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 About HOT Engineering
HOT is a leading E&P reservoir consultancy
and learning & development organisation
with headquarters in Austria, branch offices
in Germany, Libya and UAE and a global
network of representative offices.

Over three decades we have honed our

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latest thinking and industry developments
into our training portfolio. With our strong
commitment to further education we have
already successfully assisted thousands
of oil and gas industry professionals by
improving their knowledge, skills and
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Content Overview Content Overview

Introductory / Cross-Training 6 Geophysics 40 Production Engineering 69 Petroleum Business Management 103

Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production - A Comprehensive Introduction to the Seismic Acquisition and Processing - From Basics to Modern Concepts (GPH07) 41 Perforation Design and Applications (PRO13) 72 Reserves Classification and Categorisation (PBM30) 105
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Oil & Gas Industry (INT07)
Introduction to Seismic Interpretation (GPH02) 41 Well Integrity Technologies (PRE17) 73 Petroleum Economics, Business and Decision Making (PBM02) 106
Fundamental Skills for Petroleum Geoscientists (GEO11) 7
Depth Conversion and Seismic Velocity Model: An Applied Workshop (GPH08) 42 Well Stimulation Technologies (PRE15) 74 International Natural Gas Business -
Introduction to Geomechanics (GEO52) 8 106
Market Entry Strategy and Commercial Contract Conception (PBM13)
Geophysical Reservoir Characterisation (GPH01) 42 X-mas Trees and Well Heads: Operation and Testing (PRE26) 75
Fundamentals of Wellsite and Operations Geology (GEO09) 8 Decision Quality in Organisations (PBM01) 107
Microseismic Monitoring in Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs (GPH41) 43 Artificial Lift Systems Design, Diagnosis, Operations and Optimisation (PRE03) 76
Fundamentals in Petrophysical Log Interpretation: Theory and Practice (PPH23) 9 Integrated Reservoir Studies: The Project Management Approach (PBM07) 107
ESP Systems Design, Operation and Troubleshooting (PRE28) 76
Reservoir Engineering for Non-Reservoir Engineers (RES01) 9 Managing Data Rooms for Quick-look Asset Appraisal (PBM05) 108
Petrophysics 44 Gas Lift Systems Design, Operation and Optimisation (PRE31) 77
Enhanced Oil Recovery Fundamentals (RES03) 10 Oil & Gas Field Life Cycle, Field Development and Planning (PBM26) 108
Fundamentals in Petrophysical Log Interpretation: Theory and Practice (PPH23) 45 Production Technology for Unconventional Reservoirs (PRE32) 78
Introduction to Production Operations (PRO01) 10 Introduction to Gated Development Processes (PBM28) 109
Basic Formation Evaluation (PPH28) 46 Multiphase Flow Metering (PRO10) 78
Production Chemistry for Non-Production Chemists (PRO07) 11 Selecting Optimal Development Concepts (PBM29) 109
Wireline and LWD Log Quality Control and its Impact on Interpretation (PPH25) 47 Flow Assurance Technologies (PRE07) 79
Basic Drilling Technologies (DRI34) 11
Integrated Petrophysics for Reservoir Characterisation (PPH02) 48 Sand Management and Disposal Program (PRO12) 80 Renewable Energy 110
Fundamentals of Coalbed Methane (CBM) Development (UCR02) 13
Integrated Petrophysics for Carbonate & Fractured Reservoirs - A Roadmap (PPH03) 49 Renewable Energy Primer (REN01) 110
Introduction to Surface Facilities (FAC01) 13 Well Completion Design for Reservoirs with Sanding Problems (PRO11) 80
Integrated Petrophysics - Corrosion Engineering Awareness in Oil & Gas Operations (PRO14) 81
Fundamentals of Oil & Gas Production (FAC09) 14 How to use Special Core Analysis with Modern Logs (PPH31)
50 Management and Leadership 111
Introduction to Refining Technologies and Refinery Conception (REF01) 14 Production Assurance - Troubleshooting and Guidelines in Modern Project Management (MAN33) 112
Open Hole and LWD Interpretation Principles and Applications (PPH33) 51 81
Oil & Gas Operations (PRO04)
Introduction to Petroleum Economics (PBM21) 15 Borehole Image Logs - Interpretation and Applications (PPH27) 52 Swiss Island® - An Interactive and Tangible (Agile) Project Management Simulation
Integrated Produced Water Re-Injection Management (PRO09) 82 112
(MAN35)
Cased Hole Services (PPH32) 52 EOR Polymer Flooding - Lessons learnt from Field Applications (PRO15) 83 Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification Preparation - Fostered by
113
Project Management Simulation (MAN31)
Geology 16
Turnaround Management (MAN42) 113
Reservoir Engineering 53 Unconventional Resources 84
Fundamental Skills for Petroleum Geoscientists (GEO11) 17
Fundamentals of Coalbed Methane (CBM) Development (UCR02) 85 The Winning Toolkit for New Managers and Difficult Times (MAN45) 114
Reservoir Engineering for Non-Reservoir Engineers (RES01) 54
Play Mapping and Exploration Strategy - A Hands-on Approach (GEO34) 17
Production Technology for Unconventional Reservoirs (PRE32) 85 The Senior Management Program: Developing Leadership Capacity (MAN30) 114
Core Analysis Fundamentals and Technology (RES45) 54
Petroleum Systems and Play Analysis (GEO45) 18
Microseismic Monitoring in Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs (GPH41) 87 Managing and Developing Human Resources (MAN47) 115
Special Core Analysis (RES48) 55
Basin Analysis and Modelling Workshop (GEO51) 19
Special Core Analysis: Petrophysical Imaging Applications (RES44) 55 Selection and Development of a Performing Team (MAN36) 115
Play Assessment and Prospect Evaluation (GEO56) 20
Drilling 88 Performance Management (MAN46) 116
Digital Core Analysis (RES40) 56
Integrated Stratigraphic Methods (GEO57) 20
Introduction to Drilling, Completion and Workover Operations (DRI35) 89 International and Comparative HR Strategies (MAN44) 116
Well Testing Operations, Interpretation and Design (RES39) 56
Carbonate Geology applied to Conventional and Unconventional Plays (GEO02) 21
Basic Drilling Technologies (DRI34) 90 Value Engineering (MAN48) 117
Advanced Well Testing and Interpretation (RES37) 57
Practical Methods for Mapping and Interpreting Deep-Water Reservoirs (GEO53) 22
Cementing Technologies (DRI30) 90 Change Leadership (MAN49) 117
Basic Reservoir Fluid Properties and Phase Behaviour (RES13) 57
Evaluation of Volcanic Reservoirs (GEO59) 23
Stuck Pipe, Design and Operational Practices for Avoidance (DRI36) 91 Strategy Execution: Theory & Practice (MAN50) 118
Advanced PVT and EOS Fluid Characterisation (RES08) 58
Fundamentals of Reservoir Development Geology (GEO46) 23
Directional, Horizontal and Multilateral Drilling (DRI08) 91 Lean Six Sigma (MAN51) 118
Petroleum Geostatistics - Integrating Data for Reservoir Modelling and Advanced Reservoir Simulation Technologies (RES06) 58
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Simulation (GEO07) Directional Drilling and Well Placement for High Angle and Complex Wells (DRI37) 92
Streamline Simulation in Reservoir Engineering and Management (RES10) 59
Finance and Contracting 119
Carbonate Reservoir Characterisation and Modelling (RES62) 24 Extended Reach Drilling (DRI39) 93
Reservoir Surveillance and Management of Mature Floods
59 Mastering Finance for Non-Financial Oil & Gas Personnel (FIN04) 120
Reservoir Characterisation & Modelling Workshop (GEO14) 25 Using Streamlines (RES46)
Geothermal Drilling Technology (DRI13) 94
Carbonate Reservoir Characterisation and Modelling (RES62) 60 Exploration & Production Accounting - Level 1 (FIN01) 120
Integrated Reservoir Studies: The Project Management Approach (PBM07) 25 Advanced Drilling Technologies (DRI14) 94
Naturally Fractured Reservoir Modelling and Simulation (RES61) 60 Exploration & Production Accounting - Level 2 (FIN02) 121
Modelling and Managing Uncertainty in the Subsurface (RES38) 26 Workover & Completions (DRI38) 95
Modern History Matching (RES63) 61 Exploration & Production Accounting - Level 3 (FIN03) 122
Introduction to Geomechanics (GEO52) 26 Well Integrity Management for the Well Life Cycle (DRI18) 95
Gas Engineering - Reservoir and Production (PRE29) 62 Auditing in the Exploration & Production Industry (FIN05) 122
Geodynamics and Structural Styles in Exploration (GEO58) 27
Advanced Gas Condensate Reservoir Management (RES05) 62 Effective Bid and Tender Strategies for Oil & Gas (CON04) 123
Naturally Fractured Reservoirs (GEO55) 27 Facilities 96
Modelling and Managing Uncertainty in the Subsurface (RES38) 63 Introduction to Surface Facilities (FAC01) 96 Contracting Fundamentals - A Practice Related Briefing for Non-Lawyers (CON01) 123
Fundamentals of Wellsite and Operations Geology (GEO09) 28
Enhanced Oil Recovery Fundamentals (RES03) 63 Fundamentals of Oil & Gas Production (FAC09) 97 Contracts Strategy & Management (CON02) 124
Operations Geology (GEO13) 28
Enhanced Oil Recovery: Fundamentals and Applications (RES31) 64 Gas Processing Technologies (FAC02) 98 International Oil & Gas Exploitation Contracts (CON03) 124
Reservoir Characterisation and Quality from Drill Cuttings (GEO33) 29
Waterflooding: Performance Predictions and Surveillance (RES28) 64 Oil Processing Fundamentals (FAC03) 98
Pore Pressure, Fracture Pressure and Wellbore Stability Management (GEO21) 30
Soft Skills 125
EOR Polymer Flooding - Lessons learnt from Field Applications (PRO15) 65 Gas Dehydration (FAC10) 99
Petroleum Systems of North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean (GEO08) 31
Time, Personal Organisation and Stress Management (SSK38) 126
Effective Technical Writing for Exploration and Production Staff - EOR: Miscible Gas Injection (RES47) 66 Relief & Flare Systems (FAC11) 99
31 Business Writing Skills (SSK55) 126
A Structured System (SSK24)
EOR: Heavy Oil Steam Injection (RES58) 67
High Impact Presentation Skills (SSK54) 127
Petroleum Engineering in Offshore Field Development (PRE30) 67 Refining 100
Problem Solving and Decision Making (SSK36) 128
Effective Technical Writing for Exploration and Production Staff - Introduction to Refining Technologies and Refinery Conception (REF01) 100
Field Trips 32 A Structured System (SSK24)
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Negotiation Skills for the Oil & Gas Industry (SSK10) 128
Petroleum Geology Field Workshop, Whitby, UK (FTP01) 33
Integrated Reservoir Studies: The Project Management Approach (PBM07) 68 Effective Technical Writing for Exploration and Production Staff -
Health, Safety and Environment 101 129
North Atlantic Margin Petroleum Systems, Morocco (FTP06) 34 A Structured System (SSK24)
Process Safety Management (HSE01) 101
Integrated Reservoir Geology Field Trip: Reservoir Characterisation of Fluvial, Communication Skills for Success (SSK11) 130
Estuarine & Deltaic Deposits in Modern and Ancient Environments (FTP09)
35 Production Engineering 69
Hazard and Operability Study - HAZOP (HSE07) 102
Success in Multicultural Teams (SSK52) 130
Shallow Water Reservoir Characterisation in the Modern-Day Environments of the Introduction to Production Operations (PRO01) 70
36 Layer of Protection Analysis - LOPA (HSE06) 102
Gironde Estuary and Aquitaine Basin - SW France (FTP02)
Production Chemistry for Non-Production Chemists (PRO07) 70 Recommended Books 131
Fluvial and Shallow Marine Systems Field Trip, Sydney Basin, Australia (FTP04) 37
Gas Engineering - Reservoir and Production (PRE29) 71 Petroleum Business Management 103 Instructors 132
Structural Geology, Stratigraphic Architecture and Trap Styles of Sicily FTB -
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A Multidisciplinary Approach on the Field (FTP07) Petroleum Engineering in Offshore Field Development (PRE30) 71 Introduction to Petroleum Economics (PBM21) 104 Registration Policies 138

Carbonate Reservoir Characterisation on the Field (FTP08) 39 Production Engineering (PRE12) 72 Exploration Economics (PBM19) 105 Registration Form 139

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 Introductory / Cross-Training

Hydrocarbon Exploration and

Production - A Comprehensive Fundamental Skills for Petroleum
GEO11

Introduction to the Oil & Gas Industry Geoscientists

INT07 GEO11
INT07 3 days Foundation GEO11 5 days Foundation
INT07 GEO11
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Frank Jahn Jonathan Redfern

This course takes participants through all the major stages in the life of an oil or gas
field, from gaining access to opportunity, through exploration, appraisal, development
planning, early and late production and finally to decommissioning.
Participants are provided with a current and comprehensive introduction to the
upstream industry. The course is therefore useful to industry professionals who want
to be better informed about the basic technical and commercial methods, concepts
and terminologies and who want to develop an understanding how decisions are
being made during planning and execution of projects.
The course also demonstrates the role and interdependencies of the many different
disciplines contributing to the oil and gas industry.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A technical oil or gas professional aspiring to improve your understanding of
issues outside your core discipline
• A commercial, HR or HSE professional involved in oil or gas operations
• An employee supporting oil and gas projects
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
The course is based on presentations, discussions and supported by animations and
video clips. Short group projects are added if appropriate.
Participants will be able to monitor their learning from this course by conducting a
questionnaire at the beginning and the end of the course (‘Alpha and Omega test’).
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• Stages of common upstream projects
• Technology, concepts, methods and terminology used in the oil and gas industry
• Risk and uncertainty
• Decision making processes
TOPICS
• Overview of the upstream oil and gas industry: current issues
• The field life cycle
• Petroleum agreements and bidding
• Exploration
• Drilling engineering
• Safety and the environment
• Reservoir description
• Volumetric estimation
This introductory course is designed for early career geoscientists, technical
assistants and petroleum engineers who wish to build a strong understanding of the
fundamental elements of petroleum geology. It provides hands-on experience of
typical oil industry data types and workflows for exploration and production, taught by
a very experienced petroleum geoscientist.
The course starts by placing hydrocarbons in a global context; the philosophy and
structure of the oil industry; energy trends, future resources. The petroleum
environment is then reviewed: source rocks, reservoirs, traps, seals and the timing of
generation relative to trap formation. The course then examines the subsurface
environments, subsurface temperature and pressure and the impact on petroleum
systems, the usage and display of typical subsurface geological data, and gives an
introduction to seismic and wireline logs. This is then developed into a definition of
petroleum systems and an introduction to play fairway definition and finally leads /
prospects. The course concludes by introducing the assessment of subsurface
resources by calculating in-place reserves using deterministic methods.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A new hire graduate geologist, geophysicist or an engineer with limited experience
of hydrocarbon exploration
Some basic geological knowledge is assumed, but no prior experience of oilfield data
or techniques used to interpret these datasets.
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
The course will help you build a solid understanding of the elements of the petroleum
systems, and introduce key data types and methods of analysis. You will understand
key language used, worflows and the extensive practicals give you introductory
experience of using and interpreting typical oilfield data. Examples are taken from
global petroleum systems, drawing on the experience of the tutor.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• The context of world oil, and a critical assessment of current estimates of
remaining world resources
• Typical workflows and drivers in the oil industry
• The hydrocarbon habitat and basic techniques used in exploration, appraisal and
production
• The key elements of the petroleum system: reservoirs (including unconventional),
seal, source and trap
• The types, usage and display of subsurface geological data and its acquisition,
and the limits on the reliability of such data

Introductory / Cross-Training
• Field appraisal • The qualitative interpretation of basic wireline log data
• Reservoir dynamic behaviour • Basic facies interpretation from wireline data
• Well dynamic behaviour • The subsurface environment and the implications for the petroleum system
• Surface facilities • What causes variations in subsurface temperature and how to interpret
• Production operations and maintenance temperature data from well data
• Project and contract management • How to calculate geothermal gradients and understand the control temperature
Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production - Introduction to Production Operations (PRO01) • Petroleum economics has on hydrocarbon generation and reservoir quality
A Comprehensive Introduction to • Risk and uncertainty • How pressure is developed in the subsurface
Production Chemistry for Non-Production • Managing the producing field • The interpretation of pressure data acquired from wells to assess overpressure
the Oil & Gas Industry (INT07) • Managing decline and the fluids present in the subsurface
Chemists (PRO07)
Fundamental Skills for • Decommissioning • Seismic acquisition and processing and basic seismic facies interpretation

Petroleum Geoscientists (GEO11) Basic Drilling Technologies (DRI34) • What petroleum systems are
• How to map play fairways
Introduction to Geomechanics (GEO52) Fundamentals of Coalbed Methane (CBM) • Leads and prospect definition
• How to calculate deterministic reserves
Development (UCR02)
Fundamentals of Wellsite and
Operations Geology (GEO09) Introduction to Surface Facilities (FAC01) TOPICS
• History of the oil industry • Introduction to seismic acquisition and
Fundamentals in Petrophysical Log Interpretation: Fundamentals of Oil & Gas Production (FAC09) • Future resources interpretation
Theory and Practice (PPH23) • The elements of the petroleum system • The subsurface environment;
Introduction to Refining Technologies and Refinery • Source rocks, maturation and migration subsurface temperature; subsurface
Reservoir Engineering for Non-Reservoir Conception (REF01) • Seals pressure
Engineers (RES01) • Reservoirs • Petroleum systems
Introduction to Petroleum Economics (PBM21) • Traps • Play fairway definition
Enhanced Oil Recovery Fundamentals (RES03) • Timing • Leads / prospects
• Data acquired from a well • Calculating in-place resources
• Introduction to wireline log analysis

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Fundamentals of Wellsite and

GEO09 Fundamentals in Petrophysical Log
PPH23 Reservoir Engineering
RES01

GEO52 Introduction to Geomechanics Operations Geology Interpretation: Theory and Practice for Non-Reservoir Engineers
GEO52 GEO09 PPH23 RES01
GEO52 5 days Foundation GEO09 5 days Foundation PPH23 5 days Foundation RES01 5 days Foundation
GEO52 GEO09 PPH23 RES01
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Manhal Sirat Tim Herrett Claudia Steiner-Luckabauer Leonhard Ganzer

This course introduces basic reservoir geomechanics concepts and methods to
enable cross-disciplinary exchange of ideas and experience. It provides the
required input to help you understand questions crucial to the reservoir
Geomechanics: How human activities of drilling, production and injection can
affect the stress equilibrium in the reservoir at depth? How these changes in the
stresses can create different problems? How can we drill without surprises?
Where to place horizontal wells for better production? How and what completion
methods can be used to optimise the production? What reservoir/field development
plan is optimum for better production over reservoir lifecycle?
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A geoscientist or engineer with little or no reservoir Geomechanics experience
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Theoretical concepts illustrated during individual sessions are accompanied by
working on practical problems to ensure a thorough understanding of the
principles and procedures
• Hands-on experience by solving classical reservoir Geomechanics tasks
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• Reservoir Geomechanics concepts and terminology
• The 3D stress state in the subsurface
• Principles of rock mechanics
• The interrelations among 3D stress state, the natural and induced fractures
and fluid flow
• What factors control fracture/fault reactivation with possible predictions
• Typical assumptions and simplifications required to predict reservoir behavior
under different states of stress
TOPICS
• Introduction to the physics of petroleum reservoirs
• Fractures and the 3D state of stress
• Andersonian classification of faults and stress regimes
• Fundamental rock mechanics - Uniaxial and Triaxial tests, mechanical and
elastic properties and other concepts
• Hoop stresses and wellbore deformation
• Pore pressure and stress changes and their effects on reservoirs and
petroleum E&P
• Building 1D MEM and 3D MEM (Mechanical Earth Model)
• Implications and case studies
This basic course aims at giving a grounding to those with no rig experience as to This course represents the fundaments of logging techniques and petrophysical This course introduces basic reservoir engineering concepts and methods to
rig activities and what the roles of the wellsite and operations geologist are. It models. It focuses on intuitive log reading and a mindful petrophysical setup. It enable cross-disciplinary exchange of ideas and experience. It provides the
would suit young geologists who either need to go to the rigsite to get valuable supports your understanding of logging response in rough conditions as well as required input to help you understand questions crucial to the reservoir engineer:
experience or who want to be informed about wellsite activities. It would form a the awareness that models are helpful, but can also lead to incorrect interpretation. How much oil & gas is there (accumulation)? How much can be recovered
vital part of their learning experience as they would understand what the data are This course strengthens your confidence in log reading which helps in interpreting, (reserves)? How fast can it be recovered (rate)?
which are generated at the wellsite, how it is used and its potential shortcomings. reviewing or simply integrating logs in your daily work.
This course is designed to give you a basic knowledge in the three main pillars in DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... petrophysical log interpretation, which are: • A geoscientist or engineer with little or no reservoir engineering experience
• An oil company geologist wishing to gain valuable background knowledge • The bits and bytes of wireline logs (data acquired)
(especially recent hires) • Data integration (core, log, geological data)
• An oil company geologist who is required to get offshore experience as part of • Petrophysical theory and application
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
the training • Theoretical concepts illustrated during individual sessions are accompanied by
• Someone wanting to join an oil company and who wants to get a good When attending this course it is likely that you already had a petrophysical course working on practical problems to ensure a thorough understanding of the
grounding for the role at university or you already got in contact with wireline logs at your daily work. principles and procedures
Maybe you got challenged by the question what those logs really mean in terms • Hands-on experience by solving classical reservoir engineering tasks on PC
This is a comprehensive course for professionals who want to have an of vertical or horizontal resolution, what their significance or informative value is or
understanding of rig activities, rig contractors and what the important roles of how this can be translated into rock properties. Step by step, you will focus on
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
operations and wellsite geologists fulfil. specific physical properties and learn, what they tell us from the formation. You
will learn the theoretical fundamentals for petrophysical log interpretation, the By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
correct application for the reservoir present and about the uncertainty of the • Single- and multi-phase fluid flow through porous media
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING calculations. You will learn that the classical workflow needs back loops and data- • Fluid phase properties during hydrocarbon recovery
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: • Reservoir engineering concepts and terminology
integration to get reasonable results. During that investigation you will understand
• The fundamentals of drilling rigs and equipment how logging techniques, borehole conditions or other external circumstances will • How recovery factors and reserves are being estimated and predicted
• How a well is drilled, including descriptions of bits, the mud circulation system influence your interpretation and how you can avoid pitfalls. • Typical assumptions and simplifications required to predict reservoir
and the importance of lag time performance
• Who does what on the rig? Personnel and service companies
• The importance of HSE and how it affects the geologist at the rig-site DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
TOPICS
• Depth, ROP and why they are so important data sets • A petrophysicist, geologist, reservoir engineer, geophysicist or someone in
• How wellsite samples should be caught, ensuring they are representative • Introduction to the physics of petroleum reservoirs
need of a basic understanding of petrophysical log interpretation
• How samples and hydrocarbon shows should be properly described and • Fluid properties in reservoir engineering - fluid types, phase behaviour,
interpreted correlations, equations of state
• Directional drilling - how it is performed and why HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE • Fundamental rock properties - porosity, wettability, capillary pressure,
• The basics of well planning, execution and testing The course is structured in sequences of theory and practical exercises in which permeability, relative permeability and other concepts
• Evaluation and recovery of oil and gas reserves - classification of reserves,
• Coring and sidewall coring - how these processes are performed and why the discussed theories will be applied on real data.
• Activities of key wellsite geological contractors - mudlogging and LWD This course is based on real world examples. Such examples are not perfect and recovery factors, volumetrics of oil and gas reservoirs
• What the wellsite and operations geologists do. How do they fit into the will be matter of discussion, as it will be also in the real working world. During this • Material balance calculations
organisation? course you will learn how to apply accepted industry standard equations, what • Oil-water displacement - mobility ratio, Buckley-Leverett, displacement
• Identifying the importance of data management and key data types they are created for and in which circumstances they can be used. efficiency
• Well performance
• Introduction to transient well test analysis
TOPICS THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • Decline curve analysis
Basics • The operations and wellsite geology By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• Rig types team • The different definitions of terms to enhance understanding between people
• Rig components • Operations geology which leads directly to the definition of several petrophysical properties
• Drilling components • Wellsite geology • ‘Intuitive’ log reading and qualitative log interpretation
• Personnel and services • Importance of soft skills and ability • The difference between deterministic and probabilistic log interpretation
to communicate effectively • The importance of data integration and integration of disciplines
Fundamentals • Data management • How to perform qualitative log interpretation from data quality control to the
Health, safety and environment
• • Sample description calculation of porosity, water saturation and permeability
Depth
• • Show description
Rate of penetration (ROP)
• • Coring
TOPICS
Sample lag
• • Sidewall coring CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
Samples and sampling
• • Basics of wireline logging
• Basic petrophysical workflow ‘Very well structured course using examples to illustrate the different
Basics of logs
• Miscellaneous methods, solution-oriented; understandable also if you have not been
Directional drilling
• • Common drilling and geological • Porosity
• Environmental conditions working a lot with Reservoir Engineering before.’
Well planning
• abbreviations  Petrophysicist at RAG
Well testing and completion
• • Glossary of drilling terminology. • Core data integration
Coring and sidewall cores
• Useful equations • Water saturation ‘Dr. Ganzer delivered the course content in a perfect pace. Everything was
Mudlogging
• • Find water and oil zones easy to understand and will be helpful in my job.’
Logging while drilling (LWD)
• • Archie’s concept and other saturation models  Geologist at Wintershall
Formation pressure
• • Core data integration
• Absolute permeability ‘The instructor’s way to present is outstandingly good. His ability to explain
• The importance of facies things and answer questions is simply excellent. The organisation of topics
• The NMR permeability pitfall is very good and the content is excellently fitting to the title and subject of
• Older logs the course.’
• Quick look analysis - summary
Lead Petrophysicist at OMV
• The probabilistic method
• Case study full data integration

Computer access required for exercises. Computer access required for exercises.

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Production Chemistry for

PRO07

RES03 Enhanced Oil Recovery Fundamentals PRO01 Introduction to Production Operations Non-Production Chemists DRI34 Basic Drilling Technologies
RES03 PRO01 PRO07 DRI34
RES03 5 days Foundation PRO01 5 days Foundation PRO07 4 days Foundation / Skill DRI34 5 days Foundation
RES03 PRO01 PRO07 DRI34
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This course focuses on fundamentals of miscible, chemical and thermal oil
recovery methods.
Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) projects are usually handled by multidisciplinary
teams. This course targets technical staff not involved in detailed engineering
design and non-technical staff involved in the legal, financial and decision-making
aspects of EOR projects.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• Interested in EOR methods or involved in EOR projects
• A petroleum engineer, field operations employee, laboratory researcher,
geoscientist or government employee
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
The theoretical and practical aspects of the various EOR processes are discussed
along with examples and case histories. You will be encouraged to engage in
discussions based on your experience.
Videos and examples will strengthen your understanding of the displacement
processes.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• The concepts and ideas of displacement efficiency
• The fundamentals of various EOR methods
• EOR screening and pilot testing
• Field case histories of various EOR projects around the globe
TOPICS
• Introduction to EOR methods
• Reservoir engineering principles
• Displacement efficiency
• Chemical EOR methods
• Gas injection processes
• Thermal EOR
• Other EOR methods
• EOR screening criteria and EOR process deployment
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘I love the high level of knowledge the instructor has, and his ability to
answer all questions. One of the best courses I have attended.’
 Reservoir Engineer at PDO
‘The instructor delivers the information in a good way. He is a pedagogue
and very, very knowledgeable.’
 Reservoir Technician at Sonatrach
‘It introduces all EOR technologies, even the recent ones, the material was
well organised & useful.’
 Engineer at PDO
‘Very applicable to current projects in my company.’
 Senior Reservoir Engineer at ADCO
At the outset, the basic oil production system is introduced, from reservoir to point
of sale, providing a clear understanding of how the different elements of the
production process interact with each other. Modelling a natural flowing oil well is
then described, leading on to possible operations to enhance its performance and
to choosing the appropriate artificial lift system. Surface and downhole
technologies for monitoring production system behavior are explained along with
how their measurements are used to highlight underperforming wells and identify
flow assurance issues. Finally, the course shows how production process
diagnostics permit troubleshooting of problem wells and help design appropriate
well intervention and work-over operations.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A petroleum engineer, process engineer, development geologist, oilfield
production manager or field engineer with a limited background in production
engineering
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
The key components of the oil field production process are introduced, then you
are taken along the flow path, from source to export, of a simple, naturally flowing
system. The sequence is revisited, but this time, operations to improve oil well
productivity are described, along with ‘how to’ examples of tackling problem wells
identified from performance diagnostics. The necessary inputs to aid design of
well intervention programmes work-over operations are listed and explained.
The course includes hands-on exercises, break-out sessions to discuss typical
production operations challenges, short videos, and demos of oilfield production
system modelling software.
Attendees are encouraged to bring their own case studies for discussion in class.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• The production processes involved in an oil field development and how they
relate to one another, from the reservoir to the point of sale
• The methods available to monitor, identify and characterise problem well
performance and flow assurance issues
• The data required to select the most appropriate artificial lift system
• The use of diagnostics to design well intervention programs and work-over
operations to improve problem well performance
TOPICS
• Introduction to petroleum production systems
• Reservoir inflow characterisation
• Skin
• Well completions
• Perforating
• Flow in wellbores and pipelines / flow lines / risers
• Surface facilities
• Flow measurement
• System analysis: Linking the reservoir, the near-wellbore, the wellbore
and the surface facilities
• Flow assurance issues
- Hydrates
- Scales
- Waxes
- Asphaltenes
- Corrosion
- Erosion
- Slugging
• Artificial lift working principles and technology selection
• In-well production diagnosis
- Production logging
- Downhole cameras
- Downhole flow monitoring
• Well trouble shooting: short-, medium- and long-term operations
- Water and gas shut-offs
- Re-perforation
- Stimulation (hydraulic fracturing and acidising)
- Re-completion
- Debottlenecking of topsides facilities
- Handling transient flow situations in the system
- Offshore vs. onshore scenarios
The objective of production chemistry is to support and enhance oil and gas
production. However it is well known that the impact of chemicals on the production
and treatment process can be very complex.
This course provides an introductory overview of chemical aspects for the daily
production process. It deals with the basics of oil and gas production including
organic and inorganic chemistry and the impact of surface tension and salinity on
production aspects. Special emphasis is placed on compatibility of production
chemicals, troubleshooting, interpretation of gas, oil and water analysis and
product application / dosage under daily operational aspects.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• An engineer or operational technician with little or no chemical background
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
You will work on practical problems to ensure a better awareness of production
chemistry-related issues like interpretation of water / gas / oil composition
supported by video clips. You will elucidate the production histroy based on field
examples and on practical experience.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• How to separate gas, condensate, oil and water in modern treatment units
• The main weaknesses in treatment units
• The basics of inorganic and organic chemistry
• How to elucidate stimulation and treatment problems
• The basics of production chemicals application (hydrates, demulsifier, scales)
• How to calculate the exact dosage concentration
• Quality control of production chemicals in a long term
• Guidelines for troubleshooting in treatment units
• Application and evaluation of performance tests onsite
TOPICS
• Production chemistry basics in gas and oil production
• Biomarker, gas / oil / water composition, scale, demulsifier, biocides etc.
• Introduction to types and basic composition of production chemicals
• Handling and safety aspects of dealing with chemicals
• Chemical dosage (concentration calculations, dosage point, monitoring)
• Corrosion in gas / oil systems and inhibitor screening
• Guidelines for gas, fluid, scales sampling
• Interpretation of chemical analyses (gas / condensate / water / scales)
• Field trail guidelines and monitoring systems
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘Good organisation, relevance of course material to job and dedication of
instructor - excellent presentation.’
 Engineer at NIS
This course introduces the practices and the equipment used in drilling, looking to
build a solid foundation level knowledge.
The material will take the participants through the step-by-step process of drilling
a well and introduce at each stage the people and technology required to
undertake the individual stages of well construction.
As no prior knowledge is assumed for this course, each concept is introduced in
simple terms and then built upon to allow a comprehensive overview of the
subject to be developed.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• New to the drilling industry or looking for an understanding of the industry
before you join
• A geoscientist or reservoir engineer looking to get better value from your
interactions with the drilling team
• Someone who has a financial or logistics role associated with the drilling
industry
• Working for a supplier to the drilling industry or are involved in sales to the
drilling industry
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Practical demonstrations of all the key principles using models and simulations
in the classroom
• Mixed, instructor-led delivery of theoretical content with blend of PowerPoint
overview, whiteboard explanations of detail and class interactive exercises
• A narrative that runs through the course where each topic is inter-related and
built on the previous learnings
• Extensive allowance for class-led questioning within the course delivery
For in-house courses a half day drilling rig visit may form part of the learning
process.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• How to communicate easily with people involved with drilling and to
understand the acronyms and jargon that drillers use in everyday operations
• How your role or your service fits into the drilling process
• A high level overview of the entire drilling process
• The equipment used during the drilling process and its sequence of use
• How wells are kept safe, and how we protect people and the environment
whilst drilling
TOPICS
• The drilling team: Who does what in the planning, mobilisation and drilling of a
well?
• Technology of the rotary drilling rig, its power requirements, its individual sub
systems, how systems have been automated and the instrumentation that
modern drilling systems require
• Specialist tools that are needed to steer the well, survey its position and inform
us of the rocks that have been drilled. The course will look at measurement
while drilling (MWD) Formation Evaluation whilst drilling, steering tools drill
string components.
• Process of designing a well and deciding how it will be made safe during the
drilling process and then kept safe once drilling is completed and production
begins. The process of casing and cementing the well, why and how we do
this.
• Equipment required to case and cement a well
• Drilling fluid, also known as mud, what this specialised highly engineered liquid
does in the well and how we choose the properties it needs to be effective
• Drill bits, how these cutting tools have to be selected to match the geology that
they are to drill and how making the wrong choice could have a huge impact
on the cost of drilling a well.
• How we keep the reservoir oil and gas (as well as other fluids/gasses) in the
rock while we drill the well, but how we release them when we want to produce
them
• How and why things go wrong when drilling, the well collapsing, the drilling
equipment getting stuck, the drilling equipment breaking, the rig not being
capable to drill the well
• How we can direct the well and steer its path under the ground so that we can
reach distant areas of the reservoir and produce the lowest cost oil and gas
• How we complete the well to allow reservoir fluids to safely flow to surface

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 Introductory / Cross-Training

Fundamentals of Coalbed Methane

UCR02

(CBM) Development Introduction to Surface Facilities

FAC01

UCR02 FAC01
UCR02 5 days Foundation / Skill FAC01 4 days Foundation
UCR02 FAC01
 Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Don Sharples Siegfried Gugu

This course provides an introduction to Coalbed Methane, from a basic This course provides an introduction into the basic processes, technologies and
understanding of CBM to exploration, appraisal and development of the resource. equipment of Surface Facilities in E&P installations. Providing information about
• History: Where did CBM come from? What were the technical and economic both onshore and offshore, it is dedicated to operational aspects and state-of-the-

ARE YOU READY FOR drivers?

• Exploration: Where to start, what data is required and how to get it?
• Appraisal: What is involved in the appraisal process of a CBM resource?
• Well design: There are many different varieties of CBM well design, these all
have different applications and different ‘footprints’.
• The course also provides an overview of CBM development considerations:
Planning, community engagement, development optimisation, processing
facilities, access to market and environmental considerations.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A technical person who wants to better understand coalbed methane
production
• A commercial or finance person who wants to understand and evaluate
opportunities in this energy sector
• A government official involved with permitting of CBM activity
• A professional working in a CBM company and looking to cross train
art applications. The course gives an overview of technical as well as commercial
aspects in regard to green as well as brown field facilities. All major equipment
components will be discussed and their impact on the overall value chain
explained. Surface selection criteria will be presented and the main processes
explained and discussed. Operational and maintenance aspects will be discussed
and elaborated along the actual facility and equipment presentations.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A project manager or manager
• An E&P professional (geologist, geophysicist, reservoir, production, drilling
engineer) seeking facilities understanding in the projects you are involved in
• Working in related professions such as legal, accounting, business
development, HR, marketing
• Working for a service provider to oil & gas industries to understand the impact
of surface facilities on their activity
• Working for government agencies to get an insight into the issues related to

WE ARE.
With our meticulous effort to understand our clients’ needs we create smart
outside-the-box in-house training solutions with immediate impact on employee
performance.
By taking into account a company’s goals and objectives, we provide tailored training solutions
that ensure you meet the requirements of today’s increasingly complex industry environments.
Three decades of training experience, a rock-solid reputation and our dedicated team of
specialists make us the best catch for your training project.
This course starts from the basics and is intended for those with no prior
knowledge of CBM or technical skills.
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
This course will take you through all aspects of CBM exploration, appraisal and
development, giving you an ability to understand what is involved in a CBM
project. This is achieved by a mixture of conventional lecture material, videos and
exercises as appropriate.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of the
fundamentals of exploration, appraisal and development of coalbed methane
reserves and the technologies involved, including:
• Drilling, coring, sampling, desorption testing
• Well testing techniques, well spacing
• Wells: Types of design (vertical, horizontal, multi-laterals)
• Environmental constraints: De-watering technologies, surface processing
equipment, water treatment and disposal
E&P surface facilities
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
A combination of classroom lessons and real world examples will ensure the
practicality of this course. Interaction between the participants and the trainer as
well as discussions and case studies amongst the participants are an integral part
of this course. Interaction and discussions will give the participants the opportunity
to further deepen the content. After return to your workplace you can immediately
use the course content in your practical work.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will be confident in your understanding of:
• The value chain of crude oil and gas from the well to the product
• The requirements for oil and gas production facilities and gas processing
• The establishment of product qualities
• Major process steps and technologies in E&P surface operations
• Facilities terminology and design concepts

TOPICS
• Introduction
- Conventional vs. unconventional
- Introduction to the Langmuir
Isotherm
• History
- Coal mine de-gasification
WHAT WE OFFER WHY IN-HOUSE - Initial development of CBM in
the US
STANDARD IN-HOUSE COURSES TRAINING SOLUTIONS? • Exploration objectives
- Resource => reserves
Courses from our existing course portfolio privately - Key CBM criteria
delivered at mutually agreed dates and locations MAXIMUM RETURN - Mineralogy and the initial
screening process
Ensure cost effective high quality training with ideal • Exploration process
TAILORED IN-HOUSE COURSES cost-to-quality ratio - Rig selection
Our standard courses customised to suit your and your FLEXIBILITY - Coring
- Sampling
organisation’s particular needs and business challenges Guarantee flexibility in terms of location, dates and - Desorption testing
course hours - CBM logging
• Permeability testing
BESPOKE IN-HOUSE TRAINING CONFIDENTIALITY - Importance of permeability testing
Newly designed comprehensive knowledge transfer Keep your sensitive company data confidential - Alternative methods for deriving
solutions including new-hire and long-term training COST SAVINGS ‘representative‘ permeability
values
programs, team development, on-the-job training, Significantly reduce employees’ travel costs and • CBM appraisal
coaching and mentoring other training related expenses - How to appraise a CBM resource
- Well spacing
- Pilot production testing
• Well design options
- Impact on production rates and
recovery
- De-watering technologies
• CBM development well design
- Overview of different alternatives
from the basic well design to
current practise
- Impact of the different designs on
surface footprint
• Fracture stimulation of CBM wells
- Principles and application of
fracture stimulation to CBM
production enhancement
• Development considerations -
planning to execution
- Development considerations
(Part 1)
- Surface footprint
- Development / mapping exercise
• CBM reservoir engineering
• CBM development considerations
- facilities to sales
- Development considerations
(Part 2)
- Surface facilities through to gas
sales
- CBM development including water
treatment technology
- Different sales options and how
these will impact design
TOPICS
• Introduction to main chemical and physical properties of oil and gas
compounds
• Types of reservoirs and applied production technologies
• Overview of surface facilities and equipment, broken down into:
- Production facilities
- Gathering facilities
- Separation facilities
- Treatment facilities
- Storage facilities
- Export facilities
- Utilities and Infrastructure
• Gas treatment
• Water separation, water treatment, water injection/disposal
• Offshore installation types
• Introduction to process design
• Equipment standards
• Safety in design and operation
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘Good mix of topics, easy to understand, i.e. no engineering background
needed.’
 Geoscience Analyst at DEA
‘It was well explained and covers the most part of petroleum engineering
introduction.’
 Reservoir Engineer at NAMR

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Introductory / Cross-Training Introductory / Cross-Training

Introduction to Refining Technologies

REF01

FAC09 Fundamentals of Oil & Gas Production and Refinery Conception PBM21Introduction to Petroleum Economics
FAC09 REF01 PBM21
FAC09 4 days Foundation REF01 4 days Foundation PBM21 4 days Foundation
FAC09 REF01 PBM21
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
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Phil Tudhope Chandrasekhar Ramakrishnan Siegfried Gugu

This course is a broad introduction to oil and gas development. It conveys a
background understanding of the origins of oil and gas, how subsurface
developments are decided and how these link with the selection of the surface
facilities development.
Primary surface oil and gas production systems are covered including export
systems from pipelines to oil terminals and tankers.
Both onshore and offshore production systems are described and the offshore
systems include fixed structures, floating systems and subsea systems.
The course includes an introduction to the basic principles of project development
including handling uncertainties, HSE and managing risk. It also provides a basic
understanding of the role of operations in managing the reservoir, wells and
facilities through field life.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A facilities or process engineer, either a graduate or a more experienced
technical professional looking to develop theoretical competence
• A project manager who seeks greater understanding of the process and
mechanical design of plants
• An operations engineer looking to deepen your knowledge of the design
principles of the plants
• A sub-surface engineer seeking to broaden your technical knowledge
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
The course links theory to application. It reinforces this through real industry
problems and examples which are solved by the participants as part of the
sessions.
The course is highly interactive and participants are encouraged to share their
own experiences and problems to the benefit of all.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will have a basic understanding of the different
• participants are an integral part of this course. Interaction and discussions will
types of oil and gas reservoirs and how they can be developed from a
subsurface perspective. You will be able to link the selection of the subsurface
development to the choices for the surface handling and product export
facilities.
• You will appreciate the technical differences between the major concepts for
offshore production systems; fixed structures, floating systems and subsea
This course introduces participants to the basic principles of oil refining and
related technologies. Different refinery types and their set-up and product slates
are highlighted in this introduction course, providing sufficient knowledge to select
them.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A manager / employee with commercial or non-specific technical background,
working in the oil & gas industry
• Involved in financing, the supply chain or operation of oil refineries, whether
small or large
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Strengthening basic oil chemistry as strong foundation for understanding of
refinery processes
• Interactive training based on case studies
• Providing data and information about major operational refineries world-wide
as case examples
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel more confident to:
• Read and understand refinery process diagrams
• Discuss suitable refinery types and main technologies
• Perform preliminary license selections for common technologies
• Assess basic CAPEX / OPEX requirements for given refinery types
• Evaluate project viability for refinery constructions
TOPICS
• Basic oil (and organic) chemistry
• Chemical and physical properties of crude oil and refinery products
• Common product qualities (e.g. Euro V, etc.)
• Main refinery processes
Utilities and infrastructure systems
• your workplace you can immediately use the course content in your practical
• Oil and product transport requirements
• Nelson complexity index
• Solomon index for refinery operations
• Layout and location requirements/restrictions
Oil and gas companies compete for resources and reserves around the globe. In
recent years new technologies have changed the global picture in the oil and gas
industry and the frontiers of exploration are continuously driven to harsher and/or
more environmentally sensitive areas.
Beside - or better because of - these technical challenges it is crucially important
to keep project and company economics under control. What good is the best
technological improvement, if the costs to apply these technologies cannot be
recovered?
In this course participants get introduced to the whole world of Petroleum
Economics. The content spans from questions like: Why are the economics in the
upstream industry different from those in other industries? Do I understand the
whole value chain in my project? How do I deal with risks and uncertainties? What
is my project NPV, EMV? Will the recent tax change kill my project?
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A project manager or manager
• An E&P professional (geologist, geophysicist, reservoir, production, drilling
engineer etc.) seeking economic understanding in the projects you are
involved in
• Working in related professions such as legal, accounting, business
development, HR, marketing
• Working for a service provider to oil & gas industries to understand your roles
and impact in the overall project life cycle
• Working for government agencies to get an insight into the project and
company economics
• Keen to know more about petroleum economics
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
A combination of classroom lessons, real world examples and actual project
calculations will ensure the practicality of this course. Interaction between the
participants and the trainer as well as discussions and case studies amongst the
give the participants the opportunity to further deepen the content. After return to
work.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
TOPICS
• Understand the petroleum industry (value chain and its interactions)
- Discuss petroleum industry specifics (oil and gas prices, IOC vs NOC)
- Value generation in upstream, midstream and downstream
- Partnering (developing projects jointly with competitors)
• Project economics
- Understand the basics for project economics
(revenues, cost, cash flow, NPV, IRR)
- Learn to set up projects
- Identify critical parameters to project success
• Multiple project economics
- Compare projects according to KPIs
- Rank projects and define investment strategy
- Identify related risks and uncertainties
• Company economics
- Differences between project and company economics
- Financing, depreciation and tax impact on company balance sheet
- Cash flow versus profit
• Cash flow and NPV
- Understand the principles of revenues and cost streams
- Appreciate the differences of time value of money
- Set up and calculate your own cash flow and NPV models
• Depreciation and amortisation
- Understand the system of depreciation
- Depreciation methods and its impact on economics
- Concept of amortisation
• Project milestones, rates of return and hurdle rates
- Understand the importance of structuring a project according to milestones
- Calculate KPI’s (ROR, hurdle rate, etc.) and experience the project impact
- Base case und sensitivities > impact on project understanding
• Upstream contracts and fiscal terms
- Different forms of upstream will be discussed
- Contractual and commercial terms and the impact on the overall project
- Understand the key risks and uncertainties in these contract types
• Risk analysis and uncertainty
- Concept of risk and uncertainty
- Inherent risks in the oil and gas industry
- Risk evaluation and risk mitigation techniques
• Decision tree analysis

systems. You will also have seen examples of typical onshore production
systems and learnt about pipelines, export terminal and tanker transport.
• You will also have an introduction to the principles of project development
including handling uncertainties and risk and the basics of HSE management.
You will also appreciate the important role of Operations and managing the
wells and reservoir production throughout field life.
• CAPEX and OPEX evaluations
• Introduction into refinery conceptual design
• Overview of existing and operational refineries worldwide
• Shifting product slates to meet market demands
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: - Understand the concept of decision tree analysis
• The interactions in the industry
- Calculation of EMVs (expected monetary values)
• Setting up your own economic models
- Develop your own decision tree
• Terms like NPV, ROR, hurdle rate, etc.
• The risks in you projects and tools to handle these risks

TOPICS
Oil & Gas Origins, Exploration and Offshore Production Systems
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
Subsurface Development Offshore structures
• ‘Tutor has extensive industry experience, real life examples’
• Origins of oil & gas Floating systems
•  Petrophysicist at E.ON E&P
• The oil & gas lifecycle Basics of flow assurance
•
‘The course is very comprehensive in regard to financial information and
- Cash flow for an oil & gas project Subsea engineering
•
project managing.’
• Exploration & appraisal
 Manager at NIS Petrol
- Seismic acquisition Onshore Systems and Project
- Exploration drilling Development
- Appraisal & prospect evaluation • Onshore plants
• Sub-surface development • Export systems
- Estimating volumes of reserves - Pipelines
- Reservoir recovery mechanisms - Export terminals
- Artificial lift - Tankers
- Secondary, tertiary & enhanced oil • Project development
recovery - Health safety & environment
- Handling uncertainties
Surface Facilities - Managing risk
• Primary production systems • Introduction to operations &
• Oil processing (stabilisation, maintenance
dehydration, desalting) • Introduction to well & reservoir
• Water processing management
• Water injection
• Gas processing
Computer access required for exercises.

