Course Objective

Upon completion of the course participants will have gained a solid understanding of the key elements associated with the operation and troubleshooting of oily water treatment units .

Who Should Attend

Junior engineers and technician specialization in oily water processing activities

Course outline

• Origin of petrol
• The History of Oil
• Water sources.
• Separation process.
• Characteristics of Produced Water
  • Dissolved Solids
  • Precipitated Solids (Scales)
  • Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
  • Calcium Sulfate (CaSO4)
  • Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
  • Barium and Strontium Sulfate ( BaSO4 and SrSO4)
• Environmental regulations
• Disposal Standards
  • Offshore Operations
  • Onshore Operations
• Water chemistry issues
• Factors affecting stability, pH and Ion strength
• Chemical treatment
• Water treatment process and equipment design
• System Description
• Theory
  • Gravity Separation
  • Coalescence
  • Dispersion
  • Flotation
  • Filtration
• Equipment Used in Oil/Water Separation
  • Free Water Knockouts (FWKO)
  • Wash Tanks
  • Horizontal-Flow Treaters
  • Heater Treaters
  • Electrostatic Treaters

Course Duration: (5) DAYS

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Surface Facilities Production Operations

Course Objectives

After completing this course, participants will be able the mechanisms of phase behavior and fluid properties that influence the performance of surface treatment facilities, determine pressure drop in pipes and fittings, understand the working mechanism of separators, pumps and compressors, understand the principles behind oil and gas preparation for diverting to major process facilities.

This program will give an idea about the field handling of oil and gas.

Who Should Attend

The program is ideal for personnel involved in oil and gas process operations, troubleshooting, and technical services as well as others providing services to the petroleum industry, should also find this program beneficial .

Course Contents

1. Oil and gas wells arrangement and control.
2. Artificial lifting techniques
3. Separation equipments
4. Oil treatment
5. Gas conditioning
6. Pumps and compressors
7. Storage and loading facilities

Course Duration: (5) Days

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Static and Rotary Equipment (Process Point of View).

Course Objective

Upon completion of the course participants will have gained a solid understanding of the key elements associated with the design, operation and troubleshooting of static and rotary equipment from the process point of view.

Who Should Attend

This course will be of interest to engineers and personnel involved in oil and gas plant operations having or requiring the basic understanding of most equipment included in the plant.

Personnel may include plant operators, operating engineers, field service personnel and design engineers involved in the hydrocarbon processing, refining, and chemical processing industries.

Course Content

• Oil and gas wells
• Separation equipment
• Desalters
• Distillation towers
• Dehydrators
• Fired heaters
• Storage tanks
• Pumps
• Compressors
• Water treatment units

Course Duration:  (5) Days

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Course Objectives;

Upon successful completion of this program, trainees should be able to:

• Operate an oil refinery with safety as the prime consideration.
• Monitor instrumentation and the operation of equipment.
• Make adjustments to keep system process variables such as flows, temperatures and pressures within acceptable ranges.
• Detect potential and actual problems and take corrective action to prevent the interruption of system operations.
• Analyze operational trends and take corrective actions.
• Use standard operating procedures to start/stop production equipment
• Maintain communication with other operators, maintenance and the management.

Who Should Attend:

The program is ideal for personnel involved in refinery process operations, troubleshooting, and technical services as well as others providing services to the petroleum industry, should also find this program beneficial.

Course Contents:

This is a comprehensive course and consists of a number of learning modules. Each of the modules addresses a specific scope. This course consists of the following modules:

• Introduction to Petroleum Refining
• Distillation Technology
• Basic Refinery Processes
• Industrial Valves
• How to Read Process Drawings
• Basic Process Instrumentation and Control
• Pump Fundamentals
• Centrifugal Pumps – Operation
• Compressors
• Heat Exchangers
• Basic Safety
• Basic Hazard Communication
• Process plant startup / shutdown
• Troubleshooting

Course Duration: (5) Days

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Course Objective

The course will cover all aspects of gas plant processing including:  review of the gas laws, calculations of natural gas properties, inlet separation, condensate stabilization, sweetening processes, dehydration processes (Glycol, M. Sieve, etc.), refrigeration, LPG fractionation and gas sweetening processes, the focus will be on important operating principles, process control variables, operating problems .

