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A Comprehensive and Applied Course in Enhanced Oil Recovery ...oil recovery (EOR). The three main EOR processes covered are miscible flood (CO2 and miscible gas injection), chemical flood (micellar/ polymer), and thermal recovery (steam injection and in-situ combustion). The physics of each EOR process will be covered in detail, including the fundamentals of reservoir fluid flow and recovery mechanisms. Each EOR process will be illustrated with an  more...

Seismic Acquisition for Supervisors The objective of this course is to provide an insight into the decision-making processes with regards to in the planning, testing and acquisition of a seismic survey.  more...

Clastic Sedimentology for Exploration and Development This 5 day course covers the basics of clastic sedimentology at scales that are appropriate for both regional exploration and detailed reservoir characterisation.  more...

The Significance of Petroleum Reserve and Resource Estimates Petroleum reserves data are used by a variety of stakeholders for multiple purposes. The way reserves are estimated and communicated is an integrated activity, cutting across several technical and commercial disciplines. Therefore, a basic understanding of the reserve estimation process is a fundamental requirement for all disciplines involved in the exploration and exploitation aspects of the  more...

Introduction to Enhanced Oil Recovery Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) projects are usually handled by multidisciplinary teams. This course targets technical staff not involved in detailed engineering design and non-technical staff involved in the legal, financial and decision-making aspects of EOR projects.  more...

Well Completion Design for Reservoirs with Sanding Problems The main objective of the course is to transfer the knowledge for the detailed sand face completion design process for reservoirs with sanding problems. The process for geological and engineering characterisation of the reservoir will be introduced as well as the impact on well or reservoir properties on sand face completion design and sand control method selection. The course presents the tools  more...

Integrated Petrophysics for Reservoir Characterisation This course will teach you how to evaluate reservoirs and quickly identify flawed results. Robust, minimum error reserves are achieved by a logical, systematic integration of all relevant data. Interpretation is cost-effective compared with data acquisition or development mistakes and essential for the complex reservoirs and marginal fields being re-evaluated today. Systematic Integration can  more...

Advanced Reservoir Simulation Technologies Dynamic reservoir models are the basic tools for investigating reservoir behaviour, optimising reservoir performance, designing complex wells, estimating uncertainties and providing the basis for risk management. New techniques, such as unstructured and time-dependent gridding, combined with local time stepping eliminate most of the drawbacks of conventional simulation methods and make  more...

Reservoir Geology - Integrating Data for Reservoir Modelling Reservoir (development) geology is a fundamental part of reservoir management studies: It integrates various disciplines and data at different scales. In today s world of 3D modelling and visualization, professionals have to acquire the skills to be able to understand, judge and validate complex computer-generated output. Participants will perform many hands-on exercises.  more...

Petroleum Geoscience Basics The course is designed for administrative and technical staff and summarises the different disciplines in geosciences in a systematic approach, starting from large scale earth systems and reaching into details of an oil reservoir.  more...

Sequence Stratigraphy This 5 day course covers the theory and principles of sequence stratigraphy, the controls on sediment supply, sequences and systems tracts, high resolution sequence stratigraphy and parasequences, seismic stratigraphic interpretation and seismic reflection termination patterns, the recognition of systems tracts on seismic data and pitfalls in interpretation.  more...

Naturally Fractured Reservoir Engineering The presence of extensive networks of natural fractures creates a number of challenges for evaluating and optimizing recovery from naturally fractured reservoirs. The use of dual porosity or dual permeability approaches is often necessary, providing the basis for both analytical models (such as used for pressure transient analysis) as well as for reservoir simulation. Appropriate application of  more...

Reservoir Engineering for Non-Reservoir Engineers The objective of reservoir engineering is to optimise hydrocarbon recovery. This course will introduce basic reservoir engineering concepts to help answering the following questions crucial to the reservoir engineer: How much is there (accumulation)? How much can be recovered (reserves)? How fast can it be recovered (rate)? The participants will also work practical problems to ensure a  more...

Natural Gas Engineering This course covers modern engineering concepts and methods used for the analysis and design of recovery projects for natural gas reservoirs, using an approach that integrates various methodologies for optimizing reservoir performance. The course begins with a discussion of basic gas properties, demonstrating how properties may be obtained from both correlations and laboratory measurements. The  more...

Use of Neural Networks in Reservoir Characterisation Neural networks find their archetype in nature and are a simplified imitation of the human brain. They are widely used for analysis and prediction purposes, particularly for financial services, the security industry and automotive industry. Within the oil and gas industry their utilization is not common practice yet. Wherever statistics, best practice formulas and the meanwhile vast amount of data  more...

