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CfPA - The Center for Professional Advancement, 90 Minute Accredited Online Training
October 11, 2011 at 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (ET)
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for professionals in natural gas, environmental, energy, petroleum, petrochemical, governmental, and chemical processing areas. Although not limited to these, some typical job functions that would benefit from this course include:
• Process Engineers
• Fuel and Energy Specialists
• Environmental/Energy Auditors
• Local and Federal Officials Involved with Natural Gas
Recovery and Processing Water Quality
• Engineers and Municipal Officers • News Media (Print, TV,
Radio, Internet) Covering Natural Gas Issues
• Managers at Natural Gas Companies Description
This is a 3-part series. For maximum training benefit, participants are encouraged to attend Mining Natural Gas: Fracking and More (First in a 3-part series), Course ID# 2465 and Mining Natural Gas: Fracking and More (Second in a 3-part series) Course ID# 2468. However, each session may also be taken individually.
Maximize learning and minimize expense: Register for all 3 parts and save $150 OR take any one as a stand-alone course.
Series Description: Natural gas is defined as methane and associated light hydrocarbons that have been recovered from natural gas fields or extracted during petroleum processing. Historically the gas was an unwanted byproduct since there was no ready market and it could not be transported as the oil could. This gas used to be flared, but is now usually reinjected into the well. In the United States interstate pipelines exist to take the gas to market. Consequently, natural gas has become a vital component of the energy mix. Hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) is the process of using a fluid to create cracks in sedimentary rock and a proppant (small solid) to hold open the crack, releasing trapped oil and gas. EHS concerns have developed over the process of fracking, with some of the biggest issues being the contamination of drinking water with natural and synthetic toxins as well as potential radioactive material.
Part 3: In the process of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for the recovery of natural gas, high pressure fluids with suspended small solids stimulate a shale formation for the evolution of gas. The fluid is mostly water although hundreds of chemical have been added in order to uniformly disperse the solid and perform other process functions in the wellbore.
This 90-minute accredited training will provide a review of current and future fracking fluids and proppants. This training will include opportunities for learning assessment.
Review of Learning Objectives
Module 1: Current snapshot of the recovery of shale gas:
• Fracking fluids
• Chemical additives and functionality
• Proppants
• Formation utilization – current and planned
Module 2: Research on the recovery of shale gas:
• Current research
• Patent literature
• Journal articles
• Government sponsored programs and research
Module 3: Natural gas in the 21st century:
• Expected gas plays over the next 100 y
• Gas utilization in energy supply and synthesis
• Expected long term environmental impact
• Long term fracking fluid and proppants disposition
Question and Answer Session
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Organized by:
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CfPA - The Center for Professional Advancement |
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Invited Speakers:
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Dr. Gennaro (Jerry) Maffia, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Manhattan College
After twenty years as a process engineer and manager in the petrochemicals industry, mostly with Atlantic Richfield, Inc., Dr. Gennaro (Jerry) Maffia joined Widener University in the fall of 1992 as Chairman of the Department of Chemical Engineering. He retired in 2010 and was made Professor Emeritus at Widener University. In the fall of 2010, Prof. Maffia joined Manhattan College as Professor of Chemical Engineering. Over the past 10 years, Prof. Maffia has been honored with a Lindback Award, a Zandi Award, and a Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Award for excellence in teaching. Prof. Maffia has broad interests in petroleum, petrochemicals, environmental, energy and biotechnology industries and is an active consultant in these areas. He has offered short courses and training seminars/webinars on process engineering and related topics at sites around the world.
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Deadline for Abstracts:
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n/a
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Registration:
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Please click here for registration information.
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E-mail:
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sberg@cfpa.com
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