N607 Petroleum Engineering for Non-Engineers
N607 Petroleum Engineering for Non-Engineers
This course is designed to provide non-engineering petroleum industry technical professionals with a thorough overview of most key aspects of petroleum engineering technology and its applications. The course addresses engineering issues ranging from initial involvement with explorationists, reserves evaluation and field development, production optimization, and all the aspects of well drilling. The sessions will focus on relevant and practical issues; including real case studies.
This is a four-day course, providing 3.2 CEUs (Continuing Education Credits) or 32 PDHs (Professional Development Hours).
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This course is aimed at oil and gas professionals who interact with petroleum engineers. This would include geoscientists, technical assistants, drilling and operations engineers, finance and accounting staff, land and IT staff, and administrative assistants. The course would also benefit new-hire staff who are not familiar with the industry.
There are no prerequisites for this class.
Related courses include N316 (Petroleum Geology for Non-Geologists) and N422 (Reservoir Engineering for Non-Engineers). For more advanced treatment of many of the topics covered in this course, refer to the RPS Training website.
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Background
Saad Ibrahim has over 35 years of diversified experience in the Petroleum Industry in Western Canada and internationally, including projects in Libya, Yemen, Iran, Kazakhstan, Venezuela, Colombia, and Argentina, with special expertise in reservoir engineering/management with emphasis on field development planning, evaluation of depletion strategies and production optimization of a wide spectrum of oil and gas fields.
Other interests include well test planning and analysis using state of the art commercially-available software; the implementation of secondary and tertiary recovery schemes; and technical and economic evaluations of oil and gas properties for acquisition and divestiture ventures.
For the past 25 years, Mr. Ibrahim has been a worldwide recognized instructor covering a wide range of petroleum engineering topics. He graduated from the University of Alexandria (Egypt) with B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering in 1973, and obtained a post-graduate diploma from the University of Calgary in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering in 1983. Saad is a member of the APEGA, and the SPE.
Affiliations and Accreditation
Post-Graduate Diploma University of Calgary - Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
BSc University of Alexandria - Mechanical Engineering
Member of the APEGGA, SPE and CIM
Courses Taught
N607 - Petroleum Engineering for Non-Engineers (4 Day)
N614 - Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering
N623 - Petroleum Engineering for Non-Engineers (2 Day)
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