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PiperTM Software Training


PiperTM software from IHS Markit allows you to plan and optimize gas gathering systems from the reservoir to the delivery point.

Designed for engineers and technologists, Piper training provides instruction on how to calibrate and optimize your onshore gas or liquid gathering system using the software.

Key benefits:

  • Analyze your entire gas gathering system
  • Pinpoint existing bottlenecks
  • Predict your system’s future behavior

Education & Training – COVID-19 response

Due to the escalating concerns regarding COVID-19 coronavirus, we are canceling or postponing all upstream training courses globally until April 30, both in our public classrooms and in your offices, to protect the health of clients, colleagues, and the global community.

We are investigating virtual delivery options that can continue to help support your needs. We will be in touch once the options are available. We greatly value your business and we continue to seek ways to effectively work with you through this global health crisis.

Please reach out to our training enablement team - energy.training@ihsmarkit.com to discuss your training needs or contact customer support for individual software support questions.

Course Descriptions

Piper - Getting Started Online
  • Length: 58 Minutes
  • Summary: This video introduces features and recommended workflows in Piper. Participants will learn how to:
    • Add wells and pipelines using map based design tools
    • Use diagnostic tools to identify current operational issues
    • Calibrate a model with field data
    • Use diagnostic tools to identify opportunities to improve field performance
    • Create optimization scenarios
    • Schedule configuration changes
  • Prerequisites: Students should have an understanding of basic engineering principles including rates and pressures, multiphase flow, reservoir and fluid properties, and evaluating production data. Basic Windows navigation and spreadsheet skills are also recommended.
  • Topics:
    • Basic Gathering System Workflow
      • Learning the minimum requirements for a model
      • Viewing and organizing results on screen
      • Connecting new wells to an existing model
      • Forecasting changes through time
    • Model Calibration Workflow
      • Interpreting topographical data contained in images and shapefiles
      • Importing production data
      • Comparing calculated and measured pressures
      • Assessing the importance of calibration
    • System Optimization Workflow
      • Evaluating the current state of the model through the use of diagnostic maps
      • Isolating problem areas such as bottlenecks or underused facilities
      • Determining system capacity to handle additional production
      • Planning future system changes to meet objectives
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Piper Training
  • Length: 2 days, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
  • Summary: This course will focus on software usage, navigation, data requirements, data input and basic modeling strategies. Participants will learn about:
    • Capabilities of Piper
    • Importing data
    • Building surface facilities
    • Model calibration techniques
    • Deliverability models
    • Techniques to verify forecast results
    • Diagnostics to identify system bottlenecks
    • Schedule calibration changes
  • Prerequisites: Students should have an understanding of basic engineering principles including rates and pressures, multiphase flow, reservoir and fluid properties, and evaluating production data. Basic Windows navigation and spreadsheet skills are also recommended.
  • Topics:
    • Building gathering systems
    • Pressure loss correlations
    • Modeling pipeline loops
    • Deliverability
    • Modeling compression
    • Modeling workflow
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Global Course Schedules

Onsite training is available for any course listed below. Contact us to schedule a class.

Calgary AB – Canada
IHS Markit Office - Sun Life Plaza, Suite 800, 112-4th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta, T2P0H3
403.213.4200

Course Date Time Cost Register
Piper May 5-6 8:30 am - 4:30 pm $2,000 Register

Englewood, Colorado – United States
IHS Markit Office - 321 Inverness Drive South,
Englewood,
CO 80112
303.858.6450

More classes coming soon.

Course Date Time Cost Register

Houston, Texas – United States
IHS Markit Office - 1401 Enclave Parkway,
Suite 200, Houston,
TX 77077
281.531.4660

Course Date Time Cost Register
Piper Postponed 8:30 am - 4:30 pm $2,000

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