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Petroleum Exploration & Production: An Online Overview

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Who Should Attend

This course is designed for anyone needing an overall perspective of Petroleum Exploration, drilling, and production in order to become more knowledgeable and productive in your job. This will include, but not be limited to: new employees, Administrative Assistants, Landmen, Accountants, Managers, Marketing/Sales Personnel, Attorneys, Finance Personnel, Geotechs, etc.

Objectives

This online course provides an overview of the petroleum industry from what is natural gas and crude oil to how to explore, drill, and produce oil and gas. It is a technical program presented on a non-technical level, through audio visuals, graphics, texts and examples. No previous technical training is necessary to take this course.

This program offers a perspective of the industry that will lead to increased job productivitiy. It is designed for anyone who works directly or indirectly with the petroleum industry and who is not a petroleum geologist or petroleum engineer.

The course is designed to provide individuals and companies with an easily accessible training tool that can be used to educate interns and employees on the language and processes of the oil and gas industry. In addition, we want to provide participants with an interactive, flexible and exciting way to learn.

Course Content

The Nature of Oil & Gas
The Earth's Crust: Where We Find Oil and Gas Generation
Migration and Accumulation of Petroleum
Deformation of Sedimentary Rocks
Petroleum Traps
Petroleum Exploration; Seismic Exploration
Drilling Preliminaries; Drilling a Well; Drilling Problems and Techniques
Testing a Well; Completing a Well
Offshort Exploration and Production
Petroleum Production

Course Highlights

Narrated by Norm Hyne - his enthusiasm of this topic will keep your interest!
Animated illustrations
Easy to navigate your way thru the course
Designed in short segments making it easy to stop after each section. Or you can finish the course all at once. You make the decision based on your schedule.
Turn the audio on or off any time throughout the course.
Highly interactive
Immediate feedback exercises
Glossary of terms provided with the click of a mouse
Links to additional invormation on the web
Picture allery of various subjects

Technical Requirements

Your computer will need to have the following:

Internet access (Internet Explorer or Netscape)

QuickTime: www.quicktime.com,

Flash: www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/, and

Java Runtime www.java.com

$795

Expires on
01 November, 9999

Tuition

99 people

Limit

Upon registration, each student will receive a login and password, good for 30 days of anytime, anywhere access. Certificate of Completion, a geological time card and a reference handbook are also included. Please Note - if paying with a check, please make check payable to University of Tulsa, CESE