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Powering Skills. Driving Innovation. Preparing for the Future.

Don’t let 2026 end without adding a valuable technology skill to your career! Use the final three months of the year to upgrade your skills, build practical competence, and prepare for new opportunities in 2027.

Join the ELVEE Year-End Technology & Skills Acquisition Programme and position yourself for the changing world of work.

💻 Basic ICT & Robotics
🎨 Graphic Design & Animation
🤖 AI & Machine Learning
🛡️ Cybersecurity & Web Development
🐍 Python Programming & Game Development

📅 October – December 2026
📍 Elvee Complex, Centenary Road, Enugu
💻 Virtual Classes: Zoom

🎯 Career Day – January 15, 2027

A special career opportunity for Tech Graduands to connect their newly acquired skills with career and job opportunities.

🔥 You have only 3 months left in 2026. Don’t miss the opportunity to finish the year stronger, more skilled and better prepared for 2027!

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Limited slots available!

Elvee Energy Training: 5th to 9th October 2026 from 7.00pm to 9.00pm daily on Zoom (WAT / UTC + 1)

PETROLEUM E & P VALUE CHAIN SKILLS

• Exploration, Appraisal, Development and Production
• Block Acquisition, Prospecting and Field Development
• Field Development Plan (FDP) & Final Investment Decision (FID)
• Planning, First Oil, Upsides, CAPEX/OPEX and Authorisation for Expenditure (AFE)
• Well Production, Marginal Fields and Field Optimisation

RESERVOIR AND FIELD PRODUCTION SKILLS

•  Downhole Conditions and Fluid Phases (Dp, Bp and Critical Point)
•  Test Separators (multi-phase) and Surface Conditions
•  Reservoir Fluid Classification / Sat. & Unsaturated (Wet, Dry, Crit., Cond.)
•  Gas Oil Ratio (GOR), Associated Gas, Solution Gas and API
•  EOR (inj. & prod.), Recovery Factors, PVT and Fm. Vol. Factor (FVF)
•  Production (Daily Prod. & Cum. Res.), Delivery and Proceeds
•  Production Profile Plots, History Matching and Forecast

FIELD AND RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT SKILLS

•  Well Pump and Lifting / Depletion & Intelligent Well Completion (iWC)
•  Connectivity, iOWC/OWC, Baffling / Retardation, Sweep and Coning
•  Reservoir Monitoring: 4D & VSP, Production Logging & Walkovers
•  Commingling, Interference Tests, Tracers, HF, Sand and Acid Jobs
•  Managing Decline: Water Breakthrough (WBT), Gas Exsol. & Infill Wells
•  Revision, Rehabilitation / Reactivation and Field Abandonment

Fee: N60k / $60 (including certification)

With options for software installation, in-house coaching and job openings

To participate, follow instructions on the flyer and register before Monday 5th October 2026.

For more enquiries, whatsapp: +2349080278616 or call +2347037628734.

Elvee Energy Training: 1 to 5 October, 2026 / 5.00pm to 7.00pm daily (WAT/UTC+1)

Learn the drilling process and contribute while following the well in real time. Being a team member of well operations, when at base or at the rigsite, is an essential milestone for every personnel in the oil and gas industry. Seize this opportunity to launch your E&P industry career.

DRILLING PROCESS AND DRILLING HAZARDS

• Drilling and Well Operations / Drilling Parameters
• Spudding a Well: Cellar (Oshore), Well Head (WH) and Conductor Pipe (CP)
• Blowout Preventer (BOP), Diverter and Marine Riser (Offshore)
• Rig Floor: Rotary Table, Kelly Bushing, Mudline (Offshore) and Sea-level
• Tools & Tool Diagram / Bottom Hole Assembly (BHA), Offsets, Precision/Accuracy
• Drilling fluid / Mud Composition, Properties and Additives

DRILLING AND ROCK MECHANICS

• Rock Test and Mohr’s Diagram, Shear Strength and Drilling Bits
• Drilling Program, Well Architecture, Casing and Cementing
• Well Bore Stability (WBS) and Geomechanics / Well Control
• Stresses in the Subsurface: Burial, Temperature and Pressure
• Pore Pressure, Drilling Window and Kick Tolerance (KTol)
• Well Completions, Stimulation and Production

