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NEW in 2017
Crude Oil Pipeline Operations (pg 21)
Fall Protection Supervisor Training (pg 21)
Turnaround, Shutdown and Outage
Management (pg 21)
More Virtual/Blended Learning Options
Through PetroAcademy! (back cover)
Basic Petroleum Technology (pg 32)
Gas Conditioning and Processing (pg 6)
Process Safety Engineering (pg 7)
Production Operations 1 (pg 18)
Production Technology for Other
Disciplines (pg 18)
Message from the CEO
Anyone who has been in the industry through past downturns
knows that a competent workforce has always been critical 4 Course Progression Map
for our industrys success, but its even more important with
challenging product prices. Doing more with less is how we
can thrive in hard times, but that requires a very competent GAS PROCESSING
workforce.
This guide presents the industrys most comprehensive 6 Gas Conditioning and Processing (Campbell Gas Course ) G4
workforce development programs focused on building (Virtual/Blended option for first week coming soon)
competent people. PetroSkills brings together industry-driven 7 Gas Conditioning and Processing LNG Emphasis G4 LNG
and industry-approved programs that deliver flexible, practical, 8 Gas Treating and Sulfur Recovery G6
fit-for-purpose training and development. This guide can help 6 LNG Short Course: Technology and the LNG Chain G29
you find ways to advance your technical competence and build your companys value. 6 Overview of Gas Processing G2
8 Practical Computer Simulation Applications in Gas Processing G5
Since the first offerings of Production Operations 1 and the Campbell Gas Course over 50 7 Process Safety Engineering PS4
years ago, PetroSkills instructor-led training programs have set the standard for excellence 7 Process Safety Engineering Principles - PSE (Virtual/Blended course)
from subsurface to downstream. This guide presents hundreds of sessions offered
worldwide by top industry experts in each technical discipline across the value chain.
Our competency-based programs are designed and delivered under the direction of the PROCESS FACILITIES
PetroSkills Alliance - 30 of the top petroleum companies worldwide, working together, to
offer an industry-driven and vetted set of courses, products and services. 10 Applied Water Technology in Oil and Gas Production PF21
11 CO2 Surface Facilities PF81
Some course changes to look for in this edition include: 9 Concept Selection and Specification of Production Facilities in Field
NEW Turnaround, Shutdown and Outage Management page 21 Development Projects PF3
NEW Crude Oil Pipeline Operations page 21 10 Fundamental and Practical Aspects of Produced Water Treating PF23
NEW Fall Protection Supervisor Training - page 22 9 Introduction to Oil and Gas Production Facilities PF2
9 Oil Production and Processing Facilities PF4
In addition to our instructor-led programs, our digital learning solutions and professional
11 Onshore Gas Gathering Systems: Design and Operations PF45
services continue to lead the industry. This guide outlines our electronic solutions ePilot,
ePetro, ActiveLearner, Compass and PetroCore - see page 3 for more details. 10 Relief and Flare Systems PF44
10 Separation Equipment - Selection and Sizing PF42
We are also proud to announce our blended/virtual learning program, PetroAcademy. 11 Troubleshooting Oil and Gas Processing Facilities PF49
This unique offering delivers the same competency development as our face-to-face courses
via virtually delivered Skill Modules, available from anywhere in the world.
The following courses are available now or coming soon, and we will be adding more MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
throughout 2017.
13 Compressor Systems - Mechanical Design and Specification ME46
Basic Petroleum Technology page 32
12 Corrosion Management in Production/Processing Operations PF22
Gas Conditioning and Processing (first week only) page 6
12 Fundamentals of Pump and Compressor Systems ME44
Process Safety Engineering page 7
12 Mechanical Specification of Pressure Vessels and Heat Exchangers ME43
Production Operations 1 page 18
12 Piping Systems - Mechanical Design and Specification ME41
Production Technology for Other Disciplines page 18
13 Process Plant Reliability and Maintenance Strategies REL5
To learn more, see back cover, visit petroskills.com/petroacademy, 13 Risk Based Inspection REL61
or email petroacademy@petroskills.com. 13 Turbomachinery Monitoring and Problem Analysis ME62
I hope you find this guide useful. If there is any way that we can help you, your team, or
your organization, please dont hesitate to contact me personally at
training@petroskills.com, or contact any of our regional offices (inside back cover). INSTRUMENTATION, CONTROLS & ELECTRICAL
17 Flow Assurance for Offshore Production FAOP 27 Contracts and Tenders Fundamentals SC41
17 Fundamentals of Offshore Systems Design and Construction OS4 28 Cost/Price Analysis and Total Cost Concepts in Supply Management SC64
17 Overview of Offshore Systems OS21 27 Effective Materials Management SC42
17 Overview of Subsea Systems SS2 27 Inside Procurement in Oil and Gas SC61
27 Strategic Procurement and Supply Management in the Oil and Gas Industry
SC62
28 Supplier Relationship Management SC63
PRODUCTION AND COMPLETIONS ENGINEERING
26 Advanced Decision Analysis with Portfolio and Project Modeling ADA 2 PetroSkills Alliance
24 Basic Petroleum Economics BEC3 3 Comprehensive Solutions
7 ePilot Gas Processing Operations
25 Cost Management CM
8 In-House Training
25 Economics of Worldwide Petroleum Production EWP 11 ePilot O&M
25 Expanded Basic Petroleum Economics BEC 14 Sign Up for Emails
26 Fundamentals of International Oil and Gas Law IOG 20 NEW Operations & Maintenance Courses
24 Introduction to Petroleum Business IPB 22 PetroSkills Conference Center
25 Petroleum Finance and Accounting Principles PFA 23 ePilot HSSE
26 Petroleum Risk and Decision Analysis PRD Inside Back Cover Regional Contacts and Registration
26 Strategic Thinking: A Tool-Based Approach STT Inside Back Cover CEU/PDH Certificates
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Created in 2001 by BP, Shell, and OGCI, the PetroSkills Alliance provides important but not unique high quality, business-relevant,
competency-based training. Through its growing membership, the Alliance has successfully evolved into an industry-driven and approved
program that spans the value chain.
PetroSkills Solutions
PetroAcademy
TM
Competency Maps
Industry Benchmarks. Developed with
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Compass
Competency Management. Web-based software
that builds, manages, and assures competency.
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Technical Reference. Online, on-demand access
to technical knowledge, documents, and articles.
petroskills.com/solutions
Course Progression Map
Instrumentation,
Oil and Gas Processing Process Offshore Pipeline
Controls & Electrical
General Safety Instrumentation & Subsea Engineering
Gas Oil / Water Electrical
Processing & Controls
Specialized
CO2 Surface
Facilities PF81
p.11
Terminals and
Storage Facilities
PL44 p.16
Process Safety
Engineering PS4 Fundamentals of Onshore Pipeline
p.7 Offshore Systems: Facilities: Design,
Fundamental and Design and Construction and
Practical Aspects Electrical Instrumentation Construction Operations PL42
of Produced Water Risk Based Engineering and Controls OS4 p.17 p.16
Treating PF23 Process Safety Fundamentals for Fundamentals for
Foundation
Gas Conditioning and Processing G4 p.6 (Virtual/Blended option for first week coming soon)
Overview of
Basic
Advanced Project
Management II
FPM63 p.29
Compressor
Systems - Turbomachinery
Mechanical Design Monitoring and Advanced Project
and Specification Problem Analysis Management
ME46 p.13 ME62 p.13 FPM62 p.29
Additional
courses
available in:
Production &
Completions
p. 18-19
Health,
Safety,
Crude Oil Effective Environment
Pipeline Materials p. 21-24
Operations Management
OT50 p.21 SC42 p.27
Professional
Petroleum
Development
p. 30-31
PETROSKILLS.COM/BLENDED
GAS PROCESSING 7
Pilot
this course is on the engineering/design as new safety/loss prevention engineers who
D E S IG NE D F O R aspects of Process Safety Management. require an overview of Process Safety
Personnel involved with natural gas processing Frequent reference is made to historical Engineering.
and LNG production, as well as anyone incidents and recurring problem areas.
interested in a solid technical understanding of Techniques for analyzing and mitigating Y OU WILL LEA RN Online Learning for
the principles of an LNG plant. process safety hazards applicable to oil and gas Types of equipment and process systems Gas Processing Operations
processing will also be reviewed. This program that have historically been problematic in the
YOU W IL L L E A R N integrates the concepts covered to achieve a Upstream and Midstream oil and gas industry
The basics of LNG gas conditioning and measured approach to Process Safety Basics of risk analysis This e-learning library provides the
processing Engineering. Thinking in terms of Inherently Safer Design fundamentals as well as in-depth
Selection and evaluation processes used Most common process hazard analysis coverage of all topics related to
to dehydrate natural gas, remove heavy DESI GN ED F OR methods and where they are used gas processing to help develop
components and other contaminants, and Anyone who has to deal with concepts of Layers of Protection concept - what the a highly qualified workforce to
extract NGLs for LNG plants process safety engineering, including facilities different layers are and how they are applied maintain operating efficiency
Physical/thermodynamic property correlations engineers, process engineers, design Detection and mitigation methods for different and a safe working facility.
and principles, including heating values, etc. engineers, new safety/loss engineers, project types of hazards
as applied to gas processing facilities and engineers, operations supervisors, Topics include:
LNG plants maintenance supervisors, and representatives COURS E CONTENT
from insurance companies or regulatory Historical incidents and problem areas Risk Introduction to Gas Processing
Fundamentals of propane, propane-precooled, for Operations
mixed refrigerants, and cascade systems used agencies. analysis basics Process hazards analysis
in LNG plants techniques - overview Layers of protection Hydrocarbon Phase Behavior
YOU WI L L L EARN Inherently safer design Hazards associated and Vapor-Liquid
Key points in other LNG liquefaction Equilibrium
technologies How to analyze and assess different types of with process fluids Leakage and dispersion of
How to perform and review equipment sizing risk analyses hydrocarbon releases Combustion behavior of Gas Processing
for major process equipment How to utilize models that are associated hydrocarbons Sources of ignition Hazards Thermodynamics
Solutions to operating problems and control with risk management associated with specific plant systems Plant Turboexpander
issues in LNG and gas processing facilities The importance of building safety into layout and equipment spacing Pressure relief
processes Fractionation In Gas Processing
and disposal systems Corrosion and materials
COUR S E C O N T E N T How Inherently Safer Design can be applied selection Process monitoring and control Solid Bed Adsorption and TEG
Basic gas technology principles Terminology Safety instrumented systems Fire protection Dehydration
C OU RSE C ON T EN T
and nomenclature Physical properties of principles Explosion protection Amine Sweetening Process
hydrocarbons Qualitative phase behavior Process Safety Risk Analysis and Inherently
Safer Design Process Hazards Analysis and Gas Processing Hazards
Vapor-liquid equilibrium Water-hydrocarbon
system behavior, hydrates, etc. Layers of Protection analysis techniques
Thermodynamics of LNG processes Leakage and dispersion of hydrocarbons
Separation equipment Gas treatment, CO2, and Combustion behavior of hydrocarbons
H2S removal Dehydration of natural gas (TEG Sources of ignition and hazardous area
and Molecular Sieve) Heat transfer and classification Specific plant systems and Designed for the global
equipment Relief and flare systems
exchangers Pumps and compressors
Historical incident databases, plant layout and Oil and Gas Industry
Refrigeration systems LNG liquefaction
equipment spacing Fire protection systems
technologies Fractionation Other facilities
SIS, monitoring and control
Pre-tests and Post-tests
topics relevant to LNG Course summary and
overview Customization for Site
Specifics
2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD) Gap Identification and
AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND $4130
Remediation
WHEN YOU NEED IT, This full 5-day course covers sweet gas
processing and NGL extraction, using a
commercial simulator to perform calculations. A
basic working knowledge of the commercial
This course emphasizes process selection,
practical operating issues, technical
fundamentals, and integration of the sweetening
facilities into the overall scheme of gas
COURS E CONTENT
Physical properties of hydrocarbons
Qualitative phase behavior Vapor-liquid
equilibrium Water-hydrocarbon equilibrium
Basic thermodynamic concepts Separation
equipment Heat transfer Pumps
Compressors Refrigeration Fractionation/
distillation Glycol dehydration Adsorption
dehydration
2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD)
2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD) HOUSTON, US 6-10 NOV $4460
HOUSTON, US 25-29 SEP $4700 LONDON, UK 25-29 SEP $5150+VAT
*plus computer charge
PROCESS FACILITIES 9
Concept Selection and
Introduction to Oil Oil Production and Processing
Specification of Production
and Gas Production
Facilities in Field
Facilities PF4
Facilities PF2 Development Projects PF3
BASIC 3-DAY BASIC 5-DAY FOUNDATION 10-DAY
The scope of the discussion ranges from an This course is similar to Introduction to Oil and The emphasis of this course is on oil production facilities - from the wellhead, to the
overview of the oil and gas industry, Gas Production Facilities (PF-2), but is delivery of a specification crude oil product, to the refinery. Both onshore and offshore
hydrocarbon phase behavior characteristics, and presented in the context of concept selection and facilities are discussed. Produced water treating and water injection systems are also
different reservoir types, to product front-end field development planning. covered. Solution gas handling processes and equipment will be discussed at a
specifications and the processes used to meet relatively high level. In addition to the engineering aspects of oil production facilities,
these. Other facilities considerations are DESI GN ED FOR practical operating problems will also be covered, including emulsion treatment, sand
addressed, such as process safety and This course is intended for those working on handling, dealing with wax and asphaltenes, etc. Exercises requiring calculations are
downstream processing that may impact the field development teams, as well as those who utilized throughout the course. The course intended to complement the G-4 Gas
production facility selection and operation. need to better understand how surface facilities Conditioning and Processing course, focused on the gas handling side of the upstream
are selected and how subsurface characteristics oil and gas facilities area.
D E S IG NE D F O R affect facility design and specification.
Those interested in an overview of production
facilities, including subsurface professionals, YOU W I LL L EARN
line managers, sales or business development How to develop the project framework and DESIGNED FOR
staff, environmental personnel, operational staff, decision making strategy Process/facilities engineers and senior operating personnel involved with the design and
and those new to the industry. How the specification of production/ operation of oil and produced water processing facilities.
processing facilities is influenced by reservoir
YOU W IL L L E A R N type, drive mechanism, fluid properties,
How the reservoir type, drive mechanism, location, and contractual obligations
fluid properties, location, and product Operating conditions that affect the YOU WILL LEA RN
specifications influence the selection and specification of the production facilities from Well inflow performance and its impact on production/processing facilities
design of the production facilities the wellhead through initial separation About oil, gas, and water compositions and properties needed for equipment selection
How to do quick back of the envelope Parameters that affect the design and and sizing
calculations to better understand equipment specification of oil stabilization and How to select and evaluate processes and equipment used to meet sales or disposal
sizing and capacity dehydration equipment specifications
Parameters that affect the design and The design and specification of produced To apply physical and thermodynamic property correlations and principles to the
specification of oil stabilization and water systems appropriate for the rate and design and evaluation of oil production and processing facilities
dehydration equipment composition of the produced water to meet How to perform equipment sizing calculations for major production facility separation
Awareness of the parameters that determine the required environmental regulations and/or equipment
flowline/gathering system capacity injection well capacity To evaluate processing configurations for different applications
The purpose of separators in a production The design and specification of gas handling How to recognize and develop solutions to operating problems in oil/water
facility and familiarity with the typical facilities, including compression dehydration processing facilities
configurations and sweetening
Typical design parameters, operating The impact of artificial lift systems and
envelopes, common operating problems of secondary/tertiary production projects on
oil and gas production equipment, and the facilities selection and design COURSE CONTENT
effect of changing feed conditions over the The principles of asset integrity and inherently Reservoir traps, rocks, and drive mechanisms
life of a field safe design given the rate, composition, Phase envelopes and reservoir fluid classification
To describe oil dehydration/desalting process temperature, and pressure of the production Well inflow performance
options and equipment stream Artificial lift
Produced water treating options and the About midstream facilities required Gas, oil, and water - composition and properties
dependence on surface vs. subsurface, downstream of the primary production facility Oil gathering systems
offshore vs. onshore disposal to deliver saleable products to the market, and Gas-liquid separation
Compressor performance characteristics and how these facilities are affected by production Emulsions
how they affect production rates and facility rates, composition, and production facility Oil-water separation
throughput performance Oil treating
Gas dehydration process options, with a Desalting
particular emphasis on glycol dehydration C OU RSE C ON T EN T Oil stabilization and sweetening
The principles of asset integrity and inherently Reservoir types, fluid properties, and typical Oil storage and vapor recovery
safe design given the rate, composition, product specifications Flowlines, gathering Sand, wax, asphaltenes, and scale
temperature, and pressure of the production systems, flow assurance, and production Pipeline transportation of crude oil
stream separation Oil dehydration and stabilization Pumps
About midstream facilities required Produced water treating and water injection Produced water treatment
downstream of the primary production facility systems Gas handling, including Water injection systems
to deliver saleable products to the market, and compression, dehydration, and sweetening Solution gas handling
how these facilities are affected by production The effect of artificial lift systems, and secondary
rates, composition, and production facility and tertiary recovery projects Midstream
performance facilities - gas processing, pipelines, product
storage, and LNG Other facility considerations
COUR S E C O N T E N T - utility systems, process safety and asset
Overview of oil and gas industry Qualitative integrity, and environmental regulations
phase behavior and reservoirs Hydrocarbon
properties and terminology Typical sales/
disposal specifications Flowlines, piping and
gathering systems Production separation
Oil processing Water injection systems
(including pumps) Gas handling -
compression, dehydration Measurement and
storage Other facilities considerations -
utilities, process safety Midstream facilities
- gas processing, pipelines, LNG 2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD)
DENVER, US 7-18 AUG $8670
DUBAI, UAE 3-14 DEC $8760
HOUSTON, US 27 NOV-8 DEC $8760
2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD) KUALA LUMPUR, MYS 17-28 JUL $8760
HOUSTON, US 2-4 OCT $2995 See website for dates and locations LONDON, UK 6-17 NOV $8760+VAT
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10 PROCESS FACILITIES
Fundamental and
Applied Water Separation Equipment - Relief and Flare
Practical Aspects
Technology in Oil and Selection and Sizing Systems PF44
of Produced Water
Gas Production PF21 PF42
Treating PF23
FOUNDATION 5-DAY FOUNDATION 5-DAY INTERMEDIATE 5-DAY INTERMEDIATE 5-DAY
This course provides an overview of the main This course covers topics related to Produced This course covers the different types of This intensive course provides a comprehensive
water handling systems typically encountered in Water Treatment in upstream oil and gas separation equipment typically encountered in overview of relief and flare systems for oil and
upstream (E&P) production operations, both operations. Produced water composition and oil and gas production facilities. Fractionation gas processing facilities. The course begins with
onshore and offshore. The chemistry of the main physical properties are covered. Water quality equipment and produced water treating the need for pressure control/overpressure
water-related problems of mineral scales, requirements for various disposal methods are equipment are not covered in this course. You protection, continues with the key engineering
corrosion, bacteria, and oily water will be addressed, including onshore surface discharge, will learn where the different types of separation and design aspects including code
reviewed both from the theoretical and practical offshore discharge to sea, and reinjection for equipment are used based on operating considerations, and concludes with selecting
aspects. Produced water treatment equipment disposal or waterflood. Regulatory requirements conditions and separation performance and defining the components of a relief and flare
and typical water quality specifications will also and analytical methods used to monitor and requirements. Frequent references will be made system. The material of the course is applicable
be reviewed, as well as water injection and ensure regulatory compliance are discussed. to real production facility process flow diagrams to onshore field production facilities, pipelines,
disposal systems. An exercise will be given to Treatment technology is presented along with (PFDs). Typical operational problems and their gas plants, terminals, and offshore production
identify typical system problems and to apply the practical considerations for selecting and solutions will also be discussed. Exercises facilities.
knowledge you gained to propose solutions. operating typical water treatment equipment. requiring calculations are utilized throughout the
Emphasis will be placed on understanding and Representative process flow diagrams illustrate course as well. DES IGNED FOR
resolving operational problems in process equipment selection, design features, layout, and Engineers and senior operating personnel
Please be aware that due to overlap in content, it responsible for designing, operating, and
equipment. processes. Chemical treatment options are also
is not necessary to take the PF-42 course if you maintaining relief and flare systems in oil and
considered.
DES IG NE D F O R have already taken the PF-4 Oil Production and gas facilities.
