The Sour Oil & Gas Advanced Technology (SOGAT) event comes to Abu Dhabi this week, with many of the sector’s top companies and professionals set to come together
The Sour Oil & Gas Advanced Technology (SOGAT) event comes to Abu Dhabi at the end of the month, with some of the sector’s biggest names and companies coming together. It begins today and runs throughout the week until Thursday 26th of March.
As in previous years, tailored workshops on topical issues areas will be presented in the first two days covering: Advanced Technologies for Sour Gas Processing; Sulphur Recovery; Forming & Handling; Gas Compression; Amine Treating; Gas Feed and Inlet Contamination Management; and Sour Gas Treatment and Effective Management.
Over the latter three days of the week (Tuesday 24th of March to Thursday 26th of March), the SOGAT series of conferences will take place, with the opening address being made by Al Hosn Gas’ Saif Al Ghafli, which will be followed by a session looking at the commissioning and start-up of the Al Hosn Gas Shah project.
Over the next three days, experts from across the energy industry will discuss topics such as sulphur recovery, technological advancements and acid gas removal.
The SOGAT Exhibition, which runs from March 23-26th, is also an important part of the event. A number of exhibitors have been confirmed, each of which will present equipment and services focusing on the themes of the event.
Confirmed exhibitors include …
– Al Hosn Gas
– Amec Foster Wheeler
– AMTEK
– DEVCO
– Dow Oil & Gas
– Du Pont
– Energy Recovery
– Fluor
– Gaz Integral
– Huntsman
– Jacobs
– LumaSense Technologies
– OHL Gutermuth Industrial Valves GmbH
– Sandvik
– UniverSul Consulting
– WorleyParsons
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Exhibitor expectations
Ametek’s Randy Hauer speaks to Oil & Gas Middle East about business in the GCC and his hopes for the upcoming SOGAT event in Abu Dhabi.
How is business currently for Ametek?
Just over half our business is connected to the hydrocarbon processing industry and sulphur recovery is something less than half of that. Fortunately for us we are not entirely dependent on new projects, as revamps, maintenance replacement and services are ongoing activity for us. The demand for sulphur remains good and we are optimistic for the medium to long-term.
What are some of the main projects you are working on?
Here in the region we are involved with the commissioning of 28 analysers in the SRU complex at Al-Hosn Gas. In addition, in the US there was a lot of analyser activity to provide H2S measurement for refinery flare gas systems.
What are your expectations for SOGAT?
We have a new (3rd generation) H2S/SO2 tail gas analyser we are introducing, the model 888. We are able to address what we refer to as “external failure modes” in the process and ambient environment. The analyser is now rated for 60°C ambient temperature and, provided it has a sun shade, it can be placed on the process pipe without the need for an air conditioned shelter.
What do you think will be the main topics at the event?
Perhaps the status of projects and the price of oil. The large engineering contractors will be gauging the mood of the oil and gas operators, we will be gauging the mood of the engineering contractors.
How do you think the low oil price has affected plans for existing and future sour gas projects in the GCC?
I think of the answer Chou En-Lai was purported to give when asked what he thought of the French revolution; he said “don’t know, too early to say”. We are a small but rather important part of a sour gas processing complex and we remain confident the region will continue to lead the world in sulphur production.
