Oil & Gas Facilities Commissioning & Start-up Training Course

Course Overview

Learning Objectives

• Analyze the major stages of oil and gas facility commissioning and start-up and identify the requirements, deliverables, and decision points associated with each stage during the training program.
• Develop integrated commissioning, start-up, and operational readiness plans that align project requirements with operational, safety, and production objectives.
• Evaluate the readiness of production systems, equipment, utilities, control and electrical systems, and safety systems such as ESD, fire and gas, and HIPPS before hydrocarbons are introduced.
• Apply structured pre-commissioning, commissioning, testing, and functional verification methods to wellhead, separation, gas, flare and relief, utility, and export systems.
• Design practical commissioning checklists, readiness reviews, system turnover requirements, and verification records to support controlled start-up activities.
• Improve coordination between engineering, construction, commissioning, operations, maintenance, inspection, quality, and safety teams throughout the commissioning lifecycle.
• Strengthen the application of process safety, permit-to-work, energy isolation, risk assessment, and safe operating practices during hydrocarbon introduction, first oil or gas, and simultaneous operations onshore and offshore.
• Assess technical deviations, incomplete work, commissioning issues, and abnormal operating conditions and determine appropriate corrective actions.
• Implement systematic approaches for troubleshooting equipment and process problems encountered during commissioning and initial start-up.
• Align commissioning and start-up activities with maintenance requirements, reliability objectives, asset management practices, and long-term operational performance.
• Develop effective documentation and handover processes covering commissioning records, outstanding work, operating procedures, and final acceptance requirements.
• Apply structured methods for transitioning facilities from commissioning and start-up, through production ramp-up, export start-up, and metering verification, into stable routine operations.

Who Should Attend

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
• Explain the principles, phases, and key activities involved in oil and gas facility commissioning and start-up.
• Develop a structured commissioning and start-up plan covering activities, responsibilities, readiness requirements, and decision points.
• Evaluate equipment, systems, utilities, and process readiness before commissioning and start-up.
• Apply appropriate pre-commissioning and commissioning methods to mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control, and process systems, and to ESD, fire and gas, and HIPPS safety systems.
• Identify the operational requirements for starting and stabilizing wellheads, manifolds, separators, compressors, flare systems, export pumps, and utility systems.
• Apply controlled procedures for utility start-up, hydrocarbon introduction, first oil or gas, and initial facility operation.
• Analyze commissioning and start-up data to identify deviations, abnormal conditions, and equipment or process issues.
• Use commissioning records, checklists, system turnover documents, and readiness reviews to monitor progress and confirm system status.
• Coordinate commissioning and start-up activities effectively across engineering, construction, operations, maintenance, quality, and safety functions.
• Assess start-up risks, including simultaneous operations and offshore constraints, and establish practical controls to support safe and controlled facility operation.
• Manage outstanding work, technical observations, defects, and non-conformances through structured follow-up and close-out processes.
• Support export start-up, metering verification, final handover, and operational stabilization by integrating commissioning results with maintenance, reliability, and asset management requirements.

Course Outline