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About this Training Course  This five-day course provides an intermediate level of understanding of the geomechanical factors that affect wellbore instability, sand production and hydraulic fracture design. The course is structured such that upon completion, participants will have understood the value that geomechanics can bring to drilling, completion and production operations and will be able to leverage this value wherever it applies. The course emphasis will be on integrating the topics presented through a combination of lectures, case-studies and hands-on exercises. A special focus will be on how geomechanics knowledge is extracted from routinely acquired well data and how it is applied in the prediction and prevention of formation instability. Course Highlights The course is essentially non-mathematical and makes wide use of diagrams, pictures and exercises to illustrate the essential concepts of geomechanics Essential Rock Mechanics Principles Wellbore Stability Analysis Anisotropic Rock Properties for unconventional projects Lost Circulation and Wellbore Strengthening applications Sand Production Management Input to Hydraulic Fracture design Salt instability Training Objectives By attending this training, you will be able to acquire the following: Apply the basic concepts of geomechanics to identify, predict and mitigate against formation instability during drilling, completion and production Target Audience This course is intended for Drilling Engineers, Well Engineers, Production Technologists, Completion Engineers, Well Superintendents, Directional Drillers, Wellsite Supervisors and others, who wish to further their understanding of rock mechanics and its application to drilling and completion. There is no specific formal pre-requisite for this course. However, attendees are requested to have been exposed to drilling, completions and production operations in their positions and to have a recommended minimum of 3 years of field experience. Trainer Your Expert Course Instructor is an operational geomechanics advisor with over 46 years of experience in exploration, development and production in the upstream oil and gas industry. After obtaining a BSc (Hons) Physics degree from Aberdeen University, he worked for a variety of oil service companies in wireline operations, management and formation evaluation, before joining Schlumberger in 1995. Since 2000 he has worked principally in real-time geomechanics operations and developing acousto-geomechical applications, taking on the role of geomechanics advisor and technical manager within the Europe-Africa area of operations. Before forming his own company in 2014, Your Expert Course Instructor was one of Schlumberger's principal instructors, delivering cross-discipline internal and external geomechanics training to petrophysicists, geologists, reservoir, petroleum, well construction and drilling engineers at operating company locations, training centers and operational centers worldwide. Through extensive operational and wellsite experience gained in the North Sea, Europe, Africa, South America and the Far East, he has gained a broad based knowledge of drilling, production, log data acquisition, analysis and interpretation that has allowed him to develop and deliver pragmatic solutions to the geomechanical challenges of drilling, sand production, fracturing and unconventional reservoirs, faced by operators. His principal interests include the development and application of acousto-geomechanical techniques for the evaluation of anisotropic formations and fracture systems and the identification and prevention of wellbore instability POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster. Request for further information about post training coaching support and fees applicable for this. Accreditions And Affliations

