Overview

Operations and Maintenance of LNG Facilities  

 About the Course

 An introduction of field operations is given throughout this five-day LNG facilities course, along with a thorough examination of the machinery and procedures used inside the plant. The AP-C3MR and ConocoPhillips Optimized Cascade Processes, the two most popular kinds of LNG liquefaction procedures, are covered in the course. Exercises and challenges in class concentrate on applying theory to operational trends so that operators may better understand their workflows and become more adept at seeing concerns and solving issues before output is negatively impacted. The course material is freely adaptable to client demands.

Target Audience

 LNG facility operators who need to be familiar with the numerous procedures used in LNG facilities, as well as the typical operational issues that may occur and the operational strategies employed to address them. Also appropriate for maintenance specialists, managers, and other non-engineering staff members who would profit from knowing how to apply gas processing methods in their regular work duties.

Course Objectives

•  a description of typical field operations and an overview of oil and gas processing
• The necessary feed quality requirements for LNG installations, along with concerns about typical pollutants Equipment for separation, with a focus on crucial equipment for LNG facilities
• Acid gas removal units (AGRU) for LNG facilities: operational considerations
• Processes for LNG gas dehydration, such as pre-cooling and molecular sieving Processes for removing mercury from LNG, as well as facility location and performance Operation and problems of centrifugal compressors
• Principles for operating a refrigeration system with propane, cascades, and mixed refrigerants Regional NGL stabilization and fractionation processes
• Overview of the LNG COP Cascade Process AP-C3MR LNG Review of the Process
• Operations and considerations for LNG storage
• Management difficulties and factors for LNG ship loading and boil-off gas
• Understanding process operational concerns within the overall facility through the use of hydrocarbon physical characteristics and phase behavior
• Issues and operations with gas turbines
• Physical characteristics of hydrocarbons and phase behavior when natural gas passes through the facility

Course Outlines

• Overview of the production of oil and gas Separation apparatus
• Quality criteria for LNG feed
• Systems for pre-treating LNG (AGRU, molecular sieve, and Hg elimination) Centrifugal compression principles
• Propane, cascade, and mixed refrigerant principles of refrigeration Regional NGL stabilization and fractionation
• COP Cascade LNG Review of the Process APCI C3MR LNG Review of the Process
• Operations and considerations for LNG storage Operations and concerns for LNG ship loading Methods for managing boil-off gas
• Basics of gas turbines characteristics of hydrocarbons physically Basics of phase behavior Behavior of water and hydrocarbons