Gas Processing Surface Facilities Course

Wayne Monnery

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This course covers the surface facilities process technology of natural gas processing. The topics range from gas gathering (pipeline hydraulics) to the plant inlet (separation and slug catching) and then through the typical gas plant technologies (dehydration, treating/sweetening, dew point control/liquid recovery, sulphur recovery and acid gas injection). The course is an intermediate level course that is suitable for operations and technical personnel as well as management. The course also works as a refresher or for those new to gas processing. Many of the technical topics are generally applicable and valuable even in other non-gas processing surface facilities. The course has numerous lessons with over 12 hours of content.Read more...

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Course contents

    Chapter 1 - Gas Gathering Systems

    1.01 - Gas Processing Overview (9 min.)  Sample Lesson

    1.02 - System Design & Operating Issues (16 min.)

    1.03 - Flow In Pipes (14 min.)

    1.04 - Optimal Pipe Diameter (10 min.)

    1.05 - Operating Problems (17 min.)

    1.06 - Plant Inlet Processing (16 min.) Quiz

    Chapter 2 - Plant Inlet Processing

    2.01 - Two Phase Vertical Separator Design (19 min.)

    2.02 - Two Phase Horizontal Separator Design (12 min.)

    2.03 - Three Phase Separators (12 min.)

    2.04 - Horizontal Three Phase Separators (12 min.)

    2.05 - Plant Inlet Processing (6 min.) Quiz

    Chapter 3 - Compression

    3.01 - Reciprocating Compressors (12 min.)

    3.02 - Centrifugal Compressors (19 min.) Quiz

    Chapter 4 - Pumps

    4.01 - Pump Selection (17 min.)

    4.02 - Centrifugal Pumps (16 min.)

    4.03 - Reciprocating Pumps (7 min.) Quiz

    Chapter 5 - Gas Treating

    5.01 - Gas Processing Chemistry (20 min.)

    5.02 - Gas Sweetening (Part 1) (13 min.)

    5.03 - Gas Sweetening (Part 2) (7 min.)

    5.04 - Gas Sweetening (Part 3) (11 min.)

    5.05 - Gas Sweetening Operating Problems (14 min.)

    5.06 - Metal Cracking & Foaming (14 min.)

    5.07 - Solution Degradation & Testing (11 min.)

    5.08 - Physical Solvents & Alternate Processes (6 min.)

    5.09 - Dry Processes (10 min.)

    5.10 - Gas Sweetening Calculations (5 min.) Quiz

    Chapter 6 - Gas Dehydration

    6.01 - Gas Dehydration: Purpose & Process (16 min.)

    6.02 - Gas Hydrate Estimation (7 min.)

    6.03 - Gas Dehydration Methods (15 min.)

    6.04 - Gas Dehydration Operating Problems (10 min.)

    6.05 - Liquid Desiccant Absorption (18 min.)

    6.06 - Liquid Desiccant Absorption Operating Problems (25 min.)

    6.07 - Gas Dehydration Regen Processes (12 min.)

    6.08 - Gas Dehydration Desiccants (11 min.) Quiz

    Chapter 7 - Hydrocarbon Dew Point Control & Liquid Recovery

    7.01 - Hydrocarbon Liquid Recovery - Overview (11 min.)

    7.02 - Economizer Refrigeration Cycle (17 min.)

    7.03 - Heating/Cooling Curves (8 min.)

    7.04 - Refrigeration Plant Design (21 min.)

    7.05 - Silica Gel Plants (4 min.)

    7.06 - Lean Oil Plants (9 min.)

    7.07 - Turbo Expander Plants (33 min.)

    7.08 - Process Selection (12 min.)

    7.09 - Fractionation (16 min.)

    7.10 - Reflux & Reboiling (16 min.) Quiz

    Chapter 8 - Sulphur Recovery

    8.01 - Sulphur Recovery Processes (25 min.)

    8.02 - Variations On The Claus Process (10 min.)

    8.03 - Reheating Methods (7 min.)

    8.04 - COS & CS2 (24 min.)

    8.05 - Operation & Control (20 min.)

    8.06 - Sulphur Recovery Enhancements (7 min.) Quiz

    Chapter 9 - Acid Gas Injection

    9.01 - Acid Gas Injection - Why Consider It? (34 min.)

    9.02 - Design Considerations (9 min.) Quiz