Public curriculum specification
LNG Liquefaction & Process Systems
Liquefaction operators, process engineers, project engineers and technical professionals
Organize feed-gas treatment, refrigeration, compression and cryogenic heat exchange into one coherent liquefaction curriculum.
Review cadence: At least annually and whenever material curriculum, assessment or scope requirements change. How curriculum governance works →
Learning outcomes
What the program is structured to develop.
- Explain the purpose and sequence of LNG pretreatment and liquefaction systems.
- Relate compressor performance and anti-surge protection to refrigeration duty.
- Understand the thermal role of the main cryogenic heat exchanger.
- Use process documents to connect design intent with operating behavior.
Technical curriculum
14 connected technical subjects
LNG Fundamentals · Foundational
LNG Properties, Cryogenics and Phase Behavior
Build the physical foundation needed to understand why LNG equipment, materials, operating limits and safeguards are different from conventional ambient-temperature hydrocarbon systems.
Open topicEngineering Drawings · Foundational
Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs) for LNG Facilities
Learn to read an LNG process at system level by following major equipment, streams, operating conditions and material or energy flows on a PFD.
Open topicEngineering Drawings · Intermediate
Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs)
Develop the ability to read the detailed relationship among process piping, valves, instruments, equipment, control loops and safeguards on LNG P&IDs.
Open topicFeed Gas Treatment · Intermediate
Acid Gas Removal in LNG Pretreatment
Study the removal of carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide from feed gas to meet LNG process specifications and protect cryogenic equipment.
Open topicFeed Gas Treatment · Intermediate
Natural Gas Dehydration for LNG
Understand why water must be removed to very low levels before cryogenic liquefaction and how adsorption-based dehydration systems are operated and regenerated.
Open topicLiquefaction · Intermediate
LNG Liquefaction and Refrigeration Systems
Understand how refrigeration cycles progressively remove heat from treated natural gas until it becomes LNG, and how compressors, refrigerants and cryogenic heat exchangers interact.
Open topicRotating Equipment · Intermediate
Centrifugal Compressors in LNG Service
Understand the operating principles, performance limits, major components, auxiliaries and protection philosophy of centrifugal compressors used in LNG and gas-processing facilities.
Open topicRotating Equipment · Advanced
Dry Gas Seals for Centrifugal Compressors
Study the purpose, arrangement and monitoring of dry gas seals used to limit process-gas leakage from centrifugal compressors.
Open topicControls & Protection · Advanced
Compressor Anti-Surge Control
Understand why surge is damaging, how an anti-surge controller protects the compressor and why recycle-valve response, instrumentation quality and operating margin matter.
Open topicRotating Equipment · Advanced
Compressor Performance Monitoring
Understand how operators and engineers use pressure, temperature, flow, vibration and map position to evaluate centrifugal-compressor performance and degradation.
Open topicLiquefaction · Advanced
Main Cryogenic Heat Exchanger (MCHE)
Study the role of the MCHE in cooling and liquefying treated natural gas through close thermal integration with one or more refrigerant circuits.
Open topicProcess Systems · Intermediate
Fuel Gas Systems in LNG Facilities
Study how fuel gas is conditioned, pressure-controlled and distributed to fired equipment, vaporizers, turbines or other consumers.
Open topicProcess Systems · Foundational
Instrument Air Systems
Understand how clean, dry compressed air supports control valves, shutdown valves and pneumatic instrumentation throughout an LNG facility.
Open topicControls & Protection · Intermediate
DCS, SIS and Emergency Shutdown Systems
Understand the different roles of the distributed control system, safety instrumented system and emergency shutdown functions in an LNG facility.
Open topicAssessment framework
Assessment is defined by the active program.
- Technical knowledge assessment
- PFD/P&ID interpretation exercises
- Process scenario analysis
- Technical submission or calculation only where specified
Possible evidence
Evidence examples for governed delivery.
- Process-flow tracing exercise
- Technical review or case analysis
- Approved project work where applicable
- Knowledge assessment
Connected role curriculum maps
LNG Process Engineer
A process-engineering pathway spanning pretreatment, liquefaction, storage, BOG, regasification and the drawings and control relationships that connect them.
Open role mapLNG Control Room Operator
A control-focused pathway connecting process behavior, DCS/SIS functions, alarms, control valves, compressor protection and emergency response logic.
Open role mapChoose the delivery relationship
The same program can enter through different governed relationships.
Individual access, corporate deployment, institutional use and verified partner learning have different commercial, assessment and evidence requirements.