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is ideal for Professionals preparing to become CRISC certified. Risk practitioners Students or recent graduates Overview At course completions, students will understand the essential concepts in the 4 ISACA CRISC domains: Governance IT Risk Assessment Risk Response and Reporting Information Technology and Security This 3 Day CRISC course is geared towards preparing students to pass the ISACA Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control examination. The course covers all four of the CRISC domains, and each section corresponds directly to the CRISC job practice. CRISC validates your experience in building a well-defined, agile risk-management program, based on best practices to identify, analyze, evaluate, assess, prioritize and respond to risks. This enhances benefits realization and delivers optimal value to stakeholders. GOVERNANCE - a. Organizational Governance Organizational Strategy, Goals, and Objectives Organizational Structure, Roles, and Responsibilities Organizational Culture Policies and Standards Business Processes Organizational Assets GOVERNANCE - b. Risk Governance Enterprise Risk Management and Risk Management Framework Three Lines of Defense Risk Profile Risk Appetite and Risk Tolerance Legal, Regulatory, and Contractual Requirements Professional Ethics of Risk Management IT RISK ASSESSMENT - a. IT Risk Identification Risk Events (e.g., contributing conditions, loss result) Threat Modelling and Threat Landscape Vulnerability and Control Deficiency Analysis (e.g., root cause analysis) Risk Scenario Development IT RISK ASSESSMENT - b. IT Risk Analysis and Evaluation Risk Assessment Concepts, Standards, and Frameworks Risk Register Risk Analysis Methodologies Business Impact Analysis Inherent and Residual Risk RISK RESPONSE AND REPORTING - a. Risk Response Risk Treatment / Risk Response Options Risk and Control Ownership Third-Party Risk Management Issue, Finding, and Exception Management Management of Emerging Risk RISK RESPONSE AND REPORTING - b. Control Design and Implementation Control Types, Standards, and Frameworks Control Design, Selection, and Analysis Control Implementation Control Testing and Effectiveness Evaluation RISK RESPONSE AND REPORTING - c. Risk Monitoring and Reporting Risk Treatment Plans Data Collection, Aggregation, Analysis, and Validation Risk and Control Monitoring Techniques Risk and Control Reporting Techniques (heatmap, scorecards, dashboards) Key Performance Indicators Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) Key Control Indicators (KCIs) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND SECURITY - a. Information Technology Principles Enterprise Architecture IT Operations Management (e.g., change management, IT assets, problems, incidents) Project Management Disaster Recovery Management (DRM) Data Lifecycle Management System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Emerging Technologies INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND SECURITY - b. Information Security Principles Information Security Concepts, Frameworks, and Standards Information Security Awareness Training Business Continuity Management Data Privacy and Data Protection Principles

MySQL Performance & Tuning training course description This MySQL Performance & Tuning course is designed for Database Administrators, Application Developers and Technical Consultants who need to monitor and tune the performance of MySQL servers and databases. The course provides practical experience in monitoring and tuning MySQL servers and databases. Note: This MySQL Performance & Tuning course does not cover clustering (other than at overview level), replication or non-standard storage engines such as Falcon and PBXT. What will you learn Develop a monitoring and tuning plan Use server configuration and status variables. Identify and improve problem queries. Make efficient use of indexes. Monitor and size memory caches and locks. Tune the MyISAM and InnoDB storage engine. Evaluate the use of partitioning for performance. MySQL Performance & Tuning training course details Who will benefit: Anyone who wishes to monitor and tune MySQL performance. Prerequisites: Delegates must have a working knowledge of MySQL Database Administration Duration 3 days MySQL Performance & Tuning training course contents Introduction to performance tuning Tuning overview, Resolving performance issues, Recommended approach to tuning, Items to evaluate, Where to look, Planning a monitoring routine, Building a new database for performance, Tuning an existing database, Setting suitable goals. MySQL performance tuning tools Administration tools, the information schema, performance-related SHOW commands, benchmarking tools, the MySQL performance schema, MonYog. Hands on Obtaining performance information. Schema design Normalisation, de-normalisation, naming conventions, load generation, stress testing and benchmarking tools, selecting data types, data types, character sets, choosing storage engines. Hands on effects of design on performance. Statement tuning Overview of statement tuning, identifying problem queries, the optimizer, explain, explain extended. Hands on identifying problem queries and using explain. Indexes Index overview, Types of index, Index tuning, Indexes and joins. Hands on Indexes and performance. Server configuration and monitoring Server configuration variables, server status variables, table cache, multi-threading, connection issues, query cache. Hands on setting and interpreting server variables and caching. Locking Types of locking, locking and storage engines, effects of locking on performance. Hands on locking and performance. The InnoDB engine Transactions, crash recovery, locking, monitoring InnoDB, caches and buffers, configuring data files, configuring the log files. Hands on InnoDB configuration and performance. Other storage engines MyISAM engine, merge engine, archive engine, memory engine, blackhole engine, CSV engine, the Spider engine, the ColumnStore engine, the MyRocks engine, mixing sorage engines. Hands on storage engine performance. Overview of clustering and performance Advantages of performance, advantages of clustering, performance issues and clustering, the NDBCluster engine, the Galera cluster, the Percona XtraDB cluster, MySQL InnoDB cluster, the federated engine, the federatedX engine, overview of other high availability techniques. NOSQL and Mencached overview. Dumping and loading data SQL statements versus delimited data, parameters affecting dump performance, parameters affecting load performance. Hands on dump and load performance. Partitioned tables Partitioned tables concepts, range partitioning, hash partitioning, key partitioning, list partitioning, composite partitioning or subpartitioning, partition pruning. Hands on partitioned table performance.

