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 offers participants a comprehensive understanding of the Oil & Gas Industry, encompassing its upstream, midstream, and downstream activities. Professionals from the Oil & Gas Industry and related sectors will gain a clear insight into the critical operations within this industry.
The course not only covers the fundamentals of the Oil & Gas Industry but also provides insights into contemporary methods and practices. A structured approach is adopted, allowing participants to actively engage, relate, and contextualize the key concepts of the industry.
By the end of the course, delegates will have a thorough and meaningful understanding of the Oil & Gas Industry, enabling them to apply their knowledge effectively in their professional roles.
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