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 Geology

Geology Fundamental Skills for

GEO11

Petroleum Geoscientists
Play Mapping and Exploration Strategy
- A Hands-on Approach
GEO11 GEO34
Fundamental Skills for Petroleum Geoscientists (GEO11) Reservoir Characterisation & Modelling Workshop (GEO14) GEO11 5 days Foundation GEO34 3 days Foundation / Skill
GEO11 GEO34
Play Mapping and Exploration Strategy - Integrated Reservoir Studies: ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
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❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
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A Hands-on Approach (GEO34) The Project Management Approach (PBM07) Jonathan Redfern Chris Cubitt

Petroleum Systems and Play Analysis (GEO45) Modelling and Managing Uncertainty This introductory course is designed for early career geoscientists, technical Exploration is a vital part of the oil and gas industry, enabling future production
in the Subsurface (RES38) assistants and petroleum engineers who wish to build a strong understanding of levels to be maintained as fields deplete with time. How then do we explore? This
Basin Analysis and Modelling Workshop (GEO51) the fundamental elements of petroleum geology. It provides hands-on experience play mapping course provides the hands-on tools for your company’s future
Introduction to Geomechanics (GEO52) of typical oil industry data types and workflows for exploration and production, explorers. This is a practical foundation course with real world examples,
Play Assessment and Prospect Evaluation (GEO56) taught by a very experienced petroleum geoscientist. exercises and experience garnered in both clastic and carbonate terrains from
Geodynamics and Structural Styles in Exploration (GEO58) The course starts by placing hydrocarbons in a global context; the philosophy and around the world.
Integrated Stratigraphic Methods (GEO57) structure of the oil industry; energy trends, future resources. The petroleum This course is designed to develop the participants‘ knowledge of the various
Naturally Fractured Reservoirs (GEO55) environment is then reviewed: source rocks, reservoirs, traps, seals and the forms of geological data and establish methods to integrate this data and construct
Carbonate Geology applied to Conventional timing of generation relative to trap formation. The course then examines the play maps. These play maps in addition to simple exploration statistics are then
and Unconventional Plays (GEO02) Fundamentals of Wellsite and Operations Geology (GEO09) subsurface environments, subsurface temperature and pressure and the impact used to develop exploration strategies.
on petroleum systems, the usage and display of typical subsurface geological
Practical Methods for Mapping and Operations Geology (GEO13) data, and gives an introduction to seismic and wireline logs. This is then developed
Interpreting Deep-Water Reservoirs (GEO53) into a definition of petroleum systems and an introduction to play fairway definition DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
Reservoir Characterisation and Quality from Drill Cuttings and finally leads / prospects. • A geologist, petrophysicist, geophysicist or reservoir engineer who has some
Evaluation of Volcanic Reservoirs (GEO59) (GEO33) The course concludes by introducing the assessment of subsurface resources by experience in hydrocarbon exploration, but wants to know how GDE-based
calculating in-place reserves using deterministic methods. play mapping is practically done and to see how this technique is linked to
Fundamentals of Pore Pressure, Fracture Pressure and Wellbore Stability exploration strategies
Reservoir Development Geology (GEO46) Management (GEO21) DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
Some geological knowledge is assumed, however previous experience with
Petroleum Geostatistics - Integrating Data Petroleum Systems of North Africa and the Eastern • A new hire graduate geologist, geophysicist or an engineer with limited
oilfield data or interpretation methods is not required.
experience of hydrocarbon exploration
for Reservoir Modelling and Simulation (GEO07) ­Mediterranean (GEO08)
Some basic geological knowledge is assumed, but no prior experience of oilfield HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
Carbonate Reservoir Characterisation Effective Technical Writing for Exploration and data or techniques used to interpret these datasets.
• This is a ‘hands-on’ team-based course using real data (well logs, seismic
and Modelling (RES62) Production Staff - A Structured System (SSK24)
screen grabs well correlations, core etc.) along with ‘real world’ examples
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Play maps are paired with exploration blocks with teams nominating which
The course will help you build a solid understanding of the elements of the blocks would be high graded or downgraded
petroleum systems, and introduce key data types and methods of analysis. You
will understand key language used, worflows and the extensive practicals give
you introductory experience of using and interpreting typical oilfield data. THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
COURSE PROGRESSION MATRIX Examples are taken from global petroleum systems, drawing on the experience of By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
the tutor. • What petroleum systems and play maps are
Exploration & Basin Analysis Reservoir Characterisation & Modelling Field Development Field Trips • The key elements of the petroleum system, reservoir, source, seal, trap and
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING timing
• How to identify key reservoir and source depositional environments using core
Structural Geology, By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
Stratigraphic • The context of world oil, and a critical assessment of current estimates of logs and wireline log motifs
Architecture and Trap • The hydrocarbon habitat and the stages of exploration, exploration, appraisal
ADVANCED

Styles of Sicily FTB remaining world resources

• Typical workflows and drivers in the oil industry and production
• How the geology and geophysics team decides where to look for hydrocarbons
• The hydrocarbon habitat and basic techniques used in exploration, appraisal
Carbonate Reservoir
• How to organise well data and correlate wells
Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Characterisation and production
on the Field • How to construct gross depositional environment (GDE) maps
• The key elements of the petroleum system: reservoirs (including
Pore Pressure, • How to make play maps from GDE maps
Carbonate
Fracture unconventional), seal, source and trap
Reservoir Operations North Atlantic Margin • How to make geological common risk segment maps and formulate play maps
Characterisation
Pressure and
Geology • The types, usage and display of subsurface geological data and its acquisition,
Wellbore Petroleum Systems, from GDE maps
Managing
and Modelling
Stability Morocco and the limits on the reliability of such data
Modelling and Practical Methods • Prospect, risking and exploration analysis including field size distribution, yet to
Integrated Data Rooms for Mapping &
Management • The qualitative interpretation of basic wireline log data
Managing find and success rate formulation
Stratigraphic for Quick-look Uncertainty in Interpreting Deep- • Basic facies interpretation from wireline data
Methods Asset the Subsurface Water Reservoirs • Exploration decision making using a matrix approach
Appraisal Shallow Water • The subsurface environment and the implications for the petroleum system
Reservoir Reservoir • Post exploration: appraisal and development geology overview
Characterisation • What causes variations in subsurface temperature and how to interpret
Characterisation in
& Modelling
Integrated Reservoir Studies: The Project Management Approach the Modern-Day temperature data from well data
Play Workshop
Assessment
Basin Analysis
Exploration
Environments of the • How to calculate geothermal gradients and understand the control temperature TOPICS
and Modelling Gironde Estuary and
SKILL

and Prospect
Workshop
Economics
Aquitaine Basin has on hydrocarbon generation and reservoir quality
Evaluation • Petroleum systems / play maps -C onfirmation formation tops?
Evaluation of Petroleum Geostatistics - Integrating • How pressure is developed in the subsurface
Data for Reservoir Modelling and - Using regional geology to define Are there errors?
Volcanic • The interpretation of pressure data acquired from wells to assess overpressure
Petroleum Reservoirs Simulation Reservoir basin type (review of main basin - Where is my play level?
Characterisation of and the fluids present in the subsurface
Systems of
Fluvial, Estuarine & types), source and reservoir • Mapping
North Africa • Seismic acquisition and processing and basic seismic facies interpretation
Petroleum Deltaic Deposits in distribution - Construct GDE maps in clastic
and the
Modern and Ancient • What petroleum systems are
Systems and Eastern Effective Technical Writing for Exploration and Production Staff - a Structured System - Data preparation and organisation and carbonate settings from
Play Analysis Mediterranean
Environments • How to map play fairways
- Defining stratigraphy relative to organised well data
• Leads and prospect definition
Reservoir Geodynamics Fluvial and Shallow geological data - From the GDE maps play and
Carbonate Geology Oil & Gas Field Life Cycle, Field Marine Systems • How to calculate deterministic reserves
Play Mapping and Exploration
applied to Conventional
Characterisation and Structural - Dry hole analysis then CRS / play maps are
Strategy - and Quality from Styles in Development and Planning Field Trip, Sydney
A Hands-on Approach and Unconventional Basin, Australia - Gross Depositional Environment produced
Plays
Drill Cuttings Exploration TOPICS (GDE) mapping • Exploration statistics analysis
Fundamentals of Wellsite and • History of the oil industry • Introduction to wireline log analysis • Common Risk Segment (CRS) - Regional geology and region
Introduction to Geomechanics Operations Geology
Petroleum Geology
• Future resources • Introduction to seismic acquisition mapping ranking theory (success rate,
Field Workshop, • The elements of the petroleum and interpretation • Basic petroleum exploration FSD, yet to find)
Whitby, UK system • The subsurface environment; - Play systems • Appraisal and development geology
FOUNDATION

Fundamentals of Reservoir Development Geology

• Source rocks, maturation and subsurface temperature; subsurface - Depositional systems - What happens after a
migration pressure - Source rock distribution commercially successful
Fundamental Skills for Petroleum Geoscientists • Seals • Petroleum systems - Reservoir quality exploration well is drilled?
• Reservoirs • Play fairway definition • Well data organisation - An overview of appraisal and
• Traps • Leads / prospects - Well correlation development geology
Introduction to Petroleum Engineering • Timing • Calculating in-place resources - Organise poorly presented and
• Data acquired from a well inconsistent data
Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production - A Comprehensive Introduction to the Oil & Gas Industry

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Geology Geology

Petroleum Systems and Play Analysis Basin Analysis and Modelling Workshop
GEO45 GEO51
GEO45 5 days Skill GEO51 5 days Advanced
GEO45 GEO51
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏  Public on demand
Jonathan Redfern Jonathan Redfern and James Armstrong

This course is designed for geoscientists keen to develop skills in play analysis
and basin modelling. It reviews global basin types, looking at both successful and
unsuccessful exploration campaigns from around the world, their success ratio
and the dominant play types. The course then reviews the workflow to assess a
new basin, key input data and techniques used to characterise the petroleum
systems and plays, and ultimately develop leads and prospects
It is aimed at honing the analytical skills to evaluate petroleum systems and their
hydrocarbon potential, and to learn from examining global analogues. It reviews
the important control that basin formation and mechanisms have on the petroleum
system, examining subsidence, heat flow, structural style, evolution and
sedimentation. Global examples of typical basin types are examined with
emphasis on the impact that basin style and sedimentation have on the
hydrocarbon habitat and prospectivity. Within each basin, depositional systems
are reviewed, and the control on reservoir, source, seal and trap are discussed.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• An exploration or new ventures geologist
• A geophysicist early in your career
Basic geological knowledge is assumed. Some introductory experience is
required, with knowledge of the basics of petroleum geology, and some seismic
and well log interpretation experience.
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• Focusing on the influence basin formation mechanism has on subsequent
petroleum systems, how the mechanism of formation controls the structural
style and sedimentary fill
• How to recognise different basin types from typical seismic and well log data
• Key controls including tectonics, climate and eustacy
• Petroleum systems active on a number of global basins
• Case studies of basin plays, how new play types have been developed that
have rejuvenated basins, and the flaws of chasing the wrong play, or a step
too far
• Key techniques to analyse sedimentary basins including
- Source rock characterisation, organic matter types, global source distribution
- Analysis of different data types to generate key input data for maturity and
migration modelling
- Hydrocarbon types and distribution
- Controls on migration
- Becoming familiar with basin models and the input data required
- Calibrating basin models
- Understanding uncertainty and sensitivity of the models
- Introduction to techniques to analyse the petroleum system
- Seals - fault and formation seals
- Reservoirs
- Trapping styles
- How to produce Gross Depositional Element Maps
In this extended basin modelling workshop geoscientists get hands-on experience TOPICS
evaluating data to undertake an integrated basin analysis. The course provides
• Plate tectonics and mechanisms of subsidence
practical experience of analysing data from a typical sedimentary basin, and is
• Basin formation and basin classification
aimed at honing the analytical skills to evaluate petroleum systems and their
• Basin analysis techniques (interpretation of seismic and well data)
hydrocarbon potential and to learn from examining global analogues. The course
• Review of basin by type:
integrates lectures and a workshop that run concurrently to reinforce concepts
- Extensional / rift basins
and teach practical application in a working environment.
- Compressional / foreland basins
It reviews the important control that basin formation and mechanisms have on the
- Passive margin basins
petroleum system, examining subsidence, heat flow, structural style, evolution
- Arc type basins
and sedimentation. Global examples of typical basin types are examined with
- Strike slip basins
emphasis on the impact that basin style and sedimentation have on the
• For each basin type the following is reviewed:
hydrocarbon habitat and prospectivity. Within each basin, depositional systems
- Structure / tectonic evolution and controls on depositional style
are reviewed, and the control on reservoir, source, seal and trap are discussed.
- Role of tectonics, climate and eustacy
- Typical facies suites and sedimentary environments
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... - Typical seismic expression
- Analogue petroleum systems and plays
• An exploration or new ventures geologist
• A geophysicist
Techniques of Analysis
• Stratigraphy and correlations
Intermediate to advanced geological knowledge is assumed. Introductory
• Subsidence history
experience is required, with knowledge of petroleum geology basics as well as
• Source rocks and basin modelling
seismic and well log interpretation experience.
• Building plays and learning from global analogues
• Critical Elements Charts and Chronostratigraphic Charts
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE • Gross Depositional Element Mapping
• Extensive case studies are discussed from around the globe, highlighting the • Common Risk Segment Mapping

• Extensive case studies are discussed from around the globe, highlighting the
development of new play types that have opened up basins, in areas such as
the North Sea, East Africa, South America and North Africa. How were these
plays developed? How can we learn from this? We also look at the errors
made in chasing the wrong play because the petroleum system was not fully
evaluated.
• The course then builds by developing techniques to evaluate the petroleum
systems and develop plays, leads and prospects, including an introduction to
seismic facies analysis, correlation techniques and sequence stratigraphy,
source rock studies and basin modelling, and evaluating the potential plays by
mapping using gross depositional evaluation (GDE) maps and developing
common risk segment (CRS) maps.
• Emphasis is placed on practical interpretation of data for play analysis, with
coursework designed to reinforce the theory lectures and provide access to a
variety of data types. Exercises involve interpretation of seismic and wireline
log data, with examples drawn from basins around the globe: North Africa
(Libya, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco), Indonesia, Malaysia, North Sea, Australia,
Italy, Arabia, South America.
During the course, lectures and practical exercises are used to teach techniques
to evaluate the basin type and interpretation of seismic and well log data. These
cover the fundamentals of stratigraphy, seismic facies analysis and an introduction
to basin modelling.
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘Interactive lecture and good discussions, demonstration of a variety of
facts / methods to be applied to own work.’
 Geologist at Wintershall
‘Real applications were presented with direct influence on exploration
process.’
 Geologist at NIS Petrol
‘The use of examples was excellent, also the trainer had a very visual way
of explaining things and putting them into context.’
 Junior Geoscientist at OMV Petrom
- Common Risk Segment Mapping development of new play types that have opened up basins, in areas such as
the North Sea, East Africa, South America and North Africa. How were these Workshop
Running in parallel with the lectures and practical, the participants will work in
TOPICS plays developed? How can we learn from this? We also look at the errors
groups to evaluate a dataset for a petroleum basin. This will include:
made in chasing the wrong play because the petroleum system was not fully
• Plate tectonics and mechanisms of subsidence • Evaluation of a grid of paper seismic data to identify megasequences and key
evaluated.
• Basin formation and basin classification elements of the petroleum play from the basin
• The course then builds by developing techniques to evaluate the petroleum
• Basin analysis techniques (interpretation of seismic and well data) • Defining the structural style
systems and develop plays, leads and prospects, including an introduction to
• Review of basin by type: • Defining potential plays, prospect and leads
seismic facies analysis, correlation techniques and sequence stratigraphy,
- Extensional / rift basins • Contouring data provided to determine leads and prospects
source rock studies and basin modelling, and evaluating the potential plays by
- Compressional / foreland basins • Evaluating geochemical data to assess source rock type, maturity and
mapping using gross depositional evaluation (GDE) maps and developing
- Passive margin basins richness
common risk segment (CRS) maps.
- Arc type basins • Using typical basin modelling software (Nova Software from Sirius Exploration
• Emphasis is placed on practical interpretation of data for play analysis, with
- Strike slip basins by Waples) to produce 1D maturation profiles for wells and pseudo wells. The
coursework designed to reinforce the theory lectures and provide access to a
• For each basin type the following is reviewed: fundamental methodology and input is common to all modelling software
variety of data types. Exercises involve interpretation of seismic and wireline
• Structure / tectonic evolution and controls on depositional style currently in use (BasinMod, PetroMod, Trinity etc.)
log data, with examples drawn from basins around the globe: North Africa,
• Role of tectonics, climate and eustacy • Constructing burial history plots and assessing unconformities
Indonesia, Malaysia, North Sea, Australia, Italy, Arabia, South America.
• Typical facies suites and sedimentary environments • Defining thermal history
• Typical seismic expression • Calibration data and input data to models
During the course, lectures and practical exercises are used to teach techniques
• Analogue petroleum systems and plays • Developing GDE and CRS Maps
to evaluate the basin type and interpretation of seismic and well log data. These
• Risking the prospects
cover the fundamentals of stratigraphy, seismic facies analysis and an introduction
Techniques of Analysis • Presentation of results
to basin modelling.
• Stratigraphy and correlations
• Subsidence history
• Basin modelling THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
• Building plays and learning from global analogues By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• Critical Elements Charts and Chronostratigraphic Charts • Focusing on the influence basin formation mechanism has on subsequent
• Gross Depositional Element Mapping
petroleum systems, how the mechanism of formation controls the structural
• Common Risk Segment Mapping
style and sedimentary fill CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
• How to recognise different basin types from seismic and well log data ‘High experience of instructors and good delivery of difficult information to
• Key controls including tectonics, climate and eustacy understand easily when presented.’
• Petroleum systems active on a number of global basins  Geologist at PTTEP
• Case studies of basin plays, how new play types have been developed that
have rejuvenated basins, and the flaws of chasing the wrong play, or a step ‘Good modelling software that integrates all data / information.’
 Senior Geophysicist at PTTEP
too far
• Key techniques to analyse sedimentary basins including:
- Source rocks formation, organic matter types, global distribution
- How to analyse different data types to generate key input data for maturity and
migration modelling
- Hydrocarbon types and distribution
- Controls on migration
- Becoming familiar with basin models and the input data required
- How to calibrate basin models
- Understanding uncertainty and sensitivity of the models
- Introduction to techniques to analyse the petroleum system
- Seals, reservoirs, trap styles
- How to produce Gross Depositional Element Maps
- Common Risk Segment Mapping

Computer access required for exercises.

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Geology Geology

Play Assessment and

Prospect Evaluation Integrated Stratigraphic Methods Carbonate Geology applied to Conventional and Unconventional Plays
GEO56 GEO57 GEO02
GEO56 3 days Foundation / Skill GEO57 5 days Skill / Advanced GEO02 5 days Foundation / Skill
GEO56 GEO57 GEO02
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Gabriele Lena Simonetta Cirilli Jeffrey Dravis

This 3-day course covers the major aspects and essential elements to generate This course covers the concepts, methods and applications of modern stratigraphy, This course introduces participants to established principles of carbonate geology TOPICS
and evaluate play and prospect for hydrocarbon exploration. with respect to reservoir characterisation, facies model and applied sequence as they apply to the search for conventional or unconventional carbonate plays, • Distinctive aspects of carbonates; non-skeletal grains; skeletal grains
This course offers a qualitative and quantitative play/prospect assessment stratigraphy. It will particularly emphasise the integration of different disciplines in and their subsequent development. • Carbonate classifications and sedimentary structures; limestone diagenesis
procedure easy to apply and reply in any industrial context. It is mostly focused on order to characterise the sedimentary basins and to reduce the uncertainties. The A highly acclaimed, hands-on approach is used throughout. and porosity evolution
the evaluation of geologic uncertainties and risks, and practical procedure to course is designed to describe and analyse both clastic and carbonate reservoirs, • Dolomitisation and porosity evolution; pore types and porosity classification
quantify opportunities in the exploration phase. their internal facies architectures, using also case histories and exercises from schemes; attributes of shallow and deep-marine facies; depositional facies
In this course the participants will act as an exploration company following a field analogues. Well-log data and core example, well correlation and applied DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
models for platforms; depositional facies model for a ramp
ready-made workflow based on a real case and will learn the procedures used in seismic stratigraphy will support the learning. • A geologist, geophysicist, reservoir engineer, log analyst or manager • Carbonate sequence stratigraphy relationships and approaches; well log and
oil companies. Lessons will focus on risks, limits, typical problems and seismic expression of carbonates; carbonate source rocks; carbonates and
uncertainties of the play assessment, especially in quantifying geological risks. You will benefit greatly from this course even if you have little or no industry evaporites; carbonate play types and review of worldwide case studies tied to
Economic analysis and assessment, aggregation and presentation of data and DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... carbonate background. stratigraphic age and physiographic setting
best practice will help participants to provide insights for managers. • A geologist, geophysicist or reservoir engineer, keen to understand the It is also a great refresher course if you have not worked with carbonates for a • Use of depositional cyclicity to zone carbonate reservoirs (detailed review of
methodology for applying sequence stratigraphy to correlation, facies analysis while. More experienced participants will be introduced to new concepts just two case studies); carbonate facies correlation exercise
and delineation of stratigraphic traps recently published.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A member of the exploration team: geologist, petroleum engineer or
geoscientist, or an analyst or manager, working on exploration data and keen
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
to learn a methodology for exploration project assessments • Overview of study principles and methodology • We use a great teaching format (lectures reinforced with exercises)
• Discussions of recent developments and significant applications • The notebook contains color images of all slides presented in lectures
• Case histories that demonstrate the applications and efficacy of stratigraphic • Exercises are keyed to identical sample rock sets, each containing 56
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE and related techniques representative subsurface and outcrop samples from around the world
• A practical course with didactical procedures and workshops • Application of sequence stratigraphy to carbonate and clastic settings, based
• Provision of an operational workflow from play to prospect to basic economics on the description of outcrops and core logs that can be used to predict source
that is applicable worldwide rock, reservoir and seal distributions within a basin
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
• A real case workshop evaluated in a team setting • Consideration of the diagenetic processes that affect carbonate and clastic By the end of the course you will feel confident to:
• Simulation of economic strategy sediments and how the integration of diagenesis and sequence stratigraphy • Describe typical carbonate rocks
can provide a better way of predicting reservoir quality • Interpret facies relationships and sequences
• Understand the key controls on depositional facies occurrence and distribution,
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING based on stratigraphic age and physiographic setting
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • Evaluate reservoir quality in limestones and dolostones
• The evaluation of assessment techniques in the industrial application scheme By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: • Understand reservoir complexity related to carbonate diagenesis
• How to quantify geological risk and uncertainties on a play • The concepts and practical applications of sequence stratigraphy for petroleum • Relate carbonates to well logs and seismic expression CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
• The definition, assessment and risk evaluation of a prospect exploration • Evaluate the different approaches to doing carbonate sequence stratigraphy ‘I liked the intensity of the course. It really helped to drive the mind to
• A basic economic analysis for management strategy • How to recognise facies assemblages from outcrops and core data and to and exploiting reservoir complexity carbonate geology from another area, like geophysics.’
reconstruct facies architecture • Better predict play relationships in the subsurface. Learn the key factors that  Geophysicist at RAG
• The limitations of litho-correlation and the benefits of chrono-correlation and control carbonate play types and their geometries in the subsurface
TOPICS integrated stratigraphic methods • Construct a time-stratigraphic facies framework, essential for both accurate ‘Great instruction, perfect command regard topic, lots of examples.’
• Petroleum systems - geological control factors • Relative sea-level changes and their effect on the distribution of source, regional correlation of carbonate sequences and zonation of carbonate  Geoscientist at MND
• PS stages, regional parameter reservoirs and seal rocks reservoirs
• Local effects
• Exploration workflow
• Play assessment and play fairway maps TOPICS
• Prospect generation and evaluation • Introduction • Basic concepts and terminology of
• Risk analysis and probability - Applications of modern sequence stratigraphy
• POS and POF stratigraphy in hydrocarbon - Systems tracts and
• Economics exploration and development standardisation of sequence
• Aggregation and presentation of results • Basic concepts of stratigraphy stratigraphy
• Decision tree and exploration program - Principles of stratigraphy - Sequence models
- Walther’s Law - Hierarchy of sequences,
- Facies belts sequence boundaries and their
• Facies concept identification
- Facies stratigraphy and facies - Drowning unconformities (‘Type-3
association applied to the sequence boundaries’) and
hydrocarbon distribution source rocks
• Stratal geometry and stratal - Integrates current concepts on
terminations interaction of tectonics, sea level
- Different types of unconformity and sediment supply
- Correlative conformity - Recognition criteria for the
• Integrated stratigraphic methods identification of depositional
- Stratigraphic classification, sequences and their components
terminology and procedure in outcrops and cores
- Litostratigraphy - Application of sequence
- Biostratigraphy stratigraphy in siliciclastic and
- Chronostratigraphy carbonate depositional settings
- Geomagnetic polarity time scale - Linking diagenesis to sequence
- Radiogenic isotope stratigraphy as integrated tool for
geochronology understanding and predicting
- Chemostratigraphy (carbon, reservoir quality distribution
oxygen and strontium isotope - Methods of sequence stratigraphic
stratigraphy) analysis: outcrop, core and well
- Cyclostratigraphy logs data; workflow of sequence
- Other methods stratigraphic analysis
- Defining chronostratigraphic
correlations

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Geology Geology

Fundamentals of Reservoir
Practical Methods for Mapping and Interpreting Deep-Water Reservoirs Evaluation of Volcanic Reservoirs Development Geology
GEO53 GEO59 GEO46
GEO53 3 days Skill GEO59 3 days Foundation / Skill GEO46 5 days Foundation
GEO53 GEO59 GEO46
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Jon Rotzien Gabriele Lena John H. Martin

This 3-day course is designed to provide participants with a 21st century TOPICS This course describes the most common geological characteristics of volcanic Modern reservoir modelling adopts 3D computer techniques often used to
appreciation of the full spectrum of deep-water reservoirs, their mechanisms of • The course starts with an overview of how sediment is transported and reservoirs and the tools and exploration workflow necessary in the evaluation of construct large and complex models. This modular workshop, set at basic or
transport and deposition, stratigraphic architecture, predictive characteristics and deposited from shelf to bathyal depths and focuses on the broad range of this play system. It will provide intermediate knowledge about volcanic rocks and cross-over level, focuses on principles which the geologist should not lose sight
3D heterogeneity. This collaborative course dives downslope in a deep-water sedimentary processes and depositional environments in a variety of passive reservoir, petrology, physical properties, pore and fracture systems, and geometry of, regardless of computing power available.
depositional system and examines reservoirs from feeder systems that link the and active margin settings of different volcanic and volcano-sedimentary systems. It demonstrates the principles of effective field evaluation for development studies,
shelf to submarine canyon, submarine fan or distal basin plain, using many of the • Individual and team exercises involving core and outcrop samples allow
The main objectives of this course are: ranging from appraisal to engineered recovery operations. It focuses on the
most illustrative outcrop, core and seismic examples from a variety of continental participants to describe samples and interpret their mechanism of deposition • to explain the common techniques to investigate and evaluate the reservoir controls that geological heterogeneities exert on subsurface fluid flow, and shows
margins. and their range of possible depositional environments characteristics how an understanding of reservoir characteristics will improve the reliability of
This course is designed to give industry professionals an understanding of • Next, a deeper dive into depositional environments illustrates the types of
• to analyse geophysical log dataset, in order to characterise the internal geological and reservoir engineering models.
source-to-sink sedimentary transport processes and depositional products, as reservoir facies, as well as depositional and stratigraphic architecture, likely to architecture of a volcanic reservoir
well as knowledgeable insight into interpretation methods that provide value and be found along the deep-water depositional system from submarine canyon • to predict the reservoir distribution in order to produce an integrated geological DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
inform business decisions in exploration, appraisal and development drilling head to basin plain model and to decrease the risks.
campaigns. This course draws from materials presented in field courses to deep- • Paper based exercises on integrated seismic and well logs dataset will be
• A reservoir or petroleum engineer, who wishes to learn how geological insight
• Collaborative exercises involving core, outcrop and seismic examples highlight can improve understanding of the reservoir
water sedimentary outcrops and petroleum basins worldwide. the range of deep-water depositional environments and their effect on reservoir prepared to simulate an exploration workflow on a volcanic reservoir of the
• A geologist or geophysicist new to production geoscience work, who wants a
architecture and development Pacific.
greater insight into the work of the reservoir engineer and how to tailor the
• The skills of core description and integration, reservoir characterisation and
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... results of geological studies into a format most useful to the requirements of
sequence stratigraphy are emphasised DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... field development planning
• Seeking technical expertise in mapping and interpreting siliciclastic reservoirs • Core-log-seismic exercises will show modern techniques on how to predict
and seals in onshore and offshore regions variations in reservoir architecture in deep-water depositional systems • A reservoir engineer or geologist wishing to discover the workflow and the
common tools to evaluate a volcanic reservoir HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• This course will conclude with a summary discussion of the realistic
expectations in siliciclastic petroleum reservoirs, as well as new research that The specific workshop modules and sections included will be varied to suit your
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE needs, your background and the reservoir types you are most commonly working
is changing these paradigms. Modern advancements in the prediction of HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
This course will alternate between inclusive lectures, hands-on technical with.
sedimentary deposits, facies and reservoir development in a variety of different
demonstrations and collaborative exercises involving practical application of • Concepts and case studies illustrated during lectures, accompanied by • Exercises and demonstrations form important parts of the workshop modules;
settings will be discussed
cores, outcrops, logs and seismic data. working on typical practical problems including:
• Hands-on experience on seismic and well log integrated dataset to develop the - Scales of investigation of logs, cores and well tests in relation to reservoir
exploration workflow heterogeneities
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
- Well correlation and mapping techniques
This course will give you an understanding of how to map and interpret deep- - Plotting and averaging methods for permeability data, prediction of
water siliciclastic depositional systems. By the end of the course you will be able THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK permeability
to: By the end of the course you will be confident in your understanding of: - Use of pressure data in determining fluid contacts and reservoir
‘Great overview of deep-water siliciclastic systems and how they are
• Characterise turbidites, debrites and transitional to hybrid flow type deposits • Typical properties and characteristics of the volcanic reservoir compartmentation
valued in the petroleum industry. Hands-on learning that challenges you to
and describe their transport and depositional processes • Distribution and properties of fractures and pore systems - Capillary pressures and the concept of Free Water Level
think critically about these systems from an economic standpoint.’
• Map and interpret the different types of deep-water depositional environments • Lithological identification and prediction - Design of simulation model input from geological data
 AAPG ACE Participant
(canyon, channel, levee, splay, overbank) and their implications to reservoir • Effective reservoir identification • If there is access to client’s own core material for part of the workshop,
architecture and reservoir quality ‘Jon provided a great deal of knowledge and I had a wonderful time • Interpretation of seismic relevant practical sessions can be run ‘hands-on’.
• Integrate seismic, outcrop, core and other industry data to inform decisions in soaking all that in. Everything he taught us is highly applicable.’ • Well techniques
exploration, appraisal and development drilling programs  AAPG ACE Participant • Exploration workflow on a volcanic reservoir The workshop is accompanied by a manual in ‘book’ form, with extensive
• Use modern and ancient depositional systems as analogues for exploration references for further reading.
targets
• Characterise deep-water reservoirs and build relationships with depositional
TOPICS THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
environments using outcrop, core and other industry data • Introduction and basics - Identification of lithology (ECS
- Fundamentals of volcanic logging, NMR, imaging log, By the end of the workshop you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• Understand risk and uncertainty methods in the context of exploration, • The principles of effective field evaluation for development studies, ranging
appraisal and development reservoirs conventional logs) and integrated
- Volcanic reservoirs in the world lithological identification from appraisal to engineered recovery operations
• Use lithofacies and stratigraphic architecture to understand variations in • The controls that geological heterogeneities exert on subsurface fluid flow and
deep-water reservoir properties pertaining to reservoir presence, reservoir and status of development - Prediction of lithological
- Major geological features and distribution how an understanding of reservoir characteristics will improve the reliability of
quality and seal presence geological and reservoir engineering studies
• Apply predictive depositional models built by first principles to characterise challenges of volcanic reservoirs - How to build reservoir parameter
• The importance of effective data gathering
deep-water reservoir properties • Geological settings of volcanic interpretation models for various
• The requirements for all static and dynamic reservoir data to be integrated into
• Conceptualise and apply source-to-sink transport, sequence stratigraphy and reservoirs lithologies
- Characterisation of volcanic rocks • Identification and prediction of
a model
other methods to marine and deep-water sediment delivery
• Apply skills in seismic interpretation, reservoir characterisation, core analysis, - Classification and identification of fractures in volcanic reservoirs
volcanic massif - Identification of fractures in logs TOPICS
geophysical log interpretation, sequence stratigraphy, play fairway mapping,
risk and uncertainty analysis, gross depositional environment mapping and oil - Internal architecture of effusive - Evaluation of fracture • Field development • Sandstone reservoirs II
and gas exploration methods and volcano-sedimentary development/effectiveness/ - Introduction; duties - Coastal, shallow marine and fan
successions occurrence - Field case studies - Clastic diagenesis
• Lithology, petrology, pore and - Prediction • Rock and fluid properties • Carbonate and fractured reservoirs
fracture of volcanic rocks - Technological applications and - Basic rock properties and special - Carbonate reservoirs (focus to be
- Lithology and petrology of well location optimisation core analysis determined based on client
volcanic rocks • Effective reservoir identification - Fluid properties interests)
- Lithofacies distribution - Identification of effective volcanic - Pressure and pressure analysis - Fractured reservoirs
- Porosity reservoirs • Development geological techniques • Engineering techniques: an
- Fracture system - Characterisation of connectivity - Coring and core description introduction for the geologist
• Overview of techniques for and accumulation-permeation - Conventional subsurface structure - Basic well testing
identification and prediction of capacity and units and reservoir mapping - Basic production logging
volcanic rocks - Geological modelling of volcanic - Well correlation - Basic material balance and
- Challenges and solutions reservoirs - Basic volumetrics production mechanisms
- Classification • Exploration workflow in volcanic - Basic reserves evaluation - Basic reservoir simulation
- Well identification/prediction reservoirs on a real case - Horizontal wells • Integrated reservoir modelling
techniques - Exploration workflow • Sandstone reservoirs I - Introduction to reservoir
- Seismic identification/prediction - Interpretation of seismic and logs - Clastic reservoir modelling geomodelling - best practices and
• Lithological identification and - Prospect evaluation, play - Aeolian, fluvial and deltaic approaches
prediction of volcanic rocks assessment and risking reservoirs - Subsurface uncertainty evaluation

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Geology Geology

Petroleum Geostatistics - Integrating

Data for Reservoir Modelling and Carbonate Reservoir Characterisation
RES62 Reservoir Characterisation & Modelling Integrated Reservoir Studies:
PBM07

Simulation and Modelling Workshop The Project Management Approach

GEO07 RES62 GEO14 PBM07
GEO07 5 days Skill RES62 5 days Skill / Advanced GEO14 5 days Skill PBM07 4 days Skill
GEO07 RES62 GEO14 PBM07
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Todd Hoffman Sebastian Geiger & Patrick Corbett Wilfried Gruber John H. Martin

This course will teach you how to use geostatistical tools to create high quality This interdisciplinary course integrates modern reservoir modelling and reservoir Constructing a reservoir model includes the difficult task to integrate data from Companies rely on integration of technical disciplines in carrying out successful
petroleum reservoir models. Fundamental techniques such as kriging and engineering concepts to address and overcome the key challenges encountered very different sources like seismic, well, core and wireline information as well as reservoir studies. This creates challenges in ensuring that team members
sequential simulation will be covered along with more recent developments, e.g. when creating meaningful static and dynamic reservoir models of (fractured) sedimentological concepts and facies interpretations. This course will show how understand their role and the role of others in the overall project and in ensuring
Boolean methods and multipoint geostatistics. carbonate reservoirs. modern reservoir modelling practice handles such different viewpoints from control over the project. This practical workshop gives insights into how tried and
geoscience and engineering. tested project management techniques can be applied to integrated reservoir
The course starts with characterising reservoirs in terms of structure, studies to maximise their benefits.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... sedimentology and related petrophysical properties and develops these into static
• A geoscientist or an engineer who wants to use geostatistics to create better • A geomodeller, reservoir engineer or petrophysicist working on (fractured) reservoir models. Geostatistics and data integration across the key disciplines will DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
reservoir models carbonate reservoirs, wishing to build a strong foundation in characterising and set the baseline. • Working as part of an integrated study team involved with any aspect of
modelling these complex reservoirs. This training will teach state-of-the-art concepts, practical fundamentals and petroleum reservoirs and involved in:
common pitfalls when using applications in integrated computer-based modelling. - Evaluation of discoveries
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE It aims to cover deterministic and stochastic techniques in reservoir modelling and
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE - Development of new fields
• This course covers some theory but is mainly focused on practical applied shows how to apply these for populating facies, and properties like porosity, - Re-evaluation of mature fields
procedures that can be used to create models. • By using case studies, you will review the challenges and best practices when permeability or saturation. The workshop character will be emphasized by
• You will employ an easy-to-use modelling software to put many of the characterising and modelling (fractured) carbonate reservoirs showing best practices for constructing useful static geomodels in Petrel software, It will be particularly appropriate if you serve as a project manager or project
techniques into practice by building basic models. • Discussions of the integration of core and log data for creating robust reservoir which are ready to be initialised as simulation models. engineer within a study team but have had little previous exposure to formal
• The class culminates with a multipart project that incorporates much of what rock-typing approaches for carbonates project planning methods.
was learned during the week. • It will be explained how fractures can be detected and incorporated in static The workshop is also ideal for in-house presentation to company teams, where it
and dynamic reservoir models DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... might also serve as a team-building kick-off event for a new or current project,
• Modern reservoir modelling approaches for carbonate reservoirs will be • A geologist, geophysicist or petroleum engineer seeking to gain an directly applying the techniques discussed.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING introduced, that allow us to capture their multi-porosity nature (not specific to understanding and practical knowledge in reservoir characterisation,
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your knowledge of: certain software packages) geostatistics and modelling HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• How to build a reservoir model from available geologic and engineering data • You will explore the advantages and challenges when using digital rock- All the methods discussed in this workshop are straightforward, practical and
• How to use particular techniques for model building physics approaches for carbonate reservoirs (incl. simulation exercises) This course provides a thorough introduction and covers all aspects, from basics, applicable on a day-to-day basis. Exercises are included in planning and
• The general concepts and equations behind the techniques • You will understand how uncertainties in carbonate reservoir modelling can be statistical methods right through to the application of geostatistics in reservoir scheduling and their application to integrated reservoir studies. Several of these
quantified using static and dynamic data, and how these data can be used for modelling. will be team projects using techniques discussed in class to plan ‘real’ reservoir
TOPICS model calibration studies relevant to you. Computer-based planning packages will also be briefly
demonstrated. A recently updated comprehensive manual in book style is
• Introduction to petroleum geostatistics: Why? When? & How? HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING provided, both in hard copy and digital form, for future reference.
• Review statistics & linear algebra • Emphasis will be on practical examples in order to improve personal skills in
• Data analysis By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: reservoir modelling. THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
• Uncertainty • Integrating core and log data for reservoir rock-typing in carbonates • At the same time, theory in statistics, geostatistics, interpolation and simulation
Geological continuity By the end of the workshop you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• • Detecting, characterising and modelling fractures in carbonates techniques will be communicated to provide a firm knowledge base. • All the aspects of project planning, scheduling, budgeting, control and
• Simple and ordinary kriging • State-of-the-art carbonate reservoir modelling approaches and best practices • The course is designed in a way that each main topic will consist of a theory
Advanced kriging techniques troubleshooting that you need to organise and carry out a successful
• • The benefits of digital rock-physics workflows for carbonates section followed by computer exercises for application of the learned and
Sequential simulations integrated reservoir study
• • Quantifying uncertainties in carbonate reservoir modelling opportunities for in-depth discussions. • Which ‘textbook’ and general project management approaches can be adopted
• Boolean / object based techniques
• Flow based modelling techniques - and which require modification for use in reservoir studies
• Multiple-point geostatistical models TOPICS THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
At the end of the course, you will have confidence on how to characterise, model
TOPICS
• Incorporating secondary data-CoKriging • Petrophysics for carbonate reservoirs
and manage reservoirs using geostatistics. The key points to take will be: • Definition of a project: objectives, - Geological studies
• Incorporating secondary data-CoSimulation • Reservoir rock-typing for carbonates
• Showing the methods and benefits of integrating geological, geophysical, scope and constraints - ‘Classical’ reservoir engineering
• Detecting, characterising and modelling fractures
petrophysical and engineering data into static reservoir models - Planning approaches
• Multi-scale and multi-porosity reservoir modelling and upscaling
• Introducing state of the art deterministic and stochastic modelling techniques, - Use of network diagrams for -W  hen to use more sophisticated
• An introduction to digital rock-physics for carbonates
demonstrating their application and outcomes improved logic and to identify models
• Model ranking and clustering using static and dynamic data
• Gaining skills on making realistic assumptions of reservoir parameters and the relationships • Facilitating integration
• Uncertainty quantification for carbonate reservoir modelling
associated spread of model uncertainties • Putting activities in a time frame; - Effective data display and
• Discussing the full workflow from data input and analysis through modelling scheduling communication
and upscaling results into a model ready for flow simulation - Estimating work content and - Company structure and personnel
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK durations roles in project-based work
- Identifying critical path activities - The problems of out-sourcing
‘The presentation was well organised, daily reviews, good explanations for TOPICS • Monitoring progress and controlling - Integrating consultants and
the statistical techniques used, instructor had a good knowledge of the the project contractors
• Introduction to reservoir characterisation
matter.’ - Plotting the course of the project - Solutions to challenges caused by
• Reservoir metrics and related variable types
 Geologist at RAG - Identifying the effects of slippages remote working
• Geostatistics and spatial data analysis
‘Easy to understand, explained very clearly, the instructor was very helpful.’ • Statistics exercise - Evaluating alternatives for - How to avoid pitfalls in computer
 Geologist at KOC • Variograms, Kriging basics and methods, Co-kriging recovery modelling
• Kriging exercise • The importance of integration in • Applying PM techniques to reservoir
• Stochastic simulation reservoir studies studies
• Simulation methods for discrete variables (indicator simulation, TGS, Boolean, - How to use project management - Differences between reservoir
MPS, etc.) techniques to ensure integration studies and traditional projects
• Methods for continuous variables (SGS, GRFS, bivariate, etc.) - What needs to be integrated - Tailoring the techniques; how
• Exercise on stochastic simulation - Benefits of the planned approach current PM methods can be
• The setup of a reservoir model - Examples of network diagrams for applied
• Grid design and structure determination reservoir study activities - Using ‚Stage Gate‘ approaches
• Facies, property and fracture modelling strategies • Strategies for integrated reservoir - How to assure quality
• Reservoir modelling exercise studies - Troubleshooting common project
• Volume estimates and uncertainty assessment - Identifying objectives problems
• Grid upscaling to coarse model - Formal techniques for evaluating
• Exercise data

Computer access required for exercises. Computer access required for exercises. Computer access required for exercises. Computer access required for exercises.

