Petroleum Technology

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Petroleum Technology
Program Enhancement Utilizing Industry Field
Personnel and Facilities
Harold L. Housley, Ph.D. Dean of Business,
Professional and Technical Education
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Navarro College
Strategic Location
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Program History

• November 2007 - EnCana USA and XTO Energy Provide
  Equipment and Initial Start-up Funding in the
  Amount of 330,000
• January 2008 - Classes Begins
• April 2008 - Navarro College And North Central
  Texas College Receive 2.4M Grant From
  Department of Labor
• October 2008 - EnCana USA Provides Additional
  75,000 and XTO Energy 80,000.
• May 2009 - Navarro College Board of Trustees
  Approved Cost Share Funding For New Petroleum
  Technology Building
• June 2009 - Second Fulltime Faculty Member
  Employed
• August 2009 Associate of Applied Science Degree
  added
• Service to Petroleum Technology Industry
  Continues to be the Primary
  Consideration for the College

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Department of Labor Grant

• DOL Community-based Job Training Grant
• Eed2 Navarro College North Central Texas
  College Partnership
• Funded for 2,397,624
• Scholarships
• Lab and Computer Equipment
• Staffing
• Distance Learning Equipment
• Grant Period April 2008 through March 2011

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Program Needs

• Currently One Classroom and One Laboratory
  Available
• Rapid Growth of the Program Resulted in
• Classroom Overcrowding
• Inadequate Laboratory Space
• Student Waiting List
• Fall 2010 Enrollment Projected to Exceed 200
• Petroleum Technology Training Center Proposed
• Six Classrooms
• Four Laboratories
• Computer Lab
• Distance Learning Classroom
• Office Space

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Petroleum Technology Training Center
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class room
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class room
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class room
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office
lab
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video class room
computer lab
16,767 total square feet
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Petroleum Technology Training Center
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Program Enrollment
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Industry Partnerships

• Integral Part of the Program from Inception
• Typical Participation
• Advisory Board
• Curriculum Development
• Funding and Equipment Support
• Field Personnel Key to Program Success
• Guest Lecturers
• Seminars
• Adjunct Instructors
• Instructor Field Training

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Program Description

• Oil and Gas Technology Certificate
• 40 Semester Hours Over Three Semesters (1 Year)
• Focus on Production Operations
• Internship Required Prior to Graduation
• Associates of Applied Science Petroleum
  Technology
• 63 Semester Hours Over Five Semesters (2 year)
• Internship Typically During Third Semester
• Opportunity to Transfer to 4-year Degree
• Employment Successes
• Lease Operators
• Gas Plant Operators
• Gas Control Personnel
• Instrumentation Technicians

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Partner Support

• Industry Partners Funding
• XTO and EnCana Initially Provided 330K
• Year Two XTO and EnCana Provided 155K for
  Scholarships and Equipment
• Marathon Provided 25K for Scholarships and
  Equipment
• Chesapeake Funding Pending
• Equipment Donations
• Natco
• Energy WeldFab
• Signal Completion Services
• Texas MOR

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Field Personnel KEY

• Activities FROM the Field
• Adjunct Instructors
• Guest Lectures
• Seminars
• Training Manuals
• Activities IN the Field
• Student Field Visits
• Instructor O.J.T. Opportunities
• Provide Critical Real World Exposure

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Adjunct Instructors

• Safety Course
• Michael Yeager XTO Energy
• George Brosowski EPA Region Six
• Cheryl Barker Marathon Oil
• Paul Chaney Americas Top Safety Training
• Production Operations
• Jack Summit Summit Oil Company (Retired)
• Mark Summit Summit Oil Company
• Gas Production
• Vern Wilson Texas MOR
• Gas Processing I and II
• Craig Wentworth Trend Gathering and Treating
  (XTO)

