Course Introduction
What does decommission expert do?
A decommissioning expert is responsible for decommissioning of oil tank, well and offshore equipment and machines. The oil tanks, oil wells and offshore plants are decommissioned after its utilization for longer time or needed to make in operational or repairing work that needs to be done.
This decommissioning expert training course will make you competent to understand the decommissioning process specially at onshore and offshore for oil well equipment and machines.
Course Objectives
The main objectives of this decommissioning expert training course are:
- Creating an understanding aspect of global oil and gas decommissioning process
- To provide knowledge and skills decommissioning measures and challenges
- To provide idea on various decommissioning strategies
- Perform detailed knowledge of key decision making
- The ways and analysis of system parameter during decommissioning
- To identify ways of decommissioning of onshore and offshore assets
- The finesse to use project management techniques
- The required understanding and information of guidelines with legislations and regulations
- Creating enhanced analytical skills to identify potential for performing decommissioning
- New and innovative methods of decommissioning
- To understand problems during decommissioning of oil well assets
Who Should Attend?
The persons involved in following processes as below:
- Senior and junior level employees of oil-related organizations and others
- Employees involved in the decommissioning process for oil well
- Managers responsible for off shore and on shore decommissioning
- Legal advisors responsible for the execution of all regulations & legislations
- Oil and gas professional
- Professionals in any profile across industry
- Any other professional interested in being certified as oil engineer
Course Outline
The course covers the following areas important for one to become a certified decommissioning expert:
Module 1: Overview of decommissioning process
- Process of decommissioning
- Regulations on decommissioning
- Removal on off shore and on shore process
Module 2: Decommissioning strategy and planning
- Decommissioning strategy
- Contracting strategy
- Driver challenges and risk
- Supply chain management
Module 3: Preparation and process of decommissioning
- Decommissioning data collection
- Decommissioning process and methods
- Engineering of down of system
- Types of waste
- Waste management
- Cleaning of well and abandonment
Module 4: Removal and transportation
- Various removal options
- Peace small and single lift process
- Reverse installation and float over
- Heavy lift equipment
- Transportation and offloading
Module 5: Decommissioning of subsea equipment
- Subsea activities
- Decommissioning of pipe lines
- Removal of subsea components
- FPSO decommissioning
- Well abandonment
- Risk involved
Module 6: On shore decommissioning
- On shore disposal
- Decommissioning equipment
- Advance technology and new systems
Module 7: Rules, regulations and laws of decommissioning
- Regulations for international, regional and national regulations
- Laws in various countries
- Road map through the regulatory process
Module 8: Cycling and closeout
- Cycling process and criteria
- Close out process
- Tools and decisions for cycling and close out
Module 9: Application of project management
- Work-break-down (WBS) for decommissioning
- Scheduling and phasing of process
- Use of project management tools like Gantt chart, CPM and PERT
- Risk and challenges