Introduction
The Gas and Liquid Contracts that exist (or are being negotiated) will determine the objectives of the processes that you will have to incorporate into any new facility and how you have to operate any existing facility. There exists a variety of processes that will condition your Natural Gas and Hydrocarbon Liquids to satisfy the Contract requirements. The objective of this course is to make you aware of the options available to you so that you can evaluate all the processes that will satisfy your objective to determine which particular process is the best from a capitol cost and operating cost perspective.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will gain knowledge of the processes available to process your Natural Gas and Hydrocarbon Liquid Products
Who Should Attend?
- This course is designed for project managers, plant managers, plant supervisors, technical staff, and contractor personnel involved in project planning, process selection and operation of Natural Gas Production. The greatest benefit arises from considering all the processes that will accomplish your process requirements to determine which one is the best for your particular application from a capital cost and operating cost perspective. You will also be able to see which processes are available to you to de-bottleneck or modify existing processes. The practical techniques and examples provide useful insights that are valuable at any stage of project execution and operation.
- Professionals involved in designing, selecting, sizing, specifying, installing, testing, operating and maintaining systems.
- Professionals, Technologists, Supervisory personnel, Senior Engineers, Team Leaders and Managers engaged in the refinery operation and oil production/exploration activities, who have a considerable experience and who are required to understand and discuss issues related to their processes.
- Process and Process Control Engineering, Technologists, Supervisory personnel, Senior Engineers, Team Leaders and Managers.
- Operational Planning, Refinery Scheduling Engineers, Team Leaders and Managers.
- Oil and Gas Operation (Upstream/Downstream): Filed/Control Room Operators, Supervisors, Engineers, Team Leaders and Managers.
- Mechanical, Rotating and Maintenance Planning: Supervisors, Engineers, Team Leaders and Managers.
- Health, Safety and Environment (HSE): Supervisors, Engineers, Team Leaders and Managers.
- Instrument Maintenance: Supervisors, Engineers, Team Leaders and Managers.
- Project Management: Supervisors, Engineers, Team Leaders and Managers.
- Commercial, Financial, Insurance and Legal Management: Controllers, Senior Engineers, Team Leaders and Managers engaged in the refinery operation and oil production/exploration activities.
- Business, sales, technical, and scientific personnel with limited or no broad refinery operating and oil production/exploration experience, along with technical sales personnel.
- Those involved in selling equipment or supplies to the refinery operations and oil production/ exploration industry.
- Those involved with economic evaluations of refinery operations and oil production/ exploration will benefit from this training course.
- Those involved in marketing, selling refined, final export products will benefit from this training course.
Course Outlines
Introduction to Natural Gas
- Hydrocarbon Properties
- Associated/ Non-Associated/ Unconventional Gas
- LNG / NGL Production and Processing
- Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
- Environmental and Safety Considerations
- Gas Specifications
Objectives of Gas Treatment
- Gas Contaminants & Objectives of Gas Treating
- Gas Dehydration
- Glycols vs. Solid Desiccants
- Mercury Removal, Nitrogen Rejection Unit
- Chemistry of Amine Gas Sweetening
- Guide to Selection of Gas Sweetening Processes
- Amine Filtration Systems
Alkanolamine Processes
- Process Flow and Process Description
- Design Criteria Guidelines for Amine Systems:
- General Considerations for Amine Processes
- Materials Selection and Construction
- General Operating Problems and Troubleshooting
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- Solution Degradation & Amine Losses
- Foaming
- Heat Stable Salts
- Corrosion
Sulphur Recovery I
- “Claus” Sulphur Recovery Chemistry and Thermodynamics – A question of Equilibrium
- Claus Process – Considerations and Modifications
- The EUROCLAUS Concept
- Process/ Mechanical Considerations
- Thiopaq Process
- Troubleshooting: What Can Go Wrong
- Claus Process Calculations and Exercises
Sulphur Recovery II
- Tail Gas Handling
- SCOT Tail Gas Treating
- Particulate Removal
- Mercury/Toxics Emissions
- Incineration
- Sulfur Product Specifications, Storage and Handling
- Safety and Environmental Considerations