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The A-Z of Petroleum Industry: from Upstream to Downstream

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05/10/2025 - 09/10/2025 KUALA LUMPUR

Introduction

The A-Z of Petroleum Industry: from Upstream to Downstream

Targeted Audiance

  • Technologists.
  • Mechanical engineers.
  • Safety and Inspection engineers.
  • Operations, Maintenance, or project engineers.
  • Anyone requiring a broad understanding of the structure, operations, and economics of the oil and gas industries.

Course Objectives

At the end of this A-Z petroleum industry management course, the participants will be able to:

  • Identify critical process operations related to the exploration and production of upstream industry feedstock.
  • Analyze the essential operations of processes related to refining and production of downstream products.
  • Recognize the total spectrum of the oil and gas industry and the challenges faced.
  • Develop skills to assist in the evaluation of corporate opportunities.
  • Understand the structure of the oil and gas business.

Course Content

Unit 1: Origins of Petroleum

  • Origins of oil and gas.
  • Petroleum chemistry.
  • Petroleum geology.
  • Exploration and production of petroleum.
  • Types of well.
  • Development of oil and gas fields.

Unit 2: World Energy Markets

  • Pipeline geopolitics.
  • OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries).
  • EIA (Energy Information Administration).
  • Statistical review of petroleum consumption and supply.
  • Distribution transmission and transportation.
  • Tank farms and storage.

Unit 3: Refinery Operations

  • Physical separation - distillation.
  • Chemical conversion processes.
  • Blending.
  • Refinery complexity.
  • Refining margins.

Unit 4: Gas Processing

  • Inlet separation, dehydration/dew point control.
  • Contaminants and pipeline gas specifications.
  • Amine gas sweetening.
  • Physical solvent processes.
  • Sulfur recovery.
  • Gas compression and liquefaction.

Unit 5: Oil and Gas Management

  • Cost estimation of oil and gas facilities.
  • Pricing, trading, markets, and risk management.
  • Crude benchmarks and price estimation.
  • Derivatives - futures, options, and Swaps.
  • Climate change and renewable energy.

 

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