Introduction to Reservoir Engineering covers the fundamentals, with a primary focus on understanding fluid flow in porous media. Participants will learn reservoir engineering based on the application of analytical techniques.

- Fundamentals & Darcy’s Law - Well and Reservoir Concepts - Well Testing and Analysis - Principles of Reservoir Simulation - History Matching and Prediction

The course is designed for engineers and geoscientists working in Exploration and Drilling within the scope of Reservoir Optimization. Exposure in oilfield is beneficial but not essential.

N300,000
5 Days
April 9-13
September 10-14

Chemical properties of hydrocarbons, conventional laboratory PVT (Pressure-Volume-Temperature) tests and quality control will also be covered. Trainees will learn about phase diagrams, mixing rules, EOS, EOS tuning, and fluid properties while attending this course. Each day participants will be given examples and problems to solve. This is designed in such a way that the confidence and understanding of the participants will be greatly enhanced so as to manage problem concerning reservoir fluid properties.

Our PVT training focus is on the theoretical and practical understanding of key PVT concepts along with the use of some software; trainees will learn various methods for obtaining values of reservoir fluid properties from laboratory data and correlations.

- Fundamentals of PVT (Pressure-Volume-Temperature) - PVT Fluid Properties, Reporting and Evaluating - Development of Equation of State (EoS) Models - Tuning and Data Requirements - Oil Filed Applications

Operations, Production, and Reservoir Engineers

N150,000 5 Days June 11-15

This course will focus on fundamental techniques deploy by asset management teams in modern reservoir management.

The training will span across Data acquisition, analysis, and modeling. The reservoir model, production operations, and reservoir management economics will also be discussed. Trainees will take part in case studies that include new field, mature fields, brown fields, waterfloods, and enhanced recovery projects across the spectrum of oil fields in the Gulf of Guinea. Integrated management examples for new and mature fields and for a waterflooding will be discussed in a workshop environment

- Reservoir Management Concepts and Processes - Characterization and Analysis - Statistical Analysis and Performance Analysis - Dynamic Model - Selecting a Project

Engineers, geoscientists, operating personnel, and asset team members.

N180,000 5 Days March 26-30 October 15-19

This course has been designed to help our trainees have a grasp of the different types of tests and techniques, both analytical and graphical, for data representation and analysis of well tests. Such techniques include diagnostic plots-derivative for draw down, and buildup tests.

Trainees will learn about the interpretation of complex data, such as those from well test in naturally fractured reservoirs, hydraulically fractured wells, horizontal wells, along with gas and gas condensate reservoirs. Each day participants will see examples of the types and techniques discussed along with practice problems.

- Types of Test Analysis - Diagnostic and Derivative Analysis - Types of Well Testing - Analysis Gas and Gas Condensate Reservoirs - DST

Reservoir engineers, production engineers, Wireline operators, BHP survey supervisors, engineers and technicians who need insight into BHP surveys and analysis and any field personnel involved with the design and interpretation of well tests

N180,000 5 Days April 16-20 September 17-21

This course presents a comprehensive summary of various technology use in chemical, miscible, and thermal enhanced oil recovery processes. The topics that are also covered include fractional flow theory, Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS), Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD), and some other EOR methods (including the newly introduced hybrid processes). For each technique theoretical and practical aspects will be discussed in detail along with case studies and field examples.

Trainees will learn about different EOR processes, fundamental science and engineering behind EOR applications, fluid sampling, testing and characterization. They will also learn about Phase behavior fundamentals, EOR simulation process and workflow, fractional flow theory, minimum miscibility pressure and thermal recovery processes.

- Enhanced Oil Recovery Fundamentals - Phase Behavior Fundamentals - Fractional Flow Theory - Minimum Miscibility Pressure - Thermal Recovery Processes

Reservoir and petroleum engineers, geologists, petrophyicists, workover and production engineers, researchers and/scientists, and others interested in EOR processes.

N180,000 5 Days May 21-25 November 19-23

This Field Development Planning course provides participants with an opportunity to learn the fundamental approach for working and writing a Field Development Plan. The plan is a document that is an output of a sequence of decision and discipline-based tasks designed to come up with a development plan. It is, also, a basis for coming up with a robust way of developing, producing, and maintaining hydrocarbon resources.

The participants will be introduced to all these concepts as they are applied to the process of coming up with a development plan in relation to the reservoir life cycle. This course will acquaint engineers, geoscientists, and operating personnel with the basic techniques used by asset management teams.

