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Your complete guide to a successful career in Oil & Gas, available at $54.99, has an average rating of 4.45, with 195 lectures, 1 quizzes, based on 403 reviews, and has 2489 subscribers.

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You will learn about COURSE #1 : Gain a broad perspective of the global oil and gas industry and understand the role of oil in our life COURSE #1 : Discover the history of the oil industry from its earliest development at the end of the 19th century to the current situation COURSE #1 : Interpret the evolution of the factors affecting the energy supply and demand (crude prices, technology, reserves, geopolitics, geography, environment…) COURSE #1 : Identify the actors of the energy scene and their strategic guidelines (producer and consumer countries, national, independent and international oil companies, international organizations (OPEC, IEA…)) COURSE #1 : Describe the different types of energy resources (conventional, unconventional, renewable & fossil) COURSE #1 : Understand and appreciate the future energy challenges in terms of production and demand COURSE #2 : Grasp the main characteristics of petroleum products and their relevance for end-users COURSE #2 : List the key properties for automotive fuels (now and in the future) COURSE #2 : Identify recent changes and future trends for the petroleum products’ specifications, markets and demand COURSE #2 : Identify the main trends of fuel evolution due to: new regulations and/or new motor technologies COURSE #2 : Understand how the main properties of each petroleum products are measured, checked and controlled using standard quality control tests COURSE #2 : Understand the tests significance and accuracy of the methods COURSE #3 : Review the different oil trading markets by type of transaction COURSE #3 : Summarize the operation of the physical and financial oil markets COURSE #3 : Review the different types of contracts: long term, spot and forward COURSE #3 : Understand how crude oil and petroleum products are traded COURSE #3 : Understand the pricing mechanism of crude oil and petroleum products COURSE #3 : Analyze the parameters which influence prices of crude oil and prices of petroleum products COURSE #3 : Review the different exchanges and their organization: the cases of NYMEX and ICE COURSE #3 : Comprehend hedging techniques available for protection against fluctuations in prices COURSE #3 : Understand the principle of financial derivative products like Swaps and Options COURSE #4 : Gain a broad perspective of the global oil and gas business : supply and transportation COURSE #4 : Understand logistics and supply principles and practices COURSE #4 : Use Worldscale reference to charter a ship and to calculate the profitability COURSE #4 : Understand how the commercial petroleum products (gasoline, diesel, fuel) are dispatched from the refineries to the market COURSE #5 : Comprehend the basic differences between exploration, refining and petrochemicals COURSE #5 : Understand the basics of the various refining processes COURSE #5 : Learn what crudes are made of and understand the chemical properties of their hydrocarbon components like paraffins, naphthenes, aromatics… COURSE #5 : Learn how the major refining processes work and interact with each other (distillation, isomerization, alkylation, catalytic reforming, hydrotreater, sulfur plant, fluid catalytic cracking, hydrocracking, delayed coking, asphalt/lube plant…) COURSE #5 : Understand how the main petroleum products are made (LPG, gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel, heating oil, heavy fuel, asphalts, lubricants…) COURSE #5 : Appreciate that aromatics are important to the petrochemical industry even though refineries are trying to minimize these in gasoline due to their toxic properties COURSE #5 : Appreciate that olefinic and aromatic petrochemical precursors are specialty chemicals produced by the refining processes COURSE #6 : Comprehend the basic differences between petroleum refining and petrochemicals COURSE #6 : Review the interactions with refining (objectives, advantages, flow and services exchanges…) COURSE #6 : Situate the petrochemical industry in its energy and geographic environment COURSE #6 : Explain the different steps of the petrochemical industry COURSE #6 : Understand the operating principles of the steam cracking process COURSE #6 : Know the origin and uses of the main olefinic and aromatic intermediates COURSE #6 : Know the main markets for olefins, C4 cuts and aromatics COURSE #6 : Know the opening on the petrochemistry of the main plastics COURSE #6 : Know the outlets and main industrial uses of olefinics, diolefinics and aromatics hydrocarbons This course is ideal for individuals who are Students in chemical engineering, refining, petrochemicals, economics, logistics… or Professionals with an interest in increasing their understanding of the oil & gas industry or Newly-hired refinery or petrochemical plant personnel and current semi-technical personnel who require further training or Engineers (chemical, petrochemical, petroleum, process…) or Oil & Gas operators and technicians or Support personnel of an oil company including maintenance, logistics, supply chain, sales, marketing, quality… or Energy industry journalists and reporters or Business men and financiers or Traders or Brokers It is particularly useful for Students in chemical engineering, refining, petrochemicals, economics, logistics… or Professionals with an interest in increasing their understanding of the oil & gas industry or Newly-hired refinery or petrochemical plant personnel and current semi-technical personnel who require further training or Engineers (chemical, petrochemical, petroleum, process…) or Oil & Gas operators and technicians or Support personnel of an oil company including maintenance, logistics, supply chain, sales, marketing, quality… or Energy industry journalists and reporters or Business men and financiers or Traders or Brokers.

