Production Superintendent - IFP Training Certificate
Vocational Certificate
PRODSI-EN-P
Who should attend?
This certifying course provides the in-depth technical knowledge of Oil & Gas processing operations along with managerial and communication skills for qualifying to hold the position of production superintendents. The required high-level knowledge stretches over a wide range of issues in relation to reservoir, corrosion, inspection, maintenance, well performance, flow assurance…
Public :
Professionals with a significant experience in Oil & Gas surface production who are called on to hold position of production superintendents.
Level :Skilled
Prerequisite :
Significant experience in Oil & Gas surface production.
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: quality requirements and associated treatments; operating conditions. Gas processing: required specifications; dehydration; hydrates, consequences and treatments; Natural Gas Liquids recovery. Oil & Gas sweetening. Liquefied Natural Gas, principles and liquefactions processes. Natural gas liquids treatments.
OFFSHORE DEVELOPMENTS, FLOW ASSURANCE
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Duration : 2 Days
Offshore developments challenges, technology, techniques and production constraints. Fixed and floating production structures. Prevention of deposits in flowlines. Monitoring of multi-phase flows through flowlines.
METERING & ALLOCATION
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Duration : 2.5 Days
Different types of metering. Importance of metering. Metering installation, data treatment. Single-phase metering: operating principle & equipment. Transactional metering of liquids and gases. Multiphase metering: operating principle and equipment.
CHEMICALS USED IN PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES
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Duration : 2.5 Days
Introduction to chemical treatment in production field. Chemicals for oil and gas treatment. Chemicals for injection and produced water processing. Special operations.
PRODUCTION FACILITIES TROUBLESHOOTING, DYNAMIC SIMULATOR
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Duration : 5 Days
Oral presentations of facilities actual malfunctions and teamwork investigation.
Operations troubleshooting methodology and case studies: recognize a trouble when occurring; ISHIGAWA grid; methodological approach to identify causes and remedial options; PARETO graph; troubleshooting toolbox. Case studies on a dynamic simulator: wells and production lines; rotating equipment; crude oil and associated gas: operation and troubleshooting; production shutdown and restart.
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).
Overview of oil terminals. FSO & FPSO technologies. Metering of oil quantities.
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.
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 and shutdown. Safety during construction and maintenance works: lifting & rigging, work at height, electrical safety… Work permit system. SIMultaneous OPerationS (SIMOPS) management… HSE management systems. Management of change. Downgraded situations. HSE referential and responsibilities. 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. Safe operating 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 overall production process, from reservoir to offloading facilities,
Explain available tools and techniques for well performance enhancement and production optimization,
Explain state-of-the-art Oil & Gas production techniques,
Describe HSE management rules and responsibilities,
Acquire world class work methods and communication skills,
Anticipate anomalous events and react effectively to troubleshooting to avoid production loss.
Ways & Means
Several applications and illustrations.
Intensive teamwork.
Use of dynamic training simulations.
Practical sessions with equipment in a 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 2 days of written and oral competencies evaluation. This training is organized together with the HSE and Maintenance 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 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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