- FDP Overview - Reservoir Model – Static - Reservoir Model – Dynamic - Facilities, Economics and Optimization - Development Examples – New Field, Mature Field, Waterflood

Reservoir and petroleum engineers, geologists, petrophyicists, workover and production engineers, researchers and/scientists, and others

N200,000 5 Days March 12-16 July 9-13

This course will cover water flooding and the distribution of immiscible fluids in a reservoir.

During this course, participants will also learn about the process of immiscible displacement in a reservoir along with the waterflood pattern options and its effects on the selection and orientation of flood performance. Other concepts that will be covered include the prediction of waterflood performance by the application of classical waterflood predictions. Analytical techniques and linear fractional flow theory will be discussed. Participants will also be able to see a simulation of waterflooding.

- Introduction to Waterflooding - Performance and Processes of Waterflooding - Flow Theory and Analysis Methods - Analytical and Prediction Methods - Simulations and Field Examples

Reservoir and petroleum engineers, geologists, petrophyicists, workover and production engineers, researchers and/scientists, and others

N180,000 5 Days June 4-8 October 15-19

This course will include the presentation of various reserve estimating methodologies, to include the difference between resources and reserves. The classifications and definitions of these reserves and resources, along with a guideline for the application of these definitions will be covered. PRMS, SPE, WPC, AAPG, SEC, and other regulatory authority guidelines will be discussed.

The course will update G&G and reservoir engineers with the newest and most accurate methods for obtaining the value of a reserve. Following the completion of this course, all participants should be able to manage deterministic and probabilistic methods, with the aim of gaining a thorough understanding of various reserve levels and their equivalence in both systems

- Resource Classification - Petroleum Economics - Deterministic Reserves - Statistics, Probability, and Uncertainty - Reserve Estimation

Reservoir and petroleum engineers, geologists, petrophyicists, workover and production engineers, researchers and/scientists, and others

N180,000 5 Days March 26-30 August 27-31

This five day course will consist of theoretical and practical classroom session with the last day of the course being devoted to Wireline, Logging While Drilling (LWD), and Pressure Volume Temperature (PVT) lab to see Formation Testing (FT) tools and PVT lab facilities/experiments. This course will also include all FT applications, including pressure surveys, gradient analysis, sampling and downhole fluid analysis, FT pressure transients, and FT In-Situ Stress testing.

Experience professionals will provide participants with presentations of tools, operations, and the latest interpretation advances. The participants will also have various practical exposure sessions with real data and InSituPro software. The class will be 50% classroom learning and 50% practical application with exercises, including visits to Wireline, LWD, and PVT laboratories

- InSituPro Software and Well Pressure Testing - IPTT and Downhole Fluid Analysis - LWD, CHDT, and In-Situ Stress Testing with MDT - Pressure Testing and Application - Visits and Review

Reservoir and petroleum engineers, geologists, petrophyicists, workover and production engineers, researchers and/scientists, and others

N300,000 5 Days April 9-13 October 8-12

Optimum flow assurance design and operation requires the evaluation of all disciplines interfacing flow assurance, as well as careful consideration of the interactions between the fluid, reservoir, wells, pipelines, surface facilities, and the surrounding environment.

The participants’ knowledge will be enhanced in various flow assurance problem, inorganic oilfield scale principles and fundamentals, Participants will learn about exotic mineral scale, prediction and modeling of inorganic scales, the design of a field scale management program, and recent developments in scale prevention. The problem, deposition site, impact, composition and structure, and detection of hydrates. They will also learn about characteristics, mechanisms and about various control, prevention and remediation methods of parrafins and Asphaltenes. Additionally, organic deposition model and emulsions along with various forms of corrosion and mechanisms with special emphasis on CO2 and H2S corrosion with Corrosion inhibitor application and oilfield management guidelines.

Participants will be able to; - Describe fluid-related issues and how to obtain appropriate fluid samples to assess risk of those issues - provide understanding of what key project decisions that need flow assurance input -Knowledge of software and methods to assist in flow assurance engineering

FDP managers, operation managers of fields with long flow lines between wellheads and processing facilities, Aspiring Flow Assurance Engineers and Production Chemists and other Engineer in related fields.

