Oil & Gas Facilities: Optimising Design & Operations
A facility’s operating cost is mostly decided the day it is designed — optimisation is the art of reopening decisions everyone thought were closed.
Format
Classroom · Virtual
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Between the facility as designed and the facility as it could run sits recoverable margin — throughput, energy, availability. This programme works the recovery systematically: process simulation and surveillance to find the real bottlenecks rather than the reputed ones; debottlenecking options screened by cost and shutdown exposure; energy optimisation across rotating equipment, heat integration and flaring; availability improvement grounded in bad-actor analysis; and for greenfield work, the design decisions — sparing, capacity margins, layout — that operations will live with for thirty years.
What you will do
Who attends
Process, facilities and production engineers; operations supervisors and superintendents; asset managers; project engineers on brownfield modifications.
Programme agenda
Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for
I.Finding the margin
- The facility as it actually runs: data, simulation, mass balance
- Bottlenecks proven, not reputed
- The margin map: throughput, energy, availability — priced
II.Recovering it
- Debottlenecking: options, costs and the shutdown they require
- Energy: rotating equipment, heat integration, flare minimisation
- Availability: bad actors, sparing, the reliability conversation
III.Designing it right
- Greenfield decisions operations inherit: margins, sparing, layout
- Lifecycle cost against capital cost: the argument made properly
- Management of change: optimising without breaking the safety case
Frequently asked
Who should attend the oil and gas facilities optimisation course?
It is aimed at process, facilities and production engineers, operations supervisors and superintendents, asset managers, and project engineers working on brownfield modifications. The programme also serves greenfield teams making the design decisions — sparing, capacity margins, layout — that operations will live with for thirty years.
How does the course find the recoverable margin in a facility?
Systematically. Process simulation and surveillance locate the real bottlenecks rather than the reputed ones; debottlenecking options are screened by cost, gain and shutdown exposure; energy optimisation covers rotating equipment, heat integration and flare minimisation; and availability improvement is grounded in bad-actor analysis rather than exhortation.
Is the programme available in-house and in French?
Yes. BIZENIUS delivers the course in English and French, and an in-house edition can be tailored to your own facility and its data. Sessions run on a rolling calendar with dates confirmed on request; fees and quotations are provided on enquiry.
Who teaches this
Practitioners, not presenters.
Led by engineers and managers who have held operating, maintenance, safety and project accountability in oil and gas, mining and power, and who hold the technical and safety qualifications they teach towards. They bring plant, field and project experience into the room, across the full lifecycle from exploration to closure.
What the bench brings
- Offshore construction, drilling and FPSO safety
- Recognised oil and gas safety certificates
- Permit-to-work, commissioning and turnaround safety
- Incident investigation and fire safety
- Electrical installation design, supervision and maintenance
- Equipment inspection and lifting-equipment safety
Where they have practised
Current and former practitioners — people who hold the seat today alongside those who have held it.
Sectors: Manufacturing & industry · Telecom · Oil & gas
Regions: the Middle East · Europe · Asia
How they teach
- Plant, field and project case studies
- Incident and emergency simulations
- Group exercises on real technical decisions
- Exam-style knowledge checks and quizzes
- A personal action plan
Cohorts are kept small so every exercise is worked on the participants’ own situations — in person or live virtual.
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