Introduction to Natural Gas and Energy

Who should attend:

Staff who need a better understanding of the gas business, to enhance the effectiveness of their own organisation. The course is designed such that staff with technical- and non-technical backgrounds can actively participate. Also the job type will not be a restriction to join: management, technical or support staff can equally benefit from the course.

Overview:

This course provides a full overview of the project life cycle: exploration for gas, gas field development and operations, treatment and processing and transportation of gas. Sales, contracts and project economics are explained. The history of the business, present global issues, markets, future trends and emerging markets are also discussed. As such this course is ideal for non-technical staff that are new to the gas industry.

Content:

This course will cover the following:

• History of the oil and gas industry, current issues. Geological concepts, global distribution of hydrocarbons, nature and geometry of gas reservoirs.
• Methods and tools used for hydrocarbon exploration, including drilling.
• Static and dynamic models of reservoirs, how to assess amounts of hydrocarbons-in-place, and uncertainties of these.
• Field appraisal and development, gas treatment and processing, gas composition, technical specifications.
• Production performance and production forecasts.
• Surface engineering and field operations. Markets, commercial issues. Project - life cycle - economics.
• Environmental concerns.

At the end of the course participants will have a good but general understanding of all issues involving the gas business: how hydrocarbons are found, developed, produced and treated prior to sales. Participants will work in teams on an actual field case, and will go through all steps that lead to a field development plan, including an economic and commercial evaluation.

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