CFE 4713

Natural gas and Petroleum Engineering

Md. Jahirul Islam

Lecturer
Chemical and Food Engineering Department
Dhaka University ofEngineering and Technology, Gazipur
 Course Objectives

• To acquire the basics of oil & gas industry.

• To get familiar with concepts used in natural gas and petroleum
Engineering.
• To become accustomed with the different majors in natural gas and
petroleum engineering.
• To obtain the basic knowledge in exploration, drilling and production.

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 Course Content

• Introduction to Natural Gas

• Overview of Natural Gas properties
• Gas production system components.
• Analysis of water hydrocarbon systems.
• Field processing of natural gas :
• Gas liquid separation
• Dehydration
• Desulfurization
• LPG and liquid hydrocarbon recovery techniques.
• Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
• Gas gathering and transportation
• Environmental Impact of Hydrocarbon Production
• Introduction to the natural gas industry in Bangladesh.

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 Reference Books

1. Gas Production Engineering by Sanjay Kumar

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Introduction to Natural Gas

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 Introduction to Natural Gas

• Natural gas is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons, with a Hydrocarbon

minor number of inorganic compounds. Methane 70-80%
Ethane 1-10%
• Ignites when the air-gas mixture is between 5 and 15 Propane trace-5%
percent natural gas. Butanes (i-butane, n-butane) trace-2%
Pentane (i-pentane, n-pentane) trace-1%
Hexane and heavier trace-1.5%
• Colorless, odorless, combustible, clean fuel. Heptane and heavier trace-1.5%
Non Hydrocarbon
• Measured in energy content: Btu Carbon dioxide trace-5%
Nitrogen trace-5%
Hydorgen sulphide trace-3%
CH4 + 2O2 → CO2 + 2H2O + 891 kJ
Helium Upto 5%

1 standard cubic feet: 1031 Btu (500-1550 Btu)

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 Introduction to Natural Gas

• Natural gas is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons, with a

minor amount of inorganic compounds. Hydrocarbon
Methane 70-80%
Ethane 1-10%
• Ignites when the air-gas mixture is between 5 and 15
Propane trace-5%
percent natural gas. Butanes (i-butane, n-butane) trace-2%
Pentane (i-pentane, n-pentane) trace-1%
• Colorless, odorless, combustible, clean fuel. Hexane and heavier trace-1.5%
Heptane and heavier trace-1.5%
Non Hydrocarbon
• Measured in energy content: Btu
Carbon dioxide trace-5%
Nitrogen trace-5%
CH4 + 2O2 → CO2 + 2H2O + 891 kJ Hydorgen sulphide trace-3%
Helium Upto 5%

1 standard cubic feet: 1031 Btu (500-1550 Btu)

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 Natural Gas Reserves: By Country

https://www.statista.com/statistics/265329/countries-with-the-largest-natural-gas-reserves/
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 World total primary energy consumption by fuel

Others (renewables)
6%

Nuclear
4%
Hydro
(renewables) Oil
7% 31%

Natural Gas
25%

Coal
27%

Figure: World total primary energy consumption

by fuel in 2020 Source: Wikipedia

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 World total primary energy consumption by fuel

What’s your prediction for world total primary energy consumption in 2040??

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 Present Scenario of Bangladesh

Bangladesh's Natural Gas Consumption from 1972 to 2020

https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/bangladesh/natural-gas-consumption
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Industrial Use of Natural Gas

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