Course Description
The Fundamentals of Oil and Gas E&P is a comprehensive course designed for those seeking business advantages through a solid understanding of the industry. It mainly covers the upstream (exploration and production) sector, and touches upon the midstream and downstream sectors as well.
The course provides a structured overview of the integrated oil and gas value chain, making it ideal for professionals who need to understand the technical and commercial foundations of the industry — whether they come from technical, commercial, finance, or support functions.
What you will achieve
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the structure of the oil and gas value chain
- Understand the fundamentals of petroleum geology and exploration
- Describe drilling and well construction processes
- Explain reservoir and production engineering fundamentals
- Understand surface facilities and processing
- Outline midstream transport and downstream refining
- Appreciate the commercial and economic drivers of the industry
How the course is delivered
The course provides a comprehensive overview through expert instruction, illustrated with real industry examples across the value chain. It is structured to build understanding progressively from exploration through to downstream.
The programme balances technical foundations with commercial context, suitable for a mixed audience.
Designed for
This training course is ideal for:
- New entrants to the oil and gas industry
- Commercial, finance, and support staff needing technical grounding
- Engineers from other disciplines entering oil and gas
- Service company personnel
- Anyone seeking a comprehensive overview of oil and gas E&P
Daily programme
- Structure of the oil and gas value chain
- Petroleum geology fundamentals
- Exploration methods and techniques
- Reserves and resources
- Drilling fundamentals
- Well construction and completion
- Drilling operations and equipment
- Well integrity basics
- Reservoir engineering fundamentals
- Production engineering
- Artificial lift methods
- Enhanced oil recovery
- Surface production facilities
- Oil and gas processing
- Separation and treatment
- Metering and export
- Midstream transport and storage
- Downstream refining overview
- Commercial and economic drivers
- Course review
Certification & accreditation
BII Certificate of Completion
BII Certificate of Completion Upon successful completion, participants receive a BII Development Institute Certificate of Completion with a unique reference code that is independently verifiable. Our certificates are recognised internationally and reflect successful completion of your chosen programme.
