Course Description
This course provides a comprehensive overview of laboratory practices, techniques, and standards used in the petroleum industry. Participants will understand how laboratory results guide exploration, drilling, production, and refining decisions. The course explores lab procedures for PVT analysis, core analysis, water chemistry, gas chromatography, and crude oil quality testing. It includes practical case studies and best practices for managing lab workflows, ensuring QA/QC, and integrating data into field operations.
🟩 Day 1: Introduction to Petroleum Laboratories
08:30 – 09:00 | Registration and Welcome
09:00 – 10:30 | Role of Laboratories in the Oil & Gas Value Chain
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Upstream, midstream, downstream roles
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Exploration, production, and refining needs
10:30 – 10:45 | ☕ Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:00 | Types of Petroleum Laboratories & Layout -
PVT lab, core analysis, environmental, etc.
12:00 – 13:00 | 🍽 Lunch Break
13:00 – 15:00 | Lab Safety, Compliance, and HSE Guidelines
15:00 – 15:15 | ☕ Coffee Break
15:15 – 16:30 | Equipment and Instrumentation Overview
🟧 Day 2: PVT Analysis and Applications
08:30 – 10:30 | Fundamentals of PVT (Pressure-Volume-Temperature)
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Reservoir fluid types
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Sampling and preservation
10:30 – 10:45 | ☕ Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:00 | PVT Tests: CCE, DL, CVD, Separator Tests
12:00 – 13:00 | 🍽 Lunch Break
13:00 – 15:00 | EOS Modeling & Use of PVT Results in Field Development
15:00 – 15:15 | ☕ Coffee Break
15:15 – 16:30 | Case Study: PVT Report Interpretation
🟨 Day 3: Core Analysis and Fluid-Rock Interaction
08:30 – 10:30 | Introduction to Core Sampling & Preservation
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Whole core, sidewall cores
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Contamination control
10:30 – 10:45 | ☕ Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:00 | Routine Core Analysis (RCA): Porosity, Permeability, Grain Density
12:00 – 13:00 | 🍽 Lunch Break
13:00 – 15:00 | Special Core Analysis (SCAL): Wettability, Capillary Pressure
15:00 – 15:15 | ☕ Coffee Break
15:15 – 16:30 | Lab Reports: Integration with Reservoir Models
🟥 Day 4: Crude Oil, Gas, and Produced Water Testing
08:30 – 10:30 | Crude Oil Quality Testing
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API gravity, sulfur content, viscosity, pour point
10:30 – 10:45 | ☕ Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:00 | Gas Analysis & Chromatography -
Hydrocarbon gases, H₂S, CO₂, BTEX
12:00 – 13:00 | 🍽 Lunch Break
13:00 – 15:00 | Water Chemistry & Scaling Analysis -
pH, TDS, ions, SRB detection
15:00 – 15:15 | ☕ Coffee Break
15:15 – 16:30 | Environmental Monitoring and Discharge Parameters
🟦 Day 5: Quality Assurance and Integration with Operations
08:30 – 10:30 | Laboratory QA/QC Programs
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Calibration, blanks, control charts, standards
10:30 – 10:45 | ☕ Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:00 | Lab Data Validation & Certification Standards (ISO/ASTM)
12:00 – 13:00 | 🍽 Lunch Break
13:00 – 15:00 | Lab Data in Operational Decisions -
Field development, production optimization, flow assurance
15:00 – 15:15 | ☕ Coffee Break
15:15 – 16:30 | Final Group Exercise: Interpreting a Full Lab Package -
Team presentations and wrap-up
