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GPT 322 Gas Production Technology I

HND1 levelEngineering & Technology37 topics

GPT 322 covers 37 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Sources, types and composition of natural gas
  2. Hydrocarbon fluid properties
  3. Gas solubility and vapour-liquid equilibrium
  4. Phase behaviour of hydrocarbon systems
  5. Material balance in gas production
  6. Gas reserve and reservoir content estimation
  7. Pressure drawdown and buildup
  8. Gas operations equipment
  9. Gas well testing procedures
  10. Retrograde phenomenon
  11. Gas condensate vapour-liquid equilibrium
  12. State and phase in hydrocarbon systems
  13. Capital cost of gas processing facilities
  14. Amine treating
  15. Glycol dehydration
  16. NGL recovery by straight refrigeration
  17. Cryogenic NGL recovery
  18. Sulfur recovery and tail gas cleanup
  19. Natural gas processing plant configurations
  20. Sweet gas plant with ethane recovery
  21. Sour gas plant with NGL and sulfur recovery
  22. Nitrogen rejection in sour gas plants
  23. Natural gas liquefaction processes
  24. LNG storage and shipping
  25. GTL and gas-to-power processes
  26. Peak shaving and satellite LNG facilities
  27. Gas treating before liquefaction
  28. Methods of natural gas transportation
  29. Pipeline transportation of gas
  30. Pipeline design and construction equations
  31. Pipeline route selection and laying
  32. Pipeline safety and security
  33. Problems in gas transmission
  34. Computer applications in gas transmission
  35. LNG ships and storage tanks
  36. Gas transmission equipment and metering
  37. Gas distribution to industries and homes

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Sources, types and composition of natural gas

Natural gas is a fossil fuel that originates from the decay of organic matter under heat and pressure over millions of years. Understanding its sources, the various types that can be found in the subsurface, and its typical composition is essential for assessing reservoir potential, designing extraction processes, and evaluating environmental impacts—all key concerns in the NUC CCMAS, NBTE, and NCCE syllabi.

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