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