Streamline Simulation in Reservoir Engineering & Management Streamline simulation has become a powerful complementary tool to more traditional finite difference approaches for dynamic reservoir simulation. In some cases, streamline simulation can be considered an alternative, allowing to rapidly evaluating multiple geological and engineering scenarios for quick decision making. The objective of this course is to introduce practicing geoscientists to this  more...

Petroleum Geostatistics - Integrating Data for Reservoir Modelling and Simulation The objective of Petroleum Geostatistics is to learn the basic geological and statistical concepts used to characterize hydrocarbon reservoirs.  more...

Petroleum Geomechanics This multi-disciplinary course combines technical skills in all subsurface and well engineering disciplines to provide Geomechanics solutions to field scale and individual well problems. A fundamental knowledge of Petroleum Geomechanics is a key part of good field development planning because Geomechanics often underpins optimised engineering and has been proven to realise significant project cost  more...

Special Core Analysis The extensive use of reservoir simulation in the evaluation, development and management of oil fields is placing increased importance on the correct use of results from special core analysis, particularly those from relative permeability tests.  more...

Production Chemistry in Oil and Gas Production ...oil or gas field, the application of economic methods in the treatment process is a prerequisite for ensuring compliance with specifications for the gas, oil, and water phase. Treatment plant efficiency is, among other factors, depending on the proper application of chemicals. Complexity and potential problems increase exponentially with the number of chemicals employed in the system. It is  more...

Petroleum Geology of North Africa ...oil and gas and contains some of the most important regions for future hydrocarbon production. The recent drilling successes onshore Algeria and offshore Egypt, and renewed industry interest in Libya have re-invigorated exploration activity. This course introduces the petroleum geology of North Africa, reviews the main depositional elements across the region, and examines the petroleum systems  more...

Fundamentals of Petroleum Geology ... in a global context; the philosophy and structure of the oil industry; energy trends, future resources. The petroleum environment is then reviewed: source rocks, reservoirs, traps, seals and the timing of generation relative to trap formation. The course then examines the subsurface environments, subsurface temperature and pressure and the impact on petroleum systems. The usage and display of  more...

Compressors and Pumps Selection Applications Operation Troubleshooting and Maintenance 30 CEUs This course is a MUST for those who use this equipment. It covers how compressors and pumps operate and provides the guidelines and rules that must be followed for their successful application. Their basic design, specification and selection criteria, sizing calculations as well as all maintenance issues including vibration analysis, and used oil analysis are discussed in detail.  more...

Process Design And Engineering Of Petroleum Process Plant And Equipment This program is a good opportunity to familiarize participants with practical techniques, useful criteria for design, revamp & troubleshooting of process equipment commonly used in petroleum refineries, petrochemical and related oil and gas plants.  more...

Production Engineering Well Performance, Completions, Formation Damage and Stimulation This course presents a comprehensive coverage of topics related to production engineering. Participants registering for this course will be expected to have a basic working knowledge of engineering concepts. Experience in the field is very desirable since the course deals with field application of advanced production engineering  more...

Advanced Drilling Engineering This course will cover selected areas of drilling engineering such as horizontal and extended reach drilling, advanced hydraulics and hole cleaning. It includes data analysis procedures and real time data analysis. The course comprises theoretical as well as practical sections.  more...

Advanced Gas Condensate Reservoir Management Thorough evaluation of gas condensate reservoirs requires an understanding of not only the fluid behaviour in the reservoir, but also the sampling and testing procedures together with the wellbore performance. This course addresses the key subjects concerning the performance of gas condensate systems from reserve evaluation to production optimisation planning.  more...

Waterflood - Fundamentals Design and Management This is an intensive, applied course in waterflood design and management. Certain theoretical aspects of waterflooding (e. g. Buckley-Leverett fractional flow) will be briefly covered. Topics covered will include: reservoir performance analysis, well injectivity estimates, waterflood candidate selection, waterflood forecasting (includes hands-on analytical and simulation modeling), impact of  more...

Petroleum Economics and Business This course teaches the fundamentals of assessing the economic viability of upstream oil & gas projects in terms of the data/ information required, the calculation techniques used, the assumptions made and how to interpret the resulting metrics such as NPV, ROI, ROR, IRR, P/ I, etc.  more...

Decision and Risk Analysis ...our company s future lease or company acquisitions, oil and gas field developments, selecting drilling locations, initiating seismic and reservoir studies, R&D investments are often complex and have highly uncertain outcomes and consequences. Acquiring decision quality in such situations means making properly framed decision with clear alternatives, appropriate information, considered  more...

