Courses & Training

Advanced Flow Assurance and Gas Hydrates

• Course Instructor: Prof. Bahman Tohidi
• Course Dates: 8-12 September 2008.
• Registration Deadline: 8th August 2008

Audience

Petroleum, production, process and drilling engineers

Prerequisites

Previous basic knowledge of hydrates is necessary. Operational experience in drilling, production or process engineering would be useful.

Course Legnth: 5 Days

Cost: £1,425 + VAT per person

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Course Details

The course focuses on the practical aspects of Flow Assurance and Gas Hydrates, covering: hydrate formation conditions, inhibitor design strategies, the application of thermodynamic and low dosage hydrate inhibitors, and hydrate blockage removal techniques. Particular emphasis is placed on predicting gas hydrate formation conditions for different production scenarios and the design of appropriate hydrate prevention strategies. The importance of laboratory techniques and protocols for evaluation of the performance of thermodynamic and low dosage hydrate inhibitors (LDHIs) will be discussed. Some practical methods for estimating the hydrate stability zone and the effect of salts and organic inhibitors will be detailed. The course will conclude with several case studies. Participants will visit the hydrate laboratory (only in Edinburgh). The application of computer models and empirical techniques in tutorial sessions will provide further hands on experience.

Course Content

• Introduction to gas hydrates
• Various hydrate structures
• Importance of gas hydrates
• Hydrate formation conditions
• Gas hydrates and oil and Petroleum Industries
• Gas hydrates in drilling operations
• Gas hydrates in oil and gas production and transportation
• Scenarios that could lead to gas hydrate formation
• Experimental techniques in determining the hydrate stability zone
• Sample preparation
• Predictive techniques
• Effect of salts and alcohols on the hydrate stability zone
• Tutorials
• Visit to the Hydrate and Flow Assurance Laboratories
• Inhibitor distribution and salting-out
• Hydrate prevention strategies
• Hydrates in low water content gases
• Thermodynamic and low dosage hydrate inhibitors (Kinetic Hydrate Inhibitors and Anti-Agglomerants)
• Inhibitor design
• Experimental techniques for evaluating LDHIs
• Natural inhibiting systems
• Gas hydrates in shut-ins and start-ups
• The promise of Cold Flow
• Effect of hydrate inhibitors on other inhibitors
• Gas hydrate plug removal
• Case studies
• Future directions in gas hydrates and flow assurance

Petroleum Engineering for Other Disciplines

• Course Instructor: Prof. Bahman Tohidi
• Course Dates: 19-23 May 2008
• Registration Deadline: 12th May 2008

Audience

All staff with non-petroleum engineering degree.

Prerequisites

Degree in science or engineering is desirable.

Course Legnth: 5 Days

Cost: £1,425 + VAT per person

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Course Details

The course is intended for staff with a non-petroleum engineering degree working in Petroleum Industry. The course will address the story of oil from its origin to the end users. The objective is to provide an overview of the fundamental operations in exploration, drilling, production, processing, transportation, and refining of oil and gas.

Course Content

• Plate tectonics, origins of petroleum,
• Petroleum geology and geophysics,
• Drilling operations, logging, well completion,
• Downhole and surface components, perforation
• Reservoir engineering
• PVT and phase behaviour, reservoir fluid properties,
• Production mechanisms (primary, secondary, IOR),
• Wireline operations,
• Oil production and treatment, transportation
• Gas production, processing, transportation,
• Petroleum refining, petrochemical industries,
• Environment and economical considerations,
• Major oil companies and cartels
• Future trends in petroleum industries.