About the Course
This course enhances the employability in the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry. It provides practical insight into separations, processing, heat transfer equipment, transportation, and storage. It begins with the phenomena of formation of oil and gas resources and will be followed by the methods to calculate physical properties of oil and gas. Students will learn exploration of oil and gas, gathering station details and production methods including drilling and water injection. Next, tertiary methods that use heat, steam, complex polymers, surfactants, and microbes to enhance oil recovery are covered. Then, details of separation systems including two and three phase separation and types of separators are covered. This will be followed by the treatment of recovered oil with details of heater treater, condensate processing, multi-stage flash, de-salting, stabilization and produced water treatment. Methods of gas production & recovery, processing, liquefaction and compression will be covered in the course with real-world examples from the industry. Finally, application of HAZOP & HAZID analysis and waste treatment methods in Oil & Gas Upstream Operations both offshore and onshore will be covered.
Course Objective
  • Explain the phenomenon of oil and gas formation offshore and onshore, analyze and select the most suitable oil and gas exploration methodologies and estimate the physical properties of oil and gas
  • Select appropriate systems for oil recovery and analyze the enhanced oil recovery methods with modern techniques
  • Estimate transportation requirements of oil and gas, select suitable material of construction for pipelines and storage
  • Design a plant layout of a gathering station which includes pipelines, storage units and a processing plant, units of separation for oil, water and gas and contamination removal from recovered material
  • Explain the practices and procedures adopted in gas collection and processing, carry out process calculations of purification, compression, liquefaction and transport, and re-vaporization at LNG receiving terminals
  • Carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of oil and gas production units both onshore and offshore and carry out process hazard analysis
Key Topics
Key Differentiators
  • Oil and Gas Production Processes is a new course, which is not offered in conventional chemical engineering curricula in universities.
  • The course enhances the employability of chemical engineers in the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry with a practical insight into unit operations including separations, processing, heat transfer equipment, transportation, and storage.
  • The methodologies covered in the course range from calculations for the prediction of properties of oil and gas to engineering details for onshore and offshore operations.
  • Course content is meticulously designed and adapted from industry collaboration with renowned oil and gas companies in India.
  • The course will also cover principles of various gas production and processing considering actual industry practices.
  • The course also includes a project which enhances the students’ capability in handling technical tasks independently.
  • Finally, safety health and environmental aspects of upstream field operations of the oil and gas industry will be covered.
Employability & Job Roles
  • Process Engineer – Upstream Unit
  • Wells/Reservoir Engineer
  • Oil and Gas Petrochemical Engineer
  • Operations Engineer