Subsea Control Systems & Umbilicals - Virtual instructor Led Training (VILT)

This Virtual instructor Led Training (VILT) course will provide detailed learning to the various aspects of the design, analysis and operation of subsea control systems for a variety of field development options to allow effective management of subsea facilities either from offshore structures or from shore bases.

Competency Management & Assurance in the Energy Industry - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This VILT will focus on Competence Management Systems (CMS) which are typically in use within the Energy Industry, their structure and process development requirements.

Advanced Well Integrity Management - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This intensive Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course is designed to deepen your knowledge of well integrity management, and skills for designing, operating, and maintaining well equipment. The ultimate goal is to optimize productivity at the lowest Unit Operating Cost (UOC) and to maintain mechanical integrity throughout well life cycle.

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage (CCUS) – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 5 half-day Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course covers carbon capture and geological storage of carbon dioxide.

Harness Big Data for Upstream Analytics - Virtual instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 5-half day VILT course introduces the key concepts of ML & DL and the understanding of terminology and meaning of the AI landscape. The course will give you a deeper insight with case studies and will explore ML & DL soft-computing architecture and its parameters. The course will cover case studies in drilling and completion, subsurface reservoir characterization and production & forecasting optimization.

Petroleum Engineering for Non-Petroleum Engineering Technical Professionals – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

As Petroleum Engineering (PE) activities continue to increase, professionals like you must grasp the language and technology of PE operations in order to maximise expenditures throughout the producing life of a well.

Critical Thinking In Geoscience - The Value of Integrated Data Interpretation and the Skills Required to Frame and Solve the Problems - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This data driven training course aims to provide a mechanism to overcome barriers and facilitate collaboration, coordination, cooperation and co-creation between the disciplines. We need to step back and rediscover the analytical methods at our disposal and learn how they can be used to solve the problems that we face in exploration and production studies through critical thinking.

LNG Markets, Pricing, Trading & Risk Management - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 5 half-day intensive intermediate level Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course will give you cutting-edge knowledge needed in today’s complex LNG market.

Technical Report Writing and Presentation Skills for Oil & Gas Engineers and Technical Professionals - ILM Recognised Course Provider - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Oil & Gas professionals increasingly need to translate complex findings, analysis and recommendations for effective decision-making. If you face challenges in getting your findings into paper, you will benefit from this Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT).

Completion Design - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This comprehensive VILT will concentrate on the important aspects of completion design and what makes a safe and efficient well, using practical examples, presentations, videos, and animations.

Upstream Oil & Gas Development Lifecycle Costing - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

The lifecycle costs of an upstream oil & gas development are typically very high and subject to great uncertainty. However, it is crucial to be able to generate reliable cost estimates, covering the full lifecycle, at every stage. Costing is particularly challenging during the early lifecycle stages, when uncertainty is at a maximum, and information is limited and often unavailable. It is during the early (front-end) stages of exploration and development that reliable costs are crucial to ...

Pumps, Compressors, Turbines & Troubleshooting - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) has been designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of the fluid mechanic fundamentals and operating practice of pumps, compressors and gas and steam turbines.

Trap, Top - and Fault Seal Analysis - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

In this 5-day course, the main aspects that need to be considered for trap and seal analysis will be discussed, including understanding and identifying spill and potential leak points of traps, theoretical aspects of seals and sealing capacity,methods to assess the sealing potential of seals,trap identification and analysis in a variety of extensional and in compressional settings, unusual traps, such as basement traps,sealing mechanisms and reasons of seal failure; permeability seals and...

Gas Processing - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

The 5 half-day sessions cover the design of systems for natural gas handling and treatment from the wellhead to the gas processing plant to achieve marketable products that meet desired product specifications.

International Gas Market and Economic Evaluation of Gas/LNG Projects – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Covering the dynamics of the gas industry, this 8 half-day Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course enables participants to gain in-depth knowledge of gas market and economic evaluation of gas projects.

Introduction to Energy Transition – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Man induced climate change is now an accepted phenomenon that has become one of the most pressing crises humanity faces today. As the most abundant greenhouse gas in our atmosphere, CO2 levels have risen from a pre industrial baseline of 280 ppm to ~410 ppm leading to a rise in average global temperatures at a rate unprecedented in geological past.

Analytical Method to Estimate Maximum Recovery Factors for Various Displacement Processes – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) teaches an analytical method to get a reasonable estimate of the maximum expected Ultimate Recovery by a viscously dominated displacement process like water, polymer or gas injection.

Data-Driven Geophysical and Petrophysical Models – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Are you someone in Exploration & Production interested in using Python or vendor-specific Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) software to be a key member of your company's digitalization project? This three-half-day VILT course will then get you going with sound background understanding, illustrated by real case studies.

Optimising Gas Well Performance – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) not only serves the surveillance and capacity needs of existing gas wells but also the design requirements of new gas wells.

Advanced HPHT Well Engineering – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

By attending this Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course, participants will gain critical knowledge and will be able to develop essential skills relating to HPHT Well Engineering. The VILT course focuses on key characteristics and challenges of HPHT wells from well design, planning, engineering and operational perspectives.

1) Finance for Non-Finance Professionals in Oil & Gas 2) Petroleum Fiscal Regimes & Applied Finance for Non-Finance Oil & Gas Professionals - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This course is not designed to skill Oil & Gas engineers to be accountants, but to give participants the confidence and ability to communicate with accountants and finance managers and to improve their own financial decision making.

Drilling Essentials for New Engineers and Non-Technical Professionals in Oil & Gas - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Drilling Essentials will help you de-mystify activities around the rig and well planning. It will explain the fundamentals of drilling with an emphasis on key areas such as logistical considerations, costing, and analysis of drilling contracts. Understand the urgency of drilling requests, know more about the cost implications of drilling-related problems, and understand the risks involved in a drilling contract.

Introduction to Exploration and Production for New Engineers and Non-Technical Professionals in Oil & Gas - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Explore the multi-disciplinary nature of Oil & Gas exploration & production by examining the process, technology and technical terminology used during operations in an upstream business.

Coiled Tubing Operations - The Equipment, The Applications, Well Control & HSE, Emerging Technologies - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This course covers the surface and pressure control equipment, the bottom-hole assembly components, the details of the different types of interventions performed with Coiled Tubing and how to deal with fatigue and corrosion.

Process Safety Engineering - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) [IChemE Approved Training Course]

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) covers all the main elements of IChemE’s Process Safety Competency framework: culture, knowledge and competence, engineering and design, human factors, systems and procedures, and assurance.

Pipeline Integrity Management – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) provides a sound review of Pipeline Integrity Management strategies, in compliance with regulatory requirements, including self-assessment. The VILT is highly interactive and takes the form of lectures and case studies.

Introduction to Data Analytics & Visualization - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course aims to give an overview of what Data Analytics or Data Science is and demystify the common terms used in the industry as well as showcase its applications. The applications are to help participants understand better where the possible use of data analytics can be applied in their respective field of work or discipline.

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): Project Risks & How to Manage Them - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

In this 5 half-day Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course, the methods for managing risk in CCS projects are addressed with a focus on CO2 injection and storage.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) - Well Head and Xmas Tree Maintenance and Testing

It is critical that field operators have suitable wellhead and Xmas tree maintenance plans in place for routine well maintenance operations so that problem areas can be identified and remedied quickly and effectively.

Deepwater Drilling Operations - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This VILT provides participants with a wealth of practical and operationally focused knowledge and helps to build critical skills in well delivery, with an emphasis on the operational aspects of well delivery in Deepwater.

Small Scale LNG & Bunkering - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course has been developed to provide insights into this exiting phase of LNG usage; as marine fuel and delivering natural gas to smaller and/or previously inaccessible locations and markets.

Basin Analysis - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This VILT course will focus on the geological fundamentals such as how different basin types differ in subsidence mechanisms, basin cycles, heat flow through time, depositional systems, structural styles and their type of petroleum systems.

