Sustainable Facilities Management in the Oil and Gas Industry

What are the Goals?

By the end of this Sustainable Facilities Management in the Oil and Gas Industry training course, participants will learn to:

• Fully comprehend the lifecycle approach in the sustainability approach
• Efficiently produce, use, and reuse energy on the site
• Understand the options in water conservation and produced water management
• Apply the conservation principles in waste reduction and move to recycling
• Master the metrics for the sustainability approach

Who is this Training Course for?

This Sustainable Facilities Management in the Oil and Gas training course is intended for the practitioners involved in the design, operation, or decommissioning of the facilities in the oil and gas industry. Given the drill-down approach, it is suitable for both higher management and field practitioners.

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Plant managers & other manager levels are interested in sustainability & CSR compliance
• Plant process designers, faced with sustainability requirements
• Plant operators and plant process engineers that need to operate efficiently and environmentally friendly
• Plant operators, subcontractors and other personnel tasked with the waste management and recycling tasks
• Operators and process engineers dealing specifically with water management and produced water on the site

Daily Agenda

Day One: Understanding Sustainability

• What is sustainability and its main elements?
• Main initiatives for sustainability
• Regulatory requirements
• Voluntary initiatives in the oil and gas industry (i.e. API initiatives)
• Short term and long-term benefits
• Environmental, social and economic benefits to be achieved
• CapEx and OpEx examples for sustainability
• Workshop – cost / benefit analysis of sustainability measures on example of O&G facility

Day Two: Ecological and Social Impact within ISO 26000 Framework

• Understanding the ISO 26000 framework and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
• Corporate social responsibility and sustainability
• Main sustainability compliance elements
• Environmental aspects
• Social responsibility and sustainability aspects
• Requirements and criteria
• Identification of the typical operational scenarios and alternatives
• Holistic approach to the sustainability
• GRI metrics and key indicators
• Economical aspects of the sustainability
• Workshop – ISO 26000 (self) assessment

Day Three: ISO 50001 and Energy Efficiency

• Energy, energy sources
• Understanding of the energy utilisation in the process
• Optimisation of the energy production
• Alternatives and green energy sources on and offsite
• Financial life cycle
• Application of the energy efficiency in the facilities – HVAC, cooling, heating, lightning
• Boiler and steam systems
• Heat exchanger, coolers, and fan systems
• Machines – compressors, pumps, electrical motors, gas turbines
• ISO 50002 energy audit methodology
• Environmental, social impact of the energy efficiency measures
• Workshop: energy efficiency auditing in oil and gas industries

Day Four: Sustainable Design, Resource Utilisation, Waste Management

• Understanding the life cycle analysis of a facility
• ISO 14040 series standards, Life Cycle Assessment in oil and gas
• ISO 14000 series, waste management standards, how to implement them in oil and gas
• Practical implementation of the waste management and rational resource utilisation
• Recycling and recycling principles with industrial examples from oil and gas
• Workshop – LCA calculation for one O&G facility

Day Five: Water and Wastewater Treatment in Oil and Gas

• Water sources and water treatment basics
• Water Balance
• Water as a main cooling medium in oil and gas industry
• Water production processes and typical requirements
• Wastewater treatment and facilities
• Use of the produced water & water recycling
• Recycle and reuse issues with the water; fate of the produced water
• Ecological impact of the sustainable water management
• Workshop: Comparison of different cooling water systems in oil and gas
• Final look: Revisiting Day 1 cost benefit analysis
• Course retrospective and closure