This workshop will be of immediate benefit to Plant Engineers, Operational Supervisors, Operators, Maintenance Staff and Environmental Practitioners.

The information presented will be contained in a complete set of workshop notes that will be provided to every attendee. Optionally a hard cover text book with all background materials and papers is available at the extra cost of US$250.00 . Further details of the text book’s content page may be found on this workshop page at www.sogat.org.

The workshop format is intended to be highly interactive to allow participants to raise actual design and operating concerns.

Amine Experts is part of the Sulphur Experts group of companies and was created to provide the same problem solving capability as is provided by Sulphur Experts, specializing in troubleshooting amine and sour water systems upstream. Amine Experts engineers provide third party consulting, troubleshooting and analytical services around the world.

Ben Spooner joined Amine Experts more than 7 years ago after several years working for a large amine supplier in a technical support role. He has extensive field experience in amine plant trouble shooting and optimisation. Ben worked on testing, optimization and troubleshooting of treating systems in Canada, USA, Mexico, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Ben is a process engineer, registered with APEGGA.

Learn the answers to these and many other questions in this one day workshop.

Workshop includes:

Dr John Carroll obtained his Ph.D. in chemical engineering in 1990 at the University of Alberta. He has authored or co-authored more than 30 papers in referred journals, 10 articles in technical magazines and approximately 25 conference presentations. He is a registered professional engineer in the Provinces of Alberta and New Brunswick, and is associated with several chemical and engineering associations.

Dr Carroll is Director, Geostorage Process Engineering at Gas Liquids Engineering in Calgary, Alberta. He has worked on a variety of projects, which include natural gas sweetening, hydrocarbon processing, fluid phase equilibrium and acid gas injection.

This workshop has been successfully held in Doha, Abu Dhabi, Warsaw, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Caracas, London and Calgary.

This workshop will discuss practical aspects of design and operation of sulfur recovery facilities, including Claus Sulfur Recovery Units, Tail Gas Cleanup & Incineration Units, sulfur degassing, sulfur forming, and sulfur storage and transportation.

The information presented will be contained in a complete set of workshop notes that will be provided to every attendee.

Topics to be discussed include the following:

		Sulfur Sources & Recovery Requirements
		Sulfur Recovery Processes
		Tail Gas Cleanup Processes
		Sulfur Degassing Processes & Molten Storage
		Sulfur Block Storage
		Sulfur Forming Processes
		Sulfur Transport Methods

The workshop format is intended to be highly interactive to allow participants to raise actual design and operating concerns.

Johnny E. Johnson, P.E., Vice President – Technology Development
& Strategy, Technology Director – CO2 Capture, WGI Middle East,
a subsidiary of URS Washington Division, USA
Johnny has more than 40 years combined experience in an operating gas treating and processing facility and from responsible positions with design engineering companies. This experience has established him worldwide as an expert in sour gas conditioning, sulfur recovery and CO2 projects. He has published more than 50 papers.
Johnny is a member of the Gas Processors Association Research Committee; a recipient of the Gas Processors Association Citation for Service Award; a Senior Member of the Advisory Board for the Laurance Reid Gas Conditioning Conference; a Member of the Brimstone Sulfur Recovery Symposium Advisory Committee; has been a URS Representative to Alberta Sulphur Research Ltd; and serves on the SOGAT 2010 Advisory Committee.

Richard J.Wissbaum, P.E., Technology Director – Sulfur, WGI Middle East, a subsidiary of URS Washington Division, USA
Dick has more than 30 years combined experience in a major energy company’s facilities and central engineering department, and from responsible positions with design engineering companies. This experience has established him worldwide as an expert in sour oil and gas production and conditioning, sulfur recovery and refining projects.
Dick is a registered professional engineer in Canada and the United States, and currently serves as the URS Representative to Alberta Sulphur Research Ltd. He has published nearly 20 papers.

Dave Jackson is the Regional Director for Scott Health and Safety and is responsible for managing the respiratory business throughout the Middle East, Africa and Caspian region. Dave is a Safety Professional with over 20 years experience, 10 years of which have been spent in the Middle East.
Dave has a diversified technical and management background in the health safety and environment industry; he gained valuable experience working for the ADNOC group as a Head of Safety for the Petroleum Institute.
Dave has dedicated his career of almost twenty years to the betterment of the Health and Safety Industry and at Scott has been instrumental in the development of many technically advanced products for the Oil and Gas Industry. Dave has the unique ability and insight to influence a safety culture and has been commended for his approach to safety solutions.

Ahmes Labib Hanna works as an HSE Consultant and was the Lead HSE Auditor for ENOC Corporation from 2001–2004 and their HSE Consultant from 2004 till now. From 1983–2001 he worked for Bunduq offshore operations, one of the highest H2S concentrations in the world and his team achieved the best record in the Oil & Gas industry.
He is a certified Lead Auditor ISO 14000, ISO 22000, OHSA’s 18000, ISO 9000 series as well as ISM. He has audited rigs and platforms in Egypt, Turkmenistan, UAE, Oman, and Saudi Aramco. He was in charge of auditing almost all areas of PDO Oman (Assessment of PDO preparedness for H2S emergency including Harweel Plant known to have the highest H2S concentration in the world). 
He is a member of ASSE and NFPA.

Mohammed A S Gaith is the Territory Manager (Gulf) for Scott Health and Safety. Mohammed has 10 years experience working on the sales side of the safety industry. Working with the biggest names in safety, he acquired a lot of training on product application, limitation, proper selection and use. Hence, his opinions are always well received regionally amongst many Safety Managers. Mohammed’s enthusiasm to safety makes him feel responsible to spread his knowledge. He has assisted several safety training centers with articles and equipment, and sponsored and lectured in several regional Safety Society events.