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A Layman's Guide to the Oil & Gas Industry

Offshore Platform Refinery

Description

A Layman's Guide to the Oil & Gas Industry is a distance learning course on the fundamentals of the oil and gas industry.�The 3-4 hour class provides a basic introduction to the industry that can be used as part of a new employee orientation program.� The course provides a non-technical review of upstream (exploration and production), midstream (gas processing and transportation) and downstream (refining and marketing) operations.� Each section contains a brief quiz to test the student's knowledge of the subject.


Features

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Narrated slides guide users through the oil and gas industry from exploration to marketing

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Over 115 slides that provide an excellent introduction to the oil and gas business

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Animated graphics for easy navigation

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Lecture material that may be downloaded for note-taking and future reference

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Chapter quizzes to emphasize important points of lecture and test your knowledge

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Interactive drilling rig, well completion, production surface operations, crude oil logistics, refinery flowchart, and oil and gas industry players schematics.

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Easy access to help using the "Ask an Expert" form and/or phone

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References for your to learn more about class topics

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Class Outline*

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Introduction

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Overview of oil and gas operations

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The nature of crude oil and natural gas

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Oil and gas in energy supply and demand

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History

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History of Oil and Gas from Ancient Uses to Current Issues

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Oil and Gas Milestones

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Most Influential People

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Quiz

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Upstream

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Petroleum geology

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Exploration technology

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Drilling operations

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Drive mechanisms

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Surface facilities

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Offshore operations

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Drilling Rig Schematic**

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Drill Ship Schematic**

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Well Completion Schematic**

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Production Surface Operations Schematic**

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Quiz

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Midstream�

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Natural gas processing

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Waterborne movements of oil and gas

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Pipeline transportation of oil and gas

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Refined product shipments

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Oil Logistics Schematic**

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Quiz

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Downstream

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Refined products

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Refinery operations

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Refinery complexity

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Refined product marketing

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Gasoline marketing

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Refinery Flowsheet**

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Quiz

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Industry Structure and Summary

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Classes of Industry Players

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OPEC

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Oil and Gas Industry Players**

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Summary

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Quiz

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Industry Intelligence

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How to gather information about companies, countries and current issues

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Quiz - Exercise

* Click on topic to see more information

** Interactive web page


Registration

Format

Schedule

Price Register

Internet

5 day training window

$105

Please see Terms and Conditions of Use before registering.�

After we receive your registration, we assign an individual user name and password and send this to the e-mail address associated with the registration. This process is usually done within one day.� Your time does not begin until after we have transmitted the user name and password.

Some e-mail servers are restricting any e-mail that looks like spam.� This may prohibit delivery of your username and password. Please call us at 214-616-9408 if you have not received your username and password within 24-hours after your registration.

If you are registering outside the United States, you will have to call us at 214-616-9408 with your credit card information.

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Updated 09/09/14

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Who Should Attend

New employees

Support staff that require a basic knowledge of industry operations

Public accountants who analyze oil and gas companies

Petroleum industry financial analysts and investors

Sales personnel who market products and services to the industry

Investors who need an understanding of industry basics�

What You Will Learn

Basic understanding of the role of oil and gas in the energy mix

Understanding of the value chain functions of exploration, production, transportation, refining and marketing

Identification of the major industry segments and company's position

Provide the terms and definitions to communicate effectively with technical professionals

Course Features

On-line 24/7 delivery

Self-paced program with technical support

Lesson tests to monitor progress

Oil and gas glossary

Digital Library

FAQs

Tailor this Class

Add your company logo

Include new material on technologies and activities specific to company

Modify course focus from whole industry to just upstream for example

Include information on company activities

Provide�links to company and industry websites

Create a Digital Library with industry and company material



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