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    Gas Conditioning and Handling

    • Foundation
    • 5 Days
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    This foundation course builds end-to-end competence in conditioning and handling of natural gas—from wellstream separation through sweetening, dehydration/hydrate management, liquids handling (HC dew-point/NGL extraction), compression, and transportation. Participants learn how gas properties drive process selection and equipment design, how to diagnose operating issues, and how to set operating envelopes that improve reliability and economics. The program combines short lectures with calculation drills, case-based troubleshooting (amine and TEG units), and design mini-workshops (e.g., three-phase separators), so learners can take decisions that reduce operating costs while sustaining product quality and throughput.
    Day 1

    Gas properties and Separators 

    • Overview of the gas properties
    • Gas separation
    • Design and operation of the separation system

    Day one of this course will focus on gas separation from production fluids.  The day starts with an overview of the natural gas properties and method to estimate them. The day continue with gas separation principle, processes, stages and design and operation for two and three phase separators.  The participants will also run exercises on three phase separator designs.

    Day 2

    Gas Sweetening 

    • Gas sweetening process classification
    • Selection criteria for sweetening processes
    • Design and operation of sweetening processes
    • Typical operating problems and troubleshooting for amine process

    On day two, participants will learn about gas sweetening.  Specific topics that will be discussed on this day include gas value chain natural, characteristics, quality specifications, sweetening process classification, processes selection criteria, design and operation.  The day ends with an example of typical operating problem and troubleshooting for an amine sweetening unit.

    Day 3

    Hydrate and Gas dehydration 

    • Hydrate
    • Gas dehydration processes
    • Design and operation of gas dehydration processes
    • Typical operating problems and troubleshooting for TEG unit

    Day three of this course of the dehydration processes.  The day start with hydrate deposit formation mechanism, control and remediation. After this, the participants will be exposed to natural gas dehydration processes, technologies, design and operation. The day end with a case study of operating problems and the troubleshooting of a TEG unit.

    Day 4

    Liquid Removal and Gas Transportation 

    • Liquid removal
    • Gas transportation      

    On day fourth reviews, the participants will be exposed to the different methods and technologies to remove liquid from the natural gas. Hydrocarbon dew point control, and NGL extraction processes will be discussed. At the end of the day, the main types of natural gas transportation and storage will be discussed in detail.

    Day 5

    Mechanical Equipment

    • Compressors
    • Pumps
    • Heat exchangers

    On the last day, participants will learn about mechanical equipment.  Compressors and pump classification, design, and operation conditions will be covered on this day.  Heat exchanger types, including shell and tube, fin fan, and plate and frame will also be discussed.  

    Surface facility design engineers, surface facility operations engineers, gas processing engineers, and field production operations engineers.

    Participants should have an awareness of natural gas properties.

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