Overview Industry benchmarking has shown that the difference in cost and schedule between best and worst projects can be as much as 30% and the total cost of ownership over the life of the asset can be astronomical.  In today’s competitive business environment this can mean a difference between a profitable company versus the one…

Overview Oil and gas companies are facing tremendous pressure to meet operational targets, avoid business interruption and improve their process safety performance while reducing the risks associated with operating complex offshore facilities. The need for a proven path to process safety excellence has never been greater, especially as organizations take on new challenges, such as…

Overview Managing increasing volumes of data and information is essential to the success of oil, gas and petrochemical companies. It contributes greatly to the overall productivity and efficiency of the organization. Millions of dollars are lost due to poor data and knowledge management practices, therefore operating companies are shifting towards database centralization and integration. Data…

Overview API 650 covers material, design, fabrication, erection, and testing requirements for aboveground, vertical, cylindrical, closed- and open-top, welded steel storage tanks in various sizes and capacities. API 650 applies to tanks with internal pressures approximating atmospheric pressure, but higher pressure is permitted when additional requirements are met. This standard applies only to tanks whose…

Overview This four-day intensive course offers a unique opportunity to gain an advanced appreciation of pricing and Price Review issues in International Gas and LNG Sales Contracts. In these contractual arrangements, Price Review provisions have now become almost mandatory and are becoming increasingly difficult and complex. The course will also address how disputes in implementing…

Overview Gas lift is one of the most widely used artificial lift techniques. Participants will investigate the impact of tubing sizing, gas lift valve selection, gas lift mandrel spacing, gas lift valve design, casing pressure, surface choke size, gas volume, etc., on well design and operation. Participants practice mandrel spacing design and gas lift valve…

Overview Important aspects of hydraulic fracturing will be discussed along with addressing the general process, the terminology, and many of the real-world problems— in a precise format. The overall emphasis is how hydraulic fracturing fits-in with, is impacted by, or impacts geologic concerns, reservoir engineering, and operations. It will provide a general familiarity with fundamentals of the complete hydraulic fracturing process.   Who…

Overview The costs of corrosion are known to be significant. Whilst the global economy is recovering it is still crucial for oil and gas operators to extend the asset life-cycle to push back replacement investments. In order to do this safely, whilst preventing unplanned shutdowns, spills, loss of income and production it is imperative to…

Overview As a result of increasing demand, as well as improvement in the chemical EOR process and technologies, more and more oil & gas operators are looking at how chemical EOR can benefit them. Market analysis has concluded that 377,685 bbl/d will be produced by chemical enhanced oil recovery techniques in 2014, with spending totalling…

Overview Production logging refers to a suite of logs that are normally run on completed injection or production wells to evaluate the performance of the well itself or of the reservoir as a whole. Other production logs can evaluate the well completion or look behind pipe to evaluate the formation and its fluids in the…

Overview Price review issues are becoming almost mandatory in contractual arrangements in international gas and LNG sales contracts. This course affords you the crucial understanding of essential issues you must take note of when negotiating such contracts so as to achieve the best possible deal. This intensive course offers a unique opportunity to gain an…

Overview This will be a 3-days intensive course with an introduction to ASME B31.3 Process Piping Code. This course emphasis is on developing a practical understanding of the mechanical design of pressure piping systems in process plant applications. Sample problems and participant exercises are included throughout the course to illustrate the concepts discussed and provide the…

Overview This 4-days intensive course will provide functional specification in design and best practices interfaces with topsides. It will begin with an introduction to FPSO and functional specifications that specify the concept design, listing the requirements, criteria and parameters. Delegates also will learn about the topside process systems, power and heating systems selectiona and utility…

Overview Well Bore Diagnostics is the single most important intervention method to monitor the reservoir behavior, ensure optimum production levels and define the need to restore production from wells that seized production or suffer from reduced production levels as well as investigate the integrity of the pressure envelope of the well. The Process Well Bore…

Overview The workshop is designed to present current state of the art approaches to formation pressure and earth stress evaluation up to and including HTHP wells. Subsurface non-productive time (NPT) currently accounts for some 10% of well costs. This course will provide the key tools to help to predict, evaluate and mitigate subsurface risks to enable wells to…

Overview A highly interactive course with multiple workshops where participants will create deliverables focused on their own company’s data management challenges and priorities. Examples come from a variety of disciplines and domains. Content is aligned with the Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Data Analyst Competency Profile, and can be used as proof points in the UK…

Overview Special Preparatory Course for API 653 Exams This course will emphasize on safe storage and material handling of petroleum products in a way that it protects the employees, the public and the environment. Delegates will have the insight of how to interpret code rulings and building up confidence in order to take decisions. Besides that,…

Overview Carbonate reservoirs contain over 50 percent of the unconventional oil and gas reservoirs globally. This course will enable you to learn how to recover hydrocarbons effectively despite carbonate reservoirs' reputed complexity. It will demonstrate the way ahead for the matrix complexity of carbonate reservoirs and discuss the relative role of new discoveries versus enhancement…

Overview Well Integrity Management should have the highest priority and attention in each E&P Company. It is simply about protecting the most valuable Asset of the Company, preventing costly environmental incidents and whilst protecting the Operators reputation, it is securing extension of Production licenses and/or securing future licenses; being the Operator of Choice. It therefore…

Overview Completion and Well Intervention are the engineering and operational steps from designing and installing a completion in a well up to performing interventions in the producing wells to maintain and restore its oil and gas production. The C&WI is a very specialised field, with a lot of special and dedicated equipment. The application of…

Overview A highly interactive course with multiple workshops where participants will create deliverables focused on their own company’s data management challenges and priorities. Examples come from a variety of disciplines and domains. Content is aligned with the Professional Petroleum Data Management (PPDM) Data Analyst Competency Profile, and can be used as proof points in the UK…

Overview Contract negotiation especially in Gas and LNG industry has been a crucial part for organisations around the world. This course will show you how key terms work in both Gas and LNG sales and Purchase Agreements. You will be able to identify the new and realistic negotiation and agreement terms. Delegates are able to…

Overview This course will give a fresh and practical input on the way engineers can go about safeguarding the structural integrity of any offshore installation preventing the use of hot-work. Using the three pillar of life extension concept, participants will learn to use Fatigue Assessment, Inspection and weld improvements techniques to enable new possibilities in…

Overview It is assumed that students have registered for the CDA self-assessment, have experience at the  Awareness and Basic levels and can exhibit the proof points for those levels in the CMS system. This course is specifically designed to deliver the proof points needed to verify an Advanced level of competency in these selected topics.…

Overview Well designed and properly implemented Well intervention is the most effective method to improve well production. While a correctly carried out well intervention plays an instrumental role in increasing the profit of E&P operation, poor execution of well interventions decreases well productivity and in worse cases, it may also give rise to astronomical loss,…

Overview Traditionally seismic interpretation had been essentially qualitative with little emphasis on the physical understanding of seismic amplitude variations. In the last few decades however, seismic interpreters have place increasing emphasis on more quantitative techniques for seismic interpretation as these can validate hydrocarbon anomalies and give additional information using prospect evaluation and reservoir characterisation.  Advances…