Coiled Tubing Operations - The Equipment, The Applications, Well Control & HSE, Emerging Technologies - 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.

Petroleum Geology for Non-Geologists - Featuring Virtual Reality Field Trips

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

This course is designed to make those that attend aware of how their job can directly impact the productivity. Early identification of problems in wells and effective interventions to fix problems can have a significant impact by minimising lost oil through formation damage and non productive time.

Subsea Well Intervention

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.

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

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

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 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.

Plug and Abandonment - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

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

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

This intensive Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) 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.

Drilling Essentials for New Engineers and Non-Technical Professionals in Oil & Gas

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.

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.

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) – Deepwater Drilling Operations

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.

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) – Wellhead & Xmas Tree Maintenance & Testing

Understanding what is required for Wellhead & Xmas Tree Maintenance is summarised below, but understanding the why and the how will be fully explained in this Micro VILT.

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.

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.

Drillstring Design & Failure Prevention

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

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.

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.

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.

HSE in Oil & Gas Drilling Operations

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

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.

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.

Geomechanics

This five-day course provides an intermediate level of understanding of the geomechanical factors that affect wellbore instability, sand production and hydraulic fracture design. The course is structured such that upon completion, participants will have understood the value that geomechanics can bring to drilling, completion and production operations and will be able to leverage this value wherever it applies.

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.

Subsea Control Systems & Umbilicals

Offshore Subsea Production Control Systems and Umbilicals covers a broad range of activities that include System Types, Typical Equipments, Operator Interfaces, Control Fluids, Controls Interfaces and a look at future technologies. This course is designed to give a clear understanding to participants of the components of offshore production control technology.

Advanced Well Engineering - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

This 5-day 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 authorise a Well Delivery program as fit for purpose.

Subsea Production Engineering

The Subsea Production Engineering Course provides an overview of all of the functionalities and key interfaces of subsea equipment. The course will refer to relevant industry engineering standards for subsea equipment, subsea tie-backs and critical operational requirements. The sessions will cover challenges associated with equipment design and installability.

Integrated Field Development Planning for Offshore Fields

This course is designed with the aim of showing the degree of integration necessary in developing an offshore petroleum discovery, from field appraisal to development. The course gives a comprehensive account of the methodology, processes and techniques utilized in developing an offshore oil or gas discovery.

Production Engineering and Optimisation - Virtual Instructor Led Training

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.

Liquid & Gas Flowmetering & Custody Measurement

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

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.

Completion Design - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

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

Advanced Well Stimulation Strategies

Advanced Casing Design

This 5-day training 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)

This 5-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.

Deepwater Completion Operations

This 5-day training 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.

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...

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.