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DESCRIPTION OF COURSES

THE TANKER OPERATIONS COURSE
This course is for anyone wishing to get an excellent practical review of tanker operations without being loaded down with excessive technical detail.  It details tanker types, design and construction and all aspects of operations, such as types of cargoes carried, processes of loading/discharging, ballasting and tank cleaning, and bunkers used.  The relative laws, regulations, and regulatory bodies and industry organizations are discussed, such as IMO, Flag/Port State, ISM, STCW, ISCGOTT, MARPOL, SOLAS, OCIMF, OPA 90, ISPS, etc. The basics of charter parties, Worldscale and vessel performance will also be reviewed.  

THE ADVANCED TANKER OPERATIONS COURSE
This program addresses some of the serious, often complex issues facing the industry today and details practical areas of ship operations. Among the topics covered are the politics of industry regulations and oil spills, operational liabilities, contingency plans, ship’s business, vessel vetting, and ranking flag states and class societies. Specifics of vessel performance, charter party operational clauses, tank cleaning procedures, crew selection and training, new alternative vessel / hull designs, and training requirements are also discussed as are the provisions and application of the new ISPS code. The program is designed to expose the participants to solid operating principles they can use in making management decisions. A mock arbitration involving an actual tanker operational claim will be conducted on the last day of the program.

CHARTER PARTIES, LAYTIME, AND DEMURRAGE
Reviews most Charter Parties and special clauses commonly used by the industry today. Differences between each are examined as to which benefits charterer or shipowner most. Concepts of laytime and demurrage are discussed fully as are vessel freight rates, Worldscale, INCOTERMS, arbitration, litigation, COGSA, vessel vetting and performance. A mock arbitration of an actual demurrage claim is held on the last day of the program using principles presented during the session.

ADVANCED CHARTER PARTIES, LAYTIME AND DEMURRAGE 

This “actual case-based” program will benefit anyone familiar with the fundamentals of contracts and demurrage wanting to take a more comprehensive look at the key charter parties and clauses, actual case studies, rulings and awards, arbitration rules and legal perspectives of this ever challenging area.

MARINE CUSTODY TRANSFER, PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT AND LOSS CONTROL
Details the complex and inter-related areas of marine custody transfer operations, oil measurement, quantification of oil volumes, methods of loss evaluation, reduction to exposure and recovery of oil loss. Presents all the latest practical information on these topics from both the ship and shore perspectives. It starts by describing how oil by its very nature is difficult to measure and then addresses how to neutralize the problems related to obtaining accurate custody transfer measurements and how to identify and control losses. It is based on the practical application of the most current industry standards and commercial practices in use today.

ADVANCED COURSE PETROLEUM LOSS CONTROL, CLAIMS AND RECOVERY
Reviews the various technologies, methods and techniques currently available to prevent oil losses, minimize exposure to loss and identify and recover those that do occur. Details loss analysis of various cases and shows how to best find and use the data needed to determine where an oil loss occurred and then allocate responsibility for it. A mock arbitration of an actual cargo claim will be conducted using principles discussed during the session.

REVIEW AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

Provides a concise and practical review of cargo and bunker inspection, measurement, loss control, operations and safety, as well as the opportunity for qualified individuals to be certified in the area of Inspection / Survey of Marine Petroleum Cargoes or Bunkers.

ANATOMY OF THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY

This program follows a barrel of oil from its origins in the ground to its ultimate consumer use and shows how it gets to where it's going and how it is made into the product it ends up being. In doing so, participants are walked through the areas of land acquisition, exploration, production, transportation, storage, refining, and marketing of this fascinating, multifaceted industry.  Whether you are just entering the industry or an "old hand" wishing to fill in your "knowledge gaps" this course is for you.