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Geology
Modelling and Managing Uncertainty
RES38
in the Subsurface
RES38
RES38 3 days Skill
RES38
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
Jef Caers
Uncertainty quantification is a synthesis course that brings together various
disciplines such as geology, geophysics, reservoir engineering, data science and
decision analysis. Uncertainty quantification is not seen as some posterior
analysis, or skill, but as key to successful decision making in real field situations.
Participants will learn how a proper management of uncertainty reduces costs
and unwanted surprises.
In this short course we cover a modern approach to managing and modelling
uncertainty in subsurface formations within a decision making framework. We
outline an uncertainty quantification workflow that focuses on several elements:
• Decision-driven sensitivity analysis to determine key reservoir variables
• Geological scenario development to avoid reducing uncertainty artificially and
during history matching
• Use of seismic and production data for model rejection
• Issues of computational challenges through model validation and screening
For in-house presentations this course can also be arranged as 5-day ‘Workshop’
with practical exercises.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A reservoir geologist, geophysicist or engineer who is involved in a multi-
disciplinary asset team building uncertainty models for reservoir appraisal and
production planning
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• The course uses practical field studies to guide you through the modelling
workflow from geological interpretation to history matching and forecasting
• In addition to the course manual you will also receive the textbook ‚Modeling
Uncertainty in the Earth Sciences‘ by Jef Caers
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course, you will feel confident in your understanding and use of
practical workflows for modelling uncertainty and the integration of geological,
geophysical and production data for forecasting and decision making.
TOPICS
• What is uncertainty?
• Managing uncertainty in the oil & gas industry
• Decision making under uncertainty
• Representing uncertainty in metric space
• Decision-focused sensitivity analysis for reservoir models
• Validating uncertainty models with reservoir log, seismic and production data
• Model selection and model complexity: addressing the computational
challenge
• Uncertainty quantification with seismic and production data
• Calculating value of information
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘The topic is difficult, but Jef was phantastic in bringing things down to the
simplest examples.’
 Sr. Reservoir Engineer at OMV
‘It opens a new area in the industry and changes your view on it.’
 Reservoir Engineer at MND
‘The topic is widely useable, not only to surface modelling. Jef very
intelligently brings all facets together. Important for the RE & Modelling
crowd to follow this approach. I believe we need a Part II of this course.’
 Production Engineer at OMV
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Introduction to Geomechanics
GEO52
GEO52 5 days Foundation
GEO52
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public
Manhal Sirat
This course introduces basic reservoir geomechanics concepts and methods to
enable cross-disciplinary exchange of ideas and experience. It provides the
required input to help you understand questions crucial to the reservoir
Geomechanics: How human activities of drilling, production and injection can
affect the stress equilibrium in the reservoir at depth? How these changes in the
stresses can create different problems? How can we drill without surprises?
Where to place horizontal wells for better production? How and what completion
methods can be used to optimise the production? What reservoir/field development
plan is optimum for better production over reservoir lifecycle?
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A geoscientist or engineer with little or no reservoir Geomechanics experience
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Theoretical concepts illustrated during individual sessions are accompanied by
working on practical problems to ensure a thorough understanding of the
principles and procedures
• Hands-on experience by solving classical reservoir Geomechanics tasks
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• Reservoir Geomechanics concepts and terminology
• The 3D stress state in the subsurface
• Principles of rock mechanics
• The interrelations among 3D stress state, the natural and induced fractures
and fluid flow
• What factors control fracture/fault reactivation with possible predictions
• Typical assumptions and simplifications required to predict reservoir behavior
under different states of stress
TOPICS
• Introduction to the physics of petroleum reservoirs
• Fractures and the 3D state of stress
• Andersonian classification of faults and stress regimes
• Fundamental rock mechanics - Uniaxial and Triaxial tests, mechanical and
elastic properties and other concepts
• Hoop stresses and wellbore deformation
• Pore pressure and stress changes and their effects on reservoirs and
petroleum E&P
• Building 1D MEM and 3D MEM (Mechanical Earth Model)
• Implications and case studies
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Geodynamics and Structural Styles
in Exploration
GEO58
GEO58 5 days Foundation / Skill
GEO58
✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
Gabriele Lena
Aim of this course is to improve the knowledge of geodynamics with emphasis on
plate boundaries and deformation styles with an overview of different case-
histories worldwide as well as the use of key geologic ‘prospecting’ tools. It
provides an overview of different geodynamic scenarios and associated structural
styles and trap types. Participants will learn how to predict the geometry and
characteristics of traps even if data is absent or conflicting. Practical interpretation
skills on different case studies will be developed in exercises, especially on
seismic sections. Predicting major trap types, starting from structural style of
deformation and geodynamic context in order to decrease risk is one of the main
goals of the course.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A geologist, geophysicist or engineer in the exploration team, keen to improve
your knowledge of geosetting environments worldwide, to learn the
methodology to interpret structural styles of deformation and to predict trap
types
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Worldwide examples of plate boundary and associated styles of deformation
• 2D-3D seismic interpretation in different geodynamic settings
Field log based interpretation as analog example
•
• Case histories to demonstrate the applications and efficacy of structural style
setting analysis to predict trap style and geometry
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• The main types of geosettings all over the world and the leading mechanisms
responsible for the different geodynamic regimes
• The link between plate tectonics, structural geology and petroleum geology,
from a geodynamic point of view
• Major structural styles of deformation and associated trap styles for predicting
geometry with lack of data
• Interpreting 2D-3D seismic data, coupled with geophysical/well datasets
TOPICS
• Plate tectonics and plate kinematics
• Structural styles and comparative structural geology
• Role of stratigraphy and major anisotropy in the development of structures
• Plate tectonics habitats respect of structural styles
• Constructive plate boundaries, extensional tectonics and associated structural
styles
• Conservative plate boundaries, transform plate boundaries and associated
structural style
• Destructive plate boundaries and compressional tectonics and associated
structural style
• Focus on Fold and Thrust belt - thin skinned vs. thick skinned tectonics
• Inversion and basement involvement
• Salt and Halokinesis
• Plate tectonics and petroleum geology
• Petroleum structural geology
• Exploration projects and derisking using geosetting prediction criteria
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘It was a good introduction of plate tectonic impact on prospect risk.’
 Geophysicist at Groupement Berkine
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Geology
Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
GEO55
GEO55 5 days Advanced
GEO55
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Manhal Sirat
This course introduces basic geologic and engineering concepts, methodology
and technology used to characterise, evaluate and manage naturally fractured
reservoirs, with their limitations and constraints. It helps answering and
understanding questions related to fractured reservoir production performance:
What are the factors that control fractures behavior under activities of drilling,
production and depletion? What are the impacts of such fractures on the reservoir
development plans? How can we develop and optimise those reservoirs to
enhance oil and gas recovery?
Case studies will be provided to demonstrate the importance of integrated
geologic and engineering aspects in developing effective, economical reservoir
management strategies for different types of reservoirs.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A geoscientist or engineer interested in a multi-disciplinary approach with basic
geological and reservoir engineering experience
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Theoretical concepts illustrated during individual sessions are accompanied by
working on practical problems to ensure a thorough understanding of the
principles and procedures
• Hands-on experience by solving classical structural geology tasks
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• Recognition, characterisation and prediction of subsurface natural fracture
occurrence with their attributes from cores, well logs, seismic and drilling data
• Fractured rock properties affecting reservoir performance
• Fractures sensitivity to in-situ stresses
• Design and analysis of pressure transient tests
• Reservoir performance evaluation
• The most appropriate fluid-flow numerical simulation modelling
• Application of coupled geomechanics/fluid-flow behavior
• The impact of natural fractures on hydraulic fracture stimulation
TOPICS
• Introduction: fractures terminology and attributes
• Workflow for characterisation using both static and dynamic data
• Recognition and characterisation of fractures from well logs, cores to seismic
and drilling data
• Fracture interrelationship with in-situ stresses
• Building conceptual models for NFR
• Appropriate NFR modelling; discrete, continuous and geomechanical models
• Impact of fractures on flow behavior; reservoir permeability, anisotropy,
drainage area and water-flood sweep efficiency
• Geomechanical integrated approach
• Implications and case studies
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Geology Geology

Fundamentals of Wellsite and

Operations Geology Operations Geology Reservoir Characterisation and Quality from Drill Cuttings
GEO09 GEO13 GEO33
GEO09 5 days Foundation GEO13 5 days Skill / Advanced GEO33 3 days Foundation / Skill
GEO09 GEO13 GEO33
 Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏  Public on demand
Tim Herrett Tim Herrett Sharon Tiainen or Chris Cubitt

This basic course aims at giving a grounding to those with no rig experience as to The operations geology role has evolved over the last few years. It is no longer This course will allow participants to unlock the geological data potential of drill TOPICS
rig activities and what the roles of the wellsite and operations geologist are. It exclusively a well execution phase role involving data acquisition and distribution. cuttings, a data type that is often overlooked, using the rock typing cuttings
• Review of reservoir geology
would suit young geologists who either need to go to the rigsite to get valuable Now it is a wide-ranging, responsible and dynamic role encompassing safety analysis technique. This course aims to give a broad overview of how cuttings
• Basics of rock typing
experience or who want to be informed about wellsite activities. It would form a critical functions through the entire life of a well. derived rock property data can be obtained and integrated into typical reservoir
• Calibrating cuttings derived data to other data
vital part of their learning experience as they would understand what the data are This course describes how to perform this critical role and to become an effective geology work flows.
• Case study examples and interpretation methodology
which are generated at the wellsite, how it is used and its potential shortcomings. practitioner.
• Using microscopes to analyse drill cuttings and small core chips
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... • Formulating a geological concept
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... • Integrating rock typing data from microscope analysis with other data
• Familiar with the basics of wellsite and operations geology and want to • An E&P professional who would like to get more out of drill cuttings
• An oil company geologist wishing to gain valuable background knowledge (e.g. wireline data)
become more proficient in operations geology • A geologist, petrophysicist, reservoir engineer or production technologist
(especially recent hires)
• An oil & gas company geologist, as it will give you valuable insights into the • A graduate or new hire in geology, geophysics or petrophysics
• An oil company geologist who is required to get offshore experience as part of
the training process of well planning, wellsite data acquisition, the value of the data, its
limitations and its use in regional studies and well planning Some geological knowledge is assumed.
• Someone wanting to join an oil company and who wants to get a good
grounding for the role
The course assumes some basic knowledge of rigs, rig equipment, drilling HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
This is a comprehensive course for professionals who want to have an activities and the personnel involved in these activities.
• Learning is by way of a mixture of lectures and exercises using actual
understanding of rig activities, rig contractors and what the important roles of examples.
operations and wellsite geologists fulfil. HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• This is a practical course, with a series of introductory and explanatory lectures
You will be taken along a path from well planning, through execution and on to complemented by workshops using microscopes to view and interpret drill
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING well review. Each phase will be described and supported using exercises and cuttings.
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: case studies. The manual provides a good future reference for what has been • You will interpret cuttings data generated during practical workshops bringing
• The fundamentals of drilling rigs and equipment
taught in the course. this data together with other reservoir geology concepts (e.g. sedimentology,
• How a well is drilled, including descriptions of bits, the mud circulation system depositional environments).
and the importance of lag time
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
• Who does what on the rig? Personnel and service companies By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• The role of modern operations geologists
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
• The importance of HSE and how it affects the geologist at the rig-site
• Depth, ROP and why they are so important data sets • Personal leadership (soft skills) - the importance of good communication and By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: Computer access required for exercises.
• How wellsite samples should be caught, ensuring they are representative awareness • How rocks break and how this can be exploited for reservoir information
• How samples and hydrocarbon shows should be properly described and • How to competently plan the geological aspects of a well including well and • Rock typing parameters including determination of lithology, grainsize, sorting
interpreted data acquisition programs and cement types (clastic and carbonate examples)
• Directional drilling - how it is performed and why • How to identify, manage and mitigate drilling and subsurface risks • How to (semi) quantify drill cuttings derived data
• How to competently perform well surveillance • How to estimate and (semi) quantify porosity and permeability
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
• The basics of well planning, execution and testing
• Coring and sidewall coring - how these processes are performed and why • How to manage wellsite derived data effectively • Applications, advantages and disadvantages of the rock typing technique ‘Great practical and useful course. Very well taught.’
• Activities of key wellsite geological contractors - mudlogging and LWD • How to predict and evaluate formation pore, fracture and overburden • Application of the basics of rock typing using the microscope including the  Geophysicist at Woodside
• What the wellsite and operations geologists do. How do they fit into the pressures determination of rock typing parameters, lithologies, cement types, grain ‘Chris and Sharon were extremely enthusiastic and helpful, interesting
organisation? • The basics of geomechanics and influences of earth stresses characteristics (e.g. sorting, rounding and grain relief) as well the estimation of content, found it very relevant to my work (offshore graduation rotation).’
• Identifying the importance of data management and key data types • The basics of geosteering and well trajectory analysis porosity and permeability  Engineer at Woodside
• How to manage and archive final well documentation • The use of rock typing data to determine gross depositional settings,
depositional cycles and bounding surfaces (e.g. unconformities, flooding ‘Different and independent method to get info compared with logging.’
TOPICS
TOPICS surfaces)  Petrophysicist at OMV Petrom
Basics • Formation pressure • How to integrate rock typing information with other data sources (e.g. wireline
• Rig types • The operations and wellsite geology • Health, Safety and Environment • Supporting the wellsite geologists
(HSE) and wellsite/operations • Liaising with drillers and subsurface logs, core data, well tests)
• Rig components team
• Drilling components • Operations geology geology teams
• Personnel and services • Wellsite geology • Overview of the operations geology • Managing geological contractors
• Importance of soft skills and ability roles and responsibilities • Incident management
Fundamentals to communicate effectively • Importance of ‘soft skills’ • Monitoring partner wells
Health, safety and environment
• • Data management • Well planning from location • Geopressure development and
Depth
• • Sample description identification to spud influences of earth stresses on
Rate of penetration (ROP)
• • Show description • Working with shallow hazards drilled wells
Sample lag
• • Coring • Drilling and subsurface risk • Formation pore, fracture and
Samples and sampling
• • Sidewall coring identification, mitigation and overburden pressure prediction and
Basics of logs
• management, NPT analysis evaluation
Directional drilling
• Miscellaneous • Data acquisition program • Use of trend line analysis and
Well planning
• • Common drilling and geological • Coring/Sidewall coring programs indirect indicators for pore pressure
Well testing and completion
• abbreviations • Geological contracts, contractor evaluation
Coring and sidewall cores
• • Glossary of drilling terminology. evaluation and quality control • Wireline Logging QC and MDT
Mudlogging
• Useful equations • Personnel preparedness pressure evaluation
Logging while drilling (LWD)
• • The geological program • Logs, reports and final well
• Fundamentals of directional, ERD documentation
and geosteering
• Well surveillance and well data
management, data quality

CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘Very good manual, very good illustrations, very good instructor.’
 Geologist at RWE Dea
‘Tim is very knowledgeable and very good at explaining, the study and
training material is very well made and thorough.’
 Petrophysicist at DONG Energy

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Geology Geology

Effective Technical Writing for

SSK24

Petroleum Systems of North Africa and Exploration and Production Staff -

Pore Pressure, Fracture Pressure and Wellbore Stability Management the Eastern Mediterranean A Structured System
GEO21 GEO08 SSK24
GEO21 5 days Skill / Advanced GEO08 4 days Skill SSK24 3 days Skill
GEO21 GEO08 SSK24
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Tim Herrett Jonathan Redfern John H. Martin

Formation pressure prediction and evaluation is a safety critical task. This course
provides you with the fundamental skills required for pre-well prediction and
subsequent real-time evaluation of subsurface pressures (overburden, fracture
and pore pressures) using a variety of direct and indirect methods. It will also
introduce you to the basics of wellbore stability analysis and describe how
recognition of the pore pressure generation method is so important for prediction
and evaluation.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A geologist, geophysicist or engineer requiring a fundamental understanding of
the principles and applications of pore and fracture pressure in addition to
wellbore stability
• A wellsite or operations geologist wishing to advance your knowledge to an
expert level
The course assumes some basic knowledge of operations or wellsite geology and
good awareness of drilling operations.
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
You will be taken along a path which gradually introduces each topic and uses
many exercises and case studies to illustrate the points made. The manual
provides a good future reference for what has been taught on the course.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• The essential concepts of subsurface pressures and stresses and their
interrelationships
• Pore fracture and overburden pressures and how to calculate them
• The origins of geopressures and how pressure regimes develop through time
• How geopressures affect the distribution and migration of hydrocarbons
• The centroid principle and pressure transfer
• How formation pressures will affect well planning and risk evaluation
• Subsurface stresses and associated wellbore instability
• Pore pressure prediction and real-time evaluation using trend analysis
• Fracture gradient evaluation and interpretation of leak-off tests and FITs
• How to distinguish causes of wellbore instability
• How hole conditions, shale caving and gas can be used in evaluations
• HTHP wells and their special risks and mitigations
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘World class instructor, well-explained presentations and great course
material.’
 Geophysicist at OMV
‘One of the best courses I have attended, very good organisation, great
instructor.’
 Petrophysicist at Wintershall
‘Very good quality presentation material, Tim has definitely worked hard to
make the graphs and cartoons simple, clear and appealing.’
 Subsurface Engineer at RasGas
‘Practical real world examples, well illustrated and very well delivered by a
very knowledgable expert.’
 Geologist at RPS ENERGY
TOPICS This course provides a comprehensive review of the petroleum geology of North This unique workshop provides guidelines for the efficient reporting of petroleum
• What are pore, fracture and overburden pressures? Africa and the main depositional elements across the region, and examines the engineering, geological and geophysical studies. It will help you to produce concise
• Fundamentals of pressure, definitions and standard equations petroleum systems and play types basin by basin. Designed for experienced and readable management briefings, well or study proposals and reports, tender
• Subsurface stresses and wellbore stability analysis geologists new to the region, it is an effective way to build knowledge and documents, field development plans, operating manuals, procedures and legal
• Borehole breakout identification and analysis understanding of the geological evolution of the region, the main basin and plays, agreements. Most ‘communication skills‘ courses are presented by individuals from
• Overburden pressures and fracture pressures and how to calculate them building on 30 years experience of the tutor, who is actively engaged in research outside the oil industry. This one is different. It gives practical instruction rather than
• The importance of leak-off tests and how to interpret them and consultancy across North Africa. theory, and is based on the presenter‘s extensive experience of reporting and
• Role in well planning and casing placement compiling integrated field development studies in an international oil company and
• ECD, ESD and other terminology consultancy environment, as well as board papers, expert determinations, unitisation
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... and redetermination procedures and submissions, contracts and court papers.
• Pore pressure generation mechanisms and controls on distribution
• Compactional mechanisms • A geologist, geophysicist, reservoir engineer or new venture manager new to
• Fluid expansion mechanisms the region DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• Centroid and pressure transfer • A professional wishing to take a broader regional overview to aid exploration
• An E&P specialist or manager at any level in the oil & gas, consultancy /
• Influence of structural and diapiric mechanisms service or R&D sector
Hydrocarbon buoyancy affects and calculating them
• HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE • An experienced team leader or supervisor who needs to coordinate or review
• Influence of generating mechanisms on evaluation the reporting of multidisciplinary integrated studies
The course comprises a series of presentations of the geology of the region.
• Seals, cells and compartments; influence of cells
Regional geology data, seismic, field photographs and typical well data are
• Seal breach and seal capacities This is not a basic English course so you should have a reasonable command of
presented as well as reviews of the existing discoveries, current exploration
• Hydrodynamics and tilted hydrocarbon contacts the language.
activity, play types and potential for future plays.
• Curve trend analysis methods - background, development and use Even native speakers are surprised at how many new ideas and practical
• Influence of mechanism on analysis methods suggestions this course contains. If relatively new to the industry, you will learn
• Normal compaction trends THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING that ‘commercial‘ technical writing requires a non-traditional approach.
• Sonic, resistivity, density - advantages and disadvantages This course is designed specifically for the E&P professional, focusing on E&P
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• Quantitative analysis methods, Ratio, Eaton and Equivalent Depth Methods documents and examples. Over four hundred individuals have attended previous
• The evolving structural history and depositional systems across North Africa
• Predictive methods, seismic methods, basin modelling versions of this practical course, presented as public and as ‘in-house‘ workshops.
• The petroleum geology of each main sedimentary basin, including the main
• Analysis methods on offset and analogue well data
petroleum systems, main reservoirs, sources and hydrocarbon generation plus The workshop is ideal as an ‘in-house‘ presentation for company teams, where
• Combining predictions and managing uncertainty participants may find it easier to work on internal documents.
seal and trap types
• Direct pressure measurements, influxes, wireline and LWD methods
• Existing discoveries as illustrations of the main plays, as well as potential new
• Interpretation of LOTs, FITs and typical responses HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
plays
• Mud losses, interpretation and management
• Current exploration activity You will develop a ‘toolkit‘ to help with your writing tasks, to communicate
• Indirect pressure measurements and their interpretation
interpretations, results and recommendations more effectively. During practical
• Drilling indicators, ROP and Dxc
sessions you will have the opportunity to apply the techniques demonstrated to
• Shale characteristics TOPICS
• Hole conditions, interpretation of adverse hole conditions
your own material. You will very quickly see how to make improvements.
• Main depositional basins One-to-one tutorials at the end of the course will allow detailed discussion of your
• Torque and drag, hole fill, cuttings and cavings Structural evolution of North Africa
•
own work.
• Evaluation and monitoring techniques, description of cutting and caving styles Regional stratigraphy / sequence stratigraphy
•
Together with a slidepack, a recently updated comprehensive manual in book
• Identifying mechanisms of wellbore instability and confusion with poor hole Principal source rocks
•
style is provided, both in hard copy and digital form, for future reference.
cleaning • Hydrocarbon generation and basin modelling
• Gas relationships, gas event types and generation Principal reservoirs
•
• Geothermal gradients and temperature Basin review and petroleum systems
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
•
• Pressure evaluation process review - Algeria (Ahnet, Reganne, Tindouf, Timimoun, Ghadames, Illizi, Atlas, By the end of the workshop you will feel confident in:
• Software used for evaluation Offshore) • Applying all the practical techniques required to communicate technical work
• Good pressure evaluation practices, post well evaluation and archiving - Libya (Ghadames, Sirte, Kufra, Murzuk, Offshore Sirte and Pelagian) effectively in writing
• Overview of HTHP wells and their challenges - Egypt (Red Sea, Offshore Nile, Mediterranean Basins (Israel, Palestine and • Your awareness of several common misconceptions relating to use of the
Cyprus) and Western Desert) English language in the commercial E&P environment
- Tunisia (Ghadames, Pelagian Shelf) • Applying the many simple (but effective) suggestions contained in the
- Morocco (Offshore Atlantic Margin, Onshore Rif, Essaouira, Central Meseta) workshop
• Technical writing - you should even find that you start to enjoy it
TOPICS
• Why write reports? • How to compile manuals and
- Four basic types - make sure you minutes
use the appropriate one - Making it easy!
• How to write • Practical aspects of report
- Report compilation using a preparation
‘news-based‘ approach - Type styles, layout and
• Analysing objectives and developing arrangement
‘messages‘ - Making your reports a pleasure to
- How to develop a meaningful read
topic outline • Managing the reporting process
- Using verbal presentations to help - How to reduce editing time
structure a report - Coordinating multiple authors for
• Tips to improve writing skills multi-disciplinary reporting
- Brevity and simple approaches • Digital documentation
- Handling numerical data and - Special techniques for on-screen
specialist terminology display rather than hard copy
- Writing effective summaries - Use of advanced word processing
• Optimal use of charts, figures, tables and document design features for
and enclosures digital distribution
- How to select and design - Effective use of emails
illustrations
- The science behind colour design

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 Field Trips

Petroleum Geology Field Workshop, Whitby, UK

FTP01
FTP01 5 days Foundation
FTP01
 Public ✗ In-house
❏  Public on demand
Jonathan Redfern

This integrated course and field workshop offers an optimum environment to build THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
fundamental knowledge of petroleum geology and hands-on experience of using By the end of the course you will feel more confident in your understanding of:
subsurface data, whilst reinforcing concepts with daily visits to world-class • The hydrocarbon habitat, reservoirs (including unconventional reservoirs),
outcrops along the Yorkshire coast, used for decades by oil companies as source, seal and trap
analogues for the North Sea. This workshop develops both knowledge and in- • Analytical techniques used in exploration, appraisal and production
depth understanding. • The types, usage and display of subsurface geological data and its acquisition
The course reviews the fundamental elements of petroleum geoscience. The key and the limits on the reliability of such data
elements of a petroleum system are reviewed; source rocks, reservoirs (including • The qualitative interpretation of basic wireline log data
unconventional reservoirs), traps, seals and the timing of generation relative to • Basic facies interpretation from wireline data, and what some of these units
trap formation. Emphasis is placed on the integration with typical oilfield data. look like in equivalent outcrop
Visits to outcrops reinforce the lectures and allow the participants to understand • The subsurface environment and its implications for the petroleum system
the lithologies and characteristics of key surfaces and reservoirs / seal architecture. • The key elements of the petroleum system
The Jurassic sequences exposed along the Yorkshire coast offer a unique • Leads and prospect definition
opportunity to observe many of the elements of the North Sea petroleum system.
The course examines subsurface environments, the usage and display of typical
subsurface geological data, with an introduction to wireline logs. This is then TOPICS
developed into a definition of petroleum systems and an introduction to play • Hydrocarbon habitat
fairway definition and finally leads / prospects. • Source rocks and hydrocarbon charge
We conclude with the assessment of subsurface resources by calculating in-place • Reservoirs and reservoir characterisation
reserves using deterministic methods. • Typical oilfield data (practical)
• Drilling and operations geology
• Wireline log interpretation
PLANNED FIELD VISITS • Basic wireline log interpretation (practical)
• Saltwick Nab to examine the well exposed Lower Jurassic mudstones on the • Seals
coast. Here we will look at the key criteria for depositing a source rock and its • Assessing fault seals (practical)
quantification of richness and maturity. A field experiment will generate • Petroleum systems, plays, leads and prospects
hydrocarbons in the field to reinforce the theory! • Risk and reserve calculations
• Staithes to examine shallow marine reservoirs exposed along the beach. At • Deterministic reserves (practical)
this locality we will look at how depositional environments can be determined
from the rock properties and examine the controls of reservoir quality, For further details please contact training@hoteng.com
heterogeneity and faulting
• Cloughton to examine Middle Jurassic fluvial reservoirs
• Whitby to look at reservoir architecture and controls on reservoir development

DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...

• A new hire graduate geologist, geophysicist or an engineer with limited
experience of geoscience

Some basic geological knowledge is assumed, but no prior experience of oilfield

data or techniques used to interpret these datasets.

HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE

• Each day comprises intensive lectures and practical activities, reinforced by
field visits to examine outcrops in some classic locations along the Yorkshire
coast, so as to observe typical source rocks, seals, reservoirs and structures
• The field visits help you understand what your subsurface data is measuring
and reinforce the lectures
• The outcrops visited expose direct analogues of the North Sea Petroleum

Field Trips
Systems and give hands-on experience of some of the lithologies and
recognition of the defining characteristics from pore to reservoir unit scale
• Group projects are undertaken to recognise key criteria of depositional
environments and the controls these have on reservoir source seal and trap

Staithes sandstone, heterolithic lower Participiants examining the section

shoreface sandstone, analogue for at Staithes
Petroleum Geology Field Workshop, Whitby, UK (FTP01) north sea reservoirs
North Atlantic Margin Petroleum Systems, Morocco (FTP06)
Integrated Reservoir Geology Field Trip: Reservoir Characterisation
of Fluvial, Estuarine & Deltaic Deposits in Modern and Ancient Environments (FTP09)
Shallow Water Reservoir Characterisation
in the Modern-Day Environments of the Gironde Estuary and Aquitaine Basin - SW France (FTP02)
Fluvial and Shallow Marine Systems Field Trip, Sydney Basin, Australia (FTP04)
Structural Geology, Stratigraphic Architecture and Trap Styles of Sicily FTB
- A Multidisciplinary Approach on the Field (FTP07)
Carbonate Reservoir Characterisation on the Field (FTP08)

Section exposed on beach at Whitby, examining reservoir geometry and View of exposed Middle Jurassic Staithes sandstones section
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Field Trips
North Atlantic Margin Petroleum Systems, Morocco
FTP06
FTP06 6 days Skill / Advanced
FTP06
 Public ✗ In-house
❏  Public on demand
Jonathan Redfern
This field course and workshop examines all the elements of the Petroleum
Systems of the Atlantic margin, superbly exposed in Morocco. Data from new field
locations being actively researched are integrated with subsurface data and a
regional overview of plays along the margin. It is designed to develop an in-depth
knowledge of the systems and key play elements to aid exploration along this
emerging province.
This field course examines the evolution of the North Atlantic Petroleum System
that is actively being explored along the West African and Eastern Canada margin.
The complete Atlantic margin sequence is exposed in Morocco, from basement,
overlying Palaeozoic section, all effected by the major Hercynian orogeny.
Permian through to Triassic post orogenic collapse and continental rift deposits.
The extensive Central Atlantic Margin Province (CAMP) basalts that were followed
by development of oceanic crust in the Atlantic, and the shift to a passive margin.
An entire Jurassic mixed clastic and extensive carbonate interval is exposed, with
the key reefal development that is a target offshore. These are overlain by Early
Cretaceous clastics, the shallow water and continental equivalents of the offshore
deepwater plays being targeted along the margin.
The course examines the structural evolution of the basin, from early extensional
through to wrench and compressional related tectonics and salt dynamics that
play a crucial role offshore. Depositional systems are examined with a view to
characterise reservoir, seal and source development.
The course will present an integrated analysis of the petroleum systems, with new
published data from recent fieldwork. This is combined with published subsurface
data to develop play concepts in the offshore and onshore basins.
Highlights
• Triassic rift basins of the High Atlas. Structural development and
sedimentology
• Reservoir modelling of continental clastics: case study of integrated digital
outcrop models
• 3D exposure of Triassic mixed fluvio-aeolian system, Argana Basin
• CAMP basalt and transition from rift to passive margin
• Jurassic reefal development, facies and faunal distribution and controls on
reservoir development
• Early Cretaceous sequence stratigraphy and facies
• Regional tectonics and salt control
• Cenomanian-Turonian source rocks
• In depth discussion of plays, what works, what hasn’t yet… but could
The course has been run successfully for a number of oil companies and provides
unrivalled access to world-class exposures in North Africa’s most accessible
country. Integration with subsurface data puts the outcrops into context and short
exercises embed knowledge. Short group exercises and discussions in the field
are designed to develop a deeper understanding of the systems.
Expert Leadership
The course is led by Prof. Jonathan Redfern, who is Director of the North Africa
Research Group (www.narg.org.uk). It is offered in collaboration with leading
researchers working in the region, who are undertaking ground-breaking field
based analysis, with extensive studies across North Africa. This group has
published a number of key papers on the region with new research currently in
preparation for publication.
The course fee includes daily transportation for field visits, local accommodation
(7 nights) and full board on course days. For further details please contact
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DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
A geologist, geophysicist or engineer
•
The course assumes a basic level of geology and is suitable for both early career
and experienced professionals.
Physical Demands
Physical activity is moderate, requiring ability to walk 1 km along hilly terrain.
Climatic conditions can be hot.
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
The course has been run successfully for a number of oil companies and provides
unrivalled access to world-class exposures in North Africa’s most accessible
country. Integration with subsurface data puts the outcrops into context and short
exercises embed knowledge.
Short group exercises and discussions in the field are designed to develop a
deeper understanding of the systems.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
This course will develop in-depth understanding of the petroleum systems and
offer the opportunity to observe all the key elements superbly exposed at outcrop.
It allows explorationists the opportunity to put the subsurface geology into context.
It is relevant for the exploration plays being undertaken along both the West
African and Canadian/USA margin, and analogue plays globally. Examining the
outcrops will also develop observation skills and fundamental understanding of
sedimentology and structural geology.
TOPICS
Day 1 - Marrakesh: Triassic Rift Sequences (Ourika Valley, High Atlas)
Day 2 - Agadir: Triassic Rift Sequences (Argana Valley)
Day 3 - Agadir: Transect Triassic to Cretaceous (Argana to Agadir)
Day 4 - Agadir: Jurassic Carbonate Facies (North of Agadir)
Day 5 - Essaouira: Early Cretaceous / Jurassic Depositional Systems
Day 6 - Marrakesh: Early Cretaceous Depositional Systems
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Integrated Reservoir Geology Field Trip: Reservoir Characterisation of Fluvial,
Estuarine & Deltaic Deposits in Modern and Ancient Environments
FTP09
FTP09 5 days Skill
FTP09
 Public ✗ In-house
❏  Public on demand
Hugues Fenies
This training presents reservoirs deposited in modern and ancient fluvial,
estuarine and deltaic environments, with an applied production geology exercise
(data base: fluvial reservoirs of a Cretaceous oil field - SW France).
Duration of the training: 5 days, location: SW France + Spain:
- Field work in the modern EOD takes place in SW France (Bordeaux area)
- Field work in the ancient EOD takes place in the Spanish Pyrenees (Serraduy-
Tremp area)
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• An exploration or production geologist/geophysicist working on fluvial/
estuarine/deltaic reservoirs
• A reservoir engineer in charge of modelling and producing these reservoirs
Physical Demands
The physical demands of this course are low. Field walks will be slow and field
sessions will not last more than a couple of hours. You will be walking in water
(water depth: 1 - 2 feet) and on muddy soils. Some transfers are by boat within the
channels of the Gironde estuary and the Arcachon lagoon.
In the Pyrenees there will be short hikes.
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Field guide books
• Power Point Presentations
• Poster sessions (before and after each field stop)
• Core descriptions (high-quality cores, preserved in epoxy)
• Very High Resolution Seismic lines (Seistec & Sparker)
• Cretaceous oil field data (core pictures, well logs correlation panel)
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
This field trip is a unique opportunity to:
(i) visualise the modern-day environments of deposition and the associated
reservoir geobodies,
(ii) compare the modern deposits to their Eocene reservoir analogs and analyse
their spatial distribution within a sequence strat. framework,
(iii) understand the best way to produce these reservoirs with a real-live business-
case Cretaceous oil field exercise (fluvial & estuarine reservoirs).
The aims of this training are to examine:
• Detailed facies analysis of shallow marine depositional environments:
fluvial - estuarine - deltaic
• Reservoir characterisation of the sand bodies deposited in these
environments: geometries, internal heterogeneities, interconnections
• Sequence stratigraphic analysis of the large scale reservoir architecture:
spatial distribution of reservoirs and seals, potential stratigraphic traps analysis
• Direct application of these field concepts to a business case study: a
Cretaceous oil field exercise, with reservoir characterisation (sedimentology of
fluvial & estuarine Sst.), reconstruction of reservoir architecture (sequence
stratigraphy & reservoir layering) and presentation of guidelines for production
optimisation
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Field Trips
TOPICS
Day 1
Modern-day deposits of the Garonne river & Gironde estuary (tide-
dominated) / SW France
• Introductory lecture presenting the depositional environments of the Aquitaine
basin
• Fluvial meandering channels with sandy-conglomeratic point bars
• Estuarine meandering channels, with heterolithic point bars (core)
• Estuary-funnel sandy tidal bars (cores and very high resolution seismic)
• Internal architecture of the estuarine bay-head delta: reservoirs and internal
seals
• Sequence stratigraphic model and reservoir architecture of the tide-dominated
Gironde incised (very high resolution seismic)
Day 2
Modern-day deposits of the Arcachon estuary (wave-dominated) / SW
France
• Inner estuary meandering sandy tidal channels and muddy tidal flats (cores
and very high resolution seismic)
• Outer tidal inlet channel-fill and sandy tidal flat
• Sequence stratigraphic model and reservoir architecture of the wave-
dominated Arcachon incised valley (very high resolution seismic)
• Comparison with the tide-dominated Gironde incised valley
Day 3
Eocene deltaic Roda Sandstone (flood-dominated) / Southern Pyrenees;
Spain
• Introduction to basin setting: the Eocene Roda Sandstone is composed of six
fluvio-deltaic sequences, which infilled a piggy-back basin located in the
foreland of the Southern Pyrenees
• Flood-dominated Gilbert delta lobes, facies, reservoir architecture and
sequence stratigraphy
Day 4
Eocene deltaic Roda Sandstone (tide-dominated) / Southern Pyrenees;
Spain
• Tidal dunes and tidal bars deposited at the base of the Gilbert delta foresets,
under the influence of tidal currents: facies, reservoir architecture and
sequence stratigraphy
Day 5
Eocene fluvial Castissent Sst./Southern Pyrenees; Spain & Cretaceous oil
field exercise
• Braided streams & meandering channels: facies, reservoir architecture and
sequence stratigraphy
• Direct application of the field concepts to a business case study: a Cretaceous
oil field exercise, with reconstruction of reservoir characterisation &
architecture, thanks to sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy and
presentation of guidelines for production optimisation
The course fee includes daily transportation for field visits, local accommodation
(6 nights) and full board on course days. For further details please contact
training@hoteng.com
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Shallow Water Reservoir Characterisation in the Modern-Day Environments of
the Gironde Estuary and Aquitaine Basin - SW France
FTP02
FTP02 4 days Skill
FTP02
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏  Public on demand
Hugues Fenies
This field trip, set in the world-famous Gironde estuary, Arcachon lagoon and
oceanic coastline of the Bay of Biscay, focuses on the characterisation of
reservoirs formed in modern-day shallow water environments.
Facies analysis of fluvial, aeolian, estuarine, lagoonal, coastal marginal marine
and shelf deposits will be performed and linked to reservoir quality (porosity/
permeability).
Reservoir sandbody characteristics, heterogeneities and geometries will be a
central theme of the course in addition to the application of sequence stratigraphic
concepts in order to predict the reservoir distribution at basin scale.
The Gironde estuary is a worldwide reference model for tide-dominated incised
valleys. It allows a unique opportunity to observe the reservoirs and seals which
develop along a 200 km long dip section, through a basin (from fluvial to
shoreface). Field work will focus on fluvial point bars located landward of the limit
of tides, then on estuarine heterolithic point bars and lastly on sandy tidal bars
deposited in the estuary funnel.
In contrast the Arcachon lagoon is a wave-dominated estuary (Leyre estuary) and
the field work in this location will focus on the facies and geometry of sandy tidal
channel-fill deposits, as well as on adjacent muddy and sandy tidal flats deposits.
The small-scale meandering tidal channels of the inner lagoon will be visited first
and then the large scale tidal inlet of the outer lagoon.
The sequence stratigraphic models of the Gironde and Arcachon incised valleys
will be compared. Specific processes controlling reservoir geometry will be
assessed thanks to new concepts (anchored and sweeping tidal ravinement
processes). Preservation potential of the incised valleys on the wave-dominated
shelf will also be presented and discussed.
The oceanic coastline of the Bay of Biscay adjacent to these embayments is one
of the highest energy wave-dominated oceanic coasts of the world. Beach,
shoreface and coastal aeolian dune facies will be presented, utilising trenches,
cores and a radar line. The giant wave ravinement surface will be examined, both
in trenches and using high resolution seismic lines.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• An exploration, development or production geoscientist, exploring and
developing shallow, marginal reservoirs
• A reservoir engineer with basic geological knowledge, who wishes to link
reservoir architecture to production optimisation
Physical Demands
The physical demands of this course are low. Field walks will be slow and field
sessions will not last more than a couple of hours. You will be walking in water
(water depth: 1 - 2 feet) and on muddy soils. Some transfers are by boat within the
channels of the Gironde estuary and the Arcachon lagoon.
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Field stops will allow a direct visualisation of the key facies deposited in the
various environments of deposition and a direct link to the onsite sedimentary
processes
• Geometries and internal heterogeneities of the reservoir geobodies will be
described and linked to the processes active within the different depositional
environments
• Poster sessions will introduce and summarise the key-points of each field stop.
Trenches, numerous cores and high resolution seismic lines will be also
utilised to visualise and map reservoir geobodies
• Onsite team work exercises (interpretation of trenches and core descriptions)
allow a direct link from sedimentary processes to reservoir quality. Indoor
reservoir geology exercises focus on the reconstruction of reservoir
architecture with integration of production data (fluids and pressures)
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Fluvial and Shallow Marine Systems Field Trip, Sydney Basin, Australia
FTP04
FTP04 5 days Skill
FTP04
 Public ✗ In-house
❏  Public on demand
Mark Reilly, Ian Moffat and Steve Hasiotis
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING This course is taught over five days on superbly exposed Permian and Triassic THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course, by referencing the modern-day analogues sandbodies strata in the Sydney Basin, Australia. Course participants will visit examples of By the end of the course you will confident in your understanding of:
of the Aquitaine basin you will feel confident to characterise, map and predict the fluvial and shallow marine depositional environments with exceptional sedimentary • Fluvial and shallow marine depositional environments
quality and distribution of reservoirs formed in ancient shallow water environments. structures, varied trace fossil assemblages and well exposed stratigraphic • The description of sedimentary grain size, sorting and structures
And in particular to: relationships in scenic and easily accessible locations. All participants will work in • Basic ichnology
• Assess the key-processes of reservoir genesis in fluvial, aeolian, estuarine,
groups to make a comprehensive stratigraphic log at each location, present an • The interpretation of environment of deposition based on lithology and facies
lagoon, marginal marine and shoreface environments and to link these interpretation of the environment of deposition and discuss the implications for observed in the field
processes to reservoir quality (porosity/permeability) and segmentation petroleum reservoir. • Implications of sedimentary depositional environment on reservoir properties
• Assemble detailed facies core descriptions in order to identify the reservoir • Sequence stratigraphy principals
formed in the environments of deposition along an updip-downdip facies
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
transect (from fluvial to shoreface)
• Evaluate the range of geometries of the reservoir geobodies within each
• A geologist TOPICS
environment and assess the specific processes controlling reservoir geometry • A petrophysicist • Making sedimentological observations
• Reconstruct large-scale reservoir architecture within a sequence stratigraphic
• A geophysicist • Introduction to ichnology
framework, with the help of core transects and very high resolution seismic • A reservoir engineer • Interpreting environment of deposition
lines • Fluvial and shallow marine depositional environments
• Integrate production data (fluids, pressures) in order to test reservoir
Physical Demands • Introductory sequence stratigraphy
architecture and propose strategies of reservoir optimisation through The physical demands of this course are low. All outcrops are coastal cliffs
workovers requiring walks on uneven wave cut platforms of no more than 2 km to access The course fee includes daily transportation for field visits, local accommodation
• Assess stratigraphic trap potential within incised valley fill
them. Sturdy boots and wet weather gear are required. (6 nights) and full board on course days. For further details please contact
• Construct regional-scale reservoir maps and predict the distribution of reservoir training@hoteng.com
parameters in shallow water environments
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
This course is taught entirely in a practical, hands-on active learning format. You
TOPICS - supported by our experienced instructors - will make your own sedimentological
Day 1 observations, create a stratigraphic log and discuss the implications of these for
• The environments of deposition of the Aquitaine basin and the reservoir
petroleum reservoirs.
characterisation tool kit
• Fluvial meandering channels with conglomeratic point bars
• Criteria to recognise the fluvial-estuarine facies transition
• Estuarine meandering channels with heterolithic point bars
Day 2
• Estuary funnel sandy tidal bars (estuarine bay-head delta)
• Internal architecture of the estuarine bay-head delta: reservoirs and internal
seals
• Production geology exercise: tidal bars well correlations, with integration of
production data
Day 3
• Coastal marine oceanic beaches: backshore, foreshore and swash bars
deposits
• Shoreface deposits of the Bay of Biscay
• Sequence stratigraphy of the interfluves of the Gironde incised valley (adjacent
to estuary mouth)
• Sequence stratigraphic model and reservoir architecture of the tide-dominated
Gironde incised valley
• Exploration geology exercise: well correlations and assessment of stratigraphic
trap potential within tide-dominated incised valley fill
Day 4
• Inner lagoon meandering tidal channels and muddy tidal flats
• Outer lagoon tidal inlet channel and sandy tidal flat
• Sequence stratigraphic model and reservoir architecture of the wave-
dominated Leyre incised valley (Arcachon lagoon) in comparison with the
tide-dominated Gironde incised valley
• Aeolian coastal dune field, with internal architecture of the tallest dune of
Europe (Pyla dune)
The course fee includes daily transportation for field visits, local accommodation
(5 nights) and full board on course days. For further details please contact
training@hoteng.com
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Field Trips Field Trips

