Temporary Water Transfer System Engineering

Timeline: February 2024 – March 2024

Ahead of the long-duration saltwater transfer program, Bell Engineering^® was contracted by a carbon capture and sequestration developer to design the temporary transfer and injection testing system that would make the field campaign possible. The scope connected two well sites several miles apart on a remote South Texas property and had to be deliverable as a bid-ready package within weeks.

Bell produced the full design set: P&IDs, plot plans, equipment layouts, hose routing across the property, pump and tank sizing, and the specifications the operator needed to secure rental equipment on the market. The design had to account for elevation changes, the routing constraints of a working ranch, and the pressure and flow requirements of the downstream injection test.

Equipment sizing was driven by the flow and pressure targets the sequestration monitoring test needed to hit, and by the salinity and density of the produced water being moved. We coordinated directly with rental vendors on availability and lead time so the operator could lock in equipment without rework.

The deliverable set closed out with a complete installation bid package the operator used to engage an installation contractor. When the field campaign started, the system went in and commissioned without design rework.