Content Overview
The Petroleum Online series consists of 14 modules that clearly explain the dynamic drivers of the oil and gas industry throughout its upstream, midstream and downstream sectors.
All Sectors
Two modules cover the full oil and gas value chains. The first module in the series - Oil and Gas Industry Overview - is a broad and comprehensive introduction to the industry. It offers an ideal starting point for learners. The last module in the series - Oil and Gas Business Game - is an integrated business game that is ideally suited for those who have progressed through all of the modules.
- Oil & Gas Industry Overview
- Oil & Gas Business Game
Upstream Sector
Six modules are devoted to the challenging Upstream Sector of the industry - how oil and gas is found, produced and supplied to world markets. They begin with the negotiation of host country agreements, which are necessary to obtain access to exploration blocks, and continue through exploration and field development of both oil and gas fields, to the sale of crude and natural gas into the wholesale market.
- Upstream Oil & Gas Agreements
- Petroleum Geology & the Exploration Process
- Drilling & Well Completions
- Field Development & Production
- Upstream Gas: From Exploration to Wholesale Markets
- Marketing & Trading of Crude Oil
Midstream Sector
Three modules cover the important Midstream Sector of the industry - the transportation and processing of oil and gas into products that meet market standards. The two oil modules include crude transportation, by pipelines and crude tankers, and their refining into petroleum products. The gas module is devoted to the processing of produced gas into natural gas and gas liquid streams, the transportation of compressed gas in pipelines and the liquefaction of gas to form LNG and its transportation in ships to distant markets.
- Crude Oil Transportation & Storage
- Midstream Gas: Gas Processing, Transportation & Load Balancing
- Refining & Product Specifications
Downstream Sector
Three modules are devoted to the Downstream Sector of the industry - the end product markets. One covers the marketing and sale of petroleum products, another the distribution and sale of natural gas and the third an overview of the very interesting petrochemical industry.
- Marketing & Distribution of Petroleum Products
- Downstream Gas: Gas Distribution, Marketing & Trading
- Overview of Petrochemicals