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Petroleum Geology for Non Geologists
Course Description
The course will cover fundamentals of geological principles employed to find, develop and produce oil and gas reservoirs, the type of data required to build a model of the subsurface, and the different methods used to display information. Furthermore, this course will demystify the language used by geoscientists and help participants understand the relevance of petroleum geology within the overall framework of the upstream oil and gas industry.
    • Petroleum engineers
    • Technical/reservoir engineers
    • Drilling engineers
    • Processing engineers
    • Commercial analysts
    • Decision makers/ investors in oil and gas sector

This interactive Training will be highly interactive, with opportunities
 to advance your opinions and ideas and will include;

    • Lectures
    • Workshop & Work Presentation
    • Case Studies and Practical Exercise
    • Videos and General Discussions

Day 1

    • Overall drilling practices
    • Language of drilling
    • Reservoir rock and fluid properties
    • Rigs & rig equipment
    • Drilling string components & design
    • Bits
    • Fluids & hydraulics 
    • Rig operation
    • MWD

Day 2

    • Well control 
    • Hole problems & stuck pipe
    • Drilling risks
    • Cores and coring
    • Casing design & installation
    • Primary cementing
    • Directional, horizontal, multilateral & under-balanced drilling

Day 3

    • Wellhead & trees
    • Zonal isolation
    • Tubing, packers & completion equipment
    • Safety & flow control devices
    • Open hole completions
    • Basic completion types
    • Perforating

 Day 4

    • Open & cased hole logging 
    • Formation damage & treatment
    • Completion fluids
    • Multiple completions
    • Stimulation application: surfactants, solvents, acidizing, fracturing & deep perforating 
    • Formation & sand control: screens, chemical consolidation, gravel packing, frac-pack, new & novel techniques
    • Scale & corrosion

Day 5

    • Paraffin & asphaltenes 
    • Recompletions
    • Reworks
    • Sidetracking
    • Deepening
    • Coiled tubing

BTS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration

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Course Rounds

5 Days
Code Date Venue Fees Action
GE140-01
2026-03-29
Dammam
USD 5450
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GE140-02
2026-06-01
Istanbul
USD 5950
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GE140-03
2026-08-23
Amman
USD 5450
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GE140-04
2026-11-15
Dubai
USD 5450
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