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Title: Your complete guide to a successful career in Oil & Gas

Price: $54.99

Average Rating: 4.45

Number of Lectures: 195

Number of Quizzes: 1

Number of Published Lectures: 195

Number of Published Quizzes: 1

Number of Curriculum Items: 196

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 196

Original Price: €219.99

Quality Status: approved

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What You Will Learn

  • COURSE #1 : Gain a broad perspective of the global oil and gas industry and understand the role of oil in our life
  • COURSE #1 : Discover the history of the oil industry from its earliest development at the end of the 19th century to the current situation
  • COURSE #1 : Interpret the evolution of the factors affecting the energy supply and demand (crude prices, technology, reserves, geopolitics, geography, environment…)
  • COURSE #1 : Identify the actors of the energy scene and their strategic guidelines (producer and consumer countries, national, independent and international oil companies, international organizations (OPEC, IEA…))
  • COURSE #1 : Describe the different types of energy resources (conventional, unconventional, renewable & fossil)
  • COURSE #1 : Understand and appreciate the future energy challenges in terms of production and demand
  • COURSE #2 : Grasp the main characteristics of petroleum products and their relevance for end-users
  • COURSE #2 : List the key properties for automotive fuels (now and in the future)
  • COURSE #2 : Identify recent changes and future trends for the petroleum products’ specifications, markets and demand
  • COURSE #2 : Identify the main trends of fuel evolution due to: new regulations and/or new motor technologies
  • COURSE #2 : Understand how the main properties of each petroleum products are measured, checked and controlled using standard quality control tests
  • COURSE #2 : Understand the tests significance and accuracy of the methods
  • COURSE #3 : Review the different oil trading markets by type of transaction
  • COURSE #3 : Summarize the operation of the physical and financial oil markets
  • COURSE #3 : Review the different types of contracts: long term, spot and forward
  • COURSE #3 : Understand how crude oil and petroleum products are traded
  • COURSE #3 : Understand the pricing mechanism of crude oil and petroleum products
  • COURSE #3 : Analyze the parameters which influence prices of crude oil and prices of petroleum products
  • COURSE #3 : Review the different exchanges and their organization: the cases of NYMEX and ICE
  • COURSE #3 : Comprehend hedging techniques available for protection against fluctuations in prices
  • COURSE #3 : Understand the principle of financial derivative products like Swaps and Options
  • COURSE #4 : Gain a broad perspective of the global oil and gas business : supply and transportation
  • COURSE #4 : Understand logistics and supply principles and practices
  • COURSE #4 : Use Worldscale reference to charter a ship and to calculate the profitability
  • COURSE #4 : Understand how the commercial petroleum products (gasoline, diesel, fuel) are dispatched from the refineries to the market
  • COURSE #5 : Comprehend the basic differences between exploration, refining and petrochemicals
  • COURSE #5 : Understand the basics of the various refining processes
  • COURSE #5 : Learn what crudes are made of and understand the chemical properties of their hydrocarbon components like paraffins, naphthenes, aromatics…
  • COURSE #5 : Learn how the major refining processes work and interact with each other (distillation, isomerization, alkylation, catalytic reforming, hydrotreater, sulfur plant, fluid catalytic cracking, hydrocracking, delayed coking, asphalt/lube plant…)
  • COURSE #5 : Understand how the main petroleum products are made (LPG, gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel, heating oil, heavy fuel, asphalts, lubricants…)
  • COURSE #5 : Appreciate that aromatics are important to the petrochemical industry even though refineries are trying to minimize these in gasoline due to their toxic properties
  • COURSE #5 : Appreciate that olefinic and aromatic petrochemical precursors are specialty chemicals produced by the refining processes
  • COURSE #6 : Comprehend the basic differences between petroleum refining and petrochemicals
  • COURSE #6 : Review the interactions with refining (objectives, advantages, flow and services exchanges…)
  • COURSE #6 : Situate the petrochemical industry in its energy and geographic environment
  • COURSE #6 : Explain the different steps of the petrochemical industry
  • COURSE #6 : Understand the operating principles of the steam cracking process
  • COURSE #6 : Know the origin and uses of the main olefinic and aromatic intermediates
  • COURSE #6 : Know the main markets for olefins, C4 cuts and aromatics
  • COURSE #6 : Know the opening on the petrochemistry of the main plastics
  • COURSE #6 : Know the outlets and main industrial uses of olefinics, diolefinics and aromatics hydrocarbons