Advanced Well Integrity Management - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This intensive Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course is designed to deepen your knowledge of well integrity management, and skills for designing, operating, and maintaining well equipment. The ultimate goal is to optimize productivity at the lowest Unit Operating Cost (UOC) and to maintain mechanical integrity throughout well life cycle.

LNG Fundamentals - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This introductory level Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) provides a solid foundation to understand Gas and LNG Businesses by covering the relevant Technical, Commercial, Financial and Contractual aspects.

Financial Reporting & Compliance for International E&P (IFRS) - Virtual Instructor Led Training

This 5-day advanced-level Virtual Instructor Led Training aims to provide those already familiar with accounting for E&P activities, with a thorough understanding of international financial reporting standards and disclosure requirements necessary for listed and large private companies with government or institutional investors.

Petroleum Geology for Non-Geologists (Featuring Virtual Reality Field Trips) - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Course facilitator has delivered petroleum geology training to many companies over the years,facilitator is also a professionally trained teacher and former university lecturer who is experienced in communicating with people at all levels of technical knowledge, practical exercises, experiments, examination of real rocks, a virtual reality field trip and case study are used to clarify and reinforce important concepts.

Well Intervention and Productivity School - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

During the life of an oilfield, many well interventions are needed. They will be required for one of three reasons: To repair or replace damaged completion components (restoration of well integrity); To improve inflow performance (reduction of skin); To improve tubing performance (removing impediments to flow or installing artificial lift).

Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) For Process Plants/ Safeguarding – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

The design of this VILT is such that all learning styles are catered for in a participative, friendly environment. This is a highly interactive VILT. Theory, techniques and principles are presented via lecture, video, and practical case studies, then reinforced with individual and syndicate exercises. It is our goal to ensure the subject matter is relevant to all and participants will be encouraged to share experiences and give their own personal insights into the subject matter. Questions...

Fundamentals of Seismic for Non-Geophysicists - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Covers the entire seismic process from acquisition, through processing to interpretation and in doing so shows how each relates to and impacts the other, presenter is actively consulting to one of the world’s largest seismic companies. Course is essentially non-mathematical and makes wide use of diagrams, pictures, demonstrations and short videos to explain complex concepts.Numerous hands-on exercises and case studies are used to clarify and reinforce learnings. As much as possible, studen...

Subsea Well Intervention - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 3-day intermediate level course focuses on areas of interest unique to the subsea environment, such as subsea trees and wellheads, intervention riser systems and riserless subsea interventions.

Exploration & Production Data Management and Physical Asset Management - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This training course is designed to present the principles of efficient management of E & P Data and physical assets.

Advanced Carbonate Reservoir Engineering - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Reservoir engineering methods as practised in carbonate fields will be addressed in this Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT). Practical and actual carbonate reservoir problems and examples will be used to illustrate relevant subjects. Specific reservoir engineering problems related to the heterogeneity, fluid-rock interaction and the often fractured nature of carbonate rocks will be examined.

Repurposing Subsurface Petroleum Skills for Carbon Capture Utilization & Storage (CCUS) - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Repurposing Subsurface Petroleum Skills for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCUS) is a Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course conducted in an interactive manner. It will include presentations by the instructors and interactive quizzes and exercises, including hands-on experience.

Best Practice in Portfolio Management in Upstream Oil and Gas – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 4 half-day Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course presents the principles and best practices of portfolio management in the upstream (E&P) oil and gas industry.

Project Economics, Risk and Decision Analysis for Oil & Gas – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course looks at the setup of economic analysis cases, including the estimation of recoverable reserves, production profiles, commodity prices, and project costs – CAPEX, OPEX, taxes, royalties, transportation, depreciation, before-tax (BTAX) cash-flow, after-tax (ATAX) cash-flow and international fiscal regimes (production sharing agreement and concessionary system).

Materials Management - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) will explain the importance of an efficient Materials Management in the Supply Chain process.

Prospect Risks & Volumes Assessment - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This VILT course explains how risks and volumes can be assessed in a realistic manner, based on a sound understanding of the geological details of the prospect as well as its regional geological setting and current play understanding.

Technical Report Writing and Presentation Skills for Oil & Gas Engineers and Technical Professionals - ILM Recognised Course Provider - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Oil & Gas professionals increasingly need to translate complex findings, analysis and recommendations for effective decision-making. If you face challenges in getting your findings into paper, you will benefit from this Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT).

Integrated Methods for Offshore LNG Transfer - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) will explore the key components, design codes, parameters and configurations in offshore LNG transfer technologies and allow attendees to: Learn about LNG storage & loading systems in terms of safety and process constraints. Know the technical specifications of the different offshore LNG transfer technologies available on the market. Explore the key parameters and the different configurations of each technology solution. Understand the technical ...

Leadership & Team Dynamics in Oil & Gas (ILM Recognised Course Provider) - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This VILT will equip you with key skills that you can utilise to maximise your staff’s performance in line with the company’s objectives

Lubricant Analysis and Condition Monitoring - ICML, Machine For Lubricant Analyst Level II (MLAII) Certification - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This VILT has been designed to help your company's reliability drive in the areas of lubrication, oil analysis and contamination control. It not only covers the fundamentals, but provides best practice solutions to ensure your plant achieves world class levels in lubrication management. The course content covers the body of knowledge as laid out by the International Council for Machinery Lubrication (ICML) for Machine Lubricant Analyst Level II (MLAII) certification.

EPCIC Contract Management & Essential Elements of International Contract Laws – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 5 half-day VILT looks at important topics such as contracting strategies, liabilities of the parties, issues of indemnity warranties and guarantees. This workshop will provide you with a forum to explore root causes behind disputes as ambiguous clauses or one sided contracts and strategies to deal with such scenarios.

Advanced Casing Design – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 8 half-day VILT course reviews the fundamentals of Casing Design and builds on them to address well design challenges associated with deep, extended reach, HPHT and deepwater wells.

Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) - Virtual Instructor Led Training

This 8 half-day course will focus on equipment and procedures required to deliver the full range of different MPD techniques as well as the integration training required to maintain appropriate well integrity and well control barriers throughout the operation.

Process Safety Engineering - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) [IChemE Approved Training Course]

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) covers all the main elements of IChemE’s Process Safety Competency framework: culture, knowledge and competence, engineering and design, human factors, systems and procedures, and assurance.

Applied Petroleum Geomechanics - Pore Pressure Prediction and Maintaining Wellbore Stability - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

The 8 half-day sessions provide a fundamental level of understanding of the geomechanical factors that affect wellbore instability and the prediction and management of abnormal pore pressures.

Joint Venture Auditing in Oil & Gas – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This intermediate level 5 half-day Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course examines auditing concepts, principles and practices specific to the international Exploration & Production sector.

Production System Optimization (PSO) – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course looks at an integrated way to production systems – from reservoir to wells to facilities. The course applies a structured approach to understand and analyse the production system, with the objective to identify bottlenecks and optimization opportunities.

Seismic Stratigraphic Interpretation in Different Basin Settings (Passive, Extensional, Convergent & Oblique) – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Comprising of 5 half-day sessions, this intermediate to advanced level Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) is specifically designed for senior exploration geoscientists currently active in hydrocarbon play and prospect mapping to optimise conceptual geological input into their technical evaluation.

Supply Chain In Upstream Oil & Gas: Purchasing & Procurement - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This VILT defines the Supply Chain process by equipping participants on the details of the Supply Chain functions and their interaction.

E&P Technical Services Contract - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This VILT allows all parties involved – Company, Contractors and sub-Contractors – to better understand the contractual relationship, their rights and obligations. It gives a detailed review of the Contract and its main features.

Distributed Control System (DCS) Applications, Selection & Troubleshooting - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This VILT will cover the practical applications of DCS and is based on a selection of subjects that either have had a strong impact on distributed systems today or explore novel ideas which may be of importance for the future.

Well Drilling AFE, Forecasting & Cost Control - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This intermediate-level 5-day Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) covers the elements which comprise the well cost, how to estimate, forecast and monitor them. It also covers elements like geographical location, type of well and profile, hole depth, well targets, rig type, completion type, and contracting strategies.