Multiphase Flow Metering ... Flow Meters (MFM) systems has been a major focus for the Oil & Gas industry worldwide. Since the early 1990's, when the first commercial meters started to appear, there have been around 2, 000 field applications of MFM for field allocation, production optimisation and well testing. So far, many alternative metering systems have been developed, but none of them can be referred to as generally  more...

Underground Gas Storage Underground gas storage (UGS) plays a vital role in securing the gas supply needed to meet consumer demands. Tremendous UGS capacity will have to be developed in the coming years in order to keep up with the booming gas demand.  more...

Applied Reservoir Management The reservoir life cycle and how requirements for successful operation of a reservoir throughout its entire life change will be discussed. Development of a field goes beyond technical expertise; it requires consideration of economics, the environment, the government (regulations) and the public. Reservoir management therefore requires sophisticated tools to make decisions and determine a course of  more...

Advanced PVT and EOS Fluid Characterization ...oil recovery processes and is an essential part of all enhanced oil recovery processes. Thus, understanding of the underlying phase behaviour is an important first step towards description and modelling of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) processes. The use of both laboratory experiments and correlation to obtain PVT data will be discussed and illustrated using practical examples. Participants  more...

Carbonate and Fracture Petrophysics This intermediate-level course details the primary problems of carbonate and fracture evaluations and how to optimise data acquisition and data integration for useful output. A wide variety of examples from high porosity/ low permeability carbonates, detrital carbonates, low porosity fractured carbonates and basement fractured reservoirs are employed to demonstrate the often severe shortcomings  more...

Wellsite and Operations Geology This course teaches the fundamental elements of wellsite and operations geology. First, a review will be made of the background to and some of the basics of these related disciplines. The course will then detail each of the main duties and responsibilities of operations and wellsite geology. These will include choosing and the quality control of the geological contractors, the ever increasing task  more...

Petroleum Systems Modelling for Exploration Risk Assessments Geologic risks in petroleum exploration are related to the traps (geometry, reservoir, seal), as well to the petroleum Charge Risk. While traps are always subjected to the most detailed possible assessments as a part of the exploration risk analysis, this is not always the case for Charge Risking, even though it can easily be shown that the geologic risking is often dangerously incomplete without  more...

Basin Analysis and Petroleum Systems This 5 day course covers the theory of basin formation, the controls on, and mechanisms of subsidence and sedimentation, and then looks at examples from around the world of typical basin types. Emphasis is on impact basin style and sedimentation has on the hydrocarbon habitat and prospectivity, offering analogues for use in exploration. Within each basin, depositional systems are reviewed, and  more...

Carbonate Geology for Oil and Gas Exploration & Development This five-day seminar introduces participants to establish principles of carbonate geology applied to hydrocarbon exploration and development geology. Using a highly acclaimed, hands-on approach, each participant learns to describe typical carbonate rocks, delineate facies and sequences, evaluate reservoir quality, relate carbonates to log and seismic expression, better predict play relationships  more...

Introduction to Land & Offshore Drilling ...and terminology used in the drilling and completion of an oil or gas well. The course will provide participants with a better understanding of issues faced in all aspects of drilling operations. This includes the aspects common to all petroleum drilling (onshore, bottom-founded offshore, and floater operations). In addition, the offshore section includes sections on the types of offshore  more...

Introduction to Petroleum Engineering The objective of this course is to develop an understanding of the technologies and applications of modern petroleum engineering. The course addresses engineering issues ranging from initial involvement in exploration to production optimisation challenges. It is considered a primary course prior to specialised training programs.  more...

Improving Cooling Water Treatment ...mizing the consumption of what has been called The Liquid Oil of the 21st Century: Water. Water users for industrial applications, large or small, will be hard pressed to find more cost-effective alternatives to their existing water purification technologies. Water reuse and zero discharge concepts will be more frequently utilized, adding to the complexity of plant operation and cost  more...

Financial Modelling in Excel ...oil prices continue to rise? What if an avian flu pandemic breaks out? What if interest rates rise? As a banker or a financial professional, you want to be able to make reliable, quality and timely decisions. You need to make split second decisions that could result in substantial financial gain or loss. If you learned how to use simple spreadsheets and create financial models of how these  more...

Painting and Decorating 30 days This intensive 5-6 weeks hands on City & Guilds Painting & Decorating course will see you progress from a beginner to a competent Painter & Decorator whilst building a portfolio of your work as you go. The course is designed to build your skills and confidence gradually until painting & decorating becomes second nature. Our newly designed plastering division here at Capital Training has been  more...

AS 400 New batch starting from 22nd September ..., Insurance, Healthcare, Government, Telecom, Publishing, Oil, etc. It became the favored machine for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and hence the availability of these ready in the year 1998. Applications/ products. Courses offered Name Duration  more...