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Gas Conditioning for Oil and Gas Operations

Raw gas leaving a wellhead is nowhere near a pipeline or sales specification, and the conditioning steps between the two determine both product quality and the integrity of everything downstream. This course covers those steps. Delegates work through inlet separation and slug handling, hydrate prevention and inhibition, dehydration by glycol and by solid desiccant, and hydrocarbon dew point control. Compression and its role in the conditioning train are covered, along with the specifications that each downstream user imposes. The course closes on troubleshooting: wet gas reaching a pipeline, glycol losses, and the operating changes that most often cause a unit to fall out of specification.

5 day course

Course objectives

  • Describe the conditioning train from wellhead gas to sales specification
  • Design inlet separation and handle slugging
  • Predict hydrate formation and select an inhibition strategy
  • Operate glycol and solid desiccant dehydration units
  • Control hydrocarbon dew point
  • Integrate compression into the conditioning train
  • Troubleshoot wet gas, glycol loss and off specification product

Who should attend

  • Gas processing and production engineers
  • Operations and panel staff on gas facilities
  • Maintenance engineers on conditioning units
  • Pipeline operators receiving conditioned gas
  • Graduate engineers entering gas operations

Course outline

  1. 01The conditioning train and the specifications driving it
  2. 02Inlet separation and slug handling
  3. 03Hydrate formation and prevention
  4. 04Glycol dehydration
  5. 05Solid desiccant dehydration
  6. 06Hydrocarbon dew point control
  7. 07Compression in the conditioning train
  8. 08Troubleshooting wet gas and glycol losses

Scheduled sessions

Scheduled sessions for Gas Conditioning for Oil and Gas Operations
DatesVenueFormatPriceRegister
18 to 22 January 2027Windhoek, NamibiaClassroomR19,950 per delegate
15 to 19 February 2027Pretoria, South AfricaClassroomR19,950 per delegate
8 to 12 March 2027Lagos, NigeriaClassroomUSD 1,325 per delegate
22 to 26 March 2027OnlineOnlineR8,500 per delegate

Gas Conditioning for Oil and Gas Operations

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