Gas Processing and Conditioning

• Those directly involved in supervising gas processing operations
• Managers involved in the planning and development of new gas processing facilities or modifying existing facilities
• Production Supervisors, Senior Operators and those involved with gas production and injection
• Individuals involved in negotiation contracts for the sale of Natural Gas, LPG and NGL Products
• Newly employed engineers and technicians in the oil and gas processing industry
• Both technical and non-technical personnel
• Those employed in the activities that support gas processing

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• Introduction to Natural Gas Processing:
  • World Natural Gas Occurrence and Production
  • Natural Gas Origin and History
  • NIGC – Near Future Natural Gas Processing Infrastructure
  • Natural Gas Value Chain Overview
  • Natural Gas Processing Facility Block Diagram
  • Fluid Properties – Natural Gas Constituents and Physical Properties
  • Phase Behaviour – Water Hydrocarbon Systems
  • Scope of Natural Gas Processing – Process Objectives
  • Scope of Natural Gas Field Processing – Type and Source of Natural Gas
  • Scope of Natural Gas Field Processing – Field, Location, and Size.
• Liquid Separation
  • Purpose, Principles and Terminology
  • Separation Equipment- Common Components
  • Types of Separators
  • Separation Principles
  • Separator Design
  • Factors Affecting Separation
  • Operational Problem
  • Trouble Shooting
• Natural Gas Sweetening
  • Purpose and Introduction
  • Process classification
  • Batch vs. continuous
  • Solvent vs. solid based
  • Batch Processes
  • Solid vs. liquid/slurry based
  • Continuous Processes
  • Alkanol-Amine based solvents
  • Mixed solvents (enhanced/activated/formulated)
  • Physical solvents
  • Direct conversion
  • Liquid phase oxidation of H2S
  • Adsorption on solids
  • Membranes
  • Process Selection Guidelines
  • Design Procedures and Guidelines
  • Operations – Problems and Troubleshooting
• Natural Gas Dehydration
  • Introduction- Purpose of Gas Dehydration
  • Pipeline Specification
  • Hydrate Prevention
  • Methods of Dehydration
  • Absorption Dehydration Using Glycol
  • Solid Bed Adsorption
  • Expansion Refrigeration (LTX units)
  • Design Techniques and Guidelines
  • Operations of Dehydration Facilities
  • Trouble Shooting
  • Natural Gas Dehydration- Process Selection
• Natural Gas Liquid Recovery
  
  • Why NGL recovery?
  • NGL components and specifications
  • Introduction to low-temperature processes
  • Processing objectives
  • Transportable gas
  • Sales gas
  • Maximum NGL recovery
  • Value of NGL
  • Liquid Recovery Processes