Conference alert: SOGAT 2019 (May 1-2, Abu Dhabi)

SOGAT 2019 : Sour Oil and Gas Advanced Technology is coming up fast. It features speakers on topics like …

• The Future Of Technology Deployment In Sour Gas Projects, presented by Erik Nijveld, Deployment Matters, The Netherlands
• A Reduced Consumption Of Natural Gas And Aromatics Destruction In Sulfur Recovery Units Through Process Modifications, presented by Mohammad Al Hamadi, Salisu Ibrahim, Abhijeet Raj, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE
• How Sru May Lower So2 Emissions: An Overview Of Possible Techniques For Reducing Sulphur Dioxides Pollution, presented by Alessandro Buonomini & Armando Costantini, Kinetics Technology, Italy

Find the full program at
www.sogat.org/sogat-conference.html

Abu Dhabi makes it easy to travel there for a conference. On the SOGAT Web page is a link to Travel & Visas with the following information …

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Visa Information
No entry visa is required for citizens from KSA , Oman , Kuwait and Bahrain .
Citizens of the following 33 countries will be issued with a free-of-charge VISIT VISA on entry to the UAE: Andorra, Australia, Belgium, Brunei, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Monaco, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, UK, United States.
Citizens of other countries should apply to their nearest UAE embassy.
Should you experience problems with visa arrangements, please contact the Organisers.
source: http://sogat.org/uae-visa.html
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Current/Previous sponsors include:

• Saudi Aramco
• Schlumberger
• Shell
• BASF
• UOP
• Jacobs
• Axens
• Dow
• ExxonMonbil
• TechnipFMC
• Fluor
• Total

source:
www.sogat.org/sogat-conference.html 
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TIP: Google® SOGAT proceedings and browse the results to get a sense of the quality of the presentations, based on previous SOGAT events. Here is example from the 2015 conference …

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Typical Process Challenges and Configurations for Sour Gas Mega Projects
Authors
Amott Nick (Fluor Ltd, Farnborough, UK)  |  Mogose Stephen (Fluor Ltd, Farnborough, UK)
Date 2015
Abstract
The last decade has seen the initiation, start-up and ongoing development for major oil and gas production projects requiring processing of extremely sour gas. Projects in the UAE and CIS states (particularly Central Asia) require processing of well fluids containing up to 10 mole % CO2 and 23 mole % H2S, with the potential for future projects to see the H2S level increase further. These projects are being designed to treat and process flows of up to 1,000 MMscfd alongside production of oil and/or condensate, as well as NGL/LPG recovery. The world scale processing of sour gas leads to the largest ever sulphur plants installed, with total plant capacities up to 10,000 TPD of elemental sulphur. Kuwait with the Jurassic gas projects is embarking on major sour gas processing and is ideally placed to benefit from the experience and strategies developed in these mega projects.
This paper summarizes a selection of the key sour gas mega project metrics and outlines some of the areas where the very high H2S and organic sulphur content of the well fluid, and the high ambient temperatures, either impacted the design of the process units or required additional design features. The technical discussion in this paper uses information gained from Fluor's experiences on several sour mega projects and covers:
Inlet gas conditioning to ensure there is no hydrocarbon condensation during the gas treating step
Removal of H2S, CO2, COS, and mercaptans from the gas phase
Condensate/oil treating options for organic sulphur removal
The design of the world's largest Sulphur Recovery and Tail Gas Treating trains
source: https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/SPE-175361-MS
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