Course Overview                        

Offshore oil and gas activity primarily involves offshore drilling, a mechanical process of drilling a well below the seabed. Drilling is carried out to explore for resourceful sites to extract petroleum caught in rock formations beneath the seabed.

Offshore activities often present environmental challenges, and a number of precautions need to be taken to ensure that there is no negative impact.

The installations are subject to harsher environments and thus the material used for the installations and related equipment should be able to withstand these environmental setbacks over prolonged time periods.

Offshore oil and gas facilities include seismic surveying, exploration, production, depressurization and separation, etc.

This Zoe’s Offshore Oil and Gas Certification training course will empower you with end-to-end information about offshore oil and gas activities. Through this course, you will handle any and every function across offshore oil and gas operations, with ease.

Further, this Offshore Oil and Gas Certification training course will provide you with the required confidence and skill to efficiently handle emergency situations, thereby preventing organisation losses.

Course Objectives:

The primary objective of this Offshore Oil and Gas Certification training course is to empower professionals with—

• a thorough understanding of end-to-end offshore oil and gas operations in oil and gas industry
• the required skill to undertake responsibilities of overseeing all operations at offshore locations
• the necessary skill and confidence to train other professionals on best practices and precautions when working at offshore locations
• the confidence and capability to introduce advanced technologies to afford leaner operations and increase operational efficiency
• the necessary confidence and knowledge to take appropriate steps in time in case of emergencies and prevent organisation losses
• the information and ability to ensure regular maintenance checks in accordance with required standards of offshore operations
• the ability and confidence to handle and oversee multiple offshore operations, together with related activities onshore, thus demonstrating one’s potential and talent to undertake higher roles and responsibilities, in turn fostering career progression
• the potential, exposure and experience to contribute to organisational growth and development through reduced costs, greater performance, etc.

Training Methodology

Zoe Talent Solutions believes in tailor-made training programs for its training audience. Thus, before each training course, the existing content is thoroughly checked for applicability and relevance to the intended audience.

Changes are made to the content, if needed, to suit the professional backgrounds of the training audience. Lectures are delivered by experienced professionals from the relevant domain, and two-way participation is ensured through group assignments, projects, debates, etc.

Role-plays and relevant case study discussions are also undertaken to enhance understanding of the training content and application of the same in practical scenarios.

The above-mixed approach to training is unique to Zoe Talent Solutions and is called the Do–Review–Learn–Apply Model.

Organisational Benefit

Organisations whose professionals attend this Offshore Oil and Gas Certification training course will benefit in the following ways:

• Experienced and trained professionals to oversee end-to-end operations at offshore locations
• Regular inspections and enhancement of existing functions to ensure gaps are fixed, preventing or minimising organisational impact
• Frequent training of employees regarding best practices while working at offshore locations
• Organisational growth through the application of advanced technologies and methodologies to make operations leaner and increase the efficiency of existing employees
• Effective risk assessment and management through regular inspections and robust corrective measures to combat any emergency situation causing damage to life, property or the environment
• Increased investments because of increased organisational credibility with effective risk management
• Compliance with expected international standards of operation and practices
• Reduced costs and better maintenance of equipment and machinery over prolonged periods of time

Personal Benefits

Professionals opting for this Offshore Oil and Gas Certification course will benefit in the following manner:

• Complete understanding and knowledge of end-to-end offshore operations
• Enhanced skill and experience to conduct regular inspections for improving current systems
• Increased knowledge and information of advanced technologies to introduce automation to make operations leaner
• Increased confidence and knowledge to mentor other professionals on best practices when working at offshore locations
• Better understanding and awareness of international standards of safety and operations to be maintained at offshore locations
• Greater knowledge and exposure to regular maintenance activities of machinery and other equipment at offshore locations to prevent early wear and tear and save organisational costs, in turn contributing to organisational development
• Enhanced skill set and capabilities to undertake higher roles and responsibilities of managing all operations at offshore locations, as well as related operations at onshore locations, in turn inviting further opportunities for career progression within and outside one’s organisation
• Increased confidence and experience to effectively handle emergency situations and take timely decisions, thereby preventing organisational losses

Who to Attend

• Senior OIL and GAS management of an organisation responsible for critical decision making with regard to important offshore functions for an organisation
• Engineers, managers and supervisors working at offshore locations of an organisation
• Vendors and suppliers involved at any function during offshore oil and gas operations
• Compliance officers responsible for ensuring adherence to industrial standards of safety and operation
• Health and safety officers aimed at ensuring that all operations take care of employee as well as environmental safety
• Legal advisors who would need to support the organisation in case of legal obligations
• Any other professional interested in knowing more about offshore oil and gas operations

Course Outline

This training Offshore Oil and Gas Certification course includes the following topics critical to understanding offshore oil and gas operations:

Module 1 – Major Elements of Offshore Production Systems

• Wells (subsea/platform)
• Well platforms/well servicing rigs
• Feeder subsea pipelines
• Processing platforms
• Export pipelines for oil/gas
• Tankers for oil evacuation

Module 2 – Types of Offshore Activities

• Seismic surveying
• Exploration
• Production well drilling
• OIL and GAS Production
• Depressurisation and separation
• Transportation
• Supply
• Maintenance and repair
• Watchkeeping

Module 3 – Unconventional Drilling Methods

• Fish hook
• Lateral
• Upside down
• Fracking

Module 4 – Types of Offshore Platforms

• Fixed platform
• Compliant tower
• Jack-up platform
• Concrete gravity base structure
• Tension leg platform
• Semi-submersible vessel
• Floating production system
• Spar platform
• Subsea system

Module 5 – Facilities of Offshore Platforms

• Wellhead platform
• Process platform
• Platform complex

Module 6 – Components of Offshore Detection Systems

• Gas detection
• Fusible plug
• Fire detection
• Smoke detection
• Heat detection

Module 7 – Components of Offshore Suppression Systems

• Firewater pump
• Water sprinkler
• Dry chemical
• CO₂ exchanger
• AFFF system

Module 8 – Components of Processing Systems

• Separation
• Gas dehydration, treatment, conditioning
• Gas compression and metering
• Gas metering
• Oil dehydration, stabilisation, desalting
• Oil pumping and metering

Module 9 – Components of Utility Systems

• Power generation and distribution
• Instrumentation
• Control
• Heating/ Cooling
• Instrument/utility air
• Gas/diesel fuel
• Drain
• Fire and gas
• Firewater system
• Emergency shutdown
• Flare
• Vent
• Heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems
• Telecommunication
• Crane and mechanical handling

Module 10 – Selection Criteria for Surface Facilities

• Number and type of wells
• Production capacity and field life
• Water depth and sea-bed condition
• Nearby and onshore receiving facilities
• Oil and gas evacuation strategy
• Health, safety, environment philosophy
• Operation and maintenance philosophy
• Contractor capability
• Local regulation
• Cost and schedule
• Technology availability and maturity