Structural Geology, Stratigraphic Architecture and Trap Styles of Sicily FTB -

FTP07

A Multidisciplinary Approach on the Field Carbonate Reservoir Characterisation on the Field

FTP07 FTP08
FTP07 5 days Skill / Advanced FTP08 4 days Skill / Advanced
FTP07 FTP08
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏  Public on demand ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏  Public on demand
Gabriele Lena Pietro Di Stefano

This 5-day field trip offers an intensive and robust multidisciplinary approach to
techniques and analysis on the field (regional geology, geodynamics, structural
geology, stratigraphy, facies analysis and petroleum geology). Set on the famous
Sicily Island, one of the most interesting and complex fold & thrust belts worldwide,
the course is designed to show the participants typical geological control factors
in different geodynamic and palaeoenvironmental scenarios.
The field trip is structured in such a way that each day participants experience the
integrated analysis of stratigraphic and structural settings of one specific
palaeodomain, using existing datasets and comparing subsurface data and
outcrops. 5 days for 5 different geological scenarios (carbonate platform, slope-to-
basin, basin, terrigenous/evaporitic basin, foreland basin systems) in different
tectonic stages (passive margin, failed rift, flexure, compression, thrust-top/
satellite basin). Each day participants will analyse the geosettings, reconstruct the
relationship and predict the geometry of subsurface structures. Landscape and
seismic-scale outcrops will help the participants with the correlation of tectonic
models, geophysical data and analysis of structural styles.
After a geology review and an introduction to the regional settings, the field trip
starts with the visit of various palaeodomains, starting from the higher structural
units towards the less deformed. Different pieces of information collected each
day will allow you to put them together to draw a coherent geological picture, to
produce a palinspastic restoration and to analyse the geodynamic scenario. We
conclude with the prospect assessment and play analysis of some oilfields in
Sicily, actually in production. Good food, monuments and the impressive
landscape and coastline of Sicily will accompany you along this trip.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A geologist, geophysicist, explorationist or geoscientist in general, keen to
broaden and deepen your knowledge on the field about the kinematic evolution
of a FTB-foreland system, using a multi-disciplinary approach
Continuous and well-exposed ‘seismic scale’ outcrops will help you understand
the geometries of the geological bodies, using commercial and crustal seismic
profiles, well and geophysical datasets.
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• New insights into recognition and prediction of the geometry of shallow-seated
and deep-seated structures, ramp dominated units vs. thrust sheet dominated
units
• Facies analysis and correlation between different palaeoenvironmental
scenarios, from meso-scale to seismic scale units
• Cross-correlations between outcropping and buried structures, using seismic
profile and well-data applied to very impressive landscape
• Explanation of new data derived from commercial and crustal profile providing
new insights and prediction criteria on the relationships between a) an
imbricated carbonate thrust system of the Northern chain, b) the huge
Caltanissetta terrigenous trough consisting of embricated thrust systems, and
c) the flexure of the Iblean foreland crust below the FTB
• Different types of petroleum systems and plays will be shown during this 5-day
field trip
• Exercises, line drawings, stratigraphic logs, structural data plots and maps will
be performed during the survey
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• The geological setting of the Sicilian-Maghreb FTB: the Mesozoic
palaeodomains of the ancient African continental margin (basins and
carbonate platforms) and their structural evolution
• The relation between shallow-seated and deep-seated deformations in the
Tertiary evolution of the thrust belt; the effects of the late transpressional
tectonics
• Large-scale inverted and transpressional structures and their potential for
petroleum exploration
• Synorogenic Tertiary deposits: sedimentology and facies associations
• Lateral facies changes, architecture and structural control of the sin-
compressional Miocene basins in Northern Sicily
• The Messinian evaporitic deposits: lithostratigraphy, sedimentation vs. tectonic
process and new insights
• The potential geo-resources of the Caltanissetta Basin (late Messinian):
bituminous euxinic shale, salt dome and methane mud volcanoes
• The Pliocene foreland basins of the Gela plain and the oilfields in subsurface
• The present-day structural setting of the Sicilian foreland, seismic data from
the Sicilian offshore
• How to reliably note, draw, plot and map during a field survey, and the
importance of field techniques and analysis to decrease uncertainties
Take advantage of this unique opportunity to approach different geological
scenarios in a single field trip.
TOPICS
Day 1
• Introduction to the geological setting of Sicily
• The Mesozoic carbonate succession of the Panormide platform
• Facies relationships
• Interference between tectonic structures
Day 2
• Meso-Cenozoic slope-to-basin Imerese succession and its relationships with
the overlaying Oligo-Miocene Numidian Flysch foredeep
Day 3
• Mesozoic extensional tectonics, volcanism and sedimentation at the Triassic
Jurassic boundary to the Sicanian deep-water domain
• Comparison of outcrop and seismic profile
• Neogene imbricate thrust system deposits
Day 4
Georesources in the Messinian Evaporites
•
Miocene-Quaternary mixed ramp
•
Day 5
• The frontal part of the chain and the present foredeep: comparison with the
subsurface setting will be imaged by seismic reflection profiles
• The oil fields of Southern Sicily
• The Iblean foreland and the forebulge with surface and sub-surface
comparisons
This 4-day field trip in northwestern Sicily will provide the basics of carbonate THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
reservoir characterisation on the field, by means of spectacular exposures, visits By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
to quarries and seismic scale outcrops. The main aims are to describe and • Geological key elements for the characterisation of carbonate reservoirs
illustrate the peculiar geological and petrophysical control factors occurring in • How to analyse and assess the different control factors influencing a fractured
carbonate reservoirs. reservoir, starting with petrophysical datasets and exporting them to the
The instructor will focus on the main sedimentological characteristics of different large-scale reservoir
carbonate reservoirs (pore diagenesis, facies, primary structures, palaeontology,
evolution and sequence stratigraphy) coupled with the role of fracturing (vertical
and horizontal). Prediction criteria in fractures orientation will be explained, with TOPICS
limits and constraints. The course focuses on the seismic aspects of carbonate Day 1
reservoirs and the correlation with the outcrops. The role of permeability and • Introduction to the carbonate reservoirs in Sicily
anisotropy in fluids within the reservoir and the relationship between boreholes • Geological and petrophysical characteristics
and fractures will be covered using natural examples. A set of outcrops of shallow • Karst, fractures, jointing and anisotropy
water carbonates affected by meso and macro volcano-dykes and atollo-type • Homogeneous vs. heterogeneous deposits
successions will show you some of the risks and critical factors occurring in • Correlation with well datasets
reservoirs.
At the end of this course you will be able to describe carbonate reservoirs at Day 2
different scales, starting with pore networks and rock textures, followed by Peritidal cycles and reef complex, characteristics, facies and geometries
•
sedimentary bodies and stratigraphic-structural macro-architectures. From outcrop to macro architectures of carbonate reservoirs
•
These outcrops provide a natural laboratory to properly learn and experiment with Domino style faulted reservoirs
•
methods for characterising and modelling carbonate reservoirs. Unconformities and sealing
•
Rudistic limestone reservoirs, porosity and connectivity
•
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... Day 3
• A geologist or geoscientist in general with some years of experience, keen to Tidal flats, effect of matrix
•
broaden and deepen your knowledge of carbonate reservoirs (properties and Sedimentary dikes, large faulting, ramp-bounded reservoirs
•
control factors in modelling) Stepped margin, channels, breccias and auto-brecciated reservoirs
•
• A reservoir engineer or explorationist wishing to improve your geological Channels and other discontinuities
•
knowledge Correlation with seismic
•
The course assumes a basic knowledge in geoscience. Day 4
Large vertical barrier/discontinuity, volcanic dykes
•
Mixed deposits, petrophysical parameters
•
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
Slope carbonates and calcareous turbidites
•
• Clear and impressive field stops allow a visualisation of the different facies Prediction criteria, risk and case study
•
typical of carbonate reservoirs
• Graphic material on site as well as correlation with seismic and well datasets
The course fee includes daily transportation for field visits, local accommodation
will help you understand the geological control factors typical of reservoir (5 nights) and full board on course days. For further details please contact
modelling
training@hoteng.com
• Practical exercises on geometries, fractures and heterogeneities of the
reservoir will be conducted in quarries where a multiple exposure and variable
geometries of cliffs permit a 3D visualisation of critical surfaces

The course fee includes daily transportation for field visits, local accommodation
(6 nights) and full board on course days. For further details please contact
training@hoteng.com

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 Geophysics

Seismic Acquisition and Processing -

From Basics to Modern Concepts Introduction to Seismic Interpretation
GPH07 GPH02
GPH07 5 days Foundation / Skill GPH02 5 days Foundation
GPH07 GPH02
 Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Christian Stotter Wilfried Gruber

The acquisition and processing of seismic data is indispensable for any Seismic interpretation makes it possible to extract subsurface geologic information
successful exploration and production project. It is essential to know what from 2 and 3 dimensional seismic data sets. It is a key enabler of many exploration
additional information a newly acquired or re-processed vintage seismic dataset but also reservoir characterisation activities. This course is designed to provide an

Geophysics
can deliver to the interpreter or reservoir engineer. Nevertheless, many users of
seismic data are unfamiliar with seismic design principles and data processing.
Moreover the many developments in recent years have led to complex and
sometimes confusing terminology.
This course is intended to give you a sound understanding of the essentials of
seismic acquisition and processing and shows how this understanding can help
you in your day-to-day work.
Seismic Acquisition and Processing - From Basics to Modern Concepts (GPH07)
Introduction to Seismic Interpretation (GPH02) DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• An operations geophysicist or manager involved in seismic acquisition and
processing projects. The acquired knowledge will be useful in the tender
Depth Conversion and Seismic Velocity Model: An Applied Workshop (GPH08) process and operational phase of seismic acquisition projects and subsequent
processing.
Geophysical Reservoir Characterisation (GPH01) • A geologist, geophysicist or petroleum engineer, who uses seismic data in
daily work and who wants to know about the potential and limitations of
Microseismic Monitoring in Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs (GPH41) seismic data depending on the used acquisition parameters and processing
workflows.
introduction to seismic interpretation as it is applied in the industry.
The course provides an understanding of the fundamentals of modern seismic
acquisition and processing steps needed to prepare seismic interpretation
databases. Seismic interpretation techniques in various structural and stratigraphic
settings will be discussed, using a large number of examples and hands-on paper
interpretation. One focus will be to link seismic information, which is usually in
time domain, to the depth domain. Another objective will be to learn about seismic
attributes and how to incorporate these in advanced interpretation. Finally, not all
seismic features are related to geology, hence a critical task covered will be to
distinguish useful data from artefacts.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A geologist, geophysicist or petroleum engineer seeking to gain an
understanding and practical knowledge in the seismic interpretation process
This course provides a thorough introduction and covers all aspects, from the
basis of the seismic method right through to the application of seismic attributes.

HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE

• Attendees will get hands on experience in land and marine survey design • Hands-on practical examples are the main focus in order for you to gain
using real and synthetic examples interpretation skills.
COURSE PROGRESSION MATRIX • The effects of changing key survey parameters will be shown on real data and • At the same time basics required to separate useful features from artefacts are
case studies communicated.
• Basic processing concepts will be derived intuitively from signal processing • You will learn how to link well data and seismic information, correlate 2D lines,
Petrophysics Lab, Core Analysis Formation Evaluation Geophysics
and wave propagation principles identify horizons and faults and select basic rock properties to transfer results
• Attendees will get hands on experience in seismic data processing on real from time to depth domain. Relationships between paper mapping exercises
data examples and workstation practices will be demonstrated.
ADVANCED

Digital Core Analysis • Benefits and pitfalls of modern imaging algorithms will be shown on case
studies from different geologic environments
• In a seismic tender exercise participants will define acquisition and processing
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
parameters based on principles they have learned during the course At the end of the course you will have a good understanding of the possibilities,
Integrated potential outcomes but also pitfalls and limitations of seismic data. With that
Petrophysics for
Carbonate & foundation you will feel confident to:
Fractured THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • Better comprehend the potential of seismic data in terms of interpretation value
Reservoirs - A At the end of the course you will have a good understanding of the possibilities but • Better interact with experts in the fields of seismic acquisition, processing and
Microseismic Monitoring in Conventional
Roadmap
and Unconventional Reservoirs also pitfalls and limitations of seismic data acquisition and processing projects. interpretation
With that foundation you will feel confident to: • Place and value seismic activities in a multi-disciplinary context
Integrated Cased Hole • Design basic survey parameters for seismic acquisition • Judge the merits of various geophysical techniques
Petrophysics - Services
How to use Depth Conversion and Seismic • Judge the relative importance of seismic acquisition parameters for specific • Recognise artefacts and direct hydrocarbon indications on seismic
Special Core Analysis Special Core Velocity Model: geologic targets • Assess new developments such as time lapse seismic for exploration/
Analysis with An Applied Workshop
Wireline and • Distinguish between different seismic acquisition proposals based on provided petroleum development purposes
SKILL

Modern Logs
LWD Log Quality survey parameters
Control and its
• Perform basic QC and parameter evaluation for seismic processing projects
Special Core Analysis: Petrophysical Impact on
• Define a processing sequence for seismic data processing tenders
TOPICS
Integrated Interpretation Geophysical Reservoir Characterisation
Imaging Applications
Petrophysics for • Better interact with experts in the fields of seismic acquisition and processing • Acquisition of 2D and 3D land and marine seismic data and key survey
Reservoir requirements necessary to achieve project objectives
Characterisation
• Assure optimal use of financial resources
Open Hole and • Fundamentals of signal theory and wave propagation in the subsurface
LWD
Interpretation • Essentials of data processing including datum and statics corrections, velocity
Principles and
TOPICS analyses, migration and depth imaging
Borehole Image Applications
Logs - • Overview and introduction - Deconvolution • Resolution and limitations of seismic data
Interpretation and • Elementary theoretical concepts - Multiple removal - SRME • VSP, check-shots and seismic to well ties
Applications • Target oriented seismic survey - Data regularisation • Seismic interpretation concepts and workflows
design - 2D and 3D surveys - Velocity analysis, NMO and stack • How to identify key horizons and faults
• Source and receiver parameters • Pre-stack time migration • Interpreting seismic data: from 2D correlation to geobody extraction
Seismic
Core Analysis Fundamentals and and configurations • Post-processing • Seismic attributes and their application in structural and stratigraphic
Basic Formation Evaluation Acquisition and Introduction to
Technology Processing - • Wide azimuth and simultaneous • Depth imaging and tomography interpretation
Seismic
From Basics to Interpretation source acquisition • Novel acquisition and processing • Time-depth conversion methods and applications
Modern
• Seismic acquisition timeline - from methods • The use of seismic interpretation results for structure definition and reservoir
FOUNDATION

Concepts
design to operations - Broadband processing - characterisation
Fundamentals in Petrophysical Log • Signal processing fundamentals deghosting
Interpretation: Theory and Practice • Pre-processing - Wide azimuth - COV processing
- Seismic-navigation merge - Three components - Aspects of
- De-signature, zero phasing ocean bottom processing
- Noise removal - swell and - Simultaneous sources
Introduction to Petroleum Engineering de-spike - Introduction to time-lapse
- Gain recovery processing

Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production - A Comprehensive Introduction to the Oil & Gas Industry
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Geophysics Geophysics

Depth Conversion and Seismic Geophysical Reservoir

Velocity Model: An Applied Workshop Characterisation Microseismic Monitoring in Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs
GPH08 GPH01 GPH41
GPH08 3 days Skill GPH01 5 days Skill GPH41 2 days Skill
GPH08 GPH01 GPH41
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Maurizio Ercoli and Maria Enrica Mazzella Wilfried Gruber Leo Eisner

Exploration data sets are generally expressed in time (seismic data) and depth
(well data) and it is up to the interpreter to make them speaking the same
language. Depending on the quality and quantity of the data there are different
options, not only one way to proceed. The objective of this course is to deliver a
practical understanding of seismic velocity and depth conversion to avoid or
minimise geometrical distortions (reservoir size and/or structural false shape) in
order to predict best well location. The strength of the course is that theory is
strictly linked to exercises and real case studies about the typical velocity types
and their meanings. Participants will understand and compare the methods of
velocity representation and use them for depth conversion.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A graduate or new hired geologist, geophysicist or seismic interpreter involved
in the exploration team, keen to understand the theory of velocity models and
how to convert seismic data from time to depth domain properly and in
accordance with geological contexts
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Practical paper-based workshop with exercises and case study examples
• Discussion of different velocity models and their use and suitability
• Case histories that demonstrate the importance of a good depth conversion in
terms of reservoir analysis
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
Hydrocarbon reservoirs are described by site specific models representing all
aspects of geometry, rock and fluid properties and potential hydrocarbon
distribution. Modern reservoir characterisation aims for complete data integration,
often with a strong bias on seismic data. Validated information is finally stored in
a geo-cellular grid which is subsequently adapted for flow simulation.
To be integrated into the reservoir characterisation workflow seismic products
need to be understood by reservoir geologists.
This course covers the seismic attributes most widely used for reservoir
characterisation and demonstrates their application in reservoir modelling.
A nearly infinite number of seismic attributes is technically possible. Not all are
useful, some are redundant, and other attributes work in specific situations only.
Beyond the easy to calculate instantaneous attributes the advanced results from
amplitude versus offset and amplitude inversions are discussed. It will be shown
how to establish a link to borehole data and how to validate seismic derived
information for reservoir characterisation.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A geoscientist (all disciplines) who is exposed to reservoir description,
characterisation and modelling
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• The methodologies presented are aimed to the point where seismic is
incorporated into the geoscience workflow.
• The course format contains theory, example cases from field studies and
literature.
Microseismic monitoring became a broadly used tool for oil and gas unconventional TOPICS
and also conventional production. Its use ranges from mapping of hydraulic • Introduction
fractures, through compaction and faulting control in offshore reservoirs to control - Definition of microseismicity, induced / triggered seismicity
of seismic hazards related to the induced seismicity. This course provides an - A brief review of microseismicity outside the oil industry: water reservoirs,
insight into the most common methodologies of microseismic monitoring mining and geothermal
discussing their advantages and limits of their applications. Participants will be - Induced seismicity by reservoir production
able to set the right expectations, select the appropriate monitoring methodology - Historical review of microseismicity during reservoir production
and mainly interpret the data in a meaningful way. - Historical review of microseismicity by hydraulic fracturing (M-site, Cotton
This course is based on a new book (Springer) scheduled for 2019. Valley, Barnett, etc.)
- Principles of hydraulic fracturing and geomechanics
• Earthquakes
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
- Instrumentation for passive seismic
• A professional with a geoscience background - Frequency content of the microseismic data
- Earthquake location techniques
No specific prior knowledge is required, although a familiarity with geophysical - Relative locations
terminology, hydraulic fracturing and/or seismology is useful. - Microseismic location techniques and exercises
• Downhole location technique
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE - Single well monitoring technique
- P-wave and S-wave polarisation
• Practical examples of data and computer simulations
- P-wave only location from downhole arrays
• Theoretical concepts are explained and illustrated on case studies
- Picking strategies for microseismic data
• You will go through several exercises
- Optimal design of downhole monitoring array
• Case studies
- Orientation of downhole geophones
• Q&A including short tests
- Velocity model calibration
- Inclined / dual and multi-well monitoring techniques
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • Surface monitoring technique

By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of how to: - Vertical component only, uncertainty associated from P-wave locations:
• In practical examples you will use seismic attribute software to apply the
• Velocity types and their meaning • Use or request the appropriate processing technique from a service company
depth vs. origin time
methods taught, strengthen the knowledge gained, and set the basis for a
• Building a consistent velocity model • Design an array for passive seismic (surface or downhole) monitoring to meet
- Detection uncertainty and signal-to-noise ratio
maximum of seismic data integration in upcoming projects.
• Depth conversion and its importance in terms of seismic interpretation and your targets - Frequency content, attenuation and detection
• Throughout the course the level of detail in viewing the reservoir increases. It
petroleum exploration • Determine uncertainties of locations for microseismic events in microseismic
- Design of surface monitoring array
starts with seismic attributes giving field scale trends, moves on to integrating
monitoring arrays - Calibration shots / velocity model building: isotropic vs. anisotropic velocity
well data for resolving local features and finally embarks on statistical methods
• Orient downhole geophones from a perforation or calibration shot
- Relative locations
TOPICS to be utilised on meter scale grid models.
• Quality check locations of microseismic events: estimate approximate distance
- Downhole and surface location case study
Introduction and depth of a recorded microseismic event on a downhole array - Near surface amplification
• Concepts of wave propagation and rock physics THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • Build a velocity model (P- and S-wave) from a sonic log or check shot
• Source mechanisms
• Their importance on seismic velocity By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: measurement suitable for microseismic monitoring - Concept of source mechanism, definition of dip, strike and rake for shear
• Heterogeneity of velocity • The logic, underpinning assumptions and limitations of seismically derived • Calibrate a velocity model for both surface and downhole arrays
source
• Velocity analysis information • Estimate the source mechanism from surface microseismic monitoring
- Description of shear, tensile, volumetric, CLVD source through moment
• Time migration, theory and fundamental concepts • How to select the seismic attribute required for a specific task • Manage and mitigate hazards resulting from induced seismicity
tensor
• Types of velocity, velocity gradient • The applications of seismic data in a reservoir characterisation workflow • Estimate the stimulated reservoir volume
- Inversion for source mechanisms from single monitoring borehole / multiple
• The benefits of data integration • Effectively use the information provided by microseismicity
monitoring boreholes / surface P-only data
Applied workshop • Understand how the stress is constrained by microseismic events
- Source mechanisms of microseismic events
• Depth conversion tools and vertical t-d conversion (picking, posting and timing) • Source characterisation
• Depth conversion tools and vertical t-d conversion (fixed velocity and velocity TOPICS - Magnitude local and moment
function methods - contouring) • Seismic attributes and attribute combinations - Magnitude and energy
• Migration, depth conversion tools and vertical t-d conversion (velocity map and • Link well and seismic information - B-value and magnitude of completeness
layer cake methods - contouring) • Attribute analysis and validation - Stress drop, source dimensions
• Comparison, discussion, quality control, geologic and geophysical parameters • AVO and fluid replacement analysis • Anisotropy
that affect t-d conversion • Seismic inversion and the use of inversion results - Introduction to anisotropy
• Range of application • Geostatistics for geophysical data integration - Effect of anisotropic media on S-waves: shear wave splitting
• Reservoir facies and properties modelling - Shear wave splitting observed in microseismic data
- Inversion of anisotropic media from P and S-waves using microseismic
events
- P-wave anisotropy on surface monitoring data
- Time-lapse changes in anisotropy
• Reservoir simulations
- Current use of microseismicity in the oil industry
- Diffusion model for pressure triggering of microseismic events
- Discrete fracture networks constrained by microseismicity
- Reservoir simulations and history matching
• Seismicity in the vicinity of oil or gas reservoirs
- Theory and history of induced felt seismicity
- Seismic moment and total injected volume
- Blackpool case study as an example of induced seismicity
- DFW seismicity case study
- Social issues related to hydraulic fracturing
• Case studies and conclusions
- Recent important case studies: locations and source mechanisms
- Relationship between microseismicity and hydraulic fracturing
- Summary of the class
- The most important things to remember about microseismicity
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 Petrophysics

Fundamentals in Petrophysical Log Interpretation: Theory and Practice

PPH23
PPH23 5 days Foundation
PPH23
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Claudia Steiner-Luckabauer

This course represents the fundaments of logging techniques and petrophysical THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
models. It focuses on intuitive log reading and a mindful petrophysical setup. It
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
supports your understanding of logging response in rough conditions as well as
• The different definitions of terms to enhance understanding between people
the awareness that models are helpful, but can also lead to incorrect interpretation.
which leads directly to the definition of several petrophysical properties
This course strengthens your confidence in log reading which helps in interpreting,
• ‘Intuitive’ log reading and qualitative log interpretation
reviewing or simply integrating logs in your daily work.
• The difference between deterministic and probabilistic log interpretation
• The importance of data integration and integration of disciplines
This course is designed to give you a basic knowledge in the three main pillars in
• How to perform qualitative log interpretation from data quality control to the
petrophysical log interpretation, which are:
calculation of porosity, water saturation and permeability
• The bits and bytes of wireline logs (data acquired)
• Data integration (core, log, geological data)
• Petrophysical theory and application TOPICS
• Basics of wireline logging
When attending this course it is likely that you already had a petrophysical course • Basic petrophysical workflow
at university or you already got in contact with wireline logs at your daily work. • Porosity
Maybe you got challenged by the question what those logs really mean in terms • Environmental conditions
of vertical or horizontal resolution, what their significance or informative value is or • Core data integration
how this can be translated into rock properties. Step by step, you will focus on • Water saturation
specific physical properties and learn, what they tell us from the formation. You • Find water and oil zones
will learn the theoretical fundamentals for petrophysical log interpretation, the • Archie’s concept and other saturation models
correct application for the reservoir present and about the uncertainty of the • Core data integration
calculations. You will learn that the classical workflow needs back loops and data- • Absolute permeability
integration to get reasonable results. During that investigation you will understand • The importance of facies
how logging techniques, borehole conditions or other external circumstances will • The NMR permeability pitfall
influence your interpretation and how you can avoid pitfalls. • Older logs
• Quick look analysis - summary
• The probabilistic method
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• Case study full data integration
• A petrophysicist, geologist, reservoir engineer, geophysicist or someone in
need of a basic understanding of petrophysical log interpretation

HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE

The course is structured in sequences of theory and practical exercises in which
the discussed theories will be applied on real data.
This course is based on real world examples. Such examples are not perfect and
will be matter of discussion, as it will be also in the real working world. During this
course you will learn how to apply accepted industry standard equations, what
they are created for and in which circumstances they can be used. Computer access required for exercises.

Petrophysics
Fundamentals in Petrophysical Log Interpretation: Integrated Petrophysics - How to use Special Core
Theory and Practice (PPH23) Analysis with Modern Logs (PPH31)
Basic Formation Evaluation (PPH28) Open Hole and LWD Interpretation Principles and
Wireline and LWD Log Quality Control and its Impact on Applications (PPH33)
Interpretation (PPH25) Borehole Image Logs -
Integrated Petrophysics Interpretation and Applications (PPH27)
for Reservoir Characterisation (PPH02) Cased Hole Services (PPH32)
Integrated Petrophysics for Carbonate & Fractured
Reservoirs - A Roadmap (PPH03)

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Basic Formation Evaluation Wireline and LWD Log Quality Control and its Impact on Interpretation
PPH28 PPH25
PPH28 5 days Foundation PPH25 5 days Skill
PPH28 PPH25
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Angel Meso Angel Meso

This interactive course will introduce you to the fascinating world of petrophysics, TOPICS The certification of acquired data is a very critical aspect of wireline and LWD TOPICS
the relationship between the rock, the fluid it contains and its interactions, from the logging and is performed through the observation of key quality indicators. The Basic Logging Concepts and Principles of Metrology
Basic Logging and Petrophysical Concepts
downhole response to the actual formation evaluation techniques and procedures. main objective of this course is to make you aware of these quality indicators as • Basic well logging concepts
• Porosity and permeability concepts and classification
The course will explore the tools response to different lithologies and will help you well as the different techniques to solve commonly found issues at the wellsite. • Auxiliary measurements, QA/QC and common issues
• The reservoir: minimum conditions for productivity
understand log readings, applications and limitations. It will instruct you with the The course will explore the tools response explained from their physical principles • Principles of metrology, the real environment
• Introduction to well logging
basic Petrophysical concepts as well as the log interpretation techniques and as well as their relationship with the rock and fluid properties, most common open • Log quality control basic principles
• Log classification according to the measured properties
procedures for the correct evaluation of well logs on clean and shaly sand hole logging technologies will be covered explaining their main applications and • Basic measurements: Gamma ray and spontaneous potential
• Auxiliary measurements, uses and common issues
formations. limitations. Basic petrophysical interpretation will be discussed with numerous • QA/QC indicators and examples
• Basic measurements: Gamma ray and spontaneous potential
examples and exercises in order to complement your knowledge to be able to • Resistivity theory, principles and applications of laterologs
This training course will feature: perform a proper log QA/QC analysis. • Microresistivity devices, principles and applications
Resistivity and Conductivity Logging Tools
• Discussions on tools physical principles and applications
Resistivity theory
•
• Tool limitations on different borehole environments This training course will feature: Conductivity and Nuclear Logging Tools
The borehole environment: invasion profile
•
• Tips and examples to identify and understand common logging issues • Explanation of petrophysical concepts and techniques Conductivity tools, uses and limitations
•
Principles and applications of laterologs
•
• Explanation of petrophysical concepts and techniques for formation evaluation • Discussions on tools physical principles, applications and QA/QC LWD resistivity determination tools
•
Microresistivity devices, principles and applications
•
• Application of interpretation methods in several examples and exercises • Tool limitations on different borehole environments Log quality control and common issues
•
Resistivity tools limitations
•
• Metrology concepts and applications on wireline and LWD logs RT and invasion profile determination
•
Conductivity tools, uses and limitations
•
• Multiple log quality control exercises Formation density tools, calibrations, applications and QA/QC
•
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... LWD resistivity determination tools
•
Calibrations and log quality control parameters
• Neutron tools principles, calibrations, applications and QA/QC
•
• An engineer in the exploration and production department LWD porosity determination tools
•
RT determination
• DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A geologist, geophysicist or petrophysicist Nuclear tools limitations and environmental corrections
•
• A petroleum, reservoir or drilling engineer • An engineer in exploration and production departments
Nuclear Logging Tools
• In general, any oil & gas industry professional who is involved in logging data • A geologist, geophysicist or petrophysicist Acoustic and Geological Logging Tools
• Basic principles of nuclear physics applied to borehole logging
interpretation and validation • A petroleum, reservoir or drilling engineer • Basic sonic tools, borehole compensation
• Formation density tools, principles and applications
• In general, any other oil & gas industry professional involved in logging data • Dipole sonic tools, applications
• The photoelectric factor, a key lithology indicator
QA/QC and validation • Mechanical properties determination and uses
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE • Hydrogen index: neutron tools principles and applications
• Porosity determination from density and neutron logs • Sonic limitations, QA/QC and common issues in the borehole
This training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to • LWD acoustic tools
ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information • Porosity compatible scales and density-neutron crossover HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• LWD nuclear logging tools • Cement evaluation logs: CBL-VDL. interpretation and QA/QC
presented. The sessions will include visual, auditory and kinesthetic elements to This training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to • Ultrasonic cement evaluation tools
• Lithology determination on simple cases
cover the three different learning modalities. The daily sessions will be highly ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information • Dipmeter interpretation principles
• Calibrations and log quality control parameters
interactive and participative. This involves regular discussion of applications as presented, the sessions will include visual, auditory and kinesthetic elements to • Geological image (resistivity and ultrasonic) logging tools
well as hands-on exercises that will be solved manually and/or using Microsoft cover the three different learning modalities. The daily sessions will be highly • Principles, interpretation and log quality control indicators
Excel. Acoustic Logging Tools and Introduction to Formation Evaluation interactive and participative. This involves regular discussion of applications as
Acoustic waves propagation in the borehole
• • Structural and stratigraphic interpretation principles
well as hands-on exercises that will be solved manually and/or using Microsoft • Facies analysis for reservoir characterisation with image logs
Basic sonic tools, borehole compensation
•
Excel.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING Sonic porosity compared to density-neutron
•
Dipole sonic tools, applications
• Advanced Logging Tools and Formation Testers
By the end of the course you will be able to:
Mechanical properties determination and uses
• THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING Nuclear magnetic resonance, applications, limitations and QA/QC
•
• Understand the physical principles of main open hole logging tools
Common sonic issues in the borehole
• Relaxation mechanisms and their association with fluid and rock properties
•
• Apply basic quality control techniques to validate logging data By the end of the course you will be able to:
LWD acoustic tools
• Porosity, irreducible water saturation and permeability determination
•
• Know the main applications and limitations of the different readings • Understand the physical principles of main wireline and LWD logging tools
Formation evaluation principles
• Advanced fluid determination methods: 3D map T1-T2-difussion
•
• Perform a quick qualitative interpretation to determine possible interest zones • Apply quality control techniques to validate logging data
Qualitative log interpretation techniques
• Dielectric tools principles and applications
•
• Perform a complete formation evaluation on a shaly sand environment • Know the main applications and limitations of the different tool readings
Rw determination methods
• Saturation determination parameters, m, n and CEC
•
• Perform a complete log quality control in a set of logs
Crossplots utilisation, Hingle and Pickett plots
• Geochemical logging tools, uses, limitations and QA/QC
•
• Perform a basic log interpretation
Graphical interpretation techniques for porosity and lithology
• Reservoir pressure determination tools
•
Pre-test interpretation, common issues and QA/QC
•
Complete Formation Evaluation for Simple Lithology Pressure gradient interpretation and examples
•
Saturation determination: Archie equation
• Fluid sampling, optical and composition fluid analysers
•
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK Advanced probes for special well and reservoir conditions
•
Complete formation evaluation for clean lithology using Archie
•
Other saturation determination equations
• ‘Lots of new information about log quality control. Great experience, thanks.’ Permeability determination
•
Hydrocarbon effects on log readings
•  Petrophysicist at NIS
Complete formation evaluation for shaly sand lithology using Simandoux
• Well Seismic and Basic Petrophysics
Group discussion on interpretation results
• Checkshot, VSP, offset and multi-offset VSP, walkaway
•
Different source types, air-guns and vibroseis trucks
•
Physical principles, interpretation and log quality control indicators
•
Course can be presented in English or Spanish language. Formation evaluation principles
•
Rw determination methods
•
Crossplots utilisation, Hingle and Pickett plots
•
Graphical interpretation techniques for porosity and lithology
•
Saturation determination equations and techniques
•
Complete formation evaluation for simple lithology
•

Course can be presented in English or Spanish language.

Computer access required for exercises. Computer access required for exercises.

