Fundamentals of Oil and Gas Exploration and Drilling
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Fundamentals of Oil and Gas Exploration and Drilling Course
Introduction:
This training course will provide delegates a full and comprehensive picture of Oil & Gas Industry. Professional from Oil & Gas Industry and other relevant sectors are able to grasp clearly the critical activities at upstream, middle stream and downstream of this Industry. This training course will also offer contemporary methods in Oil & Gas Industry. A structured approach would be taken whereby delegates have opportunities to engage, relate and contextualize meaningfully the fundamentals of the Oil & Gas Industry.
Course Objectives:
Oil & Gas Exploration Fundamentals for Non-Technical Professionals
- Be able to identify the various acreage acquisition methods available and the legal processes involved in exploration
- Gain an overview of petroleum geology, geophysics, and drilling
- Understand exploration terminology and gain an overview of the technical processes involved
- Better visualize various exploration equipment/technologies and understand the major cost components
- To understand the nature, practicalities, and realities of the Oil & Gas Industry and its complexities
- To critically review and appraise the Oil & Gas Lifecycle, e.g., exploration processes, reserves investigation, drilling, extraction methods, transportation, processing of crude Oil & Gas, refining and sale of products
- To be aware of typical forms of agreements between exploration and production companies, host government and other related stakeholders (partners)
- To probe the complete and integrated Oil & Gas Industry supply chain at Upstream, Middle stream and downstream
- Appreciate the technical and economic risks involved in petroleum exploration
Who Should Attend?
All staff working as Drilling Professionals.
- Beginners and any new starts in the Oil & Gas Industry
- Oil & Gas professionals who are keen to attain a holistic and integrated overview of the Oil & Gas Industry in a structured approach
- Non-technical professionals who aim to understand the intrinsic of the Oil & Gas Industry
- Non-Oil & Gas professionals who are moving or seeking new career opportunities in this highly demanding and complex Industry
- Any professionals who aspire to learn the basics and fundamentals of the Oil & Gas Industry
Course Outlines:
Introduction and fundamentals to the Oil and Gas Industry
- Introduction to the Oil & Gas Industry (Hydrocarbon Terminologies)
- How Sedimentary Rocks are formed – Formation of Oil & Gas
- Hydrocarbon Traps
- Offshore and Onshore Oilfield Development Plan
- Current Market Trends in the Oil & Gas Industry
Reservoir – Geology and Exploration
- Oil & Gas Industry Upstream, Middle Stream and Down Stream Phases, Deliverables and Activities
- What is an Oil and Natural Gas Reservoir?
- Geology, Surface Mapping and Surveys
- Geophysics and Basement Rocks
- Seismic Exploration and The Seismic Survey
- Exploration Methods
Ownership and Drilling Operations
- Acquiring Petroleum Rights
- Surface Rights vs Petroleum Rights
- Drilling the Well and Drilling Technology
- Casing and Logging the Well
- The Drill Stem Test
- The Blowout Preventer
Well Completion and Offshore Structures
- The Technology of Offshore Drilling
- Types of Offshore Drilling Rigs
- Development Wells
- Completing a Well
- Crude Oil Treatment
- Offshore Structures and Production
Production of Oil and Gas, Middle Stream and Downstream Activities
- Separation Process
- Pumping Equipment for Liquids
- Compressor, Valves, Heat Exchangers and Pipelines
- Downstream – Oil Refinery Operation
- Petrochemicals Products and Distribution methods
- Transportation and Sales