Troubleshooting O&G Equipment under Conventional and Hydrogen Fuel Operations
Operational upsets and equipment performance issues in oil and gas facilities—such as excessive pressure drop, flow maldistribution, erosion, vibration, and phase carryover—can result in reduced production, increased maintenance costs, elevated risk factors and unplanned shutdowns. Effective troubleshooting is therefore critical to maintaining asset integrity, operational reliability, and profitability.
Beyond conventional operational challenges, emerging decarbonization initiatives—such as converting fuel systems from natural gas to hydrogen—introduce new technical complexities. Fuel switching often requires re-evaluating equipment limits, combustion characteristics, safety margins, and flow-related constraints, making targeted debottlenecking essential for successful implementation.
This work presents a systematic troubleshooting methodology applied to typical oil and gas equipment, including pipelines, separators, heat exchangers, control valves, fired heaters, and process vessels. In addition, the study demonstrates an effective debottlenecking framework implemented for a fuel‑switching and fuel‑conversion project that supported operators in managing the transition to low-carbon energy systems.
Registration closes on Wednesday, April 8th at 8AM MDT.
Date/Time
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Registration: 11:45 AM MDT
Start Time: 12:00 PM MDT
End Time: 1:00 PM MDT
Location
Calgary Petroleum Club | 319 5 Ave SW, Calgary, AB, T2P 0L5
*This event will be in-person only, and will not be recorded.
Speaker Bio
Dr. Ehsan Askarimahvelati
CFD Americas Team Lead, Wood PLC
Ehsan Askari provides advanced fluid‑flow analysis and technical consulting on fluid dynamics projects. He has more than 13 years of hands‑on experience, with strong expertise in multiphase flows, vibration analysis, erosion prediction, and heat transfer. Ehsan’s background in fluid mechanics and thermodynamics has been developed through extensive professional experience across the oil and gas industry.
He has advanced knowledge in numerical simulation and transient fluid‑flow analysis applied to complex gas, liquid, and multiphase systems, as well as industrial burners and fired heaters.
Ehsan is a licensed Professional Engineer in both Canada and the United States and has authored more than 20 technical and industrial publications in the areas of multiphase flows and combustion.
Dr. Askari’s areas of expertise include:
- Multiphase Flows
- Compressible Flows
- Turbulent Flows
- Reacting and Combustible Flows
- Particulate Flows
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Group Discount (10+ People)