Mechasol Academy

Mechasol meets training requirements for employees and customers

  • Pipeline Training

    • Pipeline systems definition and applications

    • Codes and standards related to pipelines

    • Pipeline hydraulics: single-phase gas and liquids, multiphase fluids and heavy/waxy crudes

    • Major design considerations for strength, stability, and installation

    • Pipeline survey and mapping

    • Pipeline route engineering

    • Pipeline materials and components

    • Corrosion and cathodic protection of pipelines

    • Special design aspects, covering such issues as risers, slug catchers, pigging facilities, etc

    • Basic design considerations for pipeline facilities

    • Pipeline construction for cross country and offshore systems focusing on welding

    • Pressure testing, pre-commissioning, and commissioning

    • Pipeline integrity aspects including in-line inspection

    • Leak detection and emergency planning considerations

    • Repairs and modification considerations

    • Safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements

  • Process Facilities Training

    • Overview of the oil and gas industry

    • Overview of qualitative phase behavior and reservoirs

    • Important hydrocarbon properties and terminology

    • Typical sales/disposal specifications

    • Flowlines, piping and gathering systems

    • Production separation

    • Oil processing

    • Water injection systems (including pumps)

    • Gas handling - compression

    • Gas handling - dehydration

    • Measurement and storage

    • Other facilities considerations - utilities, process safety

    • Midstream facilities - gas processing

    • Midstream facilities - pipelines

    • Midstream facilities - LNG

 

  • Instrumentation, Controls and Electrical Training

    • Fundamentals

    • Field measurement devices

    • Final elements and actuators

    • Pressure relief and pressure regulation

    • Instrumentation documentation

    • Control system basics

    • Programmable logic controllers

    • Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems

    • Distributed control systems (DCS)

    • Safety instrumented system (SIS)

    • Hazardous areas and equipment selection

  • Instrumentation, Controls and Electrical Systems for Facilities Engineers

    • Fundamentals of electricity

    • Power distribution and motor control systems for oil and gas applications

    • Emergency power systems

    • Hazardous area classification for oil and gas applications

    • Electrical safety in industrial facilities

    • Control system fundamentals

    • Field measurement and control devices

    • Programmable electronic systems (PLC, DCS, SIS, SCADA)

    • Control system networking

    • Drawings and documentation for IE&C projects

  • Mechanical Specification and Design of Pressure Vessels

    • Vessel codes and standards (ASME 8 Div. 1-2​​ ​​ , E​​ N 2014/68 ,​​ B&PV Code, TEMA, API)

    • Vessel material selection, corrosion mechanisms, heat treatment, and basic metallurgy

    • Essential design calculations for vessels and heat exchangers

    • Welding process overview and inspection requirements​​ 

    • Constructability and operability considerations

    • Vessel integrity, evaluation, and re-purposing of pressure-containing equipment according to API/ASME​​ / EN

  • ASME Stamp Training ( U , S , PP , U2 , R , NB etc. )

 

  • Metering Stations and Metering Principles Training

    • Basic gas concepts

    • Units of measurement

    • Natural gas chemistry

    • Physical behavior

    • Introduction to custody transfer systems, definitions

    • Gas laws, concept of compressibility

    • Basic gas flow and gas quality principles

    • Flow measurement principles and design/application/inspection​​ 

      • Flow measurement principles

      • Flow conditioning principles

      • Orifice meters (gas) – design/application/inspection

      • Orifice plate inspections - dual chamber and major orifice fittings

      • Orifice flow meter run inspection and maintenance

      • Displacement meters (gas) – design/application/inspection

      • Turbine meters (gas) – design/application/inspection

      • Ultrasonic meters (gas) – design/application/inspection

      • Coriolis meters (gas) – design/application/inspection

    • Pulsation effects on accuracy of NGM measurement

    • Meter station design/application/inspection

    • Introduction to and operation of gas chromatograp

  • Operations & Maintenance Training

 

  • Cathodic Protection Techniques​​ Trainings

 

 

  • NACE Level 1 and 2 ( Painting )

 

  • Welding Methods & Inpection

 

 

  • Project Management Training

 

  • Quality Control and Methods

 

 

  • Quality Assurance , ISO 9001:2015 Training