Introduction to the Oil and Gas Industry Course
This is an introductory level non-technical course, designed to provide a basic overview of the oil and gas industry for participants who do not have engineering or geoscience backgrounds (examples- HR and other support sectors, production accountants, oilfield workers, professionals working in regulatory or finance sector and land personnel). Read more...
Course contents
1 - Introduction
1.01 - About This Course
1.02 - Overview Of The Oil And Gas Business
2 - Petroleum Exploration
2.01 - Requirements For A Petroleum Reservoir To Exist
2.02 - Petroleum Geology
2.03 - Exploration Techniques
2.04 - Land Survey Systems
2.05 - Land And Mineral Rights
3 - Drilling
3.01 - Permitting And Well Classification
3.02 - Drilling Rigs And Systems
3.03 - Drilling Operations (borehole drilling, coring, DSTs and casing/cementing)
3.04 - Drilling Problems (stuck tools, lost circulation, blowouts)
3.05 - Openhole Logging
3.06 - Directional Drilling
4 - Well Completion & Stimulation
4.01 - Overview
4.02 - Perforating
4.03 - Well Stimulation Design And Operations
4.04 - Production String
4.05 - Artificial Lift
5 - Production, Processing & Distribution
5.01 - Overview Of Subsurface Operations
5.02 - Measurement Of Produced Oil & Gas Volumes
5.03 - Gas Gathering & Compression
5.04 - Overview Of Oil & Gas Facilities
5.05 - Distribution & Marketing
6 - Introduction To Petroleum Engineering
6.01 - Rock Properties And The Volumetric Equation
6.02 - Hydrocarbon Properties
6.03 - Extraction And Recovery
6.04 - Inflow Performance
6.05 - Well Testing
6.06 - Production And Reserves
7- Petroleum and the Global Energy Market
7.01 - Energy Literacy Overview
7.02 - The Future Of Oil & Gas And The Clean Energy Transition