N150,000 5 Days June 18-22 November 5-9

Rock Physics is a key component in oil and gas exploration, development, and production. It combines concepts and principles from geology, geophysics, petrophysics, applied mathematics, and other disciplines. Rock physics provides the empirical relationships, understanding and theory to connect petrophysical, geomechanical and seismic data to the intrinsic properties of rocks, such as mineralogy, porosity, pore shapes, pore fluids, pore pressures, stresses and overall architecture, such as laminations and fractures.

The participants will be taken through introduction to rock physics and petrophysics, while reviewing Hooke’s law, anisotropy and elasti wave velocities, concept of the representative elementary volume, Voigt/Reuss and Hashin-Shtrikman bounds, Modulus-porosity relations, Gassmann’s equation and fluid substitution. Also, diagenetic and sorting trends in velocity-porosity data etc, Biot theory, patchy saturation, squirt flow, pore pressure and the concept of the effective stress, fracture gradient and fracture reservoirs

Attendees will obtain an understanding of the sensitivity of elastic waves in the earth to mineralogy, porosity, pore shapes, pore fluids, pore pressures, stresses, and the anisotropy of the rock fabric resulting from the depositional and stress history of the rock, and how to use this understanding in quantitative interpretation of seismic data and in the construction of mechanical earth models

Geoscientists, petrophysicists, and engineers wishing to understand rock physics and learn how to work together in integrated teams to build geomechanical models.

N150,000 5 Days July 23-27

A predrill estimate of formation pore pressure is a key requirement for successful exploration and drilling. During the exploration phase, knowledge of the spatial distribution of formation pressures can be used to develop fluid migration models, to study the effectiveness of seals, and to rank prospects. During the drilling phase, a pre-drill pore pressure estimate allows the appropriate mud weight to be selected and the casing program to be optimized, thus enabling safe and economic drilling.

This course will cover the fundamental principles of pore pressure modeling and application to oil field problems. The basic concepts used in pore pressure prediction will be presented, and methods for estimating pore pressure using log and seismic data will be explained and discussed. The discussion will focus on deriving a calibrated pore pressure model from seismic velocities. This implies calibration with offset well data in order to derive a calibrated velocity-to-pore pressure transform.

By understanding how the pre-drill pore pressure model is built, and what kind of calibration data is necessary, the course participant will get a sense of how to update and re-calibrate the model in real time while drilling. The following topics will be addressed: Processes responsible for abnormal pressure, Methods of pore pressure prediction and detection, Data requirements and how to deal with data gaps, Model calibration, Advantages and disadvantages of seismic and resistivity-based pore pressure prediction, Real time updating and uncertainty analysis.

Exploration and development geologists, petrophysicists, geophysicists, drilling engineers, completion engineers and reservoir engineers who need an essential understanding of the impact of pore pressure on drilling, wellbore stability, and reservoir management.

N300,000 5 Days July 2-6

Corrosion Technology Centre This course aims to provide the participants with an understanding of why and how corrosion occurs, the metallurgical and environmental factors influencing corrosion, and practical methods of corrosion control and failure prevention.

Outstanding experience with corrosion modeling and testing, thorough knowledge of corrosion control and electrical principles, In-depth knowledge of Boiler, Piping and Pressure Vessel Code, Solid understanding of DOT regulations related to corrosion testing and record keeping, familiarity with corrosion testing and cathodic protection equipment. Facilitators must be either API or NACE certified.

Participants will be able to grasp the basic concepts related to corrosion, metallurgy and failure analysis, and to apply the state of the art technology in their workplace.

corrosion practitioners, failure analysis personnel, designers, technical managers, inspection and maintenance engineers, coatings and weld inspectors, quality control personnel and anyone who is interested in corrosion, metallurgy and materials failure analysis and its prevention.

N210,000 5 Days April 2-6 July 2-6 November 26-30

This is a preparatory class for the candidate of API 571 certification examination. Where we cover all the topics related to Damage Mechanisms Affecting Fixed Equipment in the Refining and Petrochemical industry

This corrosion short course aims to provide the participants with a thorough understanding of the various damage mechanisms contained in the latest edition of API RP 571-2011 that can affect process equipment, the type and extent of damage that can be expected, and how this knowledge can be applied to the selection of effective inspection methods to detect size and characterize damage. The 66 damage mechanisms to be discussed in this corrosion short course are common to a variety of industries including refining and petrochemical, pulp and paper, and fossil utility

Identification and understanding of the various damage mechanisms which will help when implementing the API Inspection Codes (API 510, API 570, API 653) and in carrying out risk based inspection (RBI) per API 580 and API 581. When performing a fitness-for-service (FFS) assessment using API 579, the damage mechanisms need to be understood and need to be considered when evaluating the remaining life.

