An Interactive 5-Day Training Course
Offshore Facilities
Practical engineering guide to platforms and floating systems.
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Duration
5 Days
Price
$ 4,000
Starting From
01 Mar 2027
Offshore Facilities
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Offshore Facilities - SF-OF-PEA27
| Code | Date | Time | Duration | Location | Currency | Early Bird Fee Per Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF-OF-PEA27 | 01 - 05 Mar 2027 | 10 AM CST | 4 Hours Per Day |
Online |
USD |
4000 |
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Offshore Facilities
A complete course on offshore production facilities. It covers fixed and floating platform types and their selection, topsides process design under weight and space constraints, subsea production systems, risers, flowlines and export pipelines, marine and structural aspects, utilities and accommodation, offshore safety and escape philosophy, integrity management, offshore operations and logistics, and decommissioning. The emphasis is on the constraints that make offshore engineering different from onshore.
Description
Offshore facilities do the same job as onshore facilities and are engineered under entirely different rules. Weight is limited because the structure has to carry it and the crane has to lift it. Space is limited because the deck area is finite and expensive. Every person on the facility has to be housed, fed and evacuated. Maintenance depends on weather windows, vessel availability and helicopter logistics. Escape and evacuation cannot rely on walking away. A modification that would be routine onshore becomes a project offshore because there is nowhere to put the equipment and no spare weight to hang it on.
This course covers offshore production facilities as a distinct engineering discipline. It works through field development concept selection and the choice between fixed structures, floating systems and subsea tiebacks; fixed platform types and floating production units including semi-submersibles, tension leg platforms, spars and floating production storage and offloading vessels; topsides process design under weight, space and layout constraints; subsea production systems including trees, manifolds, controls and umbilicals; risers, flowlines, pipelines and their installation; marine, structural, station keeping and mooring aspects; utilities, power generation and accommodation; offshore safety philosophy including layout, fire and explosion protection, escape, evacuation and rescue; integrity management in a marine environment; offshore operations, logistics and simultaneous operations; and decommissioning and removal.
Offshore development exists because a large share of remaining hydrocarbon volume lies under water. Getting it out requires putting a processing facility, or at least a wellhead and flow path, in an environment that is hostile to steel, to equipment and to people. Waves, wind, current, salt, marine growth and, in some regions, ice all act continuously on the structure. Everything installed there had to be transported and lifted into place, and everything that fails there has to be repaired or replaced by the same route.
These constraints drive the engineering. Weight limits force compact process design, which reduces residence time margins and makes separation harder. Space limits force equipment to be stacked in modules, which complicates layout, access and hazard segregation. The presence of accommodation on the same structure as hydrocarbon processing creates a safety problem with no onshore equivalent, and dominates layout, blast protection and escape route design. Water depth determines whether a structure can stand on the seabed at all, and beyond a certain depth the entire concept changes from a fixed platform to a floating unit held in position by moorings or thrusters, with risers that must accommodate vessel motion.
Subsea development changes the picture again. Placing the wells on the seabed and flowing them back to a host facility removes the need for a structure over each location but transfers the burden to flow assurance, control systems and intervention. A subsea tieback can be the cheapest development available or an unrecoverable liability, depending on whether the fluid can be kept flowing through a long cold flowline and whether the wells can be intervened when they need it. This course develops the judgement required to work across these choices.
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Compare offshore development concepts and select between fixed, floating and subsea options for a given field
- Describe fixed platform and floating production unit types and the water depth and environment each suits
- Apply weight, space and layout constraints to topsides process and equipment arrangement
- Describe subsea production system architecture including trees, manifolds, controls and umbilicals
- Evaluate riser, flowline and export pipeline options and their installation and integrity requirements
- Explain station keeping, mooring and marine systems for floating production units
- Specify offshore utilities, power generation, water systems and accommodation requirements
- Apply offshore safety philosophy to layout, hazard segregation, escape, evacuation and rescue
- Establish integrity management arrangements for structures, pipelines and subsea equipment
- Plan offshore operations, logistics, intervention and eventual decommissioning
The course is delivered as a technical programme organised around the offshore development sequence, from concept selection through design, installation, operation and decommissioning. Each subject is developed through the physical and logistical constraints that shape it, so that the reasons behind offshore practice are clear rather than presented as convention. Case material covers shallow water fixed platforms, deepwater floating developments, long subsea tiebacks and brownfield modification projects, including developments where concept selection or flow assurance decisions proved costly.