Who Should Attend

  • Students in chemical engineering, refining, petrochemicals, economics, logistics…
  • Professionals with an interest in increasing their understanding of the oil & gas industry
  • Newly-hired refinery or petrochemical plant personnel and current semi-technical personnel who require further training
  • Engineers (chemical, petrochemical, petroleum, process…)
  • Oil & Gas operators and technicians
  • Support personnel of an oil company including maintenance, logistics, supply chain, sales, marketing, quality…
  • Energy industry journalists and reporters
  • Business men and financiers
  • Traders
  • Brokers

Target Audiences

  • Students in chemical engineering, refining, petrochemicals, economics, logistics…
  • Professionals with an interest in increasing their understanding of the oil & gas industry
  • Newly-hired refinery or petrochemical plant personnel and current semi-technical personnel who require further training
  • Engineers (chemical, petrochemical, petroleum, process…)
  • Oil & Gas operators and technicians
  • Support personnel of an oil company including maintenance, logistics, supply chain, sales, marketing, quality…
  • Energy industry journalists and reporters
  • Business men and financiers
  • Traders
  • Brokers

June 24 course update:

We have added new video lectures. In addition, new quizzes are being added to help you test your knowledge and emphasize the key learning points. The quiz will include:

  • True/False questions

  • Multi-choice questions

  • Images, cross-sectionnal views

  • Solved problems

  • and much more…

When you think you’ve got a good grasp on a topic within the course, you can test your knowledge by taking the quiz. If you pass, wonderful ! If not, you can review the videos and notes again or ask us for help in the Q&A section.

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Dear student,

Welcome to this online course on Oil & Gas.

This course is designed to give you a complete understanding of the Oil & Gas industry for a successful career.

The course uses up-to-date global statics and is organized into 6 parts :

>> PART 1 : OVERVIEW OF THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY

This first part will :

  • Outline the main characteristics of the petroleum industry

  • Review the major events of its history and the associated geopolitics

  • Analyse the place of oil among all energy sources and forecasts future prospects for oil production and demand

  • Outline the roles of the main players within the petroleum industry :

    • Consumer countries (USA, China, Europe…)

    • Major companies (ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, BP, Total…)

    • Producing countries (OPEC and non-OPEC)

  • Provide a quick review of the scale of investments and profitability in the oil industry

>> PART 2 : PETROLEUM PRODUCTS : PROPERTIES, SPECIFICATIONS, MARKETS AND DEMAND

This second part will :

  • Outline the main characteristics and properties of petroleum products (LPG, gasoline, diesel, kerosine, fuel oil…)

  • Review their main specifications and how these specifications evolved over time and for different countries

