LNG & Gas Processing
LNG Fundamentals & the Complete LNG Value Chain
A three-day grounding in how LNG actually works end to end — feed gas conditioning, liquefaction technology choice, tankage, shipping, regasification and the commercial structures that drive plant operating decisions.
Industry focus: Petrochemical & Manufacturing Plants
Who Should Attend
Designed for these roles
- Engineers and technologists moving into LNG projects or operations from other sectors
- Project, commercial and planning staff supporting LNG facilities and offtake
- Operations and maintenance personnel needing a whole-chain view of their plant
- Graduate and early-career engineers joining gas processing or LNG organisations
Delivery formats
- Customised in-house training at your plant or office
- Public classroom delivery, subject to schedule
- Live online delivery where suitable
- Recommended group size: 8–20 participants
Problems Solved
What this course fixes
Teams that know their own unit but cannot explain how it affects the rest of the chain
Decisions made without understanding boil-off, heel management or cargo economics
New hires taking months to become useful on LNG project or operations work
Confusion between LNG, LPG, CNG and pipeline gas specifications and duties
Learning Outcomes
What participants can do after the programme
Outcomes are written as tasks, not topics — so managers can verify capability back at work.
- Describe every stage of the LNG chain and the key equipment in each
- Explain gas treating requirements — acid gas, dehydration, mercury and heavy hydrocarbon removal
- Compare major liquefaction technologies and why a project selects one over another
- Interpret LNG specifications, heating value, Wobbe index and cargo quality constraints
- Relate operating decisions to boil-off gas, storage inventory and shipping schedules
Course Outline
Detailed programme content
Day 1 — Gas Supply, Treating & Conditioning
- Why LNG: energy demand in Asia, trade flows and the Malaysian and regional position
- Feed gas composition, contaminants and the consequence of each on liquefaction
- Acid gas removal, dehydration, mercury removal and heavy hydrocarbon extraction
- Fractionation and NGL recovery interfaces with the liquefaction train
- Specification workshop: reading an LNG product specification sheet
Day 2 — Liquefaction, Storage & Shipping
- Refrigeration cycles: cascade, propane pre-cooled mixed refrigerant and single mixed refrigerant
- Main cryogenic heat exchangers, compressors and drivers
- LNG tanks: full containment, membrane and pressure vessel types
- Boil-off gas management, heel, rollover and inventory control
- LNG carriers, loading arms, ship-shore compatibility and voyage losses
Day 3 — Regasification, Commercial & Operating Reality
- Onshore terminals, FSRUs and vaporiser technology selection
- Send-out control, gas quality management and nitrogen ballasting
- Small-scale LNG, LNG bunkering and virtual pipeline models in Southeast Asia
- Sale and purchase agreements, pricing indices, take-or-pay and destination clauses
- Case exercise: trace a cargo from wellhead to burner tip and identify loss points
Practical Work
Practical exercises and case studies
Sessions are built around calculations, data interpretation and technical decisions. Case material is generic or anonymised — no client-confidential project data is used.
Reading and interpreting a real LNG product specification and cargo quality certificate
Mapping a cargo from feed gas to send-out gas and quantifying losses at each stage
Technology comparison exercise: selecting a liquefaction cycle for a given feed and site
Case discussion: how a commercial clause changes an operating decision at the plant
Trainer Profile
Delivered by Ir. Lim Chee Keong
Senior Trainer — Piping, Flow Assurance & API Standards
20 years industry experience
Chee Keong specialises in the messy middle of brownfield work — where drawings are outdated, the line is live, and the shutdown window is already booked. He teaches decision-making, not just clause numbers.
Real project exposure
- Piping stress and support redesign after repeated flange leaks at a Gebeng chemical plant
- Hot tapping and temporary repair strategy for a live utility header
- Brownfield tie-in package reviews for an upstream gas processing platform
Certifications
- API 570 Piping Inspector
- ASME B31.3 Process Piping Practitioner
- Caesar II Stress Analysis
Trainer allocation is confirmed in your proposal. Substitute trainers hold equivalent certification and sector experience.
Next Step
Run this programme for your team
We will confirm available dates, trainer, duration and HRD Corp claimable investment — and adjust the outline to your equipment and standards at no extra cost.
No obligation. Proposals include HRD Corp claim guidance.
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