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 holistic approach to flow assurance. The course will introduce technologies, workflows and their deployment for the identification, characterization, and management of flow impediments, such as slugging and precipitation of organic and inorganic solids. The course will present best practices and fit-for-purpose design solutions for minimizing the risk of flow stoppage while transporting hydrocarbons from “Pore to Sales Meter”. The principles will be demonstrated using field examples from around the world.

Global oil and gas companies are becoming more and more complex in their operations and the projects are growing larger and more expensive. As prices and costs fluctuate widely in a matter of months, it is more important than ever to be able to create budgets and make plans that are accurate and flexible. This course is an introduction to Budgeting and Planning techniques designed to help the participant better understand the underlying dynamics of operational inputs and how they determine performance, which should eventually lead to better decision making concerning work flows, products and services and capital investments.

This is an intensive course providing a comprehensive overview of pumps, compressors, steam turbines, lubrication systems, seals and other machinery and practices related to rotating machinery. Best practices from a variety of rotating machinery topics, representing many years of collective experiences, are presented in this course. The focus is on equipment and system best practices- type, unit and station configuration, integration of these units in the process scheme and control strategy in upstream and midstream oil and gas facilities. The material of the course is applicable to all oil and gas field production facilities, refineries, pipelines, gas plants, marine applications and offshore systems.

Attendees will work in teams to overcome the problems encountered when making changes in their organizations. You will also learn how to develop the ability to effectively handle organizational changes by examining the eight-step change process and understanding your own, and others, needs and responses to each step in the change process. A group workshop allows attendees to engage in, comment on, and improve their competencies in managing change.