Basic Petroleum Technology

This course will provide the participants with an overview of the oil and gas production and related facilities. It will present an overview/fundamental understanding of the wide range of oil and gas production handling and treatment equipment. The training gives emphasis of the calculation of reserves, fluids properties from reservoir through gathering network.

The Delegates:

The course is designed for non-petroleum engineering, secretarial, administrative, management, field support, accounting, purchasing, economics, legal, finance, human resources, drafting, land and data processing personnel, and those interested in obtaining a general understanding of the petroleum industry.

The Goals:

The Primary Objectives of the course are to:

• Familiarize the participants with global oil & gas related statistics, such as reserves, production, consumption and exports.
• Familiarize the participants with both upstream, middle stream and downstream operations and related facilities.
• Familiarize the participants with various methods and techniques used to explore, drill, produce, treat and transport oil, gas and their products.
• Gain an overview of the typical oil & gas operations facilities from wellhead, flow lines, separators, tanks, pumps and compressors, pipelines, gas treatment and processing, refinery operations, etc
• Understand the basic concept with regards to evaluating oil & gas reserves, artificial lift and enhancing recovery.
• Understand the challenge associated with this industry such as offshore operations, horizontal drilling and other safety concerns.
• Get a general feel for petroleum economics and risk analysis

Core Competencies:

• Gain an overall knowledge of various hydrcarbon production processes from the time a reservoir is discovered to end users
• Understand the role of the petroleum/reservoir engineer in optemizing recovery
• Familiarize with various surface and sub-surface equipments and processing facilities used in a typical oil & gas field.
• Gain a general knowledge about health, safety and enviromnmental issues.
• Understand the role of petroleum economiucs in evaluating field development projects

Day 1

• Session 1: Energy Types
• Session 2: Global Statistics
• Oil & Gas Reserves, Production, Export, and Consumption
• Session 3: The Need for Oil & Gas
• Session 4: The Upstream Operations
• Origin of Oil & Gas
• Reservoir types
• Exploring for Oil & Gas
• Seismic Technology

Day 2

• Session 1: Drilling an Exploration well
• Session 2: Directional Drilling
• Session 3: Offshore Drilling
• Session 4: Well Testing & Completion
• Session 5: Well Stimulation & Workover
• Session 6: Rock & Fluid Properties

Day 3

• Session 1: Oil & Gas Production
• Session 2: Artificial Lift Methods
• Session 3: Recovery Mechanisms
• Session 4: Reservoir Simulation
• Session 5: Pressure Maintenance
• Session 6: Enhanced Oil Recovery
• Session 7: Surface Facilities

Day 4

• Session 1: The Downstream Operations
• Oil Storage & Transportation
• Gas Treatment & Processing
• Refinery Operations & Products
• Petrochemical Industry

Day 5

• Session 1: The Role of Technology
• Session 2: Health, Safety & Environment
• Session 3: Corrosion Protection
• Session 4: Petroleum Economics