·         Gaining knowledge of the properties, specifications and end uses of natural gas

·         Understanding the typical natural gas processing operations

·         Gaining a deep understanding of the production of liquefied natural gas (LNG)

·         Gaining knowledge of the different equipment and facilities found in natural gas processing plants

·         Petroleum engineers

·         Technical/ reservoir engineers

·         Processing engineers

·         Commercial analysts

·         Decision makers/ investors in oil and gas sector

Day 1

·         What is natural gas?

·         Origins

·         Properties

·         Specifications

·         End uses and markets for natural gas

·         Environmental advantages

·         Physical behaviour of natural gas systems

·         Physical and thermal properties

·         Phase behaviour analysis

Day 2

·         Natural gas processing plant

·         Flowsheet

·         Equipment and components

·         Heat exchange in gas processing

·         Heat transfer theory

·         Mechanisms of heat transfer

·         Process heat duty

·         Heat exchangers types

·         Shell and tube

·         Double-pipe

·         Plate and frame

·         Aerial coolers

·         Fired heaters

·         Heat recovery units

Day 3

·         Hydrates

·         Determination of hydrate formation temperature or pressure

·         Condensation of water vapour

·         Temperature drop due to gas expansion

·         Thermodynamic inhibitors

·         Kinetic inhibitors and anti-agglomerators

·         Low temperature exchange (LTX) units and line heaters

·         LTX units

·         Line heaters

·         Heat duty

·         Fire-tube size

·         Condensate stabilization

·         Partial pressure

·         Multistage separation

·         Multi flashes

·         Cold feed distillation tower

·         Distillation tower with reflux

·         Condensate stabilizer design

·         Trays and packing

·         Condensate stabilizer as a gas processing plant

·         LTX unit as a condensate stabilizer

Day 4

·         Acid gas treating

·         Gas sweetening processes

·         Solid bed absorption

·         Chemical solvents

·         Physical solvent processes

·         Direct conversion of H2S to sulphur

·         Sulphide scavengers

·         Process selection

·         Design procedure for iron-sponge units

·         Design procedure for amine systems

·         Amine absorber

·         Amine circulation rates

·         Flash drum

·         Amine re-boilers

·         Amine stripper

·         Rich/lean amine exchanger

·         Amine cooler

·         Amine solution purification

·         Materials of construction

·         Gas dehydration

·         Water content determination

·         Glycol dehydration

·         Process description

·         Choice of glycol

·         Design considerations

·         System sizing

·         Glycol powered pumps

·         Solid bed dehydration

·         Process description

·         Design consideration

Day 5

·         Gas processing

·         Absorption/lean oil

·         Refrigeration

·         Choice of process

·         Compressors

·         Types of compressors

·         Specifying a compressor

·         Reciprocating compressors process considerations

·         Centrifugal compressors process considerations

·         Mechanical design of pressure vessels

·         Design considerations

·         Inspection procedure

·         Specification and design of pressure vessels

·         Pressure relief

·         Relief requirements

·         Type of devices

·         Valve sizing

·         Installation

·         Valves, fittings and piping details

·         Valve types

·         Chokes

·         Piping design considerations