Project Management in Petroleum Industries -General-

1. Lecture
-	Project Management Body of Knowledge® (PMBOK®) fundamentals (by preliminary e-learning, under Project Management Association Japan supervision)
-	The petroleum industry in Japan (by preliminary e-learning, JCCP)
-	Project management from the perspective of the oil-refining company, which is the project owner
a)	Key points of each phase—initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and project closing—and the startup operation after the project 
b)	Strategy of technology, capital investment, EPC contract, etc.
-	Project cost management
-	Construction project simulation, gamification
-	Team building & stakeholder engagement

2. Workshop (Group Discussions)
-	Challenges of project management for each participant

3. Site Visit: 
-	Refinery and chemical plants:
a)	PJ Practices in Petroleum Refining Companies
b) New Energy Strategy
-	Engineering companies:
a)	Risk-based maintenance & life-cycle approach to the units
b)	EPC project engineering by utilizing IT sys. (AWP)
-	Ironworks and manufacturer of high-pressure vessel & pipe:
a)	Recent technologies for high-pressure vessels
b)	Duplex stainless-steel pipe
c)	Non-destructive inspection for predictive life-cycle
-	CCS Demo Plant

* Updated May 29

The purpose of the training for participants was to deepen their understanding of project management from the perspective of the refinery owners and participants would learn about the differences between the theoretical system and operational aspects of PMBOK® and further deepen their own knowledge through discussions with management-level participants from each country.