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.

After completing this course participants will be able to place the drill string design process in context with other planning and operational considerations; Design cost-effective BHAs; Gain specific application experience analyzing common load cases for both near-vertical and high-angle situations: Tension loads, Torque loads, Combined tension-torque loads, Fatigue loads, Buckling loads; Identify drilling tools and operational practices to reduce both torque and drag and casing wear; refresh underlying physics of drill string failures and mechanical properties of drill string materials; diagnose and mitigate vibration to reduce drill string damage and failure; optimize drill string inspection program using the latest industry standards.

This course examines the fundamentals of well test interpretation for oil and gas wells. It covers the analysis of tests in vertical and horizontal wells: drillstem tests, wireline formation tests, flow/build-up tests, injection/fall-off tests interference/pulse test. Determination of permeability and damage, estimation of stabilized flow rates from short tests, detection of boundaries etc. The practice of well test interpretation will be emphasized along with the theory. 

During this course participants will learn about: Candidate selection criteria to identify shale “sweet spots”, Complex fractures and role of geo-mechanics, Well orientation, optimum length and perf cluster design, Optimizing well completions and stimulations, Fracturing risk estimation: strengths and areas to improve; Water sources, treatment, reuse and disposal, Predicting production, estimating decline and well start-up suggestions; Surface equipment and production operations.

This course provides an overview of health hazard identification, health risk assessment and the basics of health impact assessments. The course covers essential basic knowledge on ergonomics, human factors engineering, food and water hygiene, and thermal extremes. Other important issues covered include health and emergency response facilities, psychological and social impact and fitness for duty and how these relate to the oil and gas industry. During this course participants will learn about Health Risk Assessment, Health Impact Assessment, Human factors engineering, Ergonomics, Health and medical emergency facilities, Fitness for duty, Food and water hygiene, Thermal extremes, Medical surveillance/industrial hygiene, Psychological and social agents.