Discipline: Process Facilities

Level: Intermediate

Duration: 5 days

This course will cover how to establish and apply a general troubleshooting methodology as well as how to conduct process/equipment specific troubleshooting. 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 oil and gas production and processing facilities work, including the commonly used processes and equipment involved.

Designed For

Process/Facilities engineers with 5–10 years of experience, facilities engineering team leaders/supervisors, and senior facilities operational personnel.

You Will Learn

·         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 the upstream-midstream oil and gas industry

Course Content

·         Troubleshooting methodology fundamentals and data reconciliation

·         Gas – Liquid separators

·         Reciprocating compressors

·         Amine gas sweetening

·         Glycol dehydration units

·         3-phase separators

·         Centrifugal pumps

·         Oil treating

·         Produced water treating systems

·         Shell and tube heat exchangers

·         Centrifugal compressors

·         Molecular sieve dehydration units

·         NGL recovery processes