Gas Process Operations

Operator Level C: Plant Processes

SAIT Polytechnic’s Gas Process Operations—Level C program covers the various processes raw oil and has must go through in order to produce saleable products and the processes required by a typical Western Canadian gas plant with sour gas. Module topics covered in this program include:

Petroleum Process Operations
Gas Plant – Developments and Types
Gas Plant – Process Description
Gas Plant – Process Flows
Gas Plant – Inlet Separation
Gas Plant – Inlet Equipment and Operations
Condensate Stabilization Systems
Stabilization Equipment
Gas Plant – Stabilization Operations
Sweetening Processes
Sweetening Chemicals
Sweetening Equipment
Sweetening Operations
Sulphur – Introduction
Sulphur – Claus Process
Sulphur Processing Methods
Sulphur – Process Control
Sulphur – Plant Operations

Petroleum Production
Hydrocarbons Storage and Loading

Petroleum Process Operations cont’d
Dehydration – Definitions and Testing
Dehydration – Chemicals, Liquid Desiccants
Dehydration – Glycol Equipment and Operation
Dehydration – Solid Desiccants
Introduction to Fractionation
Fractionation Tower and Tray Design
Fractionation Equipment
Fractionation Systems
Fractionation Operational Procedures
Hydrocarbon Treating – Caustic Systems
Hydrocarbon Treating – Molecular Sieve Process
Sulphur Plant Tail Gas Cleanup

Refrigeration
Refrigeration – External Process
Refrigeration – Cryogenic Proce

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This program is accessible in paper-based/correspondence and online/Internet formats.

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

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