Oil, Gas and PetrochemicalsAmine Gas Sweetening and Sulphur Recovery
Removing hydrogen sulphide and carbon dioxide from a gas stream, and converting the recovered sulphur compounds into a saleable solid, is a tightly coupled pair of processes where an upset in one appears immediately in the other. This course covers both. Delegates work through amine chemistry and solvent selection, absorber and regenerator operation, and the solvent management problems that dominate day to day running: foaming, degradation, heat stable salts and corrosion. Sulphur recovery follows, covering the thermal and catalytic stages, tail gas treatment and the emissions limits that govern the whole unit. The course closes on troubleshooting a unit that is off specification.
5 day course
Course objectives
- Explain amine chemistry and select a solvent for a gas composition
- Operate absorber and regenerator columns within their limits
- Diagnose and control foaming, degradation and heat stable salts
- Manage the corrosion that amine service produces
- Describe the thermal and catalytic stages of sulphur recovery
- Operate tail gas treatment against emissions limits
- Troubleshoot a unit producing off specification gas or sulphur
Who should attend
- Gas plant and refinery process engineers
- Panel operators and shift supervisors
- Process safety and environmental staff
- Maintenance engineers on gas treating units
- Graduate engineers entering gas processing
Course outline
- 01Why gas is sweetened, and the specifications that drive it
- 02Amine chemistry and solvent selection
- 03Absorber operation and limits
- 04Regeneration, reboiler duty and solvent circulation
- 05Foaming, degradation and heat stable salts
- 06Corrosion in amine service
- 07Sulphur recovery: thermal and catalytic stages
- 08Tail gas treatment and emissions limits
- 09Troubleshooting off specification operation
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 to 6 November 2026 | Online | Online | R8,500 per delegate | |
| 7 to 11 December 2026 | Kampala, Uganda | Classroom | USD 1,325 per delegate | |
| 4 to 8 January 2027 | Gaborone, Botswana | Classroom | R19,950 per delegate | |
| 11 to 15 January 2027 | Maputo, Mozambique | Classroom | USD 1,325 per delegate | |
| 25 to 29 January 2027 | Windhoek, Namibia | Classroom | R19,950 per delegate |
Amine Gas Sweetening and Sulphur Recovery
From R8,500