About this Training Course This 5 full-day course has been designed to develop skills in understanding the geometry and petrophysical characteristics of carbonate reservoirs. Depositional fabric, grain type and size and subsequent diagenetic modifications are the major controls on carbonate reservoir behaviour. The complex inter-relationship of the depositional and burial history can be unravelled to allow prediction of reservoir facies and reconstruction of three-dimensional reservoir models. This course will demonstrate the value of the reservoir model in volumetric assessment and development of carbonate reservoirs. *Previous knowledge of carbonate sedimentology is not required. Course Content in Summary: Carbonate reservoirs: Basic principles; depositional concepts; grain types; textures and fabrics; environmental reconstruction. The reservoir model - depositional and diagenetic characteristics: Sabkha/tidal flat; lagoon; shelf; reef (rudist and coral/algal); barrier/shoal; slope and redeposited; aeolian and lacustrine; karst plays. Carbonate diagenesis: Primary and secondary porosity; compaction; pressure solution; cementation; dolomitisation; porosity generation and destruction; fractures. Carbonate sequence stratigraphy Log response in carbonate rocks: Gamma; sonic; neutron; density; FMS. Reservoir assessment: Fracture reservoirs; reservoir modelling; volumetric assessment in correlation and mapping; effects of capillary pressure; interface with engineering. Training Objectives By attending this course, participants will be able to: Understand carbonate depositional systems and controls. Recognise and model controls on reservoir quality and pore systems, including diagenesis and fracturing. Understand and apply carbonate seismic stratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy. Interpret log responses. Target Audience This course is intended for petroleum geologists, explorationists, petrophysicists, geophysicists and engineers involved with exploration of carbonate plays and development of carbonate reservoirs. Trainer Your expert course leader is a Director and Senior Consultant Geologist who has worked on various carbonate consultancy projects, conducted detailed sedimentological, sequence stratigraphic and diagenetic technical studies and delivered training programmes. He was formerly Managing Director of Robertson UK Limited and was responsible for the integration between different disciplines, recognition, and encouragement of technical innovation and research and development programmes across all oil and gas divisions in the company. He was also responsible for all aspects of the performance of the main Geological, Geophysical and Reservoir Engineering Services in the company. POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster. Request for further information post training support and fees applicable Accreditions And Affliations

This coaching programme is for aspiring women leaders in higher education, delivered in real time, fully online. Five workshops have been designed to support you in a group environment to work actively towards realising your professional goals, whatever they may look like, focused on leadership at all levels in higher education. HE needs leaders like you - workshops with Coach Academic will help to propel you to becoming one. For all academics who are female/identify as female. During this coaching experience you will explore and learn from: - your values and beliefs, and how they impact on your professional identity and actions - your beliefs about higher education, leadership, and yourself - your strengths and how to harness them for impact - your areas for development, and embracing the actions you choose to address these - your internal and external blockers, and how to manage these - your motivation - why do you want to lead in HE? From these you will be able to build your confidence and your leadership identity, and take concrete steps towards becoming the leader you aspire to be.

This coaching programme is for aspiring women leaders in higher education, delivered in real time, fully online. Five workshops have been designed to support you in a group environment to work actively towards realising your professional goals, whatever they may look like, focused on leadership at all levels in higher education. HE needs leaders like you - workshops with Coach Academic will help to propel you to becoming one. For all academics who are female/identify as female. During this coaching experience you will explore and learn from: - your values and beliefs, and how they impact on your professional identity and actions - your beliefs about higher education, leadership, and yourself - your strengths and how to harness them for impact - your areas for development, and embracing the actions you choose to address these - your internal and external blockers, and how to manage these - your motivation - why do you want to lead in HE? From these you will be able to build your confidence and your leadership identity, and take concrete steps towards becoming the leader you aspire to be.

