Offshore Oil and Gas Development Projects, Concepts and Facilities

OVERVIEW

Participants in this training seminar will gain a good understanding of the concept selection, engineering, functional, processing, construction, project management, and cost aspects of oil and gas production and export facilities. The training seminar will prepare participants to work with and within multi-disciplinary teams involved in the planning and construction of oil and gas facilities, including in-field gathering equipment, processing plants, pipelines, offshore platforms, and subsea facilities. The training seminar also provides an insight into the roles of the diverse scientific, technical, commercial, and business disciplines that contribute to the wider scope of field development planning and execution, with whom development and facilities engineers must communicate and collaborate.

OBJECTIVES

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

• Have an understanding of the scope, function, cost, and selection criteria of the full range of oil and gas plants, equipment, structures, and vessels
• Have practical skills and work tools that will be of direct use to them in their future project work
• Understand the background of the industry and the underlying science of oil and gas formation
• Recognize the importance of effective early planning decisions (concept selection and ‘front-end loading’) in delivering successful projects
• Have an overview of the challenges of field development projects, based on a review of case studies of actual projects

TARGET PARTICIPANTS

The training seminar is relevant to participants from a wide range of backgrounds, including those working within development and facilities engineering, as well as those from other technical and non-technical backgrounds who need to understand the role of development and facilities engineering.

COURSE CONTENTS

1. DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES

• Offshore development concepts and their selection.
• Project management in the upstream oil and gas industry
• Oil and gas project lifecycle
• Project management.
• Project planning and scheduling software.
• Project management workshop.

2. FIELD DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

• Field development planning.
• Project planning, scheduling, and control.
• Project management workshop.

3. COST FORECASTING

• Lifecycle costing
• Project management guidelines and methodologies
• Project management workshop

4. SAFETY, ENVIRONMENT AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY

• Corporate responsibility
• Project management workshop.