Description

This comprehensive 5-day training course focuses on oil and gas production and subsequent surface treatment facility operations and processes. The training covers the entire oil and gas value chain, from discovery, exploration and transportation to refining and sale to downstream industries. An overview and fundamental understanding of the wide range of oil production handling and processing equipment will be presented, along with new technologies.

Who is this training for ?

For whom ?

Chemical engineers, mechanical engineers and process technologists,

Facilities and inspection engineers

Maintenance or project engineers

Operating and laboratory chemists

Technicians, support engineers and engineering interns

Consultants and sales professionals

Prerequisites

None

Training objectives

Learn the origins and chemical characteristics of oil and gas

Understand the challenges associated with offshore operations, horizontal drilling and other safety issues

Familiarize participants with the different methods and techniques used to explore, drill, produce, process and transport oil, gas and their products.

Introduce participants to upstream, downstream and mid-chain operations.

Appreciate oil and natural gas processing technologies and processes, including including produced water treatment

Learn the many processes involved in crude oil refining and how they contribute to the complexity and profitability of the refinery.

Gain valuable knowledge on troubleshooting crude oil sweetening units physical gases and solvents

Training program

• Day One: Introduction to the Oil and Gas Production Life Cycle
  • The nature and formation of fossil fuels and petroleum reserves
  • Basic petroleum geology - Where fossil fuels are found: Onshore/offshore
  • Types of wells and reservoirs
  • Exploration activities:
  • Exploration wells
  • Directional drilling
  • Offshore drilling
  • Well Testing and Completion
  • Well Stimulation and Workover
• Day Two: Duties Related to Oil and Gas Operations
  • The chemistry of fossil fuels and petroleum
  • Physical properties of hydrocarbons
  • Collection and separation of oil and gas
  • Surface treatment on site,
  • Produced water production and management practices
  • Dew point control/liquid recovery
  • Acid gas injection
  • Oil recovery methods
• Day Three: Chemical Reaction Process
  • Types of contaminants and general safety considerations
  • Process specifications and selection criteria
  • Hydrates and gas dehydration
  • Water chemistry gas sweetening by amines
  • Selection and classification of alkanolamine processes
  • Selection criteria for acid gas removal systems
  • Schemes of process flow
  • General Design Criteria/Guidelines
  • General Operational Issues in Amine Processes
• Day Four: Common Processes Used in Gas Plants
  • Physical processes:
  • Selexol, Fluor, Rectisol, Purisol
  • Processes based on alkaline salts:
  • Potassium carbonate plants hot - Benfield, Catacarb
  • Combination processes:
  • Sulfinol, HiPure
  • Batch processes:
  • Chemsweet, Sulfa-Check, SulfaTreat , Puraspec, Molecular sieve
  • Iron chelation processes:
  • LO-CAT, SulFerox
  • Treatment of liquid hydrocarbons:
  • Caustic regenerated, solid copper chloride Perco, molecular sieve, Merox
• Day Five: Downstream Operations
  • Oil and gas - Downstream operations
  • Oil storage and transportation
  • Crude oil processing
  • Refining operations and products
  • Petrochemical Industry
  • Oil and Gas Prices
  • Energy Types, World Energy Review and World Statistics
  • Review and course evaluation