Who Should Attend

This course will be particular interest to new process engineers, process supervisor, and new engineers in relation to the important features of gas processing.

Course Content

1. Introduction to main oil and gas facilities
2. Oil refining facilities
3. Gas processing facilities
4. Process Area Troubleshooting

• Troubleshooting Aids
• People Skills
• Troubleshooting Scenario
• Troubleshooting Methods

5. Process Area Startup

• Pre-startup Requirements
• Vessel Inspection
• Piping and Instrument Check
• Strength and Leak Testing
• Flush Lines
• Air Freeing

6. Process Area Shutdown

• Shutdown and Turnaround planning
• Process Shutdown
• Emergency Shutdown
• Hydrocarbon Disposal

Course Duration:  (5) Days

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Course Objective

 The course will give a complete understanding about planned shutdown, turnaround and critical activities including the newest technology for process isolation and hot tapping technique with detailed startup procedure and troubleshooting.

Who Should Attend

New engineering graduates/technologists who will share in the shutdown and or turnaround activities and technician who will deal equipment during shutdown

Course Content

• Introduction
• Plant overview
• Shutdown and turnaround planning
• Critical activities
  • Hot-tapping
  • Process isolation
• Process simulation
• Case study

Course Duration:  (5) Days

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Course Objective

The course will cover all aspects of gas dehydration systems with detailed description about natural gas water content calculation using mathematical and simulation methods and all types of gas dehydration systems will be explained .

Who Should Attend

This course will be particular interest to new process engineers, process supervisor, and new engineers in relation to the important features of gas processing.

Course Content

• Overview
• Water Hydrocarbon System Behaviors
• Water content calculations
• Gas Dehydration Systems
• Absorption Using Liquid Desiccants
• Adsorption Using solid Desiccants
• Hydrate Inhibition in Low Temperature Processing Plant
• Hydrate Inhibition in Gas Pipeline
• Process simulation
• Case study

Course Duration:  (5) Days

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Course Objective

The course will cover all aspects of gas plant processing including the main plant troubleshooting and startup with the most updated technology for plant  operation .

Who Should Attend

This course will be particular interest to new process engineers, process supervisor, and new engineers in relation to the important features of gas processing.

Course Content

• oil and Gas separation
• Condensate Stabilization
• Sweetening processes
• Dehydration processes
• Refrigeration
• NGL recovery
• LPG / LNG
• Plant troubleshooting
• Planning plant shutdown
• Gas plant startup

Course Duration:  (5) Days

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Course Objective

This course presents a detailed overview of the storage facilities, shipping and Utilization.

Each refining, petrochemical and gas processing facilities have its own storage and shipping equipment which have several types of operating techniques and special troubles which will discussed with details.

Who Should Attend

This course will be particular interest to new process engineers, process supervisor, and new technicians in relation to the important features of storage and loading facilities. 

Course Outline

1. Introduction to oil and gas industry.
2. Storage tank types.
3. Tank gauging.
4. Liquid volume calculations.
5. Tools and accessories used in tank farms.
6. Pumping stations.
7. Hydrocarbon consumption.

Course Duration:  (5) Days

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Mass and Heat Balance in Petroleum Industry

Course Objective

The objectives of this course on Mass and Heat Balance in Petroleum Industry, is to familiarize the attendees with basic heat and mass balance with concentration on case studies and simulation cases.

Who Should Attend

Process and Operations engineers

Course outline

• Fundamentals of material balance
• Single phase system
• Multiphase system
• Energy and energy balance
• Process simulation
• Case studies

Course Duration: (5) Days

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