Norway is a world leader in areas of the petroleum industry, specifically offshore oil and gas. From both technical and managerial points of view, Norway has successfully demonstrated the capability of not only developing new technologies/procedures but also getting the new products/manners into the market. The demonstrated concept of combining education, technology development and use of new technology is a Norwegian trademark. There is also a well-established tradition of close collaboration between authorities, industries and knowledge institutes in Norway that can inspire other countries.
Training & know-how transfer
As of Friday, 22 January 2016, Energiring is a partner of the Consortium- Energiring, Petrad, and SOTS :
Norway is a world leader in areas of the petroleum industry, specifically offshore oil and gas. From both technical and managerial points of view, Norway has successfully demonstrated the capability of not only developing new technologies/procedures but also getting the new products/manners into the market. The demonstrated concept of combining education, technology development and use of new technology is a Norwegian trademark. There is also a well-established tradition of close collaboration between authorities, industries and knowledge institutes in Norway that can inspire other countries. In building competence in Norway from the very start of the oil industry era, Norway drew benefits from the principle of teaching the teachers arrangements. Drawing upon first class competence worldwide, Norway got a kick start in its development of its knowledge base. The principle has been applied in many collaboration projects between Norway and other countries.
One the other hand, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is a major player in the global oil and gas market and has a unique opportunity to be a regional and international player in this market. Due to some restrictions, MENA has not been exposed to recent knowledge and technology advancements within the petroleum industry.
Aiming at knowledge and experience transfer between Norway and MENA, a consortium has been established, consisting of PETRAD, Stavanger Offshore Technical College (SOTS) and the Energiring Group. The partners in the consortium and their employees have long track records within education, technology development and natural resource management. The partners of the consortium have signed a memorandum of collaboration agreement, committing themselves to deliver high quality courses, workshops, seminars, and other programs under the Energiring lead, on demand from the MENA’s authorities, industries, and R&D organizations.
The consortium partners are committed to provide tailor-made training services to strengthen both national and private organizations’ capabilities in managing the petroleum resources and operations more efficiently. These knowledge transfer activities within the field of energy and petroleum will be the first step of a long-term collaboration between the countries, aiming at providing the state-of-the-art knowledge in these fields.
Managerial Programmes
Energiring offers tailor-made courses, seminars, and workshops bring together top-level managers from utilities, regulatory bodies, governmental organization, and supporting institutions to discuss state-of-the-art and learn the latest O&G management topics from high-ranking professionals.
Our programmes have been designed for senior public administrators, decision-makers, politicians, petroleum company professionals and others who are engaged in petroleum sector issues from societal, economical, and political perspectives.
Events are not only rich in information and provide substantive learning opportunities in a collaborative atmosphere, they are also a great networking occasion.
Subject areas and managerial programmes which we can be instructed using our international collaboration are:
- Managing the petroleum sector: Decisions and capabilities
- The petroleum sector context: Nature, technology, society and markets
- Petroleum, development and environment, the global challenges
- The global oil market and trade
- Utilisation and international trade in natural gas
- Oil and gas as part of national energy supply
- Industries based on oil and gas
- Local content and national capacity building
Download the list of main managerial courses here.
Technical Training and Applied Research
The consortium enables close and interactive collaboration between Norwegian and MENA’s applied research and training institutions for common projects in O&G technical sector. Such cooperation would immediately address both sides’ needs to solve specific technical problems.
We also provide intensive skilled training and technical workshops/courses featuring some of the most knowledgeable international instructors in the O&G industry, both onshore and offshore. Our technical courses are tightly focused on a single topic and are designed to give attendees in-depth knowledge and solid takeaways on that topic.
To ensure the delivery of professional services of the highest standards, Energiring can provide not only highly qualified staff, engineers, and scientists, also state-of-the-art equipment, software, and modern facilities to meet the requirements of private companies and public organizations, if needed.
Specialised areas of the proposed technical training are:
- Drilling and well service
- Process, production, and IOR/EOR
- Hydraulics, materials, mechanics, and welding
- Safety, risk, and environmental management
Download the list of our main technical courses here.
Customized Programmes
Customized programmes are designed for a specific occasion or purpose. These programmes can vary in types, length, and depth, ranging from a course lasting several days, to a tailored long-term programme, and from short delegation visits to capacity building programmes over several years, in which regular components are mixed with case studies and modules requested by the client. These all are often provided in cooperation among Energiring, its international partners, and private/public institutions in Middle East.
Tailor-made training caters directly to the needs of each client. This means that courses can be organized for groups of various sizes, from one or several organizations, sectors or regions. They can be designed to upgrade knowledge and skills, to introduce new technologies, or to strengthen sector performance.
From operational point of view, tailor-made training can be delivered on-site in local regions, or based at Petrad/SOTS workplace in Norway, or a combination of the two. A mixture of training instruments are used, including lectures, workshops, group work, presentations, role-plays, case studies and study tours to project sites throughout Europe or in the region where the training takes place.
