COURSE OVERVIEW

Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies and exercises where participants will be engaged in series of interactive small groups and class workshops. 

 

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview oil field microbiology. It covers the groups of microorganisms including bacteria, viruses, fungi, algae and protozoa; the bacterial cell structure, growth curve of bacteria, cultivation of bacteria and factors affecting bacterial growth; the aerobic and anaerobic bacteria including bacterial growth requirements in oil; the microbial ecology of oil reservoirs; and the origin of microorganisms recovered from oil reservoirs.

 

Further, the course will also discuss the isolation of microorganism from oil reservoirs; the culture-independent analysis of microbial communities in oil reservoir; the in-situ hydrocarbon metabolism and the importance of SRB and NRB in oil reservoirs; the SRB and NRB mitigation; monitoring the deleterious microbial activities covering hydrogen sulfide production (souring); and the current souring control approaches, microbial control of souring, microbial induced corrosion (MIC) and MIC management.

 

During this interactive course, participants will learn the biocides and chemical treatment; the bioremediation, alcanivorax borkumensis, and biosurfactactants; the factors governing oil recovery and microbial activities; the products useful for oil recovery; the biogenic acid, solvent and gas production; the biosurfactant and emulsifiers; the exopolymer production and selective microbial plugging; the microbial treatment of paraffin control in crude oil pipelines; the importance of oil sampling methodologies for microbial analysis; and the current and future directions.

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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