Introduction to Oil & Gas Industry
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INTRODUCTION
The course provides also a comprehensive overview of the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors of the petroleum industry. Also, it addresses and emphasizes the roles of the various disciplines across the industry organizations, which helps in enhancing the cross functional work performance, promoting cooperation and team work spirit amongst the teams across various organizations and the same organization. This can be the operator’s best insurance to achieve successful safe operations.
This course is designed to ensure awareness and effective understanding of various phases of oil industry from exploration to decommissioning and offers oil and gas professionals the opportunity to gain a technical and commercial understanding of the industry fundamentals.
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COURSE OBJECTIVES
- Build a firm foundation of the principles and practices of O & G exploration and production.
- Understand how interpretation of exploration, production & seismic data is conducted.
- Increase efficiency on the inter-department project team communication
- Understand the technical terminology, tools and methods used during exploration and production phase.
- Understand the key concepts, applications and terminology associated with the acquisition, processing and petroleum economics.
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COURSE AUDIENCE
This course is made for
- Process safety engineer
- Gasoline blender engineer
- Lab supervisor
- Supply chain engineer
- Distillates analyst
- Models engineer
- Chemical Operator
- Chemical Plant Operator
- Chemical Process Technician
- Control Room Supervisor
- Gas Plant Process Operator
- Gas Production Operator
- Gas Terminal Operations and Storage
- Gathering Pipeline engineer
- Oil Terminal / Storage engineer
- Pipeline Maintenance / Equipment / Compliance / Repair
- Pipeline Testing / Technician / Supervisor / Safety
- Plant Equipment Operator
- Plant Operations Technician
- Plant Shutdown
- Plant Supervisor
- Power Distribution
- Power Plant Manager
- Process Supervisor
- Refinery Operations Technician / Manager
- Terminal Operator / Manager
- Process design
- Unit Operator
- Environmental
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COURSE OUTLINE
Day One
World Energy Supply and Demand
- Oil and gas supply and demand
- Classification of reserves
- Oil pricing and market issues
- Non-conventional oil, gas and renewables
Petroleum Geology and Origins of Hydrocarbons
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- The formation of petroleum
- Oil and gas reservoirs
- Reservoir rock and fluid properties
Day Two
Ownership and Exploitation of Reserves
- Licensing/concessions
- Joint-venture agreements
- Production-sharing contracts
Exploration and Appraisal
- Geological and commercial factors necessary for successful exploration and appraisal
- Seismic surveys
Drilling & Workover Operations
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- Drilling rigs
- Equipment and processes involved in drilling a well
- Completing a well and preparing it for production
- Horizontal drilling
- Well workover operations
Day Three
Field Development
- Onshore/offshore developments
- Shallow/deep water developments
- Gas field developments
- Aspects of well and facilities design
Petroleum Economics
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- Field development decision-making
- Key economic indicators and their uses
Day Four
Health, safety and the environment
- Safety
- The environment
Oil recovery Methodologies
- Reservoir production mechanisms
- Artificial lift systems
- Well stimulation – fracturing, acidizing and sand control
- Production and treatment of reservoir fluids
- Processing the production from oil and gas fields
Maintenance and logistics
- Well and facility maintenance
- Reliability-centered maintenance
- Corrosion and how it is controlled
- Transportation of personnel and materials
Day Five
Decommissioning
- Possible decommissioning solutions
- Scope of decommissioning obligations
Future issues and challenges
- Meeting future energy demand
- Environmental sustainability
- Security of supply