Drilling Essentials for New Engineers and Non-Technical Professionals in Oil & Gas - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Drilling Essentials will help you de-mystify activities around the rig and well planning. It will explain the fundamentals of drilling with an emphasis on key areas such as logistical considerations, costing, and analysis of drilling contracts. Understand the urgency of drilling requests, know more about the cost implications of drilling-related problems, and understand the risks involved in a drilling contract.

Introduction to Exploration and Production for New Engineers and Non-Technical Professionals in Oil & Gas - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Explore the multi-disciplinary nature of Oil & Gas exploration & production by examining the process, technology and technical terminology used during operations in an upstream business.

Rigless Interventions: Slickline, Coiled Tubing, Hydraulic Workover & New Technologies - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 5-day Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) is designed to provide you with a thorough knowledge and understanding of the surface equipment, downhole tools, applications and operational contingencies for most Rigless Interventions techniques used in Oil & Gas wells worldwide.

Data-Driven Forecasting for Optimized Production in Well Portfolio – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Are you someone in E&P who is interested in using Python to be a key member of your company's digitalization project to optimize field production and employ data-driven forecasting techniques? This two half-day session will then get you going with sound background understanding, illustrated by real case studies. Some open-source Jupyter Notebooks will be shared with participants to start their journey towards accurate and reliable Forecasting.

Petroleum Geochemistry in Petroleum Exploration

This course focuses on methods and applications of petroleum geochemistry for source rock, maturity, and fluid (oils, oil seeps, oil shows, condensates, and gases) evaluation.

Introduction to Machine Learning For Geophysics - Blended Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

“Let the data speak for itself” is something that many scientists mention when referring to Machine Learning (ML), indicating that hidden or latent relationships between observations and classes of (desired) outcomes can be derived using these algorithms.

Machine Learning & Data Science For Subsurface Oil & Gas Professionals - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

The 4th Industrial Revolution (IR4) Technologies are transforming the way we work and accomplish daily tasks in the Oil & Gas industry, by increasing efficiency and reducing redundancy.

Python Programming for Upstream Oil & Gas Projects - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

The Python programming language is at the forefront of data science, helping engineers, analysts and scientists, extract value from their data with its extensive library and intuitive programming concepts.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training – An analytical method to estimate maximum Recovery Factors for various displacement processes

This 2 half day Micro VILT  teaches analytical methods to get a reasonable estimation of the maximum expected Ultimate Recovery by a viscous dominated displacement process like water, polymer or gas injection.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) - Structure and Tectonics of the Northern Gulf of Mexico

This Micro VILT will focus on the processes and styles of salt-related deformation using a combination of subsurface and outcrop examples from around the world.

Aeronautical Operations & Safety - Virtual instructor Led Training (VILT)

Aeronautical Operations course is a comprehensive and detailed course on Helicopter/Airplane Support Operations. Upstream industry operators intensively apply this transportation mode to transfer personnel to remote and isolated offshore and onshore locations. The conditions for using this transportation mode comes with very stringent safety regulations and practices, ensuring low rate of accidents. 

Living Base Management - Virtual instructor Led Training (VILT)

The management of a Living Base in remote area is much more than administration. It is closely related to the health and employee well being in places where food and accommodation is essential for personnel. The management of food catering including the food supply, food safety management systems and  HACCP standards will key considerations in this training course. 

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Subsea Well Interface Options

This Micro VILT focuses on Smart Well Interfaces. It will also have a review of the various Interventions Systems such as RWLI, WOR supplied by FMC, Helix, Oceaneering.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Subsurface - Upper Completion

This Micro VILT focuses on deepwater cold environment impact to flow assurance, upper completion equipment topics specific to deepwater/subsea and on options on Downhole artificial lifts method available for subsea well.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Subsurface – Lower Completion

This Micro VILT focuses on wellbore clean out topic specifically related to deepwater floater rig, lower completion tools (gravel packing) and surface pumping topics specifically related to deepwater floater rig and an overview of hazards associated with deepwater and cold environment impact on completion fluid selection.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) - Subsea XMT‘S

This Micro VILT is about in depth explanation of various subsea XMT design, from old to latest covering dual bore and monobore VXT, HXT (various design), latest development in XMT design. Using API 17D as reference.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – SURF & MODU Selection

This Micro VILT also focuses on MODU overview and selection based on completion requirement.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Deepwater Development Overview

This Micro VILT focuses on introduction deepwater developments, overview of the various subsea architecture and overview of subsea development type.

Deepwater Well Completion & Intervention, Plug & Abandonment – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) is an overview of well design, construction, verification, operation, intervention, optimisation and eventual P&A.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) - Carbonate Reservoir Geology: A Refresher

This Micro VILT examines the key characteristics of carbonate reservoirs from a depositional perspective. The second module covers diagenetic characteristics.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) - Carbonate Reservoir Diagenesis with particular reference to Middle Eastern reservoirs

This VILT Micro examines the key characteristics of carbonate reservoir diagenesis using examples from formations in the Middle East and elsewhere and links them to variations in reservoir quality.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – The Guyana-Suriname Basin

This Micro VILT examines the petroleum plays of the Guyana-Surinam Basin, their potential and critical success factors.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) - Carbonate and Carbonate/ Evaporite Sequence Stratigraphy

This Micro VILT examines key changes in carbonate sedimentation patterns and discusses how they can be much better understood by applying our understanding of controls on deposition and their response to relative sea-level change.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Risking of Prospects with Geophysical Evidence

This Micro VILT examines a workflow combining geophysical evidence in realistic and auditable prospect risking.

Geological Mapping and Interpreting Clastic Reservoirs for Exploration & Exploitation - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) aims at improving the conceptual geological understanding behind predicting presence and quality distribution of potential reservoirs, starting from seismic and sequence stratigraphic principles.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) - Carbonate Reservoirs: Considerations of Wettability, Capillary Pressure, Saturation profiles and modelling

This Micro VILT examines the key characteristics of carbonate reservoir petrophysical character using examples from formations across the world and links them to variations in reservoir behaviour.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) - Is the Present the Key to the Past? Global and Temporal considerations in understanding Carbonate Reservoirs

This Micro VILT examines key changes in Earth conditions throughout the Phanerozoic and their influence on carbonate deposition and thereby potential reservoir character.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) - Bitumens: Origins, Significance and Reservoir Mapping with reference to the Mesozoic of the Arabian Gulf

This Micro VILT examines the key characteristics of pyrobitumens that are commonly found in Mesozoic Formations in the Arabian Gulf. Using published examples the course will try to understand the variable distribution and effects on the reservoir performance of pyrobitumen, in particular in the Arab Formations.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Practical Well Control - what they DON’T teach at Well Control School

This Micro VILT takes a look at a number of key elements of the process of planning for, detecting and controlling a kick and subsequently re-establishing Primary Well Control.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) - Connection Assurance 1: Connection Qualification & Selection

This Micro VILT reviews the design characteristics of API and Premium connections and then explains the process of Connection Qualification using API 5C5 / ISO 13679.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Connection Assurance 2: Testing and Torque/Turn Management

This Micro VILT examines options for testing connections and then focuses on torque/turn analysis that should be applied whenever a premium Connection tubular is run into a well.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – The Drilling Window

This Micro VILT looks at the practical limits for the drilling window and how these can be estimated during the well design stage and measured during well delivery.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Drilling 101: Introduction to Marine Drilling

This 3-part Micro VILT is designed to help participants acquire the fundamental knowledge on Marine Drilling processes on offshore jack-up and floater drilling rigs.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Introduction to Dynamic Positioning

This Micro VILT examines equipment and procedures required to dynamically position a rig while drilling a Deepwater Well. It considers the risks associated with DP Operations and how they can be managed.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Improving your Online Presentation Skills

This Micro VILT will give participants key tips and techniques on how to enhance their online presence, and how to deliver online presentations that inform the audience, and create a positive lasting impression.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Summarising and Presenting Reports in Powerpoint

This Micro VILT is for anyone who has to present technical or non technical reports in meetings or conferences. This Micro VILT will show participants how to prepare and deliver an effective summary using PowerPoint.

