Print this page Oil & Gas Production and Processes – Fundamentals
Jurandir Primo, PE
Course Outline
This twelve-hour online course, didactically written, is a strong introduction of many practical concepts utilized in Oil & Gas Production and Processes, but even as a level course, therefore, covers the fundamental theory, tailored for beginners, students, engineers, technicians, contractors or anyone who would like to become an oil & gas production leader or manage production and process projects more efficiently.
This course includes
a multiple choice quiz at the end,
Learning Objective
At the conclusion of this course, the student will:
- Understand the concepts and parameters used in oil & gas production systems;
- Understand the concepts and parameters used in petroleum geology;
- Understand the concepts and parameters used in onshore and offshore oilfield processes;
- Understand the common terms usually used in drilling engineering;
- Know the meaning and application of well completion, stimulation and workover;
- Be able to learn and recognize the importance of petroleum and gas, due its huge use in engineering and industrial production;
- Know the basic comprehension of the terms generally used by qualified personnel in every stage of drilling operations and hydraulic devices;
- Be able to learn the concepts used in reservoir operations and to increase the recognition of Evaluating and Developing Shale Resources, as a career field;
- Recognize artificial lift tools characteristics, and all types of plunger lifts and hydraulic power pack systems centrally located in any drilling rigs;
- Know the minimum concepts of hydraulic areas, tables, charts, diagrams and control valves, diaphragms, and several types of actuators;
- Be able to learn and recognize the importance of many hydraulic conventional and non-conventional machine tools, due its huge use in engineering and industrial production;
- Know also the basic comprehension of the terms generally used by qualified personnel in hydraulic fracturing operations;
- Be aware of oil powered equipment, which powers cylinders and other hydraulic devices using solenoid valves, control valves, and several types of cylinders;
- Be aware that electric and geothermal tools bring the necessary energy transmitted to onshore or offshore drilling rigs;
- Recognize the equipment characteristics, hydraulic calculations and all types of references such as pressure, density, viscosity, etc.;
- Know the minimum concepts of surface water management for conventional or unconventional well resources, completion and stimulation;
- Understand the meaning of cementing, capillarity, fluid circuit, casings, BOPs, Christmas Trees, raisers, umbilicals, ROVs, etc.
- Know and understand the meaning of acidizing, oil shale, injection well, proppants, etc.;
- Know and understand the meaning of drawworks, derricks, drill bits, blowout preventer, etc.; and
- Understand how to apply subsea systems, dynamic positioning and software simulations.
Intended Audience
This course is intended for everyone, women or men, begginers, students, technicians, engineers, contractors and professionals interested or working with automation, fluid power, hydraulic or pneumatic tools, hydraulic pumps and hydraulic motors or managing a manufacturing workshop more effectively.
Benefit to Attendees
Attendee of this course will be able to understand, specify automation and fluid power operations in short or large fabrication processes since he (she) is a qualified professional or looking for qualification.
Course Introduction
The student will understand the terms, fundamentals, history, completions, concepts and the basic principles used in oil & gas production and processes.
Course Content
Oil and Gas courses are very expensive. Since this course was deeply elaborated, it requires users to pay first before viewing the entire course content. The following is the first ten pages of the course content, which serves as a preview so the student can adjudicate and feel the advantages of taking this course.
Oil & Gas Production and Processes – Fundamentals - Preview
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Course Summary
This course of Oil & Gas Production and Processes, didactically defines the fundamentals of petroleum production, geology, reservoir fluids, rock properties, unconventional oil, water management, offshore drilling, telecom, and oilfield firefighting. Oil & Gas Production and Processes can also be used to give the main guidelines to choose the correct application of artificial lifts, telecom systems, automation and firefighting according to operations and oilfield activities.
Related Links
For additional technical information related to this subject, please visit the following websites:
http://oilgasprocessing.com/npsh1.htm
http://oilandgastechnologies.wordpress.com/
https://www.rigzone.com/training/
http://petrowiki.com/PetroWiki
http://www.videoray.com/
http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Petroleum_industry
Links and References:
http://www.npc.com/
http://www.spe.com/
http://naturalgas.com/
http://www.petroleum.co.uk/
http://www.nfpa.com/
https://www.osha.gov/
Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY34PQUiwOQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFUxq9UolN4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLxquNIJTUM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3MVKI13wBE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYkn36DNGTI
Quiz
Once you finish studying the above course content, you need to take a quiz to obtain the PDH credits.
DISCLAIMER: The materials contained in the online course are not intended as a representation or warranty on the part of PDH Center or any other person/organization named herein. The materials are for general information only. They are not a substitute for competent professional advice. Application of this information to a specific project should be reviewed by a registered architect and/or professional engineer/surveyor. Anyone making use of the information set forth herein does so at their own risk and assumes any and all resulting liability arising therefrom.
