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Basic Petroleum Technology - BPT

Discipline: Introductory and Multi-Discipline Training

Level: Basic
Instructors: Dr. Kirk E. Boatright, Mr. Eric A. Foster, Mr. Ron Hinn, Mr. Scott B. Randolph, Mr.
Gerry H. Ross, Dr. Helmy Sayyouh, PetroSkills Specialist, Dr. Michael I. Treesh
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Description
DESIGNED FOR
Secretarial, administrative, management, field support, accounting, purchasing, economics, legal, finance, human
resources, drafting, land and data processing personnel, as well as investors and royalty owners
Participants involved at the technical level of the industry, particularly engineers, technicians or others with
mathematics background through basic calculus, should register for the Basic Petroleum Engineering Practices
course.

YOU WILL LEARN

• Basic geology as related to oil and gas reservoirs
• Reservoir fluid and rock properties
• Basics of seismic technology
• Reservoir definition and development; production and recovery
• Unconventional gas (“tight shale” gas)
• Fundamentals of drilling, well completions and production operations
• Basic concepts of primary and enhanced recovery operations
• Surface operations
• Terminology of exploration and production (language of the oil field)
ABOUT THE COURSE
This course presents a non-technical, practical understanding of petroleum industry
technology in an interesting, effective, and efficient manner. Included are the
basics of the industry from terminology through basic technology and from geology
through processing of the petroleum product. Participants are placed in the position of
Reservoir Engineer, and “Our Reservoir” is defined, analyzed and put in production.
Next, drill sites are chosen. Participants are then placed in the position of Drilling/
Completion Engineer, and the drilling/completion programfor “Our Well” is analyzed.
Participation results in greater job confidence, enthusiasm and productivity.

COURSE CONTENT
○ Reservoir fluid properties
○ Petroleum geology
○ The petroleum reservoir
○ Unconventional gas (“tight shale” gas)
○ Exploration technology
○ Drilling technology
○ Well completion and workover
○ Production operations
○ Recovery
○ Surface processing
○ Offshore operations

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