Managers, engineers, chemists, and operators DESI GN ED FOR Processing Facilities course.
needing to understand water-related problems in Managers, engineers, chemists, and senior Y OU WILL LEARN
DESIGNED FOR Purposes of relief and flare systems and their
oil and gas production and their solutions. operations personnel responsible for designing,
Process/Facilities engineers who need skills for importance in safe operations
operating, and maintaining facilities that process
YO U W IL L L E A R N design and troubleshooting of separators. Causes of overpressure and the ways to
and manage produced water. This course will
The basics of oilfield water chemistry provide participants with an understanding of the control/mitigate
YOU WILL LEA RN
How to monitor and control corrosion, scale, technical aspects required to select, design, Defining the possible relief scenarios
Different types of separation equipment
and bacterial growth in produced water and maintain, and troubleshoot produced water Commonly used pressure relieving devices,
utilized in the oil and gas industry and where
water injection/disposal systems equipment. selection and sizing
they are used
How to implement system surveillance Determining set/relieving pressures to meet
Separation performance capabilities of the
programs to detect potential problems before YOU W I LL L EARN operational, safety, and code requirements
different types of equipment
system damage occurs How produced water compositions affect water Operational considerations of maintenance,
How to size the different types of separation
Produced (oily) water treatment options and treatment system design and performance testing, certification, and disposal of fluids
equipment
related treatment equipment How to interpret produced water analytical Designing and operating relief and
How to troubleshoot and debottleneck
How to use the knowledge gained to identify data and calculate common Scale Indices flare header systems considering fluid
separation equipment
typical system problems and be able to How emulsions form and contribute to water characteristics, service conditions, volumes,
How to calculate the wall thickness and
propose solutions treatment challenges gas dispersion, and radiation
estimate the weight of separators
How Total Suspended Solids (TSS) affects Selection and sizing other key components of
C OUR S E C O N T E N T Instrumentation and controls used on
water quality and what to do about it a relief/flare system
Water chemistry fundamentals Water sampling separation equipment
What water quality is required for surface or
and analysis Water formed scales Corrosion overboard disposal, for injection disposal, or COURS E CONTE N T
COURSE CONTENT
control Water treatment microbiology for beneficial use Overview of typical relief and flare systems and
Fluid properties and phase behavior Phase
Produced water discharge/disposal and The regulatory requirements for offshore water key components Codes and standards as well
separation processes Gas-liquid separation
treatment principles Produced water treating disposal and what is in an NPDES Permit as good practices typical in oil and gas facilities
equipment: slug catchers, conventional
equipment - theory of operation, advantages and What analytical methods actually measure and Safety implications and causes of
separators (horizontal and vertical), scrubbers,
disadvantages, and the importance of oil droplet how to select an appropriate method overpressure Overpressure protection
compact separators, filter separators/coalescing
size Water injection and disposal systems - How separators, clarifier tanks, CPIs, philosophy including source isolation and relief
filters Separator internals: inlet devices, mist
theory of operation, corrosion, scale, and hydrocyclones, flotation cells, and bed Determination of relief requirements and
extractors, baffles, weirs, etc. Emulsions
biological control Case study filtration work and how to improve their defining set point pressures Types,
Oil-water separation equipment: conventional
performance applications, and sizing of common relief
3-phase separators and freewater knockouts,
The most common causes of water treating devices Blow-down/depressurizing - purpose
wash tanks Oil treating and desalting
problems and how to diagnose and resolve and design/operational considerations Design
equipment: mainly electrostatic coalescers
them and specification considerations for relief valves
Liquid-liquid coalescing filters Mechanical
Typical PFDs used to illustrate operational and header systems, including fluid
design aspects: pressure vessel codes, wall
issues characteristics, services conditions, material
thickness and vessel weight estimation, material
selection, and header sizing Environmental
selection, relief requirements Operational
C OU RSE C ON T EN T considerations Radiation calculations and the
problems
Introduction to water treatment technology and impact of flare tip design Selection and sizing
issues Produced water chemistry and of key components: knockout and seal drums,
characterization Defining and characterizing vent/flare stack, vent/flare tips, and flare ignition
emulsions that impact water quality and systems Defining need and quantity of purge
treatment Water quality requirements for gas Flare gas recovery, smokeless flaring, and
injection or surface disposal, NPDES permits, purge gas conservation Operational and
analytical methods Primary water treatment troubleshooting tips
technologies - separators, hydrocyclones, and
CPIs Secondary water treatment - induced gas
flotation Tertiary water treatment technologies
- media and membrane filtration Chemicals
and chemical treatment Diagnostic testing and
in-field observations Diagnosing and
resolving water treatment issues based on actual
field experiences
2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD)
ABERDEEN, UK 23-27 OCT $4780+VAT
HOUSTON, US 25-29 SEP $4150
2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD) 2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD) 2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD) KUALA LUMPUR, MYS 14-18 AUGUST $5460
HOUSTON, US 21-25 AUG $4150 HOUSTON, US 30 OCT-3 NOV $4150 HOUSTON, US 16-20 OCT $4150 PERTH, AUSTRALIA 7-11 AUG $5600+GST
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PROCESS FACILITIES 11
Pilot
including the commonly used processes and
senior operating personnel responsible for the four-day session including a CO2 plant tour on
equipment involved.
design, operation and optimization of onshore Thursday, contingent on plant availability.
gas gathering systems and their associated field DESI GN ED FOR
DESIGNED FOR
facilities. Process/Facilities engineers with 5-10 years of Online Learning for
Engineers and senior operating personnel
YO U W IL L L E A R N
experience, facilities engineering team leaders/
involved with carbon dioxide/natural gas/CO2 Operations & Maintenance
supervisors, and senior facilities operational
The impact of gathering system pressure on EOR systems.
personnel. ePilot is more than 1,300
gas well deliverability
The impact of produced fluids composition on YOU W I LL L EARN
YOU WILL LEA RN hours of technical skills and
What to expect over the life of a CO2 EOR
gathering system design and operation The difference between troubleshooting, safety training used at more
system
How to evaluate field facility and gathering optimization, and debottlenecking than 500 sites worldwide.
Impact of CO2 on the design and operation of
system configurations for different How to recognize trouble when it is occurring
applications How to develop a methodical approach to
oil production equipment Topics include:
Physical and thermodynamic properties Core Competency
To recognize and develop solutions to troubleshooting
of pure CO2, and the impact of CO2 in
operating problems with existing gas To recognize how different components of Electrical
hydrocarbon mixtures
gathering systems a facility interact with each other, and the
significance of these interactions
Dehydrate high CO2-content gases Gas Processing
Best practices to deal with Dense Phase
C OUR S E C O N T E N T How to gather, validate, and utilize the data
pipelines, metering, flaring etc.
Health, Environmental,
Gas well inflow performance and deliverability needed for troubleshooting
Overview of gas well deliquification methods for How to pump and compress CO2 Safety, & Security
The criteria to be considered for identifying the
low-rate, low pressure gas wells Effect of best solution when several feasible solutions
Using purification processes: membranes, Instrumentation
gathering system/abandonment pressure on Ryan-Holmes, amines, hot carbonate, etc.
are available Mechanical Maintenance
reserves recovery Impact of produced fluids Typical causes of problems, and their
composition Sweet/sour CO2 content solutions, for the main types of processes and
COURSE CONTENT Pipeline Fundamentals
Overview of CO2 injection and process facilities
Rich/lean Produced water Hydrates and equipment used in the upstream-midstream Heavy emphasis on CO2 for enhanced oil Process Operations
hydrate prevention Dehydration Heating oil and gas industry
Chemical inhibition Multiphase flow basics
recovery Physical and thermodynamic Production Operations
properties of CO2 and high CO2 mixtures Refinery Operations
Corrosion/materials selection Gathering C OU RSE C ON T EN T
Materials selection and design consideration in
system layout Wellsite/field facilities options Troubleshooting methodology fundamentals and Refinery Process Units
CO2 systems Process vessel specification
Provisions for future compression data reconciliation Gas - Liquid separators
Reciprocating compressors Amine gas
Pumps and compressors Fluid flow and Rotating & Reciprocating
special pipeline design considerations such as Equipment
sweetening Glycol dehydration units
the control of ductile fractures Dehydration of
3-phase separators Centrifugal pumps Oil Stationary Equipment
CO2 and CO2-rich gases General overview of
treating Produced water treating systems
Shell and tube heat exchangers Centrifugal
processes to treat/recover CO2 Turnaround Planning
compressors Molecular sieve dehydration
units NGL recovery processes
2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD) 2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD)
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includes field trip petroskills.com/elearning
12 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Corrosion Management Mechanical
Piping Systems - Fundamentals of
in Production/ Specification of
Mechanical Design and Pump and Compressor
Processing Operations Pressure Vessels and
Specification ME41 Systems ME44
PF22 Heat Exchangers ME43
FOUNDATION 5-DAY INTERMEDIATE 5-DAY INTERMEDIATE 5-DAY INTERMEDIATE 5-DAY
This course will cover the main causes of This 5-day, intermediate level course for FIELD TRIP This is an intensive 5-day course providing a
corrosion in upstream oil and gas operations, as engineers and piping system designers reviews comprehensive overview of pumps and
This 5-day, intermediate level course for facility
well as monitoring and mitigation methods. The the key areas associated with the design of compressor systems. The focus is on equipment
engineers and project engineers reviews the key
various corrosion mechanisms give rise to a piping systems for oil and gas facilities. The selection; type, unit, and station configuration;
areas associated with the mechanical design of
number of different forms of corrosion damage, course is focused on four areas: codes and and integration of these units in the process
pressure vessels and heat exchangers for oil and
which will all be considered. Participants will standards, pipe materials and manufacture, scheme and control strategy in upstream and
gas facilities. The course is focused on vessels,
estimate the corrosivity of a given environment piping components, and piping layout and midstream oil and gas facilities. The material of
heat exchangers built in accordance to ASME
through analysis of the chemical and physical design. Applicable piping codes for oil and gas the course is applicable to field production
VIII Div 1, considering material selection, key
characteristics of the system; review approaches facilities (ISO, B31.3, B31.4, B31.8, etc.), pipe facilities, pipelines, gas plants, and offshore
design calculations, and manufacturing
to selecting materials and coatings for corrosion sizing calculations, pipe installation, and systems.
processes. The course is not aimed at process
resistance for different conditions and materials selection are an integral part of the
engineers sizing equipment (PF-42 covers these DES IGNED FOR
applications (including the use of NACE course. The emphasis is on proper material
elements), although a brief review of the sizing Engineers, senior technicians, and system
MR0175/ISO 15156); and be introduced to selection and specification of piping systems.
correlations is included. The course is delivered operators designing, operating, and maintaining
cathodic protection (CP) surveys, selecting the
DESI GN ED FOR from the perspective of a vessel fabricator to pump and compressor systems in oil and gas
CP system type, estimating current requirements,
This PetroSkills training course is ideal for better understand the dos and donts of ideal facilities.
and the design principles of simple cathodic
mechanical, facilities, plant, or pipeline mechanical specification of pressurized
protection systems. The participant will learn
engineers and piping system designers who are equipment by owner/operators, in order to Y OU WILL LEARN
how to select and utilize corrosion inhibitors for
involved in the design of in-plant piping systems optimize material utilization and minimize Selecting the appropriate integrated pump
different systems, and how to select and apply
for oil and gas facilities. construction costs. The Houston session and compressors units (drivers, pumps,
corrosion monitoring techniques to create an
features an afternoon field trip to a large pressure compressors, and auxiliary systems)
integrated monitoring program. The course
YOU W I LL L EARN vessel fabricator. Integrating the pump or compressor units
content is based on a field facilities engineering
To apply piping system codes and standards with the upstream and downstream piping and
point of view, as opposed to a more narrowly- DESIGNED FOR
About line sizing and layout of piping systems process equipment
specialized corrosion engineering or chemistry Mechanical, facilities, construction, or project
in various types of facilities Evaluating pump and compressor units and
viewpoint. It provides an appropriate balance of engineers and plant piping/vessel designers who
How to specify proper components for their drivers in multiple train configurations,
necessary theory and practical applications to are involved in the specification and purchasing
process and utility applications parallel and series
solve/mitigate corrosion-related problems. of pressure vessels, heat exchangers, and other
To compare alternative materials of Identifying the key local and remote control
construction pressure-containing equipment for oil and gas elements of pumps and compressors as well
DES IG NE D F O R
The process of steelmaking, pipe facilities. as their drivers
Managers, engineers, chemists, and operators
who need to understand corrosion and its control manufacturing, and material specifications Defining the major life-cycle events, such
YOU WILL LEA RN
management in oil and gas production and Joining methods and inspection techniques as changes in flows, fluid composition, and
About ASME B&PV code and the commonly
processing. Key considerations for flare and vent systems, operating conditions that can affect equipment
used sections relevant to oil and gas
including PSV sizing selection and operating strategies
equipment
YO U W IL L L E A R N Assessing the key pump hydraulics and
C OU RSE C ON T EN T To specify correct and commonly used
The basics of corrosion chemistry compressor thermodynamics, and their effect
Piping codes and standards (ANSI/ASME, API, materials according to ASME II
The main corrosion mechanisms occurring in on selection and operations
ISO) Pipe materials and manufacturing How to design vessel shells, heads, nozzles,
oil and gas production/processing systems Identifying significant operating conditioning
Basic pipe stress analysis methods Valves and and heat exchanger details
The different types of damage caused by monitoring parameters and troubleshooting
actuators Welding and non-destructive testing How to provide accurate equipment
corrosion techniques
Line sizing basics (single-phase and specification documents and review
Materials selection for corrosion prevention
multiphase flow) Pipe and valve material documentation for code compliance COURS E CONTE N T
Some methods for conducting cathodic
selection Piping layout and design Key fabrication processes used in the Types of pumps, compressors, and drivers, and
protection (CP) surveys
Manifolds, headers, and flare/vent systems workshop and how to simplify construction their common applications and range of
Items to consider in corrosion inhibitor
Non-metallic piping systems Operations and through correct vessel specification operations Evaluation and selection of pumps
selection
maintenance considerations of facilities and About welding processes and inspection and compressors, and their drivers for long-term
Key advantages and disadvantages of the
pipelines requirements per ASME IX efficient operations Unit and station
various corrosion monitoring methods
Where the main locations of corrosion configuration including multiple trains in series
COURSE CONTENT
concern occur within oil production systems, and/or parallel operations Integration with
Vessel codes and standards (ASME B&PV Code,
gas processing facilities (including amine upstream and downstream process equipment,
TEMA, API) Vessel material selection,
units), and water injection systems local and remote control systems, and facilities
corrosion mechanisms, heat treatment, and
utilities Key auxiliary systems including
basic metallurgy Essential design calculations
C OUR S E C O N T E N T monitoring equipment, heat exchangers, lube
for vessels and heat exchangers Welding
Fundamentals of corrosion theory Major and seal systems, and fuel/power systems
process overview and inspection requirements
causes of corrosion (O2, CO2, H2S, Major design, installation, operating,
Constructability and operability considerations
microbiologically influenced corrosion) Forms troubleshooting, and maintenance
Vessel integrity, evaluation, and re-purposing
of corrosion damage Materials selection considerations
of pressure-containing equipment according to
Protective coatings and linings Cathodic
API/ASME
protection Corrosion inhibitors Corrosion
monitoring and inspection Corrosion in gas
processing facilities Corrosion in water
injection systems Corrosion management
strategy and life-cycle costs
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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 13
Turbomachinery Process Plant
Compressor Systems - Risk Based
Monitoring and Reliability and
Mechanical Design and Inspection REL61
Problem Analysis Maintenance Strategies
Specification ME46 ME62 REL5
SPECIALIZED 5-DAY SPECIALIZED 5-DAY INTERMEDIATE 5-DAY INTERMEDIATE 5-DAY
This 5-day, specialized level course is for facility This 5-day course is an intensive, specialized This course is designed to teach reliability The risk-based approach requires a systematic
design engineers, operations engineers, and level program for experienced mechanical engineering skills as they apply to improving and integrated use of expertise from the different
technicians seeking an in-depth understanding equipment engineers to develop and expand process system reliability and developing disciplines that impact plant integrity. These
of centrifugal, reciprocating, and screw their capabilities in monitoring and problem maintenance strategies. You will use modern include design, materials selection, operating
compressors. This course provides basic analysis of turbomachinery. This course focuses software and analysis methods to perform parameters and scenarios, and understanding of
knowledge of compressor types and associated on defining the systems and subsystems that statistical analysis of failures and model system the current and future degradation mechanisms
auxiliary systems, mechanical design of form the turbomachinery, the potential problems performance, plus develop maintenance and and risks involved. Risk-based methodologies
equipment, operating and performance with these systems and subsystems, monitoring reengineering strategies to improve overall enable the assessment of the likelihood and
characteristics, control and monitoring systems, techniques for early detection of problems, and performance. potential consequences of equipment failures.
maintenance practices, and codes and standards. methods to analyze the monitored variables to Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) provides companies
detect potential problems or reconstruct reasons DESIGNED FOR the opportunity to prioritize their equipment for
DES IG NE D F O R for failures. Case studies are used throughout the Maintenance, engineering, and operations inspection; optimize inspection methods,
Mechanical, facilities, plant, or pipeline course. personnel involved in improving reliability, frequencies, and resources; and develop specific
engineers and technicians needing an in-depth availability, condition monitoring, and equipment inspection plans. This results in
understanding of the different types of DESI GN ED FOR maintainability of process equipment and improved safety, lower failure risk, fewer forced
compressors. Experienced mechanical or facilities engineers systems. Participants should have foundation shutdowns, and reduced operational costs.
and senior technicians needing an understanding skills in statistical analysis and reliability
YO U W IL L L E A R N of monitoring and troubleshooting techniques for equipment. DES IGNED FOR
How to apply thermodynamics to compressor turbomachinery. Inspection maintenance, production, and other
performance and operating characteristics YOU WILL LEA RN plant engineers and technicians responsible for
How to size, specify, and select compressors YOU W I LL L EARN H O W TO Improving reliability in new facilities/systems the safe on-going operation of pressure-
Compressor auxiliary systems Evaluate turbine performance during startup Reliability design for maintainability containing equipment in oil and gas facilities.
