Fundamentals of Natural Gas Technology

• The selection and evaluation processes used to dehydrate natural gas, meet hydrocarbon dew point specifications and extract natural gas liquids
• How to apply thermodynamic property correlations to the design and evaluation of gas processing facilities
• Equipment sizing methods for major process equipment
• To recognize and develop solutions to operating problems and control issues in gas processing facilities
• Technical fundamentals, property correlations, phase behavior and applied thermodynamics
• How to apply phase behavior principles and phase diagrams to design and operating problems
• How to apply thermodynamic laws and principles to equipment design and operation

• Engineers (production engineers, reservoir engineer and field engineer)
• Geologists, reservoir engineers, line managers, operational staff, shift foremen, those new to the industry such as entry-level engineers, as well as anyone interested in a general, technically oriented overview of the gas processing industry.
• Gas process and facility personnel
• Technical, project and managers responsible in the production development and field operation for gas facilities operation
• Sales and marketing professionals wishing to gain an understanding of Gas

• Gas processing systems
• Terminology
• Chemistry of gases
• Gas composition and physical properties of gases
• Qualitative phase behavior of gases
• Vapor-liquid equilibrium
• Basic thermodynamic concepts
• General system energy changes and rate processes
• Process control fundamentals
• Gas production facilities
• Separation equipment
• Heat transfer, heat exchange and compression
• Pumps and Compressors
• Refrigeration
• Fractionation/distillation
• Hydrates, hydrate inhibition
• Gas dehydration
• Glycol dehydration
• Adsorption systems
• Gas sweetening and sulfur recovery
• Acid gas re-injection
• Natural gas liquids and dew point control
• Condensate stabilization
• Nitrogen rejection and helium recovery
• Fractionation and stabilization
• Gas transportation options
• Effect of impurities found in natural gas

Continuing Professional Development

21 HOURS CPD