Project Contract Management Skills: Virtual In-House Training Contracts are a critical part of most large or strategic projects/programs. As such, it is imperative that Project and Program Managers be well versed on basic implications of a contract as well as best practices in contract management. While not as critical a need, anyone involved in projects that involve external relationships should have a healthy appreciation for the power of good contract management. The overall goal of the course is to provide knowledge to manage complex contracts in a global environment. What You Will Learn After this program, you will be able to: Explain overall project procurement process from a buyer and seller perspective Recognize the importance of key contractual terms and how they affect projects Evaluate and contribute to the pre-contract documents and processes Identify and mitigate common pitfalls throughout the procurement process Utilize techniques to administer contracts Getting Started Introductions Course structure Course goals and objectives Foundation Concepts The Importance of Contract Management Terms and Definitions Contract Management Process Legal Systems Codes of Conduct Planning Business Analysis Procurement Management Plan Procurement Statement of Work (SOW) Common Pitfalls Solicit Contract Market Analysis Bid documents Sellers' Proposals Pitfalls Execute Contract Evaluate and Award Contract Negotiate Contract Execute Contract Common Pitfalls Deliver the Contract Preparing to Deliver Project Plan Risk Management Common Pitfalls Administer Contract Enabling Contract Management Contract Performance Monitoring and Control Change Management Financial Management / Payment Dispute Management & Resolution Contract Completion and Closure

Managing Benefits™ Practitioner: Virtual In-House Training Managing Benefits™ provides generally applicable guidance encompassing benefits management principles, practices, and techniques. The purpose of the Practitioner-level qualification is to confirm whether you have achieved sufficient understanding of how to apply and tailor the Managing Benefits guidance and, specifically, the principles, practices, techniques, roles, and documentation in a scenario situation. A Practitioner candidate should, with suitable support, be able to plan, implement, sustain, and measure benefits management while adapting to different organizational environments. You should also be able to: Identify activities that should be undertaken during each of the practices of the Benefits Management Cycle, together with the accountabilities and responsibilities of each of the defined roles Evaluate examples of benefits management information (documents) Analyse the solutions adopted in relation to a given scenario This course will prepare you to take and pass the Practitioner exam, which is held on the afternoon of the second day. Using APMG-provided sample exam papers and additional project case studies, you will learn how to apply what you've learned during the Foundation course and how to approach the scenario-based Practitioner exam, which is aimed at testing your ability to apply Managing Benefits in an actual project environment (via simulated case study). What You Will Learn You'll learn how to: Plan for the implementation of benefits management Select appropriate strategies to sustain and measure progress Select and adapt principles, practices, and techniques to suit different organizational environments Identify activities that should be undertaken during each of the practices of the Benefits Management Cycle together with the accountabilities and responsibilities of each of the defined roles Evaluate examples of benefits management information (documents) Analyse the solutions adopted in relation to a given scenario Improve your ability to pass the APMG Managing Benefits Practitioner Certification exam Introductions Course structure Course goals and objectives Overview and Principles Review Managing Benefits Practices Managing Benefits Practitioner Exam Preparation Practitioner Exam Briefing Review of and practice with APMG sample questions and test papers Sample project case study scenarios to apply the concepts in practice and deepen the learning Sample Practitioner Exam Debrief Results from Sample Practitioner Exam APMG Managing Benefits Practitioner Exam

