Gas Conditioning and Processing - G-4

Gas processing systems; 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 systems

Extensional structural styles and their plate, tectonic habitats; Models for rifting and passive continental margin evolution; Transtensive structures; Detached and basement-involved styles; Map patterns; Half grabens and full grabens; Footwall uplift; Pre-inversion normal faults; Ramp-flat and listric-fault related structures; Rotated block with keystone graben style; Structural validation criteria; Selecting the best balancing and restoration technique; Flexural-slip restoration and predication; Vertical and oblique simple shear; Rigid-block restoration; Area-depth technique for section validation, depth to detachment, bed-length changes and fault prediction; Effect of detachment-zone thickness; Transition from horizontal to vertical displacement; Extensional drape folds; Trishear models of drape folds; Sequential restoration of growth structures; Fracturing in extensional structures

Overview of building an E&P GIS Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI); Create a geodatabase; Well data; Licence data; Seismic data; Raster data and Raster catalogs; Spatial data metadata; Implementing desktop access; Strategic decisions in E&P GIS Implementation; GIS in the Oil and Gas project lifecycle; Stakeholders and GIS focal points; Managing and E&P GIS; Spatial data QC; Managing an SDI; Interfaces with third party systems

The overall drilling process and equipment; The language of drillers - understanding their terminology; Understanding the abbreviations and acronyms associated with drilling; Rig equipment and types; Types of drill bits; MWD; Drill strings; Drilled solids management; Mud tank arrangements; Drilling fluid properties; Well control; Cementing; Casing design; Hole problems (stuck pipe, lost circulation); Well control; Directional drilling operations and tools; Safety

Reservoir fluid properties; Petroleum geology; Reservoir properties and evaluation; Unconventional resources; Exploration technology; Drilling engineering; Well completion, stimulation and workover; Well testing and formation damage; Production operations; Recovery methods; Surface processing

Basic well completion design, practices, and strategies; Well quality and integrity; Safety aspects of well design; Packer selection and tubing forces; Wellheads/chokes/ subsurface safety valves and flow control equipment; Corrosion and erosion Inflow and tubing performance; Tubing design and selection; Materials selection; Deviated/multiple zone/subsea horizontal/multilateral and hpht completion considerations; Perforating design; Causes and prevention of formation damage; Stimulation design considerations; Sand control; Wireline/coiled tubing/workover rig operations; Snubbing

Fundamentals of corrosion theory; Major causes of corrosion (O2, CO2, H2S, microbiologically influenced corrosion); Forms of corrosion damage; Materials selection; Protective coatings & linings; Cathodic protection; Corrosion inhibitors; Corrosion monitoring and inspection; Corrosion in gas processing facilities; Corrosion in water injection systems; Corrosion management strategy and life-cycle costs

Applications for directional drilling; Directional profiles; Extended reach wells; Survey calculations and accuracy; Dogleg severity calculations and problems associated with doglegs; Planning directional and horizontal wells; Horizontal drilling methods and applications; Logging high angle wells; Hole-cleaning; Multi-laterals; Types of survey instruments; Tools used to deflect a wellbore; Torque and drag calculations; Cementing

The nature of teams; Leadership vs. management; Self-centering and tangential leadership; Listening; Motivation; Group dynamics; Conflict management; Team-building; Critical thinking and taking action

Basic concepts about conflict; Personal conflict styles; Recognizing conflict tactics; Strategies for resolving conflict; Listening, expression and emotions skills; The basic mediation process; Skills and processes for resolving conflict between yourself and another; Skills and processes for preventing conflict

Reservoir Characterization and Evaluation: geological setting; rock properties; petrophysical considerations; Drilling: vertical vs. horizontal wells; pilot holes; fluids; MWD and LWD; wellbore sizes and lateral; drilling challenges; mechanical considerations; Completions: cased vs. open hole; perforation schemes; stimulation design and considerations; case histories; Field trials and pilots: strategies for implementing a pilot program to optimize well drilling, completion, stimulation and producing alternatives using microseismic, fiber optics, production logs and other resources; Production Forecasting and Reserve Calculations: volumetrics; performance analysis; simulation; resource development; decline curve analysis; handling uncertainty in estimates

Gas Processing Systems; Physical Properties of Hydrocarbons; Qualitative Phase Behavior; Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium; Water-Hydrocarbon Behavior; Basic Thermodynamic Concepts and System Energy Changes; Relief and Flare Systems; Fluid Hydraulics; Separators; Heat Transfer; Pumps; Compressors; Refrigeration / NGL Extraction; Fractionation / Distillation; Glycol Dehydration; Adsorption Dehydration; Sour Gas Treating and Sulfur Recovery

How much trouble can coordinate errors cause (with case studies); Key geomatics/geodesy definitions; Geospatial reference surfaces; Geodetic datums, coordinate reference systems and transformations; Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) including GPS; Map projection methods; What is "North"; Effects of different linear units; Vertical datums, geoidal models, vertical CRS and transformations; Google earth and associated geospatial data issues; Geospatial metadata: What is it and how can it be made part of the normal workflow process; Recap and course references