CHEMICAL TANKER & LIQUEFIED GAS CARGO OPERATIONS
Describes the general characteristics and hazards of chemicals carried on ships and barges.  Details such topics as the design and operation of chemical tank vessels, and the safe handling and carriage of chemicals, including cargo loading and discharging, the practical applications of existing procedures and practices, vessel vetting, chartering, IBC Code, and cargo measurement.   Also details the characteristics and specific hazards of the refrigerated and pressurized cargoes commonly carried onboard marine tank vessels.  The various types of liquefied gas carriers/tanks, shore facilities, cargo measurement / quantification, IGC Codes, SIGTTO, general safety requirements, and other industry practices and organizations are among the topics to be discussed.

INTRODUCTION TO LNG

LNG is the fastest growing segment of the petroleum/gas shipping industries.  As such new projects are springing up everywhere and new and bigger LNG tankers are being ordered and built around the world.  This program is for those who want a clear and concise overview of what LNG is and why it may be the fuel of the future. The course provides a concise overview of this rapidly expanding industry and the cargo it is built around.  It looks at LNG from its source to ultimate use, including its transportation and storage.  Among the topics discussed are the current and future LNG markets, its use, hazards, types of storage facilities, ships that carry it, as well as all related regulatory bodies and industry organizations.  It also details the latest industry developments and custody transfer procedures.

LNG CARGO OPERATIONS

This program provides a complete and concise review for anyone wishing to learn more about LNG, the fastest growing segment of the maritime/gas industries.  It provides the participants with the key information they need to understand the basics of LNG operations.  The course looks at LNG from its source to ultimate use including its transportation and storage.  Among the topics discussed are the markets and use of LNG, its hazards, regulatory bodies/publications, design and operations of storage facilities, types of ships, tanks and equipment, transportation, cargo operations, safety requirements and the latest industry developments.  In addition, LNG measurement and the custody transfer process are fully detailed. 

LIQUEFIED GAS CARGO OPERATIONS
Details the characteristics and specific hazards of refrigerated and/or pressurized cargoes commonly carried on board ships and barges, such as LPG/LNG/Ammonia/VCM/Chemical Gases.  Cargo loading, discharging, changing cargoes, vessel vetting, chartering, the various types of gas carriers, tanks, and shore facilities are discussed as are cargo measurement/ quantification, IGC Codes, SIGTTO safety/operational requirements, GIIGNL and other general/specific industry safety requirements, practices and organizations.  The course provides a practical background for those just getting into the gas trade or who want to brush up on the latest trends and technologies in this rapidly growing segment of the maritime/petroleum industries.

TERMINAL OPERATIONS AND OPERATIONAL AUDITS

Details the key elements of operational requirements of a busy integrated marine petroleum terminal.  Discusses the related regulatory requirements and the best business/operational practices in use by the industry today.  The program details where losses are most likely to occur and how to minimize exposure to them.  It also shows participants how to audit their own facilities, and to evaluate them for operational and regulatory shortcomings.

REFINERY-TERMINAL LOSS CONTROL METHODS AND SYSTEM EXPECTANCIES

Details the main types of automatic static and dynamic custody transfer measurement systems in use in the industry today.  Discusses the design, operation, accuracy of each and details how to select the best system.  The session fully details where losses are most likely to occur at refineries and/or oil terminals and how to minimize them.  It also shows participants how to audit their own facilities, evaluate the measurement accuracies that can be expected under the existing conditions and how to possibly improve them.  This course is for those with a full understanding of the general concepts of loss control who want to look at specific ways to control losses.  

IN-HOUSE PROGRAMS, NEW COURSES & SPECIAL SESSIONS

All of these programs can be brought in-house "as is" or custom-tailored to cost effectively meet the client’s specific objectives and schedule.  For more information about this cost-effective option please contact us.

In addition to our regularly scheduled public sessions, several new programs are usually presented throughout the year.  Visit us again at our web site for updates and details.

ENROLLMENT FORM

2008 Course Fees: The base fee is $1,395 USD for each course; $1,495 if paid on the first day of the program.  EXCEPTION:  "Introduction to LNG" base fee is $795 USD; $850 on the first day.