Series and parallel application of compressors and operation Developing initial maintenance strategies
How to integrate compressor systems into Identify turbomachinery system components Virtual equipment walk-down; criticality using Y OU WILL LEARN
process facilities used in the oil and gas Define and use appropriate monitoring simulation and modeling; developing baseline To apply fundamental principles of risk
industry techniques and tools condition monitoring programs; developing analysis, using practical application through
How to use state-of-the-art monitor and Utilize effective operation and shutdown lubrication programs; and developing case histories and a step-by-step evaluation
control devices in the operation, maintenance, procedures process-specific maintenance strategies with process for each type of damage mechanism
and troubleshooting of compression systems Analyze common turbomachinery problems, reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) To quantitatively determine probability
How to apply maintenance practices to such as vibration, temp/pressure operation, Improving reliability in existing facilities/ of failure of pressure equipment, analyze
improve compressor reliability and surge systems consequences of failure, and develop an
Shop and field performance testing Solve instrumentation and control problems Analyzing process reliability plots to appropriate inspection plan
Compressor economics including OPEX vs. Understand the inter-relationships of drivers, determine the amount of opportunity About the fundamental principles of
CAPEX considerations couplings, gearboxes, and driven equipment Continuous improvement through failure component integrity, application of the API
Evaluate installation techniques, equipment reporting, analysis, and corrective action rules, material properties of strength and
C OUR S E C O N T E N T failures, and different maintenance practices systems (FRACAS) toughness, and the introduction to stress and
Types and application of compressors Evaluate economic considerations Developing policies and procedures; fracture mechanics
Selection criteria of dynamic and positive developing failure reporting codes; statistical How to assess the integrity of equipment and
displacement compressors Compressor C OU RSE C ON T EN T analysis of failures using Weibull; and make projections about remaining useful life
thermodynamics and operating characteristics Gas turbine machinery - general description developing root cause analysis (RCA) Assessment of existing static equipment to
Performance curves and off-design evaluations Operating principles of gas turbines Key programs (triggers for RCA and analyzing increase the equipment capacity and to extend
Key compressor components and other performance variables and means to monitor recommendations) service life; API 579-1/ASME FFS-1
auxiliary systems Equipment specifications Major components of axial flow compressors: Developing maintenance strategies with To apply and use API RP 580 and API RP
Compressor controls and monitoring devices rotors, blades, shafts, combustion chambers, condition monitoring 581 recommended practices; for pressurized
Driver and gear involvement Installation, nozzles, etc. Auxiliary systems: lube oil, seal Identifying applicable condition monitoring components (e.g. pressure vessels and
operation, maintenance practices, and oil, fuel, start-up, etc. Evaluation of turbine methods; using criticality to determine level piping), these assessments can be used
troubleshooting Economic considerations performance parameters during start-up and of condition monitoring application; and to determine optimum inspection intervals
normal operation Troubleshooting control reporting asset health through the considered application of ASME
systems for gas turbines: start-up, speed and Developing maintenance strategies with RCM section V NDE techniques
temperature controls, vibration Principles of Developing policies and procedures;
operation and general components of identifying systems for analysis; analyzing COURS E CONTE N T
compressors: rotors, seals, diaphragms, etc. recommendations with simulation RBI philosophy based on API RP 580 Risk-
Operating characteristics curves Surging and modeling; and implementing based decision making fundamentals and tools
phenomenon Choking phenomenon recommendations Technical integrity and mechanical properties
Compressor instrumentation: various control Monitoring results of pressure equipment Understanding and
loops, anti-surge control loops Compressor Understanding the true purpose of key managing risk Fires, vapor cloud explosions
safety interlock and trip systems Gas turbine performance indicators (KPIs) (VCE), and boiling liquid expanding vapor
and compressor systems start-up procedures Developing appropriate reliability and explosions (BLEVE) API risk-based inspection
Normal operation - monitoring of parameters maintainability KPIs methodology Damage mechanisms affecting
Shutdown procedures Logging of monitoring pressure equipment in the oil and gas industry
checks Vibration monitoring COURSE CONTENT Non-destructive examination techniques (NDE
Troubleshooting Criticality analysis Availability simulation and and NDT) API RP 581 Part 1, Part 2, and Part
modeling Statistical analysis of failures using 3 Fitness for service assessments using API
Weibull Maintenance strategy development; 579-1/ASME FFS-1 Inspection plan
condition monitoring; reliability-centered development and implementation RBI rollout
maintenance; and essential care Process and management
reliability analysis Root cause analysis
Failure reporting, analysis, and corrective action
systems Key performance indicators
Reliability definitions
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14 INSTRUMENTATION, CONTROLS & ELECTRICAL
Instrumentation, Instrumentation and
Electrical Engineering
Controls and Electrical Controls Fundamentals
Si rece con
Fundamentals for
va
to able
gn iv te
Systems for Facilities for Facilities Engineers
lu
up e nt
Facilities Engineers E3
Engineers ICE21 IC3
FOUNDATION 5-DAY FOUNDATION 5-DAY FOUNDATION 5-DAY
Technical This foundation-level course provides an This course applies fundamental electrical This course applies fundamental instrumentation
Resources
overview of electrical systems, instrumentation, engineering principles to oil and gas facilities. and control engineering principles to oil and gas
process control, and control/safety systems The course is designed for Facilities Engineers facilities design and operation, and is designed
typically encountered in oil and gas facilities, who interface with electrical systems, and to accelerate the development of new facilities
2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD) 2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD)
HOUSTON, US 25-29 SEP $4150
2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD) DENVER, US 17-21 JUL $4160
KUALA LUMPUR 7-11 AUG $5460 ORLANDO, US 23-27 OCT $4210 HOUSTON, US 13-17 NOV $4150
LONDON, UK 3-7 JUL $4780+VAT
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INSTRUMENTATION, CONTROLS & ELECTRICAL 15
PLC and SCADA Valve and Actuator Flow and Level Custody Practical PID Control
Technologies IC71 Technologies IC72 Measurement IC73 and Loop Tuning IC74
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HOUSTON, US 11-15 SEP $4150 HOUSTON, US 18-22 SEP $4150 HOUSTON, US 27 NOV-1 DEC $4150 HOUSTON, US 4-8 DEC $4150
*plus computer charge
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16 PIPELINE ENGINEERING
Onshore Pipeline
Pipeline Systems Offshore Pipeline Terminals and Storage
Facilities - Design,
Overview PL22 Design and Facilities PL44
Construction and
Construction PL43
Operations PL42
BASIC 5-DAY FOUNDATION 5-DAY FOUNDATION 5-DAY FOUNDATION 5-DAY
This course that provides awareness level This intensive five-day foundation level course Successful onshore pipeline businesses require This 5-day, foundation level course reviews key
training for engineers new to the hazardous covers the principal aspects of design, personnel competent in fully integrated issues associated with development, design,
liquid and gas pipeline industry. The topics construction, and operations of offshore pipeline approaches to evaluation, planning, design, construction, and operation of terminals and
include the technical and economic basis for systems. The course focuses on pipeline construction, operations, and asset integrity storage facilities for liquid hydrocarbons and
pipeline systems; the key facilities that connect mechanical, strength, and stability design, and management. This intensive, 5-day foundation NGLs. The course focuses on six areas: 1)
pipelines to the other elements of the construction. Special challenges, such as level course explores best practices for terminal codes and siting constraints, 2) terminal
hydrocarbon value chain; regulatory and shoreline crossings, foreign pipeline crossings, developing and maintaining pipeline systems design and equipment layout, 3) types of storage
environmental compliance issues; key repair methods, flow assurance, corrosion and that maximize life cycle reliability; employee, and selection criteria, 4) design considerations
considerations for public and governmental cathodic protection are an integral part of this public, and environmental safety; and cost for loading racks, fire protection, vapor recovery,
interaction; project development and course. Participants will acquire the essential effectiveness. Design and operating exercises are blending equipment, and water treatment, 5)
construction challenges; and the strategies for knowledge and skills to design, construct, and an integral part of this course. detailed design of storage tanks, vessels, and
safe and efficient pipeline system operations, operate pipelines. Design problems and team caverns, and 6) operations and maintenance.
maintenance, and asset integrity. Case studies projects are part of this course. DESIGNED FOR Safety, quality control, system reliability,
are an integral part of this course. Pipeline project managers and engineers, availability, and regulatory compliance are
DESI GN ED FOR operations and maintenance supervisors, integrated throughout the course. Case studies
DES IG NE D F O R Engineers, designers and operators who are regulatory compliance personnel, and other and exercises are used to reinforce key points.
Recent graduate engineers involved in mid- actively involved in the design, specification, technical professionals with 1-3 years of
stream activities of pipeline and terminal design, construction, and operation of offshore pipeline experience in natural gas, crude oil, refined DES IGNED FOR
construction, and operations. It also provides systems. petroleum products, LPGs, NGL, chemical, Project managers, engineers, operations and
effective grounding for upstream and carbon dioxide pipeline engineering, maintenance supervisors, and regulatory
downstream managers, business development, YOU W I LL L EARN H OW TO construction, operations, or maintenance. This compliance personnel with 1-3 years of
legal, human resources, finance, land Apply mechanical, strength, and physical course is intended for participants needing a experience in planning, engineering,
acquisition, and public relations professionals, principles to pipeline design, material broad understanding of the planning, constructing and/or operating terminals and
as well as independent investors interested in a selection, construction, and operation development, construction, start-up, and storage facilities for hydrocarbon liquids, NGLs,
general technically oriented overview of pipeline Describe the key construction methods operating and asset integrity management of and petrochemical feedstocks. This course is for
systems. For pipeline and terminal engineering, Define the importance of environmental onshore pipelines. participants needing a foundation level
and operations supervision and management conditions, construction methods, and understanding of the planning, engineering,
personnel with 1-3 years of direct experience pipeline system hydraulics in design, YOU WILL LEA RN HOW TO construction, operations, and maintenance of
interested in taking the next step in advancing installation, and operations of offshore Apply regulatory codes, standards, and storage and terminals connected to pipelines,
their breadth of the knowledge, we refer you to pipeline systems industry guidelines (API and others) that rail, barges/tankers and/or truck loading
PL42, Onshore Pipelines and/or PL44, Terminal Identify special design and construction control and guide the permitting, design, facilities.
Design, Construction and Operations. challenges of offshore pipeline systems construction, operation, and maintenance of
Incorporate construction methods into the pipeline facilities Y OU WILL LEARN
YO U W IL L L E A R N design of a pipeline system Apply mechanical and physical principles Storage and terminals basics for hydrocarbon
Basic concepts of liquid and gas pipeline Identify the principal interfaces of pipeline to pipeline design, hydraulics, and material liquids, NGLs, and petrochemical feedstocks
economics facilities, such as platforms, floating selection Design and operation of atmospheric tanks
Pipeline design overview production systems, sub-sea wellheads, and Describe the importance of route selection, and pressurized bullets and spheres
Construction methods and challenges SPMs on design, construction, and operations hydraulics, and pipeline infrastructure for long Fundamentals of underground storage (salt
Essential operations of offshore pipeline systems term profitability, reliability, and safety and rock caverns)
Asset integrity management Identify offshore safety and environmental Identify special design and construction Safety, product quality, and reliability/
Regulatory and code compliance requirements practices and their effect on design, challenges of onshore pipeline systems availability concerns
construction, and operations Identify the principle interfaces and potential
C OUR S E C O N T E N T interrelationships of pipeline facilities, such as COURS E CONTE N T
The business model and value-added premise of C OU RSE C ON T EN T pump stations and terminals, on design and Sizing criteria and economics for storage and
pipelines and their role in the overall energy Overview of oil and gas transportation systems operations terminal facilities Various storage types
value chain The advantages and limitation of Review pipeline hydraulics, focusing on those Apply operational and maintenance tools and (atmospheric storage tanks, pressure vessels,
pipelines, and the scope and general structure of aspects that affect design, construction, and procedures to pipeline systems, including salt or rock caverns) and appropriate
the industry The key components and facilities operations Pipeline systems definition, survey, system monitoring and control, leak detection, applications Terminal and tank farm layout
that are integrated into pipeline systems How and route selection Safety, environmental, and custody measurement and quality control, constraints Details of industry codes and
to recognize regulatory codes and industry regulatory considerations, focusing on Codes asset integrity management, efficient and standards, plus regulatory and environmental
guidelines (API and others) that control the and Standards related to pipelines Pipeline safe operations, and emergency response compliance Selection of equipment for
permitting, design, construction, operations, and conceptual and mechanical design for strength, capability delivery and receipt to/from pipelines, barges
maintenance of pipeline facilities The steps stability and installation Pipeline construction and ships, trucks, and rail, including metering
from concept to operating system to for offshore systems and the interrelationships COURSE CONTENT options, loading arms, pumps, and control
abandonment - design, permitting, land with design and material selection Pipeline Regulations and code compliance requirements systems Blending options and equipment,
acquisition, construction, and startup - with each materials and components selection including Pipeline survey and routing Proper system VRU/VCU, water treating, and fire protection
tied to the key issues for project and operations line pipe, corrosion and cathodic protection, and sizing and design Equipment selection criteria Key factors affecting safety, product quality,
management The strategic operational and coatings Specialized equipment and materials Facilities sites and design concern system reliability, and profitability in design,
maintenance needs and options for pipeline for integrating with subsea wellhead/manifold Construction methods and contracting construction, and operations Atmospheric
systems, including system monitoring and systems, side taps, insulation, and pipe-in-pipe approaches Operation and asset integrity storage tank design, layout, construction,
control, leak detection, measurement and quality will be reviewed Special design and management, including Pipeline Safety corrosion prevention, and operations covering
control, asset integrity management, efficient and construction considerations for risers and Management initiative (API 1173) API 650 and API 653 Overview of pressure
safe operations, and emergency response umbilicals, foreign pipeline crossings, single vessel and sphere design and construction
capability point moorings, and shore approaches Design, development, and operation of
Introduction to flow assurance considerations underground cavern storage facilities
and pipeline integrity aspects including in-line
inspection, leak detection and emergency
planning considerations Pipeline operations,
maintenance and repair considerations and their
impact on design and material selection
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OFFSHORE & SUBSEA 17
Fundamentals of
Overview of Offshore Overview of Subsea Flow Assurance for
Offshore Systems
Systems OS21 Systems SS2 Offshore Production
Design and
FAOP
Construction OS4
BASIC 5-DAY BASIC 5-DAY FOUNDATION 10-DAY INTERMEDIATE 5-DAY
This five-day course will accelerate the learning An overview of subsea components and how This 10-day course provides a fundamental Flow assurance is a critical component in the
and productivity of individuals with little to no they are integrated into field architecture is understanding of the technology and work design and operation of offshore production
experience working in the offshore oil and gas provided during this five-day course. Individuals processes used for the design and construction facilities. This is particularly true as the industry
industry. The course provides an overview of will develop a basic understanding of the various of all types of offshore systems, including goes to deeper water, longer tiebacks, deeper
field development concepts and explains how subsea components used in all water depths, consideration of asset development, surveillance, wells, and higher temperature and pressure
offshore structures and facilities function as from relatively shallow to ultra-deepwater. The and management. The content includes the full reservoirs. Although gas hydrate issues
integrated systems. The content includes the full participants will all learn how the components range of water depths from shallow water to dominate the thermohydraulic design, waxes,
range of water depths from shallow water to are integrated into subsea field developments, ultra-deepwater and will also address life-cycle asphaltenes, emulsions, scale, corrosion,
ultra-deepwater. All major components required which will accelerate learning and productivity. considerations in all phases of offshore field erosion, solids transport, slugging, and
for offshore developments such as fixed and Installation and flow assurance are emphasized development and operation. All major operability are all important issues which require
floating platforms, drilling and workover rigs, as key drivers in subsea design. The course components required for offshore developments, considerable effort. The participant will be
pipelines, risers, process and utilities and emphasizes a systems approach to design. such as fixed and floating platforms, drilling rigs, presented with sufficient theory/correlation
construction equipment are discussed. The Individual and group exercises are used workover equipment, pipelines, risers, process, information to be able to understand the basis for
importance of life-cycle considerations during throughout the course, including a case study to and utilities and construction equipment are the applications. This intensive five-day course
development planning is emphasized. Individual develop field architecture recommendations, discussed. Emphasis is placed on the multi- has considerable time devoted to application and
and group exercises, including a case study, are basic component selection, and high level discipline team approach needed to manage the design exercises to ensure the practical
used throughout the course. The course project execution plans for a subsea myriad interfaces of offshore facility design, applications are learned.
instructors are experienced offshore managers. development. Course instructors are experienced construction, and operations. Individual and
offshore managers. group exercises are used throughout the course. DES IGNED FOR
DES IG NE D F O R A case study for an offshore project development Engineers, operators, and technical managers
Technical staff, business professionals, DESI GN ED FOR is included. who are responsible for offshore completions,
technicians, analysts and other non-technical Technical staff who are beginning or transitioning production, and development; technical staff
staff who are involved but have limited into the design, construction, and operation of DESIGNED FOR needing a foundation in principals, challenges,
experience, or will be involved, with offshore oil subsea systems. Non-technical staff working Individuals with a basic awareness of or and solutions for offshore flow assurance. The
and gas facilities. The course provides a basic with a subsea development team will benefit by experience in offshore engineering and course is also appropriate for persons involved
understanding of offshore systems in all water developing an awareness of subsea systems. operations. Technical staff, project engineers, in produced fluids flow in onshore production
depths, from shallow to ultra-deepwater, engineering discipline leads, engineering operations.
including design, construction, and operations. YOU W I LL L EARN H O W TO specialists, and operating staff find this course
Recognize the integrated nature of field accelerates their capability to contribute on Y OU WILL LEARN H O W TO
YO U W IL L L E A R N H O W TO architecture, system design, and component offshore field development planning, design, and Identify the components of a complete flow
Identify the key steps in the development selection construction projects and field operations. assurance study and understand how they
of offshore fields from discovery through Identify appropriate applications for subsea relate to the production system design and
decommissioning systems YOU WILL LEA RN HOW TO operation
Understand the elements of field architecture Identify the main subsea components, Identify the key facilities parameters that must Interpret and use sampling and laboratory
to define a workable field development their functions, strengths, weaknesses, and be evaluated for field development testing results of reservoir fluids relative to
Recognize key stakeholder issues interfaces from the well to the production Recognize the best applications and flow assurance
Recognize offshore production facilities and facility characteristics of each type of offshore fixed Understand the basic properties of reservoir
structures, fixed and floating. Understand key design, construction, and and floating structure fluids and how they are modeled for the
Understand the impact of the ocean installation issues Account for the effects of the ocean production flowline system
environment on facilities design and Describe basic operating and maintenance environment on facilities design, construction, Understand the thermohydraulic modeling of
operations considerations and operations steady state and transient multiphase flow in
Identify major design, construction, and Understand the key steps, from drilling Identify the impact space, loads and forces offshore production systems
operational issues and interfaces of offshore through startup, for the design, fabrication, have on the structural design and global Evaluate and compare mitigation and
systems testing, installation, and operation performance of offshore structures and how remediation techniques for: gas hydrates,
Recognize important forces on offshore Understand the importance of an integrated they influence their cost paraffin (waxes), asphaltenes, emulsions,
structures and their influence on design and approach to design, flow assurance, Describe the impact topside facilities (drilling, scale, corrosion, erosion and solids transport,
cost installation, and life-cycle considerations well servicing, processing, and utilities) affect and slugging
Understand strategic options for well drilling the structural design and how the topside Understand the elements of an operability
(construction) and servicing C OU RSE C ON T EN T design process is done report for subsea production facilities,
Appreciate the basic processes and equipment Applications for subsea systems Flow Recognize and manage key design and flowlines, and export flowlines
involved in the topsides design and operation assurance considerations in system design and operational interfaces between the major
Understand fluid transportation options and configuration Field architecture considerations components of offshore facilities systems COURS E CONTE N T
equipment Subsea component descriptions and functions Understand and apply the key design, Overview of flow assurance PVT analysis and
Recognize the marine equipment used in the Fabrication, testing, installation, construction, and installation issues fluid properties Steady state and transient
construction of offshore facilities commissioning, and operational issues associated with fixed and floating platforms multiphase flow modeling Hydrate, paraffin,
Understand basic issues in life-cycle and Production, maintenance, and repair to your work and asphaltene control Basics of scale,
decommissioning decisions considerations corrosion, erosion, and sand control Fluid
Appreciate advances in offshore technology COURSE CONTENT property and phase behavior modeling
Offshore systems overview and field architecture Equations of state Fugacity and equilibrium
C OUR S E C O N T E N T selection Well construction and servicing Viscosities of oils Thermal modeling
Field development concepts, fixed and floating equipment and operation Flow assurance Multiphase pressure boosting Slugging:
Subsea systems Wells, construction and Topside facilities Oil and gas transportation hydrodynamic, terrain induced, and ramp up
servicing Topsides facilities; processing; facilities Riser systems Subsea systems Commissioning, start-up, and shutdown
utilities Oil and gas transportation systems, Production operations Infrastructure impact on operations
design and installation Production operations design and operations Effects of the ocean
Offshore construction; equipment environment Introduction to naval architecture
Fabrication; transportation; integration; Structural design processes and tools
installation project management Life-cycle Construction plans and execution Project
considerations, including decommissioning management lessons learned Life-cycle and
decommissioning considerations
2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD)
COVINGTON, US 2-6 OCT $4110 2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD) 2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD)
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HOUSTON, US 24-28 JUL $4150 LONDON, UK 11-15 DEC $4780+VAT LONDON, UK 11-22 SEP $8270+VAT KUALA LUMPUR, MYS 4-8 DEC $4935
LONDON, UK 19-23 JUN $4780+VAT SINGAPORE, SGP 14-18 AUG $5460 SINGAPORE, SGP 30 OCT-10 NOV $7960 LONDON, UK 15-19 MAY $4770+VAT
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18 PRODUCTION AND COMPLETIONS ENGINEERING
Production Operations 1 PO1 Surface Production Production Technology
Operations PO3 for Other Disciplines
PTO
AVA ILA B LE S O O N
2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD)
CALGARY, CAN 24-28 APR $3900+GST A S A V IRTU A L C O URS E
ONLINE LEARNING 10 APR-14 JUL $7080 DUBAI, UAE 3-7 DEC $4990
7 AUG-3 NOV $7080 HOUSTON, US 22-26 MAY $3940
16-20 OCT $3940
PetroAcademy
TM
PETROSKILLS.COM/PO1-BLENDED PETROSKILLS.COM/BLENDED
O&M 19
Surface Water
Gas Production Oil and Gas Processing LNG Facilities for
Management in
Engineering GPO Facilities for Operations Operations and
Unconventional
and Maintenance OT1 Maintenance OT43
Resource Plays SWM
INTERMEDIATE 5-DAY INTERMEDIATE 3-DAY BASIC 5-DAY FOUNDATION 5-DAY
Learn the latest methods for calculating gas well Water management in unconventional resource This course will provide the basic knowledge This is a 5-day, LNG-industry version of our
performance from reservoir to sales. Reservoir plays has become a critical topic to the oil and required for understanding processes and popular OT-1 Gas Production/Processing for
performance covers the fundamentals of gas industry in the last decade. In order to operating issues common to gas processing Operations and Maintenance course, with
reservoir gas flow and details the best methods establish and implement an optimized water facilities. Course content is customizable to expanded coverage on refrigeration, liquefaction,
for testing wells, according to the time and management plan for hydraulic fracturing client needs. and utilities. The course includes in-depth
money available. Reserve calculations and operations, operators and service companies information on basic LNG mixed refrigerant
diagnostic testing from production data are need an understanding of a broad array of DESIGNED FOR processing. Instructors will explain contaminant
covered. The importance of flow regime and subjects, including water chemistry, systems Facility operators who require a working removal processes employed in LNG processes.
non-Darcy flow on test design and interpretation modeling, water treatment technology, the knowledge of the various processes used in Relevant details of the APCI LNG liquefaction
is emphasized for new wells and for the regulatory landscape, and best practices for field production fluid conditioning and processing, processes are described. Class exercises/
possibility of improving the performance of older operations. This course first establishes a including the common operational difficulties problems focus on application of theory to
wells. Also discussed are performances of tight foundation of knowledge regarding water that may arise and operational tactics used to operational trends, so operators can understand
formations, horizontal wells, fractured wells, and awareness, water chemistry, fluid dynamics, and resolve them. Also suitable for maintenance their processes and become proficient at
methods for estimating gas reserves. Participants water analysis tools. Upon this foundation the technicians, supervisors, and managers, as well identifying issues and troubleshooting problems
will learn to calculate and determine the effect of course will build a model for optimizing water as other non-engineering personnel who would before production suffers. Course content is
each system component on total well management in support of hydraulic fracturing benefit in an understanding of gas processing customizable to client needs.
performance, which permits optimum sizing of operations, providing reviews of best practices techniques that can be applied in their daily work
tubing, flowlines, separators, and compressors. and the latest industry technology, while always activities. DES IGNED FOR
Problem-solving sessions allow participants to considering key stakeholders. This course is LNG facility operators who require a working
YOU WILL LEA RN knowledge of the various processes used in
evaluate field problems. Participants receive designed for the practitioner; for the people who
About the effects of produced fluid (OGW) production fluid conditioning and processing,
complimentary software at the end of the course. will design and implement all or part of a water
compositions on facility design and operation including the common operational difficulties
management plan in unconventional resource
DES IG NE D F O R About various separation and conditioning that may arise and operational tactics used to
plays.
