Training & Education Seminars

This half-day session provides an overview of the gas processing industry, including typical process flow diagrams, feed gas composition and typical products. Specialty topics such as, gas dehydration, gas sweetening, sulfur recovery, acid gas reinjection, natural gas liquids and dew point control will be covered at an introductory level.

• Industry overview (Typical PFD, Typical Feed Gas Composition, Typical Products)
• Gas dehydration
• Gas sweetening and sulfur recovery
• Acid gas reinjection
• Natural gas liquids and dew point control

MR. RALPH NEUMANN is an Instructor/Consultant for John M Campbell & Company's Gas Processing courses. Throughout his extensive career, Mr. Neumann has gained experience in Oil and Gas Production, Natural Gas Processing, Specialty Fractionation, and Pipelines and Gathering Systems. Responsibilities have included the development of conceptual and detailed designs, multi-discipline project supervision, economic feasibility studies, consulting, and a variety of field services including pre-commissioning, startup, training, and troubleshooting. He has also been responsible for project development, management of engineering (including safety and environmental), and management of field operations for a large midstream natural gas processing company. He has authored and presented technical papers to AIChE (dynamic simulation) and Gas Processors Association (nitrogen rejection facilities, gas plant operations management, and gas and NGL treating). Mr. Neumann received his baccalaureate and master's degrees in Chemical Engineering from Rice University in Houston, Texas.

This educational session provides an overview of process safety engineering fundamentals for hydrocarbon processing facilities, with emphasis on the upstream oil and gas sector. References will be made to historical incident data bases and the most frequent equipment involved in incidents.

MR. TIM ARMSTRONG has over 40 years experience in Refining and Gas Treating/Sulfur Recovery and is currently an Instructor/Consultant for John M Campbell & Co. Previously Mr. Armstrong has worked in plant operations and design engineering as well as licensing and technology development. Mr. Armstrong graduated in 1968 with a BSChE from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He is currently a Registered Professional Engineer in Illinois, Texas and Oklahoma and is a member of AIChE. Mr. Armstrong is an expert in the area of sulfur recovery, tail gas treating and sour water stripping and presented papers at NPRA, North Texas Regional GPA, and AIChE meetings as well as published articles in Hydrocarbon Processing and Today's Refinery.

The options available to develop and produce oil and gas from sites in water a thousand feet or more in depth fall into three broad groups-fixed to the seafloor, moored and tethered floating systems and subsea systems sitting on the sea floor. Selecting the "right" development systems involves assessment of a wide variety of physical, infrastructure, commercial, regulatory and investment issues.

This three hour session will highlight these three categories and the many variations within each type. In addition the transport of the well fluids to the platforms, and their export after treatment will be discussed. The main objective is to have the attendees understand the terminology relative to the various categories and systems, a brief overview of how they are built and installed and some understanding of their capabilities and limitations.

MR. GORDON STERLING is based in The Woodlands, Texas. In a 35-year career with Shell E&P, USA, he was involved in many deepwater developments. He was the design supervisor for the Cognac Platform, in 1978, which set the "deepwater" record at 1024 feet of water; the project manager for the Bullwinkle Platform, which set a new water depth record of 1354 feet in 1988, and the Construction Planning Manager for the Auger Tension Leg Platform (TLP) in 2850 feet. He was the Manager of Major Projects for Shell's Deepwater Division in New Orleans during the mid and late 90's when the Mars, Ram Powell and Ursa TLP's were designed, built and installed, (Ursa in 3950 feet of water) and when the Mensa subsea development in 5400 feet of water was designed, built and brought on production. From 1991 through 1999 Mr. Sterling was on the Board of Directors of the Offshore Technology Conference, the largest technical conference related to offshore oil and gas in the world, annually host to 45,000 or so visitors in Houston Texas. He was Chairman of the conference in 1998 and 1999. With this background he brings a broad knowledge of the early development planning steps and a detailed knowledge of the development and production system options. In association with two colleagues he has written a book titled Deepwater-Petroleum Exploration and Production-A non-technical guide, which was recently published by PennWell.

Engage in an informative, exciting look at today's shale resource play successes and challenges. Where are the "hot" plays and what makes them so? What are the technologies that are making a difference - from the subsurface to surface? What is the current state of legislation activities? How will operators, regulators and citizens respond to a gas surplus? What does the next decade hold for businesses that are wholly dependent on the natural gas value chain? This educational session promises to provide attendees with insights that can help confirm and or reshape both your business and career decision making.

Mr. RON HINN works as the Vice President of Training for PetroSkills, the world's leading training company for the upstream petroleum industry. Prior to joining PetroSkills, Ron worked for Occidental Oil and Gas in multiple roles including technical talent, and engineering knowledge management. Ron has also worked in various supervisory, consulting and engineering positions with Altura Energy, Amoco and Mobil. He received a petroleum engineering degree from the University of Tulsa in 1977. Ron has served between 2009 and 2010 as an adjunct faculty member in Tulsa's Petroleum Department. Ron has been an active member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers since his days as a student member at Tulsa. He has held many positions at local and national levels, including chairman of the 11,000 member Gulf Coast Section. He is an SPE Distinguished Member, and a recipient of both the SPE Outstanding Young Member Award and the SPE Distinguished Service Award. Since 1993, Ron has been actively involved in the accreditation of engineering programs across the United States. In 2000, he held the position of Chairman of the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, the first petroleum engineer in its history to do so. This 55-member body, made up of representatives from 21 professional engineering societies, oversees the accreditation process of over 1500 programs at 323 institutions. Ron currently serves as Secretary of the ABET board of directors.

This educational session will provide knowledge of how to progress towards world-class performance and support excellence initiatives. The focus is on seven key strategies that apply to all proactive maintenance missions. Be prepared to learn how to get control of assets rather than letting them control you. Essential tools for clarifying information exchanges, how to focus on lead time to facilitate work management, how availability of spare parts creates reactive work, and the importance of building alliances in your teams will all be featured.

MR. PERRY LOVELACE, CMRP serves as the Discipline Manager for John M Campbell & Company's Operations Management courses. Mr. Lovelace specializes in Maintenance Management and Competency-based Training Programs and has over 25 years experience in industrial training and consulting. His work in competency-based workforce development is known worldwide. In addition to M&O, his participative leadership seminars have provided team-building skills to supervisors and team leaders. He has dedicated his career to providing high quality learning experiences, keeping in tune with the changing economic and technological environment, especially as applied to long-term facilities and equipment management. Mr. Lovelace has assisted many organizations through on-site consultation and training. Clients include industrial and utility organizations of different types and sizes in the United States, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Trinidad/Tobago, UK and Mexico. An engaging and popular speaker/facilitator, Mr. Lovelace continually receives high marks from participants. A certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) by the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals and a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Mr. Lovelace also holds a B.S. in Science Education and an M.S. in Botany from the University of Oklahoma, with pre-doctoral studies in Plant Ecology at the University of California.