The Natural Gas Processing (NGP) course was developed to provide a basic understanding of the equipment, process and operations involved in a natural gas processing facility. The objective of the NGP course, is to provide workers in the natural gas processing industry with the knowledge needed to safely operate gas processing equipment.

It is important to note that the Natural Processing course does not provide external certification, but it is offered at no additional cost to current CMDS users. It can be accessed through the CMDS eLearning library under the headings NGP I, NGP II, and NGP III.
The course follows the current CMDS eLearning format, which includes the module material followed by a module quiz. In total, the course consists of 75 module quizzes. Module materials include both content and learning aids such as: diagrams, tables, process flows and sample calculations with step-by-step answers.

The course is provided in three sections;

1. NGP I – Safety and Basics: safety, drawings and maps, piping and valves, and gas processing overview.
2. NGP II – Equipment: instrumentation, pumps, compressors, engines and lubrication.
3. NGP III – Process: heating systems, instrument systems, gas sweetening, refrigeration, dehydration, fractionation, sulphur recovery, corrosion and cleaning.

Employee Progression and Development

If your field or facility has incorporated gas processing training modules into its employee development or progression systems you can indicate completion of the NGP sections in CMDS by using the "NGP Section Competencies". A profile has been created in CMDS titled "CMDS NGP Competency Profile", containing three individual competencies, each of which corresponds to an NGP section.

If you would like more information or details, please contact your CMDS administrator or account manager.

Natural Gas Processing Modules

NGP I - Safety and Basics

Overview

• NGP Program Introduction Module

Safety

• Confined Space Introduction
• Firefighting Introduction
• Managing the Control of Hazardous Energy I
• Managing the Control of Hazardous Energy II (module in progress Oct 2016)
• Critical Lift
• Hydrates
• Asbestos
• Benzene
• Chemicals Utilized in the Oil and Gas Industry
• Asphaltenes

Drawings and Maps

• Process Drawing
• Industrial Instrumentation Standard Terms, Units and Formulas
• Lease Location and Identification (Torrens) System

Piping and Valves

• Piping
• Basic Pipefitting
• Valves Introduction
• Types of Valves
• Safety Relief Valves
• Safety Relief Valves - Operator Responsibilities, Inspection and Testing
• Flare Systems

Processing

• Gas Processing Overview
• Field Heating Systems
• Pigging
• Separators
• Oil Field Emulsions (2 modules and quizzes required)
• Heat Exchangers (2 modules and quizzes required)
• Tanks

NGP II - Equipment

Instrumentation

• Pressure Measurement
• Temperature Measurement
• Flow Measurement
• Level Measurement
• Final Control Elements

Pumps

• Positive Displacement Pumps (2 modules and quizzes required)
• Rotary Positive Displacement Pumps
• Centrifugal Pumps (3 modules and quizzes required)

Compressors

• Centrifugal Compressors (3 modules and quizzes required)
• Reciprocating Gas Compressors
• Screw Compressors

Engines and Lubrication

• Internal Combustion Engines
• Industrial Gas Turbines
• Equipment Lubrication
• Bearings

NGP III - Process

Heating Systems

• Introduction to Fired Heaters

Instrument Systems

• Instrument Air Systems
• Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS)
• Process Control Principles 1
• Distributed Control Systems (DCS)
• Emergency Power
• Electric Motors

Gas Sweetening

• Amine Gas Sweetening (3 modules and quizzes required)
• Condensate Stabilization

Refrigeration

• Refrigeration
• Cryogenic process (3 modules and quizzes required)

Dehydration

• Dehydration of Natural Gas (4 modules and quizzes required)

Fractionation

• Fractionation Overview
• Fractionation Equipment
• Fractionation Operation

Sulphur Recovery

• Sulphur Plants (2 modules and quizzes required)

Corrosion and Cleaning

• Corrosion and Cathodic Protection (2 modules and quizzes required)
• Introduction to Facility Systems Cleaning