Production, reservoir and facilities engineers, processes for meeting specifications on oil, resolve them. Also suitable for maintenance
and others involved in gas production, DESI GN ED FOR gas, and produced water streams technicians, supervisors, and managers, as well
transportation, and storage including field Production, completion, operations, and surface Refrigeration 4-cycle process and application as other non-engineering personnel who would
supervisors. facilities engineers; operations managers, of economizers to the refrigeration process benefit from an understanding of gas processing
logistics coordinators, field superintendents; any To understand how to operate facilities so as techniques that can be applied in their daily work
YO U W IL L L E A R N H O W TO personnel involved in establishing, improving, to minimize processing costs activities.
Apply proven techniques to field problems or supervising the implementation of an How to apply course material to
which increase profitability organizations water management plan; personnel troubleshooting gas conditioning and process Y OU WILL LEARN
Calculate gas well performance from the in service organizations seeking a more anomalies Basic chemistry and physical principles
reservoir to the sales line thorough understanding of the water system in related to hydrocarbons
Optimize gas well production unconventional resource plays. COURSE CONTENT Fundamentals of gas processing and
Relate reservoir and well performance to time Basic chemistry and physical principles related conditioning for the LNG industry
Predict when a well will die due to liquid YOU W I LL L EARN H O W TO to hydrocarbons Quick overview of gas Important specifications for gas, LNG, NGLs,
loading Design and implement a water management processing Phase behavior fundamentals and condensate
plan for an unconventional resource play Mass transfer operations Amine gas Phase behavior fundamentals
C OUR S E C O N T E N T Assess the regional hydrological cycle in the sweetening Water-hydrocarbon behavior, Practical thermodynamics: mass and energy
Gas properties: real gas behavior equations of operational area including hydrate formation TEG gas balances
state, impurities, mixtures, phase behavior dew Adopt emerging best practices regarding water dehydration Solid bed adsorbers Important topics of H2S and CO2 removal
point, retrograde behavior, flash calculations; management? Mechanical refrigeration Gas expansion NGL before liquefaction
classifying gas reservoirs Reservoir Establish a water sampling and analysis recovery (turbo expanders and Joule-Thompson Processes used to sweeten and dehydrate
performance: gas well testing flow after flow, program effect) NGL stabilization and fractionation produced fluids
isochronal, stabilized inflow performance; Design and run a water treatment technology Claus sulfur recovery Specific to Geographical Mechanical refrigeration principles
turbulence and skin effects; perforation effects; pilot test Regions: Stavanger/Aberdeen - Typical North Other contaminants in LNG feed-gas
tight well analysis; horizontal wells; hydraulically Find the lowest cost solution for sourcing fluid Sea oil and gas producing operations, produced NGL stabilization and fractionation
fractured wells Reserve calculations: P/Z plots, for hydraulic fracturing operations water treating, seawater treating, and other Introduction to APCI LNG process
energy plots, water influx, abnormal pressure Select a water treatment technology for a offshore topics of general interest Brisbane -
effects; diagnostic testing based on production project Gas processing and introduction to liquefied COURS E CONTE N T
data Flow in pipes and restrictions: pressure Manage the primary service/equipment natural gas (LNG) processes Midland - Gas Basic chemistry and physical principles related
loss tubing, flowlines, chokes, safety valves; providers critical to water management conditioning and processing, sour gas treating, to hydrocarbons Introduction to LNG facilities
effects of liquids-liquid loading, liquid removal Establish basic water quality requirements and sulfur recovery Pittsburgh - Mechanical Phase behavior fundamentals Mechanical
methods, multiphase flow correlations; erosional necessary for frac fluid refrigeration principles and equipment, NGL refrigeration Production separators and oil
velocity Compression: types of compressors; Build a water management plan that complies fractionation, and cryogenic NGL recovery dehydration Mass transfer operations Amine
compressor selection reciprocating and with regulations sweetening Water-hydrocarbon behavior
centrifugal; effects of variables; capacity and Build a water management cost model to use Solid bed adsorbers Gas expansion NGL
horsepower Total system analysis: tubing and as a tool to optimize a water management plan recovery Fractionation fundamentals Basic
flowline size effects; perforating effects; relating LNG mixed refrigerant process
deliverability to time; evaluating compressor C OU RSE C ON T EN T
installations; analyzing injection wells Flow Global water awareness and the oil and gas
measuring: orifice metering design, accuracy, industrys impact Flowback and produced fluid
troubleshooting; other metering methods Basic water chemistry focused on oilfield
Condensate reservoirs: reservoir types - wet gas, concerns Water quality considerations for
retrograde; reserve estimates, laboratory hydraulic fracturing operations Water
simulation; gas cycling Field operations sampling and analysis, in the field and in the lab
problems: interpreting P/Z plots; hydrate Water treatment for reuse and recycling
formation programs Acquisition, storage, transportation,
disposal, and treatment of water Holistic field
water management Regulations applicable to
water management Water management system
2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD) cost modeling
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20 OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE
Applied Maintenance Maintenance Planning
Management OM21 and Work Control
OM41
NEW
industry standard competency map for order to improve facility asset management, each
Maintenance Management. participant will develop an action plan to help
their organizations in the long-term effort to
DESIGNED FOR become more efficient and safe.
Maintenance supervisors, team leaders, or
Operations &
managers needing to improve their maintenance DES IGNED FOR
programs. This course is a broad survey of Maintenance managers, superintendents,
essential aspects of maintaining a safe, efficient, supervisors, team leaders, and planners engaged
and reliable facility asset. in work management, planning, and scheduling.
Courses
Key performance indicators for your To employ business process analysis
dashboard techniques in work control
Essential elements of work planning and How to use a gap analysis on your work
scheduling management system
Optimization of preventive and predictive Step-by-step work control from identification
maintenance through using work history
To focus your resources on critical equipment Optimization of preventive and condition-
How to work with contractors more effectively monitoring activities
Development of organizational competence Techniques: critical equipment analysis,
Crude Oil Pipeline Operations OT50 critical spares control, and emergency
COURSE CONTENT response work
World class standards Maintenance strategies
An intensive 5-day course utilizes case studies and Planning and scheduling Optimizing COURS E CONTE N T
industry best practices for operating and maintaining preventative and predictive maintenance Work identification Planning prioritization
onshore crude oil and liquid pipeline systems that Identifying critical equipment Utilizing your Scheduling execution History records
CMMS Supplier certification Developing Optimizing preventive maintenance Predictive
maximize life cycle reliability; employee, public, organizational competence Presenting your maintenance planning Critical equipment
and environmental safety; and operational cost action plan focus Emergency response
effectiveness.
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22 HEALTH, SAFETY, ENVIRONMENT
Applied Environmental Applied HSE Applied Safety HS20 Contractor Safety
Management HS23 Management HS28 Management HS46
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HEALTH, SAFETY, ENVIRONMENT 23
Lead Auditor for Health
Fundamentals of Risk Based Process
and Safety (IOSH) and
Process Safety PS2 Safety Management
Environment (IEMA)
HS45
HS47
FOUNDATION 5-DAY FOUNDATION 5-DAY INTERMEDIATE 5-DAY
The course will cover the fundamentals of This course introduces process safety This auditor training course is uniquely approved
Process Safety for all staff levels of processing management in the oil and gas industry, the by IEMA and IOSH for developing integrated
facilities in the upstream and downstream oil, elements and benefits of process safety management systems auditors for ISO 14001
gas, and petro chemical industry. To identify how management systems, and tools for and OHSAS 18001/ISO 45001. It is recognized
different disciplines and roles can have an implementing and managing a system. In this by IEMA (and others) for accreditation as a lead
impact on Process Safety performance, there is a course the participant will learn to use tools and auditor, after suitable practical experience.
rolling case study (Project COLEX) throughout techniques for managing process safety. The Participants work in teams of internal auditors to
the course that involves the installation of a Center for Chemical Process Safetys (CCPS) appraise the HSE-MS of Petros Barola Ltd, a
separator vessel, and the Process Safety book titled Guidelines for Risk Based Process fictitious but highly-realistic case study based on
considerations and implications are explored Safety or RBPS Guidelines will be the text for the distribution department of an integrated oil How can you
and discussed at the various stages, from design
to full operation.
this course. Participant centered exercises and
selected case studies will be used to build on the
company located on the island of Barola. Each
audit team is led by an experienced lead auditor,
reduce health,
DES IG NE D F O R
concepts that CCPS advocates for risk based through each stage of a 5-day audit in real time. safety, security and
process safety. The audit includes an opening meeting, live
The course will benefit all staff associated with
Throughout the course, participants will be interviews, corporate documents and test results. environment risks?
the operation, maintenance, and governance in The class concludes with a presentation of the
production and processing facilities and is challenged to think how their process safety
management system can be enhanced and audit report to senior management. The class is
relevant to roles, including senior management, firmly based in the principles of corporate
Pilot
project and engineering support teams, HSE modified to meet the concepts of risk-based
decision making. An individual action plan will responsibility for risk management and business
support, supervisors, and operator and control, and the theory and practice of modern
maintenance technicians. It provides an be developed to apply the information from the
e-learning
course to the workplace. risk-based auditing. The book HSEQ Audits - A
understanding of the design basis and essentials Risk-based Approach by Stephen Asbury is
for safe operations, without addressing the more DESI GN ED FOR included for all participants.
detailed calculation aspects covered in Process HSE professionals, operations and maintenance
Safety Engineering PS4. technicians, engineers, supervisors and project DESIGNED FOR ONLINE HSSE LIBRARY
managers requiring a basic foundation in HSE professionals, line managers and
YO U W IL L L E A R N H O W TO supervisors; aspiring and experienced auditors.
Identify the systems and processes required developing and managing process safety. The
more technical aspects of process safety The class has proven extremely beneficial for Types of Respirators
to create process safety in a high hazard those preparing for secondment to an audit team.
installation engineering are covered in PS4, Process Safety
Identify and choose appropriate techniques Engineering. YOU WILL LEA RN HOW TO
and tools to qualitatively assess process Lead/participate effectively in an audit or
YOU W I LL L EARN H O W TO
hazards review in line with the standards of the
ntify processes applicable to Process Safety
Determine appropriate risk reduction auditing profession, including ISO 19011
Management (PSM) and describe relevant
strategies and identify effective risk reduction Relate audit to the essential principles of
terms used
measures to prevent, control, and mitigate corporate governance, risk management,
Identify which standards are to be applied for
process safety risk business control and management system
managing process hazards
Recognize and develop systems to manage standards
Apply programs and tools for managing a
Process Safety in operations through Add value for senior management from the
PSM system
operating procedures and operating limits, auditing process PetroSkills ePilot HSSE
Choose appropriate decision making methods
ensuring plant integrity through maintenance Apply the skills necessary to conduct an
and inspection
and tools to identify process hazards
effective HS/E audit, including: Library can help you:
Describe and use techniques available for
Use a management of change process to Familiarizing with the auditees business
minimize risk of change
control of hazards associated with process
environment and objectives Identify knowledge
designs
Identify and monitor key performance Describe the criteria and methods of selecting
Developing a risk-based work plan gaps quickly and
measures and verifications to maintain and Effective interviewing, reviewing and testing generate pathways to
equipment and safe guarding controls
improve safety performance techniques
Research and apply the performance proficiency
Recording, analyzing and assessing audit
C OUR S E C O N T E N T parameters for the safety systems in
findings
Business context for Process Safety Risk operations
Evaluating the auditees HS/E-MS Achieve compliance
assessment [hazard identification, hazard Explain the role of all disciplines and their
contribution to the management of potential
Summarizing, presenting and reporting at goals with compliance-
scenarios, consequence and likelihood analysis, high level the audit results to management
and risk analysis and tools and techniques] HSE hazards focused management
Risk reduction measures (barriers) [types and C OU RSE C ON T EN T
COURSE CONTENT and reporting
hierarchy of risk reduction measures (barriers)] Risk management and business control
Process safety culture and competency
Management of process safety in operations Compliance with standards Understand
Principles of auditing (ISO 19011) Initiating Reduce time-to-
[operating procedures, design and operating and planning any audit Reviewing and testing
hazards and risk Operating procedures and
effectiveness Effective interviewing Legal
proficiency, enable
limits, human factors, inspection and safe work practices Asset integrity and
maintenance, and emergency response] and ethical aspects relevant to auditing refresher training, and
reliability Management of change Conduct
Management of change Learning from Developing audit findings and writing business- improve on-boarding
of operations Incident investigation
previous incidents and near misses Self- focused recommendations
(associated with plant failures) Measurement
verification and measurement Process safety and metrics Management review and Reduce expenses of
key performance indicators Management
review and auditing Process safety leadership
continuous improvement classroom scheduling,
[governance and culture] travel
Petros
Barola
Case
Study For more information, go to
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24 HSE
Distance Learning
IEMA Certificate Introduction to Basic Petroleum
Vocational Diploma in
in Environmental Petroleum Business IPB Economics BEC3
Occupational Safety
Management HS71
and Health HS70
SPECIALIZED SPECIALIZED BASIC 3-DAY BASIC 3-DAY
Achieve Chartered Membership of the Institution This course has been developed to provide Creation of shareholder value should be at the Could you answer the following three questions
of Occupational Safety and Health (CMIOSH) by learners with detailed environmental and heart of every business decision. This course is for your next project? What will it cost? What is it
flexible, distance learning. IOSH is the worlds sustainability knowledge as well as being able to designed for technical professionals in the worth? Will it earn sufficient profit? Before
largest health and safety professional apply environmental management/assessment petroleum industry who want to understand the undertaking any project, these questions should
membership organization, and its qualifications tools and skills that are needed to be an effective nature of the petroleum business and how you be answered, and this course will provide the
are recognized globally. environment/sustainability practitioner. The will contribute to the financial success of your fundamentals necessary to enable you to do so.
This is a mentored program typically lasting course supports individuals who wish to become company. The course will introduce delegates to Contractual arrangements, which also
12-18 months. Every participant has a personal an environmental professional, and gain the structure of the petroleum business including significantly impact the economic viability of a
adviser who works with them on a one-to-one professional membership of IEMA. Its for supply and demand, how oil companies are project, are covered. Participants practice cash
basis. Our support is tailored to meet your professionals who are working across organized and financed and what it takes to be flow techniques for economic evaluations and
needs. Communication is usually through organizations at an operational level, and financially successful. Success will be explored investigate frequently encountered situations.
e-conference, e-mail and telephone. The start pursuing a career path in environment and through an understanding of how we calculate Each participant will receive Economics of
date is flexible, and you can work at a pace that sustainability. This unique course is designed to long-term shareholder value both at the Worldwide Petroleum Production, written
suits you and your job. offer learners a one stop route to PIEMA and corporate and project level as well as the specifically for PetroSkills courses.
beyond. The course is based on an applied valuation of competitive advantage and
learning model. Via an evidence based portfolio, incorporation of risk assessment in our models. DES IGNED FOR
DES IG NE D F O R
Experienced health and safety managers/ you are required to demonstrate not only your Delegates will be introduced to the primary Managers, engineers, explorationists, field
advisers/specialists. You will be an active understanding of all the PIEMA membership accounting financial statements and what they accounting supervisors and other personnel who
practitioner with at least two years experience. criteria, but also an ability to apply your skills in tell us about a company. Common accounting need to develop or improve their skill and
a work-based setting. The applied learning and economic terms and metrics will be understanding of basic economic analysis and
YO U W IL L L E A R N approach focuses on the application of the core reviewed. Participants should bring a PC with profitability of petroleum exploration and
To build your portfolio of evidence, supported environmental knowledge to your own excel software to complete exercises. production.
by a personal mentor organization and is designed to appeal to those
DESIGNED FOR Y OU WILL LEARN
To write reflective reports using templates with a practical learning style, based on the
provided Engineers, geologists, geophysicists, landmen, How to evaluate the economic viability of a
concept of learning by doing.
To identify and close any gaps in your H&S HR and other non-finance and accounting project
knowledge through assessment and internal DESI GN ED F OR professionals who need an introduction to the Cash flow techniques applicable in economic
verification of your portfolio Learners who are working within environmental business aspects of the petroleum industry evaluations
management and require detailed knowledge of including the interplay of finance and economic How to use economic criteria to choose
C OUR S E C O N T E N T environmental/sustainable principles, evaluation in the creation of long-term investments
Develop and implement effective communication management tools and skills to effectively deliver shareholder value. Models to weigh risk and uncertainty
systems for health and safety (401) Promote a postive change. Learners are expected to have a
YOU WILL LEA RN COURS E CONTE N T
positive health and safety culture (501) foundation level of environmental/sustainability
Develop and maintain individual and How the petroleum business is structured and Forecasting oil production Defining:
knowledge gained through work experience or a
organizational competence in health and safety capital is raised reserves, operating expenses, capital
relevant course, for example the IEMA
(502) Identify, assess, and control health and What is shareholder value and how it is expenditures, inflation, factors effecting oil and
Foundation Certificate in Environmental
safety risks (503) Develop and implement created gas prices Cash flow techniques Economic
Management, or equivalent.
proactive monitoring systems for health and The critical importance of seeking competitive criteria: interest, hurdle rate, time value of
safety (504) Develop and implement reactive YOU WI L L L EARN advantage money, selection, ranking criteria Risk,
monitoring systems for health and safety (505) Participants will be supported by a personal Economic and accounting terminology uncertainty: types of risk, mathematical
Develop and implement health and safety mentor to build a structured portfolio of How to make an economic valuation of techniques, probabilistic models, uncertainty in
emergency response systems and procedures work-based evidence, demonstrating skilled an investment and assess its competitive economic analysis Tips on economic factors
(506) Develop and implement health and application of environmental management advantage in computer spreadsheet analysis Ethics in
safety review systems (507) Maintain techniques, which collectively meet IEMA How value creation impacts share price economic analyses
knowledge of improvements to influence health requirements How shareholder value is measured
and safety practice (508) Develop and To prepare reports What is risk and how is it assessed in
implement the health and safety policy (601) To close any knowledge gaps through directed economic evaluations
reading
Through assessment and internal verification COURSE CONTENT
of submitted materials The importance of creating value for
By registering you with IEMA as a member for shareholders History and characteristics of the
one year (included in your fee) oil and gas business Introduction to Economic
Evaluation including Net Present Value, Internal
C OU RSE C ON T EN T Rate of Return, and risk Introduction to the key
Global trends and sustainability Sustainable accounting financial statements and terms The
business and governance Environmental issues need for competitive advantage and how it is
Environmental policy and law Environmental measured How to develop spreadsheets to
management tools Innovation and leading conduct economic evaluations
practice Delivering sustainable solutions
Effective communication Relationship
development Leadership for change
Start date for the program is fully flexible. The
program fee is $4,099+VAT with 18 months
support. There will be no refund issued after
registration is confirmed.
