Full project title:
Gas and Oil Processing a European
Lebanese Cooperation
Project Acronym:
GOPELC
Project number:
561530-EPP-1-2015-1-RO-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP
Project Duration:
15.10.2015 -14.10.2018
Total Budget:
€ 563.656,000, The project
is funded by the European Commission through
Education, Audiovisual and Culture
Executive Agency (EACEA), Erasmus Plus- First Call- Capacity Building
Project website:
www.gopelc.org
Contact: Prof
Avram Lazar
UNIVERSITATEA PETROL SI GAZE PLOIESTI
AV BUCURESTI 39, RO- 100066 PLOIESTI
T :+40 244 573 171 Fax : +40 244 575 847
Project Objectives
Develop and implement a new curriculum programme in the field of Gas and Oil Engineering
The new curriculum is in perfect alignment with the with Bologna process requirements.
Address the main issues that the Lebanese society and the Lebanese Higher educational system are facing: Energy problems, Gas and Oil offshore recently localised in Med. Sea, boost the recently established Chemical and Petroleum engineering departments
Provide qualified professional resources capable of sustaining and managing the gas and oil industry development: students will learn new and advanced tools for gas and oil processing and environmental sustainability.
GOPELC graduates will be in position to best serve the Partner country in developing the newly established oil and gas industry which will serve the Lebanese people in particular and the people in the surrounding countries.
Keeping aware all stakeholders concerning the implementation of a new Master on GOP will foster its sustainability: dissemination activities such as information days, new master program launching,…
UNIVERSITATEA PETROL SI GAZE PLOIESTI (coordinator)
Prof. Avram Lazar lavram@upg-ploiesti.ro (coordinator)
Notre Dame University - Lebanon
Dr Pierre Gedeon pgedeon@ndu.edu.lb)
KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN- Sweden
Dr Bassam Kayal bassamk@kth.se
UNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND- Lebanon
Dr
Nesrine El Hassan nissrine.hassan@balamand.edu.lb
ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DES
MINES DE SAINT-ETIENNE- France
Jean
Michel Herri herri@emse.fr
Beirut Arab University- Lebanon
Dr Sobhi Bou Chahine soubhi63@gmail.com
Lebanese University- Lebanon
Prof. Clovis Francis cfrancis@ul.edu.lb
Directorate General of Higher Education- Lebanon
Dr Ahmad Al Jammalajammal@higher-edu.gov.lb
Inception meeting
Objectives
The inception meeting will give start to
the GOPELC project, reference number 561530-EPP1-2015-1-RO-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP.
The objectives of the inception meeting
are:
Boards constitution and appointment of roles
Partners presentation
Workplan review and agreement
Quality and administrative procedures presentation
Project management process presentation
Approval of the Deliverable 1 “Assesment of existing
similar curricula” · Presentation of the first draft of the Master Course
on Gas and Oil Processing.
Brief introduction of Higher Educational
System in the Lebanese universities in terms of:
1) programme’s norms and requisites;
2)
Accreditation procedures of the master courses at local and National level;
3)
Procedures for enrolment of the students in the master courses at local and
National level;
4) Quality procedures for training programmes at local and National
level;
5) Organisation of the academic year;
6) Training methodologies;
7)
Procedures for assessment of the students;
8) Procedures for thesis’
elaboration, discussion, and assessment;
9) Implementation of the Bologna
process (Level of implementation of a three-cycle structure compliant with the
Bologna Process; Level of implementation of the Learning Outcomes concept;
Level of implementation of the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation
System; 10) Academic staff that will be involved in the teaching activities of
the new Master that will be implemented during the project
11) Presentation of the existing curricula related to GOP in the Lebanese
universities (undergraduate and master programs)
First Project Management Board
Objectives
The objectives of the First PMB meeting are
Decision making on project activities including
corrections of activities time-table
Conflict resolution mechanism for any issue that may
arise
Quality control management
Continuous communication on running project's
activities
Revision of deliverables of the project
Approval of all project results and changes in
activity plan.
Day2:November,10 2016
Scond Project Management Board
Objectives
The objectives of the Second PMB meeting are
Discussing deeply the internship issue and the related
activities
Decision making on project activities including
remaining workshops and corrections of activities time-table
Quality control management
Continuous communication on running project's
activities
Revision of deliverables of the project
Conflict resolution mechanism for any issue that may
arise
Approval of all project results and changes in
activity plan.
