline gradient was carefully calculated to optimize oil recovery and gas flaring efficiency.

The extended pipeline was integrated with existing site conditions while considering safety and environmental factors.

This project plays a critical role in enhancing operational safety and efficiency within the oil extraction facility by mitigating the effects of high-temperature flare radiation while maximizing oil recovery.