Overview of Gas Processing
Overview of Gas Processing – Technical
OBJECTIVES
- Oil and gas facilities terminology.
- To identify key commercial and contract issues.
- How gas is transported and sold.
- The difference between various gas conditioning and processing technologies.
- To summarize gas measurement.
- To explain the extraction and uses of Propane, Butane, NGL and LPG.
- How gas processing fits into the value chain for hydrocarbon products.
- To identify the key pieces of equipment used in a natural gas production facility.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Geologists, reservoir engineers, line managers, operational staff, shift foremen, those new to the industry such as entry-level engineers or anyone interested in a solid understanding of the principles of the gas processing industry.
COURSE OUTLINE
- Industry overview
- Gas processing fundamentals
- Terminology
- Chemistry of oil and gas
- Markets, gas contracts and specifications
- Demand patterns and load factors
- Technical fundamentals, e.g. physical properties and phase behavior
- Oil and gas production facilities
- Hydrates, hydrate inhibition
- Gas dehydration
- Gas sweetening and sulfur recovery
- Acid gas reinjection
- Natural gas liquids and dew point control
- Nitrogen rejection and helium recovery
- Fractionation and stabilization
- Heat exchange and compression