Day1:March, 8 2017
Day2:March, 9 2017
Third Project Management Board
Objectives
Questionnaires Results’
Processing and Interpretation resulted from the workshops, internships,
external experts etc.
State of the art of Work
packages
New course
implementation: Certification of the New Master Programme, equipment’s update,
Selection of students, new Master program implementation
Organisation of the
infoday events/ Special events regarding project dissemination
Discussions regarding
new perspectives of future projects based on GOPELC findings
Day1:March, 26 2017
Day2:March, 27 2017
First & Second Field Monitoring visit
The First FMV will address the following issues
related to GOPELC’s Implementation:
The organisation of the project team(s) within the
partnership
Presentation of the activities carried out and results
achieved.
Impact (/visibility) of the project in the partner
country institutions
Second Field Monitoring
Visit, March 27 , 14:00-17:00
University Of Balamand,
Main Campus, El Koura, Lebanon
14:30 Meeting
with the NDU Representative:
14:45 GOPELC
Overview by P4 (LU)
15:00-16:15 State
of the art of Work packages
- 15:00 WP1 Preparation (UOB P6)
- 15:15 WP2 Development by P5 (NDU)
- 15:30 WP2 Development: Training of Trainees by EU partners by P8 (BAU)
- 15:45WP3 Quality Plan by P2(KTH)
- 16:00 WP4 Dissemination and exploitation (P4 LU)
- 16:15 WP5 Management (P1 UPG) The participation of the
coordinating University is highly appreciated.
16:30 Coffee Break
16:45-17:15Meeting with the Faculty members and
students
17:150: Closing Discussion and recommendations
November 11, 2016
14:00: - Meeting with UOB representatives
- Address of the Lebanese
National Erasmus Plus Officer
- Address of GOPELC’s
Coordinator
14:15 - 15:45 GOPELC
Implementation and progress: (WP2 + WP4) - Certification of the GOPELC Master
Program
- Equipment’s update
- Selection of students
- Courses implementation , including
(a) framework of the master programme, (b) syllabus of each course, (c) time
schedule of each course, (d) name and qualifications of the professors of each
course, (e) grades to the students for the courses already completed
- Students internship in EU labs
- Master thesis and final exams
- Info days
- Dissemination activities
P4 LU case
P5 NDU
case
P6 UOB
case
P8 BAU
case
15:45- 16:00: Coffee
Break
16:00-16:30: WP3:
Quality Control by P2 KTH
16:30-17:00: WP5:
Management procedures
17:00 concluding
remarks by the Lebanese National Erasmus Plus Officer.
Information Day
First Workshop
Location:
Petroleum-Gas University, Ploiesti, ROMANIA
Period
June 27 – July 3
June 27
8.30-12.30 GOP_04: Drilling Engineering:
Present and future! - Prof. Lazar AVRAM
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-17.30 GOP_04: Production and completion
engineering: Present and future!– Assoc. Prof. Mariea Marcu
June 28
8.30-12.00 GOP_05Injection and extraction into the underground
natural gas storage - case study – Assoc. Prof. Ion PANA
12.30-13.30 Full activity report concern GOPELC project
progress (presented by each Lebanese partner) – first part
13.30-14.30 Lunch
14.30–
17.30 VISITS
Laboratories
1. Regional
Centre For The Determination Of The Characteristics And Monitoring Of The
Technical State of OCTG – Oil Country Tubular Goods including: the mechanical
processing laboratory; the laboratory for complex mechanical testing of OCTG;
the command and data acquisition laboratory; the scientific research laboratory
for the intelligent control of petroleum tubular; the mobile laboratory.