  • Describe the standard quality control tests performed in refineries and petrochemical plants, highlights the tests significance and the accuracy of the methods

  • Analyse the place of each petroleum product, the associated market trends and forecasts future prospects for production and demand

>> PART 3 : OIL AND GAS : MARKETS, TRADING, PRICING, AND ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK

This third part will :

  • Review the different oil trading markets by type of transaction

  • Summarize the operation of the physical and financial oil markets

  • Review the different types of contracts : long term, spot and forward

  • Outline how crude oil and petroleum products are traded

  • Explain the pricing mechanism of crude oil and petroleum products

  • Analyze the parameters which influence prices of crude oil and prices of petroleum products

  • Review the different exchanges and their organization: the cases of NYMEX and ICE

  • Describe hedging techniques available for protection against fluctuations in prices

  • Outline the principle of financial derivative products like Swaps and Options

>> PART 4 : LOGISTICS OF CRUDE OIL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

This fourth part will :

  • Analyse transport problems, particularly the transport of crude oil

  • Discuss sea and pipeline transport, their associated costs and operational and regulatory framework

  • Outline the different ways of delivering finished petroleum products from a refinery : by water, pipeline, rail or road

  • Describe the different restrictions that apply to product dispatch and their various controls (Quality, Quantity, Customs…)

>> PART 5 : PETROLEUM REFINING DEMYSTIFIED

This fifth part will :

  • Provide a broad technical information on refining processes and petroleum products

  • Enable a rapid immersion in the refining industry

  • Describe the composition and main characteristics of various crude oil (Brent, Arab light, Urals, Forcados, Forties…) and petroleum products (LPG, Gasoline, Gas oil, Fuel oil…)

  • Explain the role of various processing units in a refinery

  • Describe the main manufacturing schemes encountered in petroleum refining

>> PART 6 : OVERVIEW OF THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY : THE STEAM CRACKING PROCESS

This last part will :

  • Provide essential information on petrochemical industry and its integration in the petroleum chain

  • Outline the origin and uses of the main olefinic and aromatic intermediates

  • Explain the different steps of the petrochemical industry

  • Explain in details the Steam Cracking process : its principles, its design and operations

  • Outline the stakes in term of economy and the main parameters which influence the productivity of the petrochemical industry

  • Situate the petrochemical industry in its energy and geographic environment

=> IMPORTANT NOTES :

The course includes more than 45 downloadable resourcesin pdf format with unlimited access.

These documents contain everything you need to know about the Oil and Gas industry (Global trends, crude oil characteristics and properties, petroleum products properties and specifications, refining and petrochemical process schemes, layouts and much more…)

To download the files :

1. Go to the “course curriculum” page

2. Expand all the sections to have access to all the pdf files

3. Click on any file to open it. You can save it to view it later offline

So with no further ado, check out the free preview videos and the curriculum and we look forward to see you in the first section.

Also remember, as enrolled student you will have unlimited access to this material and one-on-one instructor support. So feel free to interact with us by email or simply ask us for help in the Q&A section. It will be our pleasure to help you and provide assistance.

Hope to see you there

Cheers,

WR Training

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Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: ABOUT THIS COURSE BUNDLE

Lecture 1: Overall introduction

Chapter 2: COURSE #1 : ABOUT THE COURSE

Lecture 1: Introduction

Chapter 3: COURSE #1 : OIL IN OUR ECONOMIC LIFE

Lecture 1: Oil in our economic life : Introduction

Lecture 2: The role of oil in our economic life

Chapter 4: COURSE #1 : THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OIL INDUSTRY

Lecture 1: Centers of production and demand

Lecture 2: Exploration risks

Lecture 3: The importance of capital investment

Lecture 4: Associations between companies

Lecture 5: The concentration of production

Chapter 5: COURSE #1 : A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE OIL INDUSTRY AND PETROLEUM REFINING

