A Unique and Blended Approach to Nationalisation
Authors: Osseiran Karim 
Published: November 2018

Abstract

Objectives/Scope: Please list the objectives and/or scope of the proposed paper. (25–75 words)
Governments and National Oil Companies, alongside International Oil Companies, are working to develop competent national workforces and drive In-Country value. This paper will demonstrate a unique, blended approach to fast track competency development to meet this challenge. Petrofac, through its training services business, has reduced training timelines considerably through the integration of innovative technology solutions, hands on practical training and modern classroom learning within its technical national workforce development programmes.

Methods, Procedures, Process: Briefly explain your overall approach, including your methods, procedures and process. (75–100 words)
For many years Petrofac has been delivering training to the oil and gas industry. It has practical experience running large scale technical national workforce development programmes in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Petrofac will use this experience to explore how combining the below systems and facilities can allow for a unique approach to training, with drastic benefits around accelerated timing, reduced budget, increased safety and improved graduate skillsets:

Results, Observations, Conclusions: Please describe the results, observations and conclusions of the proposed paper. (100–200 words)
By blending workshop, classroom, augmented reality and experiential training Petrofac has been able to equip students with extensive, hands-on, practical experience. This experience provides the necessary skills and qualifications so that when they are back on site, the time until they can work productively and autonomously is much reduced.
Our approach is also:
Visual: Augmented reality has enabled students to see the inner workings of key equipment and to visualise equipment in a way that would not be possible on site and in some cases in real life.
Realistic: Training plants that replicate live hydrocarbon facilities further provide real world experience, such as at the ADNOC Technical Academy (ATA), PETRONAS INSTEP and TPO in Oman.
Bespoke: Petrofac's collaborative approach with ADNOC, enabled the Company to develop facilities and curriculum to address the specific competency gap closures required for their personnel.
Safe: Process plants drastically reduce the risk to safety of the students, along with eliminating the risk of loss of production revenue that would occur for training on a live plant.

Novel/Additive Information: Please explain how this paper will present novel (new) or additive information to the existing body of literature that can be of benefit to and/or add to the state of knowledge in the petroleum industry. (25–75 words)
Petrofac's most recent centre, Takatuf Petrofac Oman, is truly cutting-edge, having opened in April 2018, and bringing together our best practice from the training of over one million students, to deliver a next generation approach to training. The augmented reality simulator that Petrofac will demonstrate is cutting edge, and our blended approach is a truly unique offering that will show a new way of delivering training.