DIRECTIONAL DRILLING & RESERVOIR NAVIGATION

• Measurement While Drilling (MWD) / LWD & Image Logs
• Directional Drilling (DD), Magnetometer and Gyroscope
• Vertical versus Deviated Well: Push-the-Bit and Point-the-Bit Systems
• Well Deviation: Bent Drive Sub versus Mud Motor, Rotary Steerable Systems (RSS)
• Trajectory and Deviation Survey: MD/TVD, Inclination and Azimuth
• Geosteering and Reservoir Navigation: Horizontal Drain
• Following the Well in Real Time / Coordinates and Demo Plotting
• Trigonometry in Geosteering / Exercises using Drilling Lattice

Fee: 60k / $60 + Certification

To participate, follow instruction on the flyer and register before 1st October, 2026.

For enquiries, whatsapp: +2349080278616 or Call +2347037628734.

Elvee Energy Training: 7th to 11th September 2026 from 7.00pm to 9.00pm daily on Zoom (WAT / UTC + 1)

Pore pressure related operational well safety and positive petroleum results are the most important goals in the oil and gas industry. Personnel who are not skilled in formation evaluation, pore pressure monitoring and well follow up, are not considered essential operational staff. Those who are, build a formidable career in this in-depth task, and continually optimize operational efficiency. This training is for candidates seeking to meet these goals. Skills to be acquired during the training are:

PRESSURE BASICS AND UNITS

• Fluid Gradients and Pressure-Depth Plot
• Fluid Pressure and Lithostatic Stress
• Drilling Hazards: Kick and Blowout
• Causes and Timing of Overpressure / The Centroid Concept
• Pressure Dimensions and Units
• Pressure Compartmentalization Implication in Oil & Gas Fields

PORE PRESSURE & FRACTURE GRADIENT PREDICTION

• Hydrostatic, Principal Stresses and Overburden Curves
• Stress Tests: FIT / LOT and Application in Drilling
• Disequilibrium Compaction and Inefficient Dewatering
• Pore Pressure Prediction: Eaton and Terzaghi Equations
• Equivalent Depth and Ratio Methods and Realtime
• Psh & Psand: Pressure Computation & Measurement

PORE PRESSURE PREDICTION USING INDUSTRY SOFTWARE

• Setting Up a New Pore Pressure Prediction Project
• Importing Data from LAS File or Creating a New Dataset
• Picking and Projecting Shale Points on the Lithology Logs – GR
• Building the Overburden Gradient (OBG) and Normal Compaction Trend (NCT)
• Performing the Pore Pressure Prediction and Fracture Gradient (S3) Analysis
• Application to Drilling and Real-time Well Follow Up

Fee: N60k/$60 (including certification)
With options for software installation, inhouse coaching and job openings

To participate, follow instruction on the flyer to register before Monday 7th September 2026.

For more enquiries, whatsapp: +2349080278616 or call +2347037628734.

Elvee Energy 5-Day Training: 1 – 5 September, 2026 / 5.00pm to 7.00pm daily (Zoom: UTC+1)

WELL TEST PRINCIPLE AND DESIGNS

• Well Test Objectives and Test Types (flowrate and transient flow)
• Acquisition Tools and Setup (flow head, choke manifold, burners)
• Injectivity and Productivity Tests (buildup, drawdown & stabilisation)
• Wellbore – Reservoir Interface / sandface
• Production Index, Mobility (Kh/µ) and Permeability

WELL TEST INTERPRETATION

• The Derivative and Diagnostics (natural log linX & log-log plots)
• Formation Damage and the Skin Effect (acidification and HF)
• Wellbore Storage (S<0 & S> 0), Radial and Linear Flows
• Mobility Increase and Reduction (geological models)
• Structural Limits and No Flow boundary

APPLICATIONS IN WELL COMPLETIONS

• Well Stimulation and Production (gravel pack, frac pack & HRWP)
• Mini-Well Test: Drill Stem Test (DST) / Downhole Tools
• Well Completions: Lower Completion & Upper Completion
• Flow Simulations and Geological Model Validation
• Limitations of Well Test (a prior model and Darcy flow)

To participate, register before 1st September 2026.