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Petrophysics
Integrated Petrophysics for Reservoir Characterisation
PPH02
PPH02 5 days Skill
PPH02
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
Mark Deakin
This course will teach you how to evaluate reservoirs and quickly identify flawed
results.
Robust reserves and simulation are achieved by the logical, systematic integration
of all relevant data. A quality interpretation is extremely cost-effective compared
with data acquisition or development mistakes and essential with today’s complex
reservoirs and data sets.
Integration will often replace the need to run expensive, irrelevant logs, explain
apparent data conflicts and provide the correct answer faster, strengthening your
position as an operator. By contrast, stand-alone log analysis often results in
wrong decisions and weakens your technical position in the eyes of your partners.
This course, evolved over 25 years of petrophysical consulting and lectures,
demonstrates how robust answers are achieved by the logical integration of
diverse data. Integrated Petrophysics was the first public petrophysics integration
course (Jan1990) and remains the Benchmark Petrophysics Course today.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A petrophysicist, geologist of any discipline, reservoir engineer, geophysicist,
core analyst or someone with a year’s experience with logs or formation
evaluation
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• This course is a condensed package of powerful integration techniques. It
uses an interleaved sequence of lectures, micro-practicals, Interactive
Petrophysics & Geolog demos, movies and workshops to convey a flexible and
very powerful petrophysical methodology. Its Comprehensive Manual and
Petrophysical Toolbox provide a lasting benefit to the novice and experienced
student alike.
• Basic economics are addressed first by Quick Look Log Analysis for
operations and then by a disciplined, logical process to optimize the
interpretation of Porosity, Saturation, Permeability and Fluid Contacts - the
basis of Reserves.
• Low Contrast Low Resistivity Pay, clastics and carbonates are evaluated by
straight forward integration techniques which outperform log analysis with
direct, plain to see results.
• The integration of LWD, Wireline, Facies, SCAL, MDTs etc is explained via the
author’s ‘PetroDB-Vault’ software with the final, crucial Petrophysics-Geomodel
checks clearly set out.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• The essential nature of petrophysics: its objectives, data and uncertainties
• How to get the best possible answers from any given data set
• How to perform Quick Look Log Analysis and Essential Core-Log Integration
with the author’s Excel spreadsheets
• How to review petrophysical studies effectively & quickly identify flawed results
using a clear sequence of logical checks
• How to identify and extract the key data channels from modern hi-tech logs
which, when integrated with core, logs and welltests, will answer the questions
your team is asking
• What really matters from the increasingly complex barrage of modern
petrophysical data
• How to drill, core, log and test for clear formation evaluation results
• How to avoid the 10 most common errors which ruin petrophysical results
• How to use interactive software to reveal how your data works together and
impacts results
Computer access required for exercises.
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TOPICS
• Petrophysical objectives. Physics vs. petrophysics. Concepts of data hierarchy
and calibrations
• Quick Look Operations log analysis. Logging tool review. Vshale & lithology;
complex lithology
• Porosity: Total or effective? Gas zones and complex lithologies; calibrating
porosity
• Sw100 zones and Rwa’s: Their derivation and effective use
• Sw: Improving the inputs which really matter: Rt/Ro, Rw, m, n, Sw: OBM/WBM
core; capillary pressure; magnetic resonance; facies and wettability defined,
explained and integrated. Calibrating Sw
• Shaly sands: Defined & explained. Integrating resistivity & non-resistivity data;
FMI/NMR/Pc, WaxmanSmits Qv, m*, n* with or without core
• Fluid contacts and capillary pressure: Using MDTs effectively. Distinguishing
the mobile phase
• The RockType Master Equation: What is it? How do I use it?
• Permeability: Rock-types; NMR; conventional log quick-look k; bound fluid
volume; Timur-Coates permeability; relative effective kwtr koil kgas & SwP10,
P90 sensitivity; calibrating k with well test kh; correct permeability simulation
input
• Netpay: What is netpay? Definition. Its proper criteria and evaluation
• Key recommendations for mud, drilling, logs, core analysis, Sw & k evaluation
• 10 common systematic errors which ruin geological models
• Daily interactive petrophysics and / or geolog demos
• Excel petrophysical toolbox: All workshops, Swpc:n calibration, Shaly Sand QL
LAS evaluator, 100+ Eqns, PetroDB-Vault extracts, HPV sensitivities
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘This is the best Petrophysics course ever!’
 Petrophysicist at CC Energy Development
‘The information given is highly valuable for my job.’
 Petrophysicist at Neptune Energy
‘Great overview but also in depth. Good applied practical approach.’
 Geophysicist at GDF SUEZ E&P
‘Mark explains difficult concepts effectively and makes it easy to understand.
I am glad that I choose this course!’
 Geologist at ADCO
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Petrophysics
Integrated Petrophysics for Carbonate & Fractured Reservoirs - A Roadmap
PPH03
PPH03 5 days Skill
PPH03
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Mark Deakin
This course represents the Complete Carbonate & Fracture Evaluation Recipe, TOPICS
from Quick Look Log Analysis to full Core-Log-Test integration. It presents a • How physical characteristics impact 1) reservoir properties 2) reservoir
systematic, disciplined plan of action for the acquisition and integration of measurements
carbonate petrophysical data, highlighting problems and explaining solutions. The • Carbonate & fracture reservoir classifications: Lucia, Nelson, Aguilera
course provides a much needed systematic process for staff faced with the • Total porosity & clays vs. total porosity & pore geometry. What to do!
daunting prospect of managing Carbonate & Fracture, or other ‘complex‘ • How to use data and equations intelligently. Understanding data redundancy,
reservoirs. Non-petrophysicists will learn how to quickly check geo-model input hierarchy and equation inversion
with ‘Greenlists‘. • Misleading data, useful data, powerful data. Carbonate & fracture database
essentials
• Greenlists: the tests you must apply to received data sets
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• Carbonate quick look Excel template with 100+ key equations for complex
• A petrophysicist, any geologist, operations geologist, engineer or core analyst reservoir evaluation
who uses or creates petrophysical results for carbonate or ‘complex‘ reservoirs • PetroDB, analogues, Sigma & Dielectric logs, Cap. pressure, FZI, R35, rock
typing, core Sw, which Sw? NMR porosity bins, coates carbonate permeability,
Basic principles are reviewed; however a year’s experience in formation sonic logs, Stoneley k, stress, fracture quantification
evaluation is desirable. • The complete carbonate & fracture evaluation recipe: principles, data and A-Z
information flow
• The petrophysics to geo-model checks which really matter!
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• All data is integrated, from drilling and LWD to well tests and the latest hi-tech
logs via a recipe which provides a definitive set of results and a secure basis
for decisions - a template for evaluating any complex reservoir
• The course explains how the physical characteristics of carbonates - tight,
fractured or permeable - present failure points for classical log analysis
• How to drill, core, log, test and then integrate specifically to address these
failure points is explained via a condensed learning session of interleaved
theory, PetroDB-Vault IP demos, workshops and movies
• Drilling data, core, SCAL, logs, LithoScanner, NMR, Dielectric, Sigma,
Acoustic, Image-logs and MDTs are all briefly explained and fitted together to
form the definitive solution for any given data set CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
• 5 days of petrophysical saturation: morning recaps: Do this, don’t do that! ‘Very useful & practical course, will be put to immediate use.’
PetroDB-Vault interactive demos; micro-practicals; movies; workshops; 25  Petrophysicist at Idemitsu Petroleum
years’ experience and debate
‘It explains perfectly how a petrophysicist should work to deliver the best
output to geologic model & reservoir simulation.’
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING  Petrophysicist at Qatar Petroleum
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
‘Topic very interesting, good delivery and plenty of experience from
• The physical differences between carbonates and clastics and their data
instructor.’
response implications
 Petrophysicist at Tullow
• Why extreme pores, vugs, fractures and oil wetness occur in carbonates and
how to recognise and treat them ‘Topic organisation is excellent, helps us to see from helicopter view then go
• Carbonate & fracture evaluation essentials. The failure points which must be into detail.’
identified & healed
 Engineer at SKK Migas
• Why fracture well tests can be misleading and what critical other data you
‘Instructor was fantastic. The course slides were very useful and well
must have
presented. This was one of the best courses I have ever taken.’
• How common errors impact results using PetroDB-Vault interactive demos
• How to acquire and integrate key drilling, mudlog, core, special log and well  Petroleum Engineer at BG Group
test data
• How to do quick look carbonate log analysis and integrate capillary pressures
with logs in Excel or IP
• How to do thorough, integrated and robust evaluations in any complex,
conventional reservoir
• How end-users can critically review complex petrophysical results using the
author’s greenlists
Computer access required for exercises.
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Integrated Petrophysics - How to use Special Core Analysis with Modern Logs Open Hole and LWD Interpretation Principles and Applications
PPH31 PPH33
PPH31 3 days Skill PPH33 5 days Foundation / Skill
PPH31 PPH33
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Mark Deakin Angel Meso

This course does more than calibrate your density log with core grain density and TOPICS
porosity. It starts with the essential techniques of core-log integration required to • Essential core-log integration
create compatible data sets which are suitable for special core analysis (SCAL) • How to check routine core analysis data is fit for purpose
integration. It then goes on to integrate the SCAL lab results with powerful, • How to integrate data with different scales of measurement
modern logs to show how these can be more usefully applied to answer key • Routine core porosity calibration of density, NMR, neutron and sonic logs.
reservoir questions. NMR, Dielectric, Cross Dipole sonic, 3D resistivity, Select and merge
Lithoscanner and MDT are some of the logs whose output is calibrated and • Routine core permeability calibration of NMR, porosity, HPV, etc. Select and
welded into the fabric of a true, modern, integrated petrophysical evaluation. Such merge
an evaluation is robust, overdetermined and grounded in routine and special core • Routine Dean Stark and other core saturations integration with Resistivity,
analysis. All integration techniques are explained in terms of the question being Saturation-height(s), NMR, Dielecric, Sigma
answered (the objective), the physical basis of the core and log data being used • Capillary pressure explained
and the steps necessary to quantitatively integrate the core with logs and geo- • Capillary pressure SCAL tests: centrifuge, porous plate, mercury
models. • Lab to reservoir fluid conversions
Like all the author’s ‘Integrated Petrophysics’ courses a logical, systematic • How to check and correct lab Pc data
structure is followed which enhances understanding of the where, why and how of • Reservoir Rock Typing (RRT): Why and how? Facies, NMR, FMI, FZI, HFU.
modern petrophysical data. Lithology, porosity, saturation, permeability, natural RRT without core.
fractures, FWL, TOC and mechanical properties for brittleness and fracturing are • Application of RRT during core-log integration
addressed, with the pertinent core and log data explained and integrated. • The engineer’s stand-alone core saturation height function
• How to fit Pc data: Foil, J Function, Lambda, Skelt Harrison
• Integrating core saturation height functions with logs: Resistivity, NMR,
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
Porosity, Sigma, MDT
• A petrophysicist, reservoir engineer, core analyst, geologist or engineer who • SCAL electrical properties CEC, m and n: use, abuse and correct
builds or uses static or dynamic reservoir models implementation
• A professional with a year’s experience with core-log integration • Using RCA, SCAL and modern logs to solve the low resistivity pay problem
• SCAL NMR lab tests: BFV, T2, T1 cutoffs, Qv experimental technique and
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE results
• Integration of SCAL NMR with logs, use, abuse and alternatives compared
Lectures are interleaved with micro-practicals, videos, PetroDB-WEB demos,
• SCAL Relative Permeability tests: steady vs. unsteady state
class practicals, class discussions and timely recaps to achieve a dynamic and
• Integration of SCAL rel. perm data with log analysis for kw, ko and kg.
engaging training session - training which can be taken back to the office and
Fractional flow
applied immediately.
• Do your results concur with field observation? Calibration
This course explains how to perform comprehensive core-log integration on
• Wettability: impact on capillary pressure, relative permeability and Sor
legacy data, but also arms you with the knowledge of what is and what is not
• Is your reservoir non-strongly water wet? What to do in the lab. What to do
critical to acquire in your reservoir, saving valuable time and money during drilling,
during integration.
completion and development.
• What is the Residual Oil Saturation?
Core-Log integration has been the central topic of the author’s Imperial College
Ph.D., 30 years of consulting, reading and lecturing on core-log integration. It is
• Daily Interactive Petrophysics (IP) and PetroDB-WEB demos
• Excel Petrophysical Toolbox: All workshops, equations, evaluation templates
also the central purpose of the PetroDB-WEB software, which expands essential
core-log integration to SCAL and modern logging tools.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
This interactive, applications-driven course will highlight the techniques and TOPICS
principles of well log interpretation for oil industry professionals who deal with Basic Concepts Review and Resistivity Tools
wireline and/or LWD logs in their daily job. • Petrophysics concepts review
The course will explore the tools response explained from their physical principles • Introduction to well logging
as well as their relationship with the rock and fluid properties; most existing open • Log classification according to the measured properties
hole logging technologies will be covered explaining their main applications and • Auxiliary measurements, uses and common issues
limitations. Advanced interpretation methods will be discussed with numerous • Basic measurements: Gamma ray and spontaneous potential
examples and exercises including complex lithology interpretation techniques. • Resistivity theory, principles and applications of laterologs
• Advanced laterolog logging tools: array and azimuthal
This training course will feature: • Microresistivity devices, principles and applications
• Discussions on tools physical principles and applications
• Tool limitations on different borehole environments Conductivity and Nuclear Logging Tools
• Tips and examples to identify and understand common logging issues Conductivity tools, uses and limitations
•
• Explanation of petrophysical concepts and techniques for advanced formation LWD resistivity determination tools
•
evaluation using wireline and LWD logs Advanced induction logging tools, 3D induction
•
• Application of interpretation methods in several examples and exercises RT and invasion profile determination
•
Formation density tools, principles and applications
•
The photoelectric factor, a key lithology indicator
•
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
Neutron tools principles and applications
•
• An engineer in the exploration and/or production department Porosity determination from density and neutron logs
•
• A geologist, geophysicist or petrophysicist
LWD nuclear logging tools
•
• A petroleum, reservoir or drilling engineer Lithology determination, calibrations and log quality control parameters
•
• In general, any oil & gas industry professional involved in wireline and LWD
logging data interpretation and validation Acoustic and Geological Logging Tools
Basic sonic tools, borehole compensation
•
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE Dipole sonic tools, applications
•
Mechanical properties determination and uses
•
This training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to
Sonic scanner principles and applications
•
ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information
Common sonic issues in the borehole
•
presented. The sessions will include visual, auditory and kinesthetic elements to
LWD acoustic tools
•
cover the three different learning modalities. The daily sessions will be highly
Dipmeter interpretation principles
•
interactive and participative. This involves regular discussion of applications as
Geological image logging tools
•
well as hands-on exercises that will be solved manually and/or using Microsoft
Structural and stratigraphic interpretation principles
•
Excel.
Open, partially open and healed fractures interpretation
•
Faults and unconformities interpretation examples
•
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING Facies analysis for reservoir characterisation with image logs
•
Ultrasonic logging tools
•
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• Physical principles of most existing open hole logging tools
• The main applications and limitations of the different tool readings
Advanced Logging Tools and Introduction to Formation Evaluation
• The uses of advanced wireline and LWD logging tools in complex lithology
Nuclear magnetic resonance, principles and applications
•
interpretation Relaxation mechanisms and their association with fluid and rock properties
•

By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: • How to perform a quantitative formation evaluation on a complex lithology
Porosity, irreducible water saturation and permeability determination
•

• How to acquire conventional and wireline core data - from mud systems to
Advanced fluid determination methods: 3D map T1-T2-difussion
•

laboratory Dielectric tools principles and applications

•

• The essential techniques of core-log integration

Saturation determination parameters, m, n and CEC
•

• The major Special Core Analysis (SCAL) tests explained

Geochemical logging tools
•

• The major Special Log measurements explained

Complex lithology evaluation examples
•

• How to identify the key data channels from modern logs which answer the
Formation evaluation principles
•

questions your team is asking Rw determination methods

•

• The questions core-log integration answers that log analysis cannot

Crossplots utilisation, Hingle and Pickett plots
•

• What integration techniques to apply to what special core analysis data - use
Graphical interpretation techniques for porosity and lithology
•

your data!
• How to objectively rank rival evaluation techniques
Formation Testers and Complex Lithology Evaluation
• How to use legacy core data with the modern log data you have just acquired
Reservoir pressure determination tools
•

• How to use Rock Typing and PetroDB to estimate the core values you do not
Pre-test interpretation
•

have Lost seal, dry tests and supercharging

•

• How to use interactive software to show how properly integrated SCAL and
Pressure gradient interpretation
•

modern logs will impact your geo-model results Fluid sampling, optical and composition fluid analysers
•
Advanced probes for special well and reservoir conditions
•
Permeability determination
•
Saturation determination equations and techniques
•
Complete formation evaluation for complex lithology
•

Course can be presented in English or Spanish language.

Computer access required for exercises. Computer access required for exercises.

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Petrophysics

Borehole Image Logs -

Interpretation and Applications Cased Hole Services
Reservoir Engineering
PPH27 PPH32
PPH27 3 days Foundation / Skill PPH32 3 days Skill Reservoir Engineering for Non-Reservoir Engineers (RES01) Gas Engineering - Reservoir and Production (PRE29)
PPH27 PPH32
 Public ✗ In-house
❏  Public on demand ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ Core Analysis Fundamentals and Technology (RES45) Advanced Gas Condensate Reservoir Management (RES05)
Kym Dutfield-Cooke Special Core Analysis (RES48) Modelling and Managing Uncertainty
Special Core Analysis: Petrophysical Imaging Applications (RES44) in the Subsurface (RES38)
This course provides an introduction to borehole image logs, focusing mainly on The course covers the range of cased hole services available for formation
the interpretation and application of the latest borehole image technology. Data evaluation, well integrity and to assist in maximising production. The course
Digital Core Analysis (RES40) Enhanced Oil Recovery Fundamentals (RES03)
quality assessment and processing practices will be addressed. An interpretation targets multi-disciplinary teams planning the acquisition of cased hole logging
workflow, focusing on sedimentology and structural geology, together with the data to evaluate existing wells in the context of planned well interventions. It will Well Testing Operations, Interpretation and Design (RES39) Enhanced Oil Recovery:
methodology of interpretation will be presented. The use of borehole images for give participants the basic knowledge required to evaluate historical data that may Fundamentals and Applications (RES31)
geomechanics and borehole stability analysis, along with their use in improved be available so that it can be incorporated in well reviews. Improved understanding Advanced Well Testing and Interpretation (RES37)
horizontal well placement will be discussed. The importance of integration with of the services available and their applications can lead to greater efficiency in Waterflooding: Performance Predictions
other data and the pitfalls to avoid are also addressed. Exercises and examples data acquisition campaigns and ultimately maintaining or improving production. Basic Reservoir Fluid Properties and Phase Behaviour (RES13) and Surveillance (RES28)
from a variety of depositional settings will provide attendees with an awareness of
the multiple applications of borehole image logs, their value and limitations. Advanced PVT and EOS Fluid Characterisation (RES08) EOR Polymer Flooding -
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... Lessons learnt from Field Applications (PRO15)
Advanced Reservoir Simulation Technologies (RES06)
• A reservoir, production or completions engineer
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... • A geologist, petrophysicist or geophysicist Streamline Simulation in EOR: Miscible Gas Injection (RES47)
• A geologist, petrophysicist, geophysicist or reservoir engineer • Involved in the planning or supervising of cased hole wireline operations Reservoir Engineering and Management (RES10)
• Technical or managerial staff involved in subsurface development, exploration EOR: Heavy Oil Steam Injection (RES58)
or reservoir characterisation
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE Reservoir Surveillance and Management of Petroleum Engineering in Offshore Field Development (PRE30)
This is a classroom-based course that uses a combination of lectures, videos and
Mature Floods Using Streamlines (RES46)
Previous knowledge of borehole image logs is not required. Effective Technical Writing for Exploration and Production Staff -
self-contained exercises to reinforce learning. Carbonate Reservoir Characterisation and Modelling (RES62) A Structured System (SSK24)
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE Naturally Fractured Reservoir Modelling and Simulation (RES61)
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING Integrated Reservoir Studies:
• Discussion point examples and exercises make sure that theoretical concepts
are well understood By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: Modern History Matching (RES63) The Project Management Approach (PBM07)
• Principles and methods are introduced in simple terms and built on in a • Formation evaluation in a cased hole environment, which open hole tools can
structured fashion be used and any special considerations in their interpretation, as well as
specialised cased hole services
• The basic physical principles and tool technologies of pulsed neutron tools, the
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
different acquisition modes and their interpretation, and their use in time lapse
reservoir monitoring
COURSE PROGRESSION MATRIX
• How to determine the type of borehole image log, data quality and to carry out • The basic physical principles and tool technologies of various production
a basic ‘desktop’ interpretation within minutes of receiving an image log plot logging tools and their interpretation in single phase flow, multi-phase flow and Reservoir Characterisation Reservoir Modelling and Simulation Reservoir Management EOR
• The information that can be extracted from a borehole image log horizontal well scenarios
• The interpretation process and the results delivered by consultants • The basic physical principles of cement bond logging tools and interpreting the
Streamline
• How borehole image logs help with geomechanics and borehole stability resulting data Naturally Fractured Simulation in
• The strength of integration with other data and studies • Options and limitations relating to perforating gun design and selection Advanced PVT and EOS Fluid Reservoir Modelling Reservoir

ADVANCED
Characterisation and Simulation Engineering and
• How borehole image logs can be used to answer reservoir characterisation • The basic physical principles and tool technologies of the various casing
Management
questions integrity evaluation services and how they may be used to evaluate casing
damage and deformities Advanced
Advanced Gas Condensate Reservoir EOR Polymer Flooding - Lessons learnt
Management from Field Applications
Modern History Reservoir
TOPICS Matching Simulation
• Introduction to borehole images - image log technology, image log service TOPICS Technologies
Digital Core Analysis
providers and tools • Introduction
Reservoir Surveillance and
• Image log acquisition, processing and QC - Course overview Carbonate Reservoir
Management of Mature Floods EOR: Miscible Gas Injection
• Workflow for data acquisition from processed image logs and interpretation - - Deployment methodologies and depth control Characterisation and
Using Streamlines
Advanced Well Testing and Modelling
sedimentology, structural geology and geomechanics • Formation evaluation in cased holes
Interpretation
• Surface and electro-facies identification and classification - GR, neutron and acoustic logging Integrated Reservoir Studies: The Waterflooding: Performance
• Identification of structural zones and quantification of tilt and orientation - Pulsed neutron logging Project Management Approach Predictions and Surveillance
• Palaeodirection and palaeotransport analysis - Resistivity through casing

SKILL
Special Core Analysis: Petrophysical
• Integration of image log data with other datasets - Formation testing Modelling and Managing Uncertainty
Imaging Applications
in the Subsurface Fundamentals of EOR: Heavy Oil Steam Injection
• Determination of in-situ stress and its application - Additional techniques, formation density and cross-well electromagnetic Coalbed Methane
imaging Effective Technical Writing for
(CBM)
Development
• Cement bond logging Exploration and Production Staff - Enhanced Oil Recovery:
Special Core Analysis a Structured System
- Common problems with cement bonds Fundamentals and Applications
- The CBL-VDL log
Petroleum
- Modern cement evaluation tools Engineering in
Gas Engineering
- Lightweight cements Basic Reservoir Fluid Properties and - Reservoir and
Offshore Field Enhanced Oil Recovery Fundamentals
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK - Micro-annulus detection Phase Behaviour Development
Production

‘Excellent and relevant course material & presentations. Instructor has ability • Casing integrity logging
to create a very personal and enjoyable atmosphere.’ - Types of casing damage/deformities Well Testing
 Sedimentologist at OMV - Corrosion logging tools Operations, Fundamentals of Reservoir
Interpretation Development Geology Oil & Gas Field Life Cycle, Field
• Perforating
and Design Development and Planning
- Production optimisation
FOUNDATION

- Perforating gun design and selection

- Underbalance perforating Core Analysis Fundamentals and
- Specialised perforating systems Technology

• Production logging
- Reservoir fluid properties Reservoir Engineering for Non-Reservoir Engineers
- Classic production problems and leak detection
- Basic measurements and logging tools
- Single and multi-phase flow
Introduction to Petroleum Engineering
- Oxygen activation logging
- Array production logging tools for horizontal wells
- Permanent monitoring systems
Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production - A Comprehensive Introduction to the Oil & Gas Industry

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Reservoir Engineering Reservoir Engineering

Reservoir Engineering Core Analysis Fundamentals Special Core Analysis:

for Non-Reservoir Engineers and Technology Special Core Analysis Petrophysical Imaging Applications
RES01 RES45 RES48 RES44
RES01 5 days Foundation RES45 4 days Foundation RES48 5 days Skill RES44 3 days Skill
RES01 RES45 RES48 RES44
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Leonhard Ganzer Jim Funk Jim Funk Jim Funk

This course introduces basic reservoir engineering concepts and methods to This course introduces participants to established principles of modern core Core analysis provides direct engineering measurements of reservoir rock. This petrophysical imaging course skills participants in the fundamentals,
enable cross-disciplinary exchange of ideas and experience. It provides the analysis including advanced imaging techniques. Knowledge of how these measurements are obtained and their limitations are application and integration of core computed tomography (CT) and nuclear
required input to help you understand questions crucial to the reservoir engineer: The course covers the complete handling of the core along with procedures and essential for their successful application and incorporation in reservoir evaluation magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging.
How much oil & gas is there (accumulation)? How much can be recovered tools for core measurements. The topics and engineering examples extend from and simulation. Along with a review of the basic elements for core acquisition, The course covers both basic and advanced applications from basic core depth
(reserves)? How fast can it be recovered (rate)? sample selection, data acquisition and quality control to analysis, reporting, preservation and sampling, participants will learn the fundamentals and advanced shift considerations to core orientation and differentiation of rock fluid interactions.
simple modelling and integration. techniques for special core analyses. Presented are the procedures and workflow The physics, equipment and data processing for CT and NMR measurements are
Upon completion participants will be skilled and ready to design, implement and for designing and evaluating the most applicable special core analysis program for reviewed and applied in practical reservoir characterisation and recovery
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... evaluate a successful coring and core analysis program. a particular stage in field development or reservoir management. examples.
• A geoscientist or engineer with little or no reservoir engineering experience The course progresses from the measurement fundamentals to the essential
evaluation and assessment of the laboratory results and onto the practical
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... application in example simulation studies.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE • A geologist, geophysicist, reservoir engineer or petrophysicist who will • A geologist, geophysicist, reservoir engineer or petrophysicist recommending
• Theoretical concepts illustrated during individual sessions are accompanied by recommend or use core analysis measurements DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... or directing core analysis measurements
working on practical problems to ensure a thorough understanding of the • A core analyst, formation damage specialist or laboratory technician working to • A core analyst or formation damage specialist working to develop improved
• A new or experienced reservoir engineer, petrophysicist or geologist tasked
principles and procedures develop improved laboratory measurements and procedures laboratory measurements and procedures
with planning, performing, monitoring and using special core analyses for
• Hands-on experience by solving classical reservoir engineering tasks on PC • A database professional tasked with developing core and rock property reservoir description and recovery modelling
databases HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE • Documentation of the techniques, equipment, measurements and research for
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE With an engineering review of the fundamentals of special core analyses imaging and extraction of rock property measurements
• Single- and multi-phase fluid flow through porous media • Concise summaries of the techniques, equipment and measurement basics for measurements you will learn the physics and mechanics of the process and • You learn to evaluate and analyse the data and the incorporation of the results
• Fluid phase properties during hydrocarbon recovery conventional, special and imaging rock property measurements are provided techniques to evaluate and incorporate the experimental results. You will gain
• Reservoir engineering concepts and terminology • You learn the best combination of tests and techniques for an optimal core experience through example measurements incorporated in petrophysical and
• How recovery factors and reserves are being estimated and predicted displacement models for various lithologies. The measurements are used and THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
analysis program
• Typical assumptions and simplifications required to predict reservoir • You learn to evaluate and analyse the raw data, calculate the uncertainty and analysed by the participants as exercises. Open source software tools and By the end of the course you will confident in your understanding of:
performance packages are provided to assist with the exercises and for future use. • X-ray CT imaging procedures and image acquisition parameters
incorporate the results
• Image data types and processing fundamentals
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • Image data limitations
TOPICS THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • Current and potential applications of image and log integration
Participants will learn the essentials for planning, design and evaluation of a
• Introduction to the physics of petroleum reservoirs By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: special core analysis program along with the use and application of its results. • NMR fundamentals and laboratory applications
• Fluid properties in reservoir engineering - fluid types, phase behaviour, • Coring operations, core types, sizes and limitations You will learn techniques to transform routine measurements to reservoir condition
correlations, equations of state • Core handling procedures and non-destructive qualitative and quantitative core and how to evaluate and apply the essential measurements and results as critical
• Fundamental rock properties - porosity, wettability, capillary pressure,
TOPICS
characterisation elements for geo-cellular and reservoir simulation models.
permeability, relative permeability and other concepts • Techniques, uncertainty and quality control for routine core analyses • X-ray interactions and laboratory X-ray imaging tools
• Evaluation and recovery of oil and gas reserves - classification of reserves, • Resistivity and nuclear magnetic resonance techniques and fundamentals for TOPICS • Image file formats and processing
recovery factors, volumetrics of oil and gas reservoirs saturation measurements and models • Quantitative petrophysical measurements from Hounsfield CT numbers
Reservoir Engineering and SCAL - Evaluation and check on
• Material balance calculations • Capillarity and pore structure methods • CT imaging for fluid transport studies
• Essential measurements, challenges numerical techniques used to
• Oil-water displacement - mobility ratio, Buckley-Leverett, displacement • Experimental techniques and uncertainty for multi-phase displacement • Dual energy CT for mineralogical classification
and engineering impact convert raw data to relative
efficiency mechanisms and specialised tests for formation evaluation • CT image data for core orientation with image logs
Coring Techniques and SCAL permeability
• Well performance • Micro-CT imaging equipment techniques and applications
Sample Selection - Relative permeability hysteresis
• Introduction to transient well test analysis - Selecting, refining and grouping
• Decline curve analysis TOPICS • Coring operations, core types, sizes • NMR fundamentals and laboratory tools
and limitations results for simulator input
• Coring objectives, techniques, types and sizes • NMR pulse sequence data and processing
• Gas-oil relative permeability
• Core handling procedures and • NMR T2 and diffusion methods for pore size and transport property
• Core handling, sample selection and non-destructive characterisation - Phase specific measurement
techniques preservation techniques along with measurements
non-destructive qualitative and techniques and raw data
• Conventional core analyses • NMR spatial T2 distributions
quantitative core characterisation differences
• Storage capacity • NMR and CT combination methods for heterogeneity
• Use and quality control of routine - Critical gas saturation and
• Permeability and transmissibility • NMR methods for fluid identification
and advanced tests for reservoir retrograde considerations
• Mineralogy • NMR methods and ROS determinations
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK characterisation, zonation and - Gravity drainage and method
• Saturation determination choice
‘Very well structured course using examples to illustrate the different • Capillarity
special core analysis sample
• Three phase relative permeability
methods, solution-oriented; understandable also if you have not been • Displacement tests and methods
selection
- Measurement and modelling
working a lot with Reservoir Engineering before.’ • Specialised tests SCAL Methods for Reserve techniques
 Petrophysicist at RAG Calculations and Reservoir Model - Validation and correlation of
Initialisation results
’Dr. Ganzer delivered the course content in a perfect pace. Everything was
• Saturation and saturation height
easy to understand and will be helpful in my job.’ Reservoir Characterisation and
functions from resistivity, nuclear
 Geologist at Wintershall Residual Saturations
magnetic resonance and capillary
• Geological, petrophysical and
’The instructor's way to present is outstandingly good. His ability to explain pressure measurements
things and answer questions is simply excellent. The organisation of topics CUSTOMER FEEDBACK • Wettability and its impact on upscaled rock type for relative
reserves and displacement permabiity assignment
is very good and the content is excellently fitting to the title and subject of ‘All the procedures & methods were nicely summarized and were very useful
• Heterogeneity grouping of residual
the course.’ to understand and compare.’ SCAL Methods for Reservoir saturations and recovery efficiency
 Lead Petrophysicist at OMV  Senior Reservoir Engineer at ADCO Recovery • Exercises
• Displacement fundamentals, models - Water-oil and gas-oil relative
and dimensionless numbers permeability refinement and
• Steady-state, unsteady-state and model comparisons
centrifuge techniques - Simulation sensitivity examples
• Water-oil relative permeability carbonates and sandstones
- Quality assessment and control of
procedures and raw results and Specialized SCAL Methods
reports EOR specific tests and methods
•
Introduction to Digital Rock methods
•

Computer access required for exercises. Computer access required for exercises. Computer access required for exercises. Computer access required for exercises.

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Reservoir Engineering Reservoir Engineering

Well Testing Operations, Advanced Well Testing Basic Reservoir Fluid Properties
Digital Core Analysis Interpretation and Design and Interpretation and Phase Behaviour
RES40 RES39 RES37 RES13
RES40 4 days Advanced / Specialised RES39 4 days Foundation RES37 4 days Skill RES13 5 days Foundation
RES40 RES39 RES37 RES13
 Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Martin J. Blunt Lukasz Ostrowski Lukasz Ostrowski Leonhard Ganzer

This course provides an in-depth description of digital core analysis with an
emphasis on fundamentals and practical applications. The course will allow
reservoir engineers and petrophysicists to make the best use of the latest imaging
and modelling technology. Using basic physical concepts, the course will show
how to use pore-scale analysis to complement traditional measurements and to
use the results intelligently to predict and interpret local displacement efficiency
and field-scale recovery.
This course provides structured information about testing methods, data
acquisition and related downhole tools and surface equipment used in the
hazardous business of well testing. It includes a comprehensive overview of the
technology application, details of the hardware with its benefits and limitations, all
important operational aspects of oil and gas well testing plus safety procedures
and recommended practices. A dedicated module covers the theory and practice
of well test analysis and interpretation as well as test design.
This course provides comprehensive information about testing technology,
methodology, test design and interpretation on an advanced level. An overview of
well test application is provided including a comprehensive overview of wireline
formation testing. All aspects of test design are covered including downhole tools
selection, surface facility considerations as well as dynamic modelling of the test
sequence to ensure proper results for interpretation. The well test interpretation is
performed by participants on numerous field examples using the two alternative
commercial software packages.
The objective of this 5-day course is to introduce the participants into the topic of
PVT and reservoir fluid phase behavior. During the initial part, focus will be on
classical fluid properties as defined for black-oil fluid types and hydrocarbon
gases. The second part will focus on PVT laboratory experiments and an
introduction to equations of state. The final part deals with EOR methods that
depend on PVT characterization.
The participants will also work practical problems in black-oil and equation of state
formulation to enhance understanding of PVT experiments.

DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A reservoir engineer, petrophysicist or any other scientist or engineer • A geologist, petrophysicist, reservoir engineer, supervisor or manager involved DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
interested in flow and transport processes in porous media in formation evaluation, reserve estimation and general reservoir engineering • A professional who is directly involved in pressure transient interpretation or • A reservoir or petroleum engineer with limited work experience
• Directly involved in well test operations dealing with service companies offering well testing
• Dealing with service companies offering well testing • A geologist, reservoir engineer, supervisor or manager who is involved in
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE • A professional with basic reservoir engineering knowledge formation evaluation, reserve estimation and general reservoir engineering
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
We start with scientific fundamentals and build carefully on this basic understanding • A professional with basic understanding of well testing and interpretation You will learn about some theory of phase behaviour, learn to understand phase
to explain flow processes in porous media. A comprehensive set of discursive Previous experience in well testing is not required. diagrams and work on practical problems during the course to enhance
notes are supplemented with slides and explanations written on the board. Practical experience in well testing is beneficial but not mandatory. understanding experiments and equations of state. Black-Oil and compositional
Questions and discussion are encouraged. HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE formulations will be presented and the relation to reservoir simulation models will
• A comprehensive overview of practical well testing operations be pointed out in many situations. This will also enable good understanding of gas
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE injection and EOR processes.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • Typical offshore and onshore equipment set-up with stress on safety
precautions • Numerous examples and exercises to develop your interpretation skills
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: • Exercises are based on both simulated and real field examples
• Significant time is spent on test design and prediction runs THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
• The basic physical laws governing flow and transport, at the small scale • Significant time is spent on test design and prediction runs
• Step-by-step introduction in well test analysis and methodology helps
• The latest developments in imaging and modelling technology (digital rock • Before you use commercial interpretation programs, you will learn the By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
understand the functionality of specialised interpretation software
physics) foundation of analysis applying Excel • Hydrocarbon phase behavior during the reservoir life-cycle
• Demonstration of commercial software for well test interpretation with
• The prediction of multiphase flow - capillary pressure and relative permeability • Black-oil properties in detail with respect to subsurface flow modelling
numerous examples
and how to use these quantities for the design and interpretation of field-scale • Laboratory work and experiments (CCE, DLE, CVD, ...)
recovery THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • The use of equation of state modelling software
• How to use numerical predictions as a complement to direct experimental THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING By the end of the course you will feel confident to: • Interpretation of a real world PVT laboratory report
measurements By the end of the course you will feel confident to: • Select the appropriate test methodology
• Select appropriate test equipment for a given well testing task • Select the required downhole and surface equipment
• Review the testing procedures and evaluate operations safety • Design the test sequence
TOPICS
TOPICS • Understand the theory and practical application of well test analysis • Interpret the test data utilising the newest methodology including deconvolution •  eservoir fluids and phase behavior
R
• Recap of the fundamentals: wettability, capillary pressure, Darcy’s law, Fick’s • Use commercial software for well test interpretation • Predict the well production behaviour - Phase behavior and phase diagrams
law, relative permeability and conservation equations • Design a well test - Fluid composition and fluid types classification
• Imaging and pore-scale experiments - Natural gas properties
• Displacement processes and link to wettability and multiphase flow TOPICS - Crude oil properties
TOPICS
• Direct computation of flow and transport in segmented images: strengths, • Reasons for well testing - Water in hydrocarbon systemFluid sampling and PVT experiments
weaknesses and potential • Reasons for well testing • Methodology of well testing - Fluid sampling methods and tools
• Prediction of relative permeability and capillary pressure • Methodology of well testing - Initial perturbation - Sampling programs and quality control
• Three-phase relative permeability - Initial perturbation - Constant pressure vs. constant rate condition - PVT laboratory experiments – DLE, CCE, separator tests
• Consequences for large-scale recovery - Constant pressure vs. constant rate condition - How to deal with wellbore storage - Understanding PVT reports and case study
• Perspectives and future of digital rock technology - How to deal with wellbore storage - Types of well test sequences • Cubic equations of state
- Types of well test sequences • Hardware options - How the well test data is gathered - Introduction to cubic equations of state
• Downhole hardware options - how the well test data is gathered - Testing while drilling - Compositional vs. black-oil modelling
- Testing while drilling - Testing after completion of drilling - Fluid modelling and data preparation for reservoir simulation
- Testing after completion of drilling - Traditional versus wireline formation testing • Introduction to enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods
- Traditional versus wireline formation testing - Surface equipment and safety in well testing operations - EOR methods overview (chemical, thermal, miscible EOR methods)
• Surface testing equipment • Theory behind interpretation - Miscible gas injection and related PVT (MMP, slim-tube experiments,
- Onshore and offshore testing operations
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK - Historical overview from straight line to deconvolution recovery mechanisms)
- Pressure gauges - Flow geometries and regimes • Field cases
‘It became quite clear of what to expect from digital rock models.’ - Gas, oil and water flow measurement - Unified approach for well test interpretation
 Reservoir Engineer at Wintershall - Sub-sea equipment • Test design
• Test design
‘Good explanation of fluid flow behaviour at pore scale.’ • Interpretation approach
• Well testing operations
 Manager at Ingrain - Superposition concept
- Equipment checks - Diagnosing near wellbore conditions, reservoir behaviour and boundaries
- Well control CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
- Deconvolution
- Perforating - Dealing with limited reservoirs ‘The trainer was very clear in explanation, even if I had no background on
- Fluids behaviour and sampling operations - Predicting the well behaviour this topic.’
- Stimulation in well testing  Geologist at CEPSA
• Safety in well testing operations
• Job responsibilities
• Interpretation approach
- Superposition concept
- Diagnosing near wellbore conditions, reservoir behaviour and boundaries
- Deconvolution
- Dealing with limited reservoirs
- Predicting the well behaviour

Course can be presented in English or Russian language.

Computer access required for exercises. Computer access required for exercises. Computer access required for exercises.