Designers, Inspection Engineers, Maintenance Engineers, Plant Inspectors, Mechanical Engineers, and Process Engineers in the refining and petrochemical industries.

N180,000 10 Days April 9-20 October 15-26

Corrosion Technology Centre This 5-day specialized practical course covers fundamentals of corrosion, key factors influencing CO2 corrosion, and all the details on CO2 corrosion modeling for the prediction of internal corrosion in oil and gas pipelines.

Course outline include fundamentals of corrosion, key factors influencing CO2, overview , selection and comparison of various CO2 Corrosion models etc.

The course will cover the overview of a dozen of empirical and mechanistic carbon dioxide corrosion models, CO2 corrosion model comparison, CO2 corrosion model selection, Co2 corrosion model validation and extensive hands-on modeling exercises. A practical guide for CO2 corrosion modeling strategy is also presented.

Contractors, Designers, Consultants involved in CO2 Corrosion Prediction. Engineers and technologists in charge of pipeline integrity. Technicians and maintenance personnel who deal with internal corrosion in oil and gas pipelines and production tubing.

N200,000 5 Days May 14-18

Corrosion Technology Centre This 5-day course covers both the fundamentals and practices in the design, installation operation, maintenance, survey, monitoring, and trouble-shooting of pipeline cathodic protection systems.

Corrosion and cathodic protection, corrosion potential, factors influencing the operation of a corrosion cell, cathodic protection design procedure, determining current requirements, calculation of cathodic protection circuit resistances, calculation of system life and number of anodes, calculation of driving voltage, sample cathodic protection designs and system performance evaluation etc.

Knowledge of fundamentals and practices in the design, installation operation, maintenance, survey, monitoring, and trouble-shooting of pipeline cathodic protection systems are targeted learning outcome

Engineers and technologists who are in charge of pipeline cathodic protection systems. Designers who are interested in cathodic protection technology for corrosion prevention of pipelines. Technicians and maintenance personnel who deal with installed cathodic protection systems.

N250,000 5 Days June 25-29

Corrosion Technology Centre It is always easier and cheaper to erase lines on a drawing than to repair or replace failed equipment or components in service. The theme throughout the course is how to put the right material in the right place in the right way. Practical rules in selection of materials and design guidelines against many different types of corrosion will be presented. Numerous case histories of real-life problems and practical solutions will be discussed.

This course will cover importance of design in corrosion prevention, practical corrosion cells commonly encountered in design, material selection for corrosion control – Metals and Alloys, nonmetals, Design solutions to corrosion problems based on types of corrosion etc

Participants will learn practical rules and codes in selection of materials and design guidelines against many different types of corrosion.

corrosion practitioners, researchers, designers, technical managers, inspection and maintenance engineers, quality control personnel and those involved in failure analysis to update their appreciation of corrosion prevention through materials selection and design.

N180,000 5 Days May 21-25 September 24-28

This course will cover the fundamentals, mechanisms, and the main causes of corrosion in the oil and gas production system. It will also cover the corrosion control and monitoring methods used in the oil and gas production systems. This course will contain practical examples of these in the oil and gas industry.

- Corrosion Principles and classification - CO2 and H2S Corrosion and Corrosion Inhibition - Material Selection - Erosion - Pipeline External Corrosion

Participants will have learned how to identify the corrosion mechanism, estimate and predict the corrosion rate, select material for different corrosion environments, evaluate and select corrosion inhibitors for different corrosion environments, and estimate the erosion rate. Participants will also learn how to select the corrosion monitoring techniques and elaborate on a corrosion management plan for pipeline.

Corrosion engineers, production engineers, material engineers, and reliability engineers.

N210,000 5 Days May 7-11 November 12-16

This intensive training course examines the types of corrosion and corrosion control in the gas, oil and water industry and provides an overview of specific process descriptions and focuses on the examination and identification of metallurgical problems in process units and methods of corrosion monitoring, control and damage reduction.

