Flare Stacks

Oilfield flare stacks, also called gas flares, are vent pipes typically used in chemical plants, petroleum refineries, and natural gas plants. The main purpose of flare stacks is to protect pipes and pressure vessels when they are over pressured during operational upsets. When plant equipment is over pressured, flammable gas is released and the flare stacks help burn them off.

Oilfields usually have separators for the flare to remove large amounts of liquids. To reduce the formation of black smoke, steam is injected. To keep the flare system functioning according to the purpose it serves, small amounts of gas are burned continuously in case an over pressure occurs again.

ALS designs build flares for all types of applications from 30 to 60ft with or without knock out pods. We can trailer make anything that will fit the need of your company.

IRON SALES

ALS is a full-service parts and iron dealer for all of your rubber to flow iron needs. We keep a complete line of inventory on all of our products. We are constantly replenishing our stock to ensure the best delivery for our customers. If we do not have it in stock, we can machine, assemble, paint and ship before most companies can process the order. We keep iron, stems, seats, manifolds, rubber, seal kits and manifolds in stock new and refurbished.

Line Heaters

An oilfield line heater is essentially a water tank with pressure coils, which are typically made of high-pressure pipes inside the water pipes. The water is distributed in the water tank while it is heated by burners (also known as burner tubes). Many wells are turned off due to the high costs of operations involving the hydrate plugs, but line heaters can be used to prevent the removal of hydrate plugs. They stop the formation of hydrates when the flow pressure is reduced.

Line heaters also warm up the water in order to improve the separation process. They also allow you to maintain an ideal temperature in the well by counteracting rapid temperature drops that usually occur as the stream passes through the choke. Some line heaters even provide tremendous reductions in the emission of greenhouse gas, making it more environmentally friendly.

Aside from this, a line heater can be used to heat crude oil. Depending on the need, a company can customize coil arrangements and devise a product for pressures as high as 15,000 psi. This type of customization allows you to achieve an efficient combination. There is usually a wide range of sizes to choose from, and they can work specifically for your application and according to the needs of your business.

Sand Separators

Sand traps remove sand and particulates left over after drilling and hydro-fracking, or to remove persistent reservoir sand. ALS sand separators are cyclonic or weir type traps.

Cyclonic separation is a method of removing particulates from an air, gas or liquid stream, without the use of filters, through vortex separation. When removing particulate matter from liquids, a hydro cyclone is used; while from gas, a gas cyclone is used. Rotational effects and gravity are used to separate mixtures of solids and fluids. The method can also be used to separate fine droplets of liquid from a gaseous stream.

Weir style sand traps are the most common with notably lower cost, they provide good separation across a wide range of flow regimes and operating pressures and long life. 

Sand separators work well in dry flow and moist conditions as well as water slugs and very wet flow back conditions.

 Test Separators

Test separators are used on exploration wells where effluent phases are not known, so they must treat a wide variety of effluents, such as gas, gas condensate, light oil, heavy oil, and foaming oil as well as the oil containing water and impurities such as mud or solid particles.

ALS has designed a built LP to HP vessel ranging in size for 24’’ to 72”. With our capable staff, we can design and build a portable to the stationary unit that will last the life of the well.