For more enquiries, whatsapp: +2349080278616 or call +2347037628734.

Dear Esteemed NAPE Members,

The Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE), Awka/Owerri Chapter, is pleased to invite you to its August Technical/Business Meeting, themed:

“Emerging Innovative Technologies for Oil and Gas Well Optimisation: A Technical and Business Case for Buoyancy-Assisted Downhole Drifting and Multipurpose Well Integrity Solutions.”

The meeting will provide an opportunity to explore emerging technologies and their technical and business applications in well optimisation, downhole operations and well integrity management.

Event Details

Date: Thursday, 13th August 2026
Time: 11:00 AM WAT
Venue: Golden Royale Hotel, Enugu

Virtual Participation: Zoom – bit.ly/AwkaOwerriTMAugust2026

Featured Speakers

– Dr. Livinus Nosike (Managing Director & E&P Specialist, Integrated Elvee Services Ltd.)
– Prof. A. W. Mode (Professor of Petroleum Geology, Department of Geology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka)

Pls join us by registering online or come physically. Thanks

Elvee Energy Training: 10th to 28th August 2026 / 3.00pm to 9.00pm daily (WAT/UTC+1)

The E&P industry is becoming increasingly data-driven, automated and AI-powered. Are you equipped with the right tools to keep up?
We know you may not have much time, so we have designed a condensed, intensive and practical coaching programme built around hands-on exercises, simulations and real-world E&P applications from the onset.

Get a head start in modern Data Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Excel-based computation for the Exploration & Production industry.

YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO:
• Use Python for data analysis, visualization and E&P data processing.
• Use Excel for basic computation, data analysis, modelling and automation.
• Build interactive dashboards with Power BI for effective data visualization and decision-making.
• Apply Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning to solve practical E&P problems.
• Automate repetitive data-processing and analytical workflows using modern tools.
• Analyse, visualize and interpret E&P datasets for better technical decisions.
• Develop practical analytical workflows that can improve your speed, accuracy and productivity.
• Integrate Python, Excel, Power BI and AI/ML into your everyday technical workflow.

We provide you with templates and fill-in data placeholders for execution.

To participate, follow the instructions on the flyer and register before Monday 10th August 2026.
For more enquiries, whatsapp: +2349080278616 or Call +2347037628734.

Elvee Energy 5-Day Training: 3rd – 7th August, 2026 / 5.00pm to 7.00pm daily (Zoom: WAT / UTC+1)

WELL INTERVENTIONS AND WORKOVER
* Production Optimisation: Wellbore interventions, Rig and Rigless Operations
* Re-entry / Revamping, Stimulation and Maintenance, Equipment Replacement
* Workover Operations, pulling out Tubing and Casing Strings, repairs
* Well Tests and Lower Recompletions, Designs
* Enhanced Recovery: Artificial Lift Installation, Pump Types

SLICKLINE OPERATIONS AND BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE SURVEYS
* What is Slick Line? Wireline versus Slickline, Production Logging
* Aims and Objective of BHP Survey / Bottom Hole Pressure and Temperature Surveys
* BHPS – Build Up, Flowing and Static Gradient Surveys (BU, FGS, SGS)
* Survey Chart: True Zero Line to Final Survey Depth
* BHP Run Procedure and Interpretation / Identifying Fluid Levels

FIELD PRODUCTIVITY AND WELL INTERVENTIONS – CASE STUDIES
* Well Pump and Gas Lift / Depletion & Intelligent Well Completion (iWC)
* Reservoir Monitoring: Well Performance, Production Logging & Workovers
* Commingling, Interference Tests, Tracers, HF, Sand and Acid Jobs
* Managing Decline: Water Breakthrough (WBT), Gas Exsol. & Infill Case Studies
* Practical Plots and Exercises, Interpretation, Performance Relationships and Applications

To participate, follow the instructions on the flyer and register before Monday 3rd August 2026.
For more enquiries, whatsapp: +2349080278616 or Call +2347037628734.

