Training Courses

The Offshore Energy Center is sponsoring a unique course aboard the Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig & Museum for those associated with the petroleum industry. Participants are offered the unique opportunity to learn from experts with years of drilling industry experience and to examine first hand most of the drilling equipment discussed during the courses. Every type of equipment utilized to explore, develop, and produce oil and gas from the offshore environment is displayed on the rig.

Courses:

Introduction to Drilling & Production Operations

This course is a 7-hour course designed for non-operating industry personnel. Class attendees will learn where oil & gas is located in the earth, and how it is recovered by drilling and producing wells, both on and off shore. Each seminar attendee should leave with knowledge of where and how their job skills and work efforts relate to the overall success of this vast, worldwide energy industry.

Topics:
Geology: A brief discussion of how petroleum is formed and migrates to traps.
Types of Wells: Discovery, delineation and producing
How to Drill Wells: Drilling a hole, setting casing, cementing, logging
SubSea Production: Model study of flow lines & production template
Visit the rig drilling floor, pipe deck, etc.

The Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig & Museum can design classes to fit your company's needs for either a technical or an introduction class. We have conducted classes for insurance brokers, support staff, lawyers, accountants, and members of the media.