Training Courses

Our training courses are held worldwide, as well as online. Choose from the following categories: Planning, Well Construction (drilling ad completion) or Well Intervention. We will shortly be adding a number of Abandonment courses.

We add new courses almost daily, so check back often. Do see a course you’re interested in? Send us a quick message and we get back to you with options.

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Planning

Planning, Briefing, Execution, and Debriefing (PBED)

Course Difficulty : Foundation
A crucial cycle in the oil and gas industry, enhancing safety, communication, and performance in both routine and high-risk operations.

Rigs & Rig Equipment

Course Difficulty : Foundation
This comprehensive course covers the overview of rig types, hoisting & rotating equipment, circulating systems, and instrumentation.

Production Start Up

Course Difficulty : Foundation
Covers production startup procedures, operational issues, and key factors in production facilities.

Planning for P&A from Day One

Course Difficulty : Foundation
Discusses the necessity of Plug and Abandonment (P&A) at the end of a well's life, which can account for up to 40% of decommissioning costs.

Introduction to Artificial Lift

Course Difficulty : Foundation
Provides an overview of artificial lift options to maximise asset production life.

Introduction to Deepwater Drilling

Course Difficulty : Foundation
Offers a basic understanding of deepwater drilling development, geological considerations, and rig types.

Introduction to Oil and Gas

Course Difficulty : Foundation
This course covers the history of oil and gas, the industry value chain, and the fundamentals of well design, drilling, and production operations.

Planning a Complex Workover

Course Difficulty : Intermediate
Emphasises the importance of proper workover planning, objective identification, and contingencies.

Drilling Technology I

Course Difficulty : Foundation
Provides a solid understanding of the well life cycle, design, geology fundamentals, and rig types.

SURF, Subsea & MODU

Course Difficulty : Foundation
Explores deepwater development as a multifaceted endeavour combining technology, sustainability, and economics.

Deepwater Development Overview

Course Difficulty : Foundation
Introduces deepwater developments with examples of wet and dry tree systems and subsea well construction.

Basic Oilfield Calculation

Course Difficulty : Foundation
Covers general mathematical calculations commonly encountered in the oilfield.

Combined Production Chemistry & Materials Selection

Course Difficulty : Foundation
Discusses production chemistry issues arising from chemical and physical changes in oil/gas production.

Managing Lost Time (MLT)™

Course Difficulty : Foundation
Offers discussions and exercises aimed at analysing hazards contributing to lost time in well operations.

Introduction to Drilling for New Engineers and Non-Specialists

Course Difficulty : Foundation
Gain a practical understanding of drilling concepts, terminology, activities and processes

HP-HT Drilling Operations

Course Difficulty : Foundation
Equips teams to manage and control drilling hazards and risks in high-pressure, high-temperature wells.

An Introduction to Offshore Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD)

Course Difficulty : Foundation
Provides a practical understanding of adaptive drilling technology methods used to resolve recurrent drilling problems.

Deepwater Drilling: Well Design, Engineering & Operations

Course Difficulty : Foundation
Aims to develop skills and knowledge to design, engineer, and safely drill a deepwater well.

Casing and Tubular Design

Course Difficulty : Foundation
Involves planning and specifying protective barriers and structural components used in oil and gas wells.

Well Integrity Drilling and Well Operations

Course Difficulty : Foundation
Ensures compliance with well integrity by managing and controlling best operating practices, standards, and guidelines.

Oil Field: Primary Cementing Drilling

Course Difficulty : Foundation
Provides knowledge to ensure oil field primary cementing meets desired well integrity.

Latent Cause Analysis: The Evolution of Root Cause Analysis

Course Difficulty : Foundation
Encourages individuals to look beyond physical aspects in investigative methods and explore root causes.

Well Construction

Running A Completion

Course Difficulty : Intermediate
This course covers planning, installation, and key steps, focusing on proper equipment seating and potential operational issues.

Well Testing – The WHY & The HOW

Course Difficulty : Advanced
After this course, participants will understand test equipment selection, testing procedures, practical well test analysis, and common hazards.

Stuck Pipe Prevention

Course Difficulty : Intermediate
This course covers stuck pipe prevention, including philosophy, mechanisms, causes, and solutions to reduce risks and downtime.

Completion Design Introduction

Course Difficulty : Foundation
Covers key factors for designing a successful completion system and selecting components for the downhole environment.

Understanding the Importance of a Well Integrity Management System

Course Difficulty : Foundation
Following this course, participants will understand why an Effective Well Integrity Management System is required to ensure that Well Barriers

Sand Control Fundamentals

Course Difficulty : Intermediate
This course covers planning, installation, and critical steps to ensure proper equipment seating and address operational issues.