Organisations sending participants to this training will:
- Improve offshore concept selection and reduce the risk of committing to an unsuitable development scheme
- Strengthen technical review of offshore designs, modifications and contractor proposals
- Improve offshore facility uptime through better understanding of the operating and logistics constraints
- Reduce integrity and safety exposure on ageing offshore installations
- Plan brownfield modifications realistically against weight, space and access limits
- Prepare the organisation for decommissioning obligations and their cost
Participants will:
- Understand offshore facilities as a complete system rather than as an offshore version of an onshore plant
- Contribute to concept selection, design review and modification planning
- Recognise the weight, space, access and logistics constraints that govern offshore decisions
- Understand subsea architecture and the flow assurance and intervention issues it creates
- Apply offshore safety and integrity principles in design and operational judgement
- Work effectively with marine, structural, subsea and process disciplines
- Process, facilities and production engineers working offshore or supporting offshore assets
- Project and development engineers involved in offshore concept and design work
- Subsea, pipeline and flow assurance engineers
- Offshore installation managers, supervisors and senior operations staff
- Structural, marine and integrity engineers supporting offshore installations
- Petroleum and reservoir engineers working on offshore field development
- Technical managers and decision makers responsible for offshore developments
Module 1 — Offshore Development Concepts and Selection
- Offshore field development drivers and constraints
- Water depth, environment and metocean design conditions
- Concept options: fixed platform, floating unit, subsea tieback and hybrid
- Host selection and existing infrastructure use
- Concept screening, selection criteria and cost drivers
- Phased development and future tieback provision
- Regulatory and certification framework offshore
Module 2 — Fixed Offshore Structures
- Steel jacket structures and their configuration
- Gravity based structures and concrete platforms
- Jack-up units and mobile offshore production units
- Minimum facility, wellhead and unmanned platform concepts
- Structural design loads: environmental, operational and accidental
- Foundations, piling and seabed conditions
- Installation methods, lifting and float-over techniques
- Structural inspection, marine growth and corrosion protection
Module 3 — Floating Production Systems
- Semi-submersible production units
- Tension leg platforms and their tendon systems
- Spar platforms and their configurations
- Floating production storage and offloading vessels
- Ship-shaped versus column-stabilised motion behaviour
- Vessel motions and their effect on process equipment
- Turret and spread mooring arrangements
- Weathervaning, disconnection and extreme weather response
- Conversion versus newbuild considerations
Module 4 — Station Keeping, Marine and Structural Systems
- Mooring system design, chain, wire and synthetic components
- Anchoring types and seabed holding capacity
- Dynamic positioning principles and application
- Ballast, stability and trim management
- Hull structure, tanks and compartmentation
- Marine systems: seawater, bilge, ballast and firewater
- Motion monitoring and mooring integrity management
- Marine operations and vessel interfaces
Module 5 — Topsides Process Design and Layout
Process design under weight and space constraints
Compact separation and its effect on residence time margins
Module design, structural support and lifting considerations
Deck layout, hazard segregation and area classification
Weight control, centre of gravity and weight growth management
Access, maintainability and equipment removal routes
Motion effects on separation, level control and rotating equipment
Future modification provision and spare capacity
Module 6 — Subsea Production Systems
Subsea architecture: satellite wells, clusters and templates
Subsea trees, wellheads and tie-in systems
Manifolds, jumpers and flowline connection arrangements
Subsea control systems, umbilicals and hydraulic supply
Subsea processing: boosting, separation and compression
Power supply and communications to subsea equipment
Installation, tie-in and commissioning offshore
Subsea intervention, workover and repair strategies
Reliability and availability of subsea equipment
Module 7 — Risers, Flowlines and Pipelines
Riser types: rigid, flexible, steel catenary and hybrid
Riser response to vessel motion and fatigue considerations
Flowline design, insulation and burial
Pipeline route selection, survey and seabed stability
Pipeline sizing, wall thickness and design codes
Installation methods: S-lay, J-lay, reel-lay and tow
Pipeline protection, spans, crossings and stabilisation
Pigging, inspection and integrity monitoring
Pipeline commissioning, dewatering and preservation
Module 8 — Offshore Flow Assurance
Cooldown, no-touch time and restart requirements