2. Simulator
PIPE SIM, OFM 2006
June 29
8.30-10.30 GOP_04 Petroleum Economics and
Management – Prof. Catalin POPESCU
10.30-12.30 Full activity report
concern GOPELC project progress (presented by each Lebanese partner) – Part two
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30- 17.30 GOP_04 Petroleum Economics and
Management – Prof. Catalin POPESCU
June 30
9.00-17.30 SITU VISITWorking visit Dambovita
County, Production Asset VI Muntenia Central
July 1
9.00- 12.30 Final remarks. Conclusions
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.30 Discussions related to the future activities for
GOPELC project
July 2
9.00-13.00Exploratory visit to Slanic Prahova’ salt mine
Second Workshop
Monday 10
8h30-11h30 then 13h30-16h30; at Computer Room D1.18)
and Tuesday11
(8h30-11h30 at Room D1.18) : GP12Reactor
control "instrumentation and control methodologies", to be delivered
by Philippe Breuil, a professor of School of Mines of Saint-Etienne
Tuesday 11 afternoon : visit
St-Etienne school of Mines, meeting with personalities, then moving to LYON-CITY and dinner.
Wednesday 12 (8h30-11h30 at Room C1.15 ; 13h30-16h30 at Room D1.18)
and Thursday 13 (13h30-16h30- at
Room D1.18) : GP12 Reactor design
Homogenous and Heterogenous Reactors", to be delivered by Jan Verstraete,
from IFPEN, who delivers this course to our master 2 degree level and students
of the school of Mines.
Thursday 14 (8h30-11h30 at Room D1.18) and Friday (8h30-11h30 then 13h30-16h30; at Room D1.18) : GP14 Oil Refining "Refining processes / Gas
Plant Optimisation", to be delivered by Baptiste Bouillot, a professor of
School of Mines of Saint-Etienne
Objectives
GP12 Reactor control "instrumentation and control methodologies", to be delivered by Philippe Breuil, a professor of School of Mines of Saint-Etienne
GP12 Reactor design Homogenous and Heterogenous Reactors", to be delivered by Jan Verstraete, from IFPEN, who delivers this course to our master 2 degree level and students of the school of Mines
GP14 Oil Refining "Refining processes / Gas Plant Optimisation", to be delivered by Baptiste Bouillot, a professor of School of Mines of Saint-Etienne
Third Workshop
January 30
8.30-12.30 GOP_14: Refining processes - Prof.
Ion ONUŢU
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.30 GOP_14: Refining processes - Prof.
Ion ONUŢU
15.30-17.30 GOP_14: Industrial Catalytic Processes - Prof. Dorin STANICĂ EZEANU
January 31
8.30-12.30 GOP_03: Industrial Catalytic Processes - Prof. Dorin STANICĂ EZEANU
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.30 GOP_03: Industrial
Catalytic Processes - Prof. Dorin STANICĂ EZEANU
15.30-17.30 GOP_03: Chemistry
and Technology of Lubricants – Prof. Diana CURSARU
February 01
8.30-12.30 GOP_15: Chemistry and Technology
of Lubricants – Prof. Diana CURSARU
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-17.30 GOP_12:Advanced process design (adapted content) - Prof.
Dragos CIUPARU
February 02
8.30-10.30 GOP_12:Advanced process design (adapted content) - Prof.
Dragos CIUPARU
10.30-12.30 GOP_13: Polymer engineering - Prof.
Dorin BOMBOŞ
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-17.30 GOP_13: Polymer engineering - Prof.
Dorin BOMBOŞ
February 0
38.30-12.30 GOP_11 Petrochemical synthesis - Assoc. Prof. Daniela
MOVILEANU
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-17.30 SITU VISIT: Working visit LUKOIL REFINERY
Ploiesti
February 04
9.00- 10.30 Final remarks. Conclusions
10.30-15.00 Exploratory visit to Prahova
Valley and Sinaia
Fourth Workshop
March 27
8.30-12.30 GOP_06: Offshore Technology - Prof.
Lazar AVRAM
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.30 GOP_13: Offshore Technology - Prof.
Lazar AVRAM
15.30-17.30 GOP_01:Petroleum Economics and Management II - Prof. Catalin
POPESCU
March 28
8.30-12.30 GOP_9: EOR and Reservoir Characterization - Assoc. Prof. Mihai Eugen
IONESCU
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-17.30 GOP_9: EOR and Reservoir Characterization - Assoc. Prof. Mihai Eugen
IONESCU
March 29
8.30-12.30 GOP_8: Well Testing – Dr. Doru
STOIANOVICI
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30- 17.30 GOP_8: Well Testing – Dr. Doru
STOIANOVICI
March 30
8.30-12.30 GOP_07: Reservoir simulation - Eng.
