The Imperial Corporate Training Institute’s Introduction to Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG) Training Course offers corporate professionals a sound, industry-relevant appreciation of how tubular products influence the operational performance of drilling and production operations. In today’s competitive energy landscape, organisations rely on OCTG infrastructure for structural support, but also as a strategic asset that influences downtime, well integrity, operating costs, and durability in the long term. This course looks at OCTG as a business-centric view–linking the technical specifications to operational decision-making, supply chain requirements, prudent procurement, and risk management.
Attendees will gain a clear, executive-level understanding of OCTG classifications, metallurgy, threading technologies, specifications of manufacturing process, quality vs cost, and deployment. Instead of only facilitating a technical course, this course reveals how OCTG decision-making impacts efficiency, vendor alignment, safety performance, and costs. By the conclusion of this training, professionals will understand tubular spacer and casing goods as a core business driver in upstream operations allowing for increased operational planning, improved supplier negotiations, as well as oversight of strategic field operations.
Objectives
Upon successfully completing this Oil and Gas Training Course, participants will be able to:
- Recognize the tactical importance of OCTG in drilling and production efficiencies.
- Characterize OCTG categories, material classifications, and applications into corporate operational strategy.
- Examine the commercial implications of OCTG tubular options, associated coatings, and connections.
- Study processes involved in manufacturing, including heat treatment and finishing from a supply chain perspective.
- Analyze API and premium standards which relate to supply chain procurement and quality assurance.
- Promote communication between technical, procurement, operations, and project management groups.
- Identify OCTG performance risk, including corrosion, fatigue, and failure modes.
- Facilitate strategies for stocking, warehousing, and vendor management that meet corporation’s spending / cost objectives.
- Facilitate an informed decision making process for contract negotiation and supplier evaluation and tender processes.
- Link decisions made relating to the lifecycle of OCTG to the risk and financial management objectives of the organization.
Target Audience
This course is designed for professionals in the corporate oil and gas environment, including:
- Procurement and Supply Chain Managers
- Drilling and Completion Coordinators
- Well Operations Supervisors
- Project Engineers and Field Engineers
- Asset Integrity and Maintenance Professionals
- Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) Personnel
- Logistics and Warehouse Managers
- Contract and Tendering Specialists
- Business Development Executives in Oilfield Services
- Corporate planning and technical support teams involved in OCTG decision-making