Technical and economic benefits of advanced well systems; Limitations and risk; Reservoir applications for various well types; The screening of applications for advanced well applications; Geological structure characteristics; Classification of advanced wells; Reservoir flow and geometrical issues; Impact and importance of reservoir description; Reservoir inflow performance at different boundary conditions; Wellbore flow and integrated well performance; Commingled production and cross flow in multilateral wells; Formation damage in horizontal and multilateral wells; Well completion and combined effect of completion and damage on well performance; Reservoir simulation considerations; Applications of intelligent completion in advanced wells; Risk identification and assessment; Minimizing risk through initial well specifications; Case studies; Trajectory guidelines for well placement in various reservoir environments

Overview of Data Management: Definition, History of data management, Trends, Data lifecycle, Importance and value of data management, Information orientation, Benefits of good data management, Business case aspects & barriers; Data Types: Definitions, Data types, Data models in E&P; Common Data Management Issues: Typical data issues (possible pitfalls), Causes of data issues, Data management best practices business impact; Data Management Framework: Data governance, Data architecture, Data security, Reference & master data management, Data quality management; Building and Sustaining the Data Management Framework: What to do, What not to do, Building consensus & engaging with the business

Introduction: philosophy and history; Geophysical fundamentals; Breaking out operational sequences; Introduction to fault interpretation; Chronostratigraphy construction and interpretation; Sea level curves, accommodation space, and cycle orders; Vail sequence theory and sequence hierarchy; Carbonate sequences; Siliciclastic sequences; Seismic Facies; Paleo-environmental analysis; Geohistory reconstruction; Optimizing exploration

Use a Brownfield project stage gate process to initiate, plan, execute and close out a project; Use decision making and issue management to keep a project on track; Communications plan development to facilitate stakeholder management; The role of quality management in engineering, procurement, and contractor management; The prominent role of Health, Safety, and Environment discipline in project execution; Manage issues associated with construction readiness and construction management; Handover, startup, and closeout best practices for Brownfield projects; Key Value Improving Practices (VIPs) for Brownfield projects; Cost and schedule management principles and performance reporting techniques; Contract types, contractor selection, and contractor management; Roles and qualities of successful project managers; Effective risk management

Field development concepts: ocean environment and its impact on offshore systems, fixed and floating structures - options and applications; Subsea Systems; Drilling wells, their construction and servicing operations; Topsides Facilities - Processing - Utilities; Oil and gas transportation system design and installation; Production operations; Offshore Construction - Equipment; Fabrication, Transportation, Integration, Installation; Project Management; Life-cycle considerations including decommissioning

Gas processing systems; 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 systems

Extensional structural styles and their plate, tectonic habitats; Models for rifting and passive continental margin evolution; Transtensive structures; Detached and basement-involved styles; Map patterns; Half grabens and full grabens; Footwall uplift; Pre-inversion normal faults; Ramp-flat and listric-fault related structures; Rotated block with keystone graben style; Structural validation criteria; Selecting the best balancing and restoration technique; Flexural-slip restoration and predication; Vertical and oblique simple shear; Rigid-block restoration; Area-depth technique for section validation, depth to detachment, bed-length changes and fault prediction; Effect of detachment-zone thickness; Transition from horizontal to vertical displacement; Extensional drape folds; Trishear models of drape folds; Sequential restoration of growth structures; Fracturing in extensional structures

Overview of building an E&P GIS Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI); Create a geodatabase; Well data; Licence data; Seismic data; Raster data and Raster catalogs; Spatial data metadata; Implementing desktop access; Strategic decisions in E&P GIS Implementation; GIS in the Oil and Gas project lifecycle; Stakeholders and GIS focal points; Managing and E&P GIS; Spatial data QC; Managing an SDI; Interfaces with third party systems

The overall drilling process and equipment; The language of drillers - understanding their terminology; Understanding the abbreviations and acronyms associated with drilling; Rig equipment and types; Types of drill bits; MWD; Drill strings; Drilled solids management; Mud tank arrangements; Drilling fluid properties; Well control; Cementing; Casing design; Hole problems (stuck pipe, lost circulation); Well control; Directional drilling operations and tools; Safety

Reservoir fluid properties; Petroleum geology; Reservoir properties and evaluation; Unconventional resources; Exploration technology; Drilling engineering; Well completion, stimulation and workover; Well testing and formation damage; Production operations; Recovery methods; Surface processing

Basic well completion design, practices, and strategies; Well quality and integrity; Safety aspects of well design; Packer selection and tubing forces; Wellheads/chokes/ subsurface safety valves and flow control equipment; Corrosion and erosion Inflow and tubing performance; Tubing design and selection; Materials selection; Deviated/multiple zone/subsea horizontal/multilateral and hpht completion considerations; Perforating design; Causes and prevention of formation damage; Stimulation design considerations; Sand control; Wireline/coiled tubing/workover rig operations; Snubbing

Fundamentals of corrosion theory; Major causes of corrosion (O2, CO2, H2S, microbiologically influenced corrosion); Forms of corrosion damage; Materials selection; Protective coatings & linings; Cathodic protection; Corrosion inhibitors; Corrosion monitoring and inspection; Corrosion in gas processing facilities; Corrosion in water injection systems; Corrosion management strategy and life-cycle costs