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26 PETROLEUM BUSINESS
Advanced Decision
Petroleum Risk and Fundamentals of Strategic Thinking:
Analysis with Portfolio
Decision Analysis PRD International Oil and A Tool-Based Approach
and Project Modeling
Gas Law IOG STT
ADA
FOUNDATION 5-DAY FOUNDATION 5-DAY SPECIALIZED 5-DAY SPECIALIZED 3-DAY
Good technical and business decisions are International petroleum transactions occur within Quality forecasts and evaluations depend upon This course is a hands-on case-based course
based on competent analysis of project costs, a complex legal environment that limits what well-designed project and portfolio models that focused on enhancing strategic thinking
benefits and risks. Participants learn the decision petroleum companies, host governments and are based upon clear decision policy, sound capabilities of decision makers in the oil and gas
analysis process and foundation concepts so service companies can do, and interprets and professional judgments, and a good decision industry including those responsible for building
they can actively participate in multi-discipline enforces many of their promises. Petroleum process. In this course participants learn to build and sustaining successful strategic plans.
evaluation teams. The focus is on designing and professionals often lack the broad understanding good models. We use the familiar Microsoft Participants are presented with several strategic
solving decision models. Probability of what makes up this legal environment and Excel spreadsheet as the platform for project and tools for analyzing different aspects of the
distributions express professional judgments how it can have an impact on their work. This risk assessment models. Add-in software petroleum business from both a macro and
about risks and uncertainties and are carried course is designed to give participants a basic provides Monte Carlo and decision tree micro perspective. There is a major emphasis on
through the calculations. Decision tree and understanding of the legal fundamentals that capabilities. The course emphasis is on the understanding how the petroleum industry has
influence diagrams provide clear make their international transactions work, evaluation concepts and techniques, rather than developed over the last 150 years including both
communications and the basis for valuing each including the principles that apply to interpreting particular software programs. successful and unsuccessful strategies that were
alternative. Monte Carlo simulation is discussed and enforcing their agreements, the procedures used. This provides a basis for evaluating game
DES IGNED FOR
and experienced in detail in a hand-calculation for resolving their disputes, addressing changers that are now transforming the industry
Evaluation engineers, analysts, managers,
exercise. Project modeling fundamentals and interpretational issues posed by common planners, and economists. This course is intended and positioning our businesses to maximize
basic probability concepts provide the contract provisions, and avoiding liability under for professionals involved with developing project shareholder value. Case studies during this
foundation for the calculations. Mathematics is environmental and bribery laws. The course will evaluation, portfolio, and other forecasting and course provide opportunities for individualized
straightforward and mostly involves only teach participants to confidently identify potential assessment models. Prior background in decision and team-based learning. Teaching approach
common algebra. Emphasis is on practical legal problems, address them before they analysis is expected. Before registering, please follows an iterative process of interactive
techniques for immediate application. become serious, and facilitate the smooth visit http://www.maxvalue.com/prereq.htm to discussions, application of materials, discussion
interaction between oil and gas professionals, review course prerequisites and to take a short of results, and re-application of materials to new
DES IG NE D F O R host government representatives, and their contexts.
self-assessment quiz. You may login using
Geologists, engineers, geophysicists, managers, lawyers. participant (no quotes) as both the user ID and
team leaders, economists, and planners. password. DES IGNED FOR
DESI GN ED FOR Geologists, geophysicists, engineers, managers,
YO U W IL L L E A R N H O W TO Petroleum managers who deal with international and executives responsible for defining,
Y OU WILL LEA RN HOW TO
Describe the elements of the decision oil and gas legal matters in the course of their Frame, build, and evaluate decision models assessing, and developing business alternatives
analysis process and the respective roles of business, and legal professionals with little and extract key insights and strategy in the petroleum industry.
management and the analysis team formal, specialized training in oil and gas law, Apply the exponential utility function for
Express and interpret judgments about risks but expect to deal with international oil and gas risk policy Y OU WILL LEARN H O W TO
and uncertainties as probability distributions law matters. Design investment portfolio optimization Summarize, present, and discuss strategic
and popular statistics models that include constraints, management topics and issues
Represent discrete risk events in Venn YOU W I LL L EARN H OW TO requirements, and typical interrelationships Determine the factors that influence
diagrams, probability trees, and joint Recognize differences between international between projects organizations to change their level of strategic
probability tables legal systems and transactions Use decision tree software for value of thinking
Solve for expected values with decision trees, Understand legal fundamentals behind imperfect information analysis Identify, understand, analyze, and evaluate
payoff tables, and Monte Carlo simulation international transactions Use Monte Carlo simulation software with the strategies of their own units/divisions
(hand calculations) optimization and other businesses in light of current and
Craft and solve decision models C OU RSE C ON T EN T Develop quality Excel models for projects potential game changers
Evaluate investment and design alternatives Law governing international petroleum and portfolios Describe, apply, draw, and defend conclusions
with decision tree analysis transactions (including significant differences from strategic analysis tools
Develop and solve decision trees for value of between various national legal systems, and the COURS E CONTENT
information (VOI) problems sources, principles, and limits of international Decision Modeling: application of DA process COURS E CONTE N T
law as applied to petroleum transactions) for modeling; influence diagrams; free cash flow Review of the history of strategic thinking
C OUR S E C O N T E N T Interpretation and enforcement of treaties and concept; sensitivity analysis; good modeling Assessment of the petroleum industry from a
Decision Tree Analysis: decision models, value private contracts Effects of international trade practices; real options overview Monte Carlo strategic perspective as a supplier of energy
of information (a key problem type emphasized (and producing country) agreements such as the Simulation: prospect risking (similar to play Understanding of how the industry responded
in the course), flexibility and control, project E.U., NAFTA, Mercosur, and OPEC Dispute analysis); calculating probabilities and strategically to historical events and what are the
threats and opportunities Monte Carlo resolution approaches, including litigation and distributions with simulation; modeling and game changers that are now framing its future
Simulation: Latin hypercube sampling, portfolio arbitration Procedures under and enforcement optimizing investment portfolios; valuing added STEEPLE framework Michael Porters value
problems, optimization, advantages and of common arbitration provisions Legal control and flexibility; stopping rules; ways to chain analysis Competitive Advantage: defined
limitations Decision Criteria and Policy: value defenses available to foreign companies, states, model correlation Decision Tree Analysis: theoretically and quantitatively SWOT
measures, multiple objectives, HSE, capital and state-owned or connected entities, and value of information review; sensitivity analysis; (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats)
constraint, risk aversion Modeling the recognition and enforcement of judgments and solving with utility for risk aversion Decision analysis Strategic thinking as a craft
Decision: influence diagrams, sensitivity arbitration awards Basic legal concepts of Policy: overview of finance theory related to PV Scenario analysis and planning Six sigma
analysis, modeling correlations Basic ownership of mineral rights (onshore, offshore, discount rate and risk (CAPM, modern portfolio Boston Consulting Group (BCG) growth share
Probability and Statistics: four fundamental rules and deep sea bed) Expropriation and theory); shareholder value model; portfolio matrix Personal application of strategic
optimization to maximize value; efficient
including Bayes rule, calibration and eliciting compensation issues State-owned entities and thinking
frontiers; multi-criteria decisions; risk policy as a
judgments, choosing distribution types, privatization Laws bearing on development
utility function; expected utility and certain
common misconceptions about probability rights Legal interpretational issues of common
equivalent; insurance and hedging
Expected Value Concept: foundation for decision contract provisions Interpretational issues for Implementation: presentation formats; judgments
policy, features, pitfalls to avoid Implementing service contracts Transfer and protection of and biases; model-centric enterprise model and
Decision Analysis: problem framing, guidelines technology and confidential business balanced scorecard element focusing on
for good analysis practice, team analyses, information Operating agreements and shareholder value creation
computer tools (discussion and demonstrations), unitized operations Environmental protection
mitigating risks Evaluating a multi-pay laws Criminal and civil liability for oil spills
prospect (team exercise) Indemnification and guaranty issues Bribery
laws Marketing and transportation
Petroleum futures
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PROCUREMENT/SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 27
Strategic Procurement
Contracts and Tenders Effective Materials Inside Procurement in
and Supply
Fundamentals SC41 Management SC42 Oil and Gas SC61
Management in the Oil
and Gas Industry SC62
FOUNDATION 3-DAY FOUNDATION 3-DAY INTERMEDIATE 3-DAY INTERMEDIATE 3-DAY
This three-day course is designed to help This three-day course covers practical This course will expand the industry The development and implementation of
companies award the right contracts to the best considerations essential to achieve major understanding of supply chain professionals and carefully crafted strategies for the procurement of
providers. Contracting involves many roles that improvements in planning, buying, storing, and increase their value-added in a global, fast all goods, equipment, materials, and services
must work together to negotiate, document, and disposing of the vast array of materials and spare changing environment. Participants will learn has become a critical issue for all those in the oil
ensure a reliable supply of goods and services parts needed in the oil and gas industry. Evolving what each industry segment requires from and gas industry wishing to reduce operating
for capital projects and ongoing operations. best practices by major oil and gas companies procurement and be given insights to maximize cost while improving quality and productivity.
Everyone involved in contracting with suppliers are explored under three inter-related modules - value delivery and increase their contribution. This program explores key concepts forming the
and service providers must understand the entire inventory management, warehousing, and The course includes an online, interactive forum basis of strategic supply management, and
process, the keys to success, and what is investment recovery. with the instructor, and pre-read materials moves todays supply management organization
required of their role if contracts are to be designed to familiarize course attendees with from its typical tactical focus to the strategic
effective in managing supply risks. Materials and DESI GN ED FOR relevant issues. Attendees will leave better focus needed to successfully implement the
exercises in this course are specifically built Professional and management personnel who prepared to create and support procurement processes and methods needed to reach world-
around oil and gas industry issues. have responsibility for materials, spare parts, and strategies that meet stakeholder needs, whether class performance.
supplies needed to support any refinery, gas for projects or operations support.
DE S IG NE D F O R plant, onshore/offshore production, or other DES IGNED FO R
Individuals involved in any aspect of sourcing, industry operations. DESIGNED FOR Managers and professionals in supply
tendering, selecting, forming, and executing Supply chain professionals with 2-7 years management, procurement, purchasing,
contracts with suppliers of goods and services to YOU W I LL L EARN experience either inside or outside the oil and contracts, materials, inventory control, projects,
the oil and gas industry. Included are project How to provide better customer service for gas industry. The course is for anyone who maintenance, operations, finance, as well as all
technical roles such as facilities engineers, long lead or critical materials and spare parts needs a better understanding of procurement other professionals interested in lowering total
drilling engineers, project engineers, essential to the success of any well field value creation in the oil and gas industry and cost and increasing productivity and profit
commissioning engineers, contracts engineers, operation, offshore platform, refinery, gas includes buyers, procurement specialists, contributions from better supply management
and planning engineers. plant, or chemical processing facility logistics specialists, business analysts, team operations.
How to establish the best methods of leaders, project managers, commodity
YOU W IL L L E A R N inventory analysis and create performance managers, materials managers, and new Y OU WILL LEARN
How to better manage project and legal risks measures for min/max and order point sourcing specialists or category managers. Stages to world class supply management
with the contracting process systems Skill sets in supply management
How to successfully manage disputes and How to use supplier stocking programs, YOU WILL LEA RN Organizing the spend profile
contract performance issues consigned inventory, and integrated supply How industry is structured, including host Greater abilities in leading continuous
What is required in a successful tender agreements country and strategic relationships improvement programs
package How inventory systems use forecasting Business drivers and interface issues to be Ways in dealing with economic uncertainties
How to identify the appropriate contract techniques and what can be done to improve supported by procurement Questions for internal surveys to enhance
price strategy to minimize financial risks and them The role of industry economics in dictating purchasing performance
contract costs How to improve warehousing efficiency, procurement good practices in cost How to develop a Purchasing Coding
The difference between cost and price analysis layout, and space utilization for better management System
and how to use each technique to evaluate a inventory management Industry global compliance needs and how Steps in the development of a Composite
proposal How to improve inventory record accuracy procurement can add value Purchase Price Index
Appropriate commercial and legal contract and physical control of materials to lower How the industry is modeled in the E&P How to get more time to work on strategic
terms and conditions inventory levels and increase space utilization (upstream), midstream, and downstream issues
Best practices used to manage surplus or value chains Negotiation planning and strategies
C OUR S E C O N T E N T inactive assets and increase investment The E&P Asset Management Cycle and Total To understand the elements of cost that make
Overview of the contracting process Key recovery dollars Cost of Ownership concepts up a suppliers price
issues in forming a contract in the oil and gas Characteristics of supply markets to oil and Categories in a purchased materials/services
industry Establishing risk management C OU RSE C ON T EN T gas and the emphasis on market intelligence strategic plan outline
priorities throughout the contracting process Setting comprehensive inventory goals and practices and managing supply risks
The legal environment and best use of legal objectives Understanding carrying costs and What constitutes effective procurement/supply COURS E CONTE N T
counsel in contracting Avoiding and managing economic order quantity theory Improving chain metrics for performance improvement Stages to world class supply management
contract disputes in a challenging industry material identification and coding Segmenting Procurement challenges unique to the Change and becoming more strategic Supply
The tendering process and key documents in the inventory for analysis Using formal industry management skill sets Defining supply
tender package Buyer and seller pricing procedures for making the decision to stock management Examples of job descriptions for
objectives to consider when tendering Tools Determining safety stock levels and order points COURSE CONTENT supply management Developing the spend
used in tendering to address financial key risks Improving min/max systems and settings Industry overview for procurement including profile Creating time to be strategic The
Types of contracts and examples of industry Understanding and using material forecasts host country and strategic relationships Key ABC (Pareto) analysis and what to do with it
applications Using economic price adjustment Establishing a warehouse scorecard Creating business drivers and interface issues between Material/services purchasing code development
clauses in lump sum agreements Bid best practices in the physical control of materials projects (CAPEX) and operations (OPEX) Elements of cost that make up the price
evaluation and award considerations including Measuring record accuracy and improving Procurements role in oil and gas value chain Developing should cost Producer price
price/cost analysis Using a formal contract cycle counting systems Increasing the use of management - upstream, midstream, and indexes Requesting suppliers cost and pricing
change control process warehouse technologies Improving warehouse downstream E&P asset management cycle and data Dealing with economic uncertainties,
safety and security Preventing and reducing total cost of ownership Economics of oil and when, where, and how to use Economic Price
surplus materials Understanding investment gas that drive procurement value creation Adjustment clauses Internal surveys to
recovery techniques Using the disposition Industry regulatory and contractor safety improve purchasing performance Total cost of
value chain for investment recovery compliance issues Industry market intelligence ownership concepts Cost containment
practices in procurement Industry spend methods Cost reductions and cost avoidance
analysis characteristics and strategies Creating Savings reporting procedure Developing
industry category management (sector) purchased materials/services strategic plans
strategies Key procurement and supplier Developing the purchase price index for your
performance metrics Trends in global sourcing organization Negotiation skill sets Steps in
and local content requirements Oil and gas negotiation preparation Positional negotiations
law and global contracting risks Influence of Final points before the negotiation
eCommerce and eProcurement initiatives in oil
and gas
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28 SUPPLY CHAIN
Cost/Price Analysis and
Supplier Relationship Petroleum Project Project Cost Scheduling
Total Cost Concepts in
Management SC63 Management: Principles PCS
Supply Management
and Practices PPM
SC64
INTERMEDIATE 2-DAY INTERMEDIATE 3-DAY INTERMEDIATE 5-DAY INTERMEDIATE 5-DAY
Continuous improvement in all aspects of the Managing and reducing cost continues to be one Running a successful petroleum operation The financial dynamic to successful project
supply chain is necessary to remain competitive of the primary focal points of PSCM in oil and requires a blend of technology, business savvy, delivery lies at the very heart of effective project
in todays global economy. The traditional gas today. In many organizations, more than half and people skills. If you already have a firm management. A project is a complex series of
adversarial relationship and transactional focus of the total revenue is spent on goods and grasp of exploration or production technology, interactions between time, people, and resources
of buyers and suppliers cannot meet this services, everything from raw material to learn to amplify its effectiveness with applied - their allocation and utilization. All of these
demand for continuous improvement in lead- overnight mail. Maintaining a competitive project management techniques. This course is activities have a cost, which may be either direct
time, quality, and overall supplier performance. position and even survival will depend on the aimed at helping technical personnel make the or indirect, but nevertheless, will impact a
As a result, significant changes are occurring in organizations ability to use all of the continuous best business decisions, decisions that lead to projects budget. Although many projects deliver
the philosophies and approaches that define the improvement strategies that have been lowest project cost while still meeting all what they set out to achieve, they are often over
relationship between purchasers and sellers in developed to reduce cost across the entire production or exploration goals. Petroleum budget which raises the ultimate question as to
world-class organizations. Simply put, Supplier supply chain for the life of the product or service. Project Management covers the principles and whether or not they should be considered as
Relationship Management (SRM) and Fundamental to developing and implementing application of project management to the successful. Project Cost Scheduling highlights
collaboration provide an organizational focus on these strategies is knowledge of cost/price upstream oil and gas business. Participants may and informs the participant of how to manage the
communicating with suppliers on the many steps analysis, value analysis, and total cost of choose a case study from a number of real-life project cost function, its dynamics and
of the Supply Management process. This focus ownership concepts. This course provides the exploration, production, facilities, and general components, leading to an enhanced
reduces the lead-time and total cost of concepts that are essential skill sets in management situations, or they may bring the understanding and application of techniques that
acquisition, transportation, administration, and developing and implementing the strategies details of one of their own current projects. will contribute directly to more efficient project
possession of goods and services for the benefit required to achieve the high levels of cost Because of this experience with practical management processes. This course is not about
of both the buyer and seller, and as a result, reductions possible from the supply chain. SC64 situations, participants can use these project number crunching, it is about becoming familiar
provides a competitive advantage and improved is also available as a 5-day in-house course with management principles their first day back on with the interactions and processes that underpin
profits. expanded content. the job. and ultimately inform the cost scheduling
activities within projects. The course contains a
DES IG NE D F O R DESI GN ED FOR DESIGNED FOR significant element of practical exercise that
Managers and professionals involved in Managers and professionals in purchasing, Exploration, production, and management builds daily, allowing participants to grasp the
purchasing, projects, contracts, supply procurement, and contracts as well as those personnel interested in applying project inter-relationships between cost, project
management, operations, maintenance, involved in operations, engineering, management techniques to their operations. If lifecycle, and operational activities, thereby
engineering, quality, and other activities that maintenance, quality, projects, and other you are a facilities engineer, we refer you to our imparting clarity to the whole process of
expose them to dealings with suppliers for company activities that expose them to suppliers Project Management for Engineering and successful project delivery.
goods, equipment, and services in the oil and and buying activities for production, Construction (FPM22) and Project Management
gas industry. maintenance, equipment, MRO, services, and for Upstream Field Development (FPM2) DES IGNED FOR
other outside purchased requirements. courses. Exploration, production, and management
YO U W IL L L E A R N personnel who wish to apply project
The Supplier Relationship Management YOU W I LL L EARN YOU WILL LEA RN HOW TO management techniques to their activities and
Maturity Model Importance of price/cost analysis in Properly define a projects scope operations.