Course fees are payable in U.S. funds drawn on U.S. bank or affiliate to ENERCON GROUP, INC. 

Note: All cancellations 14 days or less prior to start of course are subject to a $175 cancellation fee.

NOTE: Also see below *Combined Courses and **Two Courses for the Price of One! 

Click here to view Course Schedule 2008 for details.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER . . .

BRUCE W. ABUGEL
Bringing with him to the courses more than 35 years of related ship and shore experience, Mr. Abugel is a recognized industry expert in the areas of marine operations, charter parties laytime, demurrage, contract negotiations, petroleum loss control, claims and recovery, custody transfer, and terminal operating procedures.  He began his career as a ship's officer in the U. S. Merchant Marine/Navy, then came ashore as an assistant principal and instructor with Seaman's Church Institute, after which he held various operations/management positions while in the marine operations and chartering departments with Amoco International Oil Company.  As port captain with Amoco, he was assigned to numerous special projects around the world, including the evaluation of port facilities and company operations and taking an active role in Amoco's attempt to salvage the cargo off of the AMOCO CADIZ in France.  He was also assigned the task of evaluating Amoco’s oil transportation losses and played a key role in the development of their successful oil loss control program.  After Amoco, he was made vice president of a major petroleum inspection company.

Mr. Abugel currently is president of the marine/petroleum consulting firm he founded in 1980.  He is personally very active in the industry areas related to marine operations, safety, chartering, cargo inspection and the development of industry standards. He serves as expert witness, prime consultant and/or mediator on cases relative to cargo, vessel operations, contract evaluation, charter parties, demurrage, environmental matters, and other related subjects.  He is currently chairman of API’s working group writing the standards for Measurement of Refrigerated and Pressurized Cargoes On Board Gas Carriers and Barges (Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards [MPMS] Chpt. 17.10) and is the Convenor of ISO TC 28/SC 5/WG 5 writing the LNG measurement standards. He has chaired other work groups, including those that wrote API's MPMS Chpts. 17.1, 17.2, and has worked on similar groups within OCIMF, IP, and ISO.  He has also authored numerous operational, safety, oil loss control and training manuals for industry clients.

Mr. Abugel holds an MBA (International Business) from the University of Miami and a B.S. degree (Meteorology & Oceanography) from the State University of New York Maritime College.

Client Listing

Participants in Enercon Group, Inc. programs have come from companies such as:

Admiral Shipping – Aectra Refining – AH Shipchandler – AIVEPET – Akzo Nobel – Alaska DEC – Alaska Dept of Natural Resources – Alon USA LP – Alyeska Pipeline – Amerada Hess Corp. – American Eagle Tankers – American Nautical – AMOCO – Andrie Inc. – Anglo Eastern Shipmanagement – Arab Oil Pipelines – Aramco Services – ARCO – Ares Demurrage & Services LLP – Aruba Ports Authority N.V. – Ashland Petroleum Co. – Associated Transport Lines – Atlantic Trading – Atlas Marine – Atofina PetroChemical, Inc. – Autronica

Bahamas Oil Refinery Co. Int’l Ltd. (BORCO) – Barbados National Oil Co. – Barbados National Terminal Co. – BG LNG – BHP – Biehl & Company – bp – BP Chemicals – BP Marine – BP AMOCO – BP Exploration & Oil Inc. – BP Trinidad & Tobago – Bill Black Agency – BITOR – BITUMENES ORINOCO, S.A. – Blystad Shipping – Boeing Petroleum Co. – Bominflot – Bona Shipping – Bonaire Port Services – Bonaire Petroleum Corp. N.V. (BOPEC) – Brenntag Latin America, Inc. - Burlingham, Underwood – Burmah

