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17 – 19 June 2009Holiday Inn London – Bloomsbury

Amine Treatment and SulphurRecovery

O V E R A L L C O U R S E O B J E C T I V E S

Environmental legislation in recent years hasresulted in the level of sulphur in refined productsbeing substantially reduced. At the same timerefiners are looking to process sour crudescontaining increasingly higher levels of sulphur.

Also, demand for natural gas is leading to thedevelopment of gas fields where the gas has highquantities of hydrogen sulphide and carbondioxide.

Amine Treatment is used in these industries toremove sour compounds, mainly H2S and CO2but on occasions mercaptans, carbonyl sulphideand carbon disulphide as well, to meet specifictreated gas specifications

The amine unit produces an acid gas containingvarying quantities of H2S and CO2 with a numberof other possible contaminants such as ammonia,mercaptans, heavy hydrocarbons and BTX(benzene, toluene and xylene) depending uponthe gas being treated.

This gas is normally processed to produce asulphur product with the remaining gas beingincinerated and sent to atmosphere.

One of the main sulphur recovery processes isthe Claus process but increasingly this process isunable to meet the strict environmental criteriafor discharges of sulphur dioxide to theatmosphere. Tail gas treatment processes areused to remove residual sulphur compounds fromthe Claus tail gas to the atmospheric emissions.

W H O S H O U L D A T T E N D ?

ERTC Amine and Sulphur Recovery Technologiesis a comprehensive core skills course forprofessionals dealing with all aspects of theAmine Treatment and Sulphur Recovery.

The course will be highly valuable to allengineers involved in the process selection,design, start-up and operation of Amine,Sulphur Recovery and Tail Gas Treatment Units.The course will also provide first hand experienceof a few examples of process simulations for allthe units.

Additionally the course will be useful forpersonnel having to make decisions about newinvestments and wishing to gain an overview ofavailable options with their commercial andtechnical implications.

17–19 JUNEThe aim of the ERTC AmineTreatment and Sulphur Recoverycourse is to give an overview of typesof amines available and guidelinesto their selection and application,design recommendations andoperating considerations.

Similarly, processes for recoveringsulphur from acid gasses will bereviewed and guidelines for processselection discussed with relation tothe composition and contaminants inthe gas.

Design guidelines will be presentedwith reference to process simulatorsavailable.

C O U R S E T I M E T A B L E

Wednesday 17 June08:00 onwards

Course Registration09:00 – 17:00Course Programme (as detailed opposite)

Thursday 18 June09:00 – 17:00Course Programme (as detailed opposite)19:45Delegates Complimentary Course Dinner(Meet in hotel reception)

Friday 19 June09:00 – 16:00Course Programme and Close K

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K E Y T O P I C S I N C L U D E

Basics of Gas Treating

Amine Selection

Sulphur Recovery

Tail Gas Treatment

Sulphur Degassing and Forming

Process Simulations

Operations

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C O U R S E P R E S E N T E R

Paul Roberts is a Senior Process Consultant withWorleyParsons with experience in oil and gasprocessing and refining.

He has 30 years of design experience, 20 yearswith amine units. He is experienced also in therevamp of amine units including debottleneckingand performance tests. He has been involved inthe design and revamp of amine units in Europe,the Middle East, FSU and North Africa.

He has presented two papers to Gas ProcessorsAssociation (GPA) Europe conferences and haspublished an article; “Amine Debottlenecking”in Hydrocarbon Engineering.

Robin Street is Senior Technical Director forSulphur Technology with WorleyParsons.

He has over 27 years design experience in therefinery, oil and gas processing industries. He has played a major role in the development of sulphur removal projects in Europe, MiddleEast, China, North America, Russia and theFormer Soviet Union – both Greenfield plantsand revamps.

He runs WorleyParsons’ Sulphur TechnologyGroup in London and is an industry expert on allaspects of sulphur removal and is also a Directorof Alberta Sulphur Research Limited.

C O U R S E D E S C R I P T I O N

Amine units are used in the oil and gas industries where ever acid gases have to be removed butparticularly in natural gas processing and refining.

This part of the course will cover the basic chemistry of amine treatment and introduce the differentamines available. Amine selection will be discussed with regard to treated gas specification, inlet gascomposition, pressure and temperature. Different process flowsheets will be shown and the designrecommendations for individual items in the unit given.

Following amine treatment the course will focus on sulphur recovery. Different processes for therecovery of sulphur from the amine acid gas will be described. The main emphasis will be on the mostcommon process used, the Claus process, with examples given of different processing options related tothe acid gas composition and any contaminants present such as NH3 and BTX. Downstream of the Clausunit most plants have a tail gas treating process to increase the overall sulphur recovery and again thedifferent processes available will be discussed but the emphasis will be on what is familiarly known asthe “SCOT” process. These processes will be illustrated with flowsheets from actual process simulationsand design considerations for equipment will be discussed

Other processes that will be described are oxygen enrichment of the Claus process and sulphurdegassing, sulphur solidification and storage.

The final part of the course will cover operational aspects of amine treatment and sulphur recoveryincluding start up, shutdown and troubleshooting.

R E L A X , C H A T A N D N E T W O R K

The course fee includes all refreshments andlunches plus a complimentary course dinnerwhere delegates will have an opportunity torelax and network with their fellow delegates.Always a popular event, the dinner is held onthe evening of the second day.

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WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE

Basics of Gas Treating

Chemistry of Amine Treatment

Alkanolamines, e.g. MEA, DEA, MDEA

Physical Solvents, e.g. Selexol

Proprietary Solvents, e.g. aMDEA, Sulfinol, Flexsorb®

Design Recommendations

Amine selection, process configurations, equipment design, reclaiming, filtration

Control principles

THURSDAY 18 JUNE

Process options for Sulphur Recovery

Claus Process

Chemistry, process options, equipment design considerations, catalysts, control,oxygen enrichment

Tail Gas Treatment

Review of processes versus overall recovery, design of a “SCOT” type process,equipment design considerations, hydrogenation catalysts

Sulphur Degassing

Description of processes available

Sulphur Forming and Storage

Descriptions of equipment for solidifying and storing sulphur

FRIDAY 19 JUNE

Process Simulations

Example process simulations for Amine, Claus and Tail Gas Treatment Units

Operational aspects of Amine and Sulphur Recovery Units including start up, shutdownand troubleshooting

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