Importance of SRM in continuous continuous improvement programs Use project management tools to create a
improvement The difference between price and cost analysis project schedule to meet goals, deliverables, Y OU WILL LEARN H O W TO
Critical steps in developing trust with Methods of price analysis and resource constraints Understand the integration of cost scheduling
suppliers How to manage volatile markets Use practical tools to identify and manage a into project management processes and
Supplier segmentation models Use of Producer Price Indexes projects risks procedures
8 Step Strategic Alliance Development Methods of cost analysis Manage a project team Have awareness throughout a project lifecycle
The difference between SRM and collaboration Development of Should Cost Organize your project to capture lessons of the central importance of managing costs
Best practices in managing supplier relations Types of TCO models learned Apply such techniques as the Work
Key elements in improving the supplier Breakdown Structure (WBS), the Work
relationship C OU RSE C ON T EN T COURSE CONTENT Package, and the Cost Breakdown Structure
Best practices in supplier qualification, Use of price indexes Cost/price analysis The project management process Scope (CBS)
measurement, and recognition Total cost of ownership RFQ/tendering as a definition Scheduling tools Manpower Estimate costs and deal with cost escalations
The importance of reengineering in SRM price analysis tool Cost estimating resources Project risk management and reductions
Supplier risk management process relationships Purchasing savings impact on Learning, continuous improvement, and quality Understand key contractual forms and issues
the bottom line Developing the spend profile management in projects Project team Apply the basics of managing a project budget
C OUR S E C O N T E N T Sources of spend data How to perform the management Case studies and exercises Have awareness of reporting responsibilities
The organizational challenge Defining the ABC analysis Examples of using pivot tables
supply management mission and vision in Excel for data mining Continuous COURS E CONTE N T
Critical supply strategies Defining Supplier improvement skill sets Difference between Project estimation and schedule Integrating
Relationship Management (SRM) The SRM cost and price analysis Selection tool cost and schedule The project lifecycle
Maturity Model Major components of SRM Methods of price analysis Historical analysis Tools and techniques used in cost scheduling
Defining levels of the organizations SRM Developing company purchase price Index Cost estimation Cost escalation and reduction
Maturity Critical ABC analysis Commodity methods of cost analysis Major elements of Information; communication, monitoring, and
and service coding Segmentation of the cost Requesting supplier cost info Sources control Stakeholder management
supplier base Defining the alliance The of cost information What and how important Contractual issues and forms The project
alliance process Success factors and barriers are supplier overheads How much profit budget Ownership and reporting requirements
to alliances Focusing on high value activities should the supplier make economic Price
Reengineering Detailed mapping of adjustment clauses Total costs of ownership
processes Developing the skills and defining models How to combine price and
the organizations mission in building supplier performance to obtain TCO
relationship Best practices for managing
supplier relations A survey for letting the
supplier rate you Maintaining good supplier
performance Who and what to measure
Monitoring supplier performance Developing
and maintaining a supplier performance index
Supplier recognition and expectations Supply
Risk and trends leading to greater risk Typical 2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD)
risk management process 2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD)
HOUSTON, US 6-10 NOV $4140
2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD) KUALA LUMPUR, MYS 2-6 OCT $4935 HOUSTON, US 3-7 APR $4140
See website for dates and locations HOUSTON, US 25-27 SEP $2730 LONDON, UK 4-8 SEP $4770+VAT KUALA LUMPUR, MYS 6-10 NOV $4935
*plus computer charge
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30 PETROLEUM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Managing and Leading Team Leadership TLS Essential Leadership Essential Technical
Others MLO Skills for Technical Writing Skills ETWS
Professionals OM23
FOUNDATION 3-DAY FOUNDATION 2-DAY BASIC 5-DAY BASIC 3-DAY
Why would any company expend hundreds of This program will develop and refine the skills In the oil and gas industry, skillful and competent Writing for work-related purposes ought to be
thousands of dollars to seek, recruit, and hire the essential for leading a high performance team. leadership is extremely important for safety, brief, clear, informative and, above all, readable.
best employees then leave their development and Emphasis is placed on the leaders role in productivity, and asset management. The 21st In this practical hands-on course, you gain a
performance to lucky chance through ineffective effectively enhancing total team functionality and century brings new emphasis on leaders, new solid foundation in technical writing skills. The
leadership and management practices? maximum team productivity. Individual communication technologies, increased focus on primary theme for the course is that a writer must
Unfortunately, that chance occurs every time an communication styles will be assessed and safety, information overload, workforce think constantly about their readers. Examples
employee is promoted to a leadership, examined to identify the most appropriate dynamics, asset integrity, and many other and exercises provide hands-on experience. You
supervisory or management position without communication style to use with your team. This concerns which challenge even the most may choose to bring a sample of your writing for
training in the techniques and practices of will be an active experience. In addition to proficient leader/manager. How do we blend one-on-one feedback.
effective leadership and management. Managers receiving individual assessment information, these new challenges with tried and true wisdom
and supervisors, regardless of technical participants will be exposed to team concepts, of success? There are skills to learn that will help DES IGNED FOR
expertise, can make an error setting off an theories, and skill development through the use you be more effective, with less stress. In this All engineers, managers, IT/computer support
uncontrolled and disastrous chain reaction of lectures, videos, readings, role plays, case seminar/workshop you will explore your internal staff, team leaders, supervisors, and individuals
unless he/she has command of principles and studies, and discussions. This course has been drivers and learn how to combine them with new responsible for writing letters, memos, reports,
practices leading to employee effectiveness, constructed to maximize opportunity to improve skills for greater effectiveness. This seminar/ procedures, test results, and proposals that are
productivity, and teamwork. The first-line and both knowledge and practical skills in leading a workshop will include self-assessment, clear, concise, and professional.
mid-level supervisor has more direct effect on team and being a team player. (This is a great discussion, lecture, readings, role-playing,
Y OU WILL LEARN H O W TO
employees and the productivity of a work group course to attend immediately following games, video examples, and creation of
To focus on the reader as the receiver of the
than any other single entity in the organization. PetroSkills course titled: Leading and Managing participant action plans. This course will help
information
This course increases the confidence and Others.) In addition to this program designed you unleash natural motivation in your team.
To develop quality writing that will:
productivity of leaders, supervisors and specifically for Team Leaders, PetroSkills has a Your stress level can be lowered by working
Improve business relationships and
managers who may be scientific or technical 2-day course titled: Team Building for Intact more efficiently and effectively by tapping the
communication
specialists, but have minimal training in the teams. emotional intelligence of your team and
Enable you to write better and faster
science and art of leading others. Skills in co-workers.
DESI GN ED FOR Make your writing more credible
human relations, communication, motivation,
Team leaders, supervisors, managers, and others DESIGNED FOR Make you more confident in your writing
and leadership are essential tools for the
supervisor and manager. This course provides responsible for leading a team and interested in Anyone who has new responsibilities to lead a
COURS E CONTE N T
techniques enabling leaders to efficiently use one establishing and/or being a part of a highly team. Supervisors, team leads, managers, and
Develop essential technical writing skills to
of the greatest resources a company has, its productive team. others interested in becoming a better leader and
convey a convincing message Compose clear
people. This interactive learning program will a contributing team member will greatly benefit
YOU W I LL L EARN H OW TO messages using a structured writing approach
assist you in expanding your options for leading from this one-week experience. Many may want
Characterize high performance teams Adapt your writing style to your audiences needs
others. You will explore different concepts of to take this seminar/workshop more than once
Gain clarity of goal and worthiness Edit at the word level to improve
management and leadership and how to apply for continuous improvement.
Develop a team charter persuasiveness and impact Write precise and
your new skills in real world applications. concise memos, letters, summaries, and reports
Gain commitment YOU WILL LEA RN HOW TO
Build team collaboration and trust Become a more effective leader by overcoming How to best display visual information
DES IG NE D F O R
Establish operational norms the tyranny of the urgent with better time Create informative content using lists, bullets,
Anyone responsible for leading others in the
Recognize stages of team development management and short paragraphs as the primary writing
daily performance of a work, including soon to
Define team roles and relationships Make better decisions by assessing when to mode
be leaders, front-line leaders, new and
experienced supervisors and managers, team Understand system influences make what kind of decisions
leaders, coaches, and mentors. Promote conditions for effective team building Help others develop themselves by unleashing
Conduct individual and team assessments their career motivation
YO U W IL L L E A R N H O W TO Improve team communications Have more effective communications with
Apply concepts of leadership and Improve group dynamics technical and non-technical teams by
management to real work situations Develop personal plans to improve team developing the patience to let the team do
Coach and supervise a diverse and dispersed effectiveness its work
workforce Foster team leadership Recognize and resolve conflicts before
Set appropriate goals and manage Monitor team progress they get out of control by early detection of
performance and change to ensure these goals conflicts, when theyre simpler and have less
are reached C OU RSE C ON T EN T impact
Empower your workforce to exceed Definition and purpose of teams Develop the ability to lead an empowered team
expectations Characteristics of a high performance team of technical professionals by more effective
Develop effective communication skills Gaining clarity of goal and worthiness delegation
Developing a team charter Gaining Reduce your own stress level by teaching
C OUR S E C O N T E N T commitment Team collaboration and trust yourself how to lower your stress with clearer
The role and function of the leader, supervisor, Establishing operational norms Stages of team thinking
and manager Understanding and applying development Team roles and relationships Learn assessment techniques for yours and
essential behavioral management concepts System influences Conditions for effective others people skills by raising the competency
Understanding and increasing employee team building Individual and team levels of yourself and your team
motivation Understanding and applying assessments Team communications Group Walk your talk by getting buy-in for your ideas
leadership concepts Effectively supervising a dynamics Developing a personal team and vision
diverse workforce Basic skills in interpersonal leadership plan Monitoring team progress Leading by example
communications Performance management Developing a team leadership action plan
Coaching Working with difficult employees COURSE CONTENT
Goal setting Empowering subordinates The nature of teams Leadership vs.
Creating positive and functional thinking about management Self-centering and tangential
work Making ongoing change for growth and leadership Listening Motivation Group
improvement Taking personal responsibility dynamics Conflict management Team-
Developing personal plans to improve team building Critical thinking and taking action
effectiveness
2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD)
COLORADO SPRINGS, US 7-9 AUG $2985 2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD)
DUBAI, UAE 29-31 OCT $3810 COLORADO SPRINGS, US 10-11 AUG $2380
2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD)
HOUSTON, US 1-3 MAY $3015 DUBAI, UAE 1-2 NOV $3040 HOUSTON, US 24-28 APR $3940 2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD)
LONDON, UK 6-8 NOV $3490+VAT LONDON, UK 9-10 NOV $2780+VAT ORLANDO, US 4-8 DEC $4000 HOUSTON, US 21-23 AUG $2955
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PETROLEUM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 31
Negotiation Skills for Team Building for Presentation Skills for Making Change
the Petroleum Industry Intact Teams TB the Petroleum Industry Happen: People and
NSPI PSPI Process MCPP
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32 INTRODUCTORY AND MULTI-DISCIPLINE
Exploration and
Overview of the Basic Petroleum Production Process
Si rece con
Petroleum Industry Technology BPT Basics: Understanding the
va
to able
gn iv te
lu
Petroleum Industry Value
up e nt
OVP
Cycle EPB
BASIC 2-DAY BASIC 5-DAY BASIC 10-DAY
Technical OVP presents an overview of the Petroleum This course provides the participant with an This workshop describes the petroleum value
Resources
Industry from the point of view of the Asset Life understanding of basic petroleum technology in chain from prospect identification, to project
Cycle. Participants will gain an understanding of the context of the Petroleum Value Chain, from commissioning, to final abandonment.
Exploration, Appraisal, Development and exploration to abandonment. The participant will Participants will leave this course with a firm
AVA ILA B LE S O O N
A S A V IRTU A L C O U R S E
PetroAcademy
TM
2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD)
2017 Schedule and Tuition (USD) HOUSTON, US 10-21 JUL $6890
HOUSTON, US 18-19 SEP $2360 PETROSKILLS.COM/BLENDED *plus computer charge
Our Instructors 33
DR. ROSALIND ARCHER is Professor of the Mighty River Power Petroleum Engineering at the University of Tulsa and a member of its Industrial numerous in-house seminars for industrial and services clients in the US and
Chair in Geothermal Reservoir Engineering as well as Head of the Department Advisory Board. He is the author of numerous technical publications, the over 170 public seminars internationally. He was selected to present seminars
of Engineering Science at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. She is recipient of several professorship, research, teaching and merit awards and at the last 17 Institute for Supply Management International Conferences and
also Director of Auckland Geothermal Institute. She has received several listed in the Whos Who in Science and Engineering. He received a Chemical is the contributor of numerous articles published in Purchasing Today and
awards including the Supreme Excellence in Teaching Award within the Faculty Engineering State Diploma from the National Polytechnique School of Algiers, Inside Supply Management. Robi was selected as ISMs National Person of
of Engineering. She is an accomplished technical writer, collaborator and editor an MS and a PhD from the University of Tulsa. INT P&C the Year in both Global Resources and in Education/Learning. Robi is a
with over 25 articles published in the last five years. Dr. Archer has taught lifetime CPM, and has received ISMs new certification, the CPSM, and also
courses on Well Testing, Reservoir Engineering, Reservoir Simulation and PVT MR. PAUL M. BARRY is a petroleum engineering consultant holds the MCIPS Certification as awarded by CIPS. He has an undergraduate
Analysis for industrial clients including Chevron/Schlumberger, Chevron, specializing in production technology, production operations, and project degree from the University of Texas, and a Masters Degree from Penn State
China, ONGC, Petronas, Yukos Petroleum, PTT Exploration and Schlumberger. evaluations. Mr. Barry has over 42 years of international and domestic USA University. His energetic and enthusiastic style, combined with extensive
She directs her own consulting practice undertaking technical work, expert upstream oil and gas production and reservoir engineering and management functional experience, makes him an excellent consultant, trainer, and
witness work and training for a wide range of clients. She has performed experience in conventional and unconventional reservoir development. facilitator of change. SC
technical work for Todd Energy, Shell Todd Oil Services, Austrial Pacific Energy, Assignments include working and residing in South America, SE Asia, the
Greymouth Petroleum, Mighty River Power, Genesis Energy, Scott Hawkins Middle East, the North Sea region, and the USA. He has been a PetroSkills MR. JAN BLUM is a seasoned Asset Management professional with
instructor since 2002; during this period, he was based in Perth, Australia from 33 years experience in the oil, gas, and downstream business sectors. At the
(USA) and Sigma Energy (USA). She holds PhD and MS degrees in Petroleum
2007-2009 and in Dubai, UAE, from 2003-2006, developing PetroSkills moment he is based in Suriname working as Technical Service Manager for a
Engineering from Stanford University and a BE degree in Engineering Science
regional business in both locations. Earlier industry experience was as field national oil refinery. He worked 30 years with Shell and fulfilled roles as
from the University of Auckland. INT
production engineer and field production engineering manager of an onshore Inspection, Shutdown, and Asset Manager and for 10 years was Training
DR. FRANK ASHFORD has over 50 years experience in oil and gas oilfield re-development project for PDVSA and partners in Venezuela which Director for the group Asset Management. He has developed and delivered
reservoir engineering, downhole and surface design and operations, as well as required a combination of new development well and well re-completion training all over the world and has broad consultancy experience. Mr. Blum is
oil and gas conditioning and producing facilities. He has been with PetroSkills designs for gas lift, submersible pump, and rod pump artificial lift technology, a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and post graduate in inspection and welding.
since 1988 and has worked extensively in most energy producing countries and frac pack and gravel pack sand control well completions. Previous He has worked and lived in several countries including Saudi Arabia, New
throughout the world. He provides instruction fluently in either English, Indonesia experience was in the design and completion of dual string, multiple Zealand and Suriname. GP
Spanish, or Portuguese based on material originally prepared in English or selective, underbalanced, tubing conveyed perforated high pressure gas wells,
Spanish, but presented in the native language requested. He worked with Gulf exploration well testing and evaluation for Pertamina and Atlantic Richfield, MR. ROBERT BOMBARDIERI has almost 30 years in the oil
Research (GR&DC) in Houston, Texas where he developed many reservoir Huffco, Virginia Indonesia, and joint venture contract partners for both oil and gas industry. His expertise is the use of process engineering to optimize
engineering laboratory techniques for the determination of applicable oil/gas/ operations and Bontang LNG gas supply operations. As district reservoir operating facilities economics via addressing availability, product recovery and
water relative permeability correlations, and choke performance prediction engineer for Pertamina and Arco partners in Indonesia, Mr. Barry was bottleneck issues. As such, Robert has tested, identified, designed, project
techniques still in application today. Previously, Dr. Ashford was a Professor of responsible for the plan of development and reserves determination and managed and lead implementation of numerous molecular sieve, NGL
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering at the Central University of Venezuela certification for a 1.3 TCF offshore gas field. He has also worked as field recovery, sulfur recovery and debottleneck projects in several countries. He
in Caracas, where he taught various courses in natural gas engineering engineer in Saudi Arabia, responsible for a 1.2 MMBWD reservoir pressure also has had roles in operations, business development and management. Mr.
technology. He was a founder of the Petroleum Engineering Department in support injection well system, injection water quality assurance, producing well Bombardieri co-authored a paper on molecular sieve dehydration that was
INTEVEP, the research Institute for PDVSA (Venezuela). He was a participant in gravel pack completions, internal and external well and flowline corrosion selected Best Paper Award at the 2008 Gas Processors Association annual
the initial gas lift optimization operations held in Venezuela, and developed control systems, and, as Mobil Oil facilities engineer in the Arabian American convention and was published in the Oil and Gas Journal. He has a B.Sc. in
many field, and numerical techniques and correlations for downhole, and Oil Company (Aramco) Gas Projects department. He has represented company Chemical Engineering from the University of Alberta and an M.B.A. from Tulane
surface choke performance with Otis Engineering (US, and Venezuela), and technical and commercial interests in both UK and Norwegian North Sea University. GP PF
Compania Shell de Venezuela (CSV). He has authored technical articles sectors oil and gas producing fields. Mr. Barry has served as an officer in the MR. RICHARD BOOTHMAN is an Associate Lecturer with The
published in World Oil, JPT, SPE, Intevep Pub., PDVSA, Pacific Oil World, Jakarta and Dubai SPE sections. He holds a BSCE from the University of Notre Open University, an Environmental Trainer and a Practitioner of the Institute
AAPG, SPELAC, and GPA. He holds a BS (1961) and MS (1963) in Petroleum Dame and an MSCE from Marquette University, and is a registered Professional of Environmental Management and Assessment. He has 14 years experience
Engineering and a PhD in Engineering Sciences (1970) from the University of Engineer in Colorado, USA. P&C in environmental education and training. Richard began his working life as a
Oklahoma. He was one of Dr. John M. Campbells graduate students from soil and water engineer, designing and installing large-scale hose reel
1962-1968, and participated in the initial data collection and organization for MR. DON BEESLEY has over 38 years of management, engineering,
irrigation systems on UK farms. He then moved into insurance loss adjusting
the original John M. Campbell technical textbooks Gas Conditioning and and operations experience in the oil and gas industry - virtually all on Gulf of
where he gained a great deal of experience in a variety of businesses as he
Processing, Volumes I and II. These books provided the basis for a worldwide Mexico projects, including subsea systems, floating systems and fixed
helped clients overcome the after-effects of adverse incidents of varying size.
and extensive training organization initiated by Dr. John M. Campbell during platforms. He has worked for operators Eni, Shell and Texaco, and has held
Richard has helped a number of businesses to eliminate or minimize their
the late1960s, and are still applied by PetroSkills | John M. Campbell for management positions including Project Development Manager and environmental impact. He has devised and developed both on-line and face
worldwide engineering training to this date. GP PF PL
Production Manager. Mr. Beesley has been a member of industry groups Deep to face training courses to help new entrepreneurs recognize the opportunities
Water Repair Underwater Pipeline Emergencies (DW RUPE) and Subsea in the environmental sector and to help existing businesses identify and
DR. OMAR BARKAT is a registered and licensed Professional Tieback Forum (SSTB). He earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Auburn manage their environmental impact. He has worked in the private sector and
Engineer and the Executive Director for Upstream Operations with University, and he is a registered professional engineer in the states of Texas also with the third sector, helping a local climate change charity to engage
PetroProTech. He has been a training specialist and technical consultant for and Louisiana. OS with the business community. Richard is a registered trainer for National
OGCI-PetroSkills since 1997. He has over 28 years of combined industrial and Examining Board for Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH), alongside
academic experience in the USA, North Africa and Europe. He has been an MR. ROBI BENDORF, CPSM, MCIPS, CPM, M.Ed., has over 35 his work in higher education. He has been working with undergraduate and
active international oil and gas consulting engineer since 1993 involved in years of purchasing and sales experience, involving domestic and international post graduate students at The Open University for 14 years and has
projects related to surface production operations, upstream facilities, field activities, for a broad range of manufacturing and service businesses. He has experience teaching modules in international environmental policy, energy
development, oil and gas production systems performance optimization, extensive experience in consulting and training in purchasing, contracts, systems, sustainable energy, and managing for sustainability. Richard
equipment selection, petroleum fluids treating and processing and fluids reengineering the supply management process, the management of received a BSc (Honors) from The Open University in 2004. HSE
disposal management. From 1980 to 95, he worked on several oil and gas procurement functions, global sourcing of materials and components,
production technical issues and led research and development projects in
reducing cost of purchased materials and services, and negotiation of complex MR. MARK BOTHAMLEY has experience that covers the areas
transactions and contracts. He has held purchasing and contracts management of design, operation, troubleshooting and optimization of offshore and
areas such as: cement slurries, hydraulic fracturing fluids, proppant transport,
positions in high volume manufacturing, subcontract, job shop, and service onshore oil and gas production and treating facilities. Prior to joining
emulsions, drilling muds, formation damage, cutting transport, H2S/CO2
operations, involving gas turbine manufacturing, power generation, nuclear PetroSkills he was with BP/Amoco for 24 years, in several locations around
corrosion, fluid flow and rheology, drag and pour point reducing agents and
and fossil power plants, electrical distribution and control, air conditioning the world. Mr. Bothamley is a past chairman of the SPE Facilities
petroleum processing. He has successfully designed and delivered several
equipment and global sourcing services. Prior to becoming a full-time Subcommittee and a former member of the GPSA Data Book Editorial Review
short courses, seminars and lectures in a variety of oil and gas topics
consultant in 1994, he served as Manager of Customer and Supplier Board. Mr. Bothamley holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Lakehead
throughout the world. He is a former tenured university full professor in
Development for the Westinghouse Trading Company. He has given University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, and a Diploma in Natural Gas
Louisiana and Oklahoma, a current member of several international societies
presentations on numerous purchasing and contract management topics to the and Petroleum Technology from the British Columbia Institute of Technology
including SPE, AIChE, ACS and ASEE, and a member of the US National
Institute for Supply Management (ISM/NAPM), major universities, and in Vancouver, BC Canada. GP PF PL
Engineering Honor Society Tau Beta Pi. He is an invited Adjunct Professor of
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MR. JOHN C. BOURDON has more than 29 years experience in Medallion for Global Competitiveness by the American Society for RAF. He is the former editor and managing editor of Pulse magazine, South
hydrocarbon processing and specializes in sulfur recovery processes for the Competitiveness for its work in global competitiveness through quality in Africas leading monthly journal dedicated to the general electronic and
petroleum refining industry. Mr. Bourdon has been involved in the knowledge management, best practices transfer, and operations improvement. process control instrumentation industries. He has written and published six
development of several sulfur-related technologies and mechanical For his work on improved drilling techniques he was also honored in 1996 technical handbooks on industrial process control. Mr. Crabtree holds a MSc
innovations, has authored several papers and made presentations worldwide. with a nomination for the National Medal of Technology, the US Governments (Research) in Industrial Flow Measurement and an HNC in Electrical
He has experience with several E&C firms including extensive start-up and highest technology award. In 2010, he advised the US Department of Interior Engineering (with distinctions). IC&E
troubleshooting activities. He consults for both North American and as one of seven reviewers of the 30 Day Study immediately following the BP
international clients. He is a registered professional engineer and member of Gulf of Mexico Tragedy, and in 2011-2012 he served on the National Academy MR. JOHN CURRY is a recognized authority on the ASME Boiler
Chi Epsilon Sigma Honor Society. Mr. Bourdon is fluent in English and Committee to advise the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and Pressure Vessel Code, pressure vessel design, fabrication and metallurgy.
