Petroleum Exploration And Production

Petroleum Exploration And Production

Description :

The course structure follows the reservoir/oilfield life cycle from exploration stages through reservoir management and production operation phases. Course lecture content is drawn from the Computer Based Training program "Exploration & Production Interactive" and includes exercises, class discussions/ team presentations, and interactive challenges. Relevant concepts and topics from geology, geophysics, petrophysics, reservoir engineering, economics, drilling engineering, and production operations are integrated into the overall life cycle framework of the course.

Outline :

·         Introduction to the oil field

·         The Phases in the Life Cycle of a Reservoir

·         Exploration/Geology and Geophysics: Origins of petroleum and reservoirs, How reservoirs are found and properties predicted, Exploration business processes and risk assessment, Exploration workshop and interactive challenge

·         Reservoir appraisal and engineering: Reservoir properties, testing, and analysis

·         Reservoir appraisal and engineering (continued): Planning for field development

·         Petroleum economic concepts and measures, Reservoir appraisal workshop and interactive challenge

·         Reservoir development and drilling: Drilling equipment and personnel, Well planning, Well construction process, Drilling economics and business processes, Drilling workshop and interactive challenge

·         Completion & Production operations: Completions workshop and interactive challenge Course Summary: Downstream overview, Prudhoe Bay Field example, Learning objectives review

Who should attend :

Appropriate for entry-level professionals of all disciplines as well as non-technical support staff.