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GAS CONDITIONING & PROCESSING

Location

Rome, Italy

Date

From Date: 22-Jan-2024
To Date: 26-Jan-2024

Duration

5 DAYS

Language

ENGLISH

Discipline

Introduction

Ref No: PE035
Title:       Gas Conditioning & Processing
Start Date:   22 January 2024 End Date: 26 January 2024
Venue:   Rome, Italy
Fee: $6,500

In any of the 5 star hotels. The exact venue will be intimated once finalized.

The rapidly increasing worldwide demand for natural gas as an energy source requires expertise in gas engineering technology, which involves several production operations such as dehydration, acid gas removal, recovery of natural gas liquids and the production of liquefied natural gas. In addition, one involved in such industry needs to be familiar with different gas sources, specifications, storage requirements, transportation and distribution.

TRAINING DESCRIPTION:

This course will start by defining what natural gas is, its properties, specifications and end uses. Then, typical gas processing operations will be discussed, including dehydration, acid gas removal, recovery of ethane, propane and NGL (natural gas liquids), and liquefied natural gas (LNG) operations. Sulfur recovery, tail gas conditioning and process control will also be discussed. Typical equipment and facilities that are found in typical natural gas processing operations will also be discussed including compressors, vessels, relief systems and safety systems. Finally, the fundamentals of gas transportation and distribution will be discussed

Objective

This short course is designed to give the attendants the fundamentals of natural gas conditioning and processing including some of the details of the process. Specifically, by attending this course you will:

Gain a deep knowledge of the properties, specifications and end uses of natural gas.
Gain a deeper understanding of typical natural gas processing operations, including:
- Dehydration
- Acid gas removal
- Recovery of ethane, propane and NGL (natural gas liquids)
- Sulfur recovery
Gain a deeper understanding of the production of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Gain a deeper knowledge of the different equipment and facilities found in natural gas processing plants.
Learn about fundamentals of gas transportation and distribution.

Audience

Technical and non-technical personnel involved in the activities of natural gas industry. Specifically, technical, operations and maintenance personnel who had limited exposure to this area, or professionals involved in other areas of the gas industry who require a comprehensive overview of natural gas processing will find this course ideally suited for them.

Content

COURSE OUTLINE

Day 1

What is natural gas?
Origins
Properties
Specifications
End uses and markets for natural gas
Environmental advantages
Physical behavior of natural gas systems
Physical and thermal properties
Phase behavior analysis
- Pure substances
- The phase rule
- Behavior of mixtures
- Vaporization by gas pressure
- Molecular theory of gases and liquids
- Natural gases
- Density of natural gas
- Density of liquids
- Dense phase
- Surface tension
- Viscosity
- Thermal conductivity of gases
- Thermodynamic properties
- Sampling and analysis

Day 2

Hydrates
- Determination of hydrate formation temperature or pressure
- Condensation of water vapor
- Temperature drop due to gas expansion
- Thermodynamic inhibitors
- Kinetic inhibitors and anti-agglomerators
Low temperature exchange (LTX) units and line heaters
- LTX units
- Line heaters
- Heat duty
- Fire-tube size
- Coil size
- Standard size line heaters
Condensate stabilization
- Partial pressure
- Multistage separation
- Multi flashes
- Cold feed distillation tower
- Distillation tower with reflux
- Condensate stabilizer design
- Trays and packing o Condensate stabilizer as a gas processing plant
- LTX unit as a condensate stabilizer

Day 4

Acid gas treating
- Gas sweetening processes
  - Solid bed absorption
  - Chemical solvents
  - Physical solvent processes
  - Direct conversion of H2S to sulfur
  - Sulfide scavengers
- Process selection
- Design procedure for iron-sponge units
- Design procedure for amine systems
Amine absorber
Amine circulation rates
Flash drum
Amine reboilers
Amine stripper
Rich/lean amine exchanger
Amine cooler
Amine solution purification
Materials of construction
Gas dehydration
- Water content determination
- Glycol dehydration
  - Process description
  - Choice of glycol
  - Design considerations
  - System sizing
- Solid bed dehydration

Day 5

Gas processing
- Absorption/lean oil
- Refrigeration
- Choice of process
Compressors
- Types of compressors
- Specifying a compressor
- Reciprocating compressors process considerations
Mechanical design of pressure vessels
- Design considerations
- Inspection procedure
- Specification and design of pressure vessels
Pressure relief
- Relief requirements
- Type of devices
- Valve sizing
- Installation
Valves, fittings and piping details
Safety systems
- Hazard tree
- Developing a safe process
- Failure mode effect analysis (FMEA)
- API recommended practice 14C
- Manual emergency shutdown
- Hazard analysis
- Safety management systems
Gas transportation and distribution

NOTE: Pre & Post Tests will be conducted Case Studies, Group Exercises, Group Discussions, Last Day Review &Assessments will be carried out.

Certificate

Define Management Consultancy & Training Certificate of course completion will be issued to all attendees.

Methodology

A highly interactive combination of lectures and discussion sessions will be managed to maximize the amount and quality of information and knowledge transfer. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions, and motivate everybody find the right answers. You will also be encouraged to raise your own questions and to share in the development of the right answers using your own analysis and experiences. Tests of multiple-choice type will be made available on daily basis to examine the effectiveness of delivering the course. All presentations are made in excellent colorful power point. Very useful Course Materials will be given.

30% Lectures
30% Workshops and work presentation
20% Group Work& Practical Exercises
20% Videos& General Discussions

Course Details