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Reservoir Engineering Reservoir Engineering

Reservoir Surveillance
Advanced PVT and EOS Fluid Advanced Reservoir Simulation Streamline Simulation in Reservoir and Management of Mature Floods
Characterisation Technologies Engineering and Management Using Streamlines
RES08 RES06 RES10 RES46
RES08 5 days Advanced / Specialised RES06 5 days Advanced RES10 4 days Advanced / Specialised RES46 3 days Skill / Advanced
RES08 RES06 RES10 RES46
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏  Public on demand ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Curtis H. Whitson Leonhard Ganzer Marco Thiele Marco Thiele

This course is concerned with understanding the underlying phase behaviour
important to the description and modelling of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)
processes, and depletion performance of complex fluid systems.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A practicing reservoir engineer and/or researcher dealing with phase
behaviour, miscible displacement and compositional / complex black-oil
reservoir simulation
• A process or chemical engineer
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Laboratory experiments and correlations to obtain PVT data will be discussed
and illustrated using practical examples
• You are urged to bring your own PVT reports to discuss with the trainer
• Fluid characterisation with an EOS using commercial PC-based programs will
be performed
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident to:
• Make decisions about sampling and PVT laboratory procedures required
• Design and use PVT laboratory reports, including those for gas injection
studies
• Develop EOS models
• Generate appropriate black-oil PVT tables for reservoir simulation
TOPICS
• Traditional and modified black-oil PVT properties
• Using correlations and laboratory data to obtain PVT properties
• Laboratory PVT experiments - how they are conducted, for what purpose and
how they should be applied
• Fluid characterisation with an equation of state (EOS)
• Heptanes - plus characterisation
• Tuning an EOS by regression
• Pseudoizing to reduce the number of components
• Generating modified black-oil properties
• Slim tube simulations and MMP calculations
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘Knowledge of Curtis is unmatchable.’
 Reservoir Engineer at PDO
‘In depth analysis and explanation of topics.’
 Sr. Reservoir Engineer at Tullow
‘The entire course showed me a lot of things I ‘didn't know that I didn't know’
and opened my mind to the applications of PVT analysis and EOS Fluid
Characterisation.’
 Reservoir Engineer at Repsol
This course deals with various algorithms, concepts and the possible uses of
reservoir simulators in creating dynamic reservoir models. These are used to
investigate reservoir behaviour, optimise reservoir performance, design complex
wells, estimate uncertainties and form the basis for risk assessment. New
developments combined with new simulation techniques so as to eliminate most
of the drawbacks of conventional simulation methods and make predictions more
reliable are also dealt with.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• An experienced reservoir engineer
• In possession of basic skills in reservoir engineering and reservoir simulation
• Experienced to some extent in the use of commercial reservoir simulators
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
You will be encouraged to engage in discussions on your experience with
simulation studies. Best practices and simulation artefacts are explained with
examples useful for project work. Exchange among participants during the course
is stimulated to optimize the learning event.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel more confident in your understanding of:
• Artefacts and the benefits of reservoir simulation
• Different gridding technologies, their advantages and disadvantages
• When reservoir models are fit-for-purpose and when to expect instabilities
• How to perform data quality checks on input data and resulting simulation
model
• Different history matching approaches
• Black-oil vs. compositional simulation
• Formulation details in dual porosity / dual permeability models and their
consequences
TOPICS
• History and classification of reservoir simulators
• Review of rock and fluid properties for simulation deck input
• Upgridding and upscaling
• General purpose formulation and discretization methods used for black-oil and
EOS compositional simulators
• Gridding - structured and unstructured gridding approaches, Cartesian grids,
Corner point grids, Voronoi grids
• Modelling vertical and sloping faults in simulation
• Representing wells in the reservoir simulation model
• Solution methods and tuning parameter
• Initialization of reservoir simulation models
• History matching
• Compositional reservoir simulation
• Simulation of fractured reservoirs - numerical model, matrix-fracture exchange,
recovery processes
Streamline-based reservoir simulation is a powerful and effective reservoir
engineering and management tool that complements traditional simulation
techniques.
This course provides attendees with a clear understanding how streamline
simulation can be used within their organisation, where it is best applied and what
its limitations are. The emphasis throughout is on recognizing opportunities where
streamline simulation can be applied successfully for reservoir engineering
purposes.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A reservoir engineer or geoscientist who wants a detailed background on
streamline based flow simulation
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Hands-on application of 3DSL & StudioSL to example data sets and data
provided by attendees
• Review of reservoir simulation model building concepts
• Understanding how to implement flood realignment of optimisation
• How to use streamline simulation as a proxy for uncertainty quantification
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• The difference between streamline-based flow simulation and traditional finite
difference simulation
• How to interpret results from streamline simulators
• The difference between fast surveillance models and slower simulation models
• How to use streamline information to improve performance of mature floods
• Using streamline simulation as a fast proxy for uncertainty quantification
• How to run 3DSL and interpret results in StudioSL
• How to improve flood performance using floodOPT
• Current research and development topics involving streamline simulation
TOPICS
• The theory and history of modern streamline-based flow simulation
-How streamlines have become a complementary tool to more traditional
simulation approaches
• The advantages and disadvantages of streamlines
- The six key ideas of modern streamline simulation
- Linear vs. non-linear flow
• The use of streamlines in the traditional areas of reservoir engineering
including:
- (Water) flood management
- History matching
- Allocation balancing
- Surveillance
- Upscaling
- Dual-media simulation using streamlines
- Sensitivity on input data / uncertainty
This course discusses the topic of reservoir surveillance and management of
mature floods using streamlines and streamline-derived metrics. Streamlines
define dynamic well patterns, which represent a step-change compared to the
static, nearest neighbour patterns of the past. The course will show how to
estimate well-allocation factors and derive injector-producer pair efficiencies,
which in turn allow for re-alignment of a flood. Material balance on dynamic well-
pair volumes permits to estimate the Remaining Oil In Place (ROIP) for infill
decisions.
This course is about a data-driven, quantitative approach to reservoir management
using streamlines.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A reservoir engineer in charge of managing large mature water, chemical, and/
or miscible floods
You should have a basic background in numerical methods and reservoir flow
modelling.
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Hands-on computer exercises with real field data
• Review basic streamline flow modelling technology
• Provide a clear and unambiguous quantification of patterns and pattern
efficiencies
• Use pattern metrics to improve field performance by computing ‘next month
target rates‘
• Clear explanation and demonstration of how to promote efficient use of
injected fluids and reduce fluid cycling
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• What constitutes a pattern in a mature flood
• How to quantify pattern metrics and how to use them for improving flood
performance
• Streamline-based flow modelling
• Calculating ‘next month target rates‘
TOPICS
• Traditional fixed pattern analysis
• Streamline and flow modelling
• Dynamic patterns
• Estimating pattern efficiencies
• Improving flood performance by changing injection and production rates
• How to build a streamline surveillance model
• Estimating Remaining Oil In Place using material balance on dynamic patterns

CUSTOMER FEEDBACK CUSTOMER FEEDBACK

‘The instructor has tackled successfully all concerns, combining theory with ‘Good pace and open discussion, I also liked the applications of topics
practice.’ discussed in Res.Eng. Practices.’
 Reservoir Engineer at Groupement Berkine  Reservoir Engineer at Fugro-Jason
The structure was very comprehensive and the material very clear. The ‘I liked the practical aspect of the streamline to better optimize our reservoir
quality of the instructor is very important and in this case he was excellent.’ and improve the injection efficiency.’
 Reservoir Engineer at ADCO  Reservoir Engineer at ADCO
After this course I am going to use the simulator with more caution, but
definitely with more confidence as well!’
 Reservoir Engineer at Qatar Petroleum
Objective criticism of the commercial simulators - makes us more aware of
the limits.’
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Reservoir Engineering
Carbonate Reservoir Characterisation
and Modelling
RES62
RES62 5 days Skill / Advanced
RES62
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
Sebastian Geiger & Patrick Corbett
This interdisciplinary course integrates modern reservoir modelling and reservoir
engineering concepts to address and overcome the key challenges encountered
when creating meaningful static and dynamic reservoir models of (fractured)
carbonate reservoirs.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A geomodeller, reservoir engineer or petrophysicist working on (fractured)
carbonate reservoirs, wishing to build a strong foundation in characterising and
modelling these complex reservoirs.
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• By using case studies, you will review the challenges and best practices when
characterising and modelling (fractured) carbonate reservoirs
• Discussions of the integration of core and log data for creating robust reservoir
rock-typing approaches for carbonates
• It will be explained how fractures can be detected and incorporated in static
and dynamic reservoir models
• Modern reservoir modelling approaches for carbonate reservoirs will be
introduced, that allow us to capture their multi-porosity nature (not specific to
certain software packages)
• You will explore the advantages and challenges when using digital rock-
physics approaches for carbonate reservoirs (incl. simulation exercises)
• You will understand how uncertainties in carbonate reservoir modelling can be
quantified using static and dynamic data, and how these data can be used for
model calibration
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• Integrating core and log data for reservoir rock-typing in carbonates
• Detecting, characterising and modelling fractures in carbonates
• State-of-the-art carbonate reservoir modelling approaches and best practices
• The benefits of digital rock-physics workflows for carbonates
• Quantifying uncertainties in carbonate reservoir modelling
TOPICS
• Petrophysics for carbonate reservoirs
• Reservoir rock-typing for carbonates
• Detecting, characterising and modelling fractures
• Multi-scale and multi-porosity reservoir modelling and upscaling
• An introduction to digital rock-physics for carbonates
• Model ranking and clustering using static and dynamic data
• Uncertainty quantification for carbonate reservoir modelling
Computer access required for exercises.
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Naturally Fractured Reservoir
Modelling and Simulation
RES61
RES61 5 days Advanced / Specialised
RES61
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public
Sebastian Geiger
This course addresses the key concepts and challenges encountered when
modelling simulating naturally fractured reservoirs and will provide practical
guidelines for creating meaningful reservoir simulation models.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• An experienced reservoir engineer working on naturally fractured reservoirs,
wishing to refine your expertise in modelling and simulating these complex
reservoirs
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• By using case studies, you will review the challenges encountered when
producing hydrocarbons from naturally fractured reservoirs
• Modern reservoir modelling approaches for naturally fractured reservoirs will
be discussed (not specific to certain software packages)
• You will learn how to quantify the fundamental processes that drive fluid flow in
naturally fractured formations (incl. simple exercises)
• You will explore the concepts available in modern reservoir simulation
packages and discuss their advantages and disadvantages when simulating
primary, secondary and tertiary recovery processes from naturally fractured
reservoirs
• You will understand why and how advanced history-matching workflows can
help to provide better production forecasts for naturally fractured reservoirs
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• State-of-the-art naturally fractured reservoir modelling
• Creating and upscaling fracture network models
• The physics of multiphase flow in naturally fractured formations
• Running dual-porosity and dual-permeability models
• Using assisted history matching techniques to forecast future production
TOPICS
• Introduction to naturally fractured reservoirs and their performance
• Fracture network modelling and upscaling
• Principles of fluid flow in fractured formations
• Reservoir simulation using dual-porosity and dual-permeability models
• EOR for naturally fractured reservoirs
• Assisted history matching for naturally fractured reservoirs
Computer access required for exercises.
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Modern History Matching
RES63
RES63 4 days Skill
RES63
SenEx
✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Leonhard Ganzer
This course addresses the broad topic of history matching in reservoir simulation,
which entails the calibration of numerical flow simulation models to measured field
data. It presents modern history matching approaches, focusing on the latest SENSITIVITY EXPLORER
developments in the field, with special emphasis given to modifying geological THE FUTURE OF HISTORY MATCHING
parameters while maintaining geological consistency.
The course will provide theoretical reservoir simulation and history matching
concepts, workflows and examples.
This course can also be arranged as a 5-day ‘Workshop’ with field case examples
and practical exercises. Please contact training@hoteng.com for further details.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A reservoir engineer or geoscientist interested in gaining a perspective on
modern history matching techniques, particularly related to retaining
geo-consistency as well as using a more modern data integration approach
• Familiar with reservoir simulation and geological model building, as well as
reservoir engineering concepts
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
Participants are encouraged to engage in discussions on their experience with
simulation studies. Best practices for history matching and simulation artefacts
are explained with examples useful for project work. The key role of sensitivity
analysis in identifying influential model parameters is described. Best practices
and common pitfalls in history matching are presented. Exchange among the
participants during the course is stimulated and will optimise the learning event.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• Artefacts and sensitive model parameters in reservoir simulation models
• Sources of uncertainty and how to quantify their impact on flow simulation
• Best practices in history matching
• Basic concepts behind modern assisted history matching methods
• Geologically-consistent history matching
• Common pitfalls in reservoir modelling and history matching
• Methods and concepts behind commercial software solutions
• Future trends
TOPICS
• What is a reservoir simulator; what is a reservoir model?
• Artefacts and benefits of simulation models
FAST, FLEXIBLE,
• Data uncertainty and numerical errors
• What is history matching?
FORWARD-THINKING
• Parameter sensitivities and model validation
• History matching under data uncertainty
• Future directions and challenges
• History Matching via hands-on computer exercises (Workshop only)
This novel software speeds up your history
matching exercise significantly and improves
the quality of your history match.
Using SenEx is extremely easy and can fit into most
history matching workflows. After each simulation
run, SenEx generates new property arrays to be
used in the next run leading to a significant
improvement in every simulation run. This loop is
repeated until a satisfactory match is finally reached.
This approach saves time and money and
considerably cuts the amount of human resources
required. Compared to other tools that require
hundreds of simulation runs, SenEx usually
achieves a high quality match after 10 to 20
iterations.
Computer access required for exercises.
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Reservoir Engineering Reservoir Engineering

Gas Engineering -
PRE29 Advanced Gas Condensate Reservoir Modelling and Managing Uncertainty
Reservoir and Production Management in the Subsurface Enhanced Oil Recovery Fundamentals
PRE29 RES05 RES38 RES03
PRE29 4 days Foundation / Skill RES05 5 days Advanced / Specialised RES38 3 days Skill RES03 5 days Foundation
PRE29 RES05 RES38 RES03
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏  Public on demand ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Milan Stanko Curtis H. Whitson Jef Caers Leonhard Ganzer

This course addresses the key subjects concerning the performance of gas
production systems from reservoir to surface transport aspects: reservoir
depletion, near-well inflow, wellbore flow, surface gathering systems and field
performance. It teaches the fundamentals, relevant technologies as well as
engineering methods and explores computational tools for analysis. Moreover,
the course addresses the behaviour of each individual component as well as the
integrated production system.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A petroleum, reservoir or production engineer involved in gas production and
keen to refine or refresh your expertise in gas production systems
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Discussion of fundamental concepts using relevant examples
• Hands-on practice of selected concepts through class exercises
• Tablet teaching, complete electronic course compendium including PDF of
lectured material and videos of all lectures and worked examples
• Custom adjustments to the topics’ depth depending on the background and
interests of the participants
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• Production engineering aspects of gas reservoirs
• Natural gas PVT behaviour, material balance methods, gas flow in reservoir,
well and flowlines
• Gas well performance
• Gas field performance
TOPICS
• Value chain of the oil and gas industry
• Gas PVT, composition, EoS, thermodynamics
• Well deliverability using back-pressure analysis
• Gas flow in production systems, flow equilibrium
• Gas material balance including water influx
• Introduction to rate decline analysis
• Gas well testing
• Field production performance and forecasting; the role of reservoir simulation
• Engineering issues in developing a gas field
This course addresses the key subjects concerning the performance of gas
condensate systems from reserve evaluation to production optimisation planning.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• An experienced reservoir engineer dealing with the behaviour of condensate
systems and wish to refine your expertise in phase behaviour and multi-phase
fluid flow
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Demonstrations of which gas condensate PVT data are important, and how to
use these data
• Using a PVT lab report to develop an EOS or black-oil model for gas
condensate modelling
• Quantifying the importance of condensate production and how it can be best
forecast
• Fluid characterisation with an EOS using a commercial PC-based program will
be performed
• Compositional reservoir simulation exercises are also used to demonstrate key
issues for well deliverability and gas cycling
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel more confident in your understanding of:
• ‘What’s important and why’ about gas condensate PVT behaviour
• PVT lab reports and how to use them
• The quantitative importance of condensate blockage on well deliverability
• When gas cycling is opportune, and when not
TOPICS
• Introduction and general review of gas condensate reservoir performance
• Sampling methods and laboratory PVT measurements
• Equation-of-state (EOS) fluid characterisation
• Material balance methods including two-phase Z-factor, water influx, trapped
gas / condensate and the effect of formation water compressibility
• Long-term well inflow performance, condensate blockage skin and well test
interpretation
• Tubing lift performance, minimum lift and erosional velocity
• Special core analysis and relative permeabilities
• Gas cycling considerations, injection patterns, revaporisation and miscibility
• Layered, no-crossflow reservoir and well performance
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘Dr. Whitson is an excellent lecturer in addition to being a world-renowned
expert.’
 Sr. Reservoir Engineer at ENI
’It was very efficient and useful, in terms of both understanding each
theoretical background of stuff and practical way.’
 Reservoir Engineer at IDEMITSU E&P
Uncertainty quantification is a synthesis course that brings together various
disciplines such as geology, geophysics, reservoir engineering, data science and
decision analysis. Uncertainty quantification is not seen as some posterior
analysis, or skill, but as key to successful decision making in real field situations.
Participants will learn how a proper management of uncertainty reduces costs
and unwanted surprises.
In this short course we cover a modern approach to managing and modelling
uncertainty in subsurface formations within a decision making framework. We
outline an uncertainty quantification workflow that focuses on several elements:
• Decision-driven sensitivity analysis to determine key reservoir variables
• Geological scenario development to avoid reducing uncertainty artificially and
during history matching
• Use of seismic and production data for model rejection
• Issues of computational challenges through model validation and screening
For in-house presentations this course can also be arranged as 5-day ‘Workshop’
with practical exercises.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A reservoir geologist, geophysicist or engineer who is involved in a multi-
disciplinary asset team building uncertainty models for reservoir appraisal and
production planning
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• The course uses practical field studies to guide you through the modelling
workflow from geological interpretation to history matching and forecasting
• In addition to the course manual you will also receive the textbook ‘Modeling
Uncertainty in the Earth Sciences‘ by Jef Caers
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course, you will feel confident in your understanding and use of
practical workflows for modelling uncertainty and the integration of geological,
geophysical and production data for forecasting and decision making.
TOPICS
• What is uncertainty?
• Managing uncertainty in the oil & gas industry
• Decision making under uncertainty
• Representing uncertainty in metric space
• Decision-focused sensitivity analysis for reservoir models
• Validating uncertainty models with reservoir log, seismic and production data
• Model selection and model complexity: addressing the computational
challenge
• Uncertainty quantification with seismic and production data
• Calculating value of information
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘The topic is difficult, but Jef was phantastic in bringing things down to the
simplest examples.’
 Sr. Reservoir Engineer at OMV
’It opens a new area in the industry and changes your view on it.’
 Reservoir Engineer at MND
’The topic is widely useable, not only to surface modelling. Jef very
intelligently brings all facets together. Important for the RE & Modelling
crowd to follow this approach. I believe we need a Part II of this course.’
 Production Engineer at OMV
This course focuses on fundamentals of miscible, chemical and thermal oil
recovery methods.
Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) projects are usually handled by multidisciplinary
teams. This course targets technical staff not involved in detailed engineering
design and non-technical staff involved in the legal, financial and decision-making
aspects of EOR projects.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• Interested in EOR methods or involved in EOR projects
• A petroleum engineer, field operations employee, laboratory researcher,
geoscientist or government employee
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
The theoretical and practical aspects of the various EOR processes are discussed
along with examples and case histories. You will be encouraged to engage in
discussions based on your experience.
Videos and examples will strengthen your understanding of the displacement
processes.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• The concepts and ideas of displacement efficiency
• The fundamentals of various EOR methods
• EOR screening and pilot testing
• Field case histories of various EOR projects around the globe
TOPICS
• Introduction to EOR methods
• Reservoir engineering principles
• Displacement efficiency
• Chemical EOR methods
• Gas injection processes
• Thermal EOR
• Other EOR methods
• EOR screening criteria and EOR process deployment
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘I love the high level of knowledge the instructor has, and his ability to
answer all questions. One of the best courses I have attended.’
 Reservoir Engineer at PDO
’The instructor delivers the information in a good way. He is a pedagogue
and very, very knowledgeable.’
 Reservoir Technician at Sonatrach
’It introduces all EOR technologies, even the recent ones, the material was
well organised & useful.’
 Engineer at PDO
’Very applicable to current projects in my company.’
 Sr. Reservoir Engineer at ADCO

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Reservoir Engineering Reservoir Engineering

Enhanced Oil Recovery: Waterflooding: Performance

Fundamentals and Applications Predictions and Surveillance PRO15 EOR Polymer Flooding - Lessons learnt from Field Applications
RES31 RES28 PRO15
RES31 5 days Skill RES28 5 days Skill PRO15 5 days Advanced
RES31 RES28 PRO15
 Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Todd Hoffman Michael L. Wiggins Wolfram Kleinitz

This course builds an understanding of why EOR is important and discusses the Waterflooding is one of the most commonly implemented improved oil recovery Polymer flooding has been recognised as an effective Enhanced Oil Recovery TOPICS
various EOR mechanisms in detail. techniques in the world. In this course the participants are presented the (EOR) method for many years. This course is focused on the realisation of a • EOR Status
fundamental concepts of oil displacement by water and provided techniques for polymer field project and will discuss different failures and successful field projects • Appraisal of polymer field projects
estimating recovery, evaluating behaviour and monitoring performance of worldwide in detail. Introduction to petrophysics
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... waterflood projects. The course covers a review of the basic principles of polymer flooding, description
•
• A current international project status
• A petroleum engineer who needs knowledge of fundamental and practical This 5-day course covers the reservoir engineering aspects of waterflooding in of water soluble polymers, screening procedures and other lab tests for product • Living conditions of sulphate reducing bacteria (SRB)
aspects of enhanced oil recovery clastic and carbonate reservoirs. The seminar combines geology, rock and fluid quality, retention/adsorption control and polymer selection. Other features include • Rules of biocides in polymer projects
properties, and immiscible displacement theory to develop waterflooding microbial and oxygen impact on field applications as well as mixing with produced • Impact of microorganism on polymer degradation
To get the most out of the class you should have a prior understanding of basic prediction techniques and to aid in the evaluation of actual waterflood performance water, injection control and surveillance guidelines for the whole project. Several • Well interference tests in the selected polymer area & rules of tracer
reservoir engineering principles. behaviour. Detailed predictions of oil and water producing rates, water injection international field projects including their current status will also be highlighted. application
rates and recovery efficiency are presented. Selection of waterflood patterns
(regular, irregular, peripheral), prediction of sweep efficiency (areal, vertical and
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE displacement), and an analysis of other variables which control recovery efficiency DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... • Polymer stability and retention vs. adsorption
• Selection of make-up water for polymer injection
• We will employ various screening criteria to determine which EOR process is are included. Also discussed are waterflood surveillance techniques such as • An engineer, project manager, chemist or field operational staff currently or • Impact of oxygen on polymer fluid stability
right for your reservoir production testing, production plots (rate-time, rate-cum, WOR-cum, etc.), VRR potentially involved in EOR • Screening and application of oxygen scavenger
• We will define important parameters for all techniques and estimate recoveries analysis, volumetric sweep (reservoir conformance) determination, injection • A professional seeking an overview of sustainable application of polymers in EOR
• Polymer dissolution procedure and rheological analyses of the prepared fluid
for the different EOR techniques using simplified analytical methods profile testing, pressure transient testing, step-rate testing, Hall plots (pros and • Screening criteria of polymer solutions including guidelines for quality testing
• Field examples are used throughout the course to enhance understanding of cons), pattern balancing, bubble maps, and injection efficiency determination.
the course material These surveillance techniques provide the engineer with data required for the
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE • Polymer solution control by standard sand pack tests
• How to calculate the shear rate and apparent viscosity in porous media
efficient management of both new and mature waterfloods. The course content The course focuses on cases studies of different polymer projects using water-
• Field application of PHPAA and xanthan projects
and example problems have been selected to teach and illustrate important soluble products. A workflow regarding the polymer screening procedure is part of
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING the discussed lab phase and engineering flowcharts bridge the gap to technical
• Polymer powder vs. broth or emulsion in project application technique
concepts. • Injection well surveillance and injection fluid specifications
By the end of the course, you will feel confident in your understanding of when application.
and where it is appropriate to use EOR techniques from each of the three main • Start-up activites for polymer injection projects
processes thermal, miscible, and chemical. DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
These techniques include CO2 and hydrocarbon miscible gas injections practices, THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • Discussion of flow charts of different polymer field installations
• An engineer or geologist at just about any experience level, from no waterflood • Polymer pumping and metering systems
chemical technologies of polymer, surfactant and alkali-surfactant floods, and experience to several years of waterflood experience By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
thermal methods of steam injection and in situ combustion, along with other • The status of EOR application worldwide • Application of valve-less pumps
commercial and near-commercial technologies. • The appraisal of different polymer field projects • Focus on the importance of polymer mixing
The course is presented in a manner so that both beginners and experienced • Types and selection of effective static fluid mixer
personnel will find the material very useful. The course content and example • Types of water soluble polymers for EOR
For each technique, participants will learn how to: • Lab screening methods for water soluble polymers • Chemical dosage systems and pH reduction for injection water
problems have been selected to teach and illustrate important concepts. • Polymer solution detanglement by different shearing methods
• Calculate injection requirements for a reservoir • Polymer retention: Lab vs. field
• Estimate the reservoir response and recovery • Selecting the mixing water (sea water, bank filtrate, source & produced water) • Polymer sampling procedures for onsite handling
• Design wells, surface installations and monitoring systems HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE • Powder product vs. emulsion / broth
• Biocides and their screening for EOR projects • Definition of water quality ratio (WQR) for injection
Theoretical concepts are clearly explained and examples used to demonstrate oil
• Technical approach of onsite polymer handling, mixing and injection • Importance of the injection well completion of polymer application
TOPICS displacement by water. The concepts are presented individually; so you will have
• Importance of water quality for polymer injection • Stimulation procedure for polymer injection wells
a complete understanding of displacement principles and how they affect oil
• Fundamental processes • Miscible / gas injection processes • Monitoring systems during the flood • How to calculate the shear rate and pressure distribution during injection
recovery when designing or analysing a waterflood project.
- EOR: What, why and how? - Minimum miscibility determination • The effects of polymer breakthrough on the fluid treatment system • Importance of heating the polymer injection solution
- Screening criteria - First contact miscible vs • Monitoring and surveillance program in field projects
- Viscous, capillary and gravity multi-contact miscible THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
forces - Optimising WAG ratios By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: • Focus on production wells during polymer flooding
- Pore scale trapping / - Hydrocarbon: LPG, enriched gas • How water displaces oil in porous media • Onsite methods to control polymer breakthrough
displacement and lean gas • How to estimate water floodable oil • Impact of produced polymers on the treatment process
- Mobilisation of trapped oil - VAPEX / Heavy Oils • How to estimate oil recovery by waterflooding • Surface activity of broth application compared to powder
- Phase mobility - CO2 properties and required • How to monitor, analyse and optimise current waterflood projects • Application of a particle charge detector for controlling polymer breakthrough
- Geologic factors in EOR volumes
- Areal and vertical sweep - Estimating recovery
efficiencies - Well and facility requirements TOPICS
- Displacement efficiencies - Corrosion protection • Factors controlling waterflood recovery
- Fractional flow theory and linear • Review of rock properties and fluid flow CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
displacement • Chemical floods • Determination of oil in place ‘The instructor has a lot of experience and he shared his knowledge with the
- Buckley Leverett and Welge - Common chemicals and • Mechanism of immiscible fluid displacement (displacement sweep) group.’
solutions properties • Flood patterns (regular and irregular) and impact on areal sweep efficiency  Researcher at PDVSA
- Thermal stability • Injection rates and pressures
• Thermal recovery - Adsorption / chemical loss • Reservoir heterogeneity ‘Very good overview over different field trial examples and their hurdles.’
- Introduction to thermal EOR - Slug size requirement • Waterflood performance prediction  Engineer at Wintershall
- Heat transfer in reservoirs - Polymer / water viscosity • Waterflood surveillance
- Steam generation and properties - Surfactant / reducing IFT
- Heat losses in flow lines and in - Alkali and ASP floods
wellbores - Microbial
- Reservoir heating / Marx and
Langenheim
- Stream drive / Myhill and
Stegemeier
- Cyclic steam / Boberg and Lantz /
Contigo and Aziz
- SAGD / Bulter
- In situ combustion / Nelson and
McNiel

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INTERPRETATION SERVICES
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Reservoir Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
PRE30
EOR: Miscible Gas Injection EOR: Heavy Oil Steam Injection in Offshore Field Development
RES47 RES58 PRE30
RES47 5 days Skill RES58 5 days Skill / Advanced PRE30 3 days Foundation / Skill
RES47 RES58 PRE30
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❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏  Public on demand ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
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Edmond Shtepani Edmond Shtepani Milan Stanko
This course will develop your understanding of the fundamentals of miscible gas This course will develop your understanding of the fundamentals of heavy oils, This course addresses key technical topics in petroleum engineering concerning
injection enhanced oil recovery, the applications of scientific principles to reservoir thermal enhanced oil recovery methods and the mechanisms of steam injection in the development of offshore oil and gas fields. It provides an overview of the field
fluid phase behaviour and multiphase fluid flow in porous media. It provides you heavy oil recovery processes. It provides you with mathematical tools to help in planning and development process, focusing and expanding on the production
with mathematical tools to help in the design and selection of gas injection EOR the design and selection of steam injection EOR projects. performance of the integrated production system (reservoir, wellbore, surface
projects. network). The course teaches the common field architectures and production
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... system layouts, their functionality, technology involved as well as engineering
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... design methods and considerations for offshore oil and gas fields.
• A reservoir engineer working in heavy oil thermal EOR projects
• A reservoir engineer working in EOR projects
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
This course builds a firm knowledge foundation by combining theory lectures with • A petroleum, reservoir or production engineer and keen to refine your expertise
This course builds a firm knowledge foundation by combining theory lectures with in the development process of offshore oil and gas fields
practical examples.
practical examples and case studies. • Involved in planning field life extension or decommissioning
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident to: By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Understand the thermodynamics of miscible gas injection in EOR
• Determine and apply principles of phase and volumetric behaviour of reservoir
• Thermodynamics of heavy oils
• Mechanisms of steam injection
•
•
Discussion of fundamental concepts using relevant examples
Hands-on practice of selected concepts through class exercises
• How to determine and apply the analytical and semi-analytical models for • Tablet teaching, complete electronic course compendium including PDF of
fluids
• Understand reservoir fluid trapping and mobilisation mechanisms evaluation of recovery efficiency lectured material and videos of all lectures and worked examples
• How to differentiate hot-water drives, steam drives, cyclic steam injection, and • Custom adjustments to the topics’ depth depending on the background and
• Design a laboratory protocol for a successful gas injection project
• Validate laboratory data using numerical reservoir simulators
SAGD interests of the participants
• Designing a laboratory protocol for a successful steam injection project
• Apply data to evaluate the miscible gas injection EOR processes
• How to validate and use laboratory data in thermal reservoir simulators
• The screening and planning of the appropriate thermal EOR method THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
TOPICS
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• Reservoir rock • The field planning and development process
- Core analysis
TOPICS
• The layout and components of offshore production systems
- Dynamic porosity Heavy oils
• Well and field performance
- Representative elementary volume • Structural composition
• Critical issues in the development of offshore fields
• Reservoir fluids • Advanced characterisation of heavy fractions
- Classification of reservoir fluids • Rheological properties
- Fluid phase behaviour and properties • Foaminess of heavy oils TOPICS
• Advanced PVT studies • Emulsions • Life cycle of a hydrocarbon field
- RBA • Advanced PVT experiments • The field development workflow
- Swelling test (P-x diagram) • EOS modelling and characterisation • Offshore field architectures and layout of production systems
- Slimtube test • Offshore structures for oil and gas production
Heavy oil reservoirs
- Multiple-contact experiment • Reservoir depletion, well and field performance
Reservoir characterisation
•
• EOS modelling and characterisation • Production scheduling calculations
High porosity and permeability
•
- Fluid phase behaviour calculations • Flow assurance considerations
Unconsolidated sands
•
- Fluid characterisation
Relative permeability
•
- Application in compositional simulation
• Multi-phase fluid distribution in the reservoir Introduction to heavy oil recovery methods
- Interfacial tension • Non-thermal recovery methods
- Capillary pressure - Cold heavy oil production with sands (CHOPS)
- Wettability - Primary recovery by solution gas drive
- Phase trapping and mobilisation - Foamy oil mechanism
• Multi-phase flow in porous medium • Thermal recovery methods
- Relative permeability - Hot water injection
- Methods of relative permeability determination - Steam injection
- Calculation of relative permeability - In situ combustion
- Factors influencing relative permeability • Other processes
• Flow equations - Polymer injection
• Miscible displacement processes - CO2 injection
- Thermodynamics of miscible gas injection - VAPEX
- First contact miscibility displacement - THAI process
- Multiple-contact miscibility displacement
- Factors affecting microscopic and macroscopic displacement efficiencies
• Screening and the criteria of thermal EOR
- Screening and criteria of EOR by miscible gas injection Steam injection based oil recovery processes
Steam
• Miscible gas injection EOR experimental design and modelling •
- Specialised relative permeability experiment Steam zone growth
•
- EOR displacement experiments Steam flood design
•
- Calculation of longitudinal dispersion coefficient
• PVT and Flow Data for reservoir simulation
Advanced core flood experiments
•
Recovery mechanisms
•
Cyclic steam stimulation (CSS)
The Boberg and Lantz method
•
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK The Towson and Boberg model
•
‘Excellent explanation of Miscible Gas Injection Fundamentals.’
 Reservoir Engineer at Qatar Petroleum Steam assisted gravity drainage
The Neuman model
•
The Vogel model
•
Computer access required for exercises. Computer access required for exercises. Computer access required for exercises.
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Reservoir Engineering

Effective Technical Writing for

SSK24

Exploration and Production Staff - Integrated Reservoir Studies:

PBM07
Production Engineering
A Structured System The Project Management Approach
SSK24 PBM07 Introduction to Production Operations (PRO01) Gas Lift Systems Design, Operation
SSK24 3 days Skill PBM07 4 days Skill and Optimisation (PRE31)
Production Chemistry for Non-Production Chemists (PRO07)
SSK24 PBM07
 Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ Gas Engineering - Reservoir and Production (PRE29) Production Technology for Unconventional Reservoirs (PRE32)
John H. Martin John H. Martin
Petroleum Engineering Multiphase Flow Metering (PRO10)
This unique workshop provides guidelines for the efficient reporting of petroleum Companies rely on integration of technical disciplines in carrying out successful in Offshore Field Development (PRE30) Flow Assurance Technologies (PRE07)
engineering, geological and geophysical studies. It will help you to produce concise reservoir studies. This creates challenges in ensuring that team members
and readable management briefings, well or study proposals and reports, tender understand their role and the role of others in the overall project and in ensuring
Production Engineering (PRE12) Sand Management and Disposal Program (PRO12)
documents, field development plans, operating manuals, procedures and legal control over the project. This practical workshop gives insights into how tried and Perforation Design and Applications (PRO13) Well Completion Design for
agreements. Most ’communication skills‘ courses are presented by individuals from tested project management techniques can be applied to integrated reservoir
outside the oil industry. This one is different. It gives practical instruction rather than studies to maximise their benefits. Well Integrity Technologies (PRE17) Reservoirs with Sanding Problems (PRO11)
theory, and is based on the presenter‘s extensive experience of reporting and Corrosion Engineering Awareness
compiling integrated field development studies in an international oil company and DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... Well Stimulation Technologies (PRE15)
consultancy environment, as well as board papers, expert determinations, unitisation
in Oil & Gas Operations (PRO14)
• Working as part of an integrated study team involved with any aspect of X-mas Trees and Well Heads:
and redetermination procedures and submissions, contracts and court papers. petroleum reservoirs and involved in: Production Assurance - Troubleshooting and Guidelines
- Evaluation of discoveries Operation and Testing (PRE26)
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... in Oil & Gas Operations (PRO04)
- Development of new fields Artificial Lift Systems Design, Diagnosis,
• An E&P specialist or manager at any level in the oil & gas, consultancy / - Re-evaluation of mature fields Integrated Produced Water
service or R&D sector Operations and Optimisation (PRE03)
• An experienced team leader or supervisor who needs to coordinate or review It will be particularly appropriate if you serve as a project manager or project Re-Injection Management (PRO09)
the reporting of multidisciplinary integrated studies engineer within a study team but have had little previous exposure to formal ESP Systems Design, Operation
project planning methods. and Troubleshooting (PRE28) EOR Polymer Flooding -
This is not a basic English course so you should have a reasonable command of The workshop is also ideal for in-house presentation to company teams, where it Lessons learnt from Field Applications (PRO15)
the language. Even native speakers are surprised at how many new ideas and might also serve as a team-building kick-off event for a new or current project,
practical suggestions this course contains. If relatively new to the industry, you will directly applying the techniques discussed.
learn that ’commercial‘ technical writing requires a non-traditional approach.
This course is designed specifically for the E&P professional, focusing on E&P HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
documents and examples. Over four hundred individuals have attended previous
versions of this practical course, presented as public and as ’in-house‘ workshops.
All the methods discussed in this workshop are straightforward, practical and COURSE PROGRESSION MATRIX
applicable on a day-to-day basis.
The workshop is ideal as an ’in-house‘ presentation for company teams, where Exercises are included in planning and scheduling and their application to
participants may find it easier to work on internal documents. integrated reservoir studies. Several of these will be team projects using Artificial Lift Well Completions & Production Operations Surface Facilities
techniques discussed in class to plan ‘real’ reservoir studies relevant to you.
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
Computer-based planning packages will also be briefly demonstrated. A recently EOR Polymer Flooding - Lessons learnt from
You will develop a ’toolkit‘ to help with your writing tasks, to communicate updated comprehensive manual in book style is provided, both in hard copy and Field Applications
interpretations, results and recommendations more effectively. During practical digital form, for future reference.
sessions you will have the opportunity to apply the techniques demonstrated to Well Completion
your own material. You will very quickly see how to make improvements. THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING Production Assurance -

ADVANCED
Design for
Troubleshooting and Guidelines
One-to-one tutorials at the end of the course will allow detailed discussion of your By the end of the workshop you will feel confident in your understanding of: Reservoirs with
in Oil & Gas Operations
own work. Sanding Problems
• All the aspects of project planning, scheduling, budgeting, control and
Together with a slidepack, a recently updated comprehensive manual in book troubleshooting that you need to organise and carry out a successful
style is provided, both in hard copy and digital form, for future reference. Integrated Produced Water Re-Injection
integrated reservoir study Management
• Which ‘textbook’ and general project management approaches can be adopted
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
- and which require modification for use in reservoir studies
By the end of the workshop you will feel confident in:
Corrosion Engineering Awareness in Oil & Gas Operations
• Applying all the practical techniques required to communicate technical work TOPICS
effectively in writing • Definition of a project: objectives, - Geological studies
• Your awareness of several common misconceptions relating to use of the scope and constraints - ‘Classical’ reservoir engineering
English language in the commercial E&P environment - Planning approaches Sand Management and Disposal Program
• Applying the many simple (but effective) suggestions contained in the - Use of network diagrams for - When to use more sophisticated
workshop improved logic and to identify models X-mas Trees &
• Technical writing - you should even find that you start to enjoy it relationships • Facilitating integration Wellheads: Flow Assurance Technologies
• Putting activities in a time frame; - Effective data display and Operation and
TOPICS scheduling communication
Testing

• Why write reports?
- Four basic types - make sure you
use the appropriate one
• How to write
- Report compilation using a
’news-based‘ approach
• Analysing objectives and developing
’messages‘
- How to develop a meaningful
topic outline
- Using verbal presentations to help
structure a report
• Tips to improve writing skills
- Brevity and simple approaches
- Handling numerical data and
• How to compile manuals and
minutes
- Making it easy!
• Practical aspects of report
preparation
- Type styles, layout and
arrangement
- Making your reports a pleasure to
read
• Managing the reporting process
- How to reduce editing time
- Coordinating multiple authors for
multi-disciplinary reporting
• Digital documentation
- Special techniques for on-screen
SKILL
Gas Lift Systems ESP Systems
- Estimating work content and - Company structure and personnel Design, Operation Design, Operation &
Well Integrity Well Stimulation Oil Processing Gas Processing
durations roles in project-based work and Optimisation Troubleshooting
Technologies Technologies Fundamentals Technologies
- Identifying critical path activities - The problems of out-sourcing
• Monitoring progress and controlling - Integrating consultants and
the project contractors Artificial Lift Systems Design, Diagnosis, Perforation Design
Operations and Optimisation and Applications Multiphase Flow Metering
- Plotting the course of the project - Solutions to challenges caused by
- Identifying the effects of slippages remote working
- Evaluating alternatives for - How to avoid pitfalls in computer
Production Engineering
recovery modelling
• The importance of integration in • Applying PM techniques to reservoir
reservoir studies studies
- How to use project management - Differences between reservoir Petroleum Engineering in Offshore Field Development
techniques to ensure integration studies and traditional projects
- What needs to be integrated - Tailoring the techniques; how
- Benefits of the planned approach current PM methods can be applied Gas Engineering - Reservoir and Production
FOUNDATION

specialist terminology
- Writing effective summaries
• Optimal use of charts, figures, tables
and enclosures
- How to select and design
illustrations
- The science behind colour design
display rather than hard copy - Examples of network diagrams for - Using ‘Stage Gate‘ approaches
- Use of advanced word processing reservoir study activities - How to assure quality
and document design features for Production Technology for Production Chemistry for
• Strategies for integrated reservoir - Troubleshooting common project Introduction to Surface Facilities
Unconventional Reservoirs Non-Production Chemists
digital distribution studies problems
- Effective use of emails - Identifying objectives
- Formal techniques Introduction to Refining Technologies
for evaluating data and Refinery Conception

Computer access required for exercises. Computer access required for exercises.
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Production Engineering Production Engineering

Production Chemistry Gas Engineering - Petroleum Engineering

PRO01Introduction to Production Operations for Non-Production Chemists Reservoir and Production in Offshore Field Development
PRO01 PRO07 PRE29 PRE30
PRO01 5 days Foundation PRO07 4 days Foundation / Skill PRE29 4 days Foundation / Skill PRE30 3 days Foundation / Skill
PRO01 PRO07 PRE29 PRE30
 Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Gioia Falcone Wolfram Kleinitz Milan Stanko Milan Stanko

At the outset, the basic oil production system is introduced, from reservoir to point
of sale, providing a clear understanding of how the different elements of the
production process interact with each other. Modelling a natural flowing oil well is
then described, leading on to possible operations to enhance its performance and
to choosing the appropriate artificial lift system. Surface and downhole
technologies for monitoring production system behavior are explained along with
how their measurements are used to highlight underperforming wells and identify
flow assurance issues. Finally, the course shows how production process
diagnostics permit troubleshooting of problem wells and help design appropriate
well intervention and work-over operations.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A petroleum engineer, process engineer, development geologist, oilfield
production manager or field engineer with a limited background in production
engineering
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
The key components of the oil field production process are introduced, then you
are taken along the flow path, from source to export, of a simple, naturally flowing
system. The sequence is revisited, but this time, operations to improve oil well
productivity are described, along with ‘how to’ examples of tackling problem wells
identified from performance diagnostics. The necessary inputs to aid design of
well intervention programmes work-over operations are listed and explained.
The course includes hands-on exercises, break-out sessions to discuss typical
production operations challenges, short videos, and demos of oilfield production
system modelling software.
Attendees are encouraged to bring their own case studies for discussion in class.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• The production processes involved in an oil field development and how they
relate to one another, from the reservoir to the point of sale
• The methods available to monitor, identify and characterise problem well
performance and flow assurance issues
• The data required to select the most appropriate artificial lift system
• The use of diagnostics to design well intervention programs and work-over
operations to improve problem well performance
TOPICS
• Introduction to petroleum production systems
• Reservoir inflow characterisation
• Skin
• Well completions
• Perforating
• Flow in wellbores and pipelines / flow lines / risers
• Surface facilities
• Flow measurement
• System analysis: Linking the reservoir, the near-wellbore, the wellbore
and the surface facilities
• Flow assurance issues
- Hydrates
- Scales
- Waxes
- Asphaltenes
- Corrosion
- Erosion
- Slugging
• Artificial lift working principles and technology selection
• In-well production diagnosis
- Production logging
- Downhole cameras
- Downhole flow monitoring
• Well trouble shooting: short-, medium- and long-term operations
- Water and gas shut-offs
- Re-perforation
- Stimulation (hydraulic fracturing and acidising)
- Re-completion
- Debottlenecking of topsides facilities
- Handling transient flow situations in the system
- Offshore vs. onshore scenarios
The objective of production chemistry is to support and enhance oil and gas
production. However it is well known that the impact of chemicals on the production
and treatment process can be very complex.
This course provides an introductory overview of chemical aspects for the daily
production process. It deals with the basics of oil and gas production including
organic and inorganic chemistry and the impact of surface tension and salinity on
production aspects. Special emphasis is placed on compatibility of production
chemicals, troubleshooting, interpretation of gas, oil and water analysis and
product application / dosage under daily operational aspects.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• An engineer or operational technician with little or no chemical background
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
You will work on practical problems to ensure a better awareness of production
chemistry-related issues like interpretation of water / gas / oil composition
supported by video clips. You will elucidate the production histroy based on field
examples and on practical experience.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• How to separate gas, condensate, oil and water in modern treatment units
• The main weaknesses in treatment units
• The basics of inorganic and organic chemistry
• How to elucidate stimulation and treatment problems
• The basics of production chemicals application (hydrates, demulsifier, scales)
• How to calculate the exact dosage concentration
• Quality control of production chemicals in a long term
• Guidelines for troubleshooting in treatment units
• Application and evaluation of performance tests onsite
TOPICS
• Production chemistry basics in gas and oil production
• Biomarker, gas / oil / water composition, scale, demulsifier, biocides etc.
• Introduction to types and basic composition of production chemicals
• Handling and safety aspects of dealing with chemicals
• Chemical dosage (concentration calculations, dosage point, monitoring)
• Corrosion in gas / oil systems and inhibitor screening
• Guidelines for gas, fluid, scales sampling
• Interpretation of chemical analyses (gas / condensate / water / scales)
• Field trail guidelines and monitoring systems
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘Good organisation, relevance of course material to job and dedication of
instructor - excellent presentation.’
 Engineer at NIS
This course addresses the key subjects concerning the performance of gas
production systems from reservoir to surface transport aspects: reservoir
depletion, near-well inflow, wellbore flow, surface gathering systems and field
performance. It teaches the fundamentals, relevant technologies as well as
engineering methods and explores computational tools for analysis. Moreover,
the course addresses the behaviour of each individual component as well as the
integrated production system.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A petroleum, reservoir or production engineer involved in gas production and
keen to refine or refresh your expertise in gas production systems
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Discussion of fundamental concepts using relevant examples
• Hands-on practice of selected concepts through class exercises
• Tablet teaching, complete electronic course compendium including PDF of
lectured material and videos of all lectures and worked examples
• Custom adjustments to the topics’ depth depending on the background and
interests of the participants
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• Production engineering aspects of gas reservoirs
• Natural gas PVT behaviour, material balance methods, gas flow in reservoir,
well and flowlines
• Gas well performance
• Gas field performance
TOPICS
• Value chain of the oil and gas industry
• Gas PVT, composition, EoS, thermodynamics
• Well deliverability using back-pressure analysis
• Gas flow in production systems, flow equilibrium
• Gas material balance including water influx
• Introduction to rate decline analysis
• Gas well testing
• Field production performance and forecasting; the role of reservoir simulation
• Engineering issues in developing a gas field
Computer access required for exercises.
This course addresses key technical topics in petroleum engineering concerning
the development of offshore oil and gas fields. It provides an overview of the field
planning and development process, focusing and expanding on the production
performance of the integrated production system (reservoir, wellbore, surface
network). The course teaches the common field architectures and production
system layouts, their functionality, technology involved as well as engineering
design methods and considerations for offshore oil and gas fields.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A petroleum, reservoir or production engineer and keen to refine your expertise
in the development process of offshore oil and gas fields
• Involved in planning field life extension or decommissioning
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Discussion of fundamental concepts using relevant examples
• Hands-on practice of selected concepts through class exercises
• Tablet teaching, complete electronic course compendium including PDF of
lectured material and videos of all lectures and worked examples
• Custom adjustments to the topics’ depth depending on the background and
interests of the participants
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• The field planning and development process
• The layout and components of offshore production systems
• Well and field performance
• Critical issues in the development of offshore fields
TOPICS
• Life cycle of a hydrocarbon field
• The field development workflow
• Offshore field architectures and layout of production systems
• Offshore structures for oil and gas production
• Reservoir depletion, well and field performance
• Production scheduling calculations
• Flow assurance considerations
Computer access required for exercises.

