Fundamentals of Production

General Objectives:

To provide an introduction to oil and gas production, along with a glossary of terms, covering fundamentals of technology, chain structure from well to export terminal, skills and job positions involved in operating production facilities.

Specific Objectives:

At the end of training the trainees will be able:

• To learn about the different phases of the oil and gas production process;
• To grasp the specific issues of offshore oil and gas production;
• To understand organizations, skills and job positions involved in operating production facilities;
• To acquire a complete view of the oil and gas production chain, stretching over technical, business and economic issues.

CONTEÚDOS

CONTENTS:

Module I – The oil and gas chain: production position?

• Positioning of the production in the value E&P chain
• World Primary production
• Issues and technical constraints
• Conventional resources
• Unconventional resources
• Job descriptions and skills for production activities

Module II – Onshore & offshore production

• Technical specifications, operating modes
• Operating patterns and mapping fields
• Technical architectures
• Organizations (remote site, extreme condition, manning, shift…)
• Case studies: FPSO, wet gas field (onshore), oil fields operated with reinjection, remote control room, early production facilities.

Module III – From well to export point

• From reservoir to wellhead: hydrocarbons and well efluente behaviour
• Well techniques, production techniques and well servicing
• Surface facilities & treatment operations
• Metering and expedition
• Health Safety & Environment, sustainability
• Budgets (CAPEX, OPEX) during the life cycle of a production field