Basic Principles of Petroleum (BPP)
Subject:
General Petroleum
Description: This course is designed for students who require a basic understanding of the
petroleum industry to perform their jobs. It provides an easy-to-understand
introduction to the basics of upstream and downstream activities. Students
will learn how hydrocarbon deposits are formed, explored for, and produced.
Next, students will learn how crude oil and gas are converted from a raw
material to finished product and delivered to markets, or traded worldwide, as
a commodity.
Curriculum:
ID
TITLE
DURATION IN
MINUTES
TMI.BPP1
Geology of Petroleum
12.00
TMI.BPP2
Exploration for Oil and Gas
12.00
TMI.BPP3
Drilling Operation Basics
7.50
TH
DESCRIPTION
Module 1 discusses how the
physical structure of the earth
was formed, what the earth’s
crust is composed of, how the
history of the earth is mapped,
which processes are involved in
the formation of mountains, why
sedimentation occurs, what
organic matter is and how oil
and gas are formed.
Module 2 discusses the
difference between reserves of
oil and gas and petroleum as a
resource, how a reservoir is
formed, what the characteristics
of a viable reservoir are, the
techniques used to identify
potential reservoir formations
the role seismic surveys play in
locating potential reservoirs and
why exploratory drilling is only
used when the potential for a
viable reservoir is high.
Module 3 discusses the nature
of drilling operations, the
importance of subsurface
conditions, why well bores
change size, the three stages of
drilling, why different drilling
methods are used and the
significance of well bore control.
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TMI.BPP4
Production of Oil and Gas
14.00
TMI.BPP5 Petroleum Refining Process
12.50
Transportation,
TMI.BPP6 Distribution and Delivery of
Oil and Gas
13.50
TMI.BPP7
Total Time
Marketing Petroleum
Products
12.50
Module 4 discusses the steps
involved in preparing a well for
production, what natural lift is
and the types of natural lift, the
principal types of artificial lift,
the types of well completions,
what is involved in well servicing
and how oil and gas are treated
on emerging from the well.
Module 5 discusses which
molecules make up the different
types of hydrocarbons, how
contaminants in the oil are dealt
with, why boiling points are
important to the refining
process, where refineries are
located, what the two basic
areas of a refinery are, what
happens during the two main
stages of refining, why each
upgrading procedure is
important and what happens
before and after the refining
process.
Module 6 discusses why two
basic transportation streams are
used, how natural gas is
transported, distributed and
delivered, how crude oil is also
transported, distributed and
delivered, where refineries are
located, how bulk and finished
refined products reach their
consumers and how using oil
and gas affects the environment
as well as the industry.
Module 7 discusses what the
three marketing sectors of
petroleum are, which forces
control the nature of the
petroleum market, where the
major producers and major
consumers are located, how
crude oil is traded, how the
supply and demand of petroleum
is stabilized and how refined
petroleum products are
marketed.
1.4 Hours
TH
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