Uganda Petroleum Institute Kigumba Diploma in Upstream Petroleum Operations
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This two-year diploma in Upstream Petroleum Operations (DUPO) curriculum is aimed at producing Upstream Petroleum technicians who are relevant to the industry and world of work. It is learner-centred and competence-based and emphasizes acquisition of skills by the learners through practical teaching and execution of projects.
Program Overview
The oil and gas industry is usually divided into three major sectors: upstream, midstream and downstream. Upstream is the first part of the oil and gas process.
It primarily involves the exploration for crude oil and natural gas fields, as well as its recovery and production. This sector is widely referred to within the oil and gas industry as the E&P (exploration and production) stage. Common areas within the upstream process include searching for oil deposits, either underground or underwater, the drilling of exploratory wells and, if deposits are found, the operation of these wells to bring found deposits to the surface. Upstream is a highly scientific area of oil and gas, with Geologists and Geophysicists involved from the outset to seek out where deposits may lie. Aside from these roles, potential jobs within the upstream oil and gas sector include Platform Installer, Petroleum Engineer and Pipeline Engineer.
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Prospects for Upstream Operations Program
These graduates may opt to further their skills and education by offering a certificated and eventually a degree in any of the following areas:
i) Petroleum Engineering
ii) Reservoir Engineering
iii) Petroleum Geoscience
iv) Petroleum Geophysics
v) Petroleum Geologist
vi) Any other related course /programme
Objectives
The main objective of this Diploma in Up Stream Petroleum Operations. (DUPO) is to equip trainees with expertise needed to solve problems in the Upstream Sector and induce practical skills that will enable them maintain safely facilities in the sector.
The programme will:
- Prepare students for a career in the oil and gas industry.
- Provide students with high quality programmes that will equip them with knowledge and skills that will give them a competitive edge on the Oil & Gas job market.
- Provide students the underlying rudiments of the oil and gas value chain in terms of technical services and socio-ethical issues relevant to the local Oil and Gas industry
- Expose students to a wide range of skills relevant to the local oil industry, thereby building human resource capacities for the oil and gas sector particularly for oil and gas reserves acquisition, design and development; maintenance and oil economics. Uganda Petroleum Institute Diploma in Upstream Petroleum
- Develop human centred critical and analytical thinking abilities of students.
- Expose students to the dignity of labour through field visits in collaboration with industrial players in the Oil and Gas industry including hands on training through internships.
- Establish partnerships with oil and gas industry players as a way of enriching the quality of the programme both locally and internationally.
- Inculcating health, safety, and environmental conservation so that the learners will implement up stream activities in a sustainable manner.
- Expose the students the underlying rudiments of the petroleum operations in terms of technical services and socio-ethical issues relevant to the local Oil and Gas industry.
About 70% of the total contact hours will be devoted to developing practical skills. The skills will be developed through demonstrations within the controlled conditions of the laboratories, and further during industrial training and field visits at relevant facilities. Class room learning will be learner-centred, with the lecturer playing the role of a guide in the learning process. Attitude to teamwork will be emphasized throughout the training process.
Learning Outcomes
After going through the DUPO Programme, the graduate will be able to:
(i) Apply the acquired knowledge and technical skills to sustain operations in the upstream operations.
(ii) Integrate health, safety and environment standards in the workplace;
(iii) Conserve the environment and biodiversity during implementation of day-to-day activities;
(iv) Demonstrate ability of maintenance of upstream facilities.
Credit Units Per Course
Fifteen (15) contact hours of class teaching are equivalent to one credit unit (CU). While 30 hours of practical work are equivalent to 1 CU. The CUs for each course unit shows the weight of each course.
