When something goes wrong on an oil or gas site, the difference between a contained incident and a major disaster often comes down to how prepared the response team is. This course is built around exactly that: the decisions, skills and experience needed to handle emergencies as they arise during oil and gas production.

It's offered by the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy for anyone who wants to understand how the oil and gas industry works end-to-end — from exploration, extraction and refining through to transportation (typically via tankers or pipelines) and the marketing of the resulting products. Crude oil in particular feeds a huge range of downstream goods, from fuel and pharmaceuticals to solvents, fertilisers, pesticides and plastics.

The sector is generally split into upstream, midstream and downstream operations, with midstream usually grouped alongside downstream activity. Given how central oil and gas remain to global energy production and modern industry as a whole, ensuring these resources are extracted safely — and that any emergency is managed effectively — carries real weight for economies worldwide.

What Participants Gain From This Course:

• Practical experience in oil field operations and the stages of oil extraction.
• The know-how to bring emergency situations under control.
• The ability to lead teams specialised in managing emergencies.
• An understanding of why the oil and gas industry matters to the wider economy.
• Skills in evaluating information about the work environment to flag hazardous tasks and conditions.

Who Should Attend:

• Directors and owners of oil facilities.
• Staff in emergency departments and oil field workers.
• Petroleum facility security and environmental control staff.
• Accounting department directors and staff at oil, gas and petrochemical institutions.

Module 1: The Oil and Gas Industry at a Glance

• The industry's importance to communities and economies.
• Methods of extracting oil and gas.

Module 2: Keeping Production Running Through Emergencies

• Maintaining oil production by controlling emergency situations as they arise.
• Causes of oil contamination and the sources of oil leaks, illustrated with real accident examples.

Module 3: Protection Methods That Work

• The potentials and foundations behind successful protection approaches.

Module 4: Occupational Health, Safety and Risk Systems

• Building and developing the quality of occupational health and safety management systems.
• Establishing joint arrangements for occupational health and safety management.
• Creating and developing risk identification, assessment and control procedures.
• Evaluating and analysing the work environment for risk assessment.

Module 5: Cost and Financial Management in Oil Operations

• Listing and preparing financial statements for costs in oil facilities and extraction work.
• Accounting skills for the cost of petroleum stock held in deposits.
• Advanced skills for preparing and drafting refinery costs.
• Creative approaches to reducing the overall cost of extraction and petroleum derivatives.

A mini-master's track in emergency control in the oil and gas industry is also available — contact the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy's team for more details.

Where and When the Course Is Held:

Sessions take place in Egypt, Jordan, Malaysia, Turkey, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Austria and Denmark, as well as Australia and the United States, at a time and place that fits your schedule.

Delivery Formats:

• Group training.
• Individual training.
• Field and practical training at oil and gas fields.
• Theoretical training in the training hall.

What You Receive:

On completion, participants receive a certificate accredited by the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy confirming their attendance of this course.