TRAINING & SOFTWARE

Established in 1987, Integrated Technology Consultants AS (ITC) provides drilling training, software and services. The company has a small, stable and highly efficient staff with a background in petroleum engineering software development. It also draws on the resources of 40 part-time consultants. ITC has conducted training and software projects in Angola, France, Indonesia, Namibia, the USA and Venezuela. In 2002, the company will inaugurate a 100-bed hotel as part of its training centre.

Petroleum Technology Training
ITC offers adapted and multi-skilled petroleum technology training on all levels, both at ITC’s premises and within the customers? own organizations. The courses contain self-study and mentoring modules, and are made up of computer-based training (CBT) and Internet classrooms. Many of the company’s courses incorporate on-the-job training.

ITC offers the following training courses:

Basic petroleum technology course: 12-week course for drilling, service and production ? a compulsory course in Norway
Technical college programme in petroleum technology at the supervisory level: drilling, service and production operations
Petroleum technology courses for engineers and operational geologists
Well planning and well integrity using PFAS software

Software Solutions
ITC supplies the following software packages:

Planning and Field Application Software (PFAS): used by major oil companies worldwide, this tool is used for planning, drilling and post-analysis of wells
LOT Analyzer: tool for analyzing and storing leak-off tests and formation-integrity tests in databases
Triax Solver: tool for analyzing triaxial tests
CBT for Petroleum Technology
Basic Math!: CBT for basic mathematics
ITC Learning Developer: authoring tool for developing CBT

PFAS  A Software Chameleon
PFAS is PC software for planning, following up and performing post-analyses of wells. It is used by experts for in-depth analysis, and by well site geologists and others for everyday well applications. This package calculates overburden, pore pressure, fractures and collapses, as well as auto-defined calculations using any set of logs. It also allows users to make presentations based on all kinds of depth-related data.