“At last, all those acronyms and terms I’ve been hearing finally make sense!”

“An informative overview from drilling to completions to production and everything in between!”

“Great information in a compact course to help understand the nuts & bolts of the energy industry.”

“This course has been like putting pieces of a puzzle together. I now feel I can communicate better with the engineers, as well as understanding the “how” and “why” of petroleum engineering.”

• Engineering Techs and GeoTechs
• Landmen and Land Techs
• Attorneys
• Financial and Accounting Managers
• Regulatory Analysts
• Support Professionals

• Marketing/Sales Group
• HSE Personnel
• New Hires who may be coming from outside the industry
• IT Support and Managers
• Interns
• Human Resources Personnel

COURSE CONTENT*:

• Overview of geology behind the process
• “Oil Well” video illustrating basic drilling and completion, as well as a blow-out
• On-shore drilling rigs overview: design considerations, pros and cons of different systems
• Off-shore rigs overview:drill ships, submersibles, floating platforms, barges, jack-ups
• Directional drilling tools and techniques: identification of conditions requiring a directional well, horizontal well productivity
• Well completions: completion methods-open hole, perforating, coring, discussion of oil well equipment (casing, tubing, review of cementing practices and procedures; radial flow)
• Reservoir stimulation: acidizing, hydraulic fracturing
• Reservoir drive mechanisms: dissolved gas, gas cap, water and combo drives; discussion of the impact of different drives on oil and gas production
• Improved recovery techniques: waterflooding; artificial lift options – gas lift, sucker rod pumps and electric submersible pumps
• Handling sub-surface fluids; removing water; separating liquid and gas; storing crude oil
• Well log analysis: SP and GR logs; shaliness; porosity measurement – equation calculation; density logs/sonic logs; determining saturation

*subject to change

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
* Gain an understanding of the requirements for an exploration project.
* Walk away knowing the tools, practices and terminology associated with drilling and completing a well.
* Obtain an understanding of offshore drilling equipment and practices.
* Learn how openhole logs and cores are used to evaluate a well.
* Understand the completion practices including hydraulic fracturing.
* Achieve a basic understanding of how to produce petroleum and calculate reserves.
* Introduction on how oil is produced from a well with artificial lift
* Understand how surface equipment is used to gather, process and store produced fluids.
* Gain an overall understanding of petroleum engineering.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:
* Case Studies and examples of real-world application will be given throughout the course.
* Class exercises reinforce the lectures.
* Material is well illustrated with field examples.

“This course was like turning on a light bulb in the dark! It will make my job so much better!”
“I have been in O&G services sales for 15 years and the drilling terminology was always a foreign language to me. Now the puzzle fit!”
“For someone having very little knowledge of the oil and gas industry, this course was easy to understand. I feel more knowledgeable.”

FORMAT:
INSTRUCTOR-LED, LIVE, ONLINE FORMAT:
ZOOM | Daily Morning & Afternoon Sessions
This event is being conducted entirely online. All attendees will connect and attend from their computer.

DAILY SESSION TIMES (Central):
9:30am-12:00pm and 1:00pm-3:30pm
The program runs for 2 days total, 5 hours each day (divided into am & pm sessions)

NOTE: # of participants is LIMITED – enroll early!

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ACCREDITATION INFORMATION
Each participant attending the program will receive a signed University of Tulsa, Continuing Education for Science & Engineering Certificate of Completion showing number of professional development hours earned.
This course qualifies for:

• 10 PDHs (Professional Development Hours)
• 1.0 CEUs (Continuing Education Credits)

Associations (AAPL, Bar Associations, Accountancy Boards, etc.) may approve this course by submitting your Certificate of Completion and information about the program found on this webpage.

Did You Know…
your support through paid registration fees helps fund the activities of The University of Tulsa’s Engineering & Computer Science College (student organizations and activities, faculty development and other ECS events). On behalf of TU’s students and faculty, thank you for choosing The University of Tulsa’s Continuing Education for Science & Engineering as your training provider. We look forward to having you participate in the seminar!

If you are needing an overall perspective of the petroleum engineering in order to become more knowledgeable, productive, and confident in your job…sign up for this course today.