Petroleum And Gas Engineer Course

Lesson 1 • Introduction to the Petroleum Industry

Surveys the upstream, midstream, and downstream value chain and key engineering roles. Orients students to industry structure before technical depth begins.

Lesson 2 • Reservoir Rock Properties

Examines porosity, permeability, and wettability as controls on fluid storage and flow. Links petrophysical concepts to reservoir performance prediction.

Lesson 3 • Petroleum Fluid Properties

Analyses PVT behaviour, fluid composition, and phase diagrams for oil, gas, and condensate systems. Provides data inputs for reservoir and production calculations.

Lesson 4 • Subsurface Pressure and Temperature

Defines pressure regimes, geothermal gradients, and their impact on fluid behaviour. Underpins safe drilling and accurate reservoir modelling.

Lesson 1 • Casing Design and Cementing

Covers burst, collapse, and tension load calculations for casing strings and cement job design. Ensures well integrity from spud to abandonment.

Lesson 2 • Drill Bit Selection and Performance

Analyses roller cone and PDC bit designs, dull grading, and weight-on-bit optimisation. Enables cost-per-foot minimisation through informed bit selection.

Lesson 3 • Drilling Hazards and Well Control

Identifies kicks, lost circulation, and stuck pipe causes and mitigation procedures. Prepares engineers to apply well control methods under pressure.

Lesson 4 • Drilling Fluids and Hydraulics

Examines mud types, rheological properties, and hydraulic optimisation for hole cleaning. Directly supports wellbore stability and formation damage prevention.

Lesson 1 • Material Balance Methods

Applies the generalised material balance equation to oil and gas reservoirs for OOIP and OGIP estimation. Bridges drive mechanism theory to quantitative reserve assessment.

Lesson 2 • Decline Curve Analysis

Applies exponential, hyperbolic, and harmonic decline models to production data for reserve estimation. Connects historical production trends to future performance forecasting.

Lesson 3 • Pressure Transient Analysis

Interprets buildup and drawdown tests to determine permeability, skin, and reservoir boundaries. Validates reservoir model parameters derived from material balance.

Lesson 4 • Fluid Flow in Porous Media

Derives Darcy's law and its extensions for radial, linear, and multiphase flow. Provides the mathematical basis for well productivity and injectivity calculations.

Lesson 1 • Artificial Lift Systems

Compares ESP, gas lift, rod pump, and PCP systems for candidate well selection and design. Enables engineers to match lift method to reservoir and fluid conditions.

Lesson 2 • Wellhead and Christmas Tree Equipment

Describes wellhead components, pressure ratings, and valve configurations for safe well control. Supports production operations and intervention planning.

Lesson 3 • Inflow and Outflow Performance

Constructs IPR and TPR curves to identify the natural flow operating point. Integrates reservoir deliverability with tubing and surface system constraints.

Lesson 4 • Production Chemistry and Flow Assurance

Addresses scale, corrosion, hydrate, and wax deposition mechanisms and mitigation strategies. Prevents production losses from flow assurance failures.

Lesson 1 • Hydraulic Fracturing Execution and Evaluation

Covers pump schedule design, real-time monitoring, and post-fracture production analysis. Closes the loop between fracture design and field performance.

Lesson 2 • Water and Gas Injection Methods

Designs waterflooding and gas injection patterns for pressure maintenance and sweep efficiency. Extends primary recovery through secondary recovery techniques.

Lesson 3 • Matrix Acidising Design

Covers acid types, reaction kinetics, and placement techniques for sandstone and carbonate reservoirs. Restores near-wellbore permeability damaged during drilling or production.

Lesson 4 • Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques

Evaluates thermal, chemical, and miscible EOR processes for tertiary recovery potential. Enables engineers to screen and design EOR pilots for mature fields.

Lesson 1 • NGL Recovery and LNG Fundamentals

Covers NGL extraction processes and LNG liquefaction cycles for gas monetisation. Connects gas processing to downstream value chain opportunities.

Lesson 2 • Gas Dehydration and Sweetening

Designs glycol dehydration and amine sweetening units to meet pipeline gas quality specifications. Addresses H2S and CO2 removal for safe gas transport.

Lesson 3 • Gas Gathering and Pipeline Hydraulics

Covers pipeline flow equations, pressure drop calculations, and network design for gas gathering. Enables field-level infrastructure planning and optimisation.

Lesson 4 • Gas Well Performance and Compression

Analyses gas well IPR, tubing performance, and compression requirements for field life extension. Integrates nodal analysis with compression system design.

Lesson 1 • Fundamentals of Numerical Simulation

Introduces finite difference formulations, grid types, and simulator architecture for reservoir modelling. Establishes the mathematical framework underlying all simulation workflows.

Lesson 2 • Development Scenario Forecasting

Runs production forecasts for infill drilling, EOR, and depletion scenarios to support field development decisions. Quantifies uncertainty ranges for reserves reporting.

Lesson 3 • Initialisation and Fluid Contact Definition

Sets up equilibrium initialisation, fluid contacts, and PVT regions in the simulation model. Ensures the model correctly represents initial reservoir state before production.

Lesson 4 • History Matching Techniques

Applies manual and assisted history matching to calibrate model parameters against production data. Validates the model for reliable future performance forecasting.

Lesson 1 • Risk and Uncertainty Quantification

Applies Monte Carlo simulation and decision tree analysis to quantify project risk and value uncertainty. Enables probabilistic investment decisions under geological and market uncertainty.

Lesson 2 • Field Development Plan Preparation

Structures a full field development plan integrating subsurface, facilities, and economic components. Synthesises all prior course competencies into a coherent development strategy.

Lesson 3 • Asset Management and Portfolio Strategy

Applies portfolio optimisation and asset lifecycle management principles to upstream investment decisions. Prepares engineers for senior technical and commercial roles.

Lesson 4 • Reserves Classification and Reporting

Applies international reserves classification frameworks to categorise 1P, 2P, and 3P reserves. Ensures compliance with reporting standards used by operators and regulators.