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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