Overview

PetroSkills Alliance is an alliance between Oil

Oil

An oil is any substance that is liquid at ambient temperatures and does not mix with water but may mix with other oils and organic solvents. This general definition includes vegetable oils, volatile essential oils, petrochemical oils, and synthetic oils....

 and Gas

Gas

Gas is one of the three classical states of matter . Near absolute zero, a substance exists as a solid. As heat is added to this substance it melts into a liquid at its melting point , boils into a gas at its boiling point, and if heated high enough would enter a plasma state in which the electrons...

 Companies with Oil and Gas Consultant International to provide petroleum training.
Member companies joined together in the PetroSkills Alliance to create detailed Skill and Competency Maps, which act as a guide for the 200+ short courses, taught to industry professionals in over 40 locations worldwide. Competency Maps are an analysis tool and software application that allows users to asses their skills base to identify gaps in their training, areas needing improvement or mastered skill areas. PetroSkills is “recognized for its breadth and quality of course offerings across an expansive set of knowledge areas within Upstream, Downstream, and HSE

Occupational safety and health

Occupational safety and health is a cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment. The goal of all occupational safety and health programs is to foster a safe work environment...

 petroleum subject disciplines.”
Petroskills also offers classes that allow participants to receive the United Kingdoms National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health

Occupational safety and health

Occupational safety and health is a cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment. The goal of all occupational safety and health programs is to foster a safe work environment...

 through a series of classes. PetroSkills also expanded their training to Operations and Maintenance technicians in 2010 with a partnership the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology.
J. Ford Brett is the Managing Director of PetroSkills based in Tulsa, OK with offices in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

, Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

, Malaysia, Kingdom of Bahrain

Bahrain

' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...

 and a training center in Katy, TX

Katy, Texas

Katy is a city located in Harris, Fort Bend and Waller Counties in the U.S. state of Texas, within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area...

.

History

1963 PetroSkills

PetroSkills Alliance

-Overview:PetroSkills Alliance is an alliance between Oil and Gas Companies with Oil and Gas Consultant International to provide petroleum training....

 began as OGCI where it delivered the first petroleum

Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other liquid organic compounds, that are found in geologic formations beneath the Earth's surface. Petroleum is recovered mostly through oil drilling...

 technology short course.

2001 BP

BP

BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...

, Shell

Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six...

 and OGCI (Oil and Gas Consultant International) formed the PetroSkills Alliance. Halliburton

Halliburton

Halliburton is the world's second largest oilfield services corporation with operations in more than 70 countries. It has hundreds of subsidiaries, affiliates, branches, brands and divisions worldwide and employs over 50,000 people....

, and Saudi Aramco

Saudi Aramco

Saudi Aramco , officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, is the national oil company of Saudi Arabia.Saudi Aramco is the world's largest and most valuable privately-held company, with estimates of its value in 2011 to be $7 trillion USD.Saudi Aramco has both the largest proven crude oil reserves,...

 joined soon after.

2003 Occidental Petroleum

Occidental Petroleum

Occidental Petroleum Corporation is a California-based oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the United States, the Middle East, North Africa, and South America...

 also known as OXY joined the PetroSkills Alliance.

2004 ConocoPhillips

ConocoPhillips

ConocoPhillips Company is an American multinational energy corporation with its headquarters located in the Energy Corridor district of Houston, Texas in the United States...

, Chevron

Chevron Corporation

Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation headquartered in San Ramon, California, United States and active in more than 180 countries. It is engaged in every aspect of the oil, gas, and geothermal energy industries, including exploration and production; refining,...

, Repsol YPF

Repsol YPF

Repsol YPF, S.A. is an integrated Spanish oil and gas company with operations in 29 countries...

 partnered with PetroSkills.

2005 Marathon Oil

Marathon Oil

Marathon Oil Corporation is a United States-based oil and natural gas exploration and production company. Principal exploration activities are in the United States, Norway, Equatorial Guinea, Angola and Canada. Principal development activities are in the United States, the United Kingdom, Norway,...

 became a PetroSkills Alliance member.

2007 Swift Energy and Pertamina

Pertamina

Pertamina is an Indonesian government-owned corporation which extracts and refines the country's oil and gas reserves. It was created in August 1968 by the merger of Pertamin and Permina...

 joined the PetroSkills Alliance.

2008 PTTEP, Woodside Petroleum

Woodside Petroleum

Woodside Petroleum Limited is an Australian petroleum exploration and production company. It is a public company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and has its headquarters in Perth, Western Australia.-History:...

, Baker Hughes

Baker Hughes

Baker Hughes Baker Hughes provides the world's oil & gas industry with products and services for drilling, formation evaluation, completion, production and reservoir consulting. Baker Hughes operates in over 90 countries worldwide mainly based in countries with a mature petroleum industry as is...

 became members of the PetroSkills Alliance.

2009 BG Group

BG Group

BG Group plc is a global oil and gas company headquartered in Reading, United Kingdom. It has operations in 25 countries across Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America and South America and produces around 680,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. It has a major Liquefied Natural Gas ...

, Nexen Inc., and MOL Group joined with PetroSkills.

2010 Talisman Energy

Talisman Energy

Talisman Energy Inc. is one of Canada's largest petroleum SB companies. Based in Calgary, Alberta, Talisman Energy has operations around the globe including: Canada and the United States of America in North America; Colombia and Peru in South America; Algeria in North Africa; United Kingdom,...

 and Maersk Oil

Maersk Oil

Maersk Oil is a Danish oil and gas company owned by the A. P. Moller-Maersk Group. The company was established in 1962 when Maersk Group was awarded a concession for oil and gas exploration and production in the Danish sector of the North Sea...

 were added to the Alliance. 2010 Also marked the year BV Investment Partners, a private equity firm became a majority stakeholder in PetroSkills. In 2010 PetroSkills announced the startup of PetroSkills O&M, a new joint venture with the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

-Academics:SAIT Polytechnic offers two full baccalaureate degrees , four applied degrees, 66 diploma and certificate programs, 32 apprenticeship trades and 1,600 continuing education and corporate training courses....

 (SAIT). Focusing on both operations and maintenance (O&M) technicians employed in upstream, midstream and downstream roles, PetroSkills O&M offers companies a full slate of both instructor-led training and e-learning content..

2011 PetroSkills

PetroSkills Alliance

-Overview:PetroSkills Alliance is an alliance between Oil and Gas Companies with Oil and Gas Consultant International to provide petroleum training....

 launched PetroCore, a browser-based application offering technical professionals in the oil and gas industry anytime, online access to PetroSkills course materials and other technical knowledge resources.

PetroSkills

PetroSkills Alliance

-Overview:PetroSkills Alliance is an alliance between Oil and Gas Companies with Oil and Gas Consultant International to provide petroleum training....

 Has also partnered with TTG Systems, John M. Campbell & Company, the University of Trinidad & Tobago, and Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

-Academics:SAIT Polytechnic offers two full baccalaureate degrees , four applied degrees, 66 diploma and certificate programs, 32 apprenticeship trades and 1,600 continuing education and corporate training courses....