Objective: Creates awareness of natural gas; how it is formed, its characteristics, types of natural gas, chemical makeup, components, and everyday uses of natural gas.
- History of Natural Gas
- How Natural Gas is formed
- Types of Natural Gas Formations
- Chemical Properties of Natural Gas
- Types of Processed Natural Gas
- Uses of Natural Gas
- Benefits of Natural Gas
Objective: Provides an understanding of how natural gas reserves are quantified, classified, and reported, with focus on Nigeria’s reserves – its rankings, locations, and reserve replacement ratio.
- Quantifying Natural Gas Reserves
- Nigeria Natural Gas Reserves
- Global & Africa Gas Reserves Rankings
- Gas Reserve Formations in Nigeria
- Nigeria’s Gas Reserves by Location
- Reserve Concessions
- Reserve Replacement Ratio
- Reserves in Nigeria Inland Basins
Objective: Explains global gas production, history of gas production in Nigeria, gas production to reserve ratio, gas storage and challenges faced by gas producers.
- Global Gas Production Scene
- History of Gas Production in Nigeria
- Nigeria in Global and Africa Gas Production Rankings
- Gas Production Reserve Ratio
- Top Producing Facilities
- Production by concessions, types and formations
- Gas Storage
- NGL Production
- Production Challenges
Objective: Create an understanding of the natural gas supply chain; from exploration to drilling to processing to transportation to distribution to electricity and to feedstock.
- Exploration Value Chain
- Project Execution Value Chain
- Upstream Value Chain
- Process Value Chain
- Supply & Distribution Value Chain
- Commercial Value Chain
- LNG Value Chain
- Gas to Electricity Value Chain
- Gas Feedstock Value Chain
Objective: Explain the process in which natural gas is produced from the well and processed from a mixture of oil, water, hydrocarbon liquids, sand, and into gas components.
- Gas Wells Volumetrics
- Gas Phase Behavior
- Separation from Liquids
- Sweetening & Treatment
- Dehydration
- NGL Extraction (or Gas Cooling)
- Compression and Transportation
- Measurement
Objective: Provide knowledge and implications of key terms of gas contracts and how to utilize them in negotiation, production, invoicing and payment.
- Types of Natural Gas Sales Contracts
- Structure of Gas Sales Contracts
- Supply Startup and Windowing Mechanism
- Gas Terms (ToP , Make Up, Make Good, Excess, Shortfall)
- Gas Quantities
- Liabilities and Termination
- Payment and Security
- Gas Pricing & Price Review
- Gas Quality
- Metering and Measurement
- Gas Conversion Tables
Objective: Provide knowledge and implications of key terms of gas contracts and how to utilize them during negotiation, production, operation, invoicing and payment.
- Satisfying CPs in Gas Agreements
- Developing Commissioning Program
- Designing Contractual Obligations
- Developing Communications Protocols
- Mapping Responsibilities (RASCII)
- Training Operations Staff
- Clarifying Pricing Formula
- Timely Invoicing and Payments
- Invoice Reconciliation
- Metering and Gas Quality Measurement
- Termination and Extension
Objective: Understand the reasons for national gas master plans, the implementation strategies, reasons for failure, nations operating gas master plans and the Nigerian case study.
- Countries with Gas Master Plans
- Nigeria National Energy Policy
- National Gas Supply and Pricing Policy
- Gas Market Sectors (Power/GBI/LDC)
- National Gas Supply and Pricing Regulation
- Domestic Gas Supply Obligation
- Gas Aggregation Company of Nigeria Limited
- Gas Buyer and Gas Supplier Due Diligence
- Gas Price Aggregation Rules for Suppliers
Objective: Provide a step-by-step sequence of how natural gas is used for generating electricity, either for large scale grid power or medium scale electricity generation for industries
- Natural Gas Spec for Power Generation
- Gas Treatment for Power Generation
- Environmental Advantages of Gas Power Plants
- Type of Gas-fueled Power Generation
- Micro Turbines
- Reciprocating Engines
- Open Cycle Gas Turbines
- Combined Cycle Gas Turbines
- Gas Supply Reliability
- Capital Cost and Operating Cost of Gas-Fueled Power Plants
Objective: This course takes participants through the history of electricity generation in Nigeria and the issues, challenges, regulations and problems of the electricity industry.
- History of Electricity Generation in Nigeria
- Types & Capacities of Power Generation Plants
- Per Capita Electricity Generation & Utilization
- Policy & Regulations on Electricity
- Nigeria Energy Policy
- Electric Power Sector Reform Act 2005
- National Gas Supply & Pricing Policy 2008
- NBET Act
- Government Dominance in Electricity Value Chain
- Transmission Evacuation Constraints
- Distribution Network and Metering Constraints
- Electricity Tariffs and Delayed Payments
- The Debt Burden and Value Chain Collapse