John Carroll of Gas Liquids Engineering Ltd.
and Sphere Technology Connection Ltd.
are please to offer the one-day course Understanding
Natural Gas Hydrates.
This course is designed for engineers and scientists working in the petroleum industry.
Senior operators will benefit from attending as well.
The program includes a basic theoretical treatment of hydrates
and practical applications.
To obtain full benefit,
participants in this course should have some knowledge
of the background chemistry.
The course includes a copy of the book Natural Gas Hydrates: A Guide for Engineers and a complementary set of course notes both written by the course instructor. Also included are some informative video presentations. Depending on the location, the course includes a demonstration of the formation of a hydrate. Unfortunately this requires special equipment that is not available everywhere. If the demonstrations are not possible in your location, videos of the demonstrations will be substituted.
The details are as follows:
- Instructor: John Carroll, Ph.D., P.Eng.
- Cost: varies from venue to venue
- Professional Development: In Alberta this course qualifies attendees for 8 hours of professional development under the rules of APEGGA's Continuing Development Program. Similar PD qualifications are available under other professional associations.
- Group rates are also available - currently the base cost is $2500 (Cdn) in Canada or $2500 (US) outside of Canada and then add the instructor's expenses, plus $130 (Cdn) per person for the textbook, plus GST (5%), where applicable. Depending upon the location, it is cost effective for groups of 7 to 10 or more to pursue the group rate.
- All prices subject to change.
Upcoming dates:
- Date: February 26, 2009
- Place: Port O' Call Airport Hotel (Best Western)
1935 McKnight Blvd NE
Calgary, Alberta, CANADA - Cost: $500 (Canadian) per person plus GST (5%) - includes lunch
and a set of course notes.
Also included in the cost, each attendee will receive a copy of the book Natural Gas Hydrates: A Guide for Engineers - Contact: Alice Wu,
Sphere Technology Connection
Please check this site for updates on this course and the date and location of the next course.
Previous sessions have been held in:
- Canada:
- Fort St. John, British Columbia
- Calgary, Alberta
- Edmonton, Alberta
- Hinton, Alberta
- Sussex, New Brunswick
- Rest of the World:
- Reading, England
- Aberdeen, Scotland
- Doha, Qatar
- Caracus, Venezuela
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Tehran, Iran
Previous Sponsors:
- Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE) - Edmonton Section
- Shell Canada
- Anadarko Petroleum
- EnCana
- Nexen
- Foster Wheeler
- Potash Corporation of Saskachewan
- National Energy Board of Canada (NEB)
- Northern Lights College
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
- Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA)
- Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT)
- Qatar University - Gas Processing Center
- Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC)
If your company or group would like to sponsor the course in
your location please contact us for additional details. To some
extent, the course can be tailored to fit the needs of your
company or group.
The course outline is provided
below, however, for more
information about the course, and in particular its content
and schedule,
contact Alice Wu (including registration):
Sphere Technology Connection
or
John Carroll
or via regular mail at:
Alice Wu
Sphere Technology Connection
P.O. Box. 98071 Falconridge RPC
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3J 0K6