Offshore Surveying
- The formation of oil
- Seismic operations
- Underwater site surveys including pipeline surveys
- Seabed survey for jack-ups
- Fundamentals of offshore drilling
- Environmental factors
Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling Industry Introduction
- Introduction
- The history of the drilling industry
- The scale and growth of the industry worldwide
- Types of drilling rigs
- The history of offshore oil production
- Overview of the Subsea Equipment And Associated Shutdowns (ESDS)
- Introduction to the working environment
Production & Drilling Safety with Roles and Responsibilities
- Offshore drilling rig personnel
- Offshore safety and safe working practices
- Responsibility of the rig’s stability
- Maintenance of offshore FSPOS and drilling rigs
- Drilling rig – crane and subsea maintenance schedules
- Helicopter equipment (fire prevention and refuelling) and heli-deck operations
- Hazardous areas
- Offshore production personnel
- Cargo control operational overview
- Offshore crane types and operational overview
Semi-Submersible/DrillShip/Jack-up Transit Operations
- Semi-submersible/drillship moving operations
- FPSO transit and mooring
- Dynamic Positioning (DP) operations overview
- Propulsion systems and controls
- Ballast/de-ballasting operations overview
- Watertight integrity (column and cross bracing structures and safety equipment)
Marine Drilling Systems and Equipment with an Operational Overview
- Drilling structure and terminology
- Mud and bulk process system – operations and equipment
- Blowout preventer and associated equipment
- The choke and kill manifold & mud gas separator description
- BOP regulations and testing
- Blowout kicks and well control
- Drilling equipment
- Wireline, well testing, cementing, workovers and coil tubing activities overview
- Tensioner and compensators for semisubmersible/drillship