Course Details

Objective

TRAINING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the training course, the participants should be able to get enhanced exposure in:

• Oil and gas production over view and hydrocarbon basics
• Various natural gas processing operations
• Produced water system, Treatment, disposal. Chemical treatment. Fuel Gas and inert gas system.
• Basic instrumentation and control system using in an oil and gas process facility
• Gas compression, dehydration, sweetening, NGL recovery and gas injection.

Content

DAILY OUTLINE

Day - 1
Welcome, Registration and pre assessment test.

1. Hydro Carbon Chemistry and their Behavior
2. Hydro Carbon Process.
   • Basic hydrocarbon theory, oil Production. Principles of gas / liquid separations, Oil and Gas production process, PFD of the oil treatment facilities starting from the wellhead up to storage tanks. Design basis (Capacity) of the oil treatment facilities. feed / product oil specifications, Process description of Risers, Receiver, separators, scrubber, strippers, pumps, compressors, etc, P&ID's details of the Risers, Receiver, separators, scrubber, flare, strippers, storage tanks.
3. Process safety
   • Identify work place health and safety hazard – various hazards in a process plant, unsafe acts and unsafe events, safe working practices, control of hazards, Permit work system.
   • Handling, storing and disposing of hazardous work place chemicals– Hazardous chemicals, chemical properties, MSDS, Hazardous chemicals handling. Storage and disposal, safety practices in handling hazardous chemicals.
   • Personal Protective Equipments– Importance of PPE, Various PPEs, Use of PPEs, Protection, special PPEs using while handling hazardous chemicals.
4. Case study discussion, Video lessons.

Day - 2

1. Natural Gas Basic Information:- History of natural gas, Commercial uses. Natural Gas Production facility – Primary separation. 
2. Natural Gas Processing:-Gas Sweetening Process, Principle of Gas sweetening, Gas sweetening process, Process control, Start up, Shut down and trouble shooting. 
3. Gas Dehydration:-Principle of Dehydration, Dehydration Process, Process Control, Start up, shut down and trouble shooting.
4. Gas Compression:-Basic principle of gas compression, types of Gas compressors, Cooling and scrubbers used in Compressors, Operation of gas compressors. 
5. Case study discussion, Video lessons.

Day - 3

Produced water treatment & Disposal

1. Produced water:-properties, Corrosive & scale forming with produced water, Produced water separation systems, Produced water chemical treatments, Produced water disposal /injection systems.
2. Chemicals used in oil & gas treatment:-Chemical Hazards, MSDS, Chemicals used for Oil and Gas treatments:- Demulsifier, corrosion inhibitor, biocide, H2S Scavenger and Scale inhibitor etc.
3. Chemical used for gas treatment:-Methanol, DEG, TEG, DEA etc.
4. Chemicals for water treatment:-Oxygen scavengers, poly electrolyte, hypochlorite .etc, Chemical dosing pump Operation.
5. Case study discussion, Video lessons.

Day – 4

• Basic Instrumentation and control system:-Basics Instrumentation, Process variables, Unit and measurements, Pressure, Temperature, Flow and Level.
• Process Control:-Elements of a control system, Measuring device, Transmitter, Controllers, Final control elements. 
• Process safe guards - Alarms, Trips, shut down valves, Blow down valves, fire and gas detectors,
• Piping and Instrumentation diagram ( P&ID)– PFD and P&ID. Various symbols using in P&ID, Line diagram, identification of various equipments, signals, valves in a P&ID.
• Practical Task - How to read and understand process from P&ID.Understand various process operation using P&ID, safe guards, trip conditions.

Day – 5

1. Operation Process equipments:- Pre Start Checks, Equipment Start-up, Start-up after Maintenance, Bringing Equipment to Normal Operating Parameters, Bringing Equipment to Specified Operating Parameters.
2. Monitor and Control Equipment Item or Process:-Monitoring Checks, Minimizing Impact on Safety, Health and Environment, Monitoring Feed rates and Production.
3. Change Production Rates & Production Grade/Specification :-Predicting Production or Product Changes
4. Practical Task – understand start up procedure for various equipments using P&ID.
5. Practical task – write start up and shut down procedure for various static and dynamic equipments.
6. Case study discussion, Video lessons.

Post course assessment, Certificate distribution.

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

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. Very useful Course Materials will be given.

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