Author name: David Ward

November 25, 2021 Previously delivered as our “Control & Operation of Screw Compressors” course, this course has been redesigned and updated to be delivered as a “Control & Operation of Oil Injected Screw Compressors” course. The curriculum has been reviewed and updated to make the course more applicable to the ever-changing Oil & Gas industry. […]

November 25, 2020 ESD Simulation Training and ExplainMedia have created a brand new online course, Centrifugal Compressor Training. This course is an affordable way to access ESD’s centrifugal compressor video at the low price of USD $149. The course undertakes an in-depth analysis of centrifugal compressors, which includes topics from how they are made to

October 29, 2021 Participant Profile: Our “FPSOs – A Non-Technical Overview” course is designed to enable all those without a technical background to gain a better understanding of FPSOs. It is suitable for persons at all levels of responsibility within the company. It will be most beneficial to sales, accounting, and administrative personnel of Oil

September 30, 2021 Hello! My name is David Ward and I am a Computer Science student at the University of Victoria! During the summer of 2021, I worked as a co-op student for ESD Simulation Training at their main office in Kelowna, BC. This was my second co-op experience, after completing my first co-op placement

Sept 10, 2021 In the Process industries, distillation columns often play an important role. The primary function of a distillation column is to separate liquids from nonvolatile solids. For instance, distillation columns are vital in the refining of crude oil. It separates products into their different chemical components for further processing by other units. Essentially,

August 10, 2021   CCC Global, experts in turbomachinery optimization, have released a new blog on Carbon Capture & Storage. The blog provides an overview of Carbon Capture & Storage, including the essential role that it plays in helping to mitigate climate change and keep the planet safe for generations to come. It also covers

August 5, 2021 We at ESD Simulation Training are happy to announce that in-person training has returned for all of our courses! We are extremely appreciative of the tremendous amount of support that we have received from our customers over the past 2 years while we transitioned to online training. From the beginning, it has

June 22, 2021 Glycol dehydration is a common method utilized in the oil & gas industry to remove water from Natural Gas. Natural Gas is passed through a contactor with a counter-flow of triethylene glycol where the glycol absorbs the water from the gas. The glycol then goes through a regeneration process to remove the

July 21, 2021 Control room operations is an integral part of keeping Process Plants operating in a safe and efficient manner. A lot of these processes have automatic control systems in place, which can create an assumption that control room operators (CRO’s) have few tasks to complete in day-to-day operations.   However, the truth is

July 19, 2021 The design and structure of training courses is underappreciated. The layout of a course is often times the difference between an average course and the best course that you’ve ever attended. As course structure is so important, it is concerning how overlooked this factor is when people are determining the courses that