COURSE DURATION: 10 days

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LEVEL:  SKILL

 

DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...

• Junior engineers, geologists, geophysicists, petrophysicists, production managers,
  field managers, drilling managers and engineers from other areas who want certification
  in Oil and Gas.

 

HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE

• Well-designed slides with animations and videos. Numerous real-life examples on the topics to be developed in this course. Question and answer sessions.

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THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING

By attending this course, the learner will feel more confident in understanding the most important topics to follow in an oil operation, from prospecting to hydrocarbon production.

Target audience: Junior engineers, geologists, geophysicists, petrophysicists, production managers, field managers, drilling managers and engineers from other areas who want certification in Oil and Gas.

 

 

TOPICS

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Daily diary for 10 days (5 days, 6 hours per day):

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• HSE in operations and behaviour in an operation - 1/2 day (3 hours)

  • HSE in operations

  • Safe attitude in operations

  • Protective equipment

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• Geosciences (Geology, Petrophysics and Seismic) in Reservoir Characterisation - 1 + 1/2 Days (9 hours)

  • The role of a petroleum geologist in a team.
    Examples of data types in a real case study. Scales and integration.

  • Origin of hydrocarbons: natural gas, oil and coal.

  • Rocks and Reservoir Rocks: Igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks and the rock cycle.

  • Oil traps and seals: Faults. Fractures: what they are and what distinguishes them.

  • Geological mapping and contour concepts

  • Reservoir properties: Porosity, Permeability, Saturation, Netgross, Netpay.

  • Introduction to logs and different types of logs.

  • Estimating porosity, water saturation, lithology and hydrocarbons: Sonic, Density, Gamma

  • Determining a rapid qualitative interpretation for a possible zone of interest.

  • Introduction to seismic interpretation

  • Fault interpretation

  • Interpreting horizons

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• Selection and Ranking of Exploration and Production Projects

  • Types, Quality and Refining of Hydrocarbons

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• Reservoir Engineering and Oilfield Development - 1 + 1/2 Days (9 hours)

• Reservoir Classification and Fluid Classification

• Elements of Petroleum Reservoir - fluid content of the reservoir

• Porosity and Effective Porosity

• Permeability and Darcy's law

• Saturation and Capillarity

• Examples and exercises

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• Well drilling - 1 (6 hours)

  • Most important equipment on a rig

  • Pressure and pressure control

  • Drilling fluids and types

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• Production Engineering - Downhole - 1 + 1/2 days (9 Hours)

  • Well completion

  • Productivity

  • Production stimulation methods

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• Production Engineering - Surface - 1 Day (6 hours)

• Oil and gas separation (equipment)

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• Flow Assurance - 1/2 Day (3 Hours)

• New oil and gas science

• Process flow regimes influence and mitigation

• Structural integrity of piping systems

• Environmental concerns and control

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• Well Integrity - 1 Day (6 Hours)

• Well integrity and management systems

• Surface and underground barriers

• AP Control

• Corrosion

• Protection of cement quality

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• Well P&A, Plug & Abandonment - 1/2 Day

  • Legal and technical requirements (API, UAS, Europe)

  • Different abandonment methods up to new technologies, without rig localisatioN​

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• Leadership in the Oil & Gas Industry - 1/2 Day

• Good Leadership is the Key to Success’

• The differences between leadership and management

• Turning leadership theory into practical leadership

• Leadership styles

• Innovative Leadership skills

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INSTRUCTOR:

Course can be delivered 

Online or, either in Class room in Client´s permisses or in Algarve Portugal