Surface Production Equipment
Free Water Knockouts
Free water knockouts remove the water that separates readily, so heaters and treaters downstream only work on what actually needs heat. Smith Industries fabricates FWKOs as stand-alone vessels or as part of a packaged skid.
Overview
About our free water knockouts
Removing free water early cuts fuel consumption in treating equipment and reduces the volume moving through downstream vessels.
Vessels can be supplied bare, skid-mounted, or piped into a larger production package fabricated in our shop.
Applications
- High water-cut production streams
- Upstream of heater treaters and gun barrels
- Central facilities and satellite batteries
- Water handling and disposal facilities
Configurations
- Horizontal and vertical orientations
- Stand-alone or integrated into a production skid
- Level control and interface instrumentation
- Available configurations and sizing confirmed per project requirements.
Construction
- Welded steel pressure vessel construction
- Shop-installed internals and nozzles
- Controlled blasting and coating
- Available configurations and sizing confirmed per project requirements.
