Have you ever heard that  stuck pipe is one of the most important problems you will find in the oil industry. It is estimated that approximately US$ 2 billion are wasted annually on stuck pipe. Furthermore, it is believed that 80 to 85 % of these stuck pipe incidents are preventable.

Have you ever heard  that 99% of the wells drilled these days are directional wells?

If your answer is “Yes” to any of the above questions, then pay attention.

Here at Tanzaniapetroleum , we believe that “performance matter” in the oil and gas industry.

We have introduced new drilling courses to help people and organizations, make bigger impact and greater contribution to their co-workers, to their clients and to their communities and ultimately reduce cost, improved productivity , regain public confidence and maintain competitive advantages in this dynamic industry.

We offer the following courses:

1. Directional, Horizontal and Multi-Lateral Drilling (Five days course) in which a PC based simulator is used to drill a well in a real life.
2. Stuck Pipe Prevention & Fishing Operation. (A  stuck pipe is a three days course) which can be extended with two days Fishing and Remedial Operations. This is a course that also can be delivered at the rig site.
3. Drill String Design: this is also a five day course that focusses on all drill string components and their use and combinations. This can be finetuned to any specific application in a certain

Target Audience

These courses are designed for operator, drilling contractor and service company engineers; drilling supervisors and superintendents. Drilling, production and operations engineers, field supervisors, managers and technical support personnel.

Our Facilitator

Joseph (Jos) Buntinx is an independent well engineering consultant and trainer. He was involved since 1992 in leading the Directional Drilling training courses for Shell E&P in the Netherlands, USA and Brunei. He has also been actively engaged as a consultant for NIRAS, EDS, Gaz de France, Neddrill, Maersk, Crosco, ADCO, Saudi Aramco and Santos. Prior to his current consulting and training role, he was the International Training Manager for Smith International (now Schlumberger) responsible for technical training in all aspects of drilling engineering for personnel in the eastern hemisphere. He was also responsible in setting up the International Training Centre in Heerhugowaard, the Netherlands. From 1986 to 1992 he was the Operations Manager for Smith International in the Netherlands and Denmark, responsible for all directional and MWD operations in the Netherlands and Denmark. His team drilled the first long reach records in the Danish sector of the North Sea.

Joseph Buntinx holds a degree in architecture and civil engineering from the University Hasselt, Belgium and a degree in drilling engineering from the Institut Français du Pétrôle in France

Enrolment Procedure, Scheduled Dates and Cost of the Program

For queries regarding Enrolment Scheduled Dates and Cost of the Program, mail us with Program Titles, Product Form, Applicant Name, Company/ College name & Mobile WhatsApp number at Hussein.boffu@tanzaniapetroleum.com or +255655376543

Many companies struggle to accomplish specific projects because it can be difficult to locate the right talent on time.

For instances, your organization might need highly specialized skills for certain initiative, but you could not possess those distinct skills in-house, or may be your company has found that its workforce currently spread too thin, but you only need additional manpower for a brief time to ensure timely deliveries.

Hiring full-time  staff is a costly, lengthy process, which does not always yield desired results. And you don’t need to hire full a time employee for a short-time project.

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Plus many experts prefer NOT to work for one employer as it may not provide enough work in their specialty. Instead they would rather work for many companies, lending their skills to those need them.

What if you could find an individual with highly valuable skills for your one time project without wasting months of time?

What if you could save hundreds of thousands of dollar to keep expensive experts on staff for a short-term project?

Whether you are looking for highly skilled professionals for a short-term job or an ongoing consulting or training contract, our goal is improve performance of your organization by improving productivity and enhance business profitability.

With our knowledge of the oil and gas industry and diverse group and database of reliable and respected industry experts who are specialist in the profession, we help organizations that are looking for such specialized assistance to locate specialized talents in timely manner that result in performance effectiveness in the organization.

We  locate experts based on their experience, qualification and project understanding.

You have a new challenge due to the oil price slump, and you need a new answer a consultants can provide. In reality budgeted funds go further when using a consultant who is hired only when work is be done.

If you want to locate a consultant for your upcoming oil and gas project or simply you an expert looking to put your skills into use fee; free to contact hussein.boffu@tanzaniapetroleum.com or via +255655376543.

Imagine that you are working at an oil and gas company and your notices that some employees are happier day-to-day moving from one position to another while others are filled with frustration and anger?
So what makes the difference? Is it a kind of kismet?

The answer is NO, but they are top-performers. In highly competitive oil and gas sector you get paid for performance versus activities. Despite all downsizing and cost cutting, oil and gas companies now place a huge premium on productivity and high performance form the workforce.

Top performers receive a big paycheck and are moving to managerial positions when time is right in their companies

Here are some ways to become top performing oil and gas professional:

Stay current with the latest technology.
There are growth and introduction of high technology in the oil and gas industry. You need to modernize your skills and capacity to take advantage of these changes. Oil and gas companies will need employees with the skills set needed to thrive in the modern workplace.

There is a lot of the latest technology being used in the oil and gas industry. Those technologies are still black boxes for professionals in the oil and gas industry.
To move from just user to top-performer you must capitalize on the new technology. Because oil and gas companies require people with expertise in technologies.

For example, for geologists or reservoir engineers who are capable to use software to do seismic acquisition design right from his office using his laptop will stand out from the rest of the pack.

Because they save the company hundreds of thousands of dollars that are paid for seismic providers to do design.

Are you familiar with highly sophisticated technology like Kirchhoff? Do you capable to use standard static modeling software in the oil and gas industry like Petrel 3D?

Be Passionate about what you do

Some people were once planning to enter the oil and gas industry during high time and many only motivated by wages and personal economic benefits and nothing else rather than a genuine interest in the industry.
To become to performer and project leader you must work hard and long hours. Firs you should passionate about the industry. That way you will be capable to learn and advance your career.
For example, if you get those field jobs you might want to forget the idea of free weekends. You will work for 7 days a week 12 hours straight in a day. You might work for a month and get a week off.
So if you were keen on the industry because of the excellent pay the industry offer, you will end up with an unhappy and unfulfilled career.

In the period of high oil prices, companies operating out of their home office would hire a highly experienced expatriate from any part of the world and bring them to work in East Africa.

They could also buy goods and services from any part of the world if that will get them the price and quality they want.

Today, this approach is changing in this dynamic industry. Because the model is the result of all the headaches and hassles that many oil and gas companies are forced to go through: Higher operating costs. Lower productivity. And the poor performance of the employees in the workplace.

However, In today’s economic environment, maximizing local content participation in the oil and gas industry is not only politically sensible.

But are also commercially feasible for companies operating out of their home office.

By increasing in the development training of locals to participate in higher-level activities and move them from just followers to high performers and project leaders, you can reduce operating costs over the long term, improve the performance of the employees in the workplace and stimulate economic and industrial development.

The simple truth is that the cost of maintaining an international expert is relatively higher.

You need to offer experts very high salary packages, accommodations, school fees for their children and full-blown medical insurance for them and family. That is daunting and expensive..

Also procuring materials and services locally especially where these items are readily available and prices are competitive can maximize shareholders value and stimulate locally based economic growth.

Final Words

To realize the return on hundred of dollars spent on training and development of the local workforce, management in the oil and gas companies should focus on what employees must do on the job versus on what people must learn.

This can be achieved by working in collaboration with training providers to identify organizational goals and ensure those training programs are tied to meet operational goals and business needs of an organization,