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Project Management in Petroleum Industries (2) (*Updated – 8/1)

Updated : 2026.07.15

Status: Report
Course Number
TR-9-24
Title / Theme
Project Management in Petroleum Industries (2) (*Updated - 8/1)
Dates
2024.11.12〜2024.11.29
Objectives
For technology leaders to deepen understanding of project management from the owner’s perspective and their company’s strategy through the discussions among the training participants including lecturers.
Main Topics
1. Lecture
(1) Project Management Body of Knowledge® (PMBOK®) fundamentals (by preliminary e-learning, under PMAJ supervision)
(2) The petroleum industry in Japan (by preliminary e-learning, JCCP)
(3) Project management from the perspective of an oil refining company, which is the Project owner.
  a) Key points of each phase, initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and project closing phases, and the startup operation after the project
  b) Strategy of technology, capital investment, an EPC contract, etc.
(4) Project cost & risk management
(5) Construction project simulation, gamification
(6) Team building & stakeholder engagement.
2. Workshop (Group Discussions)
(1) Challenges of project management for each participant
3. Site Visit: 
(1) Refinery & chemical plants: 
・Japanese petroleum companies’ endeavor into Sustainable Energy
(2) Engineering companies:
・EPC project engineering by utilizing IT (advanced work packaging)
・Harnessing sustainable energy and its cutting-edge technologies 
(3) Ironworks and manufacturer of high-pressure vessel & pipe
・Latest technologies of stainless pipe and tanks for hydrogen storage
(4) CCS Plants
・Overview of CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) Projects & Plant site visit
Application Deadline
2024.09.13
Qualification
Middle management level in the engineering, technical, planning, and R&D departments or those with equivalent or higher-level qualification.
Others
* Further course details will be announced three (3) months before the start of the course.
Report (Japanese)
Report (English)