Hydrate management strategy for long tiebacks
Insulation, active heating and electrically heated systems
Wax and asphaltene management in cold flowlines
Slugging in long tiebacks and risers, and slug mitigation
Chemical injection at subsea locations
Shutdown, restart and preservation procedures
Flow assurance influence on concept selection
Module 9 — Utilities, Power and Accommodation
Power generation: gas turbine, engine and power from shore
Electrical distribution and emergency power
Heating medium, cooling and seawater systems
Water production, potable water and sewage treatment
Instrument air, nitrogen and chemical storage
Accommodation, life support and helideck facilities
Cranes, lifting appliances and material handling
Waste management and environmental discharge control
Module 10 — Offshore Safety, Escape and Emergency Response
Major accident hazards specific to offshore installations
Safety case and formal safety assessment framework
Layout for hazard segregation and blast protection
Fire and gas detection and active and passive fire protection
Emergency shutdown hierarchy and blowdown philosophy
Temporary refuge, escape routes and evacuation systems
Lifeboats, life rafts and rescue arrangements
Emergency response organisation and drills
Simultaneous operations control and permit management
Module 11 — Offshore Operations, Logistics and Integrity
Offshore operating organisation and manning
Logistics: supply vessels, helicopters and weather constraints
Maintenance planning under access and weather limitations
Campaign maintenance and shutdown execution offshore
Structural, riser and pipeline integrity management
Corrosion protection: coatings, anodes and impressed current
Inspection by divers and remotely operated vehicles
Ageing offshore installations and life extension
Brownfield modification execution on live installations
Module 12 — Decommissioning and Removal
Decommissioning drivers, obligations and regulatory requirements
Well plugging and abandonment scope offshore
Facility cleaning, isolation and preparation for removal
Topsides and substructure removal methods
Subsea equipment and pipeline decommissioning options
Disposal, recycling and reuse of materials
Cost estimation, provisioning and schedule for decommissioning
Environmental assessment and post-decommissioning monitoring
Upon successful completion of this training course, delegates will be awarded an official Certificate of Completion issued by the Petroleum Engineers Association (PEA), an ISO 9001:2015 certified training organization. The certificate carries 10 Credits and formally records the total learning hours completed.
Each certificate is signed by the Course Facilitator and the CEO of the Petroleum Engineers Association, and serves as verifiable proof of professional training that delegates can present to employers and professional bodies worldwide.
This course is led by an offshore facilities engineering specialist with more than 20 years in the oil and gas industry, built on the reality that everything changes when the plant floats or stands in open water.
He currently holds offshore facilities engineering leadership responsibility with a major operator managing platform and floating production assets, covering topsides process design, subsea systems and marine integrity — the disciplines that keep offshore facilities safe in a demanding environment. Earlier in his career he served as a facilities engineer on major offshore developments, leading platform and floating system selection studies on some of the industry's most technically challenging offshore projects. Across two decades he has taken several offshore facilities from concept selection through installation into safe, stable operation.
That operating background shapes how he teaches. Delegates learn not only how offshore facilities are designed to work, but how they behave at sea — where topsides layout decisions create operating constraints, why subsea systems and risers demand different thinking than onshore pipelines, what marine and structural factors drive facility selection, how offshore safety and integrity are managed differently, and how engineering and operations teams handle decommissioning together. Every module is anchored in real offshore project data, design trade-offs and lessons from operating platforms.
His subject coverage spans the full offshore facilities chain: platform and floating system selection, topsides process and layout, subsea systems, risers and pipelines, marine and structural considerations, offshore safety and integrity, operations and decommissioning.
He has delivered offshore facilities training for many years across the Middle East, North Sea and Southeast Asia, working with mixed groups of engineers, project teams and technical management at every level of experience. He is an active contributor to industry forums on offshore facilities engineering.
His approach is practical, discussion-led and grounded in real offshore project experience — not the textbook.
Frequently Asked Questions
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