This Coventry Academy 5-day training course concentrates on oil & gas production and subsequent treatment surface facility operations and processes. The training course covers the entire oil & gas value chain from discovery, exploration and transportation through to refining and finally sales to downstream industries. An overview and fundamental understanding of the wide range of oilfield production handling and treatment equipment will be presented as well as new technologies.
This course emphasises oil and gas production facilities both onshore and offshore - from the wellhead to delivery of an on-specification crude oil to the refinery or natural gas to downstream users. Produced water treating facilities are introduced and discussed and includes coverage of water injection systems. In addition to the engineering aspects of oil production facilities, practical operating problems will also be covered, including treatment of emulsions, handling of sand, dealing with wax and asphaltenes, natural gas dehydration and sweetening and refinery processing.
What are the goals?
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
Learn the origins and chemical characteristics of Oil & Gas
Understand the challenges associated with offshore operations, horizontal drilling and other safety concerns
Familiarize the participants with various methods and techniques used to explore, drill, produce, treat and transport Oil, Gas and their products
Introduce the participants to upstream, mid-stream and downstream operations
Appreciate Oil & Natural Gas treatment technologies and processes including produced water treatment
Learn the many processes involved in crude oil refining and how these contribute to refinery complexity and profitability
Gain valuable knowledge of Gas Sweetening and Physical Solvents Unit Troubleshooting
Who is this training course for?
This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals within the Oil and Gas Industries but will greatly benefit:
Chemical, Mechanical engineers and Process Technologists,
Facility and Inspection engineers
Maintenance or project engineers
Operations and Laboratory Chemists
Technicians, support engineers and engineering trainees
Consultants and Sales professionals
How will this training course be presented?
To ensure the concepts introduced during the program are understood, they will be reinforced through a mix of learning methods, including lecture style presentations, short videos, open discussion, case studies, and group work.
This highly interactive, stimulating course will be augmented with presenter led opportunities for advancing the participants’ opinions and ideas by discussions and workshops, and syndicate exercises and examples.
Course Outline
Day One: Introduction of Oil & Gas Production Life Cycle
The nature and formation of fossil fuels and oil reserves
Basic petroleum geology- Where we find fossil fuels: Onshore/ offshore
Type of wells and Reservoir types
Exploration activities:
Exploration well
Directional Drilling
Drilling Offshore
Well Testing & Completion
Well Stimulation & Workover
Day Two: Functions Related to Oil & Gas Operations
The chemistry of fossil fuels and petroleum
Physical properties of hydrocarbons
Oil & Gas Gathering and separation
On-site surface processing,
Produced Water Generation and Management Practices
Dew Point Control/Liquids Recovery
Acid gas injection
Oil Recovery Methods
Day Three: Chemical Reaction Processes
Types of Contaminants and General Safety Considerations
Specifications and process selection criteria
Hydrates, and Gas Dehydration
Chemistry of Amine Gas Sweetening
Alkanolamine Processes Selection and Classification
Selection Criteria for Acid Gas Removal Systems
Process Flow Schemes
General Design Criteria / Guidelines
General Operating Problems in Amine Proce
Day Four: Common Process Being Used In Gas Plant Industries
Physical processes:
Selexol, Fluor, Rectisol, Purisol
Alkaline Salt Processes:
Hot Potassium Carbonate Plants – Benfield, Catacarb