PRE 109
Oil and Gas Processing Facilities
Oil and Gas Processing Facilities
COURSE SCHEDULE
| Code | Date | Location | price (€)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRE 109 | 17-19 May 2026 | Online | 2000 |
| PRE 112 | 25-27 Oct 2026 | Zagreb | 2700 |
* Prices are subject to VAT and local terms. Ph.D. students, groups (≥ 3 persons) and early bird registrants (8 weeks in advance) are entitled to a DISCOUNT!
COURSE OVERVIEW
By the end of the course, participants will approach equipment not as black boxes to be operated blindly, but as systems with predictable behavior, recognizable failure patterns, and clear indicators of degradation, giving them the ability to act before failures become incidents.
This course provides a comprehensive operational understanding of Oil & Gas processing facilities from a midstream perspective covering the thermodynamic foundations that govern all processing operations, the treatment of crude oil and produced water, and the processing and conditioning of natural gas.
Participants who have completed Surface Facilities for E&P Professionals (PetroTeach Upstream) will find this course a natural extension: where that course addresses surface facilities from the perspective of the upstream engineer, this course addresses the same facilities from the perspective of the midstream operator and engineer who runs them with emphasis on the why and how of each processing step, the quality requirements that drive process design, and the operational variables that determine performance.
COURSE OUTLINE
5 days
Day 1: Thermodynamics, Crude Oil, and Water Treatment
o Thermodynamics Applied to Well Effluent Processing.
o Phase Envelopes, Flash Calculations and Heat Balance.
o Crude Oil Treatment: Stabilization, Dehydration and Sweetening.
o Water Treatment: Production Water and Injection Water.
o Exercises:
• Exercise 01: Predict the phase behavior at the first stage separator and defend why the chosen pressure and temperature are the only conditions that make the separation work.
• Exercise 02: Diagnose why one crude treatment train keeps failing its BS and W specification and prescribe the fix before the next cargo is rejected at the terminal.
• Exercise 03: Identify which produced water treatment unit is losing ground against the permitted oil in water limit and correct it before the discharge record shows a violation.
Facility November Anchor Scenario: All case studies and exercises draw from an onshore oil and gas processing facility receiving production from multiple wells with varying fluid compositions, used progressively across all three days.
Day 2: Gas Processing, Conditioning, and Compression
o Gas Quality Requirements and Dehydration.
o Gas Sweetening: H₂S and CO₂ Removal.
o NGL Extraction and Compression Systems.
o Compression Impact on the Processing Chain.
o Exercises:
• Exercise 04: Diagnose why the TEG unit loses its grip on the dewpoint specification every cold night and prescribe the fix before a temperature drop becomes a gas quality rejection.
• Exercise 05: Track down what is simultaneously causing foaming and rising differential pressure in the amine unit and intervene before sweetening performance forces a production curtailment.
• Exercise 06: Determine which processing units absorb the impact when inlet compression is added to extend field life and sequence every adjustment before the compression changes what the rest of the chain was designed to handle.
Day 3: Practical Workshop
o Morning Session: Diagnose three simultaneous processing chain problems in isolation a crude treatment train constrained by higher water cut and H₂S, a TEG unit approaching its capacity limit while the amine unit shows early foaming, and a compression system absorbing a gas flow rate increase.
o Afternoon Session: Build the integrated operational adjustment plan that keeps both crude export and gas sales on specification as Facility November's feed composition shifts progressively and identify the bottleneck unit before it identifies itself.
o Individual Quiz Assessment: 20 questions. Minimum passing score: 60%.
INSTRUCTOR
Petro Teach Instructor
The Instructor is a Petroleum Engineer, holds M.Sc in Mechanical Engineering, and is Specialist Natural Gas Engineering. He has over 20 years of hands-on O&G industry experience spanning gas processing, crude treatment, production operations, and technical training across onshore and offshore environments in Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa.
His operational background includes five years as OJT Instructor at production facilities in the Middle East, AGRU Package Leader roles, and extensive experience as Process Engineer across upstream and downstream O&G facilities.
Since 2015 he has been a Senior Lecturer on IFP Training’s international instructor roster, delivering advanced gas processing, thermodynamics, field processing, and operations training to engineers and operators across three continents.
FAQ
DESIGNED FOR
Operations and engineering professionals working in or transitioning to midstream OandG processing environments:
o Process Engineers and Operations Engineers in gas processing, crude treatment, or NGL facilities
o Field Operators and Panel Operators who want to deepen their understanding of the processes they operate
o Maintenance and Reliability Engineers who need process context for their equipment work
o Technical Supervisors and Operations Team Leaders in processing facilities
o Engineers from upstream backgrounds transitioning to midstream or processing roles
Recommended experience: Minimum 2 years in an OandG or gas processing environment. Basic familiarity with process plant operations is assumed.
Note: This course is designed as a complement to Surface Facilities for E and P Professionals. Participants who have completed that course will have the upstream context that deepens their understanding of the midstream perspective developed here.
COURSE LEVEL
Intermediate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
o Describe the quality requirements for crude oil export and explain the purpose and operating principles of each step in the crude treatment train
o Explain the requirements for production water disposal and injection, and describe the main treatment processes used to meet those requirements
o Describe the quality requirements for gas sales and transport, and explain the purpose and operating principles of dehydration, sweetening, and NGL extraction
o Identify the key operating variables in each processing step and explain their effect on product quality and process performance
o Explain the thermodynamic behavior of well effluents and describe how phase equilibrium governs all separation and treatment processes
o Apply integrated systems thinking to diagnose operational problems across the full processing facility
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