COURSE OVERVIEW:

This comprehensive course, focusing on Process Engineering - Design and Operations, delves deep into the fundamental concepts, tools, and practices used by process engineers to design, analyze, and operate process plants in the oil, gas, petrochemical, and related industries. The course explains how to define and develop a process design basis, perform core process calculations, select and specify major equipment, and translate design intent into practical operating procedures and control strategies.

Participants will explore the links between process design and day-to-day plant operations, including how design decisions impact operability, safety, reliability, and efficiency. The course emphasizes the use of process flow diagrams and P&ID diagrams, process simulations at a conceptual level, and structured approaches to troubleshooting and optimization. Participants will engage in practical exercises and case studies to apply the concepts learned to realistic design and operations scenarios.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

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

1. Describe the role of process engineering in the full lifecycle of process plants from concept through operation.
2. Understand the fundamental principles and terminology used in Process Engineering - Design and Operations.
3. Define a clear process design basis, including feed, product, operating envelopes, and design cases.
4. Perform basic mass and energy balance calculations to support equipment sizing and process evaluation.
5. Interpret and use process flow diagrams and P&ID diagrams as key design and operations documents.
6. Identify the main types of process equipment and explain how their design features influence plant operation.
7. Recognize the interaction between process design, process control, and safe operating procedures.
8. Apply structured approaches for reviewing process designs for safety, operability, and maintainability.
9. Support commissioning, start up, shutdown, and normal operations using sound process engineering logic.
10. Apply Process Engineering - Design and Operations techniques to troubleshoot and improve existing units.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

-Process Engineers

-Junior and Graduate Engineers moving into process engineering roles

-Operations Engineers and Senior Operators

-Project and Facilities Engineers involved in process plant projects

-Technical Support, Planning, and Optimization Engineers

-Supervisors and Coordinators working with design and operations teams

TRAINING COURSE METHODOLOGY:

A highly interactive combination of lectures and discussion sessions, as well as case studies, will be managed to maximize 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 after 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.