• Providing a clear vision about using membranes as an emerging separation alternative technology for conventional techniques used in chemical and petrochemical industry.
• Gaining comprehensive prospective about membrane technology in gas separation industry.
• Learning membrane applications in petrochemical sector, such as Olefin/paraffin separation, light solvent separation, and solvent dewaxing.

• Petroleum/Petrochemical engineers
• Geologists
• Technical/ reservoir engineers
• Drilling engineers
• Processing engineers
• Commercial analysts
• Decision makers/ Investors in the oil and gas sector

Day 1

•  Introduction.
• The separation of Gases by Membranes 
• Theory of Gas Transport in Membranes
• Porous Membranes
• Non-Porous Membranes
• Rubbery Polymers
• Glassy Polymers
• Engineering Aspects
• Preparation of Membranes for Gas Separation
• Membrane Testing and Evaluation 

Day 2

• Applications of Gas Separating Membranes
• Hydrogen Recovery
• Carbon Dioxide Separation
• Oxygen/Nitrogen Separation
• Nitrogen from air
• Oxygen from air

Day 3

• Applications of Gas Separating Membranes Hydrogen H2/gas (CO, N2, C1, C2)
• Natural gas CO2 removal NGL removal and recovery N2 removal, dehydration
• Vapour (C2+)/Gas (N2, Ar)
• Vapour/Vapour (including dehydration)
• Air dehydration
• Other Separations 

Day 4

• Olefin/paraffin separation
• light solvent separation
• solvent dewaxing

Day 5

• phenol and aromatic recovery
• dehydrogenation
• oxidative coupling of methane 

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total course duration.