Lecture 1: The beginnings of the oil industry

Lecture 2: The Rockefeller era

Lecture 3: The development of the oil industry

Lecture 4: The world oil order before 1960

Lecture 5: The formation of the OPEC and the 2 oil shocks

Lecture 6: The consequences of the 2 oil shocks

Lecture 7: The 1986 oil counter shock

Lecture 8: The Gulf Crisis

Lecture 9: The current situation

Chapter 6: COURSE #1 : ENERGY, OIL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Lecture 1: Energy equivalence

Lecture 2: The world energy balance

Lecture 3: Regional energy balances

Lecture 4: Energy consumption and wealth

Lecture 5: Energy consumption and price

Chapter 7: COURSE #1 : ENERGY CONSUMPTION FORECAST

Lecture 1: Energy consumption forecast

Chapter 8: COURSE #1 : ENERGY RESOURCES

Lecture 1: Energy resources

Chapter 9: COURSE #1 : PRODUCTION OF OIL AND GAS

Lecture 1: The historical development

Lecture 2: The current position

Lecture 3: Future prospects

Lecture 4: The production of natural gas

Chapter 10: COURSE #1 : THE PLAYERS OF THE OIL SCENE

Lecture 1: The consuming countries

Lecture 2: OPEC

Lecture 3: The major oil companies

Chapter 11: COURSE #1 : INVESTMENTS

Lecture 1: Facts and figures

Chapter 12: COURSE #1 : PROFITABILITY

Lecture 1: Facts and figures

Chapter 13: COURSE #1 : CONCLUSION OF PART 1

Lecture 1: Conclusion of part 1

Chapter 14: COURSE #2 : ABOUT THE COURSE

Lecture 1: Introduction

Chapter 15: COURSE #2 : PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

Lecture 1: Many products, many applications

Lecture 2: Various classifications

Lecture 3: Specifications

Chapter 16: COURSE #2 : THE DEMAND FOR OIL PRODUCTS

Lecture 1: Current consumptions

Lecture 2: How consumption changed – Overview

Lecture 3: How consumption changed by market sector

Lecture 4: How consumption changed – Automotive fuels

Lecture 5: Demand for automotive fuels

Lecture 6: The automotive vehicle fleet

Lecture 7: Gasoline or Gas Oil ?

Lecture 8: Future demand for gasoline and gas oil

Lecture 9: Consumption of automotive fuels – Income and price

Chapter 17: COURSE #2 : GASOLINE

Lecture 1: Octane number

Lecture 2: Vapor pressure

Lecture 3: Relative density

Lecture 4: Various gasoline grades with # octane numbers

Lecture 5: Unleaded gasoline

Lecture 6: US oxygenated and reformulated gasolines

Lecture 7: Europe : The Auto Oil Programme

Chapter 18: COURSE #2 : GAS OIL

Lecture 1: Main characteristics

Lecture 2: Auto-ignition and Cetane Index

Lecture 3: Cold temperature performance

Lecture 4: Sulfur content

Lecture 5: Appearance

Chapter 19: COURSE #2 : HEATING GAS OIL

Lecture 1: Generalities

Lecture 2: The market for heating gas oil

Lecture 3: Specifications

Chapter 20: COURSE #2 : HEAVY FUEL OIL

Lecture 1: Generalities

Lecture 2: Heavy fuel oil consumption

Lecture 3: Specifications

Chapter 21: COURSE #2 : LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS – LPG

Lecture 1: Generalities

Lecture 2: LPG production

Lecture 3: The market for LPG

Chapter 22: COURSE #2 : NAPHTHA AND PETROCHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS

Lecture 1: Naphtha and petrochemical feedstock

Chapter 23: COURSE #2 : JET FUEL

Lecture 1: Generalities

Lecture 2: The market for jet fuel

Lecture 3: Specifications

Chapter 24: COURSE #2 : LUBRICATING OIL

Lecture 1: The market for lubricating oil

Lecture 2: Some technical aspects

Chapter 25: COURSE #2 : BITUMEN / ASPHALTS

Instructors

  • WR Training
    WR Training
    Petroleum Petrochemical & Chemical Engineering

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  • 3 stars: 54 votes
  • 4 stars: 140 votes
  • 5 stars: 188 votes

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