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 2014-2023, Nigeria lost over 362Million barrels of crude oil due to poor metering and allocation with additional 110Million barrels from production deferment. 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. We strongly recommend you attend Module One, two, three, before attending the module Four Course.

Course Outline

Fundamentals of Hydrocarbon Accounting

• Hydrocarbon Accounting and Metering Overview
• Production Measurement
• Production Allocation
• Production Reporting
• Data Management
• Production Planning
• Production Deferment Administration

Hydrocarbon Accounting Agreement/Legislation

• Hydrocarbon Accounting Tools/Software Agreement
• Crude-Oil Handling Agreement (Operational Feasibility)
• PIA 2021 Components of Hydrocarbon Accounting
• Application of Arbitration & Mediation Act (AMA) 2023 in HCA Space.
• Managing Hydrocarbon Accounting Teams
• Confluence of Petroleum Economics & Hydrocarbon Accounting
• Case Studies

Hydrocarbon Accounting Stakeholders Management

• Who are Stakeholders in Hydrocarbon Accounting Environment?
• Negotiation, Mediation, Arbitration & Litigation in Hydrocarbon Accounting.
• Alignment of PIA 2021 & AMA 2023 in Hydrocarbon Accounting
• HCA (Tools) Software Demonstration (Using Standard Industry Application)
• Benefits Realisation & Sustainability
• Case Studies

Confluence of Petroleum Economics & Hydrocarbon Accounting

• Introduction to Petroleum Economics
• Hydrocarbon Accounting Assisted Annual Business Performance Review
• Economics of Hydrocarbon Accounting
• Business of Metering in Hydrocarbon Accounting
• Strategies for effective Petroleum Economics in Hydrocarbon Accounting
• Commercial Stakeholders Management

Performance Review

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

Course Objectives

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

• Understand entire length of Hydrocarbon Accounting and Fiscal Metering.
• Provide the right knowledge in Managing Hydrocarbon Accounting Asset.
• Highlight solutions in Managing Hydrocarbon Accounting and Metering challenges.
• Generate Strategies in Managing dependences or variables in Hydrocarbon Accounting Framework.
• Formulate Strategies for sustainable model in Hydrocarbon Accounting embedment process.

Relevant Audience

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

• Senior Engineers
• Commercial & Legal Teams
• Asset Support Managers
• Project Managers
• WRFM Managers
• Investors & Auditors
• Production Operations Manager
• Senior Process Engineers
• Field Production Supervisors / Superintendents
• Production Engineers
• Asset Managers
• Hydrocarbon Accounting Managers
• Snr. Reservoir Engineers
• Planning Managers
• Production Curtailment Managers
• Snr Production Accountants
• Production Schedulers & Curtailment Teams
• Snr Production Chemist

Delivery Method

This is a Masterclass delivered in a workshop format with strong emphasis on industry best practice alongside an interactive approach from all participants.

The training tutors are highly seasoned industry experts and have designed this course to help participants fully understand the concept of Hydrocarbon Accounting and Metering in the present-day Energy Industry.
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: Uyo, Nigeria
Cost: ₦2,500,000.00 per participant (Large-Pool Registration attracts discount)
Date: 22nd - 26th June, 2026 (0900-1600hrs daily)

Location: Lagos
Cost: ₦2,500,000.00 per participant (Large-Pool Registration attracts discount)
Date: 23rd November - 27th November, 2026 (0900-1600hrs daily)

THE COURSE FEE COVERS:
Experts Facilitation, Buffet Lunch, Tea breaks, Course Manual, Branded Writing Materials, Certificate, Optional Tour (only in Uyo), Branded Souvenir, and Worldclass Conducive Learning Environment.

Training Team:
Suneses Energy Limited
Lagos, Nigeria
Tel: +234 (0) 909 999 3650

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