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Corrosion Management

This course provides the basis for understanding systematic management of corrosion in relation to wider asset integrity management. It provides the strategies and tools required to implement an effective corrosion management system. The content uses oil and gas production to explain the concepts, but the principles can be applied to any industry sector where corrosion is a significant factor. Participants will also benefit from an appreciation of the influence of corrosion prevention and control in creating a more efficient approach to monitoring and management of asset integrity and inspection.

Geological Carbon Storage – Picking the Right Reservoir

Geological sequestration of CO2 is emerging as an important tool to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 for combating global warming. Much of the technology used for CO2 sequestration is similar to existing oil and gas fields operations, however, there are important differences which require adaptation of the industry’s subsurface knowledge to this new application.

The essential questions for any CO2 storage project are: (a) where can we store the CO2? (b) how much CO2 can we inject? (c) can we store it safely? And (d) can we store it cost-effectively? This course will address these questions by using historical practices developed in the oil and gas industry and adapting engineering design concepts to the CO2 storage task.

Decarbonising Maritime Propulsion – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Shipping’s decarbonisation journey is already underway. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted mandatory measures to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from shipping industry. These measures include the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI), the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP), and the Data Collection System (DCS), which evolved into the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) requirement in January 2023.

On July 7, 2023, during the Marine Environment Protection Committee’s 80th session (MEPC 80), the IMO adopted ambitious GHG reduction targets. These “well-to-wake” targets aim for a 20% reduction by 2030, striving for 30%; a 70% reduction by 2040, striving for 80%; and achieving net zero emissions by or around 2050, all compared to 2008 levels. Currently, these targets are primarily technical measures. To realise maritime decarbonisation, rapid investments in crew training, alternative fuel options, and global port infrastructure are essential. With time running out, stakeholders and decision-makers in the maritime industry must quickly familiarise themselves with the necessary knowledge, safety aspects, available options, and feasible solutions to navigate the energy transition era smoothly.

Asset Integrity & Life Extension

Asset life extension allows organizations to maximize the utilization of their resources. Instead of discarding assets prematurely, they can continue to extract value from them by leveraging their remaining useful life. This is especially beneficial when assets are still capable of meeting operational requirements and no compelling reasons for replacement exist. By extending the life of existing assets, organizations also help to conserve resources, reduce waste generation, and minimize their carbon footprint. Asset life extension aligns with sustainability goals by promoting the circular economy concept. By adopting strategies and practices that allow assets to operate beyond their initial intended lifespan, organizations can make efficient use of resources, reduce waste, and maintain operational efficiency while achieving their financial and sustainability goals.

Advanced Heat Exchanger Design, Performance, Inspection, Maintenance and Operation

This 3-full day course will focus on 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.

Advanced Load Forecasting & Methodology

This 5 Full-day training course will look at the latest statistical and mathematical forecasting frameworks used by industry practitioners to tackle and manage the issue of load forecasting that cuts across short and long time scales.

Electrical Overhead and Underground Distribution Systems

This 5 Day course covers the special knowledge and skills needed for the efficient implementation of safe and economical electrical distribution projects. Through interaction with your instructors and fellow participants, you will learn about planning and design considerations, overhead conductors, structure types and loading, fault protection coordination, arc flash, system grounding and electrical and mechanical characteristics of cables.

Interference of High Voltage AC / High Voltage DC Power Lines on Metallic Pipelines and Its Mitigations

The location of steel pipelines in the vicinity of HVAC or HVDC power transmission facilities has resulted in mutual electrical interference problems that can produce damaging effects on both utilities and an electrical hazard to pipeline personnel. The pervasive use of the utility corridor concept necessitates that the electrical interference aspects be clearly defined and guidelines to minimize the harmful effects be incorporated into pipeline and power line specifications, designs, and operating procedures. This 5-days course will focus on all electrical power and petroleum engineering aspects entailing procedures, modeling and mitigations techniques.

Introduction to Bowties: E-Learning Course

The objectives of this course are for you to understand the bowtie structure and the ingredients needed to create a successful and impactful bowtie. It will familiarise you with the structure and components of the bowtie with interactive scenario development.

This course is accessible on any modern internet browser. Complete on-demand and at your pace. All you need is your computer or tablet and you’re set. Sign up for the demo to see how it works.

Introduction to Process Safety: E-Learning Course

Process safety focuses on preventing fires, explosions, and accidental chemical releases of hazardous substances through the application of good management and design principles. Process safety incidents can have catastrophic effects and can result in multiple injuries or fatalities, as well as substantial economic, asset, and environmental damage. We have designed this Process Safety E-Learning course to educate all that are involved with hazardous operations from operations to leadership.

HAZOP Participants: E-Learning Course

HAZOP is a critical part of the process safety ecosystem, which drives benefits in facility design and operation. If you are a Leader or Participant, training will help your facility put quality into this important safety assessment process through effective facilitation, organisation and participation. The objectives of this course are to convey the benefits of HAZOP and the role of the HAZOP review in the process safety framework. It will familiarise the participants with the structure of the review and enable them to be more effective and efficient review team members.

 Reservoir Geochemistry

This course focuses on methods and applications of petroleum reservoir geochemistry. It is designed for geoscientists, including geochemists, production and development geologists, reservoir engineers, but could also benefit exploration geologists and project managers

Mature Field Development and Management

This course takes groups through these issues, fills any knowledge gaps in the essential technical fundamentals required for mature field development planning in support of a chosen strategy. Course content designed to give participants an appreciation of the evaluation and planning activities associated mature oil and gas field management.

