Denver Section

Society of Petroleum Engineers

Continuing Education Short Course Offering

Instructor:                Kenneth E. Arnold, P.E., Senior Technical Advisor, WorleyParsons

 

Dates:                      CANCELED
Tuesday - Wednesday, February 15-16, 2011, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

 Location:                 621 Seventeenth Street, Suite 1120, Denver, CO 80293 (Corner of 17^th and Welton)

1.6 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) will be awarded by SPE-Americas Office for this 2-day course.

Course Description

This 2-day training course gives an engineer a practical understanding of the various components involved in production facilities design and operation for oil and gas. The material covered is based for the most part on two books co-authored by the instructor, Surface Production Operations, Volume 1, Design of Oil Handling facilities and Systems and Volume 2, Gas Handling Systems, which are published by Elsevier.

Course Contents

Oil and Water Handling Systems

• Oil and Water Process Selection
• Gas Liquid Separation
• Separating Oil and Water
• Emulsion Treating

Gas Handling Systems

• Gas Handling Process Selection
• Condensate Stabilization
• Hydrates
• Gas Dehydration

Piping Systems

• Pressure Ratings
• Specification Breaks
• Pumps

Compressors

Who Should Attend

This course is designed specifically to address the day-to-day needs of practicing engineers and managers who want to know more about the basic theory, details of selection and design of production facilities.

 

About the Instructor

Registration

The registration deadline is January 21, 2011.  The registration fee is $850 for members and $1,050 for nonmembers and is fully refundable until that time.  For more details, contact Darien O’Brien, P.E. at  dgobrien@mines.edu  or (303) 934-5979.  Make your check payable to SPE Denver Section and mail to: Darien O’Brien, 1632 South Lamar Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80232-7038.  Please include the course name, your FULL name (as you would like it to appear on the course completion certificate), SPE member number (if applicable), Title, Company, e-mail address, postal address, phone and fax number.  You may also register and pay on-line at http://denver.spe.org/.

Kenneth E. Arnold, P.E. has over forty-five years of industry experience with 16 years at Shell Oil Company.   He founded Paragon Engineering Services in 1980 which was purchased by AMEC in 2005. In September 2007, he retired from AMEC and formed K Arnold Consulting, Inc.  In 2010 he joined WorleyParsons as Senior Technical Advisor.  Ken is co-author of two textbooks and author of over 50 technical articles on project management and facilities design.  He has twice been chosen as an SPE distinguished lecturer.  He is the VP of Finance on the Board of SPE, a member of the Marine Board of the National Research Council and is on the Board of The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas.  Ken has taught facilities engineering at the University of Houston as well as for several oil companies.   He is a registered professional engineer and serves on the advisory board of the engineering schools of Tulane University and Cornell University.  Ken has a M.S. Civil Engineering from Tulane University and a B.S. Civil Engineering from Cornell University.

Basic Production Facilities