Objectives
- Overview of the Oil & Gas Industry
- Prospecting and exploration
- Domestic and international leasing
- Drilling, testing, and completion
- Reserves Evaluation
- Production and maintenance
- Transportation and storage
- Refining, gas processing, liquefied natural gas (LNG), petrochemicals, and natural gas liquids (NGLs), etc.
- Marketing, pricing, and economics
Outline
General Overview of the Industry
- The petroleum industry
- Typical oil & gas Company objectives
- Typical oil & gas Industry activities
- Typical oil & gas industry organization structure
- Interaction between various disciplines
- Meaning of petroleum
- Brief History of the oil & gas Industry
- Uses of petroleum
- Historical crude oil prices
- Worldwide reserves and production
The Origin of Oil & Gas
- The nature of crude oil
- Classification of oil and gas
- Typical oil and gas composition
- Requirements for hydrocarbon accumulation and migration
Reservoir Rock Properties, Traps and Faults
- Porosity
- Capillary pressure
- Permeability
- Structural and Stratigraphic traps
Petroleum Prospecting (Exploration)
- Petroleum prospecting
- Seismic data acquisition
- Stratigraphic cross-section
Reservoir Mapping
- Structure map
- Isopach map
Control of Petroleum Exploitation
- Aspects of leasing
- International contracts
- Typical contract terms
- Concessionary system
- Production sharing system
- Risk service contracts
- Government take
Drilling Operations
- Drilling contracts
- Components of rotary rig
- Routine drilling operations
- Functions of drilling mud
- Classification and functions of casing
- Cementing
- Well control
Type and Orientation of Wells
- Types of wells drilled
- Orientation of wells drilled
Evaluating a Well
- Evaluating a well
- Coring
- Open hole logging tools
- Cased hole logging tools
- Well testing
Reservoir Drives
- Solution-gas drive reservoir
- Gas-cap drive reservoir
- Water drive reservoir
- Combination drive reservoir
Well Completions
- Factors in completion design
- Completion types
- Reservoir stimulation
Artificial Lift Systems
- Why use artificial lift?
- Beam pumping and gas lift
- Hydraulic and Electrical submersible pumps
Separating and Treating Well Fluids
- Crude treatment and processing
- Treating natural gas
Maintenance of Facilities
- Well servicing and work over
- Remedial cementing
Oil & Gas Reserves
Reserves evaluation methods
- Oil and gas reserves estimates
- Volumetric estimates
- Decline curves analysis
- Economic limit
Reservoir Management
- Maximize oil & gas recovery
- Improved oil recovery
- Field development activities
Oil & Gas Processing
- Crude oil refining
- Gas processing
Crude Oil Marketing
Transportation of Oil & Gas
International Contracts
- Concessionary system’s cash-flow
- Production sharing system’s cash-flow
Project Economics
- Data required for economics
- Cash-flow projections
- Typical decision yardsticks
- Characteristics of ideal yardsticks
Investment Selection & Decision-Making
- Investments types
- Types of investment decisions
- Investment decision-making
- Uncertainties in oil and gas investments
Who Should Attend ?
- Finance and Accounting
- Banks and financial institutions
- Human resources and planning
- Legal and marketing
- Security and secretarial staff
- Chemists and technicians
- Field supervisors and training specialists
- Contracts and materials procurement specialists
- Information systems and health, safety & environment (HSE) specialists
- Administrative and technical support staff