Course Content: Overview of natural gas properties. Qualitative phase behavior of hydrocarbons. Gas production systems and components. Deliverability tests of gas wells. Analysis of water-hydrocarbon systems. Field processing of natural gas: gas-liquid separation, dehydration, desulfurization, LPG and liquid hydrocarbon recovery techniques, selection of processing plant and equipment. Introduction to the natural gas industry in Bangladesh.

Lecture Materials

1. Introduction [pdf]
2. Overview of Energy Resources: Global Scenario [pdf]
3. Overview of Energy Resources: Bangladesh Scenario [pdf]
4. Natural Gas Properties [pdf]
5. Hydrocarbon Phase Behavior [pdf]
6. Gas Production System [pdf]
7. Gas Liquid Separation [pdf]
8. Separator Design [pdf]
9. Dehydration Process [pdf]
10. Sweetening Process [pdf]
11. Condensate Stabilization [pdf]
12. Compression in Natural Gas System [pdf]
13. Pipeline Design [pdf]
14. Series, Parallel, and Looped Pipelines [pdf]
15. Liquefaction of Natural Gas [pdf]

Reference Books

1. Ikoku, C. U. (1984). Natural gas production engineering. Krieger Publishing Company.
2. Wang, X. (2009). Economides, Advanced Natural Gas Engineering. University of Houston, Houston, Texas.
3. Arnold, K., & Stewart, M. (1989). Surface production operations: design of gas handling systems and facilities.
4. Mokhatab, S., Poe, W. A., & Speight, J. G. (2018). Handbook of natural gas transmission and processing: principles and practices. Gulf Professional Publishing.
5. Kidnay, A. J., Parrish, W. R., & McCartney, D. G. (2019). Fundamentals of natural gas processing. CRC Press.