Monday 17 March 2008

Instructor: Dr Hisham Saadawi, Head of Engineering, ADCO

Who Should Attend

Petroleum, production, facilities engineers as well as operations and maintenance staff. The course is also useful to project engineers and managers of companies considering multiphase pumping projects.

About the Course

Increasingly multiphase pumping is becoming an accepted technology for upstream oil and gas field developments. This tutorial covers the various aspects of multiphase pumping technology from concept to field applications. The emphasis is on the practical side. The tutorial deals with projects involving multiphase pumps and addresses preparing enquiry packages, tendering process and the project implementation issues.

Morning Session 08.00 - 12.00

08.00 - 08.30 Introduction to multiphase pumping

08.30 - 09.00 Key process parameters for multiphase pumps

09.30 - 10.00 Classification of multiphase pumps technologies

10.00 - 10.15 Coffee Break

10.15 - 12.00 Twin screw pumps

12.00 - 13.00 Lunch

Afternoon Session 13.00 - 16.30

13.00 - 14.30 Helicoaxioal pumps

14.30 - 14.45 Coffee Break

14.45 - 15.15 Mechanical seals for multiphase pumps

15.15 - 15.45 Subsea applications of multiphase pumps

15.45 - 16.15 Project implementation issues

16.15 - 16.30 Summary and closing remarks

Course Material

All delegates will receive a set of course notes providing a useful reference document.

Instructor's Biography

Dr. Hisham Saadawi has more than 25 years experience in the oil industry. His experience includes production operations, design, construction, commissioning and start-up of the oil and gas processing facilities. He has first hand experience with several studies and projects involving multiphase pumping.



He served in the steering committee and sub-committees of several SPE conferences and has published and presented numerous technical papers worldwide on various aspects of facilities design, technical safety and multiphase pumping.



Hisham holds a Ph.D degree from the University of Manchester. He is a Chartered Engineer in the UK and is as fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers.