By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Develop advanced troubleshooting skills for dehydration and sweetening units.
• Improve compressor reliability and plant availability through better operational practices.
• Enhance safety awareness via proper use and interpretation of instrumentation, alarms, SIS and shutdown systems.
• Reduce maintenance costs and prevent failures caused by liquid slugging, improper operation, or poor monitoring.
• Foster operational discipline for quicker fault diagnosis and effective corrective actions.
• troubleshoot and Improve day-to-day operations

Day 1: Introduction to Gas Processing & Troubleshooting Foundations

• Overview of Gas Processing Plants: Dehydration & Sweetening Units Understanding gas hydrates and moisture content in natural gas
• Importance of gas field processing
• Overview of commercial specifications for natural gas
• Fundamentals of Process Fluids & Their Impact on Equipment
• Common Operational Challenges & Troubleshooting Approaches
• Importance of Instrumentation, Alarms, & Safety Systems

Day 2: Equipment Reliability & Compressor Optimization

• Types of Compressors & Their Role in Gas Processing
• Strategies to Improve Compressor Reliability & Availability
• Troubleshooting Compressor Failures:
• Vibration, temperature, and pressure anomalies
• Liquid slugging prevention and detection
• Maintenance Practices for Reducing Downtime

Day 3: Dehydration & Sweetening Equipment Troubleshooting

• Gas Dehydration Process
  -Principles of gas dehydration
  -Overview of TEG units and molecular sieves
  -Application: sizing of a TEG column

• Dehydration Units:
• Water removal processes, glycol regeneration, clay filtration
• Troubleshooting water breakthrough, equipment inefficiencies
• Gas Sweetening Units:
• Amine systems, corrosion control, amine circulation issues
• Troubleshooting absorption efficiency and amine degradation
• Practical Troubleshooting Scenarios & Case Studies

Day 4: Instrumentation, Safety & Operational Discipline

• Instrumentation in Gas Processing:
• Types of Sensors & Transmitters
• Proper Use & Interpretation of Readings
• Alarm & Shutdown Systems:
• Types of Alarms
• Alarm Management & Response
• Proper Use & Interpretation of Instrumentation & Alarms
• Process Safety Systems & Shutdown Procedures:
• Process Safety & Equipment Protection
• Liquid slugging & its Impact, overpressure, emissions
• Alarm management & response protocols
• Equipment Protection & Preventive Maintenance
• Techniques to Reduce Catastrophic Failures
• Troubleshooting Instrumentation and Safety Systems
• Practical Exercises & Scenario Analysis

Day 5: Optimization, Cost Reduction & Troubleshooting in Practice

• Process Optimization for Increased Throughput & Reliability
• Cost-effective Maintenance & Fault Prevention
• Enhancing Operational Discipline & Safety Culture

• Process Optimization for Increased Throughput
• Enhancing Equipment Life & Reliability
• Operational Discipline & Best Practices
• Real-World Troubleshooting Case Studies

The CDGA: attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing a minimum of 80% of the
total course duration.