The start of this millennium for the Russian oilfield services was marked by import of western technologies, equipment, personnel and, as a necessity, methods for training own personnel in order to effectively use such services in the industry. Trained professionals have demonstrated a high level of competence in foreign and Russian oil and gas companies. In recent years, the downhole treatment market has increased significantly, but the personnel qualification has remained the same or become even lower, as noted by many authors. What factors caused the decline in qualification levels? This article highlights the methods for Russian personnel training within transnational oilfield service companies, their features, advantages and drawbacks. In general, this educational approach can be defined as environmental, since the professional development of employees takes place in a certain environment, and its management allows creating conditions for selection and training of highly competent professionals in various fields. The training practice of transnational service corporations that has shown effectiveness in the Russian market can serve as the basis for building an environmental approach so that companies could fill up the staff shortage in the oilfield service industry. Creating a corporate educational environment integrated with federal and regional processes will require adjustments to legislation and market dynamics, inter-company integration of training programs and use of global knowledge bases. Applying the described approach to foster highly competent professionals will allow to quickly replenish the personnel reserve for the development and implementation of up-to-date oilfield service technologies in order to maintain a high level of the oil and gas industry.

OILFIELD SERVICE INDUSTRY, ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACH, TRAINING PROCESS, EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT, ENGINEER TRAINING

V.N. Astafyev¹, e-mail: vladimir.astafyev@burservis.ru


¹ BurServis LLC (Moscow, Russia).

Astafyev VN. Environmental approach to engineer training for oilfield service companies. Oil and Gas Territory [Territorija “NEFTEGAS”]. 2023; (11–12): 86–95. (In Russian)