Marian BĂDIN, Geo Class Co.
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-17.30 GOP_07: Reservoir simulation - Eng.
Marian BĂDIN, Geo Class Co.
March 31
9.00- 10.30 Final remarks. Conclusions
10.30-16.30 SITU VISIT: Working visit Production Asset – OMV
Petrom/ ROMGAZ
April 01
10.00-15.00 Exploratory visit to Brasov and
Bran Castle/ Rasnov Citadel
Fifth Workshop
10th May, 2017
9:00-10:00 Welcome
10:00- 11:00 Need for environmental planning for oil
and gas industries, Prof. Joydeep Dutta
11:00-12:30 Modern methods of water cleaning-1, Prof. Joydeep Dutta
Dr.Abdussalam Uheida
Dr. Karthik Laxman
12:30- 14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Modern methods of water cleaning-1, Prof. Joydeep Dutta
Dr.Abdussalam Uheida
Dr. Karthik Laxman
15:30-17:30 Analysis, Joydeep Dutta
11th May, 2017
9:00-11:00 Water –why it is important to consider?, Prof. Prosun Bhattacharya
11:00- 12:30 Prof. Prosun Bhattacharya
12:30- 14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 Water, Energy and Disruptive Innovation
Dr. David Nilsson
15:00-17:30 Discussion, analysis
Prof. Prosun Bhattacharya
Dr. David Nilsson
Prof.Joydeep Dutta
12th May, 2017
9:00-11:00 Discussions on technical topics
Prof. Prosun Bhattacharya
Prof. Joydeep Dutta
11:00- 12:30 Nanotechnology- in oil and gas
Prof. Joydeep Dutta
12:30- 14:00 Lunch
14:00-17:30 hrs
Open House-Nanotechnology Laboratory
facility
Prof. Joydeep Dutta
Dr.Abdussalam Uheida
Dr. Karthik Laxman
Dr. Yi Fei
New curriculum
Objectives
This new curriculum programme in the
field of Gas and Oil Engineering is introduced by a joint effort between the EU
and the Lebanese Universities within the framework of the Erasmus Plus Capcity
Building project GOPELC561530-EPP-1-2015-1-RO-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP. This new programme will address the main issues, that
the Lebanese society and the Lebanese Higher educational system are facing in
the field of Gas and Oil processing.
The new Master programme
contents will provide qualified professional resources capable of sustaining
and managing the gas and oil industry development in Lebanon and abroad.
Students will learn new and advanced tools for gas and oil processing and
environmental sustainability. The new curriculum graduates will be fully acquainted with all
contemporary issues of gas and oil
Engineering, in which researchers and practitioners community are currently involved and are
practicing. The graduates will be in position to best serve their country in
developing the newly established oil and gas
industry which will serve the Lebanese people in particular and the
people in the surrounding countries.
GOP_01: Petroleum Economics and Management (7.5 ECTS) Introduction to financial reporting for oil companies. Capital budgeting: Cash flow analysis. Risk analysis: Probability theory and methods. Reserve estimation. Market theory: Supply and demand, oil price models, product prices, profit maximization, inflation and depreciation. The main geopolitical characteristics of the Energy Industry in the Gulf and Levant regions. Oil field project (Upstream and Downstream) management topics: project planning and scheduling techniques, project monitoring and control techniques. Overview of the factors that affect states’ failure and success in management of petroleum resources. General knowledge of the regulation of pollution control.
GOP_02: Geology &Reservoir Engineering (7.5 ECTS) Basic concepts of rock classification, geological processes, and depositional environments. Overview of petroleum geology processes (emphasizing hydrocarbon sources, migration, and accumulation). Fundamentals of reservoir characteristics and fluid properties. Exploration methods and tools, covering well logging methods and interpretation of well logs for the purpose of formation evaluation. Reserves Estimates and Resource Classification. Drive mechanisms and recovery methods (covering primary, secondary and tertiary recovery). Introduction to well testing including Pressure Transient Testing. Practical understanding of oil and gas reservoir fluids behavior and PVT analysis. Reservoir modeling.
