Electrical and Instrumentation Training

Electrical power systems within the oil, gas, petrochemical and offshore industries have significantly different engineering characteristics to a typical power utility plant and associated consumers of electricity. This course provides an excellent balance between basic applicable mathematical theory and practical know-how which is so essential in applying this immediately to your work. Solid practical know-how is provided in the electrical systems equipment used in off-shore production platforms, on-shore separation and production plants, drilling rigs, pipelines, refineries and even general petrochemical plants. You will gain confidence in basic design, selection, and operation of the typical electrical equipment used in these areas. Numerous practical rule-of-thumb examples are given to enable you to make quick estimates and assessments whilst engaged in your work.

Instrumentation and Control Engineering is the most diversified and challenging area in the oil and gas industry. It covers a whole gamut of engineering such as: Instrumentation Engineering You will learn about design documentation and specification, field measurement devices, control elements, condition and machine monitoring, fieldbus, actuators, control valves, severe service valves, solenoids, hydraulics, testing and calibration, wireless instrumentation, instrument fittings/ monoflanges/manifolds/tubing and accessories, on line process analysers and sample systems, pressure relief valves, choke valves and associated real world applications

COURSE OUTLINES

1. Introduction Setting the scene E & I engineering

* Fundamentals of electrical engineering
* Fundamentals of instrumentation, measurement and process control engineering

2. Electrical engineerings
3. Electrical drawings, documentation and schematics
* Transformers
* Troubleshooting, maintenance and protection of AC electrical motors
* Power distribution
* Power system protection and co-ordination (incl. fault calculations/stability and protective relays)

4. Electrical engineering

* Switchgear and distribution systems
* Cables and wires maintenance and installation practice
* Variable (or adjustable) Speed Drives (VSDs) for instrumentation and control systems
* Electrical safety
* Earthing/grounding, power system harmonics and power quality onshore/offshore
* Lightning and surge protection
* Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPSs), batteries and battery chargers
* Emergency power supplies
* Electrical equipment in hazardous areas
* Electrical applications to an oil and gas platform and site

5. Instrumentation and control

* General instrumentation standards in oil and gas
* Best practice in process, electrical and instrumentation drawings and documentation
* Process instrumentation
* Calibration, installation and maintenance of instruments
* Process control basics
* Control valves sizing, selection and maintenance (incl.pressure relief valves)
* Programmable Logic Controllers
* SCADA systems
* Distributed control systems
* Industrial data communications (incl. Fieldbus and industrial Ethernet)

6. Specialised applications E & I

* Power generation
* Cathodic protection
* Compressor control (incl. surge control)
* Drilling control systems and instrumentation
* Subsea instrumentation and control systems
* Pig launcher/receiver systems
* Critical flare knock out drum controls and instrumentation
* Flare flame front generator and ignition monitoring system
* Distributed control systems

METHOD

Presentation
Discussion
Case Study
Evaluation