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Classroom Guest Lecturers

• Randy DeWerff (Harbiscon-Fischer) Rod Pumping
• Jess Stephens (Lufkin) Pumping Units
• Harvey DeHarde (Titan Energetics) Perforating
• Terry Mathews (XTO) Lease Operator Training
• Terry Lair (XTO) Well Management
• Bobby Haynes (Integrated Production Systems)
  Plunger Lift Operations
• Jena Guill (EnCana) Lease Operator Training
• Jubal Sigert (EnCana) Well Management
• Danny Wilkins (WoodGroup) Well Head Operations
• Ray Dube (Exterran) Compressor Operations

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Seminars and Training Manuals

• Seminars
• Randy DeWerff Harbiscon-Fisher Rod Pumps
• Harvey DeHarde Titan Energetics Safety
  Compliance Perforating Operations
• Cecil Hunt/Jess Stephens Lufkin Pumping Units
• EnCana Resume Writing and Interviewing
• Training Manuals
• XTO Barnett Shale Lease Operator Competency
• Trend Gathering and Treating (XTO) Employee
  Safety Training
• EnCana USA Employee Field Safety
• EnCana USA Lease Operator Competency
• Weatherford Production Automation/Well Control
  Program
• DigTESS Pipeline Safety Program

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Student Field Visits

• XTO Farrar, Shell-Pacques and Teague Gas Plants
• Piping Instrumentation Diagram
• Tour of Operations
• Integrated Into Natural Gas Processing Course
• Refrigeration Systems Integrated Into Natural Gas
  Processing II Course

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Instructor Field Training

• Navarro Instructor Consecutive Day Job Shadowing
• Hands-On Experience With Field personnel
• Typical Job Functions
• Firm Understanding for Upgrading Curriculum
• Texas MOR Lease Operator
• XTO Energy Lease Operator
• Fairfield Field Office
• Barnett Shale South Field Office
• Trend Gathering and Treating (XTO)
• Farrar Gas Plant Operator
• Instrumentation Tech
• EnCana USA Drilling Operations

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Instructor Field Training
Texas MOR
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Texas MOR

• Provided Initial Field Exposure
• Routine Oil Production and Workover Operations
• Local Geology Training Materials
• Polymer Injection Recovery
• Donated Production Equipment Including 210 BBL
  Tank

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Instructor Field Training
XTO Fairfield
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XTO Fairfield

• Numerous Instructor Job Shadowing Opportunities
• Gas Production Operations
• Routine Maintenance Operations
• Workover and Completion Exposure
• Classroom Training Materials
• Student Access to Routine Well Production Data
• Over 400 Wells

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Instructor Field Training
XTO Barnett Shale South
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XTO Barnett Shale

• Distinctly Different Gas Production Operations
• Provided Lease Operator Training Manuals
• Routine Gas Production Operations
• Troubleshooting Operations
• Shooting Fluid Levels
• Decline Analysis
• Compressor Operations

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Instructor Field Training
Trend Gathering and Treating
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Trend Gathering and Treating

• Gas Processing Operations
• Provided Piping and Instrumentation Diagram
  Schematics
• Tours of Operational Facilities
• Control Room Procedures
• Provided Control Room Simulations for Classroom
• Provided Safety Training Manuals

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Instructor Field Training
EnCana - Coushatta, LA
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EnCana USA

• Drilling Operations
• Provided Safety Training Manuals and
  Computer-based Training Software
• Provided Lease Operator Competency Manuals
• Comprehensive Summary
• Operational Requirements
• Safety and Environmental Regulations

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Summary

• Field Exposure
• Utilizing Linkages to Field Operations Enhances
  Curriculum for Student and Instructor
• Provides Student and Instructor Hands-On Learning
• Enhances Faculty Effectiveness Resulting in
  Increased Student Retention
• Field Personnel
• In Classroom Creates Real World Experience for
  Students and Buy-in for the Field Personnel
• Exposure to Students Enhances Internship
  Opportunities
• Provides Industry Partners Opportunity Observe
  Student Performance
• Provides Source for Adjunct/Full-Time Instructors
  and Guest Lecturers as Program Expands

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Thank You!