GOP_03: Industrial Catalytic Processes (7.5 ECTS) This course covers the fundamentals of catalytic science: mechanisms and kinetics of catalytic reactions, catalyst synthesis by classical and advanced techniques, characterization of physico-chemical (textural, structural, etc) and mechanical properties of supports and catalysts, catalytic reactor design (rate data analysis, selection of reactors in laboratory and plants etc), and catalyst deactivation (changes in properties of catalysts after deactivation, methods for prevention of deactivationand deactivation rate estimation).
GOP_04: Drilling & Production Engineering (7.5 ECTS) Introduction to petroleum drilling systems, drilling rig components, drilling fluids, pressure loss calculations, casing, well cementing, and directional drilling. Overview of oil and gas production facilities;engineering design and operation of wells and processing equipment;well flow performance concepts; completion equipment; production logging; artificial lift; production optimization
GOP_05: Storage and Transportation of Oil & Gas(7.5 ECTS) Pipeline industry overview, types of pipelines pipe manufacture and coating; Fundamentals of pipeline design, pumps and compressors, prime movers; Construction practices and equipment; Welding techniques and equipment, operation and control; Metering and storage, maintenance and repair, inspection and rehabilitation; Pipeline regulation, gas gathering systems; Petroleum shipping: oil tankers (classification, general layout, construction, engines,
GOP_06: Offshore Technology(7.5 ECTS) Survey activities, Environmental and geotechnical assessment, Seabed geotechnics, Oceanographic data, Survey vessels; Drilling of offshore wells, Drilling rigs, vessels and processes; Managing offshore operations, The role of the Offshore Installations Manager, Platform supply vessels and their operation, Specialist vessels, Floating LNG (FLNG) and Floating Storage and Regasification Units (FSRUs); Offshore safety requirements, Offshore safety incidents, Safety case regulations, Certification, verification and classification, Environmental issues, Environmental legislation, Oil spills, Produced water discharges, Gas flaring, Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs), Decommissioning.
GOP_11: Petrochemical synthesis (7.5 ECTS) Raw materials used for organic and petrochemical synthesis, unit processes in organic chemical synthesis based on acetylene, ethylene, propylene, butadiene, petroleum aromatics, etc.; Synthesis applications of organic reactions: sulfonation, nitration, halogenation, oxidation, intermediate organic compounds. Production of chemicals from hydrocarbons; Alkylation of benzene with olefins, Alkylation of phenols with olefins; Oxidation of hydrocarbons, Hydration of olefins and saponification of alkyl chlorides, Synthesis based on CO and acetylene, Synthetic detergents from petroleum; Production of Inorganic chemical from petroleum.
GOP_12: Advanced process design (7.5 ECTS) Model and design reaction systems using a combination of theoretical knowledge and computational tools and techniques. Application of optimisation techniques for parameter estimation. Conceptual design methods for multiphase reactors. Selection of appropriate reactor types. Process modeling, instrumentation and control methodologies. Critical assessment of model predictions with respect to reality. Process simulation via PRO II software Homogeneous Reactors Non Homogeneous Reactors (A voir avec Mines St. Etienne)
GOP_13: Polymer engineering (7.5 ECTS) Polymer synthesis and characterization. Dependence of properties on molecular structure & microstructure. Polymer rheology. Forming techniques and applications. Mechanical properties, degradation and failure modes. Have a general overview of the different polymer processing techniques: extrusion, injection, blow molding..., and get an experimental feeling on the proper control of such processes. Understand the methodology for selection of materials and processing technology for the development of a final product.
GOP_14: Refining processes (7.5 ECTS) This course presents the following topics: The atmospheric and vacuum crude oil distillation units, the light end units, the catalytic reforming process, the fluid catalytic cracking process, the distillate hydro- cracking process, the hydro-treating processes, the refinery gas treating processes, upgrading residues, and the handling of hazardous materials and safety.
