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Petroleum Industry Overview
Basic Petroleum Engineering Practices
A broad introduction to petroleum engineering, covering reservoir, production and drilling engineering and related subjects. With a practical, field-oriented approach and classroom exercises, the course provides a foundation for more specialised training for both operator and service company staff.
- Discipline
- Petroleum Industry Overview
- Level
- Foundation
- Duration
- Flexible length
- Formats
- Classroom, In-house
Every course can be delivered in-house and tailored to your organisation.
Who should attend
Engineers, trainees, technical managers, technicians, geoscientists, scientists, service company staff, sales and data personnel who need a grounding in petroleum engineering.
What participants will be able to do
- Explain basic petroleum geology and reservoir properties
- Describe fundamentals of reservoir fluid flow
- Outline drilling, completion and production operations
- Summarise casing design and primary cementing
- Compare primary and enhanced recovery mechanisms
Topics covered
- Petroleum geology basics
- Reservoir rock and fluids
- Reservoir fluid flow
- Drilling and completions
- Recovery mechanisms
- Surface operations