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Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Gas, Refining and Petrochemicals

  • 12 Calendar Months
  • Modular Programme
Aim

The aim of this Professional Gas, Refining and Petrochemicals Post Graduate Diploma Programme is to provide graduates with broad based training required for sound refining and processing of crude oil and gas; as well as provide a solid base for higher education in this area.

The objective of this graduate programme is to commit the student’s talents to:

  1. Understand different energy types and role of fossil fuels in global energy mix.
  2. Grasp hydrocarbon chemistry and sequence of crude oil processing operations, including crude oil distillation, refinery equipment and flow sheet.
  3. Work on systems of energy recovery networks for refinery and petrochemicals, including monitoring tools.
  4. Learn about petrochemical and natural gas industry and processes, including economic and contractual aspects of the natural gas industry.
  5. Understand major polymer types, plastics, additives and modifiers.
  6. Appreciate conversion processes, including catalytic reforming and effect of catalysis on reaction rates.
  7. Work on heat exchangers and their design systems.
  8. Understand reaction systems, including process flow and control, corrosion and maintenance of equipment.
  9. Practice process modelling and simulation of refinery/petrochemical system.
  10. Understand key goal settings in project management, process system optimization, energy economic and supply chain management, entrepreneurship, and some business theories and models.

Candidates must possess a bachelor’s degree in Engineering with minimum of Third Class Honours in Chemical Engineering, Petrochemical or Gas Engineering and Second Class Honours (Lower Division) in other engineering disciplines from recognized universities. Industry/ company workers with 5 years cognate refining experience who posses third class honours (lower division) with cumulative grade point average, (CGPA) of 1.5 or above will also be considered. Candidates must have also finished the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program as at the time of application.

The PGD programme is designed to be a 6 months intensive full time study which is structured into four (4) modules. This is done in compliance with the benchmark minimum academic standards (BMAS) as shown in Table 1.

Table 1: List of Courses
Course CodeCourse TitleCredit Units
GENERAL MODULE
RPE 701Basic Engineering Mathematics2
RPE 702Technical Report Writing and Presentation2
RPE 703IT Skills2
RPE 704Basic Statistics2
RPE 705Entrepreneurial Management2
PROCESS MODULE
RPE 706Process Engineering Analysis2
RPE 707Engineering Thermodynamics2
RPE 708Process Reactor Design, Kinetics and Catalysis2
RPE 709Process Separation2
RPE 710Process Control and Dynamics2
RPE 711Heat and Mass Transfer Operations2
RPE 712Process Optimization2
REFINING & PETROCHEMICAL PROCESS APPRECIATION MODULE
RPE 713Introduction to Distillation System Design2
RPE 714Introduction to Polymer Technology2
RPE 715Laboratory Practices2
RPE 716Introduction to Refining Operation2
RPE 717Introduction to Basic Petrochemical Processes2
PROJECT MODULE
RPE 718Group Design Project2
RPE 719Individual Project4
TOTAL40
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