GOP_15:Chemistry and Technology of Lubricants (7.5 ECTS) 1- Principles of Lubrication, lubrication regimes: hydrodynamic lubrication, hydrostatic lubrication, elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication, mixed and boundary lubrication 2- Basic classes of lubricants and the selection of lubricant type based on the specific requirements, problems, particular components and complexities of machine 3- Properties of the lubricating oils: viscosity, compatibility, corrosion, deterioration, contamination 4- Aqueous lubricants: type, properties, chemistry and applications 5- Greases: type, properties, chemistry and applications 6- Solid and gas lubricants: type, properties, chemistry and applications 7- Lubricant additives: type, properties, chemistry and applications 8- Green and nano-lubricants: type, properties, chemistry and applications 9- Self-lubricating coatings: type, properties, coating techniques and tribological applications 10- Automotive, aero and marine lubrication and lubricants 11- Lubricant testing and specifications: bench tests, specification 12-Lubricant use, handling, storage, disposal, recycling, health and safety 13- Definition of tribology and its multidisciplinary nature, the structural and technological importance of tribology 14- System description and classification of tribological problems and tribological processes 15- Analysis of contacts in the tribological system, the processes of friction, wear and damage, tribological materials. .
Some of our
internship courses &terms
News and Dissemination
Press release
وجود النفط في لبنان لن يزيد فرص العمل في هندسة البترول (علي علوش) قد يظن البعض أن وجود البترول في المياه الإقليمية اللبنانية واحتمال البدء بالتنقيب عنه واستخراجه في وقت قريب سيخلق فرص عمل للبنانيين كثر، خصوصاً المتخصصين في هندسة البترول. لكن هذه الفرضية تعترضها حقيقة أن الشركات المُلّزّمة للتنقيب عن النفط واستخراجه هي شركات أجنبية. ما يرجّح احتمال أن تستعين هذه الشركات بموظفين أجانب، خصوصاً المهندسين منهم.
Events & conferences
Prof. dr.ing. Cursaru Diana Luciana is visiting the Faculty of Engineering. Based on the collaboration between the Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti (UPG) from Romania and the Lebanese University and after a fruitful meeting during the third Erasmus Plus Capacity Building GOPELC workshop in whichProf. dr.ing. Cursaru Diana Luciana, were involved, the Faculty of Engineering invited Prof. Cursaruto visit the Faculty of Engineering of the Lebanese University as a visiting professor within the framework of the Erasmus + program for the period from 5 to l4 May 2017. Prof. Cursarugave three lectures at the three section of the Faculty of Engineering of 3 hours each. The lecture covered the following topics: - Chemistry and technology of Lubricating oils (lubricants functions, synthesis, characterization, classifications, type of lubricants) - Biofuels and biodiesel (types, synthesis, characterization, pro and cons of oils substitutes).
Workshop on:GOPELC “Gas and Oil Processing, a European
Lebanese Cooperation”Within the framework of TheFirst International Conference on
Energy, Power, Petroleum and Petrochemical Engineering
(E3PE2017)
1- GOPELC presentation by Prof. Clovis Francis,
Lebanese University
Energy problems play an important role in the global
development of industrial and underdevelopedcountries. Energy issues are
usually accompanied with the challenging trade off of energy productionand
environmental sustainability. This problem is the biggest challenge facing the
Lebanese society sinceit is negatively impacting the Lebanese people health,
the Lebanese economy, and transforming theLebanese ecological system
equilibrium.
Recently, an offshore reserve of Oil and Gas was
localized in the Mediterranean Sea near the Lebanesecoast. The Lebanese
Government set up a new “Gas and Oil Committee” belonging to the Water
andEnergy Ministry. The goal of this Committee is to publish tenders for Gas
and Oil Offshore inspection andexploitation. An increasing demand for Engineers
in the field of new reservoir drilling and fuel rawmaterial processing is
expected in the upcoming twenty‐five years.
The Lebanese Higher Education sector is a well‐developed one. This sector regroups one public
University which is the Lebanese University (LU) and
more than 50 private universities. All the Lebaneseuniversities’ curricula are
one step behind in the field of Gas and Oil processing. This is due to the
factthat the country is not a producer of this kind of raw material. Two
refineries were present in the country before the civil war (1975‐1989). Those refineries were completely destroyed during the civil war
and their actual role has been reduced to the imported fuel storage.