Spanish. Mr. Bourdon has a BS in Chemical Engineering from the Georgia (BSEE), charged with evaluating the Effectiveness of Safety and Environmental He founded and was President of Gulfex, Inc. for more than 37 years. This firm
Institute of Technology and advanced degrees in other fields. Management Systems for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Operations. Mr. is a major producer of pressure vessels for the refining, natural gas, oil
Brett has authored or co-authored over 30 technical publications, and has production and petrochemical industries. Since 2003, he has been a lecturer
GP PF PL
been granted over 30 US and International patents - including several patents on Section VIII, Div.1 of the Code teaching engineers worldwide on pressure
MR. MARK BOWERS is the Head of Training for CRS and is a relating to elimination of Drill Bit Whirl (which the Oil and Gas Journal Listed vessels. He consults in the field of upgrading and rerating existing pressure
Chartered Health and Safety practitioner with over 30 years of occupational as one of the 100 most significant developments in the history of the vessels for new service. He continues to be a volunteer for the Boy Scouts of
health, safety and environmental experience. His early career was engaged in petroleum industry). In 1999 the Society of Petroleum Engineers honored him America promoting high adventure programs for older scouts. He has been
the Royal Air Force training in both aircraft engineering and environmental as a Distinguished Lecturer. He served on the SPE International Board of teaching Biblical History for over 25 years. After completing his mechanical
health and safety, where he was engaged in operations worldwide including Directors 2007 to 2010 where he served as Drilling and Completions engineering training, he completed an MBA from the University of Texas at
the Falkland Islands, Northern Ireland, the Balkans and in the Gulf. Mark has Technical Director. Mr. Brett holds a BS in mechanical engineering and Austin. He spent two years in night school studying metallurgy at Rice
operated as a senior health and safety practitioner and trainer within safety physics from Duke University as well as an MS in Engineering from Stanford University. ME
critical industries including the railways, power supply industry and University and an MBA from Oklahoma State University. PM MR. KRIS DIGRE has over 36 years of experience working in
petrochemicals. He has also applied his health and safety knowledge and
MR. PAUL CARMODY has more than 34 years of experience in locations around the world. He has designed or been involved with the design
expertise in a diverse blend of industries and business across the United
the petroleum industry. During his 32 years with Hess Corporation and its of offshore structures located off the coast of West Africa, Alaska, Australia,
Kingdom as well as internationally. Mark is a registered trainer and examiner
predecessor, Amerada Hess Corporation, Mr. Carmody has been involved Brazil, Borneo, California, China, Egypt, the Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea.
for National Examining Board for Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH),
in nearly all aspects of oil and gas engineering from the reservoir sand face He has been involved in the technical specification development and/or
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and Chartered Institute of
through the outlet of gas plants. He is a registered Professional Engineer in installation of all of deepwater Tension Leg Platforms (TLP) and a Floating
Environmental Health (CIEH). He has set up training and consultancy
North Dakota where his experience includes Bakken oil development, Production System (FPS) in the Gulf of Mexico and an FPSO offshore Nigeria.
businesses in the universities sector developing a department teaching safety
production engineering, pipelines, and compressor station installations. Mr. Digre remains active in retirement providing advice to E&P project groups
at University College London (UCL) along with a specialist asbestos skills
West Texas experience includes CO2 EOR flood gas gathering, CO2 on various Nigeria FPSO projects. Mr. Digre is a graduate (BSCE) of Illinois
training business and a behavioral safety consultancy. He is an active member
pipelines, and gas plant engineering. His gas plant experience includes Institute of Technology and a Licensed Professional Engineer in New Jersey,
of the East Midlands IOSH Branch and provides a national travel agency with
three expansions of a CO2 Gas plant, cryogenic gas plants, and lean oil Louisiana, Texas and California. OS
advice in safety for international travelers. HSE
plant processes where he has supplies process and design engineering DR. ISKANDER DIYASHEV is a director and a co-founder of
MR. ROBERT E. BOYD, CPA, MBA, CGMA is the Founder and services. He has served as a board member of the CO2 Conference in Petroleum and Energy Technology Advisors, Inc., an engineering and
President of Boston Street Advisors, Inc. an investment banking and financial Midland. Mr. Carmody graduated from the University of Connecticut with a consulting firm based in Houston, Texas, focused on drilling, completion and
advisory firm in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is also the founder of Boston Street degree in Mechanical Engineering. PF PL
stimulation (www.1penta.com). Prior to that Dr. Diyashev was an officer and a
Capital, a private equity investment firm, and a co-founder and Managing
MR. AJEY CHANDRA is a principal in the Houston office of Purvin board member with Independent Resource Development Corporation, based
Member of Boston Street Capital Partners, LLC, a capital management
& Gertz. He joined the firm in 1998 after working for Amoco for 12 years in in Moscow with operations in Western Siberia Russia. Dr. Diyashev was
company. Mr. Boyd has over thirty years of experience in the fields of capital
gas processing and gas transportation. Prior to joining Purvin & Gertz, Ajey responsible for the planning of field development, reserves evaluation and
formation, international finance, investment and portfolio management and
was responsible for all facets of a 2.4 Bcfd gas processing facility in the United addition, planning of exploration activities, as well as engineering and
investment banking. Prior to forming his own firm, he worked in the
Kingdom. Since joining Purvin & Gertz, Ajey has worked on a variety of technology. In 2001-2006 Dr. Diyashev served as a Chief Engineer for Sibneft,
accounting department for Warren Petroleum Company, a division of Gulf Oil,
assignments in the areas of market analysis, forecasting, gas processing and one of the largest integrated oil companies in Russia with a daily production
and at Reading & Bates Corporation where he was supervisor of corporate
transportation costs. He holds a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from of 700,000 BOPD. During his career, Dr. Diyashev worked in R&D, consulting,
accounting and a senior financial analyst. He has also held positions as Chief
Texas A&M University and an MBA from the University of Houston. GP and the service and production sides of the business both in Russia and
Financial Officer - Treasurer and Manager of Treasury in the manufacturing
internationally. Prior to his work with Sibneft, Dr. Diyashev was one of the key
sector and senior financial analyst for a major international energy company.
MR. ALEXANDRE CHWETZOFF has over 35 years Schlumberger specialists to start the horizontal drilling project in Noyabrsk
Mr. Boyds international experience includes engagements in Europe, Asia,
experience in engineering applications most of which was devoted to a major Western Siberia. He holds a PhD in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M
Canada, South America, and the Middle East. Mr. Boyd has been involved in
oil company in various management level positions. He has extensive University, and advanced degrees in Physics and Mathematics from Moscow
over 30 corporate ventures and has successfully negotiated several business
experience in exploration, business development, strategic planning, training Institute of Physics and Technology. He has authored 30 technical papers. Dr.
transactions including the planning and restructuring of over $500 million of
development and management of multi-disciplinary conceptual teams. He is Diyashev is a member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, and
corporate debt for a major multi-national energy concern, and has served as
fluent in French, English and Russian and is knowledgeable in German. He served on the Board of Directors of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE
exclusive financial advisor for the financing and sale of several mid-market
received a Master of Engineering in Marine and Construction Engineering from International), and on the boards of various private E&P, service and
companies across a variety of industries. He has also played key roles in
Ecole Nationale Suprieure des Techniques Avances (ENSTA) in Paris. P&C engineering firms in the petroleum industry. Twice in his career Dr. Diyashev
establishing a sales and distribution office in Germany and has advised major
was elected to serve as a Distinguished Lecturer of the SPE, in 2005-06, and
energy and service companies in the areas of shareholder value and MR. STEWART CLARKE is an occupational health and safety in 2017-18. P&C INT
performance measurement. Since founding his own firm, Mr. Boyd has practitioner employed with Corporate Risk Systems Limited. He has over
advised management and shareholders on capital acquisition, business twenty years experience in training, personnel development and mentoring at MR. WILLIAM (BILL) DOKIANOS has over 35 years
development, transaction structuring, valuation services and strategic all levels within a wide range of organizations. He is a Chartered Member experience in engineering, production and pipeline. He is a Professional
business planning for mid-market companies. He currently serves on the (CMIOSH) of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health with a Engineer in the states of Louisiana and New Mexico, and holds a General
National Advisory Council of the US Small Business Administration and background in engineering and teaching. Stewart was formerly a principal and Commercial Contractor License in the State of New Mexico. Over the
serves on several corporate and civic boards including the Tulsa University tutor at the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health in the Division last 7 years he has been instructing for PetroSkills | John M. Campbell. He
Friends of Finance and the University of Tulsa Student Investment Fund. He of Epidemiology and Health Sciences in the School of Medicine at The instructs the PF4 course, Oil Production and Processing Facilities. He has
has served as chairman of the Capital Exchange Committee of the Wharton University of Manchester. Stewarts technical expertise includes mentoring actively consulted over the past 10 years with ExxonMobil, Shell Exploration
Club of New York where he founded the Wharton Investor Resources and assessing NVQ OS&H Diploma candidates (PetroSkills mentored and Production, Sandridge Energy, Repsol and Chevron. Mr. Dokianos
Exchange, a network of capital investors and companies headed by Wharton program HS70), investigating loss events, and providing instruction on onshore consulting has focused on optimizing production utilizing casing
Alumni and is a past president of the Graduate Business Association of the NEBOSH, IOSH and CIEH externally-certified courses. HSE gas systems, vessel and battery design, revising gun barrel design for better
University of Tulsa. Mr. Boyd is a current member of the American Institute of separation, production optimization and production troubleshooting (bad
Certified Public Accountants and is listed in Whos Who of Global Business MR. JIMMY CLARY has 25 years of experience in the Hydrocarbon oil and or bad water). His offshore experiences include analyzing and
Leaders. He has been an adjunct professor of Finance for the University of Processing Industries. During his 17 years with RWD Technologies, he held solving poor platform up time at GB 128, GC 65 and other offshore
Tulsa. Mr. Boyd holds a BS in Business Administration from Phillips technical and management positions including Senior Training Analyst, locations. Activities included process control changes due to stacked
University with majors in Finance and Accounting and a Master of Business Project Manager and Team Leader. Mr. Clary has lived and worked in Los separator vessels, revising safe charts, operating settings and
Administration from the University of Tulsa, graduating with honors. He Angeles, California and Houston, Texas; completing projects in Asia, Africa reconfiguration of pipeline export pumps. He managed a subsea tieback
graduated from the Wharton Advanced Management Program of the Wharton and North and South America. He is currently based in Houston where he also project in which the platform modifications included high pressure vessel
School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a Fellow of the Wharton worked for Petroleum Testing Services and NPR services in Special Core redesign, dehydrator expansion, adding a second vapor recovery unit,
School. Mr. Boyd is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the honor society for Analysis, Fluid Analysis and Amine reclamation areas. Mr. Clary earned a BA restaging high pressure and intermediate gas compressors and modifying
collegiate business schools and is a Certified Public Accountant in the state in Mathematics and a BS in Physics from the University of Oklahoma. OM bulk oil process design. He has been responsible for DOT compliance
of Oklahoma and a Certified Global Management Accountant. He holds a activities and reporting. This compliance responsibility has included
series 65 securities license. PB MR. MICK CRABTREE has spent the last eight years running
industrial workshops throughout the world in the fields of: Process Control development and implantation of federal risk programs and smart pigging.
Mr. Dokianos holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from
MR. FORD BRETT is recognized worldwide as a leader in the area and Instrumentation; Data Communications; Fieldbus; Emergency Shutdown
Systems; Project Management; On-Line Analysis; and Technical Writing and Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. GP PF
of Petroleum Project and Process Management. A registered Professional
Engineer and a certified Project Management Professional, Mr. Brett has Communications. He has trained over 5,000 engineers, technicians and MR. CHRISTOPHER DOUGHERTY spent over 20 years
consulted in over 32 countries on five continents. Formerly, Mr. Brett worked scientists. Mr. Crabtree formerly trained in aircraft instrumentation and guided in the British Royal Navy, where his primary job was marine engineering
with Amoco Production Company where he specialized in drilling projects in missiles in the Royal Air Force, having completed his service career seconded with an equally important secondary role involved with ship safety and
the Bering Sea, North Slope of Alaska, Gulf of Mexico, offshore Trinidad and to the Ministry of Defense and he was responsible for ensuring the reliability, firefighting. Since then, his career has been spent learning how to apply
Wyoming. He has received many honors, including the 2000 Crosby maintainability and functional usefulness of specific equipment entering the his health and safety knowledge and expertise in a variety of industries
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and businesses, with recent clients including RasGas, Baker Hughes and Royal College and SAIT in Calgary and in-house for Amoco. He was the University of Alaska, Anchorage. His teaching style focuses on first
Chevron. Chris holds a Level 6 Diploma in Occupational Safety and nominated for the Distinguished Lecturer award. Mr. Foster graduated with a principles and developing an understanding of why things happen which then
Health, and has worked with PetroSkills since 2008 delivering many of BSc (Honors) in Geology, from the University of London; he is a registered dictates an appropriate response. P&C
our health and safety courses worldwide. He is a registered trainer for Professional Geologist and is a member of APEGGA, AAPG, SPE, HGS and
NEBOSH, IOSH (Institution of Occupational Safety and Health) and CIEH SPWLA. He served as Publications Chairman and on symposium committees MR. JOSH GILAD, P.E., has 40 years of domestic and international
(Chartered Institute of Environmental Health). More recently, he has for the CWLS; he co-authored a paper on computer data formats (LAS) and experience in the engineering, analysis, inspection, troubleshooting, forensic
become an active member of the Humberside, UK Business Hive group has compiled numerous technical papers and training materials; he is a investigation and expert witness for marine liquid bulk terminals for oil (crude,
and a volunteer Health and Safety Advisor for the Lincolnshire region of certified tutor for online learning. INT products) and gas (LNG, LPG), cargo handling and storage facilities, prime
the National Wildlife Trust. Altogether, Chris has over 40 years experience movers, piping and pipelines. His experience includes pipeline flow and
working with occupational health safety. HSE DR. THEODORE (TED) FRANKIEWICZ has over 30 years hydraulic transient analysis, pipe stress analysis, pipeline on-bottom stability,
of experience in the oil industry with Occidental Petroleum, Unocal Corp., pipeline integrity & fitness for service assessment. Throughout his years with
MR. PHILLIP DUCKETT has a background in construction and Natco Group (now Cameron), and currently, SPEC Services, Inc. He has a Brown & Root (now KBR), Han-Padron Associates (now CH2M-Hill), and as
engineering. He has held senior management positions in plant and Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Chicago, holds 15 patents, an independent consultant, Mr. Gilad has been involved in the design and
machinery installation businesses. He has over ten years experience in health and has authored over 25 professional publications. At Unocal, he was installation of numerous single point mooring (SPM) systems and other
and safety and is a Chartered Member of IOSH. Phillip has HSE experience responsible for developing the water treatment systems, which were installed offshore petroleum terminals, fixed-berth and offshore cargo transfer systems,
from working in the oil and gas, pharmaceutical, automotive, food and in the Gulf of Thailand to remove mercury and arsenic as well as residual oil oil and gas pipelines, Pipeline End Manifolds (PLEMs), pig launching/
beverage, military supply, aircraft manufacture and general engineering from the produced water. At Natco Group he developed an effective vertical receiving and oil storage facilities. Mr. Gilad holds a BS and MS in mechanical
sectors in Europe, North and South America and North Africa. He prides column flotation vessel design and used CFD to diagnose problems with engineering from the Technion, Haifa and is a registered Professional
himself on helping and encouraging clients to achieve a high standard of existing water treatment equipment as well as to design new equipment. He Engineer in the States of TX, NY and CA. He is one of the original authors of
health and safety in their organizations. Phillip supports his eldest son in a was an SPE Distinguished Lecturer on Produced Water Treatment in 2009-10, the California State MOTEMS, and presently a member of PIANC working
lacrosse team and is an active participant in a karate club. HSE and serves on the SPE Steering Committee for their Global Workshop Series group, WG153, that is developing recommendations for the design of marine
on Water Treatment. His field/operational experience in oilfield chemistry, oil terminals. GP ME PL
MS. KERRY EDWARDS is a lead instructor for the PetroSkills design of process equipment, and the development of process systems has
Health classes, with over twenty years HSE experience. She is a Chartered provided him with unique insights into the issues that challenge operators as MR. GERALD GUIDROZ started out as a vibration test engineer
Safety and Health Practitioner and a Member of the International Institute of their water production and water treatment complexity and cost escalates over for the space shuttle main engines. He then moved into the oil and gas
Risk and Safety Management. Ms. Edwards prior career was spent in time. PF industry on the North Slope on the production side of the business. He worked
paramedic nursing, specialising in intensive care and major trauma. In 1992, as a rotating equipment engineer for several years as well as getting involved
she joined an international manufacturing group as Health and Safety MR. RONALD FREND is a registered engineer, and has extensive with projects involving well pads, pipelines, waterflood, and gas injection
Manager. In 1997, she was awarded a Recognition Award for her experience in the oil and gas sector. He rose to a senior position in Shell before moving over to the pipeline side of the business. He was able to transfer
achievements. After five years, she moved into accident research and International (Middle East) before opening a worldwide engineering some of his vibration experience into solving complex piping and equipment
investigation, where she used her biomechanics and medical knowledge to consultancy based in England and a senior position in a global training problems. Mr. Guidroz worked with the Trans-Alaska pipeline on pipeline and
aid research into vehicle safety and future vehicle design. She presented her enterprise. His entire career has been concerned with practical applications of tank corrosion monitoring and repairs and worked as a construction engineer
research into Pedestrian Biomechanics and Lower Limb Injury Inter- maintenance and engineering from a solid business foundation. Ron is at the Valdez Marine terminal. He then transferred to the refinery side of the
relationships at the IRCOBI Conference in Barcelona in 1999. Ms. Edwards experienced in a variety of maintenance analytical techniques as well as business working for multiple clients as an engineering consultant. He has
was awarded BSc in Occupational Health and Safety by Wolverhampton possessing management skills suitable to a large multi-national corporation been involved with major refinery upgrades, multiple turnarounds and
University and Birmingham University Medical Institute. Latterly, she has working in the oil and gas industry. Ron has also undergone specialized greenfield projects. He has acted as owners engineer on projects including a
worked as an OH&S consultant and accredited trainer with Corporate Risk training on the following topics: management techniques, non-destructive new spill response barge for drilling in the arctic. Mr. Guidroz has been
Systems Limited. She has worked with PetroSkills members in Europe and testing, oil tanker cargo operations, instrumentation and control, resistance involved with all phases of projects from FEL1/Conceptual Design to Detailed
the USA. She is a Lead Auditor for OSHAS 18001, a NEBOSH instructor and and gas welding, vibration analysis, infrared thermography, and ultrasonics. Design on through construction. His areas of expertise are in piping
examiner, as well as providing vocational mentoring and assessment to He is a Registered Engineer with an MSc from Huddersfield University in specification and design, welding, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, fired
individual professionals. HSE England as well as being a certified Chief Engineer Officer (marine). heaters, pumps, compressors, drivers, valves, pipelines, and stress analysis.
