NODAL analysis views the total producing system as a group of components potentially encompassing reservoir rock/irregularities, completions, vertical flow strings, restrictions, multilateral and branches. It will identify bottle necks and serves as a framework for the design of efficient field wide flow systems, including wells, artificial lift, gathering lines and manifolds. Together with reservoir simulation and analytical tools, nodal analysis is used in planning new field

Managing and reducing cost continues to be one of the primary focal points of business and governments today. Maintaining a competitive position and even survival will depend on the organization’s ability to use all of the continuous improvement strategies which have been developed to reduce cost across the entire supply chain for the life of the product or service. Fundamental to developing and implementing these strategies is knowledge of Cost/Price Analysis, Value Analysis and Total Cost of Ownership concepts. This course provides the concepts of Cost/Price/Value Analysis and Total Cost of Ownership that are essential skill sets in developing and implementing the strategies required to achieve the high levels of cost reductions possible from the supply chain.

This course presents a unified approach to the well design process. It is an overview of the operational sequences, from spudding the well through drilling and completion, to startup and production. Participants will learn elementary rock mechanics and a simple way to analyze borehole stability. The information is then used to design a fracture gradient curve, which serves as input to the well design process. That is followed by a discussion of the potential for optimization. During this course participants will learn about: Methods for improving borehole stability; High-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) wells; Hydraulic optimization and the interpretation of ballooning in deep wells; Deepwater, multilateral and long-reach wells; Well integrity issues with examples.

This course provides an overview of electrical power generation and distribution, process and safety systems instrumentation, and control strategies and configurations. During this course the focus is on teaching participants about practical application and integration into the process and control of upstream and midstream oil and gas facilities. The material of the course is applicable to field production facilities, pipelines, gas plants, and offshore systems.

This course emphasizes process selection, practical operating issues, technical fundamentals, and integration of the sweetening facilities into the overall scheme of gas processing. Sulfur recovery and tail gas processes are also covered including standard Claus configurations, SuperClaus, EuroClaus, SCOT, etc. Special design and operation topics such as trace sulfur compound handling and the importance of HS:CO ratio is covered. Related topics such as liquid product treating, corrosion, materials selection and NACE requirements will also be reviewed.