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