Course Overview

What does decommission expert do?

A decommissioning expert is responsible for decommissioning of oil tank, well and offshore equipment and machines. The oil tanks, oil wells and offshore plants are decommissioned after its utilization for longer time or needed to make in operational or repairing work that needs to be done.

This decommissioning expert training course will make you competent to understand the decommissioning process specially at onshore and offshore for oil well equipment and machines.

What are the procedures to be followed in platform decommissioning?

This Zoe course will focus on gaining strategic view of decommissioning and how the key decisions are done during decommissioning. How to perform decommissioning and use project management process for decommissioning. This provides opportunity to understand decommissioning for off shore assets. The course will provide knowledge of improvements to streamline decommissioning processes. It provides training on deeper methods and knowledge of decommissioning. The decommissioning expert looks into new and unconventional systems while performing decommissioning. The course covers all study related to decommissioning process, planning, supply chain and analysis of the system. This course, you will provide opportunities to enhance your skills, capacity and help organization to save on their perform decommissioning with innovative technology and solutions.

Course Objectives

The main objectives of this decommissioning expert training course are:

• Creating an understanding aspect of global oil and gas decommissioning process
• To provide knowledge and skills decommissioning measures and challenges
• To provide idea on various decommissioning strategies
• Perform detailed knowledge of key decision making
• The ways and analysis of system parameter during decommissioning
• To identify ways of decommissioning of onshore and offshore assets
• The finesse to use project management techniques
• The required understanding and information of guidelines with legislations and regulations
• Creating enhanced analytical skills to identify potential for performing decommissioning
• New and innovative methods of decommissioning
• To understand problems during decommissioning of oil well assets

Training Methodology

This collaborative Decommissioning an Oil Tank, Wells and Offshore Platforms will comprise the following training methods:

• Lectures
• Seminars & Presentations
• Group Discussions
• Assignments
• Case Studies & Functional Exercises

Like all our facilitated courses, this training program also follows the ‘Do-Review-Learn-Apply’ model.

Organisation Benefits

With professionals who will undergo decommissioning expert training course will provide benefit to their organizations as below:

• Deeper knowledge of oil well decommissioning in the organization
• Regular training of other employees on decommissioning process
• Personal are capable of taking effective decision making to streamline decommissioning process
• Employment of modern technology to ease operation
• Methods of project management and planning during decommissioning process
• Knowledge of legislations and regulations of energy
• Knowledge of new devices and methods
• Financial analysis and cost benefit analysis for prospective investors

Personal Benefits

Professionals enrolling for this decommissioning expert training course will have benefits as below:

• Comprehensive understanding of decommissioning process
• Learning on project management technique for decommissioning process
• Greater knowledge of new concepts and methods for on shore decommissioning
• Better understanding and information about required legislations and regulations
• Enhanced analytical and strategic skills to interpret data and draw conclusions on decommissioning of oil well assets
• Performing decommissioning effectively

Who Should Attend?

The persons involved in following processes as below:

• Senior and junior level employees of oil-related organisations and others
• Employees involved in the decommissioning process for oil well
• Managers responsible for off shore and on shore decommissioning
• Legal advisors responsible for the execution of all regulations & legislations
• Oil and gas professional
• Professionals in any profile across industry
• Any other professional interested in being certified as oil engineer

Course Outline

The course covers the following areas important for one to become a certified decommissioning expert:

Module 1: Overview of decommissioning process

• Process of decommissioning
• Regulations on decommissioning
• Removal on off shore and on shore process

Module 2: Decommissioning strategy and planning

• Decommissioning strategy
• Contracting strategy
• Driver challenges and risk
• Supply chain management

Module 3: Preparation and process of decommissioning

• Decommissioning data collection
• Decommissioning process and methods
• Engineering of down of system
• Types of waste
• Waste management
• Cleaning of well and abandonment

Module 4: Removal and transportation

• Various removal options
• Peace small and single lift process
• Reverse installation and float over
• Heavy lift equipment
• Transportation and offloading

Module 5: Decommissioning of subsea equipment

• Subsea activities
• Decommissioning of pipe lines
• Removal of subsea components
• FPSO decommissioning
• Well abandonment
• Risk involved

Module 6: On shore decommissioning

• On shore disposal
• Decommissioning equipment
• Advance technology and new systems

Module 7: Rules, regulations and laws of decommissioning

• Regulations for international, regional and national regulations
• Laws in various countries
• Road map through the regulatory process

Module 8: Cycling and closeout

• Cycling process and criteria
• Close out process
• Tools and decisions for cycling and close out

Module 9: Application of project management 

• Work-break-down (WBS) for decommissioning
• Scheduling and phasing of process
• Use of project management tools like Gantt chart, CPM and PERT
• Risk and challenges