Oil and Gas
Oil and Gas | Facilities and Surface Operations
LNG Technologies and Production
Format and Duration:
2 days
4 sessions
Business Impact: Application of the learnings of this course will empower participants to better understand the Liquefied Natural Gas business and processing chain.
The course will teach participants about the complexity of developing an LNG Project, their financial hurdles, the markets, the engineering developments, and the gas processing operations that are required before liquefying gas. Attendees will learn the concepts of the refrigeration systems used to liquefy natural gas, the different technologies, the mechanical equipment that are used, the cryogenic storage tanks and the marine terminals used.The course will also cover the import regasification terminals, and an overview of the small-medium LNG plants and the Floating LNG facilities.
Schedule
Duration and Training Method
This is a classroom or virtual classroom course comprising a mixture of lectures and discussions.
Course Overview
Learning Outcomes
Participants will learn to:
- Describe the four elements of the LNG chain.
- Define gas liquefaction cycles and enumerate the different refrigeration cyles.
- List main LNG liquefaction technologies.
- Understand the different types of LNG Tanks, and their construction process.
- Know the different types of LNG Ships and their containment.
- List the different types regasification equipment
- Familiarize with the complexity of Floating LNG.
Course Content
- The Elements of the LNG Chain
- The Upstream Processing Chain
- Gas Treating, Dehydration, and Heavy Hydrocarbon Removal
- Review of Thermodynamic Fundamentals of Liquefaction
- Gas Liquefaction Cycles Technologies and Equipment
- Review of process operating conditions on a typical LNG Train
- Storage Facilities
- Marine Terminal Facilities
- LNG Shipping
- Receiving Terminals
- LNG Peak Shaving Plants
- New Trends: Small and Medium Size LNG Plants- Floating LNG
Who Should Attend and Prerequisites
This course is ideally suited to young process and mechanical engineers, discipline engineers and personnel involved in the engineering and construction, operating companies who have had limited exposure in this area, or for professionals involved in other areas of the petroleum industry who require a comprehensive overview of the LNG processing.
Instructors
Jorge Foglietta
Background
Jorge H. Foglietta established his engineering consulting practice with J.H.Foglietta Consulting LLC. in January of 2011. With more than forty five years of experience in process technology and project engineering for the hydrocarbon processing industries his specific fields of experience include gas processing, petroleum refining and LNG. He has held responsibilities that included strategic technology planning, technology development, process design, evaluation of facilities, design and selection of process equipment, safety analysis, construction, plant start-ups and operations troubleshooting.
He began his career in Argentina where he worked for 12 years holding positions as process engineer and project engineer at Esso Argentina, Degremont, Shell CAPSA, and Tauro Engineering. In 1989 he established in Houston, Texas, and began working for Fish Engineering & Construction Inc. as a Sr. Process Engineer. In 1994 he joined ABB Randall as Manager of Process Engineering, then became Director of Process Technology with the newly formed Randall Gas Technologies within ABB Lummus Global. In October of 2005, he became President and General Manager of Tecna Engineering LLC, in Houston, until January of 2011.
He earned an MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1976. He is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), and the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) and is a Licensed Professional Engineer (Chemical), in Texas since 1997. He is Member of the Senior Advisory Committee of the Laurance Reid Gas Conditioning Conference, a Co-Chair of the Facilities Design Forum of the Gas Processors Association (GPA), member of the Gas Processors Suppliers Association, and Member of the GPSA Engineering Data Book Editorial Review (Chapters 13 Compression, 14 Refrigeration, and 16 Hydrocarbon Recovery).
Throughout his career he attended numerous post graduate courses including, but not limited to, piping design, reforming/olefins plant design, aromatics plant design, safety in design, oil refining, project engineering management, stress analysis, oil dehydration and desalting, sulfur plants, strategic marketing, Process Safety Management, HAZOP studies, and quality auditing.
Mr. Foglietta experience includes academic activity from 1977 to 1989, completing his tenure as Assistant Professor of Process Plants Design at the University of Buenos Aires, Faculty of Engineering, Chemical Engineering.
Courses Taught
N653: LNG Technologies and Production
Accreditation and Certification
CEU: 1.4 Continuing Education Units
PDH: 14 Professional Development Hours
Certificate: Certificate Issued Upon Completion
RPS is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and is authorized to issue the IACET CEU. We comply with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognised internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices.
We issue a Certificate of Attendance which verifies the number of training hours attended. Our courses are generally accepted by most professional licensing boards/associations towards continuing education credits. Please check with your licensing board to determine if the courses and certificate of attendance meet their specific criteria.