Oil and Gas
Oil and Gas | Facilities Engineering
Sulphur Recovery
Format and Duration:
1 days
This one-day course will provide participants with a thorough review of the design, operation and optimization of the modified Claus sulphur recovery process, including a review of process chemistry, process equipment, operating problems, catalyst deactivation, tail gas technologies, and new technologies related to the sulphur recovery industry, such as degassing and pelletizing. The presentation is designed for personnel involved in the design or operation of sour natural gas processing plants and sulphur recovery facilities.
Schedule
Duration and Training Method
One classroom day providing .8 CEU (Continuing Education Credits) or 8 PDH (Professional Development Hours)
Course Overview
Learning Outcomes
Participants will learn to
• Describe the different pieces of equipment in a modified Claus sulphur recovery train
• Select the mode of operation between straight through or split flow
• Identify the factors affecting the recovery efficiency of sulphur
• Discuss the different methods of reheating the process gas stream between catalytic stages
• Understand the processes of deactivation of the catalyst
• Review the different methods of process enhancements
• Describe the different tail gas clean-up methods
• Determine the density of liquid sulphur
• Calculate the recovery efficiency of sulphur of the sulphur plant
Course Content
Course Agenda
• Sulphur conversion chemistry
• Modified Claus Plant process equipment
• Mode of operation related to H2S in feed gas
• Factors affecting sulphur recovery
• Process gas reheat methods
• Sulphur plant enhancements
• Tail gas cleanup methods
• Sulphur property estimation
• Sulphur degassing methods
• Sulphur pelletizing methods
• Sulphur purity specifications
Who Should Attend and Prerequisites
All sour natural gas has to be treated for the removal of virtually all H2S before it can be distributed to a consumer. The course is designed to benefit junior design engineers, sour plant supervisors and operators, and persons supplying materials and solvents to the sour gas industry.
Instructors
Ed Wichert
Background
Edward Wichert has an extensive background in the oil and gas industry. This includes experience at the technical level as well as in management in drilling, oil and gas production and processing, reservoir engineering and economic analysis. He gained this experience through employment in the oil and gas industry in Alberta, with small, intermediate, and large companies. He holds a B.Sc. degree in Petroleum Engineering and a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering. His research interests are mainly related to sour gas. He has published several articles dealing with determining the properties of sour gas and the application of technology in sour gas production and processing, as well as the disposal of acid gas by compression and injection.
He is an independent oil and gas industry consultant in Calgary and was an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Calgary from 1996 to 2005. He has presented courses in natural gas technology worldwide and is the recipient of the Award of Merit from the Canadian Gas Processors Association, in 1994, the Lifetime Achievement in Hydrocarbon Measurement award from the Canadian Institute of Hydrocarbon Measurement, in 2003, and the Project, Facilities, and Construction Award from the Society of Petroleum Engineers, in 2008.
His experience as a lecturer dates back many years. From 1971 to 1973 he was coordinator of the Petroleum Industry Training Service (PITS) course in Natural Gas Processing, in which he participated as a lecturer as well. Between 1988 and 1996 he provided lectures annually in Colombia for Ecopetrol as well as the Petroleum University in Bucaramanga in natural gas processing and operations. He also coordinated the gas processing evening course in the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department at the University of Calgary in 1997 and presented lectures in this course as well. Edward has presented courses in gas technology throughout the world. In 2018, he wrote “The Sour Gas, Sulfur and Acid Gas Book”, a comprehensive book on the technology of sour gas production, gathering, treating, and the different methods of acid gas disposal.
Affiliations and Accreditation
B.Sc. University of Alberta - Petroleum Engineering
M.Eng. University of Calgary - Chemical Engineering
University of Calgary - Adjunct Professor, 1996-2005
Gas Processing Association Canada - Member
APEGA - Member
SPE - Life Member
Courses Taught
N632 - Sour Gas Treating
N634 - Acid Gas Compression and Injection
N635 - Metering of Natural Gas and Associated Liquids
Accreditation and Certification
CEU: 0.7 Continuing Education Units
PDH: 7 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.