Production Field Operations

Operator Level A: Production Overview

SAIT Polytechnic’s Production Field Operation (PFO)—Level A course (PTOP-250) provides an overview of exploration and discovery, field production, characteristics and hazards, basic instrumentation and basic economics. There are 26 modules covered in this course. Register Now.

Topics Covered:

API Gravity Determination
Basic Economics
Battery Operations Overview
Custody Transfer of Crude Oil
Dehydration – Definitions, Testing
Exploration for Petroleum Deposits
Field Operations – Conventional Separators
Field Operations – Separation Procedures and Equipment
Gas Operations Overview
Glossary of Terms
Hazardous Area Classification
Introduction to Pumps
Introduction to Temperature Measurement

Land Survey Systems
Level Measurement
Occurrence of Petroleum Deposits
Oil Field Operations Overview
Oil Treating – Introduction
Pipeline Pigging
Pressure Measurement
Production Accounting Principles
Production Testing
Quality Control
Standard Valves
Treating of Heavy and Ultraheavy Crude Oils
Wastewater Treatment and Disposal

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This program is accessible in paper-based/correspondence and online/Internet formats.

You can receive SAIT certification upon completion of our four-level program.

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