Offshore Production Facilities Design & Selection Criteria for Field Development - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 5-day Virtual Instructor Led Training is designed with the aim of identifying optimum offshore facilities in field development.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) - Off Bottom Well Control

This Micro VILT looks at the causes of these kicks and how they can be prevented before examining the options for controlling such kicks including the management of migrating gas using the “Volumetric Method”.

Data Science and Machine Learning for Upstream Professionals – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) (5 half-days)

This VILT aims to provide upstream professionals with a comprehensive introduction to the main machine learning methods and equip them with the hands-on experience in data science and machine learning.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) - Root Cause Analysis

Understanding how to sustainably fix routine failures has the power to transform business performance.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) - Petroleum Geology for Non-geoscientists - The Components for a Working Petroleum System

Many people in the industry are unaware of why finding oil and gas is so difficult, so costly and very uncertain. This Micro VILT will explain the components of a petroleum system, and why these different components vary.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Characterizing the Reservoir

In reservoir characterization, we need to be able to explain how reservoir characteristics determine well productivity, which in turn drives the well completion design and construction process.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Rigs & Rig Equipment

Although drilling rigs differ greatly in outward appearance and method of deployment, all rotary rigs have the same basic drilling equipment.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Production Start Up

This Micro VILT will cover the basic process of production startup, differences in procedures, operational issues, key factors with production facilities - all of which will be addressed in the startup process.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Running a Completion

This Micro VILT covers the planning, installation and all of the various steps that require special attention, especially ensuring that equipment is landed in the correct place as well as any potential operational issues.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Various Thru Tubing Operations & Rigless Well Remediations

This Micro VILT will highlight the varying types of operations, the equipment used as well as all HSE & Well Control aspects that require additional focus.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Pumping

Pressure Pumping is an integral operation required both in establishing communication with the reservoir as well as ensuring various sand control methods are installed. Following this Micro VILT, participants will understand the equipment and materials utilised for Hydraulic Fracturing as well as an overview of job execution, key HSE Issues as well as potential problems.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – HPHT Well Engineering

In attending this Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT), participants will gain knowledge and develop skills relating to HPHT Well Engineering. The Micro VILT focuses on key characteristics and challenges of HPHT wells from well design, planning, engineering and operational perspectives.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Drilling & Completions Fluids: “As clear as MUD”

Drilling-fluid services of some kind are required on every well. They encompass a broad spectrum of systems, products, software, personnel specializations, and logistical support.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Sand Control Fundamentals

This Micro VILT will enable participants to understand the basics involved in successfully selecting the correct methods of managing their sand control issues and thus optimising production opportunities whilst ensuring equipment maintains integrity.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Well Testing: The Why & The How

This Micro VILT will equip participants with a basic understanding of how to select the appropriate test equipment, review the testing procedures, be familiar with practical well test analysis and be aware of the potential common hazards.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – The Essentials of Technical Report Writing

This Micro VILT presents an overview of Technical Report Writing. For inexperienced technical writers, it will give an insight into the basic concepts of report writing. For experienced writers, it will give them a chance to reassess how they approach their report writing tasks.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – The Basics of Writing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

This Micro VILT is designed to present an overview of SOP Writing. Those new to SOP writing will fully understand what an SOP is and why they are needed before looking at the structure of a typical SOP.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Presenting and Discussing Data in Reports and Other Documents

This Micro VILT is for any writer who has to produce data-driven reports or any other documents including slides. We start off by looking at key organising guidelines for the body of reports.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Presentation Basics

This Micro VILT will give inexperienced presenters the foundation on which to build their practical skills whilst also giving more experienced presenters a chance to reassess their presenting methods and delivery.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Preparing to Succeed through Structure, Texture and Delivery

In this Micro VILT, participants will look more deeply into areas briefly introduced in the basic course. In terms of presentation structure, following a quick review of the standard format of a presentation, this Micro VILT will look in detail at the ‘trick’ every high-level speaker uses to draw their audience into their topic – the hook.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Improving Your Writing Process to Write Faster and Better

This Micro VILT is designed to deal with one aspect of writing that everyone would like to improve – their writing speed. However, speed must not come at the expense of the quality of the end product. This Micro VILT demonstrates how to marry speed with quality – in other words, to improve our writing efficiency.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Managing TAP (Thermally Applied Pressures)

This Micro VILT looks at how the risks associated with TAP can be assessed, managed and mitigated in Deepwater Wells.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – The Strength of Tubulars

This Micro VILT examines the strength of pipe and how it can be effected by the manufacturing process. Participants will learn how to determine uniaxial strengths using the formula provided by ISO/API form and how to make allowances for tolerances permitted under ISO 11960 / API 5CT.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Kicks and Losses – Management of Underground Blowouts

This Micro VILT examines the characteristics of an underground blowout and classic pressure signatures that the rig team must be able to recognise. It goes on to explain how the blowout might ultimately be cured and identifies the rationale behind the immediate actions of the rig team to maintain access to the well until such time that control operations can start.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Well Delivery Barrier Management

This Micro VILT examines this critical concept, identifying the different type of barriers deployed throughout the lifecycle of a well - Well Barriers Elements (WBEs), minimum requirements for barriers and how barriers should be tested to provide assurance into the technical integrity of the well from the drawing board to abandonment.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Introduction to Kick Tolerance

This Micro VILT reviews the wellbore pressure envelope before looking at the practical limits for the window and how these can be estimated during the well design stage and measured during well delivery. Risk associated with narrow operating windows and mitigating techniques are discussed in this Micro VILT.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Casing Design Loads

This Micro VILT examines industry practices for the selection of load cases to be used for Casing and Tubular Design.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – API Standard 53: 2018 – What’s New for Sub-Surface BOPs?

This Micro VILT examines the principal changes that were made when migrating from a Recommended Practice to a Standard and their impact on Rig well control equipment. It also examines changes made in 2018 and how Standard 53 works alongside other Standards and Specifications for Well Control Equipment.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – API Standard 53: 2018 – What’s New for Surface BOPs?

This Micro VILT examines the principal changes that were made when migrating from a Recommended Practice to a Standard and their impact on Rig well control equipment. It also examines changes made in 2018 and how Standard 53 works alongside other Standards and Specifications for Well Control Equipment.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – MPD from Drillships and Semi-Submersibles

This Micro VILT examines sib-sea applications for MPD and the equipment and control systems required to deliver it.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – MPD Contingency Planning

This Micro VILT examines failure modes for this equipment and how they can be detected. It also examines what immediate and subsequent steps must be taken to maintain and/or recover primary well control.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – MPD Well Control

This Micro VILT examines the control systems and operational practices used to managed pressure in the well and automate kick detection and control and removal of influxes from the well.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – MPD HAZID and HAZOP

This Micro VILT introduces the concepts of HAZID and HAZOP and explains how they should be applied to both the equipment selection and configuration as well as operational and contingency procedures.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – MPD Equipment & Configuration

This Micro VILT introduces participants to the equipment and control systems required to apply MPD techniques in their wells.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Introduction to Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD)

This Micro VILT introduces participants to the different form that Managed Pressure Drilling can take; explains how candidate wells can be identified and introduces a tool for identifying and quantifying the potential for MPD capabilities to address operational challenges in their wells.

Integration of Rocks, Logs and Test Data - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This intermediate-level Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) will focus on problem-solving using real-world data in a series of Excel workbooks. The data will be used to determine lithology, porosity, permeability and saturations, using a variety of different analytical and modelling methods. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the importance of calibration, integration and validation of the results of each method.

LNG Fundamentals – Classroom Training

The course will address the fundamental technical and economic factors that have driven and will drive the successful development of natural gas reserves by means of an integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.

Seismic Stratigraphy of Carbonate Reservoirs - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This VILT aims is to provide practical applications of seismic stratigraphy for evaluating carbonate reservoirs.

