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September 23-25, 2025
Edmonton Convention Centre | Edmonton, Alberta

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WORKSHOP: Decarbonization of Oil & Gas Operations

Workshop Schedule:

 

Date & Time: Monday, September 9, 2024 from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm

Location: Edmonton Convention Centre, Salon 1- Edmonton, Canada

Cost: CAD $695 (includes breakfast, coffee, lunch and workshop materials)

The carbon capture industry is experiencing rapid growth and expansion in several regions and around the globe. In the past three years, Canada has increased its attention to carbon dioxide emissions by establishing a carbon net-zero short and long goals for 2030 and 2050. The main objective is to make the Canadian economy either emit no greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or offset these emissions. One of the methods to achieve these goals is employing technologies that can capture carbon emissions before they are vented into the atmosphere.

In Canada, the oil & gas sector is the highest emitting sectors and adopting the decarbonization solution for it is not an easy task due to many technical, economical, commercial, and experience reasons. However, the most pressing reasons are the lack of understanding of carbon capture technologies and the shortage of skilled engineers in this space.

Enhancing engineers’ skills requires better understanding of the type of emissions and their emitting sources, carbon capture processes, how to navigate and screen carbon capture system, and how to design a process.

The workshop will feature the utilization of ProTreat® rate-based process simulation software from Optimized Gas Treating, Inc. (Texas, USA) in designing the amine-based carbon capture processes. ProTreat® can also be used to monitor, optimize, troubleshoot and/or revamp these processes. 

This intensive workshop provides decision makers, planners, designers, operators, and engineers with the fundamentals to better understand the amine-based carbon capture process, which is suitable for the oil and gas GHG CO2 emission emitting facilities. The workshop participants will learn the methodology to evaluate carbon capture options, design a process, establish a project and its phases and more.

Meet Your Instructors

Dr. Walid ElMoudir, P.Eng., PMP

Walid ElMoudir is the Principal Process Consultant at ChemProcess Consulting & Services Ltd. and the official representative of Optimized Gas Treating, Inc. (Texas, USA) in Africa, Turkey and Cyprus. Dr. ElMoudir has a B.Sc. (University of Tripoli, Libya) and M.Sc. with distinction (University of Leeds, UK) in Chemical Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Systems Engineering (University of Regina, Canada). He is a registered professional engineer with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS) and Alberta (APEGA). He is also certified as Project Management Professional (PMP®) by Project Management Institute (PMI).

Dr. ElMoudir has twenty-four years’ experience in chemical plant design, operation, optimization & troubleshooting. He has participated in over 150 engineering studies and projects worldwide in Gas Processing and Conditioning, Crude Oil Refining, Chemical Purification, Seawater Desalination, and Research & Development. In his last 16 years, he improved and developed generic and proprietary Carbon Capture systems. He is an inventor of patented solvent purification system for carbon capture applications and has published more than 25 publications and papers on many technical topics.

He was a volunteer research contributor at the University of Tripoli, Petroleum Research Center (Libya), University of Calgary and University of Guelph. He is also a volunteer reviewer for the Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (Wiley), Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology (Wiley), and Gas Science and Engineering (Elsevier)

Pedro Ott

Pedro Ott joined Optimized Gas Treating Inc. in 2018 as a Senior Applications Engineer in Business Development; he currently leads marketing, software licensing, and technical support for ProTreat® / SulphurPro® customers. Pedro has 35 years’ experience working for various E&C and operating companies, domestic and internationally, in process engineering design, project development and troubleshooting on oil refining and refinery gas processing. Expertise in Acid Gas Treating, Sulfur Recovery, Gasoline and Distillates Hydroprocessing, Sour Water Stripping.

Mr. Ott holds a B.S. Chemical Engineering from Universidad Simón Bolivar (Venezuela) and a specialization in Petroleum Refining & Gas from ENSPM/IFP (France). Outside work, he enjoys listening and playing piano, American jazz and Latin-American music

Workshop Content

The carbon capture industry is experiencing rapid growth and expansion in several regions and around the globe. In the past three years, Canada has increased its attention to carbon dioxide emissions by establishing a carbon net-zero short and long goals for 2030 and 2050. The main objective is to make the Canadian economy either emit no greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or offset these emissions. One of the methods to achieve these goals is employing technologies that can capture carbon emissions before they are vented into the atmosphere.

In Canada, the oil & gas sector is the highest emitting sectors and adopting the decarbonization solution for it is not an easy task due to many technical, economical, commercial, and experience reasons. However, the most pressing reasons are the lack of understanding of carbon capture technologies and the shortage of skilled engineers in this space.

Enhancing engineers’ skills requires better understanding of the type of emissions and their emitting sources, carbon capture processes, how to navigate and screen carbon capture system, and how to design a process.

The workshop will feature the utilization of ProTreat® rate-based process simulation software from Optimized Gas Treating, Inc. (Texas, USA) in designing the amine-based carbon capture processes. ProTreat® can also be used to monitor, optimize, troubleshoot and/or revamp these processes. 

This intensive workshop provides decision makers, planners, designers, operators, and engineers with the fundamentals to better understand the amine-based carbon capture process, which is suitable for the oil and gas GHG CO2 emission emitting facilities. The workshop participants will learn the methodology to evaluate carbon capture options, design a process, establish a project and its phases and more.

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Why attend the Carbon Capture Canada Workshops?

  • Understand the type of carbon dioxide emissions in the oil and gas (upstream/ downstream) operations.
  • Discuss the role the carbon capture in the Oil & Gas Sector to minimize CO2
  • Understand the fundamentals of project management and engineering studies.
  • Understand the pre-/post-treatments for carbon capture systems.
  • Understand the pre-/post-combustion carbon capture amine-based technologies and their applications.
  • Describe the benefits and challenges associated with carbon capture design.
  • Design generic carbon capture plant
  • Gain experience on using a rate-based process simulation tool.
  • Conduct the plant performance.

Schedule

  • Breakfast: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
  • Workshop Begins: 9:00 am
  • Coffee Break: 10:30 am
  • Lunch Break: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  • Coffee Break: 3:00 pm
  • Workshop Concludes: 4:30 pm
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