Training

Training Facilities PRTI training complex comprises the main four-storey building, the drilling workshop and the hostel. It also has a full scale drilling rig in the central quadrangle, which towers above the surrounding buildings as a prominent landmark in the area. The offices, classrooms, auditorium, library, laboratories and cafeteria are situated on the ground, first and second floors of the main building.

Class Rooms There are four specious class rooms on the first and second floors, each with a seating capacity for thirty students and equipped with a video player and monitor, overhead projector and pull down screen, while board, and flip-paper boards. Equipment for 35-mm slide-tape projection and multimedia projection is also available.

Auditorium The auditorium, situated at the east end of the second floor, has a spacious, raised stage and comfortable terraced seating capacity for 120 people. It is equipped with hi-fi-sound system, a large projection screen and a multimedia projector. Other available provisions are overhead 35-mm slide and 16-mm movie projection systems, together with all necessary training aids. The auditorium is centrally air conditioned. It is ideally suited for seminars and lectures.

PRTI Laboratories Exploration Lab The exploration lab on the ground floor facilitates.

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Illustration during lecture, as well as demonstration or practical work during workshops training in basic exploration skills.

It is fully equipped with modern microscopes and accessories for lithological examination of drill cuttings, slabbed core and rock hand specimen collected from localities across Pakistan.

Practical training in mud logging can be arranged at active drilling sites.

For training in geological survey and mapping techniques the lab is equipped with Stereoscopes, Aerial Photos, Clinometers, Brunton Transits, Abney Levels and all the necessary mapping supplies.

For Geophysical work, PC based educational licenses possessed by PRTI are • The KINGDOM SUIT+ (courtesy of Seismic Micro Technologies, Inc. USA • Integrated Geo System, SeiRA and Oil (Courtesy) of K-ton Inc. USA).

This lab can accommodate 12 participants/trainees.

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Drilling Lab At the cast end of the first floor, a Digitran WS-1000 desk top Drilling Simulator offers World-class Blowout Prevention and Well Control training. It simulates rig floor functions, allowing students to practice the different procedures necessary to control a kicking well. Some typical problems can be designed by the instructor that challenge the operator and reveal his level of experience and competence. The colour graphics system displays surface drilling equipment and their functions and down hole cross-sectional view of the well. Apart from regular well control methods such as Driller, Wait & Weight, Concurrent and Volumetric, several other training applications can be performed including Shut-in Procedures, Loss of Circulation, Leak-off Test, Multiple Kicks, Down Hole Problems, Equipment Failures, Kicks with Pipe Off Bottom, Gas Migration. Equipment failures and abnormal well conditions can occur either by student error or instructor intervention. When defining an exercise, the instructor may include directions to initiate one or more of these situations following a specific event. Software package includes several modules written in “C” programming language and run under VENIX operating system. Production Lab In production training a package of basic courses is available for new inductees like Basic Production Engineering, Surface Facilities, Well Testing, Well Completions, Natural Gas Processing and Instrumentation. Advance courses are also offered in the areas of Flowing Well Performance, Sucker Rod Pumping, Reserves Determination, Hydraulic Jet Pumping, Gas Lift, Fluid Properties, Petroleum Economics, Corrosion Engineering and Material Sciences etc. An excellent production laboratory with practical hands on application facility supplements the class room training. Miscellaneous equipments facilitate experiments in Fluid Mechanics, Flow Measurement, Gauge Calibration, Fluid Properties Determination and Unit Operations.

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Mechanical Lab The objective for setting up this ship was to change the mechanical training courses for trainees from mostly theoretical to practical. This is in line with the general philosophy of OGTI. The duration of the courses will be increased to give the trainees more time for hands-on training under the guidance of the Instructor (Workshop). The workshop is equipped with hand tools and diagnostic equipment. Students are given an opportunity to work on many of the tools that are actually used on drilling rigs. The available courses provide the participants a thorough knowledge of diesel engine and rig equipment operating procedures. The theory includes principles involved in four stroke diesel engines, identification of various engine components, service and over hauling procedures, along with machine practices that are required during engine reconditioning. The shop work permits students to dismantle, inspect, measure and assemble a diesel engine. Just in front of the workshop, a drilling rig is installed where trainees get acquainted with various key parts of drilling rig. Computer Lab Present PRTI has two computer laboratories. Each lab has 12 desktop personal computers and other teaching aids, enabling PRTI to accommodate 24 participants at a time. One lab has recently upgraded with Pentium IV processor based PCs, connected via network for sharing information and resources, resulting in distributed databases and data processing facilities. PRTI provide basic and advanced training in software packages, software development, hardware, network design and management, database design and management, systems analysis, computers in technical fields, like Computer Aided Designing, Project Management, Risk Analysis, Computer Aided Mapping and Interpretations. PRTI offers a range of computer courses from the preliminary Introduction of DOS and Microcomputers to the advanced networking and software development courses. Special courses can be arranged on demand. PRTI Library An air conditioned library is located on the first floor of the main building. It is well equipped with the latest reference books, journals, and periodicals. The library contains more than 5000 books related to the oil industry. The main PRTI’s technical library collection covers multifarious subjects like: Geology,

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Geophysics, Chemistry, Physics, Production Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Health, Safety, Environment, Management, Accounting, and Information Technology. The library continues to acquire latest books and periodicals every year. This is the largest petroleum library in Pakistan. There is a reading area and a small adjoining conference room suitable for arranging small meetings. Next door to the library, is the Audio Visual Library and equipment storage facility. PRTI has more than 300 audio visual programs (prepared by AAPG, IHRDC, PETEX, Gulf and Shell) related to the oil & gas industry. These video cassettes and slide tape programmes are used extensively in lectures, courses and seminars. A photocopying and book binding facility is available in the audio visual library.

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