Strategic Management in Upstream Oil and Gas - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Participants on this Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) will gain a good understanding of how oil and gas companies manage the strategic goals of their business, which typically include the acquisition and operation of multiple oil and gas assets (fields and reservoirs).

Petroleum Economics: Excel Modeling - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) is all about making you industry ready in modelling upstream Petroleum Economics and decision analysis. If you already have the basic grounding in the subject, you will hugely gain in your investment analysis proficiency.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Rigless Intervention Options & Solutions

This Micro VILT has been designed to provide knowledge and understanding of surface equipment, downhole tools, various applications, and operational contingencies for rigless well interventions involving coiled tubing, slickline, or wireline.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Introduction to Artificial Lift

This Micro VILT will allow participants to have an overall clearer picture of the Artificial Lift options that exist to maximise the production life of their asset.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Designing for Plug & Abandonment from Day One

All wells require Plug & Abandonment (P&A) at the end of their productive life. P&A is responsible for up to 40% of total decommissioning costs for some operators.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Planning A Complex Workover

Participants will be aware of the advantages that Proper Planning of a workover can bring to the table, clearly identifying the workover objectives as well as considering a number of contingencies for a smoother operation.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) - Completion Design Introduction

Participants will understand why there are several keys to designing a successful completion system and selecting components that are fit for purpose for both the downhole environment and application.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) – Understanding Well Barriers & Verification

Participants planning the drilling and completion of wells will learn how to identify the solutions that give safe well life cycle designs which meet the minimum requirements of the standard.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) - Demystifying MAASAP & MAWOP

Participants will understand the need to fully understand that MAASP and/or MAWOP and/or MOP require to be calculated, monitored, verified and recalculated, taking into account material degradation as well as the number of operating cycles the well has gone through.

Micro Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) - Understanding the Importance of a Well Integrity Management System

Participants will understand why an Effective Well Integrity Management System is required to ensure that Well Barriers are designed and constructed with a number of elements selected to meet the required performance criteria.

Prospect Maturation

This course will cover all aspects of the prospect maturation process: play understanding in the context of regional geological understanding; detailed prospect evaluation; realistic risk & volume assessment consistent with the play understanding and prospect details, and an introduction to exploration economics.

Seismic Data Processing and Reprocessing

This 5-day course has been designed to introduce key concepts, principles and practicalities that form the technical basis for value added seismic applications in exploration, field appraisal and reservoir management to seismic interpreters and geophysicists.

Drillstring Design & Failure Prevention

This 5-day course will address all elements of drillstring selection and design, integrating drilling optimisation with drillstring failure prevention.

Fundamentals of LNG Shipping and Operations - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course will provide an informed insight in choices and limitations of containment systems and how advances in propulsion technology, coupled with environmental legislation, are narrowing the parameters of asset operability and commercial viability.

LNG Production Business Economics - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Learn how an LNG project is set-up and its economics and success factors in this intermediate level Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT).

PSC & JOA Auditing in Upstream Oil & Gas (3-Day Course)

This 3-day course examines auditing concepts, principles and practices specific to the international exploration & production sector. A related course is the Auditing Fundamentals in Upstream Oil & Gas.

Auditing Fundamentals in Upstream Oil & Gas (1-Day Course)

This 1-day course outlines fundamental auditing concepts, principles and practices specific to the international exploration & production sector. A related course is PSC & JOA Auditing in Upstream Oil & Gas.

Auditing Fundamentals in Upstream Oil & Gas • PSC & JOA Auditing in Upstream Oil & Gas (4-Day Course)

This 4-day separately bookable course explores fundamental auditing concepts, principles and practices specific to the international exploration & production sector.

Applied Subsurface Geological Mapping

This 5-day course focuses on the fundamental principles and methodologies of accurately conveying critical data and information via subsurface mapping.

Subsurface Studies for Field Development Planning - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 10 half-day Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course has been designed with the aim of showing the type of studies required in developing an offshore petroleum discovery, from field appraisal to development. The VILT course gives an account of the studies carried out by the four subsurface disciplines: development geophysics, development geology, petrophysics and reservoir engineering, including a comprehensive account of the methodology, processes and techniques.

Offshore Gas Field Development Planning and Reservoir Management

This 3-day course has been designed with the aim of showing the diversity of offshore gas field situations, their development and related management issues. The emphasis is on ‘green fields’ situations.

Data Science and Machine Learning for Upstream Professionals - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) aims to provide upstream professionals with a comprehensive introduction to the main machine learning methods and equip them with the hands-on experience in data science and machine learning.

Microbial Carbonate Reservoirs

The Microbial Carbonate Reservoirs course will examine reservoir properties, modeling and development aspects, with practical examples and case studies from Brazil, Oman and Angola.

Deepwater Drilling Operations

This 5-day course provides participants with a wealth of practical and operationally focused knowledge, while building critical skills in well delivery with an emphasis on the operational aspects of well delivery in deepwater.

Advanced Carbonate Reservoir Geology for the Middle East

Using a combination of short lecture modules, group exercises, discussions and longer workshops based on Middle Eastern examples, this 5-day course will build on the existing knowledge of participants to create a detailed understanding of carbonate exploration and reservoir development.

Evaluation and Development of Shale and Tight Gas

Unconventional evaluation and development require much more multi-disciplinary approach compared to conventional. All pieces from evaluation to drilling, multi-stage fracturing and economics must fall in the right place to make such development possible. This course will help participants identify the essentials of each discipline in the context of shale gas development.

Hydraulic Fracturing: From Design to Execution and Post Frac Analysis

This 4-day course will cover drilling, completion, fluids, reservoir, geomechanics, fracture modelling and design, fracturing operation, production and reservoir management from the basics to the latest developments and the technologies involved.

Petroleum Systems Analysis in Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production

This 5-day course addresses the fundamentals of Basin Analysis to Petroleum Systems Analysis, a holistic view of how it works, which is essential for geoscientists involved in today’s challenging Exploration and Production projects.

Managing Innovation and New Technologies in the Upstream Oil & Gas Industry - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This course gives participants an awareness of how innovation and R&D happen within the sector and shows them how they can get better results from their organisation’s innovation-related activities through the application of a broad range of tools.

Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) & Related Agreements - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) examines the operational, fiscal and legal aspects of the different types of Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) in use around the world.

Effective Business Writing for Oil & Gas Professionals - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

In this 4 half-day Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT), you will learn that the key to effective memos, email, letters and reports is a strong writing process.

HSE in Oil & Gas Drilling Operations

This 3-day course presents all associated risks to rig equipment and drilling operations.

Exploration Project Management - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) will be conducted in an interactive manner and will include presentations by the course leader, syndicate and plenary exercises, and (optional) assessment of selected participants’ projects. Industry case studies will be integrated into all the presentations.

Virtual Reality (VR) Geology Field Trip

VR field trips aren’t just a cost effective, risk free alternative to real field work. They offer unique opportunities to incorporate activities and features unavailable in the field, and deliver a more integrated and flexible learning resource.

Advanced Well Control

This 5-day comprehensive course will address planning and implementation of operational procedures in Well Control. In the event that a Well Control incident occurs, participants will be equipped with down-hole awareness of the behaviour of influxes and how to manage pressures in the wellbore to avoid escalation of the event.

Directional, Horizontal and Multilateral Drilling (Simulator Assisted)

This 5-day training course covers the principles and practices of directional drilling, calculations and planning for directional and horizontal wells.

Advanced Carbonate Reservoir Geology

This 5-day advanced course will start with a refresher on key aspects of carbonate sedimentation, diagenesis and porosity evolution.

Human Reliability Analysis (Safety Critical Task Analysis) - Human Factors

This 2-day course will introduce you to a qualitative methodology to undertake Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) – sometimes known as Safety Critical Task Analysis – which is an approach used to pro-actively assess safety critical tasks and other business critical tasks to identify realistic potential human errors so as to take steps to reduce the probability of their occurrence.