- Fundamental corrosion principles and mechanisms - Types of corrosion that are related to the oil, gas and water - Materials of Construction for process applications - Corrosion Monitoring and inspection Methods - Aspects of Corrosion inspection and anti-corrosion management and mitigation -

Process Engineers, Inspectors and Inspection Supervisors, Equipment Engineers, Maintenance Engineers and Planners, Design Engineers, Service Company Representatives

N200,000 5 Days June 18-22

This course presents an overview of the design process for open pit slopes. The course begins with a description and review of the fundamentals of slope design and then progresses from field data collection and QA/QC techniques through to the development of the individual component models that are used to define the geotechnical model. The course explores different slope design methods and considerations.

- Fundamental of Slope Design - Data Collection and QA/QC - Modelling, Techniques and Calibration - Slope Design Methods

Fundamentals of Slope Design Data Collection and QA/QC Modeling, Techniques and Calibration Slope Design Methods Management of open pit slopes

Geologists, Mining and geological engineers and technicians, and any other professionals involved in the process of data collection, design, monitoring and management of open pit slope, Attendees should have a basic background in rock mechanics and experience in feasibility stage projects or operating open pit mines.

N150,000 5 Days May 28-31 August 27-31

This course will provide participants with the fundamental and principles of production fluid behavior, conditioning, and processing from the wellhead to custody transfer. The participants will learn oilfield production handling at the surface, the treatment equipment, and the processes. Natural gas and oil physics characteristics, gathering system, separation, treatment, pigging, transportation, measurements, rotating equipment, vessel and piping design, and operations will all be covered to enhance operational efficiencies.

- Production Systems, Fluid Properties and Hydrocarbon Properties - Manifold and Gathering Systems - Pigging and Separation - Oil and Water treatment - Gas Treatment, Pump and Compressors

Participants will learn how to design and operate the surface facilities production equipment and processes through daily exercises.

Surface facility operation engineers, surface facility design engineers, production operation engineers, and production managers.

N120,000 5 Days March 5-9 September 3-7 November 5-9

- Basic geological concepts - Petroleum exploration - Basic Petroleum Geology - Drilling Technology & Equipment - Production Technology & Equipment - Field gathering, treatment and storage of oil and gas - Measurement of oil & gas and reserves estimates - Refining crude oil, refining processes for gas, kerosine, petrol, diesel, etc.

At the end of the one week course participants will, know the functional operations of the Petroleum Industry; differentiate between the various operating divisions of the industry, e.g. Exploration, Drilling, Exploitation, Refining. Be acquainted with good knowledge of operational processes of each of the divisions. Update their knowledge on petroleum exploration and exploitation.

Non-technical personnel from Petroleum exploitation companies, Government agencies with duties related to oil and gas exploitation business, Journalists and gas correspondents, Non-petroleum engineers, lecturers, Instructors, Technological Assistants, field operators in the petroleum industry.

N180,000 5 Days March 19-23 September 10-14

- Introduction - Well completion - Spacing out completion string - Surface equipment - Wireline string - Mandrels and Landing nipples - Control and Maintenance tools - Running and Pulling tools - Special Oil and Gas well problems - Safety in Wireline Operations.

At the end of the course, Production Personnel should be introduced to workover operations. Know the use of wireline, tubular and wireline for well repairs.

Engineers and Operation Supervising Geologist, Field Technicians, Managers, Petroleum Inspectors and Wireline Operators.

N180,000 5 Days March 26-30 May 7-11 October 15-19

A practical training course in Crude Oil Analysis covers the characterization of Crude oil product for the purpose of quality determination. The crude oil analysis classifies the crude product as sweet or sour and whether it is heavy, medium and light. It determines its market value base on estimate product yields during refining.

- Introduction to formation chemistry of crude - Density, Specific gravity and API gravity (Hydrometer Method ASTM D1298) - Water and Sediment in Crude oil (centrifugal method ASTM D4007) - Water in crude oil by distillation (Dean & Stark Method ASTM D4006) - Pour Point of petroleum oils (ASTM D97) - Vapour pressure of petroleum products (Reid Method ASTM D4323) - Flash point by pensky-martens closed tester (ASTM D93) - Salt in crude oil (Electrometric Method ASTM D3230) - Sulphur content (ASTM D1551) - Metal content in crude (ASTM D2788)

-Identify the equipment used in the determination of the parameters shown in the course outline -Describe the processes involved in determining each of the parameters. -Identify the standard methods (e.g. ASTM, IP etc) determination for each of the parameters -Carry out the determination of each of the parameters -Identify relevant standards/specifications for quality definition of the parameters

Petroleum analysts, Scientist, Petroleum refining officers, Laboratory Managers, Petroleum marketers, Chemists, Oil regulators and Law enforcement officers.

