This course provides an overview of the technical issues of various natural gas storage facilities.
Public :
Professionals interested in natural gas storage: engineers, technical managers, technicians, operators.
Level :Knowledge
Prerequisite :
In order to be able to follow this training, trainees are asked to fulfill at least one of the criteria below:
either a Bac or equivalent level,
or a proven professional experience in LNG storage of at least 6 months.
Course Content
NATURAL GAS: AS A STORABLE ENERGY
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Duration : 0.25 Day
Why store natural gas? Needs expressed by suppliers, administration and network operators.
How? Summary presentation of the different storage systems: depleted reservoirs, aquifers, salt domes.
LNG storage tanks, etc.
Where? History of underground gas storage, storage sites in Europe and worldwide. Maps and tables by types of storage, per country and stored volumes.
Gas storage and its environment: noise, exhaust, surface footprints, landscape integration, local taxes, workforce.
STORAGE TYPES
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Duration : 0.5 Day
Fluid flow in porous media. Reservoir modeling.
Depleted reservoirs, aquifers, salt domes, LNG storage tanks.
For each type of storage, presentation of development conditions, geological and structural characteristics, their specificities, the inherent hazards, the operational constraints, the repartition of sites throughout the world, etc.
STORAGE EQUIPMENT
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Duration : 0.25 Day
Wells: drilling specificities, downhole and surface equipment.
Gathering network.
Gas compression: why, when and how?
Extracted gas treatment: dehydration, sweetening, odorization.
Auxiliary equipment: manifolds, instrumentation and control system, safety, treatment of effluents.
Metering: primary meter, correctors, data processing.
COMPRESSION
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Duration : 0.25 Day
Characteristics of compressors specific to natural gas storage sites: compression ratio, runtime frequency, environment related issues (exhaust gases, noise, etc.), power types.
Types of compressor units: driver type (engine, electrical motor, gas turbine, etc.), reciprocating or centrifugal compressor, etc.
Comparison between gas turbine and motor drivers, fuel gas and electricity power.
GAS TREATMENT
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Duration : 0.25 Day
At the wellhead: hydrate prevention by heating or methanol injection.
In the station: dehydration, sweetening, odorization.
For each treatment, presentation of the treatment target, risks, regulation aspects, treatment techniques, common processes used for gas treatment and product regeneration, effluent treatment.
ECONOMICAL ASPECT OF GAS STORAGE
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Duration : 0.5 Day
Life cycle of a gas storage site.
Estimated values for CAPEX and OPEX for each storage type.
Pricing of access of third parties to storage facilities in France: analysis of the price breakdown, taking into account constraints and specificities of the storage.
Simulation of cost price per kWh, stored or delivered, for common site configurations.
Learning Objectives
Attendees will be able to implement the following skills:
Review features and operating conditions of natural gas storage facilities,
Learn about gas storage equipment specificities: wells, manifolds, compression, auxiliary equipment, etc.,
Understand gas treatment techniques applied to extraction from storage in order to conform to specifications,
Grasp fundamental issues of natural gas storage economics and third-party access.
Ways & Means
Highly interactive training by industry-specialist lecturers.
Numerous applications and illustrations.
Learning assessment
Assessment by test at the end of the course.
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Coordinator :IFP Training instructors, with expertise in the field and trained in modern teaching methods adapted to the specific needs of learners from the professional world.
To French entities : IFP Training is referenced to DataDock ; you may contact your OPCO about potential funding.
Please contact our disabled persons referent to check the accessibility of this training program : referent.handicap@ifptraining.com
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