Why Attend This Training Course?

This course will cover how to establish and apply a general troubleshooting methodologyas well as how to conduct process/equipment specific troubleshooting related to Gas Production and Processing Facilities. Definitions of good/normal performance will be discussed for each process/ equipment type covered. Data gathering, validation and utilization procedures will be discussed. Criteria to use when evaluating possible problem solutions will also be covered. Real-world exercises will be utilized throughout the class to reinforce the learning objectives. Both onshore and offshore facilities will be discussed. It is assumed that course participants have a solid understanding of how typical gas production and processing facilities work, including the commonly used processes and equipment involved. This course will not provide in-depth coverage of fundamentals.

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What Is The Training Course Methodology?

This training course methodology depends on enabling participants to interact and exchange experiences, explore their competencies and achieve their career aspirations, using forward-thinking training arts, such as theoretical lectures and/or open discussion to exchange opinions and experiences, scenarios, innovative thinking brainstorming. Participants will receive an agenda including training material as a reference, in addition to some extra notes and booklets. 

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Who Should Attend This Training Course?

The course is designed for process/facilities engineers with 5-10 years of experience, facilities engineering team leaders, and supervisors and senior facilities operational personnel. 

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What Are The Training Course Objectives?

• The difference between troubleshooting, optimization, and debottlenecking

• How to recognize trouble when it is occurring

• How to develop a methodical approach to troubleshooting

• To recognize how different components of a facility interact with each other, and the significance of these interactions

• How to gather, validate, and utilize the data needed for troubleshooting

• The criteria to be considered for identifying the best solution when several feasible solutions are available

• Typical causes of problems, and their solutions, for the main types of processes and equipment used in upstream/midstream gas production and processing operations

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What Is The Training Course Curriculum?

• Understanding the similarities and differences between Troubleshooting Vs Optimization Vs Debottlenecking

• Types of gas production and processing facilities

• System trouble vs component/equipment-specific trouble

• Defining good/normal operation

• Quantifying the cost of the trouble

• Gathering, validating, and utilization of data (types of data, sources of data, data quality and validation, using the data)

• Developing a step-by-step troubleshooting methodology/flowchart

• Identifying the best solution (criteria for defining best)

• Processing and major equipment modules covered include gas-liquid separation, gas sweetening (amine focus), glycol dehydration, molecular sieve dehydration, shell and tube heat exchangers, NGL recovery processes, fractionation facilities, reciprocating compressors, and centrifugal