Offshore Field Development Engineering - IFP Training Certificate
Graduate Certificate
OFFSHIG-EN-P
Who should attend?
This program aims to provide engineers a comprehensive knowledge of offshore field development best practices in order for them to efficiently contribute to offshore field development studies and/or projects.
Public :
Production engineers, field engineers, project engineers… seeking to acquire practical knowledge of offshore field development projects, spanning from field development operations, to facilities engineering, through to HSE, economics and project management considerations.
This training program is well suited for junior engineers and engineers in conversion. It can also be tailored to experienced engineers.
Level :Knowledge
Prerequisite :
Engineering degree or equivalent experience in an Oil & Gas company.
Course Content
FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOSCIENCES & RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
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Duration : 5 Days
Petroleum geology and geophysics. Reservoir fluids. Petrophysics.
Well log interpretation. Well testing. Reservoir engineering and simulation.
OFFSHORE DRILLING
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Duration : 5 Days
Offshore rig descriptions. Limits of use of the rigs.
Specific equipment for various rigs (jack-up, semi-submersible, drillship):
Mud line suspensions.
Riser tensioner, passive and active heave compensator.
BOP, BOP closing unit, risers, positioning.
Typical drilling program for each type of rig (fixed and floating).
WELL CONTROL
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Duration : 5 Days
Various pressures in the well. Definitions of pressures. Kick detection. Principles of well control methods. Equipment and testing procedures. Subsea equipment. Simulator.
SUBSEA WELL ARCHITECTURE, COMPLETION & ACTIVATION
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Duration : 5 Days
Casing program design, implementation and procedures. Well productivity of horizontal and multilaterals wells. Well completion design, and well completion equipment. New completion trends: Intelligent completion.
OFFSHORE FIELD ARCHITECTURE & PRODUCTION STRUCTURE
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Duration : 5 Days
Constraints specific to offshore production. Offshore production structures: jacket, semi-submersible, SPAR, TLP, FPSO…: technology, selection criteria, limitations; focus on FPSO technology. Offshore field architecture (study of various options, feedback from industry, selection criteria): surface/subsea wells, natural gas field developments, crude oil field developments.
SUBSEA PRODUCTION SYSTEM (SPS)
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Duration : 5 Days
Subsea components and field architecture. Pipeline and risers. Subsea construction and intervention. Inspection, maintenance and repair. Operation from production platform.
Pipelines technology: design of subsea pipelines and risers, flexible pipelines design; offshore pipeline construction, shore approach construction, subsea tie-in; pipeline operation and integrity. Study of flow assurance issues using PIPESIM™ software: fundamentals of fluid mechanics, multiphase flow; flow assurance issues (flow stability, erosion, deposits, hydrates, heat transfer issues); study of wet gas streams. Study of crude oil streams.
OFFSHORE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
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Duration : 5 Days
Main specifications and required treatments. Crude oil processing: Multi-Stage Separation (MSS), dehydration and desalting, sweetening, offshore storage; technologies specific to offshore facilities (case of FPSOs). Gas processing and compression: sweetening, dehydration, Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) extraction; gas compression chain. Production and injection water processing: produced water treatment technologies for offshore facilities, seawater treatment for injection: chlorination, filtration, oxygen removal, sulfate removal.
SAFETY ENGINEERING APPLIED TO OFFSHORE DEVELOPMENTS
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Duration : 5 Days
Process Hazard analysis - HAZID studies, HAZOP studies. Plant layout in offshore facilities. Case study of shallow waters and FPSO.
Major hazard assessment in offshore process facilities. Safety instrumented systems. Fire detection and protection systems. Emergency evacuation and rescue in offshore facilities.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT MANAGEMENT OF OFFSHORE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
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Duration : 5 Days
Environmental impact of offshore production operations. Main regulations regarding offshore operations. OSPAR, IMO, other regional agreements. Environmental impact assessment in offshore projects. Best available technologies for impact mitigation. Oil spill contingency plan.
Project profitability evaluation - Risk analysis of Exploration & Production projects. Project management: project cost estimation and cost control, contracts management, offshore installation: preparation, installation operations, construction vessels, works management.
OFFSHORE FIELD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT - JURY
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Duration : 10 Days
10-day teamwork offshore field development project based on actual data. Participants are coached throughout the project to produce the required deliverables, which are to be presented on the last day (jury):
Field architecture. Drilling campaign, well design and completion. (Subsea) Production system design and sizing. Assessment of flow assurance issues. Production structure and process scheme. HAZID, plant layout studies. Project profitability. Project Management. Contracting strategy. Installation Management.
Learning Objectives
Attendees will be able to implement the following skills:
Adopt industry best practices for offshore drilling and well control,
Propose most adapted field architecture scenario,
Contribute to subsea production systems and pipelines design, taking into account flow assurance issues,
Assess hazards specific to offshore developments and participate in safety engineering and environmental impact assessment studies,
Efficiently contribute to offshore field development studies taking into account economics, project management and offshore installation aspects.
Ways & Means
Highly interactive course delivered by experts of the E&P industry.
Numerous examples and feedbacks from the industry.
Multiple teamwork sessions on industrial case studies.
Final group project on a real offshore field development case study.
Learning assessment
Continuous assessments all-along the program.
Final assessment including a presentation in front of a jury.
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Coordinator :IFP Training trainer (permanent or contracted) having a good expertise and/or experience of the related topics, trained to adult teaching methods, and whose competencies are kept up-to-date.
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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