Apply recognised integrity and inspection practice to production gathering network design.
Improving the Design of Production Gathering Networks from Multiple Wells
Build a working method for production gathering network design that stands up to scrutiny and survives daily pressure.
📍 Tunis🗓️ 5 training days📚 4 modules🎓 Accredited certificate
5intensive training days
4scientific modules
8training sessions
32detailed points
Course Overview
The energy transition has not removed the need for rigour in production gathering network design; it has added to it. Price volatility does not excuse weak discipline in network design — it punishes it. Where this aspect of energy and hydrocarbon operations is measured, it improves; where it is only discussed, it drifts. The result is the confidence to make and defend decisions about production gathering network design under scrutiny. Buying a tool rarely fixes this part of energy and hydrocarbon operations; the underlying capability has to be built internally first. The programme suits teams tackling network design together as readily as individuals attending alone. The programme is built to be used, and every section of production gathering network design it covers ends in something applicable. Discussion is anchored to worked examples of network design rather than to abstract argument. The programme ends where implementation begins, with the wider energy and hydrocarbon operations agenda broken into steps someone can start on Monday.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Capture and act on lessons from incidents and near misses involving network design.
Assess the technical and commercial risk attaching to production gathering network design across the asset life cycle.
Verify that improvements to network design have held six months after they were introduced.
Apply a repeatable review cycle to production gathering network design and act on what it produces.
Build the internal capability for network design rather than depending on external support indefinitely.
Integrate production gathering network design with the wider process safety management system.
Who Should Attend
Inspection and integrity engineers assessing production gathering network design.
Project and programme managers whose delivery depends on network design.
Environmental and regulatory compliance officers covering production gathering network design.
Contract and procurement staff supporting network design.
Department heads accountable for the results of production gathering network design.
Project engineers delivering capital work involving network design.
Course Modules
Production gathering network design: instrumentation, data and condition monitoring
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Who answers for production gathering network design, and to whom
- Review the instrumentation on production gathering network design for coverage gaps.
- Confirm contractor competence records for anyone working on network design.
- Model the economics of production gathering network design at low, base and high price cases.
- Confirm the inspection interval for network design is based on condition, not habit.
Session 2The environmental exposure created by network design
- Record the technical rationale for the chosen approach to production gathering network design.
- Identify critical spares for network design and confirm lead times.
- Identify the failure modes of production gathering network design with the highest consequence.
- Define acceptance criteria for network design in advance.
Network design: integrity, inspection and condition assessment
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Competence and handover on network design when experienced staff leave
- Prepare the summary of production gathering network design that senior management will read.
- Test the procedure for network design against a realistic scenario.
- Check that management of change is applied to every modification of production gathering network design.
- Review incident and near-miss history involving network design.
Session 2Spares, logistics and single points of failure in network design
- Check that the permit regime covering production gathering network design matches the actual hazard.
- Verify isolation points for network design are proven and documented.
- Set the trigger for a life-extension versus replacement study on production gathering network design.
- Remove steps in network design that add effort without adding assurance.
Network design: technical fundamentals and operating envelope
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Comparing network design with recognised practice
- Assign responsibility for keeping documentation of production gathering network design current.
- Collect evidence on the present handling of network design before proposing changes.
- Confirm that contractual obligations around production gathering network design are understood.
- Set out the decisions in network design that require sign-off and by whom.
Session 2Holding contractors on production gathering network design to the standard you hold yourself
- Establish the alarm philosophy applying to production gathering network design and remove nuisance alarms.
- Confirm that reporting on network design reaches the people who can act.
- Confirm that lessons from production gathering network design are shared beyond the team that learned them.
- Confirm handover documentation for network design is complete and current.
Network design: planning, shutdowns and execution windows
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1What the last incident involving network design should have taught us
- Distinguish symptoms from causes when production gathering network design underperforms.
- Establish what evidence demonstrates network design is under control.
- Check that production gathering network design still works when volumes rise unexpectedly.
- Rehearse the briefing on network design that would follow an incident.
Session 2What has to be agreed before work on network design starts
- Record the rationale for each significant choice made about production gathering network design.
- Identify where judgement in network design is legitimate and where it is not.
- Verify emergency response arrangements cover the scenarios production gathering network design can create.
- Check that records of network design answer the questions likely to be asked.
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USD1,250
- Workshop or Program Participation
- Airport Transfers
- Customized Badge
- Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
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At least 3 people
USD1,850
- 5-night stay in a 5-star hotel
- Workshop or Program Participation
- Airport Transfers
- Customized Badge
- Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
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