Maintenance Superintendent - IFP Training Certificate
Vocational Certificate
MAINSI-EN-P
Who should attend?
This course develops managerial and communication skills while providing an in-depth technical knowledge stretching over a wide range of issues and advanced topics in relation to the maintenance and operation of Oil & Gas treatment facilities. This certifying training deals in details with effluent processing, HSE, equipment maintenance and management.
Public :
Professionals with a significant experience in maintenance of Oil & Gas production facilities, called on to hold the position of maintenance superintendent.
Level :Skilled
Prerequisite :
Significant experience in Oil & Gas production facilities operation and maintenance.
Course Content
INTRODUCTION
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Duration : 1 Day
Welcome and program overview. Entry test. Units. Dimensions.
DOWNHOLE PRODUCTION - WELL PERFORMANCE - PRODUCTION FUNDAMENTALS
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Duration : 5 Days
Fundamentals of reservoir engineering. Well testing. Fundamentals of drilling, completion and well servicing. Artificial lift (pumping, gas lift…) and well performance. Effluent behavior. Fundamentals of thermodynamics. Specifications. HSE management.
OIL, WATER & GAS PROCESSING
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Duration : 5 Days
Oil processing: required specifications; stabilization; dehydration, desalting. Production and injection water treatment: why a water treatment; expected qualities and required treatments; operating conditions. Gas processing: required specifications; dehydration; hydrates, consequences and treatments; Natural Gas Liquids recovery. Work on study cases to detail processes and concerns.
OFFSHORE DEVELOPMENTS, FLOW ASSURANCE
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Duration : 2 Days
Offshore developments challenges, technology and techniques and production constraints. Fixed and floating production structures. Prevention of deposits in flowlines. Multi-phase flows in flowlines.
TERMINAL, FSO & FPSO
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Duration : 1 Day
Overview of oil terminals. FSO & FPSO technologies. Metering of oil quantities.
BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT
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Duration : 5 Days
Teamwork management, written and oral communication. Active listening and communication tools. Team cohesion and stress management. Problems analysis and investigation: tools and behaviors. How to better analyze and know oneself.
INSTRUMENTATION & PROCESS CONTROL - ELECTRICITY
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Duration : 5 Days
Instrumentation and process control: functional blocks, symbolization; pneumatic, electrical and digital technologies; measurements, sensors, security equipment; control equipment, actuators; controllers and control loops; Distributed Control System (DCS): architecture, connections; Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS): HIPS, ESD, EDP, FGS. Electricity: generation (turbines, alternators, monitoring, troubleshooting); distribution (HT-BT networks, power supply, stability, constituents, cabinets, transformers, batteries, isolation, protections).
ROTATING MACHINERY (in mechanical workshop)
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Duration : 10 Days
Pumps: pumping prerequisites: pressure, flowrate, head; centrifugal pumps: types, technology, auxiliaries, performances; volumetric pumps. Compressors: compression prerequisites: technology, auxiliaries, practical laws; centrifugal compressors: rotor, stator, bearings, shafts, seals balance; reciprocating compressors: frame, cylinders, pistons and rings, bearings, lubrication, cooling. Gas turbines: operating principles, compression, combustion, expansion, performances; technologies: compressor, combustion chamber, turbine, internal cooling; auxiliaries. HSE concerns. Technology and maintenance of the elements: bearings (ball, hydrodynamics, magnetic); shaft outlet sealing systems: braided and mechanical seals; rotors and shafts: balancing, geometric controls; coupling and alignments: types, stresses; diagnostics from process, vibration or oil analysis data; wear and rupture phenomena.
CORROSION, INSPECTION & INTEGRITY
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Duration : 2 Days
Corrosion mechanisms. Types of corrosions in the Oil & Gas industry. Corrosion prevention and monitoring, fundamentals of inspection.
MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT - EQUIPMENT AVAILABILITY CONTROL
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Duration : 5 Days
Maintenance policy and objectives. Reliability process implementation and follow-up. Reliability analysis and improvement. Maintenance costs and failure costs. Subcontracting, shutdown management, progress plans.
HSE RISKS & MANAGEMENT
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Duration : 15 Days
HSE risks, flammability, overpressure systems: PSV, flare and flare network, closed and open drains… Safety in operation: use of utilities, degassing/inerting, confined space entry, start-up & shutdown. Safety during construction and maintenance works: lifting & rigging, work at height, electrical safety… Work permit system. SIMultaneous OPerationS (SIMOPS) management… Safety engineering: HAZID, HAZOP, layout optimization and identification of major accidents. Risks matrix… Safety systems: HIPS, ESD, EDP, F&G, USS. Safety logic diagrams. Human factors. Opersafe: philosophy and methodology. Incident analysis and reporting. Root cause analysis.
REVISIONS - ORAL ASSESSMENT
Learning Objectives
Attendees will be able to implement the following skills:
Describe the Oil & Gas production chain, from reservoir to offloading facilities,
Explain technology, working principle, operation and maintenance of main equipment in Oil & Gas facilities,
Anticipate production constraints and their consequences on maintenance,
Describe HSE management rules and responsibilities,
Use adapted work methods and communication skills,
Prepare and manage effectively a global maintenance plan.
Ways & Means
Several applications and illustrations.
Several teamwork sessions.
Several tutorials with equipment in a fully equipped workshop.
Learning assessment
Continuous assessments all-along the program.
Final assessment including a presentation in front of a jury.
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Additional information :The training duration includes 3 days of written and oral competency evaluation. This training is organized together with the Production and HSE Superintendents trainings. The effective scheduling of the common and specific modules of the three sessions may imply a slightly different chaining of the modules.
Coordinator :IFP Training instructors, with expertise in the field and trained in modern teaching methods adapted to the specific needs of learners from the professional world.
To French entities : IFP Training is referenced to DataDock ; you may contact your OPCO about potential funding.
Please contact our disabled persons referent to check the accessibility of this training program : referent.handicap@ifptraining.com
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