PF ME PL Mr. Guidroz has a broad knowledge base from over twenty 28 of experience in
MR. ROBERT FANNING has held various Process the oil and gas business. ME
Engineering and Management positions in his 26 years with Mobil. Mr. MR. RICHARD (RICK) GENTGES has over 32 years
Fannings background includes general oilfield facilities, water flood facilities, experience in the design, construction, and operation of underground natural MR. ROGER HADDAD, P.E., PMP, is a practicing project manager
CO2 flood facilities, NGL recovery, and LNG. Mr. Fanning was on the Board of gas storage facilities. His experience includes assignments in operations, with Occidental Petroleum and has over 25 years of design and project
the Permian Basin Chapter of the GPA for several years and is a past President technical support, engineering management, and project management. Most experience in the Oil and Gas and Chemical Industries. He started his career
of the chapter. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the recently (2010-2012) he served as Senior Project Manager for Cook Inlet as a structural engineer and progressed from design to construction to project
University of Wyoming and is a Registered Professional Engineer in the state Natural Gas Storage Alaska, LLC, and was responsible for overall construction management. He gained his project management skills while working on fast-
of Texas. GP of the first commercial underground gas storage facility in Alaska. From 1982- track projects in North America where he held various positions in project and
2010 he worked for ANR Pipeline Company where he held various technical portfolio management. For the last 10 years, Roger has been managing large
MR. WOLFGANG FOERG has over 20 years experience in plant offshore and onshore oil and gas projects in the Middle East. With his
and managerial positions involving gas storage assets. His technical
system design, control system design and selection, procurement, extensive experience in design, construction, risk management and project
experience includes performing and analyzing well tests, reservoir
engineering management, and installation and commissioning of vendor controls, he has been managing large project teams and contractors and
performance analysis, reservoir simulation, and overall storage facility
proprietary equipment. His experience includes assignments as project working with JV partners as well as national oil companies. Roger earned a
optimization. During his career he managed construction projects that
engineer, rotating equipment specialist, lead engineer for major EPC MS in Structural Engineering and a BS in Civil Engineering from the
involved enhancements to existing gas storage facilities and construction of
contractors, as well as experience in construction, module design, University of Buffalo, New York. He is currently based in Abu Dhabi, United
new gas storage facilities. The scope of construction included the drilling and
commissioning and startup of plants. The types of plants include air Arab Emirates. PM
completion of vertical and horizontal wells, upgrades to gathering systems,
separation plants, gas plants, gas storage facilities, power generation, MTBE
new compression, and gas processing equipment. Mr. Gentges is a past
plants, refinery wastewater treatment facilities, phenol plants, polypropylene MR. GERARD HAGEMAN is based in The Hague (The
Chairman of the Underground Gas Storage Committee of the American Gas
plants, crude oil treating facilities and crude oil pipelines, LNG/NGL Netherlands), where he settled after 33 years in the downstream oil and gas
Association (1994). He also served as Chairman of the Underground Gas
liquefaction plants, and LNG receiving terminals. Specific equipment business (including LNG). He is equipped with thorough knowledge and
Storage Research Committee for the Pipeline Research Council International
experience includes gas turbines, steam turbines, cryogenic expanders, experience in LNG, gas and refinery operations, start-up, design, process
(1998-2003), and served on the National Petroleum Council Gas Storage
centrifugal compressors, reciprocating compressors, centrifugal pumps, technology, teamwork, change processes, and competency assessment. He
Team (2003-2004). Mr. Gentes holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering from the
positive displacement pumps, polymer extruders, refrigeration systems, diesel started his career with the Gulf Oil refinery in The Netherlands as a process
University of Michigan (1981). PF
engines, motors, generators, dryers, chemical injection systems, cooling engineer, followed by a job as economic analyst for Gulf Oil Chemicals in
towers, boilers, and loading arms. Mr. Foerg holds a MS, Mechanical MR. DAN GIBSON is a consulting engineer with over 35 years of London, after which he joined Shell for 29 years. During his career with Shell,
Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and a BS, Mechanical experience in production, completions, and well integrity issues from oil and Mr. Hageman has worked in numerous countries including Malaysia,
Engineering from Cornell University. He is a Registered Professional Engineer gas fields all over the world. After working as a roughneck and roustabout Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom,
in Wyoming, Colorado, Alberta, and Texas and is a CCHEST Safety Trained through college, he started his professional life as a facility engineer in Alaska. Denmark and, of course, The Netherlands. He has been responsible for
Supervisor (STS). ME He has worked his way through the value stream from facilities to completions Process Engineering, Design, Operation, Start-up, Process Safety (Integrity),
with jobs in Anchorage, Denver, Houston, Gabon, Congo, Egypt, Scotland, Interface Management, Change Processes, Competency Assurance and
MR. ERIC A. FOSTER is a Geoscience Technical Advisor with Training. He holds an MS in Chemical Engineering from Twente University in
Russia, and Australia. He is currently a consulting engineer, working on
PetroSkills-OGCI based in Houston. He has 40 years of operations and The Netherlands. He is a member of KIVI, i.e. The Royal Dutch Institute of
completions and well integrity problems for a wide range of independents and
management experience in the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining Engineers. Mr. Hageman joined PetroSkills | John M. Campbell in 2012.
majors. He has worked as a Wells Technical Authority for a large international
PetroSkills, he was with Landmark and responsible for managing geoscience
independent with a varied portfolio of offshore oil and gas wells. He was the GP PF
and engineering consultants, representing geological, geophysical and
first Senior Completion Advisor for a super major. As part of this role, he
petrophysical software applications and services for global operations. DR. JAMES L. HANER is the head of Ultimate Business Resources
worked with teams on both major technical incidents and on planning and
Starting as a geologist in field operations in the US, South America, North (UBR) Consulting, specializing in Building Better Businesses. UBR is an
assurance of high profile projects around the world. These experiences have
Sea, Trinidad and Mexico, he then worked as a training instructor and independent firm offering business consulting and project management
given him a unique viewpoint of how fields are developed; how wells are
coordinator for worldwide operations at Core Laboratories in Dallas and services to Fortune 500 companies in the US, Europe, Africa, and China.
designed, constructed, and produced; how things can go wrong with a well
subsequently moved to Calgary as Manager, Geological Operations. His James has more than 30 years of experience in business and IT. His
during construction and production; and how best to mitigate and manage
background has included all aspects of formation evaluation and the responsibilities have included establishing a corporate web presence for a
well problems. He has authored and co-authored a number of papers, ranging
application of software to geological and drilling engineering data acquisition Fortune 500 company, creating a successful organization-wide employee
from polymer flood management to ice mechanics and most recently a design
and interpretation. He has acted as a technical advisor/consultant on projects development plan, and developing the IT infrastructure for a start-up company
of an innovative ICD system for a high rate water injection well. Dan graduated
throughout the world; and has extensive experience in the design and delivery in both project management and leadership roles. He completed his PhD work
from Oklahoma State University, Stillwater and Studied Arctic Engineering at
of training programs. He was an instructor of petroleum technology at Mount at the University of Idaho and Corillins University. He earned an MA degree in
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Management/Leadership from the Claremont Graduate School and took served as a visiting professor and directed a masters program in Natural Gas published and has served on numerous SPE Committees. He received a BS
classes with Peter F. Drucker, the father of modern management. James is a Engineering and Management in the Petroleum and Geological Engineering Degree in Chemistry and an MS Degree in Petroleum Engineering from the
contributing author of 140 Project Management Tips in 140 Words or Less, Dept. In 2002 he retired from John M. Campbell & Company where he worked University of Oklahoma. P&C
2010; Making Sense of Sustainability in Project Management, 2011; and for 23 years providing training and consulting services to several international
Program Management: A Lifecycle Approach (2012). PPD oil and gas companies. He served in several capacities at JMC including MR. ROBIN JENTZ has 38 years of oil and gas processing
chairman, a position he held when he retired in 2002. He also worked for experience. His work has included most process areas of oil and gas
MR. MALCOLM HARRISON graduated in Chemical Texaco from 1972-1980, where he held various engineering and management production, including design and testing of low dewpoint glycol dehydration
Engineering in 1981 and completed an MBA in 1995. He has worked mostly positions. Mr. Hubbard is a member of SPE and GPSA; he has chaired the units, analysis of flare and relief systems using dynamic simulation
in the areas of oil and gas, cryogenics and gas monetization. Mr. Harrison has SPE Facility Engineering Committee and has held several leadership positions programs, retrofitting gas/liquid separators to increase capacity and
worked for BP, BOC, Foster Wheeler and BG. He was Director of Process in the Oklahoma City SPE Section including the section chairperson in 2011- eliminate entrainment, and upgrading oil dehydrators. Mr. Jentz has worked
Engineering for Foster Wheeler and, most recently, was BGs Chief Process 2012. He has published several papers in the area of gas processing and for both operating and engineering contracting companies. He is a
Engineer. He has travelled a lot, worked on all the continents except Antarctica, facilities design. He was the distinguished author in the August 2009 Journal Registered Professional Engineer in Alaska and Washington. Mr. Jentz
visited more countries and encountered more cultures than he can remember. of Petroleum Technology with an article titled The Role of Gas Processing in received his BS in Chemical Engineering from California State University
While his foundations are in process engineering, the MBA sparked an the Natural Gas Value Chain. Mr. Hubbard holds a BS in Chemical Long Beach in 1974. PF
interest in corporate strategy, in changing organizations and building high Engineering from Kansas State University (1971), and an MBA from Tulane
performing teams. GP MR. STEPHEN JEWELL is an independent oil and gas consultant
University (1978). GP PF ME PL
and advisor with 30 years experience in the upstream sector. He was
DR. W. GREG HAZLETT was Vice President of PetroSkills from MR. WILLIAM E. HUGHES is a practicing lawyer in Tulsa, previously the Managing Director and co-founder of Xodus Subsurface Ltd,
2002-2016 where he designed competency-based training programs, Oklahoma, who has handled a wide variety of cases involving oil and gas the Wells and Subsurface company within the Xodus Group of technical
evaluated course materials and instructors, taught training courses, and related matters. He has studied in France and lived in Morocco and received consultants. He was also Chief Operating Officer and a founding shareholder
consulted on technical issues. Prior to joining OGCI, he was Vice President a Fulbright scholarship to teach US and comparative law at the University of of Composite Energy Limited, a European Unconventional Gas company,
of a consulting firm, where he was in charge of the petroleum and geological Tunis during the 2000-2001 academic year. He teaches courses at the growing the company from seed capital of $500k to an ultimate sale value of
engineering consulting group. He specializes in performing reservoir University of Tulsa, including courses in comparative and international law, over $60 million in 5 years. He has over 16 years experience with Amerada
characterization, engineering and simulation studies. Studies include deep- European Union law, banking law, US Constitutional law, and an introduction Hess starting as petroleum engineer and progressing to Acting General
water Gulf of Mexico oil and gas fields, a granite gas reservoir offshore India, to the US law and legal system for non-US lawyers and graduate students. He Manager of its North Sea Operations Base. He received a BEng (Honors)
and steamfloods in California. Dr. Hazlett has also worked for Mobil as a is a graduate of Harvard University Law School. PB degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Sheffield and speaks
drilling engineer, and for Texaco as a steamflood project manager in Norwegian and French. INT
Colombia, and as a reservoir and simulation engineer in both research and MS. SELMA (SALLY) A. JABALEY is a Senior Engineering
Kuwait operations. He was a Lecturer at Texas A&M University and an Manager with expertise in management of engineering departments. She DR. SATISH K. KALRA is a petroleum engineer with over 25
Associate Professor at New Mexico Tech, and has published on petroleum specializes in engineering, procurement and construction of oil and gas years of management, operations, teaching, research, and consulting
engineering topics, served as SPE coordinator for the Reservoir, Gas facilities projects, evaluation and due diligence of oil and gas projects for experience with national and private oil companies. As an Associate Professor
Technology, and Fluid Mechanics and Oil Recovery Processes committees, participation and implementation, and optimization of mature oil and gas of Petroleum Engineering, he taught graduate and undergraduate students at
and has testified as an expert witness. Dr. Hazlett has BS, MS and PhD fields. She is currently the Owner and Principal of Jabaley Consulting LLC, a the University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette. He also worked for the
degrees in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University and is a company that does consultant work for Shell, as well as companies in Africa, University of Texas at Austin. His career includes assignments with ONGC
registered Professional Engineer in Texas. INT the Middle East, and other locations around the globe. She is an SPE Gulf (National Oil Company of India), ARCO Offshore (now BP), BJ Services, Agio
Coast Section, Projects, Facilities, and Construction study group member and Oil and Gas, Schlumberger / Holditch, Miller and Lents and SKAL-TEX
MR. RON HINN is the EVP for Sales and Member Engagement for past Chairman, and was awarded their Distinguished Contributions to Corporation. He is widely published in technical literature and was the
PetroSkills. He is a people oriented manager, possessing strong leadership Projects, Facilities, and Construction award in 2008. She has earned a Chairman of the National SPE Committee on Monographs. His technical
and communication skills. A registered professional engineer, Rons 39-year Bachelor of Civil Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. In 2008, expertise includes the design and supervision of production and well
career has spanned numerous roles including staff engineering, engineering Ms. Jabaley was inducted into the Georgia Tech Academy of Distinguished completion operations, formation damage and sand control, reservoir
supervision, corporate knowledge management and professional staffing and Engineering Alumni, and now serves as an advisory board member for the management, technology transfer and contract negotiations. He actively
competency development. Ron is an active supporter of global engineering Georgia Tech Civil and Environmental Engineering department. PM participated in several technology transfer agreements with various Indian,
accreditation activities, having served in multiple roles for ABET up to and Chinese, and Russian companies. He is fluent in English, Russian and several
including Executive Committee of the ABET Board. Ron received a BS degree DR. RODNEY JACOBS is recognized as a worldwide leader in the Indian languages. Recently he was nominated as a member of the Russian
from the University of Tulsa in petroleum engineering. INT field of Instrumentation, Automation and Process Control. He has been Academy of Natural Sciences US Section. He received an M.S. and Ph.D. in
involved in instrumentation for the last 35 years, and has presented a great petroleum engineering from the Gubkin Oil Institute, Moscow, Russia and a
DR. FRANK HOPF has 35 years of experience in engineering and deal of workshops in many countries around the world (with most of them degree in law from Gujarat University, India. P&C INT
management of energy transportation and distribution facilities for crude oil, being in countries that have an interest in the oil and gas industries). Apart
refined products, petrochemicals and LNG. He also has seven years from in-house and public workshops, he has also presented hundreds of DR. MOHAN G. KELKAR is a professor of petroleum engineering
pursuing a PhD in geography where he conducted research in engineering internet-based (e-learning) sessions, primarily related to process control and at the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His main research interests
geomorphology, GIS and remote sensing, hazard analysis, and the safety. His main area of focus includes PLCs, SCADA, DCS, loop tuning, include reservoir characterization, production optimization, and risk analysis.
relationship of science and public policy development. During his 31 years instrumentation and other areas related to the control of processes. Although He is involved in several research projects, which are partially funded by
with Shell Oil Company and affiliated companies, he managed engineering, his primary focus has always been instrumentation, he does have various national and international oil companies, the US Department of
construction and operations for pipelines and terminals in the Gulf of qualifications in electrical heavy current aspects, and has lectured this at Energy, and Oklahoma Center for Advancement of Science and Technology.
Mexico, Texas, Wyoming, Montana, California, New Mexico, Mississippi, university level. In addition to presenting international seminars, he is also He has taught various short courses for many oil companies in Canada,
Louisiana and Washington. He also served on the board of directors of actively involved as a consulting engineer, in his area of expertise. He is a past Indonesia, Singapore, Nigeria, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Scotland, India, Denmark
several major joint interest pipeline systems. Mr. Hopf concluded his career recipient of the N&Z award, which is one of the highest awards, in the field of and across the United States. He has been a consultant to many oil companies,
with Shell in the implementation of an SAP based supply chain management instrumentation, in South Africa. Apart from a Doctorate in Electrical as well as to the United Nations. He received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering
system for the pipeline organization. He accepted a graduate assistantship Engineering, Light Current, he also has an Honors degree in Psychology, and from the University of Bombay, an M.S. in Petroleum Engineering and a Ph.D.
to pursue a PhD in geography, completing his dissertation on the risk of is internationally certified in training and assessment. IC&E in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, and a J.D. from the
levee failures in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and the impacts University of Tulsa. P&C
of the assessment of risk on public policy formation. He also studied MR. FRANK JARRETT has over 40 years of experience, primarily
engineering geomorphology, fluvial and coastal geomorphology, and GIS/ in the natural gas processing industry. Responsibilities have included project MR. BILL KEMP has over 35 years of oil and gas industry experience
remote sensing applications to the energy transportation and distribution design team supervision, conceptual and detailed process design, extensive in engineering, operations, product development, commercialization,
industries. He has taught large courses (excess of 300 students) at Texas use of computer simulation tools, computer program development and business development, sales, and marketing. He is currently Senior Sales
A&M University. Mr. Hopf was awarded his PhD in December of 2011. He testing, process and mechanical flow sheet development, equipment sizing Consultant for PetroSkills. He joined in July 2013. Bill is responsible for
is a registered Civil Engineer in Texas. PL and specification, hazards analysis, facilities checkout, start-up, strategic member/client interaction in workforce development, consulting and
debottlenecking and teaching. His background covers natural gas liquids software in the upstream, midstream and downstream segments. Previously,
MR. AARON HORN is the founder of Eos Resources, a training recovery, natural gas liquefaction, nitrogen rejection and recovery of helium Bill was manager, sales and marketing, for the Oilfield Technology Group of
company aimed at providing leadership and technical training to multiple from natural gas, acid gas removal, product distillation, dehydration, relief Momentive (Hexion) in Houston. Bill joined Hexion in late 2004. At Hexion,
industries. He consults to CAP Resources, a company that provides system design and evaluation, CO2 pipeline and compression, plant utilities Bill was responsible for new stimulation technology commercialization as well
business development services, primarily in the oil and gas industry, to and support systems. He is a registered professional Engineer in the state of as managing strategic relationships with customers and industry
startup technology companies assisting clients with market strategy, Colorado and has served on the Board of Directors of the Rocky Mountain organizations. He began his career with Halliburton in 1977 as an engineer-
mergers and acquisitions, and strategic operational planning. He also Chapter of the Gas Processors Association. Mr. Jarrett received a BS in in-training. He had numerous field engineering, sales, product marketing and
provides technical support to the senior management of Hydrozonix, a water Chemical and Petroleum Refining Engineering from the Colorado School of business development positions at Halliburton. As global marketing manager
treatment service provider in the oil and gas industry. His background Mines. GP PL for stimulation in the late 1990s, he led the introduction of various innovative
includes Operations Engineering experience in both completions and acidizing and fracturing technologies. He left Halliburton in 2000 to start a
production areas. Aaron served in the military rising to the rank of Captain MR. ALFRED R. JENNINGS, JR. is a well stimulation consulting company specializing in oilfield market research and new
after receiving a BS degree in Systems Engineering from the United States consultant with Enhanced Well Stimulation, Inc., located in Tyler, Texas. He technology commercialization. Bill has been active in SPE and served
Military Academy at West Point. P&C actively provides well stimulation consulting services throughout the world. numerous roles at both the local and national level. Bill has a BSEE from the
Prior to establishing Enhanced Well Stimulation, Inc., he worked for Mobil University of Texas at Austin. INT
MR. ROBERT (BOB) HUBBARD is based in Norman, R&D Corporation/Mobil E&P Services, Inc. where he was involved in various
Oklahoma with over 42 years experience in oil and gas facilities, worldwide. applications of well stimulation throughout Mobils worldwide operations. MR. DALE KRAUS has over 30 years of progressive responsibility
Mr. Hubbard is currently Sr. Technical Advisor-Facilities and Process Prior to Mobil, he worked 15 years for Halliburton Services in all aspects of from staff to management positions within the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry.
Engineering for PetroSkills. He previously served as President of John M. hydraulic fracturing research and field applications. He is a registered Mr. Kraus has obtained a sound basis in Facility/Processing Engineering with
Campbell & Co. until December 2012 when the company was acquired by Professional Engineer and has authored or co-authored 95 US patents an emphasis on Plant and Field Operations in Oil and Gas Production, both
PetroSkills. In 2009 he retired from the University of Oklahoma where he pertaining to applications and techniques for well stimulation. He is widely sweet and sour. He is also the President of D. Kraus Oil & Gas Consulting
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