Oil, Gas & Petrochemical Operations
Refining, petrochemicals, production, process operations and plant troubleshooting.
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Amine Treating and Sulfur Recovery Technology
Select and operate amine systems — MEA, DEA, MDEA and formulated solvents — for a given treating duty. Participants learn to run absorbers and regenerators at optimum circulation, control foaming, corrosion and heat stable salts, and troubleshoot off-specification gas and low sulphur recovery.
Oil Movement, Storage and Troubleshooting in Modern Refineries, Marine Terminals and Oil Plants
Plan and execute product movements between units, tankage and export facilities. Participants learn safe marine loading and ship-shore practice, blending strategy and quality control, and how to troubleshoot line contamination, pump problems, metering discrepancies and interface losses.
Operations and Troubleshooting of Distillation Columns, Absorbers, Regeneration, Separators and Desalters
Understand column internals and their hydraulic limits, then diagnose flooding, weeping and entrainment from field symptoms. Participants learn to run absorbers and regeneration at the right circulation, resolve separator carry-over and emulsion, and optimise desalters to protect downstream units.
Troubleshooting Process Operations
Replace trial and error with a systematic troubleshooting method. Participants use mass and energy balances to locate where a process is deviating, read trends, laboratory data and field observation together, separate instrument error from genuine process change, and document fixes so they hold.
Flare, Blowdown & Pressure Relief Systems
Understand relief scenarios, sizing basis and the codes governing relief design, then follow the path from relief device through headers and knockout drum to the flare tip. Participants learn to operate blowdown during upsets, maintain flare seal and ignition reliability, and assess load and emissions.
Gas Sweetening & Sulphur Recovery
Understand acid gas removal options and how solvent choice affects selectivity. Participants learn to meet H2S and CO2 specifications reliably, follow acid gas through the Claus train and tail gas clean-up, and troubleshoot solvent quality, foaming and burner air demand problems.
Distillation Design, Operation, Control & Troubleshooting
Apply vapour-liquid equilibrium and stage concepts to how columns actually behave. Participants weigh reflux ratio, feed stage and energy trade-offs, tune control schemes for stable separation, and diagnose fouling, flooding and off-specification product from pressure and temperature profiles.
Process Plant Start-Up and Commissioning
Plan commissioning by system rather than by discipline, with clear handover boundaries. Participants complete pre-commissioning checks — flushing, drying, tightness testing, loop checks — then introduce utilities, feed and catalyst in a controlled, reversible sequence.
Hydrotreating Catalyst Reactor Technology
Understand hydrotreating catalyst composition, promoters and pore structure, and the loading practices that protect run length. Participants apply grading and sulphiding procedures, model deactivation against bed temperature, manage quench distribution, and judge when to regenerate, rejuvenate or replace.
Hydrotreating Technology
Understand how hydrotreating meets fuel quality and downstream feed specifications. Participants compare unit configurations for naphtha, distillate and residue service, evaluate hydrogen consumption and recycle gas purity, and identify the operating levers that extend cycle length.
Strategic Level Program in Product Knowledge
Develop in-depth understanding of the organisation's export products and their specifications. Participants learn to read and interpret the specifications issued by the organisation's Laboratory team and apply them confidently in day-to-day operational and commercial decisions.
Strategic Level Program in Product Loading and Transfer
Master the procedures, regulatory requirements and reporting that govern product loading and transfer. Participants learn to reduce product degradation and energy use during conveying, cut unplanned stoppages on conveying equipment, and troubleshoot blockages and problem systems with confidence.