This project will address all the above problems by
setting up a new teaching curriculum at the Lebaneseuniversities by a joint
effort with the European universities members of the Consortium. This project
willincrease the future engineer’s awareness to those issues. This project will
also help in creating a network of the Lebanese and European universities
promoting academic excellence through joint research, education, and exchange
of experience. This will contribute in the sustainable development of the Lebanese
higher educational system and in improving the career prospects of scholars in
their homecountries.
2- Overview on Pertroleum Industry by Dr Rami Harkous,
Beirut Arab University The
presentation briefly introduces the petroleum industry and petroleum engineering.
Beginning by the origin, migration and accumulation of petroleum and how
hydrocarbons are explored using some geophysical techniques. Some petrophysical
properties will be then discussed in the reservoir engineering section.
Finally, fundamentals of drilling and production operations will be mentioned.
3- The Most Important Processes in
the Refining and Petrochemical Industry: An Overview on the Production and Use
of Hydrogen by Dr Wael Hamd, Lebanese University
One of the most challenging issues in this century is
energy. Compared to other sources, Oil will continue to be a hugely important
energy source in the years to come, but it is now crucial to optimize the oil
production technologies and the processes involved in the transformation of
petroleum-based hydrocarbons into the chemicals that form the basis of the
multi-billion dollar petrochemical industry. For instance, hydrogen consumed
on-site in oil refining, and in the production of ammonia and methanol plays a
key role in modern society because there are no natural hydrogen deposits.
Currently the dominant technology for direct production of hydrogen from
hydrocarbons is steam reforming, but its production through water splitting
utilizing only fully renewable resources such as water and photons seems to be
an appealing solution to durably store large amounts of energy.
Herein, we describe the new process developments in
the manufacture of petrochemicals, especially the progress in hydrogen
production by steam reforming and water splitting.
4- Thioresistant
Catalysts for Selective Ring Opening of Gas Oil (Diesel) by Dr
SalimNasserddine, Lebanese University Tetralinhydroconversion over supported iridium
catalysts has been investigated under pressure flowing in the presence of H2S.
Decalin, naphthalene, one-ring-opening alkenes and one-ring-contraction
bicyclic products are formed. The quasi absence of cracking products results in
a high catalyst stability. The Ir on amorphous ilica-alumina (ASA) with
intermediate concentration of silica (40 wt.%) exhibits an optimal acidity,
leading to the highest thiotolerance and ring-opening selectivity. Then, the
optimized catalysts were used to convert anhydrotreated gas oil and 2D GC-MS
was used to identify the conversion products and to define a family of
naphthenes representative of the impact of Ir catalysts on the selective ring
opening reaction.
5- Simulation of Industrial Processes
by Dr Joyce Kheir Lebanese University The globalization of the economy, the constraints of
environment and safety and the dynamics of the market require a very big rigor
in the conception and the conduct of the processes. In the context, we have
more and more often appeal to the computing to conceive quickly and
economically of new more profitable, cleaner, safer and more flexible
processes, and in other term “sustainable processes”.
The simulation of processes allows the industrialists
on one hand to analyze, to improve the efficiency of an existing process and on
the other hand to model and to simulate a new production unit. This activity
sector, indicated by the term “Computer-aided engineering of the processes”,
knew a very important development in numerous sectors during the last years.
So, the simulators of processes are the basic tools
for the technicians and the engineers of processes, because they allow to
design, to optimize and then to follow the performances of the majority of the
existing industrial processes in various sectors: organic and mineral
chemistry, from heavy to fine chemistry, the petrochemical processes,
liquefaction/gasification of the coal, food-processing industry, the treatment
of minerals and biotechnology.
From the definition of the process components, the
choice of the thermodynamic model adapted and the chemical reactions, the simulator
allows to:
Solve the heat and material balance of the processes
Determine the equilibrium phase: liquid/liquid and liquid/vapor
Determine the characteristics (flow, composition,
pressure, temperature) of the fluids which circulate between various devices of
the process
Sizing of equipments as for example the quantity of
exchanged heat or the theoretical number of stages
Estimate the cost of investment and functioning of
processes, also the impact on the environment and the safety.
Simulators allow establishing, in an effective and
rigorous way, heat and material balance of the processes, so unloading the
engineer of boring and repetitive calculations. We understand then easily why
the simulators of processes constitute the basic tools for the conception of
the processes.
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