Course Overview

Poor measurement and allocation process accounts for the major losses in the oil and gas industry. According to Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) audit reports 2012-2015, Nigeria lost over $9.89 Billion worth crude oil due to poor metering and allocation. The urgency to address this impact is key. Accurate production data for effective monitoring and allocation has always been a challenge to efficient well, reservoir and facilities management in the oil and gas industry. Oil and Gas Hydrocarbon Accounting principally involves; allocation of volumes, storage of data, effective production deferment administration and data reporting. In almost all assets globally, metering and production allocation process has always been a challenge and this course is designed to address and manage such limitations. There are several factors that influence metering but majorly the linearity, the turndown ratio and the repeatability are key. This course will equally highlight some of these challenges with mitigations and come up with how it fits into the overall HCA process in order to facilitate improved definition, selection, design, operation and troubleshooting of production numbers or data.
Training and retraining of domain experts have been identified as crucial in fully understanding the concept and process of Hydrocarbon Accounting and Metering. Hence, this course will elicit the fundamentals of Hydrocarbon Accounting and Metering across assets, while also highlighting the common challenges encountered during this process and how to mitigate them in future HCA processes.

Course Outline

General Principles of Hydrocarbon Accounting

• Introduction to Hydrocarbon Accounting and Metering
• Hydrocarbon Activities During Asset Lifecycle
• Required Infrastructure for the installation of HCA tool
• Data Acquisition process
• People & Processes
• Best Practices in Production Back Allocation

Hydrocarbon Accounting Workflow: Case study

• HCA Workflow: recording and verification of data
• HCA: Case study
• Benefits Realization & Sustainability

Introduction to Metering Systems

• Function of Metering
• Data acquisition
• Meter calibration and maintenance
• Types of meters and meter selection criteria
• Principles of manual and auto sampling

Deferment Administration

• Introduction to deferment administration
• Deferment coding
• Strategy for effective deferment management
• Fundamentals of 90 days production planning

Performance Review

• General Course Review
• Dispute Resolution
• Assessment of Participants
• Feedback
• Closing Remarks

Course Objectives

By the end of this Course, participants will be able to:

• Fully understand the concept of Hydrocarbon Accounting and Metering.
• Know the key elements for effective Hydrocarbon Accounting process.
• Provide solutions on identified Hydrocarbon Accounting and Metering challenges.
• Put a structured sustainability model in the Hydrocarbon embedment process.

Relevant Audience

This course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Metering Engineers
• Allocation Engineers
• Asset Support Engineers
• Project Managers
• Financial Teams
• Production Operators
• Field Production Supervisors / Superintendents
• Production Engineers
• Asset Managers and Senior Managers
• Reservoir Engineers
• Process Engineers
• Planning Engineers
• Production Accountants

Delivery Method

The training will be in a workshop format with strong emphasis on industry best practice alongside an interactive approach from all participants.

The training tutors are highly seasoned and have designed this course to help participants fully understand the concept of Hydrocarbon Accounting and Metering in the present-day Oil and Gas Industry. Please feel free to contact us for more details on the course.
To get more details on the course outline and curriculum, please kindly contact us at training@suneses-energy.com or call +234 (0) 909 999 3650.

Other Details

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Cost: ₦900,000.00
Date: 20th - 24th May, 2024

Location: Accra, Ghana
Cost: $3,000
Date: 8th - 12th July, 2024

Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Cost: $3,500
Date: 20th - 24th May, 2024

Location: London, UK
Cost: GBP 4,000.00
Date: 16th - 20th September, 2024

Location: Uyo, Nigeria
Cost: ₦900,000.00
Date: 21th - 25th October, 2024
Date: 18th - 22nd November, 2024

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