NGT600 Petroleum & Gas Reservoir Technology
Development of Petroleum & Gas Fields and Reservoir Management, Horizontal well technology, Design of transportation pipelines, Gathering line systems, Underground storage of natural gas, Surface facilities and corrosion problems, Field case studies, ethics and legislation, technical writing, field visit
NGT601 Power Systems
Analysis, control, specification and installation of power systems, Different parts of electrical systems will be considered such as generators, motors, transmission lines and cables. The student should be able to chose and specify the proper element. Introduction to a few advanced software packages simulation and calculations of the various parts of the power system. Ethics and legislation, technical writing, field visit
NGT602 Petroleum & Natural Gas Processing
Recent Trends in Dehydration of Petroleum & NG by Adsorption in Fixed Bed Adsorption Units, Recent Trends in sweetening of Petroleum & NG by Membranes through Gas Permeation Separation Technique & Hybrid Techniques, Recent Trends in NGL Recovery, Ethics and legislation, technical writing, field visit
NGT603 Fires and Explosions
Fundamentals of fires and explosions, Fire dynamics, Explosions wave theories, Explosion in confined and semi-confined spaces, Fire and explosion protection strategies, Methods and means of fire fitting and safety, Ethics and legislation, technical writing, field visit .
NGT604 Petroleum & Gas well Technology
Inflow performance in Petroleum & Gas, Petroleum & Gas condensate wells, Petroleum & Gas well stimulation methods, Petroleum & Gas well test analysis, ethics and legislation, technical writing, field visit
NGT605 Petroleum & Gas Transportation and underground storage
Design of Petroleum & gas pipeline, Gathering line systems, Gas underground storage systems, ethics and legislation, technical writing, field visit
NGT606 Selective Topics in Petroleum & Gas Reservoir Engineering
Selective topics in Petroleum & Gas Reservoir Engineering, ethics and legislation, technical writing, field visit
NGT607 Corrosion and Corrosion Control
Electrochemical theory of corrosion, Mechanisms of: active corrosion, galvanic corrosion, passivity, localized corrosion (including pitting corrosion, crevice corrosion, inter-granular corrosion), electrochemical reduction reactions, and environmentally assisted cracking (including stress corrosion cracking, corrosion fatigue, hydrogen-assisted cracking, and fretting corrosion), Methods of corrosion mitigation (including cathodic protection, coatings, inhibitors, passivators), Influence of material’s chemical composition and microstructure on corrosion behavior, Testing of material’s susceptibilities to different modes of corrosion, Monitoring of corrosion of engineered structures, Case studies of corrosion failures, ethics and legislation, technical writing, field visit
NGT608 System Simulation
Similarities between different energy domains, studying and training in a graph oriented systematic system modeling and simulation, numerical solution of mathematical equations, especially a set of ordinary differential equations (ODEs), Matlab as a tool for mathematical formulation, simulation and solution presentation, examples and problems from electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, thermal and thermodynamic systems; energy system design and analyses, source and response analyses, introduction to optimization , introduction to a few advanced software packages for field calculation and system simulation, ethics and legislation, technical writing, field visit.
NGT609 Programmable Logic Control and SCADA7*
Introduction to digital systems, Logic gates and logic design, Construction of the PLC, Programming of PLC, Applications of PLC, Introduction to Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA systems, Functions of SCADA systems, Data collection, Data processing and data logging, Mimic diagram, Applications of SCADA, ethics and legislation, technical writing, field visit
NGT610 Electromechanical Energy Conversion
Principles of electromechanical energy conversion, Electric generators, Emergency generator units, Distributed generation, DC motors, Induction motors, Special machines, Mechanical load analysis, Motor selection, ethics and legislation, technical writing, field visit
NGT611 Selective Topics in Electrical Engineering
Selective topics in Electrical Engineering, ethics and legislation, technical writing, field visit
NGT612 Advanced Petrochemicals
Case Study on one of the Local Petrochemical industries, the case study should include: Recent Technology, Raw materials, Project management, Feasibility study, Environmental impact, Major engineering problems, Safety measures, Applications, Licensors, Utilities, Market survey, ethics and legislation, technical writing, field visit
NGT613 Environmental Engineering
Environmental aspects and pollution, Industrial contaminants, Hazardous wastes, Waste management, Waste water treatment, Economics of waste treatment, Environmental impact assessment, Self Monitoring, Treatability, ethics and legislation, technical writing, field visit
NGT614 Selective Topics in Chemical Engineering
Selective topics in Chemical Engineering, ethics and legislation, technical writing, field visit
NGT615 Environmental & Economical Aspects of NG Systems
Thermo fluid, Properties of NG, Gas Release and Plume models, NG as replacement of conventional fuels, Combustion in NG systems (Air fuel equipment, Chemistry of NG combustion, Heat release rates & Flame characteristics), Air pollutants formation and their characteristics, Air pollution control & Monitoring devices, Fuel-Air cloud & Hazardous impacts, ethics and legislation, technical writing, field visit
NGT616 Failure Modes & Fault tree Analysis
Introduction to operation and performance of NG-facilities, Off performance and modes of early failures, Failure modes, Failure Diagnostics, Fault tree, Fault tree analysis, Failure predicates & Monitory systems, ethics and legislation, technical writing, field visit
NGT617 Advanced Measuring Techniques & Control Systems
Electrical circuits, Transformation of non electrical signals into electrical and electronics signals, Signal quality & signal processing and data storage facilities, Data acquisition, Hot wire anemometry, Optical techniques (LDA, PIV, LST, LAT), Gas chromatography, On line gas analysis, Common applications (Velocity, Temperature, Pressure, Force, Power, Thickness, Level, Density), Introduction to control principle, Pneumatic and hydraulic eantrd system, Electrical control & Monitoring devices characteristics, ethics and legislation, technical writing, field visit
NGT618 Safety & Risk Control Technology
Principle of safety measures, Hazardous sources classification & identification, Hazardous materials classification & identification, Handling & storage of hazardous materials, Fluid flow energy & mass transfer, Mode of operation of hazardous sources, Work permits & work habits, Protection & mitigation measures of chemical and thermal hazards (PPE, Detection devices & systems, Fighting devices & systems), ethics and legislation, technical writing, field visit
NGT619 Selective Topics in Mechanical Engineering
Selective topics in Mechanical Engineering, ethics and legislation, technical writing, field visit
NGT699 M. Sc. Thesis:
Thesis should concentrate on one of the proposed problems that have been submitted in the Graduation projects of the Petroleum & NG Engineering Diploma or a real problem facing the companies operating in the field of Petroleum & NG, to be solved during the course of the study under the supervision of one (or two) Faculty staff together with a specialist from the company staff.