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Professor Eric May, whose work is helping to improve the efficiency of LNG production and shape Perth as a gas technology centre of excellence, will lead a short workshop on Gas Processing and LNG at the University of Western Australia's Engineering Faculty on 20 July 2015.

Designed for technical, engineering and operations staff, as well as commercial and management staff who require a technical overview of the LNG industry, this 3-5 day workshop will provide participants with an understanding of the technical aspects of natural gas and the processes used to deliver gas to market.

Through a combination of short lectures and hands-on simulation challenges, participants will review the engineering principles used to understand the processing of natural gas, and explore associated applications of simulation to solve real problems.

An expert in LNG and Gas Processing, Professor May has been conducting experimental research in fluid science for over a decade. His work is so highly valued by the oil and gas industry that Chevron Australia established a Chair in Gas Process Engineering (endowed in perpetuity) for him at the UWA.

Commenting on the growth of this workshop and the relevance of LNG to global energy needs, Professor May said, "Natural gas is becoming the energy source of the near future because vast reserves of it are now available and the infrastructure for its large scale use exists. Australian LNG in particular is helping to power the economic transformation of Asia."

"A benefit of natural gas is that it has the smallest environmental impact of all the fossil fuels and there is still much potential to make it cleaner still."

"This workshop will help attendees get up to speed with the technical aspects of natural gas and the way in which it is processed. The workshops complement the JMCampbell G4 courses and will greatly assist participants who have taken them or intend to," said Professor May.

Workshops attendees will also benefit from the guidance of Andrew Vieler, a process model development and applied thermodynamics expert, who will lead units during the workshop. Andrew is a chemical engineer and has been working with process and pipeline simulation software for over 30 years.

For more information or to register visit the workshop website

Media references

Clara Dodman (Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics)  (+61 8) 6488 5079

Professor Eric May (UWA Centre for Energy)