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Anatomy of the Petroleum Industry

Course Topics

This special course provides a comprehensive overview of the fascinating, complex oil industry. You'll learn about oil from its formation to its ultimate use, and everything in between, such as:

Description of the Petroleum Industry - What is it?

Upstream / Downstream / Midstream

Processing/Handling of Natural Gas /
Propane / Butanes

History of the Petroleum Industry - Titusville until Today

Marketing/Pricing of Crude Oil / OPEC / NYCE, etc.

How Oil is Formed - Where it Comes From -
How it Affects Us

Industry Organizations - API / EI / ISO / ASTM / Others

Finding Oil - Onshore / Offshore Formation Types /
Oil Reserves / How Much Do We Have?

Pricing of Gasoline

Accounting of Oil / Products

How Oil is Produced - Onshore / Offshore
How Much Do We Use? / How Much Do We Need?

Regulatory / Environmental Issues /
Drill or Not to Drill?

Global Warming and the Oil Industry

Treatment of Oil for Sale / Shipment

Terrorism and the Oil Industry

Storage of Oil: Terminals / Tanks / Transshipment

Future of the Oil Industry - Bio Fuels -
Right or Wrong?
Estimated Reserves Left /
Growth in LNG Usage /Gas to Liquids?
Is the Petroleum Age Over?

Transportation of Oil: Ships-Barges-Pipeline-Truck-Rail

Refineries / Refining - How Gasoline is Made
Distillation / Hydro / Cat Cracking / Other

Types of Products Made - Crude Oil

What is next for the Industry?

Program Objective: To raise the participant's level of awareness of what the petroleum industry is and what makes up all its varied components. The course follows a barrel of oil from its origins in the ground to its ultimate consumer use.