Level 1: Oil & Gas Processing

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Content

MODULE 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF OIL & GAS

MODULE 1.1 WHAT IS OIL & GAS PROCESSING?

• Objectives of Oil& Gas Processing Plants

• Component industries in OIL & GAS

- Upstream Industries

- Midstream Industries

· Downstream Industries

MODULE 1.2 DEFINITION OF HYDROCARBON

• Definitions of hydrocarbons

• Hydrocarbon groups

• Alcanes, the object of petroleum extraction

• Physical characteristics of hydrocarbons

• Processing of hydrocarbons - crude oil

• Processing of hydrocarbons - gas

· Hydrocarbons as an energy source

MODULE 1.3 THE BEHAVIOR OF HYDROCARBONS

· Matter - an overview

• Study of pure gas

• Study of a real gas (or condensable fluid)

• Representation of changes of state of a pure substance

• Theoretical explanation of the difference between pure and real

behaviour

• Characteristic surface of a pure substance: p, v, t diagram

• Study of mixtures

· Behaviour of real hydrocarbons (multiple mixture)

MODULE 1.4 HYDROCARBONS IN RESERVOIRS

• Aim of the behaviour of Hydrocarbons

• Introduction to PVT analysis

• Different types of Hydrocarbons

• Oil Classification

· Gas Classification

MODULE 2 OIL TREATMENT

MODULE 2.1 SEPARATION

• Why an effluent has to be processed?

• Constraints associated with an effluent

• The liquid/gas separation process

• The various separation processes

• How separators are represented in various documents

· Operating parameters & settings

MODULE 2.2 OIL DESALTING

• Purpose of Oil Deslating?

• Crude Salt’s Chemistry

• Types of Desalters

MODULE 2.3 OIL STABILIZATION AND SWEETENING

• Aim of crude oil stabilization and sweetening

• Stabilization operation:

-Stabilization by flashing

-stabilization by stripping

MODULE 3 GAS TREATMENT

MODULE 3.1 GAS DEHYDRATION

• The purpose of dehydration

• Hydrate formation

• The composition of the gas

• Principles

• The different processes

§ dehydration by glycol absorption

§ dehydration by methanol absorption

§ dehydration by adsorption

MODULE 3.2 GAS SWEETENING

• The aim of deacidification

• The composition of gas

• The deacidification process

• Amine deacidification

· Amine deacidification: the different types of equipment

MODULE 3.3 HYDROCARBON RECOVERY

• The functions of hydrocarbon recovery

• What is hydrocarbon recovery?

· The different extraction processes

MODULE 3.4: GAS LIQUEFACTION

• The functions of liquefaction

• Transporting LNG

• The composition of raw gases

• Gas liquefaction process diagram

• Pre-treating raw separation gas

· The principle of NG liquefaction

MODULE 4: DISCHARGE WATERS

• The functions of discharge waters

• The characteristics of raw waters

• Raw water treatment

• Classification and comparaison of the different treatments

· Technology of the equipment used