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence For Non-Data Scientists In Oil & Gas - Classroom Training

Artificial Intelligence is probably the most important technology development of this decade. Artificial Intelligence attempts to simulate several key human capabilities. Simply put, it is a tool that looks for hidden patterns in a massive pool of data that most energy companies are acquiring or developing in business daily. These patterns have predictive value. Machines that can learn from these massive amounts of data can help you make faster, better and cheaper decisions.

Play-based Exploration (3 day course)

This 3 day training course will introduce participants to the Play-Based Exploration workflow through many individual andgroup exercises and discussions. The core of the course is a large group exercise based on a real data set. Based on dataprovided, participants will make reservoir, seal, charge and structural maps, followed by Play maps and CRS maps. The difference in and use of prospect-specific and play-based probabilities will be explained by examples and exercises. It will also be expl...

Technical Presentation Skills for Oil & Gas Engineers and Technical Professionals – ILM Recognised Course Provider

This course will demonstrate how technical professionals can use their technical knowledge and logical edge to persuasively communicate for buy-in purposes.

Petroleum Fiscal Regimes and Applied Finance For Oil & Gas Industry Professionals

This course is not designed to skill Oil & Gas engineers to be accountants, but to give participants the confidence and ability to communicate with accountants and finance managers and to improve their own financial decision making.

Human Competency & Capability Development in Oil & Gas - Building Capability & Optimising Impact (2-Day Course) - ILM Recognised Course Provider

This ILM approved 2-day course provides an excellent opportunity for Learning & Development professionals in the oil & gas sector to learn from strategic learning & development practitioners with extensive experience in the oil & gas sector and from each other.

Human Competency & Capability Development in Oil & Gas - Foundations for Success & Building Competency (2-Day Course) - ILM Recognised Course Provider

This ILM approved 2-day course provides an excellent opportunity for Learning & Development professionals in the oil & gas sector to learn from strategic learning & development practitioners with extensive experience in the oil & gas sector and from each other.

Oil & Gas Budgeting & Forecasting - Best Practice and Modeling

This 2-day training course provides participants with a solid introduction to the principles of budgeting and forecasting and its practical application to real-world situations. The course also shows how to apply the principles and best practices regarding Oil & Gas budgets cultivated by companies in new and existing projects. It is designed for participants who are new to budgeting and forecasting, and those who have been in operating in this role for some time but would like to update thei...

Gaslift Design, Operations And Troubleshooting

Gaslifting oil wells is one of the most flexible and cost effective artificial lift techniques, the success of any gaslift system depends on an adequate and reliable source of lift gas. The course will prove valuable to production and completion engineers who are involved in artificial lift selection and the design and troubleshooting of gaslift completions.

Exploration for Tight Gas System

This 5 day course is designed to train the explorationist to efficiently identify and map pervasive, large opportunities in Tight Gas Systems. They occur in both clastics and carbonates, and examples of each will be provided. In as much as these resource plays will be a main focus of future gas exploration, it is critical to understand the occurrence and characteristics of these huge unconventional accumulations. They will also become increasingly important in worldwide exploration as a larg...

Scenario Planning for Decision-Making in the Energy Industry - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Scenario planning, also called scenario thinking or scenario analysis, is a strategic method that some organizations use to get to grips with the broader contextual uncertainties that the organization faces when making strategic or major investment decisions. It is a way to better understand the complexity of the future business environment. As such, the scenario narratives that result from such exercises may be referred to as ‘memories of the future’. They provide a meaningful framework for ...

Tender Preparation & Process Management for Client Organizations

This three (3) day workshop is structured primarily for the oil and gas industry, offshore marine, civil and heavy engineering and water and energy utilities. It is applicable to those persons who manage or lead the procurement processes & manage tender stakeholder committees associated with preparing and issuing requests for quotes, tenders or proposals and who evaluate and assess bid documentation, and negotiate with contractors.

Effective SOP for Engineers & Technical Professionals in Oil & Gas

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are important for the safe and effective operation of industrial plants and oil & gas facilities. But SOPs are frequently developed late in the project, after the design is completed and construction is well underway.  And they may be used for little other than operator training. Following start-up, they often end up on a shelf collecting dust. Used this way, SOPs have little influence on either the design or the operation of the facility.  But this cannot...

Materials Management - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) will explain the importance of an efficient Materials Management in the Supply Chain process.

Well Integrity Management - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This intensive Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) is designed to provide participants with a thorough knowledge of well integrity management and risk assessment in producing assets.

International Petroleum Fiscal Systems

It explores the structure and mechanisms of production sharing contracts (PSC’s), concessionary tax/royalty systems, and risk service contracts  and includes the economic principles that underpin them. Studying the underlying processes and commercial drivers, participants will examine case studies to illustrate the economic structure of these complex agreements. This course brings the theory to life, allowing course attendees to design their own fiscal system and build and interpret their own...

Depositional Systems & Reservoir Distribution

The course aims at improving the conceptual geological understanding of the presence and quality distribution of potential reservoir systems. The training material is derived from a variety of geological settings and comprises a mix of petroleum geology case histories and textbook material including seismic, log, core and outcrop data.

LNG Purchasing & Transportation - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 5-day VILT will enable participants to gain an in-depth understanding of LNG supply, transportation and regasification.

Advanced Well Engineering - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 8 half-day Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course aims to develop and assess the knowledge and skills required to meet the Well Control Assurance targets laid down in IOGP Report 476 which states that an Engineer needs to have the necessary depth and breadth of knowledge to be considered technically competent to authorize a Well Delivery program as fit for purpose.

AVO, Attributes and Inversion: Principles and Applications

This course provides an understanding of the evolving role of seismic petrophysics through the use of amplitude variations with offset or angle (AVO/AVA), attributes, and inversion techniques.

International Oil Pricing & Price Risk Management

In the current volatile oil market, you need targeted skills and knowledge to manage risk in your Oil pricing and trading strategy. By having strong fundamental knowledge of the market mechanisms, you will be able to better predict future market scenarios, and how to respond to it. To get a clear strategy on how to price and trade in the current and future markets, companies have to adopt sophisticated techniques and tools that can deal with the dynamism and challengers of today’s operating ...

Advanced Hydraulic Fracturing

This course teaches hydraulic fracturing in detail plus a matrix acidizing overview so the optimum stimulation treatment can be chosen. It requires a basic understanding of oilfield operations, preferable with prior exposure to well stimulation, though this is not essential. The course is intended for drilling, completion and production personnel who are looking to gain a better understanding of each technique’s advantages, limitations and applications for use in their upcoming completions.

AVO and Seismic Inversion

AVO attributes are used as independent evidence for the occurrence of hydrocarbons (in addition to structural evidence), as a hydrocarbon discriminator and as a lithology indicator. This course starts with a discussion of new developments in seismic data acquisition that have an impact on the accuracy of the AVO attributes, e.g. long offsets, wide-azimuth geometries and broadband data acquisition. It deals with elastic constants, wave propagation, boundary conditions, rock physics, and fluid ...

Natural Gas & LNG Sales Agreements - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This training addresses the various transactional and legal issues along the value chain for natural gas and LNG, including production, processing, delivery and storage.

HPHT Planning and Well Control

In our pursuit to discover oil and gas in ever deeper horizons, wells are often drilled in what is known as a High Pressure High Temperature [HPHT] environment. To be considered a HPHT well, the downhole conditions will have pressures in excess of 10,000 psi [69 MPa] and 300 deg F [150 deg C]. To drill these usually expensive wells successfully, the planning and execution phase has to be of an exceptionally high standard. Therefore, both operator and drilling/service contractor staff must be ...

Pipe Work Design & Fabrication

This course will familiarize engineers, designers and construction personnel with the layout and design procedures and practices involved in the choice of piping systems and their associated supporting equipment. It will also address in detail, common pipeline components such as pumps, compressors and heat exchangers and will cover their mechanical performance and limitations in different piping arrangements. This course will give participants the background required to complete and successfu...