This course is intended for This course is intended for anyone who wants to learn the fundamentals of project management. No prior experience required. Overview Goals and benefits of implementing project management Key project management terminology, frameworks, and tools How to apply the approaches and processes to better manage and complete a project Important interpersonal interactions needed for successful projects This 1-Day virtual Project Management Best-Practices course provides an overview of fundamental elements of the project lifecycle ? from project initiation through project close. With a focus on traditional project management concepts, students will complete this course with an improved ability to understand the best path forward for bringing projects to successful completion. Students will benefit from this course by understanding the foundational principles of project management, improving their project management skills, utilizing tools and techniques to effectively manage projects, gaining a common project management language to improve communication, and learning frameworks to identify, manage, and mitigate risk. Concepts learned in this course are immediately applicable to ongoing projects. Note: This course has been approved by PMI for 8 PDUs. 1 - Introduction What are Projects? What is Project Management? Basic Project Management Process Project Selection How Projects Further Organizational Goals What Factors can Influence Projects? Documentation Project Management Tools Role of the Project Manager The Language of Project Management 2 - Starting a Project Authorizing the Project (Project Selection) Assigning the PM Identifying and Documenting the High-Level Scope Gathering a Planning Team Identifying and Documenting the Impacted Parties 3 - Planning a Project Adapting to the Needs of the Project (Planning Level) Identifying the Work Required Estimating Time, Cost and Resources Required Developing a Schedule Developing a Budget Planning Communications and Quality Risk Management Purchases and Outside Vendors for a Project 4 - Executing the Project Baselines Managing Participants in the Project Managing Interested and Impacted Parties Performing the Planned Work Negotiating and Signing Contracts Managing Communications, Risk and Quality 5 - Overseeing and Controlling the Project Controlling the Scope, Schedule and Budget Controlling Change to the Project (Scope, Schedule, Cost and Final Product) Quality Assurance and Control Contract Administration 6 - Ending a Project Overseeing and Controlling the Project Executing the Project Closing Contracts Transferring the Final Product Lessons Learned and Archiving Records

About this Training Course This 3 full-day course will provide insights into many aspects of operating the modern refinery as a business. This will include technical information on refining processes, crude oils and processing options, the place of the refinery in the value chain, refinery cost structure and management, optimization and profit margin, energy and oil loss reduction. This course will also address important management tools and techniques used for economic evaluations in refineries including future trends. This course will include presentations, simulations, a trading game, and exercises. This is an interactive session where participants can propose relevant topics upfront to discuss during class. This course can be further tailored for inexperienced or experienced personnel. Further customization can also include addressing a specific refinery, plant or unit. The option for post-course consultancy or help-desk support is also available. This course can also be offered through Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) format. Training Objectives By participating in this highly intensive course, participants will be able to: Understand the main functions in refining processes, configurations and its operating characteristics Analyse the choice of crude, processing options and desired products and product quality parameters Closely review refinery economics and planning, margins, costing & valuation including trading Apply the methodology of refinery optimization and product improvement Gain an application of analytical tools to refinery management, supply chain and their economic drivers Appreciate the current challenges, opportunities and future trends impacting the refining industry Target Audience This course will benefit all refinery technical personnel, operations' process engineers and process managers, technical services engineers and managers, refinery planners, newly-hired refinery personnel and current semi-technical personnel who require introductory training to acquire the broader perspective of refinery economics and supply. Course Level Basic or Foundation Trainer Your expert course leader is a passionate world-class expert with 35 years of international experience in Crude Oil, Refinery Planning and Masterplanning, Process Modelling, LP Modelling and Optimization Best Practices. He has a sound understanding of refinery processes and economics. After retiring from Shell in 2020, he is now a principal consultant for Crude Oil & Refinery Modelling. He enjoys dealing with challenging technical problems and opportunities to deliver value through practical solutions. He has a hands-on mentality, is flexible and builds strong relationship with clients. During his career, he coached many engineers and delivered countless inhouse and external courses on crude oil, hydrocracking and general refinery processes and economics at the Shell Open University and many other client locations. He authored and co-authored several publications and presentations at international conferences and has three patents to his name. He understands how to deliver outstanding services in sometimes difficult cultural and commercial situations, having worked for clients around the world. He works effectively in multi-disciplinary teams, has strong analytical and problem-solving skills as well as excellent consulting, facilitation and interpersonal and multilingual skills. He has an MSc in Chemical & Agricultural Engineering (cum laude) and a BSc in Chemical & Agricultural Engineering from the University Ghent, Belgium. He is currently the Principal Consultant for Crude Oil & Refinery Modeling at Petrogenium, the international, independent, technical consultancy in oil refining, petrochemicals, oil & gas production & renewable resources. POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster. Request for further information post training support and fees applicable Accreditions And Affliations