Oil and Gas Technologies of pipeline transportation crude oil and natural gas

The purpose of this course is to provide the student with knowledge on with the subject and make them able to:

•        Crude oil and gas sale specifications

•        How oil and gas terminal operates and how oil and gas transportation occurs

•        Understand the main equipment and operations within oil and gas industry and transportation

•        Hazards, Risks and associated impact of oil and gas transportation

•        Understand HAZOP (Hazard and Operability Study) and LOPA (Layer of Protection Analysis) processes as well as be able to participate, lead, scribe at similar risk assessments.

•        Explain pipeline integrity management and capacity optimization opportunities

•        Describe how to assess the likelihood of hazardous events occurring

•        Understand precautions needed when applying failure frequency statistics

•        Explain the Barrier/”Swiss Cheese” model

•        Describe ‘Process Safety” and distinguish between risk and hazard

•        Explain importance of  process safety

•        Explain the difference between process and occupational (personal) safety

•        Recognize the Major Accident Risk (MAR) process and describe risk management process

·          Able to embrace and solve problems outside their comfort zone

·          Teamwork spirit  and courage for speak-up

·          Independent work of the student

·          Work in an international environment

·          Respect  for  diversity  and multiculturalism

·          Exercise criticism and self-criticism

·           Promoting freedom, creative thinking and inducing

1. Oil and Gas Chain Overview, Onshore Processing, Separation , Heat Transfer

2. Gas Plant, Gas Handling and Conditioning

3. Oil and Gas Storage, Transport & Offloading;

4.Oil and Gas Pipeline Transportation

5. Pipeline Integrity and capacity optimization 

6. Review of typical Pump Station, Gas Compression Station and Crude oil Terminal operation

7. Pipeline Operations Engineering Safety / Process Safety

8. Hazard Identification and Techniques ;

9.Consequence, Likelihood and Risk

10. Inherently Safer Design and Operations Risk Management

11. Hazard and Operability Study( HAZOP);

12.Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) 

13. Oil and Gas Pipeline Management;

Ι. Written final examination (60%) comprising:

– Multiple-choice questions

II Written essay  and presentation by Power Point (40%)

1. Industrial Safety Management, Hazard Identification and Risk control, L. M. Deshmukh

2. Oil and Gas Pipeline Fundamentals, by John L. Kennedy

3. The Oil & Gas Engineering Guide, by Hervé Baron