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Production Engineering Production Engineering

Production Engineering Perforation Design and Applications Well Integrity Technologies

PRE12 PRO13 PRE17
PRE12 5 days Foundation / Skill PRO13 4 days Foundation PRE17 4 days Skill
PRE12 PRO13 PRE17
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Gioia Falcone Juan Tovar Antonio Abreu

This broad-spectrum course covers fundamentals and best practices of modern A reservoir/wellbore link is the most important part of the well construction process This course covers the main aspects of Well Integrity, starting with the construction TOPICS
petroleum production engineering by providing an understanding of integrated for cased and perforated completions. Without an efficient and effective path for of the well. Keeping the well operation within the safety envelope is critical for any Introduction to Well Integrity
production systems, from reservoir to surface. the hydrocarbons and produced fluids to flow there is no chance of well production oil & gas operator (well integrity). • What is well integrity?
The course begins with a review of the basic principles of reservoir, wellbore and irrespective of the quality of the reservoir or the complexity of the tubulars in the Well integrity technologies are focusing on monitoring problematic wells, • Well integrity standards
surface network modelling, to then present solutions to couple together the well. diagnosing the causes of those problems, and implementing techniques to • Problematic wells
different elements of a production system. Emphasis will be placed on field This course has been prepared to help the attendants to understand the process mitigate and/or repair those problems in order to keep the wells operating safely • Well integrity failures
performance enhancement and maintenance operations. of designing and implementing an effective pathway that establishes and avoid release of hydrocarbons to environment. • Well barriers philosophy
The course will also teach how to optimise a production system and maximise the communication between the reservoir and the wellbore and to identify the factors • Importance of SC-SSSV and control line
recoverable reserves from a field given the physical constraints dictated by the affecting the generation of this path, its geometry and stability. It also allows the • Performance indicators
production system itself and knowing the limitations of current modelling tools. participants to select the equipment required to deliver the expected performance DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• Leak detection techniques
and evaluate such a performance for further improvements in future operations. • A petroleum or production engineer • Uneven depletion and cross-flow
While - operationally - perforating might seem as a simple and relatively fast • A drilling or completion engineer • Well management and control
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... operation, there are many aspects to consider in the design, implementation and • Oil field technical staff • Scale and asphaltene management
• A petroleum engineer, process engineer, development geologist, oilfield evaluation of perforating programs. The long term objectives must be aligned with • Corrosion management
production manager or field engineer with a limited background in production the field development and production strategies and should be: • Investigation of a real SAP case (practical example)
engineering • Maximise productivity and long term reserves recovery
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Maximise the use of well energy by making hydrocarbons production an • The course will be presented using properly designed slides, some with Monitoring Annulus Pressure and Investigating Causes
efficient and safe process animation and several videos on relevant issues Monitoring annulus pressures
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE • Minimise completion cost • Teaching methods include also calculations on related issues
•
Evolution of burst and collapse pressures
•
After introducing the key concept of integrated production systems, you will be • Several examples of SAP (Sustainable Annulus Pressures) investigation will
Three corrosion modules and MAASP evolution
•
taken through its individual components (the reservoir, the near-wellbore region, be presented Downhole material selection
•
the well and the surface facilities), according to the natural flow direction - from DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
Well schematics and basic design
•
source to point of sale. Along the flow path, the nature and the role of the • A completion engineer Importance of cement job quality
boundaries between consecutive components will be discussed.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING •
• A production technologist Cement evaluation tools
•
After reviewing a simple, naturally flowing system, the sequence will be revisited By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
CBL-VDL
•
once more, this time considering options to improve the productivity throughout • The fundamentals of well integrity monitoring and all implications on production
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE Forms of corrosion
•
the system and solutions to prevent or remediate flow assurance issues. efficiency
SSC sulfide cracking and its prevention
•
The course includes exercises, class discussions of typical production engineering This course comprises a number of knowledge transfer mechanism that will allow • How to monitor and identify well integrity problems and technical procedures
CO2 corrosion
•
problems, short films and demos of integrated production models. You will be for understanding, discussion and practicing of perforation design principles and available for their mitigation
Investigation of a real SAP case (practical example)
•
encouraged to bring your own case studies for discussion in the class. factors affecting the gun and method selection processes.
Lecture based, the course utilises tutorials as well as specific topic discussions to Corrosion Monitoring and Mitigation
promote sharing of technical and operational experiences related to perforation CO2/H2S metal loss regimes
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING design.
•
CRA corrosion resistance alloys
•
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
Control / mitigation of corrosion
•
• The fundamentals of integrated production systems
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING Corrosion monitoring
•
• How to review and screen available input data to set up an integrated
Corrosion logs
•
production model By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
Corrosion-tubing leaks
•
• Selecting methods to optimise a production system and maximise the • The fundamentals of perforating operations
Consequences of well integrity degradation
•
recoverable reserves • The factors affecting perforating performance
Corrosion mitigation and prevention
•
• How to design steps for a perforating program and in particular gun selection
Surface casing repairs
•
• The selection of different perforation techniques for different applications
TOPICS Temporary well abandonment
•

• Introduction to integrated production systems Casing perforation best practices

•

• Review of reservoir inflow characterisation TOPICS Risk assessment

•

• Review of well completions • Well performance analysis Investigation of a real SAP case (practical example)
•

• Review of multiphase flow modelling in wellbores, risers and flowlines • Near wellbore mechanical behaviour
• System analysis: linking the reservoir, the near-wellbore, the wellbore and the • Perforating systems and equipment Integrity of Well Heads, Hazop and Risk Assessment
surface facilities • The process of perforating a well • Review of primary cementing and well integrity
• Flow assurance issues • Type of guns and specifications • Downtime and maintenance costs
• Review of surface facilities • Perforation design and its operational aspects • Testing seals on well heads
• Artificial lift • Application to well design and performance • Well maintenance and managing risk
• Liquid unloading in gas wells
• Well integrity in a nutshell
• Downhole and seabed water separation
• Hazop & risk assessment
• Hydraulic fracturing
• Investigation of several real SAP cases (practical examples)
Course can be presented in English or Spanish language.
• Acidising
• Flow measurement and production allocation
• Production logging
• Planning short-, medium- and long-term optimisation of field management:
- Water and gas shut-offs
- Re-perforation
- Stimulation
- Re-completion
- Debottlenecking of topsides facilities
- Handling transient flow situations in the system
- Issues around the chosen export route
- Offshore vs. onshore scenarios

CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘The instructor has an excellent ability to deliver the information in an easy
way.’
 Petroleum Engineer at Qatar Petroleum
‘Good balance between theoretical and practical (in situ) data/situations.’
 Engineer at Partex

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 Production Engineering

Well Stimulation Technologies X-mas Trees and Well Heads: Operation and Testing
PRE15 PRE26
PRE15 4 days Skill PRE26 4 days Skill
PRE15 PRE26
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Antonio Abreu Antonio Abreu

AND
This course covers the main aspects of Well Stimulation whose main objective is
to repair formation damage in order to restore/increase production.
It starts by presenting the basic concepts for stimulation job design, execution and
follow up. Discussion is carried out on formation damage and its effect on well
X-mas Trees and Well Heads are critical parts of any oil & gas well. TOPICS
They control the pressures in the casings and production tubing, regulate the Introduction: Well Heads and X-mas Trees
production rates and are very important barriers in case of leaks. • Operational safety

THE
• Reservoirs, wells and well heads
performance and planning of acid stimulation treatments. Focus is given to the • Problems caused by poor cement jobs
main causes of formation damage (damage during drilling, cementing, perforating, DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• Well construction and primary cement jobs
producing and working over wells) and how these may be identified. • A field services or operations foreman • Construction of a well from casings to well head
A petroleum or production engineer

WINNER
• • Productivity index calculated at well head
• A drilling or completion engineer • Well head main functions
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... • Oil field technical staff • Practical calculations to determine tubing pressures based on several factors
• A petroleum engineer • Well head classifications

IS HOT
• A production engineer or manager API specification 6A
• A development geologist
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE •
• Basic components of a well head
• A field engineer or manager • The course will be presented using properly designed slides, some with • Well head installation movie
• Oil field technical staff animation and several videos on relevant issues • Casing head / casing head function
• Teaching methods include also calculations on related issues
• Investigation and discussion of SAP Case 1
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE • Casing spool / casing spool function
2016 & 2017 SME TRAINING • The course will be presented using properly designed slides, some with
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • Casing hangers
Tubing heads and tubing hangers
PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
•
animation and several videos on relevant issues The main goals of this course are:
• Investigation and discussion of SAP case 2
• Teaching methods include also calculations on related issues • To revisit the importance of well heads and X-mas trees and to analyse all the
• Continuation of tubing hangers
• Several examples of actual Stimulation Programs will be presented problems that may affect well head and X-mas trees integrity and well integrity
• Tubing head adapters
as a whole
• Typical X-mas tree components
• To understand how critical good cementations are to avoid future well heads
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • Fix chokes and adjustable chokes
and well integrity problems
• Flanges (6B and 6BX types)
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: • To understand SAP pressures, their origin and their impact on safety and well
• Seals and gaskets
• Introduction to stimulation operations life cycle
• Unitised well head
• Formation damage mechanisms and their identification
• The BOP
• Brainstorming on skin damage By the end of this training course, participants will learn to:
• Acids reactions and their selection for carbonates and sandstones • Develop the knowledge relationship between surface (well heads) and
X-mas Tree Installation, Pressure Testing
• Acids and additives used in matrix stimulation downhole
X-mas tree installation
•
• Candidate well selection • Investigate leaks and identify cause of leak
Well head repairs
•
• Acid treatment design • Determine tubing pressures (based on depth of perfs, density of fluid and
Hydraulic and pneumatic actuators
•
• Acid placement and diverting technologies BHFP)
Investigation and discussion of SAP Case 3
•
• Acid displacement and flow back • Investigate SAP pressures based on well pressure monitoring using 2 and 3
Casing hangers and well pressure control
•
• Laboratory tests pen recorders
Common pack offs and secondary seals
•
• Acid fracturing design basics • Explain influence of corrosion models on MAASP pressures and on Well Life
Tubing hangers (cross sections)
•
• HSE and acidizing operations Cycle
Tests and leak path determination
•
• Safety & quality assurance
Unitised well heads
•
Basic rules for pressure testing well heads
•
TOPICS Test schematics of well heads
•
Movie: testing well head
•
• Formation damage and stimulation CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
• Diagenesis of sandstones Example of sealing cavity with sealant
•
‘Excellent material hand book, can be used as quick reference guide at Basic requirements of a well completion
•
• Damage and other considerations work.’
• Acid formulations Casing string types
•
 Operation Foreman at ADCO Liners, liner hangers and tie back liners
•
• Key questions and issues in acidizing sandstones
• Acid stimulation techniques ‘Course and tutor skills are excellent.’ Effects of pressure in ‘b’ and ‘c’ annulus
•

• Scales and organic deposits  Operation Foreman at ADCO

• Acidizing additives Well Head Repairs, Well Integrity
• Sandstone acidizing ‘This course should be a refresher every year for everyone.’ Well head repairs and casing repairs
•

• Candidate selection and acid treatment design  Field Services Foreman at ADCO Surface casing corrosion
•

• Acid placement and diversion Burst and collapse pressure decline with time
•
‘Subject and presentation, the whole course was interesting due to matching MAASP calculations for annulus A
•
• Laboratory testing with my job.’
• Stoichiometry Short introduction on material selection
•
 Foreman at ADCO Corrosion monitoring tools
•
• Stoichiometry calculations with chemical formulas and equations
• Acidizing safety and environmental protection Cathodic protection
•

Hydraulic fracturing basics Well integrity: safety and operational aspects

•
This award goes to the SME who has •
• Examples of exercises for preliminary job design Constructing a well with integrity
•
Well integrity issues
•

consistently developed and delivered industry The important of SC-SSSV

•
Well head components and well integrity assurance guidelines
•

leading training programmes. Risk management

•
WIMS: well integrity management system
•
Industry standards and guidelines
•
Well integrity drivers and implementation
•
Well integrity envelope
•
Well integrity, annular pressures and well head monitoring
•
Investigation and discussion of SAP case 4
•
SAP wells
•

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Production Engineering
Artificial Lift Systems Design,
Diagnosis, Operations and Optimisation
PRE03
PRE03 4 days Foundation / Skill
PRE03
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
Alastair Baillie
This course covers the selection, design and diagnosis of the major artificial lift
techniques for both conventional and unconventional reservoirs. You will gain an
appreciation of the key concepts involved in the application of artificial lift methods
and a practical understanding of their operation and optimisation. Well modelling
software will be used to illustrate design and troubleshooting applications.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• Petroleum engineering or field staff involved in the selection, design, operation
or troubleshooting of artificial lift systems (beam pumps, PCPs, plunger lift, jet
pumps, ESPs and gas lift) for standard or unconventional reservoir
applications
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
This course ensures that fundamental concepts of artificial lift systems are well
explained and clearly understood before progressing to more advanced topics
such as design and optimisation. This technique means that participants have a
solid foundation to build a deep understanding of artificial lift systems and the
confidence to apply the principles learned.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• Artificial lift methods, concepts of operation and equipment
• Selection criteria to ensure the most appropriate artificial lift method is chosen
• How to perform design procedures for artificial lift wells
• How to recognise the correct data required for well analysis
• Diagnosing and troubleshooting artificial lift well performance
• Optimising the artificial lift system for production and long term reliability
TOPICS
• Recap of well and reservoir performance (fluid properties, outflow and inflow
performance)
• Use of pressure gradient plots for artificial lift well design and diagnosis
• Review of artificial lift systems components and physics of operation
• Artificial lift methods comparison and selection criteria
• Special considerations for the application of artificial lift to unconventional
reservoirs
• Design, diagnosis and practical troubleshooting techniques for start-up and
operation
• Workshop sessions and tutorials covering building and matching of well
models
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘The instructor was very experienced and excellent. Focus on topics was
great.’
 Snr. Engineer at ADCO
‘Well organised, easy-to-understand style of presentation and examples.’
 Petroleum Engineer at ADCO
Computer access required for exercises.
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ESP Systems Design, Operation and
Troubleshooting
PRE28
PRE28 4 days Foundation / Skill
PRE28
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public
Alastair Baillie
This course covers the design, operation and troubleshooting of ESP systems
including a review of the key factors contributing to runlife optimisation. You will
gain an appreciation of the key concepts involved in the application of ESP
systems for both oil and water supply wells and a practical understanding of their
operation and optimisation. Case histories and well modelling software will be
used to illustrate design and troubleshooting applications.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• Petroleum engineering or field staff involved in the selection, design, operation
or troubleshooting of Electrical Submersible Pump (ESP) systems
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
This course ensures that fundamental concepts of ESP systems are well
explained and clearly understood before progressing to more advanced topics
such as design and troubleshooting. This technique means that participants have
a solid foundation to build a deep understanding of ESP systems and the
confidence to apply the principles learned.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
The objectives of the course will be to enable participants to:
• Become familiar with ESP methods, concepts of operation and equipment
• Perform ESP design procedures for new or existing wells
• Understand the key factors affecting ESP runlife in design, installation and
operations
• Implement robust ESP control systems and the correct alarm and trip settings
• Diagnose and troubleshoot ESP systems to optimise runlife
TOPICS
• Recap of well and reservoir performance (fluid properties, outflow and inflow
performance)
• Use of pressure gradient plots for ESP design and diagnosis
• Review of ESP systems equipment, components and physics of operation
• Design, diagnosis and practical troubleshooting techniques for start-up and
operation
• Power supply quality and issues with variable frequency drives
• Workshop sessions and tutorials covering the design and diagnosis of ESP
systems
Note:
Each day will include practical workshop sessions illustrating the application of
theory to ESP well models. Participants are encouraged to bring field data and
examples to interpret and analyse.
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘I liked the practical application of the course content, the interaction
between participants and instructor, and the course content.’
 Electrical Maintenance Foreman at ADCO
Computer access required for exercises.
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Gas Lift Systems Design, Operation and Optimisation
PRE31
PRE31 4 days Foundation / Skill
PRE31
✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Alastair Baillie
This course covers the design, operation, diagnosis and optimisation of gas lift
systems including a review of gas lift equipment, valve operation and the
unloading process. You will gain an appreciation of the key concepts involved in
the application of gas lift methods and a practical understanding of their operation
and optimisation. Well modelling software will be used to illustrate design and
troubleshooting applications while network modelling software will illustrate gas
lift gas allocation and field wide optimisation techniques.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• Petroleum engineering or field staff involved in the selection, design, operation
or troubleshooting of gas lift systems
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
This course ensures that fundamental concepts of gas lift systems are well
explained and clearly understood before progressing to more advanced topics
such as design and optimisation. This technique means that participants have a
solid foundation to build a deep understanding of gas lift systems and the
confidence to apply the principles learned.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
The objectives of the course will be to enable participants to:
• Become familiar with gas lift methods, concepts of operation and equipment
• Perform gas lift design procedures for new or existing wells
• Recognise the correct data required for well analysis and troubleshooting
• Diagnose and troubleshoot gas lift well performance
• Optimise the gas lift system for production and long term reliability
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘This is the best gas lift course I have ever attended.’
 Production Engineer at Chevron
‘I heard about this course from colleagues with good feedback and it is as
good as I expected. Really recommended to Production Engineers who are
new to oil fields.’
 Production Engineer at Chevron
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Production Engineering
TOPICS
Gas lift systems concepts and equipment
• Introductions and course objectives
• Review and recap of well and reservoir performance fundamentals; oil
composition and fluid characterisation
• Gas lift introduction; concepts and theory, gas lift performance curves and
depth of injection
• Pressure gradient traverse plots and generation using multiphase flow
correlations
• Gas lift equipment overview; gas lift valve operation and equations; installation
and removal
• Teardown and inspection of gas lift equipment; well integrity issues
• Gas lift references and resources
• Practical workshop session; gas lift valve hand calculations
Gas lift systems design
• Gas lift design overview (conceptual vs. detailed) and principles
• Generating 4 variable lift curves for gas lift wells
• Practical workshop session; conceptual gas lift design
• Gas lift unloading process and key factors to ensure success
• Consideration of safety factors for mandrel spacing and valves operation
• Detailed gas lift design procedure for continuous gas lift wells; special
applications
• Practical workshop session; conceptual and detailed gas lift design and
exporting VLPs
Gas lift systems diagnosis, practical troubleshooting and optimisation
• Gas lift operations, monitoring and procedure for unloading a new well
• Gas lift diagnosis and troubleshooting; key concepts and procedure for
analysis
• Flowing gradient survey interpretation and matching; determination of injection
depth, orifice pressure drop, etc.
• Practical workshop sessions; building and matching of well models using field
data
• Practical workshop sessions; gas lift well diagnosis using gradient traverse
plots with field data
• Dealing with problem wells (instability, slugging, multi-point injection etc.)
• Re-design of a gas lift valve setting for an existing well to address these
problems
• Practical workshop session; gas lift well re-design using existing mandrels with
field data
• Introduction to surface network modelling; well performance curves,
interactions between wells and pipelines
• Shortage of gas supply; gas-lift allocation concepts & multi-well optimisation
techniques
• Practical workshop session; building a wellhead platform model with field data
• Matching field performance and running gas lift gas allocation sensitivities
• Review, conclusions and evaluation form completion
Note:
Each day will include practical workshop sessions illustrating the application of
theory to gas-lift well models. Participants are encouraged to bring field data and
examples to interpret and analyse.
Workshop:
During the 4-day session the instructor would aim to use client’s well data
throughout and participants should be able to build, validate and diagnose their
own wells. So each day will include practical workshop exercises using commercial
software (either Prosper from Petroleum Experts or WellFlo from Weatherford).
The course is designed to be highly interactive and the instructor is always open
to answering questions as they arise.
Computer access required for exercises.
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Production Engineering Production Engineering

Production Technology for

Unconventional Reservoirs Multiphase Flow Metering Flow Assurance Technologies
PRE32 PRO10 PRE07
PRE32 3 days Foundation PRO10 3 days Skill PRE07 5 days Skill
PRE32 PRO10 PRE07
 Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Alastair Baillie Gioia Falcone Antonio Abreu

This course covers the properties and characteristics of unconventional reservoirs Over the last two decades the development, evaluation and use of Multiphase Flow Assurance is the ultimate foundation of an engineer‘s job: to assure and • Problems caused by poor cementing:
and the particular challenges they face for the production technologist. You will Flow Meters (MFM) systems has been a major focus for the oil & gas industry optimise the flow of oil and gas. • SAP pressures / Cross flow / comingling production / uncontrolled release of
gain an appreciation of the key concepts involved in completion design, application worldwide. Since the early 1990s, when the first commercial meters started to This course covers the main aspects of flow assurance, from the reservoir to the oil and gas
of artificial lift systems, well surveillance and production forecasting for the appear, there have been over 3,500 field applications of MFM for field allocation, production line, starting with the construction of the well (cementing technologies), • HSE and risk assessment
transient flow conditions encountered in unconventional reservoir systems. production optimisation and well testing. then covering the main aspects of repairing formation damage (stimulation • Review of reservoir engineering principles
This course includes a provision for ‘workshop’ style practical sessions, where So far, many alternative metering systems have been developed, but none of technologies) in order to maintain sustainable production and technologies to • Overview of carbonate and sandstone acidizing
participants will examine and analyse some of their wells using commercial them can be referred to as generally applicable or universally accurate. tackle problems related to well integrity (well integrity technologies). • Skin analysis
software. This could be a brief demo (by the instructor) or sessions where they This course reviews and assesses both established and novel technologies • Skin and productivity index
participate. If participants have access to software (Prosper), the course would be suitable for measuring the flow rates of gas, oil and water in a three-phase flow. • Basic nodal analysis and flow assurance
4 days. Without exercises (instructor demo only) this course can be taught in The technologies already implemented in the various commercial meters are DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... • Acid selection guidelines
3 days. evaluated in terms of advantages or shortcomings from an operator point of view. • A petroleum or production engineer, a development geologist, reservoir • Acid fracturing overview
The lessons learned about the practical reliability, accuracy and use of the modeller or field engineer keen to develop your knowledge on these areas • Importance of candidate selection
available technology are discussed. The course provides a critical and • A production manager, field manager, drilling manager, etc. • Acidizing additives
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... independent review of the current status and future trends of MFM. • Laboratory testing
• A petroleum engineer, production technologist, field programmer or reservoir • Causes of failure of matrix treatments
engineer involved in the design or operation of completions and artificial lift
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE • Job design for carbonate formations
systems for unconventional reservoirs DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... • Instructor-led delivery focusing both on theoretical concepts and practical • Acids used for carbonate formations and for sandstone formations
• A reservoir engineer or production engineer who uses production data for the onsite experience • Stimulation operations with CT
calibration and history matching of reservoir and wellbore flow models, and for • Videos and case studies • Pre and post acidizing production logs
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE the optimisation of reservoir management and production operations • Quality control
This course ensures that fundamental concepts of well and reservoir systems are • A metering or allocation engineer who wants to learn the differences between
well explained and clearly understood before progressing to how these basic
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • Artificial lift methods and flow assurance
conventional (single-phase) and multiphase flow measurement
assumptions are modified for transient flow conditions and applied to completion • A professional who has to select, install, operate and interpret multiphase flow By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: • Flow assurance and CT techniques
and artificial lift design. This technique means that participants have a solid meters • The fundamentals of cementing operations and all implications on production • Pressure deployment
foundation to build a deep understanding of unconventional reservoir systems efficiency • Inflatable packers and bridge plugs
and the confidence to apply the principles learned. You should have some basic knowledge and understanding of conventional fluid • How to select and design acid systems for Sandstone and Limestone • Well kick-off
metering and fluid properties. formations in order to remove formation damage and restore and/or improve a • Fill cleaning
well‘s productivity • Scale removal
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • How to monitor and identify well integrity problems and technical procedures • Water / gas shut-off
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE available for their mitigation • Plug and abandonment
• The properties, characteristics and behaviour of unconventional reservoirs Starting with an introduction to the complexities of the multiphase flows • Sand placement
• Drilling and completion strategies for unconventional reservoirs encountered in the oil & gas industry, the fundamental approaches to metering • CT technical definitions
• Artificial lift selection, design and optimisation for wells in unconventional
TOPICS
such flows are presented, vis-á-vis the solutions already implemented to date. • Friction pressures drop curves
reservoirs Special application areas, such as wet gas metering and heavy oil metering, are • Introduction to cementing operations and job design
• The analysis of well production trends for production forecasting then introduced. Once the key multiphase measurement principles are • Importance of cement job quality • Well integrity management and flow assurance
understood, their current applicability for different metering purposes (from • Cement evaluation tools • Well integrity standards
reservoir management to custody transfer) will be discussed, also in relation to • Calculations for cement jobs • Well integrity failures
TOPICS • Mud removal and displacement techniques
estimating reserves. • Well heads (monitoring and leak repairs)
• Review of worldwide unconventional reservoir production and resources The course includes short films and class discussions of selection criteria and • Washes and spacers • Well barriers philosophy
• Specific rock and fluid characteristics of unconventional reservoirs field implementation issues. • Cement additives • The importance of SC-SSSV and control line monitoring
• Outflow and inflow modelling for unconventional reservoirs • Displacement rates • CO2 corrosion and CO2/H2S metal loss regimes
• Artificial lift methods comparison and selection criteria • Lost circulation • SAP concerns
• Special considerations for the application of artificial lift to unconventional THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • Liner cementing • Monitoring annulus pressures
reservoirs By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: • Two stage cementing • Evolution of burst and collapse pressures
• Production forecasting techniques using decline curve analysis • The fundamentals of multiphase metering in petroleum engineering • Squeeze cementing
• Workshop sessions and tutorials covering building and matching of well applications • Special cement systems (light weight systems, salt cementing, foam • Consequences of well integrity degradation
models • The current limitations of the available technology cementing) • Forms of corrosion
• The interdisciplinary aspects of multiphase flow metering, which span from • Casing centralisation • SSC sulphide cracking and its prevention
Note: reservoir management to production optimisation, as well as from production • Cement bond logs (CBL-VDL) • CO2 corrosion
Each day will include practical workshop sessions illustrating the application of allocation to reserves estimation • Well schematics and basic design • Corrosion logs
theory to well models. Participants are encouraged to bring field data and • SAP monitoring and mitigation
examples to interpret and analyse. • Three corrosion modules and MAASP evolution
TOPICS
• Surface casing repairs
• Multiphase flow fundamentals • Well heads and X-mas trees: the importance of integrity of WH seals, to avoid
• Introduction to multiphase flow metering communication between different casings
• Multiphase flow metering principles • Temporary well abandonment
• Key multiphase flow metering techniques • Downtime and maintenance costs
• Current status and limitation of multiphase flow metering • Well maintenance and managing risk
• Wet gas metering applications • Well integrity in a nutshell
• Heavy oil metering applications • Hazop & risk assessment
• Non-conventional multiphase flow metering solutions
• Flow loops for validating and testing multiphase flow meters
• Production optimisation, production allocation and reserves estimation using
multiphase flow meters

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Production Engineering Production Engineering

Sand Management Well Completion Design for Reservoirs Corrosion Engineering Awareness Production Assurance - Troubleshooting
PRO04

and Disposal Program with Sanding Problems in Oil & Gas Operations and Guidelines in Oil & Gas Operations
PRO12 PRO11 PRO14 PRO04
PRO12 4 days Skill PRO11 5 days Advanced / Specialised PRO14 5 days Advanced PRO04 5 days Advanced
PRO12 PRO11 PRO14 PRO04
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Juan Tovar Juan Tovar Wolfram Kleinitz Wolfram Kleinitz

For many years oil and gas producers have to deal with solids along with The main objective of the course is to transfer the knowledge for the detailed sand This course describes the corrosion process in gas/oil/water production systems, During the remaining lifetime of an oil or gas field, the application of economic
hydrocarbons. The management of solids‘ production such as sand has been face completion design process for reservoirs with sanding problems. The its control philosophy, practices and innovative approaches applied to combat methods in the treatment process is a prerequisite for ensuring compliance with
mostly a reactive process that can have a significant impact on productivity and process for geological and engineering characterisation of the reservoir will be corrosion problems. The course also makes clear how the dominating factors of specifications for the gas, oil, and water phase.
risk of an asset. introduced as well as the impact on well or reservoir properties on sand face corrosion in treatment systems can be identified and how to mitigate their impact This course bridges the gap between process technology and production
Regardless of the sand management strategy adopted, the process is a complex completion design and sand control method selection. by material selection, inhibitor application or coating of critical sections. The chemistry. It includes aspects common to operational issues such as organic
one that involves a large number of disciplines and skills; completion engineering, impact of bacteria, oxygen ingress to the system as well as predictive methods for precipitates (asphaltenes and waxes), water treatment and quality for re-injection,
geomechanics, production, process engineering and risk management are key corrosion will be discussed based on practical experience. causes of non-effective treatment plants, modern ways of optimising treatment
areas of knowledge that is required to manage sand production problems DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... units, corrosion prevention and rules of bacteria in oil and gas production, scale
effectively. • A reservoir, operations, petroleum or completion engineer with responsibility formation, as well as system surveillance strategies.
This course addresses all the areas required to develop a sand management for well construction and sand face completion tasks DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... Based on practical experience possible causes of failure in production operation
strategy including well construction, flow assurance and production engineering. • A geologist or geoscientist with a need to understand the technical and • An engineer, project manager, chemist or field operational staff currently or are explained and discussed in detail.
practical issues associated with reservoirs that are or will be prone to sand potentially involved in corrosion processes
production • A corrosion engineer involved in the daily gas/oil/water treatment process DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... • A manager or senior team member with responsibility for field management • A professional seeking an overview of sustainable application for corrosion • An engineer, project manager, production chemist, or a member of field
• A practicing production or process engineer and long term planning for these types of reservoirs, particularly if you are management operational staff currently or potentially involved in natural gas or oil production
• A completion or petroleum engineer involved in well completion design or working in highly depleted areas and storage operations
production management • Seeking an overview of sustainable improvements in the gas/oil production
• An asset manager in charge of a field producing or expected to produce
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE process
hydrocarbons and sand You will work on practical problems to ensure a better awareness of corrosion-
The course presents the tools and methodology to allow you to confidently and related issues like impact of water/gas/oil composition on material attack. You will HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
competently address these types of problems in significant detail for reservoirs elucidate the main drivers in the corrosion process under operating flow conditions
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE The course focuses on practical onsite experience. Case histories (video support)
with sanding problems. and you will get tools for material selection, inhibitor screening methods,
and practical examples will be subdivided into the following sections: System
Knowledge transfer is carried out through tutorials, crosswords, presentations monitoring systems etc. in face-to-face discussions. All the presented field
description, theoretical background, failure potentials, weak points and
and video. examples are based on practical experience.
A significant contribution from the class in terms of experiences, case histories
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING recommendation to mitigate possible negative production effects or to prevent
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: further damage in the operational system.
and questioning of the subjects discussed is considered essential to fulfilling the
objectives for the course. • The issues and the physics of sand producing reservoirs THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
• Identifying the problems associated with sanding: when it will happen, mode of By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
occurrence, volumes of sand and risk presented by these types of reservoirs • Basics in metallurgy and material selection By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • Selecting the optimum completion option for the type of reservoirs, sizing • Types of corrosion in operation • The efficiency of oil and gas treatment systems
• Modern concepts against asphaltene and wax precipitation
Attendants of the course will gain extensive knowledge in all the aspects of sand of filter media and general operational procedures for well preparation and • Awareness of acid gas (H2S & CO2) corrosion systems
• Formation of foam in oil production
management; from identifying the causes of sand production to its transport, start up • Impact of bacteria on corrosion
• The impact of chemicals in oil and gas production and treatment
separation and disposal. Participants will learn to develop strategies for managing • Screening and application methods for biocides
• How to identify weaknesses in the production and treatment train
sand production for both production and water injection wells. • Types and efficiency of corrosion inhibitors
TOPICS • Application of corrosion inhibitors in field systems • Definition and monitoring water quality for re-injection
Geological characterisation of the reservoir, mineralogy, pressure and • The rules for Oxygen in production and material selection
This knowledge will result in: • • Monitoring programs and calculating corrosion rates
structural features • How to control and improve the efficiency of treatment units
• Pro-active understanding and strategic planning to manage the problem • Material selection for water systems
• Mechanical stresses acting on the reservoir • The impact of SRB’s (Sulphate Reducing Bacteria) in oil and gas production
• Detailed development of operational conditions for production and injection • Heavy metals in produced brine and their impact on corrosion
• Reservoir mechanical properties such as Young Modulus and Poisson Ration • The effective use of hydrates and hydrate inhibitors in gas production
wells • Material selection versus inhibitor application
• Rock testing methods for strength characterisation • The conditions for scale formation in treatment systems
• Maximisation of a well’s potential under a specific sand management program • Coating materials for separators and pipelines
• Physics of sand production, its history and use of current tools • Sustainable stimulation concepts to assure well capacity
• Mitigation of risk to the asset and improved reserves recovery • Computer programs to predict corrosion rates
• Well construction process, well configuration selection • The interpretation of chemical analyses from bailer samples
• Effective corrosion surveillance system
• Perforating design • Types of corrosion in treatment and injection systems
TOPICS • Sand control method selection and operational procedures associated with • Application of flow analyses in treatment unit by tracers
• Introduction - API recommended practice well preparation and cleaning prior to the completion TOPICS • Modern ways of demulsifier screening processes
- How sanding occurs RP 14E • Filter media equipment specifications and selection for sand control • General characteristics of metals and alloys in gas/oil industries • Rules of Halite precipitation in condensate treatment processes
- Modes of sand production - Erosion rate modelling applications • Metals and their solid solutions during heat treatment
• Properties of sand particles • Sand detection • Well performance analysis and evaluation, well testing • Stainless steels (ferric, martensitic and austenitic)
TOPICS
- Mineral composition of - Probe detection systems • Flow assurance, sand transport and erosion fundamentals • ANSI nomenclature system • Elimination of organic precipitates in oil production
sandstones - External detection systems • Inhibitor and tracer screening and its application
- Clays - Monitoring and sensors placement • Main types of corrosion in gas/oil production • Water quality and impact on re-injection systems
- Grain size characterisation • Sand separation Course can be presented in English or Spanish language. • Corrosive environment through CO2 and H2S corrosion • Main causes of non-effective treatment plants
• Sand control methods - Sand separation principles • Impact of oxygen and reasons for oxygen ingress to the system • Impact of retention time on separation processes
- Sand management - Sand removal from vessels and • Chromium steel for water and gas application • Methods for getting reliable samples for further analyses
- Slotted liner and screens pipes • Types and occurrence of stress cracking and material selection for H2S • SRB’s activity and MIC in oil and gas production
- Gravel packs - Other sand removal methods containing gases • Evaluation of different gas dehydration processes
- Frac-pack • Sand disposal methods • Rules of sulphate, carbonate and NORM scale formation
- Chemical methods - Dumping • Impact of sulphate reducing bacteria on corrosion • Overview of scale calculating programs
- Expandable screens - Re-injection • Rules of SRB on corrosion • How to control corrosion in production operation
• Sand management philosophy - Ship to shore • SRB corrosion in a ’dry’ oil pipeline • Production operation in the tail-end phase of oil fields
- Safety and environmental issues - Conversion of sand into usable • Biocides against microorganism and their application • Troubleshooting in gas dehydration systems
- Economic aspects materials • Cathodic Protection and H2 utilizing SRB • Formation of halite scale in gas production and storage
- Technical/operational issues • Developing surveillance programs • Troubleshooting in treatment plants for tail-end production
- Sand management strategy for production and injection wells • Corrosion inhibitors types and their field application • Modern aspects in screening corrosion inhibitors
• Sand transport - Surveillance strategy • Screening program for corrosion inhibitors • Interpretation aids of commercial well treatment chemicals
- Sub-surface sand transport - Designing a monitoring program • Side reaction of corrosion inhibitors
- Sand transport in pipelines for production wells • Corrosion testing: Lab to Field
• Erosion - Designing a monitoring program • Formation of ‘Schmoo’
- Factors affecting erosion for injection wells CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
mechanisms • Inhibitor versus coating ‘Topics covered very well the operational issues at our field & other options
• Screening and testing process for coating material for solutions, course topics always supported by case histories.’
• Separator coating experience  Production Technologist at Addax Petroleum
Course can be presented in English or Spanish language.
• Pro and cons for pipeline coating

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Production Engineering Production Engineering

Integrated Produced Water Re-Injection Management EOR Polymer Flooding - Lessons learnt from Field Applications
PRO09 PRO15
PRO09 4 days Advanced PRO15 5 days Advanced
PRO09 PRO15
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Wolfram Kleinitz Wolfram Kleinitz

