Training Details
Get ahead in the decommissioning challenge, learning from experts in Europe’s energy capital who are recognised for quality teaching and cutting-edge research within the global oil and gas industry.
As a practising or graduate engineer, you’ll gain career-advancing skills in the topical decommissioning field. This flexible course is designed for anyone in the offshore business who wants to know more about the hardware and technology we tackle as part of the decommissioning process.
The course is a core part of our MSc in Subsea Engineering and our unique MSc in Decommissioning, giving you access to a focused section of these Masters degrees online, wherever you are in the world.
What will I study?
Decommissioning oil and gas installations on the UK continental shelf alone is a market estimated to be worth between £40-100 billion over the next 40 years. Far from being an ‘end’, we at Aberdeen view this as the opportunity to develop tools, technology and skills that can be applied in other offshore basins around the world.
This short course will equip you with a thorough overview of offshore and subsea oil and gas production systems, and an appreciation of the infrastructure and facilities that need to be removed when the time arrives for decommissioning.
You’ll be introduced to various aspects of offshore structures and subsea systems, including field architecture, subsea hardware and subsea pipelines, and how such systems are maintained and monitored.
You’ll consider the technical and engineering challenges related to oil and gas production in subsea fields around the world, as they relate to end-of-life operations and decommissioning.
The course will guide you through the following areas:
- equipment and technology employed underwater, including trees, valves and connectors
- application and architecture on the seabed, including how hardware has been installed
- subsea intervention technologies
- enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
- risk and liability
- standards and operating codes, good practice, and legislation pertaining to this area
- a look forward at emerging technologies and the decommissioning challenge.
Course Content
Subsea production systems and offshore infrastructure combine to facilitate oil and gas production from subsea reservoirs.
Components of subsea production systems, including their basic function, size and composition, and make hardware selection decisions.
Project process, safety considerations and the key project stages in a subsea development.
Challenges and activities for subsea operations, subsea decommissioning, and subsea field life extension.
Evaluate how subsea and offshore infrastructure is maintained, supported, monitored, and decommissioned using vessels and ROVs.
By the end of this course, you will be able to…
Analyse how subsea production systems and offshore infrastructure combine to facilitate oil and gas production from subsea reservoirs.
Evaluate the components of subsea production systems, including their basic function, size and composition, and make hardware selection decisions.
Analyse the project process, safety considerations and the key project stages in a subsea development.
Analyse the challenges and activities for subsea operations, subsea decommissioning, and subsea field life extension.
Evaluate how subsea and offshore infrastructure is maintained, supported, monitored, and decommissioned using vessels and ROVs.
Contact Information
Aberdeen
Aberdeen City
AB24 3FX
United Kingdom
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