Course Units in the DUPO Programme
Year I Semester I
| Course Code | Course Name | LH | PH | CH | CU |
| DUPO 1101 | Health, Safety & Environment | 36 | 48 | 60 | 4 |
| DUPO 1102 | Overview of the Oil and Gas Industry | 39 | 12 | 45 | 3 |
| DUPO 1103 | Petroleum Geology | 40 | 10 | 45 | 3 |
| DUPO 1104 | Engineering Drawing | 7 | 76 | 45 | 3 |
| DUPO 1105 | Communication Skills | 30 | 00 | 30 | 2 |
| DUPO 1106 | Information Communication Technology | 36 | 48 | 60 | 4 |
| DUPO 1107 | Engineering Mathematics | 21 | 48 | 45 | 3 |
| Total Contact Hours and Credit Units Per Semester | 345 | 22 |
Year I Semester II
| Course Code | Course Name | LH | PH | CH | CU |
| DUPO 1201 | Workplace Safety and Management | 36 | 48 | 60 | 4 |
| DUPO 1202 | Petroleum Engineering Chemistry | 21 | 48 | 45 | 3 |
| DUPO 1203 | Petroleum Fluid Mechanics | 47 | 26 | 60 | 4 |
| DUPO 1204 | Reservoir Engineering | 34 | 52 | 60 | 4 |
| DUPO 1205 | Materials Science and Technology | 32 | 26 | 45 | 3 |
| DUPO 1206 | Mechanical Technology | 40 | 40 | 60 | 4 |
| Total Contact Hours and Credit Units Per Semester | 315 | 22 |
Year I Semester II: Recess Term
| DUPO 1301 | Industrial Training I | 0 | 120 | 60 | 4 |
Year II Semester I
| Course Code | Course Name | LH | PH | CH | CU |
| DUPO 2101 | Waste Management | 35 | 12 | 45 | 3 |
| DUPO 2102 | Drilling Engineering | 41 | 38 | 60 | 4 |
| DUPO 2103 | Production Operations | 24 | 42 | 45 | 3 |
| DUPO 2104 | Well Logging | 27 | 36 | 45 | 3 |
| DUPO 2105 | Piping Isometrics | 21 | 48 | 45 | 3 |
| DUPO 2106 | Process Dynamics and Control | 18 | 54 | 45 | 3 |
| DUPO 2107 | Thermodynamics | 48 | 24 | 60 | 4 |
| Total Contact Hours and Credit Units Per Semester | 345 | 23 |
Year II Semester II
| Course Code | Course Name | LH | PH | CH | CU |
| DUPO 2201 | Oil and Gas Processing Operations | 16 | 28 | 30 | 2 |
| DUPO 2202 | Principles of Entrepreneurship | 30 | 00 | 30 | 2 |
| DUPO 2203 | Petroleum Economics and Contracts | 36 | 18 | 45 | 3 |
| DUPO 2204 | Natural Gas Engineering | 27 | 36 | 45 | 3 |
| DUPO 2205 | Maintenance and Works Supervision | 25 | 40 | 45 | 3 |
| DUPO 2206 | Student Project | 0 | 150 | 75 | 5 |
| Total Contact Hours and Credit Units Per Semester | 330 | 18 |
Year II Semester II: Recess Term
| DUPO 2301 | Industrial Training II | 0 | 120 | 60 | 4 |
| Tatal | 22+22+4+23+4+18 | 93 |
Total Graduation Load: 93 Credit Units
Duration
The DUPO shall be taught in two academic years i.e. four semesters and the two Recess Terms for Industrial Training.
Entry Requirements
Considering the technical nature of the programme a candidate with science backgrounds shall be eligible for admission on meeting any of the following minimum qualifications:
Category A: Direct Entry: (A’ Level Entry)
Applicant must have at least two (2) principal passes in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
A Subsidiary Pass in any of the following is of added advantage:
i) Information Technology (IT)
ii) Biology.
Category B: Oil and Gas Professionals (Recognition of Prior Learning, RPL)
Applicant must have at least one (1) year experience in the Oil and Gas Industry.
Category C: Certificate Entry
Applicants must have a national certificate in;
1. Mechanical Engineering
2. Electrical and Electronics
Application Procedures
• Through Joint Admissions Board (JAB)
• Direct Application to the Institute, UPIK