This course is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the key components, processes, and challenges involved in oil and gas production facilities. Through a combination of theoretical instruction, practical case studies, and hands-on exercises, participants will learn about the fundamentals of oil and gas production, process facility design and selection, gas and oil treatment processes, troubleshooting techniques, and operation of rotating equipment. This course aims to equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively identify and address production quality issues and process upsets in oil and gas operations.
• Engineers
• Technicians
• Operators
• Supervisors
To enhance the participants’ competency necessary to have a thorough understanding of production quality management and needed for effective troubleshooting in manufacturing processes.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
• Understand oil and gas production fundamentals.
• Learn process facility design and selection principles.
• Master gas and oil treatment processes.
• Develop proficiency in troubleshooting techniques.
• Gain expertise in operating rotating equipment.
• Apply knowledge to real-world scenarios.
• Enhance understanding of quality control measures.
• Learn best practices for safety and control systems.
1. Introduction to Oil and Gas
• Course Introduction
o Overview of the course objectives and what participants will learn.
o The oil and Gas production system and key components.
• Basics of Oil and Gas production
o Well head and Surface Facilities Components.
o Types of oil and reservoirs and driving mechanism
o FEED Stream Properties and Composition.
o Natural Flow and Artificial lift Concept.
o Flow regimes and types of flow.
o Flow transmission from well sites to process plant.
o Physical and chemical properties of crude oil and Gas.
2. Process Facilities
• Process Facilities Concept Design and Selection
o Basis of process Design
o Basis of Equipment selection
o Product Specifications requirements.
o Cost and safety wise considerations.
o Project Main Safety studies requirements.
• Case Studies
o GOSP Plant overview.
o Samples of required Engineering documentations
o Equipment specifications and related P&ID’s.
3. Gas Treatment Process
• Separation principals
• Types of separators.
• Separation troubleshooting.
• Gas Dehydration and dew point control.
• NGL Stabilization process
• Safety and control system.
• System monitoring and product sampling.
• Case Studies, troubleshooting scenarios and Best Practices.
4. Oil Treatment Process
• Desalters concept and operations.
• Main troubleshooting and process upsets.
• Emulations and salt problems.
• Case studies with drawings and some troubleshooting scenarios.
• Heat Exchanger types.
• HE Main troubleshooting and related process upsets.
• Corrosion, erosion and fouling problems
• Sales Product specification and lab analysis.
• Loading and transferring operation.
• Trucking and loading troubleshooting.
• Waste Water Management system
5. Rotating Equipment Operation and troubleshooting
• Compressors types, components and operations.
• Compressors safety and control systems
• Compression troubleshooting.
• Pumps types, components and operations
• Basic of pumps selection
• Pumps protection system requirements
• Main pumps troubleshooting and how to mitigate.
• Valves types and problems