Elvee Energy Training: 4th to 8th August 2026 / 7.00pm to 9.00pm daily (WAT/UTC+1)

ACQUISITION
* LWD/MWD and Formation Evaluation Principles
* Log Acquisitions and Well Operations
* Wireline Versus LWD Logging Tools
* Seismic VSP, Nuclear, Acoustic and Resistivity Methods
* Image/Photolog, Sigma, Spectroscopy, Magnetic Resonance
* LWD /MWD and Wireline Quality Control

LOG INTERPRETATION
* Hydrocarbon Fluid Sampling and Pressure From LWD/Wireline
* Cased-Hole and Cement Evaluation (VDL & CBL)
* Porosity and Permeability From LWD/Wireline, VClay Extraction
* Quick Look Interpretation and Archie’s Formula
* Density-Neuron Plots and Determination of Clay Point
* Further Interpretation, Normalisation, Cross-Plots and Petrophysics

APPLICATIONS & PETROPHYSICS
* Pore Pressure Prediction and Real-Time Monitoring
* Core Data to Log Calibration / Petrophysical Interpretation
* Sw, Sh, Cut-offs / Volumetrics And Petroleum Economics
* Stratigraphic Association and Reservoir Correlation
* Master Log, Composite Logs and Well Reports
* Case Studies, Exercises and Evaluation of Participants

To participate, follow the instructions on the flyer and register before Tuesday 4th August 2026.
For more enquiries, whatsapp: +2349080278616 or Call +2347037628734.

Elvee Energy Training: 13th to 17th July 2026 by 5.00pm to 7.00pm daily on Zoom (WAT / UTC + 1)

Production geoscience personnel and performance engineers are among the last to leave a producing or a declining oil field. They remain relevant even during low production phase, working with the asset and management team to optimise flows. This is why this training is invaluable during this critical time in the E&P industry. There are many openings and career opportunities for reservoir geoscience candidates and well performance engineers.

Join us during this Elvee group training and be a part of our journey in comprehensive E&P skills acquisition.

Skills to be covered during this training are:

PRODUCTION AND WELL-RESERVOIR INTERFACE
* Introduction to Productivity, Well Stimulation and Recovery
* Downhole and Surface Facilities, Pressure and Temperature Gauges
* Drawdown (Pr-Pwf), Production Rate (Q) and Production Index (PI)
* Primary and Secondary Recoveries, Injectors and Producers
* Well Performance Monitoring, Drive and Lifts, Flow Metering
* Well Completion, Well Reservoir Interface (Sandface) and the Skin Factor

WELL PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIP AND FLOW ANALYSIS
* Inflow, Tubing and Wellhead Performance Relationships (IPR, TPR/VLP & WPR/CPR)
* Single Phase and Multiphase Flow Regimes / Natural Flow, Critical Flow, Turbulent Flow
* IPR Prediction: Vogel, Wiggins’, Standing’s and Fetkovich’s Methods Point & Plots
* Flow Rates (Qo), Porous Media, Darcy Flow / PI & Qmax, Operation (j, pb, pd, pwf, pr)
* Flow Properties, Pressure Gradient and Fluid Phases / Class (Dew & Bubble Points)
* Nodal Analysis, Material Balance (MBAL), Flow Equations for Saturated/Undersat. Fluids

WELL ENGINEER’S DUTIES: MONITORING & INTERVENTIONS
* HSE & Compliance, Ensuring Asset Integrity, Prognosis and Planning, Operations
* Flow Modelling Solutions and Plots, Statement of Requirements
* Flow Measurement, Analysis and Well Productivity Assurance
* Preventive Measures on Well Performance, Full Well Control
* Well Interventions and Workovers, Slick Line Operations
* Production Logging Test, Isolation of Water-cut
* Operations Post Mortem and Reporting / End of Well Project and Abandonment

Fee: 60k/$60

To participate, follow instruction on the flyer to register before Monday 13th July 2026.

For more enquiries, whatsapp: +2349080278616 or call +2347037628734.