COURSE OVERVIEW:

This course provides a practical and comprehensive understanding of sour gas processing, acid gas removal, and sulphur recovery systems used in oil and gas and refining facilities. It focuses on the fundamentals of H2S and CO2 treating, solvent selection, unit operation, process optimization, corrosion control, foaming and solvent degradation, sulphur recovery by Claus and tail gas treating, emissions management, and troubleshooting. Participants will gain the capability to interpret process performance, recognize common failure modes, and apply best practices to improve reliability, safety, and environmental compliance.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

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

1. Explain the hazards and operational challenges associated with sour gas, H2S, CO2, and sulphur compounds.
2. Interpret sour gas composition data and predict treating and recovery implications for process design and operation.
3. Describe the purpose, configuration, and performance limits of acid gas removal systems.
4. Differentiate between chemical solvents and physical solvents and identify suitable applications for each.
5. Explain amine sweetening fundamentals including absorption, regeneration, and equilibrium behavior.
6. Evaluate key amine unit operating parameters and identify indicators of underperformance.
7. Diagnose common amine system issues including foaming, flooding, entrainment, and solvent losses.
8. Identify causes and controls of amine solvent degradation, heat stable salts, and contamination.
9. Apply practical methods for dehydration and hydrocarbon dew point control interfaces with sour gas treating.
10. Explain Claus sulphur recovery fundamentals and the roles of thermal and catalytic stages.
11. Interpret sulphur recovery unit performance indicators including conversion, sulphur quality, and reliability constraints.
12. Describe tail gas treating concepts and compare common tail gas clean-up schemes and objectives.
13. Recognize corrosion mechanisms in sour service and select appropriate prevention and monitoring practices.
14. Apply troubleshooting logic to common upsets across absorbers, regenerators, condensers, reboilers, and SRU reactors.
15. Implement safe operating practices for start-up, shutdown, and upset handling in sour gas and sulphur recovery units.
16. Identify environmental compliance drivers including SO2 emissions, sulphur handling, and flare implications.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

-Process engineers supporting gas plants, refineries, and sour service facilities

-Operations and production engineers responsible for treating and sulphur recovery performance

-Shift supervisors and console and field operators working on amine and SRU units

-Maintenance, reliability, and inspection personnel working with sour service equipment and corrosion threats

-HSE and environmental personnel involved in sulphur emissions, toxic gas management, and compliance

TRAINING COURSE METHODOLOGY:

A highly interactive combination of lectures, discussion sessions, and case studies will be employed to maximise the transfer of information, knowledge, and experience. The course will be intensive, 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 the learning experience. 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.