Certificate in Subsea Engineering: Study The All-Encompassing Subsea Engineering Distance Learning Course

Certificate in Subsea Engineering
Study the all-encompassing subsea engineering

distance learning course
Starts 21 November 2018 | Delivered over 12 weeks by tutored distance learning
Fees : £1599 / US $2160 + VAT if applicable. 10% discount for early enrolment
1
Introduction to Subsea Production
On successfully completing this module you will have an understanding of:
The background factors that led to the development of offshore production systems
How and where oil and gas can form in the Earth and how it is located
The importance of the geological information to predict how oil will flow
How a well is drilled
Different types of oil flow
The factors that will make oil flow from the source to the production facility
Flow assurance issues, which must be correctly assessed for each development
Introduction to offshore production

Background to offshore production systems
Global oil and gas reserves and fields
Introduction to offshore exploration and drilling
Introduction to subsea engineering
Building blocks
SPS (Subsea Production Systems) and URF (Umbilicals, Risers and Flowlines
Other elements
Systems design
Types of subsea completions
Extensions to existing platforms
Tie-backs to existing production hosts
Production systems for floating hosts: FPSOs (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading systems) and FPVs (Floating
Production Vessels)
Well to beach developments (gas fields)
Flow assurance for subsea production systems
Hydraulics
Wax
Hydrates
2
Wellheads, Xmas Trees and Manifolds
On successfully completing this module you will have an understanding of:
The functions of the following:

Subsea wellhead
Tubing hanger system
Subsea Xmas trees
The subsea systems interface
The drilling template and manifolded systems
Well clusters.
A comparison between the dual-bore tree, horizontal (“spool”) tree and the advantages of the electric tree.
Design issues involved in the choice of a template or manifolded system.
The effect of the IMR (inspection, maintenance and repair) philosophy on the well design.
The factors that affect oil flow and design requirements to maintain flow.
Wellheads
Drilling subsea wells
Wellheads as part of drilling and production operations
Blowout preventers
Design and functions
Installation
Examples
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Xmas trees
Types of trees
Dual bore vertical trees and spool/horizontal trees
Design and function
Suppliers
Installation
New developments (drill through and all electric trees)
Examples
Manifolds
Templates
Types of manifolds (wells clustered around manifold or template manifold)
Installation
Examples
3
Piplines, Flowlines and Risers
On completing this module you will have an understanding of:
The issues affecting the routeing of pipelines and flowlines

How pipelines are connected
The reasons why pipelines are set in trenches
The purpose of riser systems and why they are of key importance to platform safety
The five basic configurations of dynamic flexible risers and the reasons where and why they might be used
Pipelines and flowlines

Route survey
Pipe selection of materials and coatings
Installation methods
Operations
Examples
Risers
Requirements and functions
Flexible dynamic risers
Design
Operation and use
Manufacture
Current developments
Hybrid riser towers
Steel catenary risers
Examples
4
Control Systems, Umbilicals and Equipment Costs
Learning Outcomes

The functions and range of the subsea production control system
The costs involved in the subsea production control system, both CAPEX and OPEX
Life cycle cost analysis
Subsea production control systems

Types
Electro-hydraulic multiplex control systems
Equipment and suppliers
Operations
Installations
Examples
Drilling control systems
Umbilicals
Functions
Design and manufacture
Installation
Examples
Costs of subsea equipment
5
Underwater Operations, Subsea Maintenance and New Technologies
The importance of planning for inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) in the design, construction, installation and operational
phases of an offshore field development.
The place of divers and ROVs in IMR and their limitations.
The difference between a well intervention and a well workover, the reasons for each activity and the complexity of such activities.
The need for artificial lift and the main ways that this can be accomplished.
Subsea equipment reliability, requirements and operability

Inspection, maintenance and repair
Shallow water – diver operations
Deepwater diverless interventions
Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs)
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)
Subsea well workover
New technologies
Subsea pumping
Subsea processing
Requirements
Systems and examples
6
Subsea Reliability, Decommissioning Activities and Subsea Field Development Examples and Case Studies
The definition and importance of reliability in subsea engineering.

The definition and causes of failure.
The concept and importance of reliability management.
The importance and complexity of interface communication.
The environmental and cost issues involved in decommissioning
Subsea completions - interfaces with other functions

Drilling and well completions
Production hosts
Government authorities
Examples of fields developed with subsea completions
Increased production to existing production host
North Sea fields
Tie back to production host
Gulf of Mexico fields
Norwegian fields
Subsea production to floating host
North Sea fields
Angolan fields
Australian fields
Brazilian fields
Gas fields – deepwater production to shallow water host
MCE (Gulf of Mexico)
Malampaya field (Philippines)
Gas fields – well to beach
Orman Lange field (Norway)
West Delta Deep (Egypt)
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Certificate in Subsea Engineering

Study the all-encompassing subsea engineering

Starts 21 November 2018 | Delivered over 12 weeks by tutored distance learning

On successfully completing this module you will have an understanding of:

Introduction to offshore production

On successfully completing this module you will have an understanding of:

The functions of the following:

+44 (0)20 7017 4483 www.ibcglobalacademy.com/fse [email protected]

On completing this module you will have an understanding of:

The issues affecting the routeing of pipelines and flowlines

Pipelines and flowlines

On completing this module you will have an understanding of:

Subsea production control systems

On completing this module you will have an understanding of:

Subsea equipment reliability, requirements and operability

On completing this module you will have an understanding of:

The definition and importance of reliability in subsea engineering.

Subsea completions - interfaces with other functions

IN-COMPANY CORPORATE TRAINING

DISTANCE LEARNING, FACE-TO-FACE WORKSHOPS, WEBINARS AND BLENDED DELIVERY

+44 (0)20 7017 4483 www.ibcglobalacademy.com/fse [email protected]

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