Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies and exercises where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops. Hydrocarbon represents 63% of the total energy supply in the world. The challenge is to meet world energy demands, whilst minimizing adverse impact on the environment by conforming to current good practice and international regulations. Petroleum operations and petrochemical manufacturing have the potential for a variety of impacts in the environment. These impacts depend upon the stage of the process, the size and complexity of the project or the plant, the nature and sensitivity of the surrounding environment and the effectiveness of planning, pollution prevention, mitigation and control techniques. The major environmental concerns associated with petroleum operations and petrochemical manufacturing are the release of toxic, reactive, flammable or explosive Highly Hazardous Chemicals (HHC) from the process. Other major concerns are oil spills, drilling waste fluids or muds, drilling waste solids, produced water, and volatile organics. Components of these waste streams of particular environmental concern include components from the reservoir like hydrocarbons (aliphatic and aromatic), chemicals, heavy metals and radioactive materials (NORMS), and chemical additives. The petroleum and petrochemical industries have worked for a long time to meet the challenge of providing environmental protection. Much has already been achieved but the industry recognizes that even more can be accomplished. The continued sharing of best practices, and the application of comprehensive management systems by petroleum and petrochemical companies and their contractors and suppliers are essential. This course is designed to provide an overview of the environmental issues in the petroleum and petrochemical industries, and of the best approaches to achieving high environmental performance. Management systems and practices, technologies and procedures that prevent and minimize impact will be described. The ISO 14001 standard will be discussed in addition to other standards. Positive experiences with EMS and opportunities for improvement will be covered. The course will include material on systems and effluents monitoring in terms of both technology and rationale. Upon completion of this course, participants will have gained an understanding of the potential sources for environmental impact, and how these may be controlled and monitored technically and within the framework of ISO 14001 and API Standards.

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TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies:

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable:

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy materials will be issued
Training Methodology	:	80% theory, 20% practical
Training Program	:	4 hours per day, from 09:30 to 13:30