Well Test Analysis in Practice

This 5-day training course enables participants to learn and understand the fundamental concepts of well test analysis. The methodology described in the course, which has become the standard of the industry, presents a systematic way of interpreting well tests in homogeneous and heterogeneous reservoirs, including fissured and multilayered systems. Recommendations for designing tests in such formations, examples, and problem-solving sessions for practical experience and immediate application are included in the course.

Seismic Uncertainty Evaluation

This 5-day course attempts to demystify the black-box approach in velocity analytics, depth conversion, and approaches to uncertainty estimations. Seismic uncertainty is a key parameter affecting the accuracy of the information contained in static and dynamic reservoir models. However, quantifying and qualifying its impact on key reservoir properties, in-place volume reserves and dynamic simulation during drilling remains a challenge. Due to the limitation of the workflows and non-standardize approaches, the exploration of all geological traps/stratigraphy features matching the interpreted data has been limited, making the future development program uncertain. This course endeavours to streamline a common program to be evaluated by geoscientist before an FDP. It also covers the assessment, quantification, and qualification of the seismic uncertainties in a systematic and technical manner in order to arrive at a risking scorecard.

Introduction to Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) for Non-Technical Professionals

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is an upcoming new technology that has a vital place within global efforts to decarbonise. It has a unique set of challenges, opportunities and risks to be understood and accommodated within appropriate legal, regulatory, and social and public licence frameworks. The course has a strong international and global south emphasis with case studies on CCS projects and will touch on the role of CCS in developing country energy transition. The course satisfies a part of the market that is not currently catered for – the wider science, risks, financing, regulation, planning and social licence aspects of CCS. These are issues that are as important as the technical issues in the sense that any of them can be a show-stopper for CCS.

Making Major Investment Decisions Under Uncertainty in The Energy Sector

This fast paced 3-day training course will address topics related to the world of energy with a purpose to provide a holistic perspective on the theme of investment decision making. The course modules will not specifically focus on one technique but an array of tools and methods to improve the investment decision making process.

Refining Blending

This 3-day course presents a comprehensive overview of white products blending processes, covering refining processing and technology aspects, crude quality impact, specifications, quality giveaways, additives selection, blending economics, testing and troubleshooting. Additionally, the course gives a perspective of how the blending process fits into an integrated refinery operation. Case studies are used to illustrate the relative importance of each aspect of the blending process.

Well Design & Construction

This Well Design and Construction course is designed to provide participants with a robust knowledge of well engineering principles. Based on the global practices, and standards and using real examples, it represents how well engineering is managed in the oil and gas industry.

Energy Insurance and Risk Management

This course is designed to provide individuals with a detailed understanding of the key concepts and practices involved in providing insurance coverage to businesses in the energy industry. The course covers topics, including the types of risks that energy companies face, the different types of insurance policies available, and the factors that influence the cost of insurance premiums.

Introduction to Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Vessels (FPSO) – Design, Operations & Decommissioning

This 3-day course covers FPSO field development and operations through layup and scrapping, emphasizing the roles and expertise required at each lifecycle stage. It addresses the activities and personnel requirements to take an offshore field from conception to operations and ultimately to disposal of equipment and structures. Designed for both technical and non-technical participants, it provides a structured, end-to-end view of the FPSO lifecycle.

Exploration & Production (E&P) Accounting Level 3

This highly interactive 5-day training is aimed at those who wish to take their E&P accounting skills to a more advanced level than our introductory course, E&P Accounting – Level 1, and our intermediate course, E&P Accounting – Level 2.

Subsea Pipeline Design and Construction

This course will cover design and construction of subsea pipelines with respect to: design for pressure containment, design for collapse, on-bottom stability, freespans, global (lateral and upheaval buckling), corrosion, materials selection, cathodic protection and coatings

Front End Loading in Oil and Gas Projects

Front End Loading (FEL) is a methodology that takes a deliberate approach to capital project planning. Where traditional project plans seek to help an operator reach production targets and budgets, FEL methodology aligns an operator’s technical and business goals to create a more comprehensive development plan. The FEL approach increases project definition and lowers risk to positively impact total investment costs and return on investment.

Steam Turbine Technology

This 5 full-day course will cover all aspects of steam turbines including design and features of modern turbines, material, rotor balancing, features enhancing the reliability and maintainability of steam turbines, rotor dynamic analysis, Campbell, Goodman and SAFE diagrams, Blade failures: causes and solutions, maintenance and overhaul of steam turbines, and modeling of steam turbines.

Design of Circulating Fluidized Bed Boilers

This 5 full-day course will provide a comprehensive understanding of the design of circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boilers. The design of all CFB boiler components and equipment including furnace, cyclones, economizers, superheaters, reheaters, loop seals, expansion joints, refractory, and L-valves will be covered in detail.

Industrial Instrumentation and Modern Control Systems

This 5 full-day course provide a comprehensive understanding of modern control systems, digital control, distributed control systems (DCSs), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, industrial instrumentation, HART protocol, control valves, actuators, and smart technology.

Fundamentals of Gas Well Deliquification

This 5 full-day course will first show how to predict and recognize liquid loading. Next, it will describe how to select, design, install and operate the best sequence of deliquification measures. It will also consider deliquification in the presence of other production threats such as water production and halite blockage.

Exploration & Production (E&P) Accounting Level 1

This 3-day introductory-level course is particularly suitable for finance personnel who are new to the oil and gas industry, or want to gain a broader understanding of oil and gas financial policy, joint venture and cost-control topic areas.