Gas Process Operations

Operator Level C: Plant Processes

SAIT Polytechnic’s Gas Process Operations (GPO)—Level C course (PROP-230) covers the various processes raw oil and gas must go through in order to produce saleable products and the processes required by a typical Western Canadian gas plant with sour gas. There are 32 modules in this course. Register Now.

Topics Covered:

  • Condensate Stabilization Systems
  • Dehydration – Chemicals, Liquid Desiccants
  • Dehydration – Definitions and Testing
  • Dehydration – Glycol Equipment and Operations
  • Dehydration – Solid Desiccants
  • Fractionation Equipment
  • Fractionation Operational Procedures
  • Fractionation Systems
  • Fractionation Tower and Tray Design
  • Gas Plant – Developments and Types
  • Gas Plant – Process Description
  • Gas Plant – Process Flows
  • Gas Plant – Inlet Equipment and Operations
  • Gas Plant – Inlet Separation
  • Gas Plant – Stabilization Operations
  • Hydrocarbons Storage and Loading
  • Hydrocarbon Treating – Caustic Systems
  • Hydrocarbon Treating – Molecular Sieve Process
  • Introduction to Fractionation
  • Refrigeration – Cryogenic Process
  • Refrigeration – External Process
  • Stabilization Equipment
  • Sulphur – Claus Process
  • Sulphur – Introduction
  • Sulphur – Plant Operations
  • Sulphur Plant Tail Gas Cleanup
  • Sulphur – Process Controls
  • Sulphur Processing Methods
  • Sweetening Chemicals
  • Sweetening Equipment
  • Sweetening Operations
  • Sweetening Processes

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This program is accessible in self-directed online format.

You can receive SAIT certification for completion of our four-level Gas Process Operations program.

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