Process Safety in Oil and Gas Industries detailed syllabus for Petroleum Engineering (PE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the PE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Petroleum Engineering 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit PE 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of process safety in oil and gas industries is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
Introduction to environmental control in the petroleum industry: Overview of environmental issues-A new attitude. Drilling and production operations: Drilling- Production- Air emissions.
Unit II
The impact of drilling and production operations: Measuring toxicity- Hydrocarbons- Salt Heavy metals- Production chemicals- Drilling fluids- Produced water- Nuclear radiation- Air pollutionAcoustic impacts- Effects of offshore platforms- Risk assessment. Environmental transport of petroleum wastes: Surface paths- Subsurface paths- Atmospheric paths, Planning for environmental protection. Waste treatment methods: Treatment of water- Treatment of solids-Treatment of air emissions-Waste water disposal: surface disposal.
Unit III
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Unit IV
Toxicity, physiological, asphyxiation, respiratory, skin effect of petroleum hydrocarbons and their mixture- Sour gases with their threshold limits- Guidelines for occupational health monitoring in oil and gas industry. Corrosion in petroleum industry- Additives during acidizing, sand control and fracturing.
Unit V
Hazard identification- Hazard evaluation- Hazop and what if reviews- Developing a safe process and safety management- Personal protection systems and measures. Guidelines on internal safety audits (procedures and checklist) – Inspection & Safe practices during electrical installations-Safety instrumentation for process system in hydrocarbon industry- Safety aspects in functional training-Work permit systems.
Course Outcomes:
The students will be able to:
- Be conversant with the knowledge of various Acts related to safety, Health and environment in petroleum industry.
- Have the knowledge of various drilling fluids handling and safe disposal such toxic products.
- Gain Knowledge of disaster management to fight any crisis.
- Apply Hazop to petroleum equipment operation and assess risk involved
- Mitigate occupational health hazards in the industry.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Guidelines for Process Safety Fundamentals in General Plant Operations Centre for Chemical Process Safety, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1995.
- Guidelines for Fire Protection in Chemical, Petrochemical and Hydrocarbon Processing Facilities, Centre for Chemical Process Safety, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2003.
- Guidelines for Hazard Evaluation Procedures Centre for Chemical Safety, WileyAIChE, 3rd Edition, 2008.
- Guideline for Process Safety Fundamentals in General Plant Operations, Centre for Chemical Process Safety, AIChE, 1995. 5. Chemical Process Industry Safety, K S N Raju, McGraw Hill, 2014.
For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Petroleum Engineering, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit PE 7th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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