Applications for directional drilling; Directional profiles; Extended reach wells; Survey calculations and accuracy; Dogleg severity calculations and problems associated with doglegs; Planning directional and horizontal wells; Horizontal drilling methods and applications; Logging high angle wells; Hole-cleaning; Multi-laterals; Types of survey instruments; Tools used to deflect a wellbore; Torque and drag calculations; Cementing

The nature of teams; Leadership vs. management; Self-centering and tangential leadership; Listening; Motivation; Group dynamics; Conflict management; Team-building; Critical thinking and taking action

Basic concepts about conflict; Personal conflict styles; Recognizing conflict tactics; Strategies for resolving conflict; Listening, expression and emotions skills; The basic mediation process; Skills and processes for resolving conflict between yourself and another; Skills and processes for preventing conflict

Reservoir Characterization and Evaluation: geological setting; rock properties; petrophysical considerations; Drilling: vertical vs. horizontal wells; pilot holes; fluids; MWD and LWD; wellbore sizes and lateral; drilling challenges; mechanical considerations; Completions: cased vs. open hole; perforation schemes; stimulation design and considerations; case histories; Field trials and pilots: strategies for implementing a pilot program to optimize well drilling, completion, stimulation and producing alternatives using microseismic, fiber optics, production logs and other resources; Production Forecasting and Reserve Calculations: volumetrics; performance analysis; simulation; resource development; decline curve analysis; handling uncertainty in estimates

Gas Processing Systems; Physical Properties of Hydrocarbons; Qualitative Phase Behavior; Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium; Water-Hydrocarbon Behavior; Basic Thermodynamic Concepts and System Energy Changes; Relief and Flare Systems; Fluid Hydraulics; Separators; Heat Transfer; Pumps; Compressors; Refrigeration / NGL Extraction; Fractionation / Distillation; Glycol Dehydration; Adsorption Dehydration; Sour Gas Treating and Sulfur Recovery

How much trouble can coordinate errors cause (with case studies); Key geomatics/geodesy definitions; Geospatial reference surfaces; Geodetic datums, coordinate reference systems and transformations; Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) including GPS; Map projection methods; What is "North"; Effects of different linear units; Vertical datums, geoidal models, vertical CRS and transformations; Google earth and associated geospatial data issues; Geospatial metadata: What is it and how can it be made part of the normal workflow process; Recap and course references

Technical and economic benefits of advanced well systems; Limitations and risk; Reservoir applications for various well types; The screening of applications for advanced well applications; Geological structure characteristics; Classification of advanced wells; Reservoir flow and geometrical issues; Impact and importance of reservoir description; Reservoir inflow performance at different boundary conditions; Wellbore flow and integrated well performance; Commingled production and cross flow in multilateral wells; Formation damage in horizontal and multilateral wells; Well completion and combined effect of completion and damage on well performance; Reservoir simulation considerations; Applications of intelligent completion in advanced wells; Risk identification and assessment; Minimizing risk through initial well specifications; Case studies; Trajectory guidelines for well placement in various reservoir environments

Overview of Data Management: Definition, History of data management, Trends, Data lifecycle, Importance and value of data management, Information orientation, Benefits of good data management, Business case aspects & barriers; Data Types: Definitions, Data types, Data models in E&P; Common Data Management Issues: Typical data issues (possible pitfalls), Causes of data issues, Data management best practices business impact; Data Management Framework: Data governance, Data architecture, Data security, Reference & master data management, Data quality management; Building and Sustaining the Data Management Framework: What to do, What not to do, Building consensus & engaging with the business

Introduction: philosophy and history; Geophysical fundamentals; Breaking out operational sequences; Introduction to fault interpretation; Chronostratigraphy construction and interpretation; Sea level curves, accommodation space, and cycle orders; Vail sequence theory and sequence hierarchy; Carbonate sequences; Siliciclastic sequences; Seismic Facies; Paleo-environmental analysis; Geohistory reconstruction; Optimizing exploration

Use a Brownfield project stage gate process to initiate, plan, execute and close out a project; Use decision making and issue management to keep a project on track; Communications plan development to facilitate stakeholder management; The role of quality management in engineering, procurement, and contractor management; The prominent role of Health, Safety, and Environment discipline in project execution; Manage issues associated with construction readiness and construction management; Handover, startup, and closeout best practices for Brownfield projects; Key Value Improving Practices (VIPs) for Brownfield projects; Cost and schedule management principles and performance reporting techniques; Contract types, contractor selection, and contractor management; Roles and qualities of successful project managers; Effective risk management

Field development concepts: ocean environment and its impact on offshore systems, fixed and floating structures - options and applications; Subsea Systems; Drilling wells, their construction and servicing operations; Topsides Facilities - Processing - Utilities; Oil and gas transportation system design and installation; Production operations; Offshore Construction - Equipment; Fabrication, Transportation, Integration, Installation; Project Management; Life-cycle considerations including decommissioning

Gas processing systems; 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 systems

Extensional structural styles and their plate, tectonic habitats; Models for rifting and passive continental margin evolution; Transtensive...