Caleb Brett – Calcasieu Refining – Cape Tankers – CALTEX – Cargill – Caribbean Petroleum Refinery – Castle Oil Corp. – Celanese – Certispec  Services – Chemical Tankers of America – Chemoil Holdings – Chevron – Chevron Canada Resources – Chevron Caribbean Shipping Co. – Chevron Global Crude Trading Int'l. – Chevron Nigeria Limited – Chevron Oronite Co. LLC – Chevron Products Co. – Chevron Shipping – ChevronTexaco – Chinese Petroleum Company – CITGO – Citgo Asphalt Refining – Clark Oil – Clark Refining – Clifton Ridge Terminal – Coastal Aruba – Coastal Corp. – Coastal States Trading –  Compania Maritima de Panama – CONOCO – ConocoPhillips - Colonial Navigation – Copenhagen Tankers – CORPOVEN – COSCOL – Crowley Marine – Crowley Petroleum Transport Co.  – CSL International, Inc. – Curoil – CuuLong JOC – CXY Energy – CYX Industries

Defense Contract Management District Int'l. (DCMDI)  – Defense Energy Support Center (DESC) – Deltaven – Denholm Ship. – Dept. of Mines & Energy (Newfoundland) – DESC Europe / Middle East – DFSC – Dietze & Associates – DIPPSA – DPR Nigeria – Diamond Shamrock – Dow Chemical – DUPONT – DynMcDermitt

E.W. Saybolt – Eastern Divers – Eastman Chemicals – Ecopetrol Int’l Trade – El Paso – Elf Trading Inc. – Empresa Generado de Electricidad Itabo, SA – Enerchem – Energy Intelligence – Energy Transport – Enjet – Enraf Tanksystem – EOTT Energy – Epic Petroleum – Equate Petrochemical – Equilon Enterprises LLC / Martinez Refining Company – Equilon Pipeline – Equistar Chemicals – Equiva – Equiva Trading Int'l – Ergon – Esso Chile – Esso Exploration Angola – ETIA – Exxon Corp. – Exxon Trading InterAmerica – ExxonMobil Corp.

FertiNitro – Fina Oil and Chemical – Flint Hills Resources – FLOPEC – Florida Power and Light – Flota Petrolera – Fortum Oil and Gas Oy – Fuel and Marine Marketing

GATX – General Steamship Corp. – Global Petroleum / ShipIQ – Government of Indonesia – Grupo Jessart – Guam Power Authority – Gulf Stream Inspection, Inc.

Hanseatic Shipping Company – Haugen Consulting – Hawaiian Sugar and Transportation Co-op – HCI Chemicals (USA) Inc. – Heidenreich Marine (Heidmar) – Hess Energy – Hess Oil – Hibernia Management & Development – Hovensa – Hull & Cargo – Hunt Refining – Huntsman Corp. – Husky Energy Inc. – Husky Oil

ICIS-LOR – Imperial Oil Canada – IMTT – Inchcape – Inspecciones – Inspectorate – Intertek Caleb Brett – Irving Oil Limited – I-Tech Refining & Marketing – ITS Caleb Brett

Jankovich and Co. – Japan-Vietnam Petroleum Co. – Jo Tankers

Kassim Tanker Brokers – Kerr McGee – Keyspan Energy – Keystone Tankers – Koch Industries/Oil – Kuwait Oil Co.

Laurin Maritime (America) Inc. – LQM Associates – Labs Consultants – LAGOVEN – LaMorte Burns – Leevac Marine – Lion Oil Co. – LOOP Inc. – Lyondell-Citgo

Maduro Shipping – Maersk OPSA Tankers – Marathon – MarathonAshland Petroleum LLC – MARAVEN – Maritime Overseas Corp. – Maritrans – Martinez Refining Company – Matson Navigation – McAllister Towing – McQuillan & Co. – Metanol de Oriente (METOR) – Methanex – METOR – Midland Marine – Mieco Products Svs. – Ministry of Energy Trinidad – Mitsubishi Int’l. – Mitsui – Mobil Producing Nigeria – Mobil Oil Corp. – Moran Gulf – Moran Services – Moran Shipping – Moran Towing Corp. – Mormac Marine – Motiva Enterprises – MSB Marine Surveyors Bureau S.A. – Murphy Oil USA Inc. – Military Sealift Command (MSC)