N180,000 5 Days April 9-13 August 27-31

A practical training course in Petroleum Products Analysis identifies key performance as well as safety parameters as quality indicators of the products. Quality of the is imperative for effective use, storage and custody transfer as well as in setting government regulation for products control and monitoring.

Introduction to petroleum products classification and their chemistry. Density, Specific gravity and API gravity (Hydrometer Method ASTM D1298) Water in Petroleum products by distillation (Dean & Stark Method ASTM D95) Pour Point of petroleum oils (ASTM D97) Vapour pressure of petroleum products (Reid Method ASTM D323) Flash point by pensky-martens closed tester (ASTM D93) Aniline point (ASTM D611) Smoke point Kerosene (ASTM D1322) Kinematic viscosity (ASTM D445) Conradsoncarbon residue (ASTM D189) Total Acid number (ASTM D664) Cetane Number (ASTM D976) Copper corrosion (ASTM D130) Metal content in crude (ASTM D2788)

-Identify the key performance parameters as well safety parameters for each products -Describe the processes involved in determining each of the parameters. -Identify the standard methods (e.g. ASTM) determination for each of the parameters -Carry out the determination of each of the parameters -Identify relevant standards/specifications for quality definition of the parameters -Ascertain quality products as well as the adulterated ones

Petroleum analysts, Scientist, Petroleum refining officers, Laboratory Managers, Quality control officers in Petroleum Laboratory, Petroleum marketers, Chemists, Oil regulators and Law enforcement officers

N180,000 5 Days May 7-11 October 22-26

The course Identifies specific equipment and or method used to determine the certain parameters in potable and wastewater from industrial discharges. The values are used to match against standard specification values issued by regulators. It is very paramount for healthy living, safe and sustainable environment.

The following parameters will be determined: - pH and conductivity - Turbidity - Total suspended solids and total dissolved solids - Alkalinity - Hardness as carbonate and bicarbonate - Chloride - Nitrates - Oil and grease - DO - Chemical oxygen demand (COD) - Metal content - TPH - BTEX - PAH - Coliform bacteria - BOD

-Identify relevant parameters that determine the quality of potable as well as effluent water -Determine the parameters spelt out in the course outline -Identify and use the appropriate equipment and methods needed for each test -Ascertain the quality of both potable and effluent through comparison with standard Values (WHO, DPR etc)

Scientists, Technologists, Water plant operators, Environmentalists, Water engineers, Laboratory regulators, Chemical analysts, Quality control officers and Managers in tertiary institutions, Research centers, industries as well as private sectors

N180,000 5 Days March 19-23 September 24-28

A training course in Quality Assurance and Quality Control prepares Analytical Laboratory and personnel to be highly meticulous in job planning, execution, validating, review and documentation. Known QA/QC measures instituted in work programmes assures confidence for acceptability of result or products administered to the public.

Selecting and validation of analytical methods and standard operating procedures Traceability procedure Key performance criteria in quality assurance procedure Components of good quality control program Quality control and proficient testing program System suitability and specification Quality standard and regulation VAM Principles Accreditation requirement Documentation and review

-Develop quality assurance manual and design implementation and management program -Design and implement quality assurance record requirements -Prepare laboratory for ISO 17025 accreditation -Identify relevant components of standard operating procedure and develop additional SOPs -Conduct an effective internal laboratory audit and inspection

Scientists, Technologists, Laboratory auditors, Laboratory regulators, Chemical analysts, Quality control officers and Managers in tertiary institutions, research centers, industries as well as private sectors

N100,000 5 Days April 16-20 November 19-23

Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS) is the best technology for metal determination from all samples ranging crude, water, soil limestone etc. The course highlights sample preparation methods like dry and wet.

-Basic and advanced concept of Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer. -Components of Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer.. -Principle and operation of Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer. -Preparation of Standard, Calibration and Data interpretation -Sample collection, storage and preparation -Application of Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer. -Troubleshooting and maintenance of Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer.

-Explain the science of atomicity -Identify the various components of AAS -Describe the working principle and operation of the instrument -Prepare working standards and calibrate AAS -Prepare all forms of samples for metal analysis using AAS -Determine metal using AAS -List various areas of application of AAS -Carry out basic care and maintenance of AAS

Scientists, Technologists, Chemical analysts, Quality control officers and Managers in tertiary institutions, research centres, industries as well as private sectors

N180,000 5 Days June 11-15 October 8-12