Pumping: Pressure Pumping, Hydraulic Fracturing, Gravel Packing & Acidising

Course Difficulty : Advanced
Pressure Pumping is an integral operation required both in establishing communication with the reservoir as well as ensuring various sand control methods are installed,

Thru Tubing Operations & Rigless Well Remediations

Course Difficulty : Advanced
Well completions require reliable Thru Tubing Tools for easy operation, seamless wellbore departures, and effective simulations.

The Tools of Sand Management

Course Difficulty : Foundation
Sand management is complex, requiring a multifaceted approach leveraging diverse technologies and expertise, rather than a one-size-fits-all solution.

Surface Sand Exclusion Options

Course Difficulty : Foundation
Dedicated facilities and sand management technology boost hydrocarbon production, extend well life, and restart shut-in wells globally..

Wireline Operations (Slickline, Braided & E-line)

Course Difficulty : Foundation
In the oil and gas industry, wireline refers to cabling used to lower equipment or devices into wells for intervention, reservoir evaluation, and pipe recovery.

Wireline Fishing Operations

Course Difficulty : Foundation
One of the most challenging of all fishing jobs is the recovery of wireline and the tool or instruments run with it. The first consideration in wireline fishing is always whether the line has parted or it is still intact

Sand Exclusion – Alternative Solutions

Course Difficulty : Foundation
Sand Exclusion involves techniques to prevent sand and fine particles from entering the wellbore, protecting equipment, reducing downtime, and improving production efficiency.

Subsea XMT

Course Difficulty : Foundation
The study examines deepwater development, a key frontier for energy security, focusing on the complexities of resource extraction.

Well Intervention

Rigless Intervention Options & Solutions

Course Difficulty : Intermediate
This course will increase your knowledge of rigless, live well interventions, including coiled tubing, slickline, and wireline.

Understanding Well Barriers & Verifications

Course Difficulty : Foundation
ISO/TS 16530-1 defines Well Integrity as preventing fluid escape, while API RP 65-2 highlights maintaining pressure seals through technical and organisational measures.

Wellhead & Xmas Tree Maintenance & Testing

Course Difficulty : Advanced
The wellhead links the BOP or Christmas tree to the casings and is designed as a hydrocarbon-tight pressure vessel.

Demystifying MAASP & MAWOP

Course Difficulty : Advanced
Safety factors ensure the well operates within set parameters, requiring an understanding of annuli pressure sources.

Drilling & Completions Fluids: “As clear as MUD”

Course Difficulty : Advanced
Drilling-fluid services provide systems, products, and support. Proper fluid selection lowers costs in complex wells.

Characterising the Reservoir

Course Difficulty : Intermediate
Reservoir characterisation explains how its properties influence well productivity, guiding completion design and construction.

Subsurface – Lower Completion

Course Difficulty : Advanced
"Subsurface – Lower Completion" is crucial in production, improving reservoir productivity, fluid flow, and oil recovery while supporting informed engineering decisions.

Subsurface – Upper Completion

Course Difficulty : Advanced
Understanding "Subsurface – Upper Completion" is crucial in oil drilling, optimising production, managing reservoirs, and ensuring well integrity.

Subsea Interfaces & Interventions

Course Difficulty : Advanced
Underwater engineering optimises subsea connections, ensures efficient maintenance, and supports reliable, sustainable resource utilisation through safe interventions.

Production Chemistry Overview

Course Difficulty : Advanced
Production Chemistry manages produced fluid reactions from reservoir to refinery, impacting HSE, process, integrity, commercial, and operations.

Sustained Casing Pressure

Course Difficulty : Advanced
Sustained casing pressure is excessive well pressure that rebuilds after bleed-down. It occurs in any annulus, measurable at the wellhead, and is not solely due to temperature changes or operator actions.

Downhole Materials Selection

Course Difficulty : Advanced
In oil and gas production, CO2 drives corrosion, with rates rising initially with pressure and temperature, then falling due to film formation. Other factors include water properties, flow rate, oil/water ratio, and oxygen.

Water & Gas Shut Off

Course Difficulty : Foundation
Water & Gas Shut Off refers to the strategic techniques and measures employed to control and prevent the unwanted influx of water and gas into the wellbore during drilling operations.

Completion Equipment & DHSV Types

Course Difficulty : Foundation
"Completion Equipment & DHSV Types" include tools for well preparation, ensuring productivity, safe oil recovery, and flow control with Downhole Safety Valves.

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