Courses

How does oil travel from a reservoir thousands of metres underground to your car's fuel tank? In this course you will follow the whole oil and gas value chain. Upstream, you will look at seismic surveys, exploration and appraisal wells, field development, production and abandonment. Midstream, you will see how oil and gas pipelines, tankers, terminals and the liquefied natural gas chain work. Downstream, you will step inside a refinery and learn about refined products, distribution and how the pump price is built up. Finally, you will link the Brent price, production costs and government revenues, and understand the industry's cycles through a case study set in a fictional country. With an international perspective, practical examples and interactive activities. The course is delivered in Portuguese.

What you will learn

• Describe the exploration, development, production and abandonment phases of an oil field.
• Explain how oil and gas reach the market through pipelines, ships, terminals and the LNG chain.
• Explain the main refining processes, refined products, distribution and how fuel prices are formed.
• Relate the oil price, production costs, government revenues and the industry's cycles.

Modules

1. Upstream: exploration and production38 min
2. Midstream: transport and storage33 min
3. Downstream: refining and distribution32 min
4. Economics of the value chain32 min

Who it is for

Professionals and candidates for the oil sector, and suppliers