Sand Control Operations

This intensive five-day course is designed to provide participants with a thorough knowledge of downhole sand exclusion equipment and the operational procedures required for converting a drilled well into an efficient and safe producer. It follows a practical approach for the various types of sand control equipment, specific applications, the preparation and the final execution and installation of the equipment.

Fluvial-Deltaic Depositional Systems

This course aims to review the fundamentals of fluvial and deltaic depositional systems, and their sequence stratigraphic evaluation.  Examples are given using modern and ancient analogues, and recognition of these depositional systems in the subsurface. 

Reservoir Engineering Aspects of Waterflooding

This 3-day course addresses the basic Reservoir Engineering concepts of waterflooding. The course will discuss the target ultimate recovery to be expected from a waterflood based on the Complexity Index analysis.

Effective Conflict Resolution And Dealing With Difficult People For Engineers And Technical Professionals

When confronted with a challenging personality or situation, most people will either avoid, confront, or concede rather than engage constructively. This workshop will prepare you to respond intelligently rather than react emotionally. It will help you change your attitude and behaviour, transform your relationships, and not waste time trying to change others. In this intensive, 1-day workshop participants will gain the knowledge, skills, techniques, and attitude to successfully manage chal...

Deepwater Depositional Systems

This course examines different deepwater depositional systems and considers how deepwater process, topography and sediment supply impact on these systems. The course examines analogue data from turbidite reservoirs and modern turbidite systems. Depositional settings and sequences associated with clastic deepwater systems are reviewed, along with the geological controls on reservoir quality and architecture. It also examines post-depositional process that can have a major impact on reservoir q...

Gas Processing - Classroom Setting

This 3-day course covers the gas conditioning and treatment process that occurs in a gas processing plant. The course will emphasise on the processing techniques and equipment and operational trouble-shooting in relation to gas conditioning and treatment.

Completions: Applications, Types, Installation and Workovers

This intensive five-day course is designed to provide participants with a thorough knowledge of completion equipment and operational procedures required for converting a drilled well into an efficient and safe producer. It follows a practical approach for the various completion types, specific applications, completion installation and workovers.

International Petroleum Contracts

This course will help you develop an in-depth knowledge of the legal and contractual framework in which the upstream oil industry conducts its operations. It opens with an explanation of the geopolitical forces which shape the modern oil industry and then covers the major technical, legal/contractual and financial/economic/taxation/fiscal issues that form modern E&P agreements worldwide. You will learn the philosophy, evolution and fundamentals of international petroleum contracts. You w...

Petroleum Fluids and Source Rocks in E&P Projects

The course “Petroleum Fluids and Source Rocks in E&P Projects” enables participants to interpret fluids and source rock data to add value to E&P projects from exploration to environmental remediation. Examples and case studies come from both conventional and unconventional petroleum systems around the world. The learning objectives are achieved through well-illustrated lectures, numerous hands-on exercises and active class discussions.

Operations Geology

Participants will acquire an understanding of the geological challenges that accompany drilling and how to combat them to succeed. The course will look at what information is gathered during drilling from wellsite geology, mud logging and petrophysical (“wireline”) logs, and how it is used. The measurement and prediction of formation pressure are covered in detail, and there are also modules on coring and well testing. The course concludes with an in-depth look at the deep water drilling e...

Advanced Heat Exchanger Design, Performance, Inspection, Maintenance and Troubleshooting- Virtual instructor Led Training (VILT)

The design, performance and operation of modern heat exchangers requires an understanding of the principles of heat transfer and fluid flow, coupled with access to numerically based techniques and supporting data. This course will review heat transfer fundamentals as applied to tubular and plate devices.

Flow Assurance for Offshore Field Development

This training course provides an in-depth understanding of the issues to be considered in the development of offshore fields. Each day consists of lectures in the morning and a hands-on workshop in the afternoon. The workshop allows the participants to appreciate the design process associated with field developments. Various software will be available during the training course to predict multiphase flows through wells, pipelines and risers, as well as evaluating reservoir production profile...

Exploration Simulation: Critical Thinking, Technical Integration And Commercials

Surface Production Operations – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 5-half day training course is designed to provide an understanding of the wide range of surface production handling and treatment equipment. Participants will learn not only the "what" but "how" field fluid treating equipment works. Participants will be introduced to the fundamental principles of fluid behavior and how it applies to all of the various equipment and systems comprised in production operations. Emphasis is on understanding the internal workings inside the piping, valves and...

Production Engineering and Optimisation - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 5-day course is designed with the aim of identifying optimal solutions for petroleum development projects from a production and facilities perspective, either looking at new developments or existing ones.

Negotiation Skills and Techniques for Engineers and Technical Professionals - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Many technical experts find it difficult to move out of their expertise areas and deal with commercial matters. Negotiating to optimise business value is a step further from their comfort zones. All too often negotiations are then left to finance personnel. They bring many strengths to the table but an understanding of engineering trade-offs is not one of them. By attending this course participants will add to their technical know-how a core competence in negotiation skills. They will thu...

Applied EOR Technology - Virtual Instructor Led Training

This course addresses the relevance and basic concepts of various EOR techniques. EOR techniques are often grouped in three main areas: thermal EOR (e.g. steam soak and SAGD), chemical EOR (e.g. low-salinity waterflooding, polymer and surfactant flooding) and Gas EOR (like HC gas and CO2 injection).

Applied Sequence Stratigraphy - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This course aims to help geologists, geophysicists, stratigraphers and reservoir engineers gain a thorough understanding of the concepts and practical applications of sequence stratigraphy through integration of seismic sequence stratigraphy with well log sequence stratigraphy and the application of biostratigraphy to sequence stratigraphy.

Deepwater Turbidites

The course provides an opportunity to examine analogue data from turbidite reservoirs. This course will review the depositional setting, sequences that are associated with clastic deepwater systems, review the geological controls on reservoir quality and architecture, and put the environment into context of the petroleum system.

Liquid & Gas Flowmetering & Custody Measurement – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This course will familiarise process, instrumentation and custody transfer engineers with the procedures and practices involved in the choice of flowmetering systems and their associated supporting equipment.

Root Cause Analysis for the Oil & Gas Industry - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Eliminating failures is a proven strategy that can improve plant reliability. With minimal investment, it can help to yield returns in excess of 500% in months, not years. Root Cause Analysis is a systematic, evidence-driven process that helps you find the true underlying (and often hidden) causes that result in unwanted events.

Supply Chain In Upstream Oil & Gas: Purchasing & Procurement - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This VILT defines the Supply Chain process by equipping participants on the details of the Supply Chain functions and their interaction.

E&P Technical Services Contract - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This VILT allows all parties involved – Company, Contractors and sub-Contractors – to better understand the contractual relationship, their rights and obligations. It gives a detailed review of the Contract and its main features.

Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) & Related Agreements (3-Day Course)

This 3-day course examines the operational, fiscal and legal aspects of the different types of Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) in use around the world.

Technical Report Writing and Presentation Skills for Oil & Gas Engineers and Technical Professionals - ILM Recognised Course Provider - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Oil & Gas professionals increasingly need to translate complex findings, analysis and recommendations for effective decision-making. If you face challenges in getting your findings into paper, you will benefit from this Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT).

Carbonate Reservoir Geology

This 5-day course has been designed to develop skills in understanding the geometry and petrophysical characteristics of carbonate reservoirs.

Plug and Abandonment - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This VILT will guide participants on the key techniques and methods for safe and efficient abandonment of wells both on land and offshore.

Distributed Control System (DCS) Applications, Selection & Troubleshooting - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This VILT will cover the practical applications of DCS and is based on a selection of subjects that either have had a strong impact on distributed systems today or explore novel ideas which may be of importance for the future.

Well Drilling AFE, Forecasting & Cost Control - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This intermediate-level 5-day Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) covers the elements which comprise the well cost, how to estimate, forecast and monitor them. It also covers elements like geographical location, type of well and profile, hole depth, well targets, rig type, completion type, and contracting strategies.

