COURSE OVERVIEW:

This comprehensive course on Flaring, Venting and Purging provides an in-depth overview of relief and flare systems for oil and gas processing facilities. It focuses on how to define relief scenarios, determine relief loads and route them safely to adequately designed and operated disposal systems.

Participants will examine typical relief and flare system configurations, codes and standards, overpressure protection philosophies, relief device selection and sizing, blowdown and depressurization systems, and the design of flare headers, drums, stacks and tips. The course also covers purge systems, flare gas recovery, smokeless operation and the use of dynamic simulation to refine relief load predictions. Practical examples and case studies will be used to link design principles with actual operating practice, troubleshooting and optimization.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

After completion of this course, the participants will be able to:

1. Explain the functions of relief, flaring, venting and purging systems within oil and gas processing facilities and their role in overall process safety.
2. Interpret and apply relevant codes, standards and recommended practices governing relief and flare systems design and operation.
3. Define credible overpressure scenarios, determine relief requirements and establish appropriate set pressures and overpressure limits for equipment.
4. Select and perform sizing checks for common relief devices, including pressure safety valves, rupture discs and blowdown valves, considering fluid, service and installation constraints.
5. Describe and evaluate design considerations for relief headers, blowdown systems, knockout and seal drums, flare stacks, tips and ignition systems.
6. Define purge gas requirements, assess risks of air ingress and flame flashback, and apply strategies for purge gas conservation and flare gas recovery.
7. Use steady state and dynamic simulations, where available, to refine relief load estimates and support complex system design and verification.
8. Identify common operational problems and deficiencies in relief and flare systems and propose practical mitigation and improvement measures.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

-Process engineers involved in the design, operation or optimisation of oil and gas processing facilities

-Process safety and loss prevention engineers working on overpressure protection and disposal systems

-Operations engineers and senior panel operators responsible for units connected to relief and flare systems

-Mechanical and piping engineers involved in specifying relief devices, headers and flare equipment

-Technical authority and discipline leads who review and approve relief and flare system designs

TRAINING COURSE METHODOLOGY:

A highly interactive combination of lectures and discussion sessions, as well as case studies, will be managed to maximise the amount and quality of information, knowledge, and experience transfer. The course will be intensive but practical and highly interactive. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions and motivating everybody to find the right answers. The attendants will also be encouraged to raise more of their questions and to share in developing the right answers using their analysis and experience. There will also be some indoor experiential activities to enhance learning. Course material will be provided in PowerPoint, with necessary animations, learning videos, and general discussions.

The course participants shall be evaluated before, during, and at the end of the course.

COURSE CERTIFICATE:

National Consultant Centre for Training LLC (NCC) will issue an Attendance Certificate to all participants completing a minimum of 80% of the total attendance time requirement.