Our Operator Training is always customized to a specific plant or system.

John M. Campbell and Company provides Gas Plant and Production Facility Operator Training to major oil and gas companies, worldwide. Because we stress fundamentals and understanding over rote procedures, our Operator Training courses have been called “engineering courses for operators”. Our courses often fulfill statutory requirements for training and have been used to meet OSHA 1910.119 mandates. The topics we cover include, but are not limited to, the following:

INTRODUCTORY AND OVERVIEW SUBJECTS:
Hydrocarbons & Hydrocarbon System Language	Process Drawings
Units of Measurement	Overview of Oil & Gas Processing
BASIC PRINCIPLES:
Important Physical Properties of Hydrocarbons	Hydrate Inhibition (EG and Methanol)
Chemistry Review	Practical thermodynamics: Mass and Energy Balances
Phase Behavior Fundamentals	Principles of Fluid Flow
Water-Hydrocarbon Behavior	Corrosion and Corrosion Monitoring
EQUIPMENT BASICS:
Introduction To Process Control	Centrifugal Pumps (and Positive Displacement Pumps)
Valves, Piping, Relief Valves and Flare Systems	Centrifugal Compressors
Separators	Reciprocating Compressors
Heat Transfer and Gas-Fired Heaters	Gas Turbines Basics
BASIC PROCESSES:
Mechanical Refrigeration (and Screw Compressors)	Mass Transfer Operations: Fractionators, Stabilizers, Absorbers & Strippers
Solid Bed Adsorbers
APPLIED PROCESSES:
Oil Treating, Stabilization and Dehydration	Mixed Refrigerant LNG Plant Processes
Condensate Stabilization, NGL Fractionation	Gas Sweetening Processes (All types)
TEG Gas Dehydration	Product Treating Processes (All types)
Mole Sieve Dehydration	Sulfur Recovery And Tail Gas Cleanup (All types)
Refrigerated Lean Oil NGL Recovery	CO 2 Miscible Flood and CO 2 Cycling Facilities
Turboexpander-Based Cryogenic Gas Processing	Cryogenic Nitrogen Rejection

Because John M. Campbell & Co. creates a customized course manual for each client, we only offer our Operator Training courses on an in-house basis. The presentation of standard Campbell Operator Training course material is always related directly to the client’s subject facility, incorporating PFD’s, material balance tables and other client-supplied materials.

John M. Campbell & Co. can also develop new material for both course content and subsequent practical use, such as drawings, photos, descriptive text, phase envelopes and operating procedures that are site-specific to a particular facility.

Course length is content-dependent but is somewhat flexible and adaptable to shift schedules. Our Operator Training courses typically run anywhere from 2 to 8 days in length.

John M. Campbell & Co. Operator Training is lecture-based and adaptable to the needs of the audience, providing a meaningful experience for both the novice and the more seasoned operator or supervisor. For the more advanced audience, we can also include exercises employing short-cut calculations and customized problem sets.

Our Operator Training courses have been well received as orientation training for new engineers or for experienced engineers making the switch from other disciplines. A John M. Campbell & Co Operator Training Course, plus job experience, can serve as effective stepping-stone to John M. Campbell & Co. Engineering courses like our “Campbell Gas Course" .

Please contact our representatives at registrar@jmcampbell.com for details on this program.

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