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) – NOAA – National Pollution Funds Center (NPFC/USCG) – Neste Canada – Neste Petroleum – Network Chartering Americas, Inc. – Newfoundland Transshipment Terminal – NE Petroleum – Norgas Americas Inc. – Northville Industries – Norwegian Gas Carriers – Nova Chemicals Corp. – N.R.C.A. – Nucor Iron Carbide

Occidental de Colombia, Inc. – Ocean Shipholdings – Ocean Specialty Tankers – Oceanic Chartering – OCN (Venezuela) – ODIN Marine – Odjfell Tankers – Oil Tanking – Oleoducto Central S.A. – OMI – OSG America

PDVSA – Pacific Refining – Pan Pacific – Pecten Chemicals – PEMEX – Pennzoil – Penreco – Permian Corp. – Pertamina  – Petrobras – Petro Canada – Petrocel S.A. – PetroJam Ltd. – Petroleo y Gas, S.A. – Petrolera Amerivan – Petrolera Trans. – PetroPeru – PetroStar – PETROTRIN – Petrozuata – Phibro – Phillips 66 Co.– Phillips China – Phillips Oil Company (Nigeria) Ltd. – Phillips Petroleum Co. – PMI Comercio Internacional, S.A. – PMI Trading Ltd. – Poten and Partners

Qarun Petroleum Company – Qatar General Petroleum Co. – QMC

RCAC – Recope – Refidomsa – Refineria Dominicana – Refineria Isla – Riley-Sherman Shipping Agency – Riomar Jomaris – RoCargo Services

S.A. de Navegacion Petrolera – S. J. Marine – Sanders Oil Co. – Saudi Arabian Oil Company – Saudi Aramco – SGS Canada – SGS North America – Shipping Company of India – S.E.L. Maduro & Sons – Seachem – SeaRiver Maritime – Service Management – Servicios Navieramar – Shekou Entry-Exit Inspection Bureau – Shell Aviation – Shell Chemical Co. – Shell Oil Co. –  ShipIQ – Shipping Inspectorate – SINCOR, S.A. – Skaugen PetroTrans –  S.N. Ship Management – Sociedad Naviera Ultragas Ltda. – Societe Generale Energie Corp. – Sokana Chartering – SONANGOL E.P. – SONAP – Sonar Charters, C.A. – South Riding Point Holding – Southern Ship Mgmt – Southport Maritime – Star Enterprise – Statia Terminals Canada – Statoil – Statoil Marketing & Trading, Inc. – Stena Bulk – Stentex – Steuart Pet. Co. – SUMED – Sun – Suncor – Sunoco, Inc.

Tanker Advisory Center – Tankship Int’l – Teekay Shipping (Canada) Ltd. – Teppco Crude Pipeline – Tesoro Marine – Texaco – Texaco Bahamas – Texaco Barbados – Texaco Kuwait – Texaco Overseas Nigeria – Texpar – 3D Marine – ThermoProbe Inc. – TLM Ltda. – TOSCO – TOSCO Refining – Tradewinds – Trafigura – Transportacion Maritima Mexicana – Trigeant Ltd.

Ultragas – Ultramar Diamond Shamrock – Union 66 – Union Carbide – U.S. Airforce – U.S. Army – U.S. Coast Guard – USDOT – UNOCAL – UNOCAL Beaumont Terminal – UNOVEN

V Ships – Valero Energy – Veson Nautical  – VINSEPET – Vroon BV

Wallemship – Waterfront Shipping – WEB – Westlake Styrene – Wickland Petroleum Corp. – Williams Alaska Petroleum – Williams Energy – Woodbridge

 

 

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