This course is designed to provide attendees with a high-level comprehensive understanding of natural gas distribution planning, design and operations. The major issues impacting these functions will be discussed and explained.

 

Course Content

• Overview: The Role of System Planning
• System Loads
• Gas Flow Behavior
• Capacity Design Principles
• Economics of Capacity Design
• Network Analysis and System Modeling
• Environmental Mitigation and Safety
• Remote Leak Sensing Technologies
• Pressure Reduction
• Distribution Pipeline Repair/Replacement

 

Participants will learn:

• To understand the importance of planning and design for current load and expansion of distribution systems
• The financial and load issues that impact project design
• The skills needed to predict system performance, identify potential trouble spots and maximize investment in existing, new and replacement facilities

Participants will learn up-to-date information about how gasification can be an economically competitive and environmentally sound technology. The course will instruct participants in informed decision-making and best practices in engineering, construction, manufacture of equipment and production of synthesis gas by gasification from coal, petroleum coke, heavy oils, and other carbon-containing materials.  The course will provide materials on the design and construction of gasification plants, efficiency benefits of gasification, ongoing research to improve gasification technology, and how to train operational staff for the particularities of IGCC.

 

Course Content

• Technology
• Economic Analysis
• Decision Making
• Plant Design and Construction
• Training
• Best Practices
  
  

Participants will learn:

• The economics and competitiveness of IGCC technology
• The environmental benefits of IGCC technology
• The latest best practices in engineering, construction, manufacture of equipment and production of gasification
• Ways to improve gasification plants and train operational staff
  
  

This course will present a comprehensive understanding of topics essential to optimized gas exploration and drilling to include technologies, cost-effective automation, monitoring key well characteristics, and on-line factors that influence operations.  The course will also present risk and environmental management procedures that can be used as tools for analyzing the safety, control procedures and environmental impact of pipeline systems in a cost-effective manner as well as streamlined reporting procedures as based on automated systems analyses.

 

Course Content

• Well Optimization:  Drilling techniques, withdrawal techniques and rates
• High Sulfur/Sour Gas Treatment
• Drilling Techniques:  Rig equipment and operations
• Handling Hole Problems
• Reporting
• Safety standards, procedures and equipment
• Environment impact control standards, procedures and equipment
• Reduced Emission Completions
• Smart Well Automation

Participants will learn:

• The latest in drilling technologies
• How to effectively monitor key well characteristics through automated systems
• How to efficiently analyze safety, control procedures and environmental impacts of pipeline systems
• Effective reporting procedures

 

This course is designed to provide attendees with a comprehensive understanding of the design, operation, and maintenance of a natural gas compressor station.

 

Course Content:

• Overview
• Plant Plan Layout
• Unit Selection
• Compressor Station Auxiliary Systems
• Environmental Issues
• Corrosion Prevention
• Operations & Maintenance Issues

 

Participants will learn:

• How to plan and design a modern compressor station
• Fundamental technical concepts
• Operation requirements for gas quality control systems

 

 

In this course, high-level participants will discuss the international and national gas markets, and the growing LNG market. In particular, they will gain a better understanding of gas distribution, planning, and design while introducing Chinese natural gas personnel to specific U.S. equipment, technologies, services, and best practices.  Additional course content will discuss global safety standards, trends in contract pricing, and the short-term trading market for both gas and LNG.

Course Content: Global Supplies Buyers and Sellers Market-Based Pricing Principles Safety Issues Environmental Issues Contracting Mechanism

Participants will learn: Market supply and demand trends for gas and LNG Global LNG facilities plans and requirements Safety standards for gas and LNG Market fluctuations and contract pricing trends

This course is designed to provide attendees with a comprehensive understanding of the operations and maintenance of natural gas storage facilities.  Above-ground storage tanks, underground storage fields and LNG storage containers will be discussed.

Course Content: Storage Facilities Overview Codes and Standards Storage Station Auxiliary Systems Environmental Considerations Corrosion Prevention

Participants will learn: About storage facility types and their use within the industry The impact of Codes and Standards related to storage fields and facilities The impact of environmental requirements on operations and maintenance of storage facilities

This course is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of a system-wide approach to the operation and maintenance of a high-pressure pipeline/transmission operation.

Course Content Overview System Function and Components Codes and Standards Corrosion Testing Storage and Compressor Station Operations & Maintenance Regulation and Measurement Operations in a Pipeline System Environmental Considerations Remote Leak Detection Technologies Gas Dehydration Methane Savings from Compressors

Participants will learn: The fundamentals of pipeline systems and function The impact of Codes and Standards on operations and maintenance To identify segments and high-level tasking that impact operations and maintenance

In this course, participants will learn about coal bed/coal mine methane emissions from coal mining and their use in power generation, as well as ways to reduce these emissions.  This course is invaluable to anyone who seeks technical tools to capture and use coal methane, evaluate market opportunities, and learn about examples of coal methane developments from around the world.  The course will involve companies and individuals with specialized expertise related to coal bed methane and coal mine methane resource assessment and development.

Course Content Methane Extraction Equipment Operations Storage Environmental Mitigation and Safety; Emissions Handling

Participants will learn: Technical tools to capture and use coal methane Tools to evaluate market opportunities Examples of coal methane developments

This course is designed to provide an understanding of all aspects involved in the development of a local and national regulatory framework for the natural gas industry.

 

Course Content

• Overview
• The U.S. Regulatory Model
• Determining Regulatory Conditions for Gas Entry and Exit
• Determining Regulatory Requirements in Different Type of Carriers
• Current Issues in Rate Design and Rate Regulation
• Regulatory Oversight in Measuring Performance
• Organizational Structure of Regulatory Commissions

Participants will learn:

• The segmentation of natural gas systems and the impact on operations and rate design
• The public and industry role in regulatory organizations and the impact on operation and rates
• How to identify industry specific regulations that determine performance measures
• The organization and functions of regulatory agencies

This course will provide participants with an up-to-date knowledge of operations in the existing LNG terminals throughout the world, as well as new technologies, regulations and specifications of planned LNG terminals in Asia, Europe and North America.

Course Content

• Siting:  Onshore vs. Offshore
• Storage Technologies
• Berthing, Loading and Unloading
• Regasification Technologies
• LNG Terminal Operations
• Regulation and Specifications
• Environmental Mitigation and Safety

 

Participants will learn:

• Worldwide safety and environmental standards for LNG terminals
• Best practices for port loading and unloading

This course is designed to provide attendees with current information on the latest available technologies impacting the natural gas industry from the well-head to the burner-tip.  The major focus will be on production, transportation and end use.  LNG and coal-to-gas technologies will also be discussed.

 

Course Content

• Overview
• Natural Gas Exploration & Production (on-shore and off-shore)
• Gas Transportation Technologies (Pipeline, Transmission & Distribution)
• Pipe Maintenance and Repair
• Newest Developments in Coal to Gas Technologies
• Newest Technologies in LNG Import Terminal Operations and Small-Scale Liquefaction Plants

Participants will learn:

• To review the areas where the industry demands are high and require new technology solutions.
• An overview of the newest available technology solutions to the high demand markets.
• To preview what is next in technology.