Course Objectives

To familiarise the participants with global oil and gas related statistics; upstream, middle stream and downstream operations; various methods to explore, produce and export oil & gas; various operations of the entire petroleum industry; the basic concept of evaluating oil & gas reserves, including artificial lift and enhancing recovery; the challenges associated with the industry to include offshore operations, horizontal drilling and other safety concern. Also to get a general feel for petroleum economics and risk analysis


Who Should Attend?

Non-petroleum engineering, secretarial, administrative and management personnel. Those involved in accounting, purchasing, economics, legal work, finance, human resources, drafting, land and data processing personnel and anyone interested in obtaining a general understanding of the petroleum industry


Prerequisites

None


Course Overview

• Global distribution of Hydrocarbon resources
• Exploration for oil and gas
• Drilling
• Data gathering and analysis
• Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production
• Crude Oil separation
• Storage, Metering and Related Operations
• Health, Safety & Environmental Corrosion Control
• Crude and Product Transportation
• Oil Refining
• Gas Processing
• Petroleum Economics & Risk Management


Course Materials

Notes, handouts and exercise materials