Oilfield Production Chemistry Training Course

Assess production-fluid risks, select fit-for-purpose treatments, and monitor chemical injection using field and laboratory evidence.
Oilfield Production Chemistry Training Course

At a glance

Duration
1 Week
Format
Classroom
Cities
Cairo, Doha, Nice, Zanzibar, Tokyo, Nairobi and more
Next session
9 – 13 November 2026, Cairo
Average fee
7,500 €

Overview

Oilfield Production Chemistry and Chemical Treatment Training Course is a one-week course for production chemists, petroleum and flow assurance engineers, operations personnel, laboratory specialists, and chemical treatment teams who leave with a Production Chemistry Control Pack. Participants connect representative sampling, fluid chemistry, deposition and corrosion risks, treatment selection, injection performance, and surveillance evidence. Agile Leaders Training Center develops applied oilfield production chemistry practice.

Who Should Attend

  • Production chemistry functions responsible for fluid characterization, treatment selection, and performance review
  • Flow assurance functions responsible for scale, hydrates, wax, asphaltenes, emulsions, and deposition risks
  • Operations functions responsible for chemical injection, sampling, field observations, and response actions
  • Laboratory functions responsible for sample integrity, testing, compatibility, residuals, and result quality
  • Asset integrity functions responsible for corrosion, microbial risks, produced-water chemistry, and treatment evidence

The course assumes participants can interpret production conditions, laboratory results, and operating records, and it leaves chemical formulation, hazardous laboratory procedures, and site-specific injection authorization outside scope.

Departments and Industries

The course supports departments and industries that manage production-fluid chemistry and chemical treatment.

  • Oil and gas production, gathering, processing, and flow assurance teams
  • Offshore, onshore, subsea, and mature-field operations
  • Production laboratories, chemical services, and technical support groups
  • Produced-water treatment, water injection, and asset integrity departments
  • Pipeline, terminal, separation, and surface-facility operations

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Build a representative sampling and fluid-analysis plan.
  • Analyze scale, corrosion, hydrate, wax, asphaltene, and emulsion risks.
  • Evaluate produced-water and microbial chemistry evidence.
  • Compare chemical-treatment candidates using fit-for-purpose tests.
  • Diagnose injection, compatibility, dosage, and monitoring problems.
  • Build treatment KPIs and an optimization action record.

Course Agenda

Day 1: Establish Production Chemistry Evidence

  • Production System Chemistry Boundary Map
  • Representative Fluid Sampling and Preservation Plan
  • Brine Ion, Hydrocarbon, Gas, and Solids Data Sheet
  • Laboratory Result Quality and Detection-Limit Review
  • Chemistry Risk Register and Surveillance Baseline

Day 2: Assess Inorganic and Integrity Risks

  • Scale Saturation and Water Compatibility Screen
  • Corrosion Mechanism and Fluid Corrosivity Matrix
  • Iron, Solids, Residual, and Corrosion Monitoring Trend
  • Produced-Water Treatment Chemistry Map
  • Microbial Sampling, Biofilm, and Deposit Evidence Guide

Day 3: Assess Flow Assurance Chemistry

  • Hydrate Formation and Inhibitor Decision Map
  • Wax Appearance and Deposition Risk Screen
  • Asphaltene Stability and Precipitation Test Plan
  • Emulsion Bottle Test and Demulsifier Selection Matrix
  • Foam, Naphthenate, and Mixed-Deposit Diagnostic Guide

Day 4: Select and Monitor Treatment

  • Chemical Candidate Qualification and Compatibility Matrix
  • Dosage Basis and Injection Location Review
  • Storage, Pump, Quill, and Injection-System Checksheet
  • Residual, Performance, and Treatment KPI Dashboard
  • Treatment Failure Troubleshooting and Optimization Log

Day 5: Practice Production Chemistry Control

  • Suggested Exercise: Validate a Fluid Sampling Plan
  • Suggested Exercise: Diagnose a Scale and Corrosion Scenario
  • Suggested Exercise: Compare Flow Assurance Chemical Options
  • Suggested Exercise: Correct an Injection Performance Problem
  • Capstone Exercise: Present a Production Chemistry Control Pack

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities based on production-fluid, laboratory, and treatment evidence.

