Upstream Production and Refinery Operations
Module code: CPE7007-B
Module Aims
- The objective is to provide the students with expert level knowledge of upstream petroleum
and refining processes synthesis, simulation and design.
Outline Syllabus
- Onshore/offshore oil recovery, well-field processing, three-phase separation, crude oil stabilization, gas sweetening, gas dehydration, other gas processing processes, water treatment processes, environmental constraints of processes, crude oil desalting, distillation (atmospheric and vacuum), alkylation, catalytic reforming, cracking, coking, desulfurization, blending, heat exchanger network for energy recovery, FCC.
- Products discharge or exports to market.
- For the given courseworks, the students will carry out detailed simulation using ASPEN and/or gPROMS.
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