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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Sweet and Sour: Designing for a sourer future

The Q2 2018 edition of PTQ – Petroleum Technology Quarterly (http://www.eptq.com/ ) is ready to read.  One of the articles in this issue is …

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Designing for a sourer future
Debopam Chaudhuri And Srinivasa Oruganti
Fluor
Refiners around the world are processing a wider crude slate. They are also faced with the challenge of meeting a tighter sulphur specification for the products, hence the role of the sulphur plant and its design are gaining more importance. A proper sulphur plant configuration needs to cater to the operational flexibility of the refinery. This needs to be decided based not only on the refinery turndown operation but also on the various crude assays that are being handled. The best sulphur plant configuration avoids bottlenecks in refinery operation with minimum economic investment. This article will present several case studies on achieving the optimum sulphur plant configuration with varying crude compositions, refinery configurations and capacities, and provide generic guidelines for making decisions related to sulphur plant design during the refinery configuration phase. The feasibility of a petroleum refinery depends on the inherent interaction between the choice of crude oil used and the desired type and quality of finished products to be generated. Using a more expensive light, sweet crude oil requires a simpler refinery configuration and hence a lower capital investment. But supplies of light, sweet crude oil are decreasing, and at the same time the gap between heavier and sourer crude prices is increasing. Refinery configurations are also inherently defined by the type of products expected and the quality to be achieved. Meeting the quality specifications of the final products is of utmost importance as environ- Achieving the right sulphur plant capacity and configuration is crucial to the proper operation of a refinery …
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According to the short bios at the end of the article …

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Debopam Chaudhuri is a Process Engineer with Fluor New Delhi. With 17 years’ experience in petroleum refining, petrochemical complex and upstream projects, he holds bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and chemical engineering from the University of Calcutta.
Srinivasa Oruganti is a Department Manager for Process Technology & HSE with Fluor New Delhi. He holds a bachelor of technology degree in chemical engineering from Andhra University and is a master of technology in industrial engineering and management from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
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TIP: LinkedIn members can find LinkedIn profiles for both authors. Another way to find the profiles is to Google® …

Debopam Chaudhuri Fluor
Srinivasa Oruganti Fluor