Advanced Well Integrity Management - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This intensive Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course is designed to deepen your knowledge of well integrity management, and skills for designing, operating, and maintaining well equipment. The ultimate goal is to optimize productivity at the lowest Unit Operating Cost (UOC) and to maintain mechanical integrity throughout well life cycle.

Clastic Exploration & Reservoir Sedimentology

This course has been developed to provide an understanding of the geometry and hydrocarbon potential of clastic depositional systems and facies, and how they are affected by such important features as basin configuration, tectonics and eustasy.

Integrated Methods for Offshore LNG Transfer - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) will explore the key components, design codes, parameters and configurations in offshore LNG transfer technologies and allow attendees to: Learn about LNG storage & loading systems in terms of safety and process constraints. Know the technical specifications of the different offshore LNG transfer technologies available on the market. Explore the key parameters and the different configurations of each technology solution. Understand the technical ...

Application of Structural Geology in Seismic Interpretation

Seismic interpretation requires understanding of structural development and its interrelation with the stratigraphic system. Bias and misunderstanding have unfortunately resulted in countless dry holes. So go beyond tracing horizons and understand their context within the structural system by extracting key information from seismic surveys and other datasets.

Advanced Well Stimulation Strategies

Lubricant Analysis and Condition Monitoring - ICML, Machine For Lubricant Analyst Level II (MLAII) Certification - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This VILT has been designed to help your company's reliability drive in the areas of lubrication, oil analysis and contamination control. It not only covers the fundamentals, but provides best practice solutions to ensure your plant achieves world class levels in lubrication management. The course content covers the body of knowledge as laid out by the International Council for Machinery Lubrication (ICML) for Machine Lubricant Analyst Level II (MLAII) certification.

EPCIC Contract Management & Essential Elements of International Contract Laws – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 5 half-day VILT looks at important topics such as contracting strategies, liabilities of the parties, issues of indemnity warranties and guarantees. This workshop will provide you with a forum to explore root causes behind disputes as ambiguous clauses or one sided contracts and strategies to deal with such scenarios.

Advanced Turnaround, Shutdown and Outage Management - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Master the critical skills in managing a world-class plant Turnaround project by acquiring the following:A reprise of basic plant Turnaround – just like a refresher course,the ability to fine tune the approach to Turnarounds,a fundamental understanding of excellent Turnaround Team design,strategies for ensuring your company gets value for money from Contractors, experience in the latest cutting edge approach to planning and scheduling,understanding of the “Centre of Excellence” concept to ...

Strategic Innovation in Oil & Gas

Design and build long term scenarios to explore strategic expectations. To be able to define a long term innovation strategy focused on possible future needs supported by long term business scenarios. Understand stage-gated technology development and innovation. Learn how to value a portfolio of innovation projects, use various ‘lenses’ to manage and cull.Use scenario thinking linked to innovation to create options for new ventures. Deploy transparent and structured frameworks for new ways...

Advanced Production Logging, Cased Hole & Production Log Evaluation

This advanced 5-day course is designed to provide clarity on cased hole log interpretation.

Navigating Petrophysics: Log Analysis, LWD & Wireline

Targeted at awareness to knowledge level, this course addresses the tenets of petrophysics and formation evaluation, using integrative perspective of multiple datasets, including geological, geophysical, and logging and core data.

Rapid and Inclusive Strategy Development in Oil & Gas

This course uses simulations, practical exercises, case studies (including videos), presentations and group discussions to allow participants to experience the different technologies and approaches.

LNG Fundamentals - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This introductory level Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) provides a solid foundation to understand Gas and LNG Businesses by covering the relevant Technical, Commercial, Financial and Contractual aspects.

Technical Report Writing Skills for Oil & Gas Engineers and Technical Professionals - ILM Recognised Course Provider

This separately bookable course will demonstrate how technical professionals can use their technical knowledge and logical edge to write in a reader-friendly style and produce grammatically accurate reports for buy-in purposes.

Well Intervention and Productivity School - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

During the life of an oilfield, many well interventions are needed. They will be required for one of three reasons: To repair or replace damaged completion components (restoration of well integrity); To improve inflow performance (reduction of skin); To improve tubing performance (removing impediments to flow or installing artificial lift).

Accounting for International E&P - Virtual Instructor Led Training

This 5-day intermediate-level Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) aims to provide a deeper knowledge and understanding of E&P accounting, finance principles and concepts for those who have already been working in the sector for several years and are ready to improve their understanding to support career aspirations.

Deepwater Completion Operations - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 5 half-day VILT course provides participants with knowledge of critical well completion processes, completion equipment and operations associated with deepwater completions and available intelligent well and completion architecture used for both platform and subsea completions.

Masterclass in Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) covers basic and more advanced methodology of LOPA and the detailed stages of its application.

Reservoir Engineering for Geosciences Professionals and Other Disciplines - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Reservoir engineering methods, data and models are used in the E&P business to describe and optimise hydrocarbon recovery. This 5 half-day Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course addresses reservoir engineering concepts and methods to enable cross-disciplinary team work and the smooth exchange of ideas and experience.

Seismic Stratigraphy and Depositional Systems: Predicting Reservoir Distribution, Geometry & Quality

This course aims at improving the conceptual geological understanding behind predicting presence and quality distribution of potential reservoirs./p>

Process Safety Engineering - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) [IChemE Approved Training Course]

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) covers all the main elements of IChemE’s Process Safety Competency framework: culture, knowledge and competence, engineering and design, human factors, systems and procedures, and assurance.

Applied E&P Economics - Commercial Decisions & Fiscal Systems

This training course aims to provide a solid and incisive foundation to appreciate the essentials of building typical Economic Evaluations to support both National and Company decisions with particular focus on the many potential deductions and charges levied on the pre-tax ‘Technical Case’. We will touch on many critical aspects of these post-tax / contract decisions, such as balancing scope for value-generation and efficiency – which measures are employed, how national agencies might b...

Introduction to Subsea Inspection, Maintenance & Repairs - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) provides an introduction to Subsea Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR) as it is practiced in the offshore oil & gas industry. It will include IMR fundamentals, planning and implementation.

Production Technology for Other Disciplines

This course covers a general introduction to two aspects of the Production Technology discipline: 1. The technical aspects such as reservoir drive mechanisms, drilling methods, well and completion types, hydrocarbon in- and outflow performance, formation damage and cleaning mechanisms, well life-cycle, production surveillance, production chemistry and the latest state of the art technologies. 2. The organizational aspects of the roles and responsibilities in the interface and coordination...

Gas & LNG Contract Negotiations

This world class training course is uniquely Asia-focused. It immerses course participants in a dynamic negotiation process based entirely on real life Oil, Gas and LNG negotiating situations, many of which have been experienced directly by the course Trainers. It targets professionals who are normally peripheral to major Gas and LNG negotiations such as legal counsel, financial and engineering professionals, project leaders and senior management, any of whom may be called in to play an a...

Petroleum Risk Analysis & Portfolio Management

The Petroleum Risk Analysis and Portfolio Management course offers tools and practical techniques to identify, analyse and manage uncertainties and risk in exploration and production projects. Learning is reinforced by working on case material to explore uncertainties and risks in the context of production forecasting, cash-flow management, incremental projects and asset portfolio manipulation. Monte Carlo modelling and Decision Tree analysis software are employed during the course to dev...

Trap, Top - and Fault Seal Analysis - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

In this 5-day course, the main aspects that need to be considered for trap and seal analysis will be discussed, including understanding and identifying spill and potential leak points of traps, theoretical aspects of seals and sealing capacity,methods to assess the sealing potential of seals,trap identification and analysis in a variety of extensional and in compressional settings, unusual traps, such as basement traps,sealing mechanisms and reasons of seal failure; permeability seals and...

Introduction to Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Vessels (FPSO) - Design & Technology

This 2-day training course will focus on the key technical questions that an FPSO and/or FLNG project team need to address as part of the overall design project. The course has been exclusively designed to equip participants with key tools needed to find answers to these questions and to make the appropriate decisions to advance future projects.