In terms of demand assessment, programmes for comprehensive capacity building usually start with a training needs survey, which is a method for assessing the thematic areas and capacity building methods most urgently needed by the target institution. For this purpose, the Consortium selects only the finest instructors with industry experience in the areas they instruct for the training operations.
A customized programme can contain one or more of the following themes and modules:
- Training need assessment;
- Customized courses: Emphasis on teaching;
- Seminars: Emphasis on exchanging insights;
- Workshops: Emphasis on addressing a particular issue which needs to be resolved;
- Scheduled course participation;
- Delegation visits: At sites or institutions with particular relevance for the target group;
- Formal education opportunities: Attendance at university studies etc. for key personnel;
- Mentoring: Access to experienced personnel for advice;
- Consultancy: Solving particular tasks in cooperation between our experts and personnel of counterpart institution(s);
- Research studies: Comprehensive analysis and report on particular issues.
You can choose the location, duration and timing. Before ordering, our consultants can talk with you about your training needs and skill gap, if you prefer.
For more detailed information and/or to order a customized event according to your specific demand, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Advisory services for upstream O&G
Applied R&D
Innovative petrochemical products
Petrophysical Study and Modelling
- Data base management
- Petrophysics Modelling
- Multi Well Interpretation
- Rock Typing based on electrofacies
- Flow unit determination and layering
- Permeability Estimation
- Saturation Height Function
- Initial fluid contacts and pressure data analysis
Image log processing and Interpretation
- Fracture Analysis
- Porosity spectrum Analysis
- Permeability Image log analysis
- Lamination Analysis
- PoroTex (Heterogeneity) Analysis
- Vug Integrity Analysis
Geomechanical Study and Modelling
- Pre-Drill/ Post-Drill Borehole Stability Assessment
- Trajectory sensitivity analysis
- Hydraulic Fracturing Feasibility Study and modeling
- Sand Management/ Sand Control Program
- Casing failure (collapse/shear) study and modelling
- Reservoir compaction study and modeling
- 3D/4D coupled reservoir geomechanical modeling
Drilling and Completion study and analysis
- Feasibility studies
- Technology review
- Drilling/Completion program preparation
- Workover Planning
- Drilling Optimization
- Project Tendering/Evaluation
Borehole Seismic Services & Surface Seismic Interpretation
- Model-based / 3C VSP processing
- Offset, Walk-above and Walkaway VSP processing
- Walkaway VSP for anisotropy (VTI/TTI)
- Walk-around VSP for HTI anisotropy
- Seismic AVO Inversion
- Seismic AVOAZ Inversion
- Seismic Stochastic Inversion
Static Modelling
- Depth Maps, zonation and layering
- 3D Geocellular Building
- Facies & Property Modeling
- Data Analysis on Up-scaled Facies Logs
- Model QC and Validation
- Volume Calculation
- Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis
Dynamic Reservoir Simulation
- Model Construction
- Model Initialization and Validation
- Single Well and Cross-Sectional Modeling
- Full Field Model History Matching
- Prediction Scenarios
- Well Planning and Screening of Different Scenarios
- Economic Analyses and Selection of Executive Scenario
The national framework for petroleum resource management
- Petroleum policy;
- Energy sector policy;
- International legislative framework for asserting rights over subsoil resources;
- Petroleum legislation and regulations;
- Institutions for regulating the petroleum sector: Responsibilities for managing resources, safety, the environment and revenues;
- Licencing regime and process: Rights and obligations for firms to exploit petroleum;
- Managing natural resources: General principles and international practice;
- Managing the petroleum field life cycle;
- Fiscal regime: Sharing value between State and firms;
- Promoting the country for petroleum investments;
- Environmental assessments and environmental management;
- Strategic sector planning;
- Government involvement in field and infrastructure planning;
- Providing for joint use of pipelines and infrastructure;
- Reporting and monitoring petroleum operations.
Governance for securing the benefits
- Macro-economic impacts of petroleum operations in a country;
- “Dutch disease” and similar risks;
- Requirements for proper revenue management;
- Projecting the impacts of petroleum on national finances;
- Effective application of petroleum revenues for long term national benefits;
- Verifying the values: Challenges of auditing revenues and costs;
- Corruption: Causes and mitigation;
- The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI);
- Other international initiatives for extractive resource management;
- Norway’s experience in managing the petroleum sector and revenues.
Petroleum economics
- Project economics based on discounted cash flow analysis;
- Understanding petroleum company financial statements and strategic implications;
- Decisions under uncertainty;
- Exploration economics and decision support;
- Development economics and decision support;
- Practical use of spreadsheets for economic decision analysis;
- Petroleum fiscal systems: Sharing value through taxes and contracts;
- Fiscal design considerations;
- Cost estimation and budgeting;
- Accounting and cost control;
- Petroleum and the national economy.
Capabilities for managing the sector
- Training need assessments;
- Capability development as a systematic endeavour;
- Organisational development;
- Effective team work in interdisciplinary and intercultural settings;
- Effective presentations;
- Conducting formal meetings;
- Negotiations;
- Structured analysis and decision processes.
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