Production Field Operations

Operator Level A: Production Overview

SAIT Polytechnic’s Production Field Operation—Level A course provides an overview of exploration and discovery, field production, characteristics and hazards, basic instrumentation and basic economics. Module topics covered in this program include:

Production Field Operations
Glossary of Terms
Land Survey Systems
Oil Field Operations Overview
Battery Operations Overview
Gas Operations Overview
Basic Economics
Production Accounting Principles
Quality Control
Hazardous Area Classification

Subsurface Principles and Equipment
Occurrence of Petroleum Deposits
Exploration for Petroleum Deposits

Surface Principles and Equipment
Level Measurement
Pressure Measurement
Standard Valves
Introduction to Temperature Measurement
Production Testing

Surface Principles – General
Wastewater Treatment and Disposal
Introduction to Pumps
Field Operations – Separation Procedures and Equipment
Field Operations  – Conventional Separators
Pipeline Pigging

Surface Processing – Oil Operations
Oil Treating – Introduction
Treating of Heavy and Ultraheavy Crude Oils
API Gravity Determination
Custody Transfer of Crude Oil

Surface Process – Gas Operations
Dehydration – Definitions, Testin

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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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