News
December
- Press Statement28 December 2006
- Graduates Complete Training Programme19 December 2006
- Trading update18 December 2006
- Investment in UK North Sea Interest18 December 2006
- Education Project for Sudanese Community14 December 2006
- Petrofac Awarded Duty Holder Contract in the Southern North Sea14 December 2006
- UK's First Pipeline Training Facility opens in the UK1 December 2006
November
- Petrofac Awarded Irish Sea Duty Holder Contract27 November 2006
- Petrofac Wins Consecutive Gas Plant Contract in Egypt27 November 2006
- Petrofac Wins OCA Awards22 November 2006
- Hasdrubal Gas Plant Contract Award in Tunisia15 November 2006
- WaGE Meets Major Milestones14 November 2006
- Petrofac Wins Gas Plant Contract in Egypt14 November 2006
- Petrofac Awarded Strasshof Development FEED13 November 2006
- First Cargo Lifting from Cendor Field, Malaysia9 November 2006
- Investment in Tunisian Interest9 November 2006
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- Petrofac Training to establish Deepwater Training function for BP USA29 March 2006
- Petrofac Training Secures Contract with ECITB24 March 2006
- Shell Selects RGIT Montrose to Deliver New Standard in Water Survival Training in the Gulf of Mexico6 March 2006
- Petrofac Wins Contract in Kazakhstan with Karachaganak Award1 March 2006
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UK's First Pipeline Training Facility opens in the UK
1 December, 2006
More than 50 key decision makers from across the oil & gas industry were in Montrose, Scotland, today as Petrofac Training, the specialist operations and technical training company of the Petrofac Group, officially opened the UK’s first pipeline training facility for the energy industry.
Guests were given a tour of the facility to understand first hand how it enables realistic experiential training to take place with simulated pipeline operations on actual infrastructure; without the risk associated with live operations.
The training facility is used to train both on and offshore personnel and consists of a 1km, 10” diameter pipeline which has been constructed in a loop formation. Designed for research and testing in addition to training, the pipeline also features state of the art supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) technology, a central system that monitors and controls the pipeline and which enables multiple scenario simulations to be programmed during training.
Louise Ferguson, head of learning and development for Petrofac Operations Services, officially opened the new facility today and highlighted the important role it will play in addressing the skills gap in the oil & gas sector: “It is widely known that the industry is suffering worldwide from a lack of skilled resources and training is a conduit to getting skilled and competent people into our industry.
“Our facility offers the pipeline industry an outsourced option whereas previously new entrants had to be trained through internal programmes. With our range of courses, Petrofac Training accreditation and pioneering practical facility, we have created choice, standardisation and competence assurance for this sector of our industry.
“Interest and support for the facility has been extremely encouraging and we look forward to meeting demand with this new approach.”
The company completed construction of the pipeline earlier this month with Petrofac’s specialist Brownfield division project managing the build. The facility was developed in full consultation with the oil & gas industry to achieve standardisation in pipeline operations. Courses range from a basic introduction to pipeline operations to more advanced levels including pigging operations and corrosion engineering.