Midstream Oil and Gas Operations provides a comprehensive understanding of the various processes involved in the midstream Oil and Gas operations such as fundamentals of transportation and gathering stations, including pipeline specifications, flow dynamics, measurement techniques and challenges associated with heavy oil transportation, design theories of two and three phase separation systems, heater treaters, dehydrators, demulsification, desalting, crude stabilization and produced water treatment methods as well as storage and vapor recovery from field production.
Course Objectives
Online
4 units
IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation
Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) of IIT Madras
and
L&T EduTech
Rs. 1900/- Inclusive of Tax
Students pursuing Diploma / UG / PG Programs in Chemical/ Petroleum/ Oil and Gas Engineering.
Basic Chemical/ Petroleum/ Oil and Gas Engineering
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Dr Jagannathan Krishnan
Subject Matter Expert, Chemical Engineering, L&T EduTech
A Professionally motivated Chemical Engineer obtained both M.Tech and Ph.D from Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He has over 25 years of teaching and research experience in Chemical Engineering, serving institutions like IIT Madras, VIT University, SSN Institutions in India and Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Malaysia.
Gathering stations; Principles of flow in pipes, pipeline specification, pipeline automation and SCADA
Types of measurements; Types of pumps, compressors and booster station; Fluid dynamics and flow pattern of oil and gas mixtures. Non-isothermal flow and its effect on pumping operation; Transportation of heavy oil
Corrosion monitoring and control; wax deposition and prevention; Artificial lift methods.
Separation in oil and gas production; Surface Production/Separation Facility; Factors affecting recovery in the separator; Basic equilibrium relations for complex mixtures; test separator and group separators, slug catchers; Functional components of separators, types of separators and design theories of two-phase separation systems.
Stage separation and its applicability, Three Phase Separation - Types of equipment, selection considerations and operating problems, design theory, Sizing of separators; Current technological trends and advances in separations.
Heat transfer principles and applications in oil and gas treatment, Heater treaters, Electrostatic heater treaters and oil dehydrators, Emulsion Treatment Methods, Oil de-salting systems and Caustic wash, Crude stabilization, Produced Water Treatment, Water injection system treatment, sand management, Onshore and Offshore Hydrocarbon Storage Facilities, Vapor recovery from field production.