Training Certificate

Prolific Consultants FZE Certificate of Course Completion will be issued to all attendees.

Course Introduction

Throughout this course, sessions will pro­vide opportunities for the trainees to get familiar with the fundamentals and prac­tical aspects of natural gas processing. Further, the course will acquaint the trainees intensely with the most recent technologies applied in the field of condensate recovery & fractionation through delivering real-life case studies to achieve marketable products that meet desired product specifications.

Emphasis is placed on offering plant operating personnel an improved understanding of the condensate recovery & fractionation techniques and equipment used.

Typical equipment and facilities that are found in typical natural gas processing operations will also be discussed including compressors, vessels, and relief, flare and safety systems. This improved understanding of plant process operations and effective process plant surveillance techniques will lead to an increased ability to achieve optimum, economical operating performance.

Course Objective

By the end of the training course, the participants should be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge and under­standing of the principles of natural gas industry.
• Select and implement most adequate techniques for condensate recovery & fractionation.
• Relate the gained knowledge in the area of natural gas utilization to real-life cases.
• Apply troubleshooting to technical dif­ficulties encountered in the field of specialization.

Suitable For

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

Training Methodology

A highly interactive combination of lectures and discussion sessions will be managed to maximize the amount and quality of information and knowledge transfer. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions, and motivate everybody find the right answers. You will also be encouraged to raise your own questions and to share in the development of the right answers using your own analysis and experiences. Tests of multiple-choice type will be made available on daily basis to examine the effectiveness of delivering the course.

Very useful Course Materials will be given.

• 30% Lectures
• 30% Workshops and work presentation
• 20% Group Work & Practical Exercises
• 20% Videos & General Discussions

Course Content

Natural gas fundamentals

• Introduction
• Natural gas history
• Natural gas origin and composition
• Gas sources
• Natural gas phase behavior & properties
• Quality and transportation

Basic concepts of natural gas processing

•  Introduction
•  Process modules
•  Scope of natural gas processing

- Processing objectives

- Effect of gas type in field processing

- Location of the gas field

End uses and markets for natural gas

•Environmental advantages

 •Physical behavior of natural gas systems

•Physical and thermal properties 

•Phase behavior analysis

oPure substances

oThe phase rule

oBehavior of mixtures

oVaporization by gas pressure

oMolecular theory of gases and liquids

oNatural gases

Density of natural gas 

Density of liquids

Dense phase

Surface tension

Viscosity

Thermal conductivity of gases

oThermodynamic properties

Sampling and analysis

•Natural gas processing plant

oFlow sheet

oEquipment and components

 •Heat exchange in gas processing

oHeat transfer theory  

Mechanisms of heat transfer  

Process heat duty

oHeat exchangers types  

Shell and tube  

Double-pipe  

Plate and frame  

Aerial coolers

oFired heaters

oHeat recovery units

Natural gas liquids recovery 

• Introduction
•  NGL recovery processes

- Refrigeration processes

- Lean oil absorption

- Solid bed absorption

- Membrane separation process

- Selection of NGL recovery processes

basic gas laws; characterization of the flow stream;   

Fundamental  of gas reservoirs;

Phase diagrams (Low/High Shrinkage, Retrograde Condensate,

Wet/Dry Gas); Vapor-Liquid equilibrium; qualitative phase behavior; flash Calculations/Bubble Point/Dew Point; basic thermodynamic concepts; and characterization of natural gas and its components.

Gas-Liquid Separation – Factor affecting separation; separator and scrubber technology (design and application); and maintenance and troubleshooting considerations.

Absorption and Adsorption Processes – 

Mass transfer fundamentals; absorption process; adsorption process; and system considerations. Acid Gas Removal –  overview of the process; effects of acid gas; sweetening processes (absorption, adsorption, direct conversion, distillation and membranes); process selection; acid gas components (H2S and CO2); process selection and design procedure ; and typical operating problems and troubleshooting

Gas Dehydration and Hydrate Formation Inhibition – 

Process classification; dehydration theory and principles; moisture content of a saturated gas; calculation of moisture content of different gas compositions; consequences of hydrate formation; prediction of hydrate apparition; hydrate formation inhibitions (injection of inhibitors, molecular sieve adsorption); comparison inhibitors vs. desiccants; key operating parameters for and optimum operation; and most common operational problems and possible solutions.

Gas Conditioning –  Removes contaminants at inlet of plant; water removal processes (absorption, adsorption, condensation, and membranes) H₂S and CO₂ removal processes (chemical Absorption, physical absorption, solid bed, direct conversion, membranes, and extractive distillation); nitrogen removal (cryogenic fractionation) and mercury removal.

Gas Processing –  Purpose of condition gas for sales and/or extract and recover NGL’ s; hydrocarbon Dew-point Control (adsorption, Hydrocarbon Recovery Units (HRU’ s), and Short-Cycle Units); absorption/lean oil process; Vapor Compression System; Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) Extraction; NGL products concerns of economic justification; NGL products concerns of extraction processes (absorption/Lean Oil Process, adsorption, condensation, mechanical refrigeration, Turbo-Expanders, and Valve Expanders (LTX, LTS, J-T (Joule Thompson))); Condensate Stabilization (refluxed distillation and non-refluxed distillation); product treatment (contaminants of interest (CO2 , Sulfur, water and removal of CO2 from NGL product and Sulfur compounds from LPG products.

Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) extraction –  Gas liquefaction objectives and method; NGL Process Flow Diagram (PFD); heat transfer and exchanger (heat and enthalpy concept and phase change and P-H diagram); external refrigeration loop; calculation of cryogenic loop used for hydrocarbon liquids extraction from natural gas; Joule-Thompson (JT) expansion; turbo expander; and optimization of the process performances.

Design considerations

Operational problems 

Equipment used in gas plant operations

Trouble shootings

• Case Studies Discussions