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COURSE INFORMATION
Energy and Capacity Optimization in Gas Processing Plants
Type:
Training Seminar

Length:
1 Days
CEU:
0.8
PDH:
8

Fee:
$695 CAD
5% GST will be added to course fees upon registration.

Course Description
This one-day course will provide participants with tools to identify, prioritize, and remedy wasted energy primarily in gas processing facilities, with an emphasis on inefficient and under utilized compressors, engines, refrigerant plants, cooling systems, turbines, and steam plants. The session will benefit field operations personnel with the ongoing optimization of existing systems, and will assist project engineers and technologists with cost-benefit analyses relating to capital and operating costs for capital budgets along with the selection of electric versus gas driven equipment.

*Hands-on computer simulation of the equipment will be included as part of this course. Participants should bring a laptop to the course to load simulation software. Group studies will include the optimization of key equipment using supplied software.*


A complete set of course materials and a light lunch are included.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for engineers, technologists, and operations personnel involved in the design or operation of oil and gas processing plants.
Course Outline
Introduction and History
Areas of Typical Energy Waste
Reciprocating, Centrifugal and Refrigerant Compressors
Refrigeration Plants - Amine Plants
Aerial Coolers
Fired Heaters
Cogeneration Potential
Steam Generation for Power and Oil Recovery
Gas Turbines

Instructor
Nev Hircock, PEng.
Nev Hircock is a Mechanical Engineering graduate of Cambridge UK and has over 32 years Oil and Gas experience since coming to Calgary. Nev has worked some 17 years with Dome and Amoco in both Project and Process Engineering capacities and since 1994 has been an independent Engineering Consultant specializing in Process and Environmental Engineering. He has been particularly involved in the efficient operation of Gas Processing Plants and associated rotating machinery such as compressors and aerial coolers. Nev has been giving seminars on many aspects of Gas Plant design and optimization for the past 30 years and has had numerous papers published with the Gas Processors Association in Western Canada and the Laurence Reid Gas Conditioning Conference of the USA.
Read More about Nev Hircock, PEng.
Reviews
"Excellent course and thanks for providing real life examples. "
- Sr. Process Engineer

"Very knowledgable instructor and a good course."
- Engineer

"Excellent Instructor. Really knows his stuff!"
- Lead Production Operator

"Very knowledgable. Good course."
- Engineer

"Excellent Instructor. Really knows his stuff."
- Lead Production Maintenance Operator

"Instructor is very knowledgeable, with great experience."
- Facilities Engineer

"Course was excellent! Undoubtedly the lessons and anecdotes from the instructor will lead to projects which will pay back the course fee 1000X."
- Facilities Engineer

"Great Course! Definitely some good ideas to bring forward and investigate in my area."
- Facilities Engineer

"I thought is was very worthwhile and effective as presented."
- Facilities Engineer
Upcoming Sessions
Location:
Calgary, Alberta

Date:
Friday, September 28, 2012
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM