Your Complete Guide To A Successful Career In Oil & Gas

What you'll learn
COURSE #1 : Gain a broad perspective of the global oil and gas industry and understand the role of oil in our life
COURSE #1 : Discover the history of the oil industry from its earliest development at the end of the 19th century to the current situation
COURSE #1 : Interpret the evolution of the factors affecting the energy supply and demand (crude prices, technology, reserves, geopolitics, geography, environment...)
COURSE #1 : Identify the actors of the energy scene and their strategic guidelines (producer and consumer countries, national, independent and international oil companies, international organizations (OPEC, IEA...))
COURSE #1 : Describe the different types of energy resources (conventional, unconventional, renewable & fossil)
COURSE #1 : Understand and appreciate the future energy challenges in terms of production and demand
COURSE #2 : Grasp the main characteristics of petroleum products and their relevance for end-users
COURSE #2 : List the key properties for automotive fuels (now and in the future)
COURSE #2 : Identify recent changes and future trends for the petroleum products' specifications, markets and demand
COURSE #2 : Identify the main trends of fuel evolution due to: new regulations and/or new motor technologies
COURSE #2 : Understand how the main properties of each petroleum products are measured, checked and controlled using standard quality control tests
COURSE #2 : Understand the tests significance and accuracy of the methods
COURSE #3 : Review the different oil trading markets by type of transaction
COURSE #3 : Summarize the operation of the physical and financial oil markets
COURSE #3 : Review the different types of contracts: long term, spot and forward
COURSE #3 : Understand how crude oil and petroleum products are traded
COURSE #3 : Understand the pricing mechanism of crude oil and petroleum products
COURSE #3 : Analyze the parameters which influence prices of crude oil and prices of petroleum products
COURSE #3 : Review the different exchanges and their organization: the cases of NYMEX and ICE
COURSE #3 : Comprehend hedging techniques available for protection against fluctuations in prices
COURSE #3 : Understand the principle of financial derivative products like Swaps and Options
COURSE #4 : Gain a broad perspective of the global oil and gas business : supply and transportation
COURSE #4 : Understand logistics and supply principles and practices
COURSE #4 : Use Worldscale reference to charter a ship and to calculate the profitability
COURSE #4 : Understand how the commercial petroleum products (gasoline, diesel, fuel) are dispatched from the refineries to the market
COURSE #5 : Comprehend the basic differences between exploration, refining and petrochemicals
COURSE #5 : Understand the basics of the various refining processes
COURSE #5 : Learn what crudes are made of and understand the chemical properties of their hydrocarbon components like paraffins, naphthenes, aromatics...
COURSE #5 : Learn how the major refining processes work and interact with each other (distillation, isomerization, alkylation, catalytic reforming, hydrotreater, sulfur plant, fluid catalytic cracking, hydrocracking, delayed coking, asphalt/lube plant...)
COURSE #5 : Understand how the main petroleum products are made (LPG, gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel, heating oil, heavy fuel, asphalts, lubricants...)
COURSE #5 : Appreciate that aromatics are important to the petrochemical industry even though refineries are trying to minimize these in gasoline due to their toxic properties
COURSE #5 : Appreciate that olefinic and aromatic petrochemical precursors are specialty chemicals produced by the refining processes
COURSE #6 : Comprehend the basic differences between petroleum refining and petrochemicals
COURSE #6 : Review the interactions with refining (objectives, advantages, flow and services exchanges.)
COURSE #6 : Situate the petrochemical industry in its energy and geographic environment
COURSE #6 : Explain the different steps of the petrochemical industry
COURSE #6 : Understand the operating principles of the steam cracking process
COURSE #6 : Know the origin and uses of the main olefinic and aromatic intermediates
COURSE #6 : Know the main markets for olefins, C4 cuts and aromatics
COURSE #6 : Know the opening on the petrochemistry of the main plastics
COURSE #6 : Know the outlets and main industrial uses of olefinics, diolefinics and aromatics hydrocarbons
Requirements
A passion for learning
Description
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 INDUSTRYThis first part will :Outline the main characteristics of the petroleum industryReview the major events of its history and the associated geopoliticsAnalyse the place of oil among all energy sources and forecasts future prospects for oil production and demandOutline 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 DEMANDThis 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 countriesDescribe the standard quality control tests performed in refineries and petrochemical plants, highlights the tests significance and the accuracy of the methodsAnalyse 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 FRAMEWORKThis third part will :Review the different oil trading markets by type of transactionSummarize the operation of the physical and financial oil marketsReview the different types of contracts : long term, spot and forwardOutline how crude oil and petroleum products are tradedExplain the pricing mechanism of crude oil and petroleum productsAnalyze the parameters which influence prices of crude oil and prices of petroleum productsReview the different exchanges and their organization: the cases of NYMEX and ICEDescribe hedging techniques available for protection against fluctuations in pricesOutline the principle of financial derivative products like Swaps and Options>> PART 4 : LOGISTICS OF CRUDE OIL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTSThis fourth part will :Analyse transport problems, particularly the transport of crude oilDiscuss sea and pipeline transport, their associated costs and operational and regulatory frameworkOutline the different ways of delivering finished petroleum products from a refinery : by water, pipeline, rail or roadDescribe the different restrictions that apply to product dispatch and their various controls (Quality, Quantity, Customs...)>> PART 5 : PETROLEUM REFINING DEMYSTIFIEDThis fifth part will :Provide a broad technical information on refining processes and petroleum productsEnable a rapid immersion in the refining industryDescribe 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 refineryDescribe the main manufacturing schemes encountered in petroleum refining>> PART 6 : OVERVIEW OF THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY : THE STEAM CRACKING PROCESSThis last part will :Provide essential information on petrochemical industry and its integration in the petroleum chainOutline the origin and uses of the main olefinic and aromatic intermediatesExplain the different steps of the petrochemical industryExplain in details the Steam Cracking process : its principles, its design and operationsOutline the stakes in term of economy and the main parameters which influence the productivity of the petrochemical industrySituate the petrochemical industry in its energy and geographic environment=> IMPORTANT NOTES :The course includes more than 45 downloadable resources in pdf format with unlimited 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" page2. Expand all the sections to have access to all the pdf files3. Click on any file to open it. You can save it to view it later offlineSo 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 thereCheers,WR TrainingSpread the wings of your knowledge
Overview
Section 1: ABOUT THIS COURSE BUNDLE
Lecture 1 Overall introduction
Section 2: COURSE #1 : ABOUT THE COURSE
Lecture 2 Introduction
Section 3: COURSE #1 : OIL IN OUR ECONOMIC LIFE
Lecture 3 Oil in our economic life : Introduction
Lecture 4 The role of oil in our economic life
Section 4: COURSE #1 : THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OIL INDUSTRY
Lecture 5 Centers of production and demand
Lecture 6 Exploration risks
Lecture 7 The importance of capital investment
Lecture 8 Associations between companies
Lecture 9 The concentration of production
Section 5: COURSE #1 : A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE OIL INDUSTRY AND PETROLEUM REFINING
Lecture 10 The beginnings of the oil industry
Lecture 11 The Rockefeller era
Lecture 12 The development of the oil industry
Lecture 13 The world oil order before 1960
Lecture 14 The formation of the OPEC and the 2 oil shocks
Lecture 15 The consequences of the 2 oil shocks
Lecture 16 The 1986 oil counter shock
Lecture 17 The Gulf Crisis
Lecture 18 The current situation
Section 6: COURSE #1 : ENERGY, OIL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Lecture 19 Energy equivalence
Lecture 20 The world energy balance
Lecture 21 Regional energy balances
Lecture 22 Energy consumption and wealth
Lecture 23 Energy consumption and price
Section 7: COURSE #1 : ENERGY CONSUMPTION FORECAST
Lecture 24 Energy consumption forecast
Section 8: COURSE #1 : ENERGY RESOURCES
Lecture 25 Energy resources
Section 9: COURSE #1 : PRODUCTION OF OIL AND GAS
Lecture 26 The historical development
Lecture 27 The current position
Lecture 28 Future prospects
Lecture 29 The production of natural gas
Section 10: COURSE #1 : THE PLAYERS OF THE OIL SCENE
Lecture 30 The consuming countries
Lecture 31 OPEC
Lecture 32 The major oil companies
Section 11: COURSE #1 : INVESTMENTS
Lecture 33 Facts and figures
Section 12: COURSE #1 : PROFITABILITY
Lecture 34 Facts and figures
Section 13: COURSE #1 : CONCLUSION OF PART 1
Lecture 35 Conclusion of part 1
Section 14: COURSE #2 : ABOUT THE COURSE
Lecture 36 Introduction
Section 15: COURSE #2 : PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
Lecture 37 Many products, many applications
Lecture 38 Various classifications
Lecture 39 Specifications
Section 16: COURSE #2 : THE DEMAND FOR OIL PRODUCTS
Lecture 40 Current consumptions
Lecture 41 How consumption changed - Overview
Lecture 42 How consumption changed by market sector
Lecture 43 How consumption changed - Automotive fuels
Lecture 44 Demand for automotive fuels
Lecture 45 The automotive vehicle fleet
Lecture 46 Gasoline or Gas Oil ?
Lecture 47 Future demand for gasoline and gas oil
Lecture 48 Consumption of automotive fuels - Income and price
Section 17: COURSE #2 : GASOLINE
Lecture 49 Octane number
Lecture 50 Vapor pressure
Lecture 51 Relative density
Lecture 52 Various gasoline grades with # octane numbers
Lecture 53 Unleaded gasoline
Lecture 54 US oxygenated and reformulated gasolines
Lecture 55 Europe : The Auto Oil Programme
Section 18: COURSE #2 : GAS OIL
Lecture 56 Main characteristics
Lecture 57 Auto-ignition and Cetane Index
Lecture 58 Cold temperature performance
Lecture 59 Sulfur content
Lecture 60 Appearance
Section 19: COURSE #2 : HEATING GAS OIL
Lecture 61 Generalities
Lecture 62 The market for heating gas oil
Lecture 63 Specifications
Section 20: COURSE #2 : HEAVY FUEL OIL
Lecture 64 Generalities
Lecture 65 Heavy fuel oil consumption
Lecture 66 Specifications
Section 21: COURSE #2 : LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS - LPG
Lecture 67 Generalities
Lecture 68 LPG production
Lecture 69 The market for LPG
Section 22: COURSE #2 : NAPHTHA AND PETROCHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS
Lecture 70 Naphtha and petrochemical feedstock
Section 23: COURSE #2 : JET FUEL
Lecture 71 Generalities
Lecture 72 The market for jet fuel
Lecture 73 Specifications
Section 24: COURSE #2 : LUBRICATING OIL
Lecture 74 The market for lubricating oil
Lecture 75 Some technical aspects
Section 25: COURSE #2 : BITUMEN / ASPHALTS
Lecture 76 Generalities
Lecture 77 Bitumen demand
Section 26: COURSE #2 : CONCLUSION OF PART 2
Lecture 78 Conclusion of part 2
Section 27: COURSE #2 : DOWNLOADABLE RESOURCES
Lecture 79 Course #2 : Downloadable resources
Section 28: COURSE #3 : ABOUT THE COURSE
Lecture 80 Learning objectives
Section 29: COURSE #3 : CRUDE OIL : A UNIQUE RAW MATERIAL
Lecture 81 Introduction
Lecture 82 A marker price
Lecture 83 Different strategies
Section 30: COURSE #3 : INTERNATIONAL OIL TRADE
Lecture 84 Introduction
Lecture 85 The 1970s : Long term contracts
Lecture 86 The 1980s : The development of spot markets
Lecture 87 The netback contracts
Lecture 88 The 1990s : The development of financial markets
Section 31: COURSE #3 : PRICES ON THE OIL MARKETS
Lecture 89 Introduction
Lecture 90 The different types of agreements
Lecture 91 Crude oil price setting mechanism
Lecture 92 Product price setting mechanism
Section 32: COURSE #3 : TRADING ON THE OIL MARKETS
Lecture 93 Barter agreements
Lecture 94 Single cargo sales
Lecture 95 Long term contracts
Section 33: COURSE #3 : THE SPOT MARKETS
Lecture 96 Definition
Lecture 97 Spot markets in the world
Lecture 98 Operators on the spot markets
Lecture 99 The balance between crude oil and product prices
Section 34: COURSE #3 : SPOT CRUDE OIL PRICES
Lecture 100 Spot transactions
Lecture 101 The Brent market
Lecture 102 The Brent crude oil
Lecture 103 Price transparency
Lecture 104 Indexing crude oil prices : The adjustment factor
Lecture 105 Indexing crude oil prices : Reference indices
Lecture 106 Indexing crude oil prices : The price timing
Lecture 107 The limitation of the system
Section 35: COURSE #3 : PETROLEUM PRODUCTS PRICE SETTING MECHANISM
Lecture 108 Example #1 : The Rotterdam products market
Lecture 109 How prices are reported
Section 36: COURSE #3 : THE PHYSICAL FUTURES MARKETS
Lecture 110 The forward market
Lecture 111 The principle of cover
Lecture 112 Speculation
Lecture 113 The players on the forward markets
Lecture 114 Dated Brent and 15 Day Brent
Lecture 115 The limitations of the forward markets
Section 37: COURSE #3 : THE FINANCIAL FUTURES MARKETS
Lecture 116 The historical development of the petroleum exchanges
Lecture 117 Futures contracts
Lecture 118 How the markets work : Generalities
Lecture 119 How the markets work : The clearing house
Lecture 120 How the markets work : The deposit
Lecture 121 How the markets work : The margin call
Lecture 122 The participants
Lecture 123 Pricing structures : Backwardation and Contango
Lecture 124 The limitations of the futures markets
Section 38: COURSE #3 : DERIVATIVE PRODUCTS : SWAPS AND OPTIONS
Lecture 125 The definition of an option
Lecture 126 Example of the use of an option : Call option
Lecture 127 Example of the use of an option : Put option
Lecture 128 The cost of an option
Lecture 129 The definition of a swap
Lecture 130 Example of the use of a swap
Section 39: COURSE #3 : CONCLUSION OF PART 3
Lecture 131 Conclusion of part 3
Section 40: COURSE #4 : ABOUT THE COURSE
Lecture 132 Learning objectives
Section 41: COURSE #4 : THE DIFFERENT METHODS OF TRANSPORT
Lecture 133 Introduction to the different methods of transport
Section 42: COURSE #4 : MARINE TRANSPORT
Lecture 134 The different types of tankers
Lecture 135 The different types of charters
Lecture 136 The cost of marine transport
Lecture 137 The price of marine transport
Lecture 138 Prices and costs of marine transport
Lecture 139 Regulations : National flag requirement
Lecture 140 Flags of convenience
Lecture 141 Operating aspects
Lecture 142 Controls on loading
Lecture 143 Administrative formalities
Lecture 144 The reception of tankers
Section 43: COURSE #4 : TRANSPORT BY PIPELINE
Lecture 145 The constraints
Lecture 146 The cost of transport by pipeline
Section 44: COURSE #4 : COMPARING TRANSPORT COSTS
Lecture 147 Comparing transport costs
Section 45: COURSE #4 : STORAGE AND DELIVERY TO THE REFINERY
Lecture 148 Storage and delivery to the refinery
Section 46: COURSE #4 : DISPATCH OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
Lecture 149 Introduction
Lecture 150 Dispatch by pipeline
Lecture 151 Dispatch by water
Lecture 152 Dispatch by rail
Lecture 153 Dispatch by road
Section 47: COURSE #4 : CONTROLS AT DISPATCH
Lecture 154 Quality
Lecture 155 Quantities
Lecture 156 Administrative accounting methods
Lecture 157 Customs formalities
Section 48: COURSE #5 : PETROLEUM REFINING
Lecture 158 Course learning objectives
Lecture 159 Refining activity overview
Section 49: COURSE #5 : PETROLEUM COMPOSITION
Lecture 160 Crude oil : Composition and characteristics
Section 50: COURSE #5 : DISTILLATION AND FRACTIONATION
Lecture 161 Atmospheric distillation
Lecture 162 Vacuum distillation
Lecture 163 Light cut fractionation
Section 51: COURSE #5 : CONVERSION
Lecture 164 Isomerization
Lecture 165 Alkylation
Lecture 166 Catalytic reforming
Section 52: COURSE #5 : HYDROFINING
Lecture 167 Hydrotreating
Lecture 168 Sulfur plant
Section 53: COURSE #5 : CRACKING
Lecture 169 Fluid catalytic cracking - FCC
Lecture 170 Hydrocracking
Lecture 171 Delayed coking
Section 54: COURSE #5 : BLENDING
Lecture 172 Blending of finished petroleum products
Section 55: COURSE #5 : MAKING ASPHALTS
Lecture 173 Asphalts
Section 56: COURSE #5 : A TYPICAL REFINERY SCHEME
Lecture 174 A typical refinery scheme
Section 57: COURSE #5 : DOWNLOADABLE RESOURCES
Lecture 175 Course #5 : Downloadable resources
Lecture 176 The chemical engineer's reference folder
Section 58: COURSE #6 : ABOUT THE COURSE
Lecture 177 Introduction
Lecture 178 What you will learn
Section 59: COURSE #6 : PETROCHEMICAL ACTIVITIES OVERVIEW
Lecture 179 Petrochemical plants : location, possible feedstocks and main products
Section 60: COURSE #6 : WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Lecture 180 PONA : Paraffins, Olefins, Naphthenes and Aromatics
Section 61: COURSE #6 : ABOUT STEAM CRACKER PLANTS
Lecture 181 A little history
Lecture 182 Cracking conditions
Lecture 183 Feedstocks and yields
Lecture 184 Investment and economics
Section 62: COURSE #6 : THE STEAM CRACKING PROCESS
Lecture 185 Introduction
Lecture 186 The hot zone
Lecture 187 The compression zone
Lecture 188 The cold zone
Section 63: COURSE #6 : SELECTIVE HYDROGENATION
Lecture 189 Characteristics of hydrogenation
Lecture 190 Hydrogenation of steam-cracked C2 cut
Lecture 191 Hydrogenation of steam-cracked C3 cut
Lecture 192 Hydrogenation of steam-cracked C4 cut
Lecture 193 Hydrostabilization of steam-cracked gasoline
Section 64: COURSE #6 : A TYPICAL STEAM CRACKER PROCESS
Lecture 194 Process summary, production key figures and downstream units
Lecture 195 BONUS : COUPON CODES
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


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