Your complete guide to a successful career in Oil & Gas

June 24 course update:
We have added new video lectures. In addition, new quizzes are being added to help you test your knowledge and emphasize the key learning points. The quiz will include:
True/False questions
Multi-choice questions
Images, cross-sectionnal views
Solved problems
and much more...
When you think you’ve got a good grasp on a topic within the course, you can test your knowledge by taking the quiz. If you pass, wonderful ! If not, you can review the videos and notes again or ask us for help in the Q&A section.
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Dear student,
Welcome to this online course on Oil & Gas.
This course is designed to give you a complete understanding of the Oil & Gas industry for a successful career.
The course uses up-to-date global statics and is organized into 6 parts :
>> PART 1 : OVERVIEW OF THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
This first part will :
Outline the main characteristics of the petroleum industry
Review the major events of its history and the associated geopolitics
Analyse the place of oil among all energy sources and forecasts future prospects for oil production and demand
Outline the roles of the main players within the petroleum industry :
Consumer countries (USA, China, Europe...)
Major companies (ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, BP, Total...)
Producing countries (OPEC and non-OPEC)
Provide a quick review of the scale of investments and profitability in the oil industry
>> PART 2 : PETROLEUM PRODUCTS : PROPERTIES, SPECIFICATIONS, MARKETS AND DEMAND
This second part will :
Outline the main characteristics and properties of petroleum products (LPG, gasoline, diesel, kerosine, fuel oil...)
Review their main specifications and how these specifications evolved over time and for different countries
Describe the standard quality control tests performed in refineries and petrochemical plants, highlights the tests significance and the accuracy of the methods
Analyse the place of each petroleum product, the associated market trends and forecasts future prospects for production and demand
>> PART 3 : OIL AND GAS : MARKETS, TRADING, PRICING, AND ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK
This third part will :
Review the different oil trading markets by type of transaction
Summarize the operation of the physical and financial oil markets
Review the different types of contracts : long term, spot and forward
Outline how crude oil and petroleum products are traded
Explain the pricing mechanism of crude oil and petroleum products
Analyze the parameters which influence prices of crude oil and prices of petroleum products
Review the different exchanges and their organization: the cases of NYMEX and ICE
Describe hedging techniques available for protection against fluctuations in prices
Outline the principle of financial derivative products like Swaps and Options
>> PART 4 : LOGISTICS OF CRUDE OIL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
This fourth part will :
Analyse transport problems, particularly the transport of crude oil
Discuss sea and pipeline transport, their associated costs and operational and regulatory framework
Outline the different ways of delivering finished petroleum products from a refinery : by water, pipeline, rail or road
Describe the different restrictions that apply to product dispatch and their various controls (Quality, Quantity, Customs...)
>> PART 5 : PETROLEUM REFINING DEMYSTIFIED
This fifth part will :
Provide a broad technical information on refining processes and petroleum products
Enable a rapid immersion in the refining industry
Describe the composition and main characteristics of various crude oil (Brent, Arab light, Urals, Forcados, Forties...) and petroleum products (LPG, Gasoline, Gas oil, Fuel oil...)
Explain the role of various processing units in a refinery
Describe the main manufacturing schemes encountered in petroleum refining
>> PART 6 : OVERVIEW OF THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY : THE STEAM CRACKING PROCESS
This last part will :
Provide essential information on petrochemical industry and its integration in the petroleum chain
Outline the origin and uses of the main olefinic and aromatic intermediates
Explain the different steps of the petrochemical industry
Explain in details the Steam Cracking process : its principles, its design and operations
Outline the stakes in term of economy and the main parameters which influence the productivity of the petrochemical industry
Situate the petrochemical industry in its energy and geographic environment
=> IMPORTANT NOTES :
The course includes
more than 45 downloadable resources
in pdf format with
un
limited access.
These documents contain everything you need to know about the Oil and Gas industry (Global trends, crude oil characteristics and properties, petroleum products properties and specifications, refining and petrochemical process schemes, layouts and much more...)
To download the files :
1. Go to the "course curriculum" page
2. Expand all the sections to have access to all the pdf files
3. Click on any file to open it. You can save it to view it later offline
So with no further ado, check out the free preview videos and the curriculum and we look forward to see you in the first section.
Also remember, as enrolled student you will have unlimited access to this material and one-on-one instructor support. So feel free to interact with us by email or simply ask us for help in the Q&A section. It will be our pleasure to help you and provide assistance.
Hope to see you there
Cheers,
WR Training
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Who this course is for:
Students in chemical engineering, refining, petrochemicals, economics, logistics...
Professionals with an interest in increasing their understanding of the oil & gas industry
Newly-hired refinery or petrochemical plant personnel and current semi-technical personnel who require further training
Engineers (chemical, petrochemical, petroleum, process...)
Oil & Gas operators and technicians
Support personnel of an oil company including maintenance, logistics, supply chain, sales, marketing, quality...
Energy industry journalists and reporters
Business men and financiers
Traders
Brokers