  • Suggested activity: identify sampling bias and build a chain from field conditions to interpretable laboratory results.
  • Suggested activity: evaluate scale, corrosion, deposition, emulsion, produced-water, and microbial evidence for a production system.
  • Suggested activity: compare candidate treatments using compatibility, performance, deployment, monitoring, and risk criteria.
  • Suggested activity: diagnose an underperforming injection point and define corrective checks, KPIs, and follow-up sampling.

FAQs

Who suits oilfield production chemistry training, and what does it assume?

Oilfield production chemistry training suits chemistry, petroleum, flow assurance, operations, laboratory, and treatment personnel who interpret production conditions, test results, and operating records.

How does production chemistry differ from petroleum production engineering?

Production chemistry concentrates on fluid reactions, deposits, corrosion, water chemistry, microbes, chemical selection, and treatment performance, while production engineering covers the wider well and production-system performance.

Why is representative sampling important in oilfield production chemistry?

Representative sampling links test results to actual pressure, temperature, phase, location, contamination risk, preservation, timing, and operating conditions, allowing treatment decisions to use defensible evidence.

How is oilfield chemical-treatment performance monitored?

Treatment performance is monitored through injection rate and uptime, chemical residuals, corrosion and scale indicators, water and deposit analysis, process response, failures, sampling quality, and agreed operating KPIs.

Conclusion

Participants take a Production Chemistry Control Pack back to their organization. It combines sampling plans, chemistry screens, treatment qualification tools, injection checks, surveillance trends, KPIs, and troubleshooting records. The pack turns field and laboratory evidence into traceable chemical-treatment decisions and optimization actions.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Image Location Dates Duration Mode Price Actions
Cairo Cairo Week 46, 2026
9 – 13 November 2026
1 Week Onsite €5,200
Doha Doha Week 46, 2026
15 – 19 November 2026
1 Week Onsite €7,000
Nice Nice Week 47, 2026
16 – 20 November 2026
1 Week Onsite €8,000
Zanzibar Zanzibar Week 47, 2026
22 – 26 November 2026
1 Week Onsite €6,000
Tokyo Tokyo Week 50, 2026
7 – 11 December 2026
1 Week Onsite €12,000
Nairobi Nairobi Week 50, 2026
13 – 17 December 2026
1 Week Onsite €6,000
Dubai Dubai Week 53, 2026
28 December 2026 – 1 January 2027
1 Week Onsite €6,500
Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi Week 53, 2026
28 December 2026 – 1 January 2027
1 Week Onsite €6,500
Trabzon Trabzon Week 53, 2027
3 – 7 January 2027
1 Week Onsite €8,000
Kuwait Kuwait Week 53, 2027
3 – 7 January 2027
1 Week Onsite €7,000
Langkawi Langkawi Week 02, 2027
17 – 21 January 2027
1 Week Onsite €8,000
Addis Ababa Addis Ababa Week 03, 2027
18 – 22 January 2027
1 Week Onsite €6,000
Zoom Zoom Week 05, 2027
1 – 5 February 2027
1 Week Online €3,000
Montreux Montreux Week 05, 2027
1 – 5 February 2027
1 Week Onsite €8,000
Manama Manama Week 06, 2027
14 – 18 February 2027
1 Week Onsite €6,500
Prague Prague Week 08, 2027
22 – 26 February 2027
1 Week Onsite €7,500
Amsterdam Amsterdam Week 09, 2027
1 – 5 March 2027
1 Week Onsite €6,500
Singapore Singapore Week 09, 2027
1 – 5 March 2027
1 Week Onsite €6,500
Bali Bali Week 09, 2027
7 – 11 March 2027
1 Week Onsite €6,500
Seoul Seoul Week 10, 2027
8 – 12 March 2027
1 Week Onsite €12,000

Frequently asked questions

What does this course cover?

OverviewOilfield Production Chemistry and Chemical Treatment Training Course is a one-week course for production chemists, petroleum and flow assurance engineers, operations personnel, laboratory specialists, and chemical treatment teams who leave with a Production Chemistry Control Pack. Participants connect representative sampling, fluid chemistry, depo…

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