Introduction to the Oil and Gas Industry

Start Date End Date Venue Fees (US $)
19 Jul 2026 Istanbul, Turkey $ 4,500 Register
06 Dec 2026 Riyadh, KSA $ 3,900 Register

Introduction to the Oil and Gas Industry

Introduction

This 5-day introductory course provides the participants with an overview of the oil and gas industry.

Objectives

    Upon completion of the course the attendees will be able to understand:

    • The brief history, main operations of the Industry;
    • The geologic and engineering terminology used in fields of exploration and production;
    • The geologic aspects relative to the formation and accumulation of hydrocarbons;
    • The steps and risks undertaken in exploration and the main methods employed;
    • The requirement for geologic and engineering data, how data is generated and managed;
    • The main steps undertaken to drill and construct a well;
    • The main methods to estimate hydrocarbon volumes and reserves;
    • How oil and gas fields are developed, and the main facilities required for the production and evacuation of oil and gas to markets;
    • The principal issues relative to safety and environmental control in the upstream sectors.  

Training Methodology

The training methodology is interactive with group exercises and is suitable for all employees involved in process, maintenance and operations management. The pace and level of the training workshop is customized to the understanding of the delegates. Ongoing back-up and support is available after the training on request to the supplier, and the training course is also available for in-house presentation as well as for “Competency Transfer”.

Who Should Attend?

New graduate in petroleum engineering graduates, non-engineering graduates with few years of experience in the petroleum industry.

Course Outline

The course will be delivered over five days. Presentations are tentatively organized as follows:

Day One:     

Introduction and

  • The oil industry sub-sectors
  • The origin and accumulation of petroleum

Day Two:     

  • Exploration Operations
  • Data source, generation and treatment

Day Three:  

  • Presentation and utilization of Finder System
  • Drilling and well construction

Day Four:    

  • Drilling and well construction continued…
  • Reservoir development and production

Day Five:     

  • Reservoir development and production
  • Safety and environment
  • Overview

Introduction

Course overview

The Oil Industry Sub sectors

  • Exploration
  • Development and production
  • Transportation
  • Refining
  • World supply and demand of oil and gas

The Origin and Accumulation of Petroleum

  • Occurrence of hydrocarbons
  • Formation of sedimentary rocks
  • Sedimentary basins and structures
  • Generation of hydrocarbons: source rocks
  • Entrapment of oil and gas: reservoir rocks
  • Main types of traps

Exploration Operations

Objectives

  • Exploration areas and selection criteria
  • Risks and probability of success
  • Exploration methods
  • Geological and geochemical
  • Geophysical
  • Drilling

Data Source, Generation and Treatment

  • Why data is required
  • Surface and Subsurface data
  • Stratigraphic-geological data
  • Reservoir data: rock, fluid and pressure
  • Well data: location and trajectory
  • Production data
  • Data Management

Drilling and Well Construction

  • Making a hole: principles and methods
  • Drilling rigs and equipments
  • Directional drilling
  • Well construction: casing and cementation
  • Well logging, coring and testing operations
  • Well completion and abandonment
  • Drilling costs and contracts

Estimation of Hydrocarbon Volumes

  • What is a reservoir rock
  • Reservoir porosity and permeability
  • Reservoir fluids
  • Principles of volumetric estimates
  • Hydrocarbons in place and reserves
  • Uncertainties of estimates
  • Reserves categories

Reservoir Development and Production

  • Oil and gas reservoirs
  • Reservoir Natural production mechanisms
  • Secondary and enhanced oil recovery
  • Hydrocarbon recovery and production rate
  • Production and injection wells
  • Field installations
  • Oil, gas and water treatment
  • Transportation and storage of oil and gas

Safety and environment

  • Safety issues
  • Environment control

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