The injection of water into reservoirs can result in a number of serious problems.
One reason for questioning existing water treatment systems is to combat
complexity. Water handling systems are becoming too complicated. Many
prejudices and misconceptions have arisen that simple solutions found in normal
operating techniques are being lost in the mire of complication. The impact of
chemicals in this process and their pros and cons will be highlighted.
This course will cover the produced water handling, treatment and re-injection.
The aim is a modern, clear understanding (including guidelines) of water quality
definition, measurements and its impact on the injection well behaviour in the long
term. Regarding the water quality for injection one can say: You can’t optimise
what you don’t measure.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A production or facility engineer, project manager, production chemist, a
member of field operational staff currently or potentially involved in water
treatment in production operations
• A professional seeking an up-to-date overview on the impact of water
treatment and aspects for re-injection
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
The course focuses on practical onsite experience. Case histories and practical
examples will be subdivided into the following sections: Required quality for re-
injection, separator improvements, field experience, efficiency of modern water
treatment units. Lectures are supported with video clips.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• Types of formation damage and their impact on injectivity
• Production chemistry aspects with impact on treatment and re-injection
• Water: Brine composition and analytical interpretation of ion tracking
• Scale formation and rules of SRB in operation (Sulphate Reducing Bacteria)
• Matrix versus frac injection
• Definition of water quality and the WQR and how to determine the WQR onsite
• Mode of action and undesirable side effects during well stimulation
• Relation between sandstone and chalk reservoirs for injection
• Occurrence of plugging material during daily operation
• Screening for optimal treatment units in the tail-end phase
• Guidelines for sustained water quality for re-injection
• How to control the treatment unit efficiency in a long term
• Modern ways of tracking and elucidating injection behaviours
TOPICS
• Reservoir brine properties and their physicochemical behaviour
- Definition of terms in oil production and treatment
- Basics on scale formation during production, treatment and injection
- Modern aspects on production chemistry
- Rules of bacteria in water flooding systems
• Petrophysical basics and formation damage
- Overview and common formation damage problems
- Clay minerals and rules of clay swelling
- Permeability reduction of porosity and permeability
- Wettability alteration during water injection
• Water Quality Ratio (WQR) and its application in predicting injection life-time
- Current models for predicting life-time of injectors
- Focus on the theory of Barkman/Davidson
- Discussion of field application
- Examples: How to calculate the WQR
• Modern water treatment units
- Basic operational concept for water treatment units
- Impact of oil water and concentration of suspended solids on water quality
- How to control the unit efficiency in a long term
- Field tests: Small size unit compared to big size implementation
• Field experience
- Injection strategy at early production and in the tail-end phase
- Tracer application to control flooding efficiency
- SRB activity and plugging behaviour
- Recommendation on modern surveillance programs
• Water Quality Ratio (WQR) device for field application
- Test unit description and application
- Guidelines for onsite tests
- Interpretation of continuously measured water quality
- Analysing weaknesses in treatment and injection systems
• Stimulation concept and guidelines
- Aspects on chalk and sandstone reservoirs for injectors
- Guidelines of treatment slug selection
- Coil tubing job versus bull-headed treatment
- Downhole sampling and analyses during back production
Polymer flooding has been recognised as an effective Enhanced Oil Recovery
(EOR) method for many years. This course is focused on the realisation of a
polymer field project and will discuss different failures and successful field projects
worldwide in detail.
The course covers a review of the basic principles of polymer flooding, description
of water soluble polymers, screening procedures and other lab tests for product
quality, retention/adsorption control and polymer selection. Other features include
microbial and oxygen impact on field applications as well as mixing with produced
water, injection control and surveillance guidelines for the whole project. Several
international field projects including their current status will also be highlighted.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• An engineer, project manager, chemist or field operational staff currently or
potentially involved in EOR
• A professional seeking an overview of sustainable application of polymers in
EOR
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
The course focuses on cases studies of different polymer projects using water-
soluble products. A workflow regarding the polymer screening procedure is part of
the discussed lab phase and engineering flowcharts bridge the gap to technical
application.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• The status of EOR application worldwide
• The appraisal of different polymer field projects
• Types of water soluble polymers for EOR
• Lab screening methods for water soluble polymers
• Polymer retention: Lab vs. field
• Selecting the mixing water (sea water, bank filtrate, source & produced water)
• Powder product vs. emulsion / broth
• Biocides and their screening for EOR projects
• Technical approach of onsite polymer handling, mixing and injection
• Importance of water quality for polymer injection
• Monitoring systems during the flood
• The effects of polymer breakthrough on the fluid treatment system
TOPICS
• EOR Status
• Appraisal of polymer field projects
• Introduction to petrophysics
• A current international project status
• Living conditions of sulphate reducing bacteria (SRB)
• Rules of biocides in polymer projects
• Impact of microorganism on polymer degradation
• Well interference tests in the selected polymer area & rules of tracer
application
• Polymer stability and retention vs. adsorption
• Selection of make-up water for polymer injection
• Impact of oxygen on polymer fluid stability
• Screening and application of oxygen scavenger
• Polymer dissolution procedure and rheological analyses of the prepared fluid
• Screening criteria of polymer solutions including guidelines for quality testing
• Polymer solution control by standard sand pack tests
How to calculate the shear rate and apparent viscosity in porous media
•
• Field application of PHPAA and xanthan projects
• Polymer powder vs. broth or emulsion in project application technique
• Injection well surveillance and injection fluid specifications
• Start-up activites for polymer injection projects
• Discussion of flow charts of different polymer field installations
• Polymer pumping and metering systems
• Application of valve-less pumps
• Focus on the importance of polymer mixing
• Types and selection of effective static fluid mixer
• Chemical dosage systems and pH reduction for injection water
• Polymer solution detanglement by different shearing methods
• Polymer sampling procedures for onsite handling
• Definition of water quality ratio (WQR) for injection
• Importance of the injection well completion of polymer application
• Stimulation procedure for polymer injection wells
• How to calculate the shear rate and pressure distribution during injection
• Importance of heating the polymer injection solution
• Monitoring and surveillance program in field projects
• Focus on production wells during polymer flooding
• Onsite methods to control polymer breakthrough
• Impact of produced polymers on the treatment process
• Surface activity of broth application compared to powder
• Application of a particle charge detector for controlling polymer breakthrough

CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘The instructor has a lot of experience and he shared his knowledge with the
group.’
 Researcher at PDVSA
‘Very good overview over different field trial examples and their hurdles.’
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 Unconventional Resources

Fundamentals of Coalbed Methane

UCR02 Production Technology for
PRE32

(CBM) Development Unconventional Reservoirs

UCR02 PRE32
UCR02 5 days Foundation / Skill PRE32 3 days Foundation
UCR02 PRE32
 Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Don Sharples Alastair Baillie

This course provides an introduction to Coalbed Methane, from a basic This course covers the properties and characteristics of unconventional reservoirs
understanding of CBM to exploration, appraisal and development of the resource. and the particular challenges they face for the production technologist. You will
• History: Where did CBM come from? What were the technical and economic gain an appreciation of the key concepts involved in completion design, application
drivers? of artificial lift systems, well surveillance and production forecasting for the
• Exploration: Where to start, what data is required and how to get it? transient flow conditions encountered in unconventional reservoir systems.
• Appraisal: What is involved in the appraisal process of a CBM resource?
• Well design: There are many different varieties of CBM well design, these all This course includes a provision for ‘workshop’ style practical sessions, where
have different applications and different ‘footprints’. participants will examine and analyse some of their wells using commercial
• The course also provides an overview of CBM development considerations: software. This could be a brief demo (by the instructor) or sessions where they
Planning, community engagement, development optimisation, processing participate. If participants have access to software (Prosper), the course would be
facilities, access to market and environmental considerations. 4 days. Without exercises (instructor demo only) this course can be taught in
3 days.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A technical person who wants to better understand coalbed methane DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
production
• A petroleum engineer, production technologist, field programmer or reservoir
• A commercial or finance person who wants to understand and evaluate
engineer involved in the design or operation of completions and artificial lift
opportunities in this energy sector
systems for unconventional reservoirs
• A government official involved with permitting of CBM activity
• A professional working in a CBM company and looking to cross train
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
This course starts from the basics and is intended for those with no prior
knowledge of CBM or technical skills. This course ensures that fundamental concepts of well and reservoir systems are
well explained and clearly understood before progressing to how these basic
assumptions are modified for transient flow conditions and applied to completion
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
and artificial lift design. This technique means that participants have a solid
This course will take you through all aspects of CBM exploration, appraisal and foundation to build a deep understanding of unconventional reservoir systems
development, giving you an ability to understand what is involved in a CBM and the confidence to apply the principles learned.
project. This is achieved by a mixture of conventional lecture material, videos and
exercises as appropriate.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• The properties, characteristics and behaviour of unconventional reservoirs
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of the
• Drilling and completion strategies for unconventional reservoirs
fundamentals of exploration, appraisal and development of coalbed methane
• Artificial lift selection, design and optimisation for wells in unconventional
reserves and the technologies involved, including:
• Drilling, coring, sampling, desorption testing reservoirs
• The analysis of well production trends for production forecasting
• Well testing techniques, well spacing
• Wells: Types of design (vertical, horizontal, multi-laterals)
• Environmental constraints: De-watering technologies, surface processing TOPICS
equipment, water treatment and disposal
• Review of worldwide unconventional reservoir production and resources
• Specific rock and fluid characteristics of unconventional reservoirs
TOPICS • Outflow and inflow modelling for unconventional reservoirs
• Introduction • CBM development well design • Artificial lift methods comparison and selection criteria
- Conventional vs. unconventional - Overview of different alternatives • Special considerations for the application of artificial lift to unconventional
- Introduction to the Langmuir from the basic well design to reservoirs
Isotherm current practise • Production forecasting techniques using decline curve analysis
• History - Impact of the different designs on • Workshop sessions and tutorials covering building and matching of well
- Coal mine de-gasification surface footprint models
- Initial development of CBM in • Fracture stimulation of CBM wells
the US - Principles and application of Note:
• Exploration objectives fracture stimulation to CBM Each day will include practical workshop sessions illustrating the application of
- Resource => reserves production enhancement theory to well models. Participants are encouraged to bring field data and
- Key CBM criteria • Development considerations - examples to interpret and analyse.
- Mineralogy and the initial planning to execution
screening process - Development considerations
• Exploration process (Part 1)
- Rig selection - Surface footprint

Unconventional Resources
- Coring
- Sampling
- Desorption testing
- CBM logging
• Permeability testing
- Importance of permeability testing
- Alternative methods for deriving
Fundamentals of Coalbed Methane (CBM) Development (UCR02) ‘representative‘ permeability
Production Technology for Unconventional Reservoirs (PRE32) values
• CBM appraisal
Microseismic Monitoring in Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs (GPH41) - How to appraise a CBM resource
- Well spacing
- Pilot production testing
• Well design options
- Impact on production rates and
recovery
- De-watering technologies
- Development / mapping exercise
• CBM reservoir engineering
• CBM development
considerations - facilities to sales
- Development considerations
(Part 2)
- Surface facilities through to gas
sales
- CBM development including water
treatment technology
- Different sales options and how
these will impact design
Computer access required for exercises.

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 Unconventional Resources

Microseismic Monitoring in Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs

GPH41

GPH41
GPH41 2 days Skill
GPH41
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Leo Eisner

Microseismic monitoring became a broadly used tool for oil and gas unconventional TOPICS
and also conventional production. Its use ranges from mapping of hydraulic • Introduction
fractures, through compaction and faulting control in offshore reservoirs to control - Definition of microseismicity, induced / triggered seismicity
of seismic hazards related to the induced seismicity. This course provides an - A brief review of microseismicity outside the oil industry: water reservoirs,
insight into the most common methodologies of microseismic monitoring mining and geothermal
discussing their advantages and limits of their applications. Participants will be - Induced seismicity by reservoir production
able to set the right expectations, select the appropriate monitoring methodology - Historical review of microseismicity during reservoir production
and mainly interpret the data in a meaningful way. - Historical review of microseismicity by hydraulic fracturing (M-site, Cotton
This course is based on a new book (Springer) scheduled for 2019. Valley, Barnett, etc.)
- Principles of hydraulic fracturing and geomechanics
• Earthquakes
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
- Instrumentation for passive seismic
• A professional with a geoscience background - Frequency content of the microseismic data
- Earthquake location techniques
No specific prior knowledge is required, although a familiarity with geophysical - Relative locations
terminology, hydraulic fracturing and/or seismology is useful. - Microseismic location techniques and exercises
• Downhole location technique
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE - Single well monitoring technique
- P-wave and S-wave polarisation
• Practical examples of data and computer simulations - P-wave only location from downhole arrays
• Theoretical concepts are explained and illustrated on case studies - Picking strategies for microseismic data
• You will go through several exercises - Optimal design of downhole monitoring array
• Case studies - Orientation of downhole geophones
• Q&A including short tests
- Velocity model calibration
- Inclined / dual and multi-well monitoring techniques
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • Surface monitoring technique
- Vertical component only, uncertainty associated from P-wave locations: depth
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of how to:
vs. origin time
• Use or request the appropriate processing technique from a service company
- Detection uncertainty and signal-to-noise ratio
• Design an array for passive seismic (surface or downhole) monitoring to meet
- Frequency content, attenuation and detection
your targets
- Design of surface monitoring array
• Determine uncertainties of locations for microseismic events in microseismic
- Calibration shots / velocity model building: isotropic vs. anisotropic velocity
monitoring arrays
- Relative locations
• Orient downhole geophones from a perforation or calibration shot
- Downhole and surface location case study
• Quality check locations of microseismic events: estimate approximate distance
- Near surface amplification
and depth of a recorded microseismic event on a downhole array
• Source mechanisms
• Build a velocity model (P- and S-wave) from a sonic log or check shot
- Concept of source mechanism, definition of dip, strike and rake for shear
measurement suitable for microseismic monitoring
source
• Calibrate a velocity model for both surface and downhole arrays
- Description of shear, tensile, volumetric, CLVD source through moment tensor
• Estimate the source mechanism from surface microseismic monitoring
- Inversion for source mechanisms from single monitoring borehole / multiple
• Manage and mitigate hazards resulting from induced seismicity
monitoring boreholes / surface P-only data
• Estimate the stimulated reservoir volume
- Source mechanisms of microseismic events
EXPLORATION AND FIELD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
• Effectively use the information provided by microseismicity
• Source characterisation
• Understand how the stress is constrained by microseismic events
- Magnitude local and moment
CONSULTANTS TO THE UPSTREAM OIL & GAS INDUSTRY SINCE 1986 - Magnitude and energy
- B-value and magnitude of completeness
HOT is an established provider of advanced and integrated geological, geophysical, as well as - Stress drop, source dimensions
reservoir and production engineering technology. • Anisotropy
- Introduction to anisotropy
- Effect of anisotropic media on S-waves: shear wave splitting
- Shear wave splitting observed in microseismic data
- Inversion of anisotropic media from P and S-waves using microseismic events
SEAMLESS INTEGRATION OF EXPERTISE - P-wave anisotropy on surface monitoring data
- Time-lapse changes in anisotropy
Exploration Acreage Evaluation CONTACT US • Reservoir simulations
- Current use of microseismicity in the oil industry
Lead and Prospect Generation - Diffusion model for pressure triggering of microseismic events
HOT ENGINEERING GMBH - Discrete fracture networks constrained by microseismicity
Reservoir Characterisation Parkstrasse 6 - Reservoir simulations and history matching
Field Development Planning 8700 Leoben • Seismicity in the vicinity of oil or gas reservoirs
- Theory and history of induced felt seismicity
Improved / Enhanced Recovery AUSTRIA - Seismic moment and total injected volume
Underground Storage - Blackpool case study as an example of induced seismicity
- DFW seismicity case study
Production Technology hoteng.com - Social issues related to hydraulic fracturing
hot@hoteng.com • Case studies and conclusions
Integrated Asset Modelling - Recent important case studies: locations and source mechanisms
Laboratory Services Tel: +43 3842 43053 0 - Relationship between microseismicity and hydraulic fracturing
- Summary of the class
Operational Support Fax: +43 3842 43053 1 - The most important things to remember about microseismicity
Auditing

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Drilling
Basic Drilling Technologies (DRI34)
Introduction to Drilling, Completion and
Workover Operations (DRI35)
Cementing Technologies (DRI30)
Stuck Pipe, Design and Operational Practices
for Avoidance (DRI36)
Directional, Horizontal and Multilateral Drilling (DRI08)
COURSE PROGRESSION MATRIX
Drilling Technology
ADVANCED
Advanced Drilling Technologies
Extended Reach Drilling
Directional Drilling and Well
SKILL
Placement for High Angle and
Complex Wells
Directional, Horizontal and
Multilateral Drilling
Geothermal Drilling Technology
Stuck Pipe, Design and Operational
Practices for Avoidance
FOUNDATION
Cementing Technologies
Introduction to Drilling, Completion and Workover Operations
Basic Drilling Technologies
88
Directional Drilling and Well Placement for High Angle
and Complex Wells (DRI37)
Extended Reach Drilling (DRI39)
Geothermal Drilling Technology (DRI13)
Advanced Drilling Technologies (DRI14)
Workover & Completions (DRI38)
Well Integrity Management for the Well Life Cycle (DRI18)
Wellbore Construction
Workover and Completions
Well Integrity Management for the
Well Life Cycle
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Drilling
Introduction to Drilling, Completion and Workover Operations
DRI35
DRI35 5 days Foundation
DRI35
 Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Kevin Gray
This course introduces the subject of drilling, completion and well workover TOPICS
operations, looking to build a solid foundation level knowledge of the practices, • The drilling team: Who does what in the planning, mobilisation and drilling of a
people and equipment used in these key operations. well?
As no prior knowledge is assumed for this course, each concept is introduced in • The equipment used to drill a well, the rotary drilling rig itself and the specialist
simple terms and then built upon to allow a comprehensive overview each of the tools that are needed to steer the well, survey its position and inform us of the
three disciplines to be developed. rocks that have been drilled
The course is firmly rooted in ensuring that well integrity is maintained whilst • Directional drilling and well design, extended reach, high angle and multilateral
working in each of these independent disciplines and the processes and drilling techniques
technology that is discussed. • The drill string design for drilling and initial testing of the well
How drilling, completion and workover fits into the life cycle of exploration, • Geology, the actual rock itself as well as the pore pressure and fracture
appraisal, development and eventual abandonment of an oilfield is discussed; as gradient, what these are and how they affect the most fundamental aspects of
are the requirements for eventual well abandonment. how we design and drill and complete a well
• Electric line logging, formation evaluation while drilling (LWD) as well as
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... surface mudlogging and coring as methods of understanding the geology
• New to the drilling industry or looking for an understanding of the industry • The drilling fluid, also known as mud, what this specialised highly engineered
liquid does in the well and how we choose the properties it needs to be
before you join
• A geoscientist or reservoir engineer looking to get better value from your
effective. How drilling fluids differ from completion and workover fluids and
interactions with the other disciplines brines.
• How we keep the reservoir oil and gas (as well as other fluids/gasses) in the
• Someone who has a financial or logistics role associated with the upstream
rock while we drill, complete and workover the well, but how we release them
sector of the oil & gas industry
• Working for a supplier to the upstream sector of the oil & gas industry
when we want to produce them
• Tubing, packers and completion equipment and the options for design and
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE installation of this equipment
• Wellheads, design and configuration for production and workover
• Practical demonstrations of all the key principles using models and simulations • Importance of overall well integrity from a design, installation and operational
in the classroom viewpoint
• Mixed, instructor-led delivery of theoretical content with blend of PowerPoint
• Overview of stimulation techniques and workover options including introduction
overview, whiteboard explanations of detail and class interactive exercises
• A narrative that runs through the course where each topic is inter-related and
to coiled tubing technology for Through Tubing Rotary Drilling as well as faster
more efficient workovers
built on the previous learnings
• Extensive allowance for class-led questioning within the course delivery
For in-house courses a half day drilling rig visit may form part of the learning
process.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
‘The instructor is very easy to understand. One of the best teachers I have
• How to communicate easily with people involved in each discipline and to
met in the industry.’
understand the acronyms and jargon that they use in everyday operations
 Mech. Engineer at Dept. of Petroleum Resources
• How your role or your service fits into each process
• A high level overview each upstream process
‘The explanations were down to earth and it exposed me to some ignorant
• The equipment used during the drilling process and its sequence of use views held in the past.‘
• How wells are kept safe, and how we protect people and the environment  Geophysicist at Dept. of Petroleum Resources
whilst drilling
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Drilling Drilling

Stuck Pipe, Design and Operational Directional, Horizontal and Multilateral

Basic Drilling Technologies Cementing Technologies Practices for Avoidance Drilling
DRI34 DRI30 DRI36 DRI08
DRI34 5 days Foundation DRI30 4 days Skill DRI36 5 days Foundation / Skill DRI08 5 days Skill
DRI34 DRI30 DRI36 DRI08
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Kevin Gray Antonio Abreu Kevin Gray Catalin Teodoriu

This course introduces the practices and the equipment used in drilling, looking to Cementing operations constitute the foundation of any oil or gas well. Like the This course addresses the root causes of poor planning and poor operational This course builds a firm foundation in the principles and practices of directional
build a solid foundation level knowledge. foundation of a house, cementing is the basis for a safe and efficient well procedures that lead to stuck pipe situations at the rigsite. drilling, calculations and planning for directional and horizontal wells. Specific
The material will take the participants through the step-by-step process of drilling performance. Unless successful cementing operations are carried out, well The approach to stuck pipe prevention advocated in this course is a ‘holistic’ one problems associated with directional/horizontal drilling such as torque, drag, hole
a well and introduce at each stage the people and technology required to integrity will be compromised with potential serious safety issues and shortening where the subject is addressed across disciplines at the planning, execution and cleaning, logging and drill string component design are included.
undertake the individual stages of well construction. of well life cycle. evaluation stages of each project. The importance of maintaining focus on the key The course offers a strong overview of rotary steerable tools and their application.
As no prior knowledge is assumed for this course, each concept is introduced in drivers of stuck pipe during each phase of well construction is highlighted as is the Finally exercises are used to deepen the understanding and allow a better hands-
simple terms and then built upon to allow a comprehensive overview of the use of techniques and equipment previously only used by the geoscience teams. on participation.
subject to be developed.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... Whilst the course covers all the areas of potential stuck pipe in well construction
• A petroleum or production engineer operations, the delivery of it is focused on ensuring that the greatest impact can
• A drilling or completion engineer be delivered both in the planning stages and at the rigsite. The time weighting of DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... • Oil field technical staff each subject area and each stuck pipe mechanism is based on the industry stuck • A drilling, production or operations engineer, field supervisor, toolpusher,
• New to the drilling industry or looking for an understanding of the industry pipe statistics to ensure that the maximum value is delivered. manager or technical support person
before you join HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• A geoscientist or reservoir engineer looking to get better value from your Instructor-led delivery focusing both on theoretical concepts and practical
interactions with the drilling team
•
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
onsite experience
• Someone who has a financial or logistics role associated with the drilling • A professional involved in well construction, office based or rig based staff at You will receive instruction on planning and evaluating deviated and horizontal
• Real SAP cases will be monitored and evaluated
industry all levels wells and learn how to perform simple calculations associated with well survey.
• Videos, exercises, case studies will be presented
• Working for a supplier to the drilling industry or are involved in sales to the • For the first time introduced to stuck pipe The basic applications and techniques for multi-lateral wells are also covered in
drilling industry • In need of refreshing your knowledge or if it is more than two years since you the course.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING attended a stuck pipe course A strong focus will be on the tools and techniques used in directional drilling such
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: as survey instruments, bottomhole assemblies, motors, steerable motors and
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE • Calculating volumes of cement, mix water and additives steerable rotary systems.
• Practical demonstrations of all the key principles using models and simulations • Critical parameters for any cementing operation HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE As an independent course, it offers the most complete overview of geo-steering
in the classroom • Selecting displacement rates for effective mud removal • Practical demonstrations of all the key principles using models and simulations tools.
• Mixed, instructor-led delivery of theoretical content with blend of PowerPoint • When to select two stage cementing in the classroom
overview, whiteboard explanations of detail and class interactive exercises • Selection of the proper additives based on well conditions • Mixed instructor-led delivery of theoretical content with blend of PowerPoint
• A narrative that runs through the course where each topic is inter-related and • How to read and interpret cement bond logs overview, whiteboard explanations of detail and class interactive exercises
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
built on the previous learnings • Special cement systems • A narrative that runs through the course where each topic is inter-related and By the end of the course you will feel confident to:
• Extensive allowance for class-led questioning within the course delivery • Selecting casing hardware for successful cementing operations built on the previous learnings • Make survey calculations
• Extensive allowance for class-led questioning within the course delivery • Interpret TVD, polar and rectangular coordinates and vertical section
For in-house courses a half day drilling rig visit may form part of the learning TOPICS Mud Removal • A ’role playing’ exercise might be included • Interpret dogleg severity and the problems associated with dogleg severity
process. and Cement Placement • Plan a two-dimensional directional well
Introduction to • Plan horizontal wells based on the objectives of the well
• Lost circulation
Cementing Operations
• Cementing horizontal wells
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • Determine the best multi-lateral completion for an application
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • Course introduction
• Cement laboratory equipment By the end of the course you will be confident to understand: • Determine declination and non-magnetic drilling collar selection
• One stage cement jobs
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: • Rheology and its application in oil • How to plan wells using the most up-to-date techniques and input from the • Apply the best survey instrument for the job
• Two stage jobs
• How to communicate easily with people involved with drilling and to well cementing geology and geomechanics teams to prevent avoidable problems in the well • Directionally drill with rotary BHAs, jetting, whipstocks, motor, steerable motors
• Liner cementing
understand the acronyms and jargon that drillers use in everyday operations • Flow modules and mud removal • How the ‘old’ practices and procedures embedded in the industry are not and rotary steerable systems
• Squeeze cementing
• How your role or your service fits into the drilling process • Spaces and washes always correct and often lead to stuck pipe situations • Understand the principles of various rotary steerable systems and their
• Cement head and wiper plugs
• A high level overview of the entire drilling process • Cement placement: turbulent and • How the ‘human factor’ plays a significant part in a lot of stuck pipe situations selection
• Calculations: Volume of cement
• The equipment used during the drilling process and its sequence of use laminar flow and why people do not follow the correct practices and procedures • Interpret torque and drag and determine what factors will affect them
• How wells are kept safe, and how we protect people and the environment
slurry, number of Sks, mix water, • Communication and operational reporting and planning, why we often do not • Determine cementing requirements for directional wells
• Special cement systems:
whilst drilling additives, displacement volumes see the obvious risks because of the way we focus our reporting • Predict wellbore path based on historical data and determine the requirements
- Engineered particle size cements
required • The definitions, mechanisms and language of stuck pipe to hit the target
- Salt cementing
• Calculator for all parameters of the
- Thixotropic cement systems • Jars and accelerators, how they work and how to place them correctly, but also
TOPICS cement job why these pieces of equipment are not always going to help you
- Light weight cements TOPICS
• The drilling team: Who does what in the planning, mobilisation and drilling of a • Pressures during and at end of
- Foam cement
well? displacement • Applications for directional drilling
- Permafrost cement TOPICS
• Technology of the rotary drilling rig, its power requirements, its individual sub Cementing Operations Planning • Directional profiles
systems, how systems have been automated and the instrumentation that Cement Quality Evaluation • Stuck pipe definitions, the statistics of stuck pipe • Extended reach wells
and Execution
modern drilling systems require • Cement quality evaluation logs • Understanding your project risk profile, offset data review • Survey calculations and accuracy
• Buoyancy effect on casing
• Specialist tools that are needed to steer the well, survey its position and inform (cement bond logs) • Mechanisms of stuck pipe • Dogleg severity calculations and problems associated with doglegs
• Relevant factors that influence the
us of the rocks that have been drilled. The course will look at measurement • Overview of sonic and ultrasonic • Hole Cleaning • Planning directional and horizontal wells
success of any cement job
while drilling (MWD) Formation Evaluation whilst drilling, steering tools drill logs • Geomechanics and using FEWD(LWD) to understand the well stability • Horizontal drilling methods and applications
• Cement job planning and execution
string components. • Examples of CBL/VDL log displays • The directional profile and its role in increasing stuck pipe risk • Logging high angle wells
• Casing hardware
• Process of designing a well and deciding how it will be made safe during the and evaluation of cement quality • Torque and drag as a fundamental component of stuck pipe • Hole-cleaning
• Cement chemistry (focus on class G
drilling process and then kept safe once drilling is completed and production • CBL VDL: pros and cons • Planning a well to avoid stuck pipe • Multi-lateral wells and their classification
cement)
begins. The process of casing and cementing the well, why and how we do • The bond index • Rig site well monitoring and how to correctly monitor a well • Types of survey instruments
• Compressive strength and
this. • SCMT: slim cementing mapping tool • Rigsite practice, design of and monitoring compliance with procedures • Tools used to deflect a wellbore
permeability
• Equipment required to case and cement a well • Ultrasonic tools: USIT • The drilling fluid as a stuck pipe prevention tool • Rotary steerable systems
• Strength retrogression
• Drilling fluid, also known as mud, what this specialised highly engineered liquid • Ultrasonic log USIT over sonic log • Identifying the stuck pipe mechanism, rigsite guidance and the HSE approach • Torque and drag calculations
• Thixotropic cement slurries
does in the well and how we choose the properties it needs to be effective CBL to drilling incidents • Cementing
• The importance of BHCT and BHST
• Drill bits, how these cutting tools have to be selected to match the geology that • Cement logs summary • Forensic evaluation to identify and re-classify previous assumptions
• Mud removal and the effect of mud
they are to drill and how making the wrong choice could have a huge impact • Examples of CBL/VDL log displays • Drill string design issues
contamination on compressive
on the cost of drilling a well. and evaluation of cement quality
strength
• How we keep the reservoir oil and gas (as well as other fluids/gasses) in the • Major hazards on a cementing
• Gas migration CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
rock while we drill the well, but how we release them when we want to produce operation
them • Risk assessment ‘It covers all what I need to know about tools.’
• How and why things go wrong when drilling, the well collapsing, the drilling • Safety hazards related to a  Geologist at Qatar Petroleum
equipment getting stuck, the drilling equipment breaking, the rig not being cementing operation
capable to drill the well
• How we can direct the well and steer its path under the ground so that we can
reach distant areas of the reservoir and produce the lowest cost oil and gas
• How we complete the well to allow reservoir fluids to safely flow to surface

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Drilling
Directional Drilling and Well Placement for High Angle and Complex Wells
DRI37
DRI37 5 days Skill
DRI37
 Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
Kevin Gray
This course will deliver a comprehensive understanding of modern directional
drilling techniques and the industry standards used in well placement.
The evolution of directional drilling tools and techniques that are used to achieve
high accuracy well positioning are detailed with reference to the fundamental
engineering that underlies the equipment we work with, and the procedures and
practices we work to.
This is very much an operationally focused course which looks to deliver a
detailed understanding of not just the narrow field of the Directional Driller’s work,
but all the associated areas of risk that can result from the practices, tools and
techniques that they may use.
The knowledge from this course can be directly applied to ongoing drilling
operations or future well planning and will have a dramatic impact on drilling
performance.
All the topics are placed in their operational context and an understanding of how
each topic is inter-related with the other subject areas in the course is developed
throughout the week.
Throughout the course areas in which directional drilling can adversely impact the
well cost or increase the well risk are detailed and the mitigations for these risks
are discussed.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A drilling engineer, well site supervisor, tool pusher, rig manager or field
support personnel
• A geoscientist or reservoir engineer looking to get better value from your
interactions with the drilling team
• A professional involved in improving drilling performance and cutting drilling
costs
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Practical demonstrations of all the key principles using models and simulations
in the classroom
• Mixed instructor-led delivery of theoretical content with blend of PowerPoint
overview, whiteboard explanations of detail and class interactive exercises
• A narrative that runs through the course where each topic is inter-related and
built on the previous learnings
• Extensive allowance for class-led questioning within the course delivery
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will be confident to understand:
• Why life-threatening well-to-well collisions happen and how even large
technically driven companies make mistakes. You will be given the knowledge
to understand how to avoid these catastrophic events
• How the role of the Industry Steering Committee on Wellbore Surveying
Accuracy has shaped the requirements for modern well placement. You will
understand what these standards are and why we must work to them
• When to use high cost technology like rotary steerable systems and when
these systems are of little value
• How to push the drilling envelope further and increase the drilling radius of any
rig to deliver more fluids back to the asset
• How to use the evolving science of geomechanics alongside the increasing
volume of formation evaluation while drilling data is available in real time to
deliver substantially lower NPT on any drilling project
• How to work with a geology team to geo-place or geo-steer a well path within
specific lithologies or a specific fluid type
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TOPICS
• How increasing hole angle creates significant problems and NPT because of
hole cleaning, we look at how to identify, address and mitigate these problems
• The origins of torque and drag in the well bore and how they impact our ability
to increase our drilling radius from any rig. Why drag impacts horizontal lateral
lengths
• Delivering world beating ERD wells with limited rig capabilities
• How to design the Bottom Hole Assembly (BHA) for low angle wells and how
this fundamental design must change as the well inclination increases
• How the tendency of the Bottom Hole Assembly to build, drop or hold angle
must be designed to match the desired well profile and how this is achieved to
deliver wells with the lowest tortuosity
• The evolution of directional drilling technology, the key drivers for this and why
so many wells are now drilled with high cost rotary steering tools
• Surveying the well, the key technologies used to survey the well and how
mistakes in well positioning are made
• The fundamental quality assurance and quality control of wellbore surveys
How the accuracy of MWD surveying can be improved by advanced survey
processing techniques
• The principle of uncertainty and its effect on probability for well anti-collision
and target sizing
• Well positional calculations and how our best techniques can be undermined
by poor rigsite practices
• How wells are deflected and steered, using magnetic, gravity and inertial tool
face measurements
• Shock and vibration of the downhole equipment, its origins, its impact and how
to reduce or remove this unwanted problem, reduce NPT and improve
performance
• Multilateral wells, their place in reducing production costs, their drilling and
economic risks and benefits
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Drilling
Extended Reach Drilling
DRI39
DRI39 5 days Skill
DRI39
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Kevin Gray
This course will deliver a detailed understanding of the latest extended reach TOPICS
drilling techniques and the latest industry standards used in high angle well • How increasing hole angle creates significant problems and NPT because of
construction. The content can be customised to client specific requirements or to Hole Cleaning, we look at how to identify, address and mitigate these
a particular well project for closed courses. problems.
The evolution of extended reach drilling techniques is explained against a • The origins of Torque and Drag in the well bore and how they impact our ability
background of showing what can go wrong if correct planning or rigsite operational to increase our drilling radius from any rig. Why drag impacts horizontal lateral
practices are not fully implemented. lengths. Model types, use and limitations.
This is very much an operationally focused course which looks to deliver a • Delivering world beating ERD wells with limited rig capabilities.
knowledge level that can immediately be put to use not just in ERD projects but in • Operational practices for connections, tripping and managing BHP within
improving performance on smaller wells and substantially cutting drilling costs fracture limits.
from development projects. • How to monitor the well condition and how to interpret the data we collect to
The knowledge from this course can be directly applied to ongoing drilling get the correct understanding of changes happening in the well.
operations or future well planning and will have a dramatic impact on drilling • How to design the Bottom Hole Assembly (BHA) for low angle wells and how
performance. this fundamental design must change as the well inclination increases. This
All the topics are placed in their operational context and an understanding of how will include a look at jarring and jar placement in high angle BHA’s.
each topic is inter-related with the other subject areas in the course is developed • Geomechanics principles and how they can be applied to high angle wells.
throughout the week. • How the tendency of the Bottom Hole assembly to build, drop or hold angle
Throughout the course areas in which ERD techniques can adversely impact the must be designed to match the desired well profile and how this is achieved to
well cost or increase the well risk are detailed and the mitigations for these risks deliver wells with the lowest tortuosity. How tortuosity adversely affects
are discussed. modelling of T&D.
• The evolution of directional drilling technology, the key drivers for this and why
This course was re-written in 2018 to include the latest research and developments
so many wells are now drilled with high cost rotary steering tools.
in ERD technology and practices. • Surveying the well, the key technologies used to survey the well and how
mistakes in well positioning are made. Making sure that the uncertainties and
errors in the ERD project are minimised. Survey reprocessing techniques to
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
improve accuracy of placement.
• A drilling engineer, well site supervisor, tool pusher, rig manager or field • Formation evaluation tools as a drilling engineering resource and how to use
support personnel this data to show wellbore quality.
• A geoscientist or reservoir engineer looking to get better value from your • Shock and vibration of the downhole equipment, its origins, its impact and how
interactions with the drilling team to reduce or remove this unwanted problem, reduce NPT and improve
• Involved in improving drilling performance and cutting drilling costs performance.
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Practical demonstrations of all the key principles using models and simulations
in the classroom
• Mixed instructor-led delivery of theoretical content with a blend of PowerPoint
overview, whiteboard explanations of details and class interactive exercises
• A narrative that runs through the course where each topic is inter-related and
builds on the previous learnings
• Extensive allowance for class-led questioning within the course delivery
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will be confident to understand:
• How to relate your project to the industry drilling envelope and how to define
the correct level of planning resource to allocate to ensure success.
• What changes in the well as you increase the inclination, and how these
changes need to be reflected in the planning and operational practice. Tripping
and connection practices will be examined in detail and the changes from low
angle wells will be developed by the group as part of the ‘workshop’ style
teaching.
• How to ensure that NPT and LIH do not affect your project. The focus here will
be on understanding both Hole Cleaning for high angle wells and the risks of
differential sticking.
• When to use high cost technology like rotary steerable systems and when
these systems add little value. How to mitigate the risks of motor drilling when
they are used in high angle drilling.
• How to push the drilling envelope further and increase the drilling radius of any
rig to deliver more fluids back to the asset.
• How to use the evolving science of geomechanics alongside the increasing
volume of formation evaluation while drilling data available in real time to
deliver substantially lower NPT on any drilling project.
• How to work with a geology team to geo-place or geo-steer a well path within
specific lithologies or a specific fluid type.
• Why certain vibration types become predominant in ERD wells and how to
address these problems.
• How to ensure that once the well is drilled, it is possible to get the casing to
bottom and cement it successfully.
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Drilling Drilling

Well Integrity Management

Geothermal Drilling Technology Advanced Drilling Technologies Workover & Completions for the Well Life Cycle
DRI13 DRI14 DRI38 DRI18
DRI13 3 days Foundation DRI14 5 days Skill / Advanced DRI38 5 days Skill DRI18 5 days Skill / Advanced
DRI13 DRI14 DRI38 DRI18
 Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Catalin Teodoriu Catalin Teodoriu Gonzalo Rivero Catalin Teodoriu or Holger Kinzel

This course provides a comprehensive understanding of the technology and
engineering required to successfully design and execute geothermal wells. It
covers basic drilling principles analysed from the point of view of a geothermal
developer. The geothermal aspects of drilling processes and how they affect the
well plan, well construction and overall budget are also presented.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• An engineer with little or no background in drilling technology or petroleum
science
• A geologist or any professional involved in geothermal project planning and
management
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
The course is structured by presenting the basic drilling technology and then
linking it with the features of geothermal drilling activities.
The course will cover the following drilling aspects:
• Design and evaluation of well drilling systems
• Identification and solution of drilling problems associated with geothermal wells
• Mud design for elevated temperatures, well control, casing design
• Well cementing
Some exercises (drilling costs calculation, casing loads) will be used to highlight
the most important aspects of geothermal well construction.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• The basics of drilling engineering related to geothermal applications
• The interdependency between geothermal well drilling and the oil & gas
business
• The specific tools needed to drill a well in general and specifically for
geothermal drilling
• The technologies involved to date for drilling at rig site
• An overview of drilling costs
TOPICS
• Short history of drilling engineering
• Introduction to geothermal engineering
• Drilling a well and drilling methods
• Drilling rig components and drilling rigs classification
• Overview of rock mechanics process
• Effect of geothermal reservoir on the rock mechanics process
• Drilling fluids and wellbore hydraulics
• Drill bits and their application
• Drill string components
• Downhole motors and downhole tools
• Prime drivers, rotary system
• Hoisting system, mud circulation system
• Casing and cementing of geothermal wells
• Well completions for geothermal applications
• Special aspects of geothermal drilling
• Effect of high temperature on drilling mud
• Economic aspects of geothermal drilling
• Well control
• Drilling problems related to geothermal drilling
• Special drilling techniques for geothermal drilling
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the principles and practices of This 5-day course emphasises the role of engineers and field operators in This course builds a firm foundation of the principles and practices of well
advanced drilling engineering, enabling participants to decide which technology is planning and executing the intervention operations to maintain and increase field completion under the aspect of well integrity.
most appropriate for their business. production and thus add to the profitability and recoverable reserves. It also A comprehensive overview of past and actual well integrity strategies will be
It is an introduction to advanced drilling topics such as High Pressure High emphasises the significance of the team concept as a factor in optimising shown and supported through schematics and animations. Calculations will be
Temperature (HPHT) drilling, modern drilling technologies (i.e. casing drilling, operations success. The course is highlighted with open discussions and problem used to help you understand the relationship between well integrity and good
unconventional drilling methods), special well design, drilling problems and their solving shared by the instructor and participants. engineering practice.
solutions. Advanced drilling techniques such as casing drilling or coiled tubing The course will start with a review of well construction and well completion being
drilling are also covered as are tools and techniques used in casing or tubing followed by a thorough immersion in well integrity causes and ways to remedy
drilling such as surface equipment, bottomhole assemblies (BHA), etc. DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... them.
• A drilling, intervention, completion or production engineer or manager
• A reservoir engineer, geologist, field maintenance supervisor or operator
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... • A professional working for a service company or equipment manufacturing DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A drilling, production or operations engineer, field supervisor, manager or company • A drilling, production or operations engineer, field supervisor or manager
technical support personnel with a good understanding of the principles of
drilling engineering
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Face-to-face presentation You will receive instructions how well construction and completion will contribute
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE • Case studies to achieve maximum well integrity based on existing case studies. Looking at the
You will be guided through planning and evaluating drillstring design and learn • Videos and animations well design as a whole, basic applications and calculation for cement hardware
how to perform calculations associated with well tubular design and stuck pipe • Practical exercises selection as well as casing design and connection forces are covered in the
situations. course.
Non-conventional aspects of drilling will be also covered within this class, guiding A strong focus will be on how to achieve well integrity and how the best practice
you through shale gas drilling, gas hydrates drilling and coring as well as modern
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
can contribute to select the best components such as packers, nipples, tubing and
casing and coiled tubing drilling aspects. By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: their connections, gravel pack, etc.
At the end optimisation concepts will be presented, helping you to learn how to • The industry’s advanced technologies in the field of designing and executing As an independent course, it offers the most complete overview of connection
take decisions that could save time and increase the safety of drilling operations. intervention jobs in your respective operations make-up tools selection.
• Selecting the appropriate method for the particular operation and perform the
task in a safe and efficient manner
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• Drill string mechanics: loads, cause of failure, design concepts
TOPICS
• Well integrity concepts
• Mechanised drilling operations: make-up of tubular, mechanised drilling rigs • Workover and completion methodology • The determination of the minimum number of downhole tools for best well
• Drilling problems: stuck pipe situations, fishing operations • Risk management integrity
• Advanced drilling technologies - casing drilling, HPHT, coiled tubing drilling • Well problem and analysis • Well integrity definitions and complexity
• Proper selection of drilling technology for shale gas, geothermal drilling, etc. • Well control • Critical well integrity issues
• Non-conventional drilling methods and equipment including environmental • Cement bond logs • Interpretation of well barriers
aspects of drilling activities • Perforating • Designing your string for improved well integrity
• Drilling through gas hydrates • Fracture gradient • Tubing loads and their constraints
• Sand management • Well completion components and their failures
• Cement squeezing • Intelligent well completions and their applications
TOPICS • Acidizing • Cementing equipment and its impact on well integrity
• Drilling engineering - a short review • Rigless operations • Long term well integrity
• Drilling methods and drilling technologies • Coil tubing
• Drillstring mechanics • Fishing operations
• Mechanised drilling operations • Completion management TOPICS
• Drilling problems and their solutions in modern drilling operations • Production casing & tubing design • Well construction and completion
• Coiled tubing drilling technology • Design procedures • Definition of well integrity
• Casing drilling technology and casing fatigue • Artificial lift • Wellbore barriers and their role
• Expandable tubular and their applications • Practical exercise • Well integrity concepts
• Drilling HPHT wells • Defining risk associated with well integrity
• Drilling fluids for HPHT environment • Casing and tubing
• Wellbore hydraulics Course can be presented in English or Spanish language. • Threaded connections and their well integrity role
• Drill bit optimisation and selection • Sealing tubular connection
• Non-conventional drilling methods • Make-up of tubular goods
• High performance drilling concepts • Selected hardware for make-up of tubular goods
• Drilling through gas hydrates • Proper running procedure for casing and tubing
• Aspects wellbore construction and wellbore integrity • Tubing design and selection
• Proper selection of drilling technologies and methods for your business • Proper selection of casing and tubing and the associated connections
• Casing hardware for cementing application
• Impact of pipe centralisation on well integrity (mud removal by cement slurry,
stand-off calculation, torque and drag considerations)
• Pipe movement to improve cementation (reciprocation, rotation)
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK • Proper centraliser selection and placement for individual applications
• Special application of well integrity (underreamed sections, monobore)
‘Useful knowledge about drilling engineering was presented in this course. • Design wells for maximum well integrity (case studies)
Also some new technologies and new and useful concepts such as DWC, • Well integrity management
MSE etc. were introduced.’
 Engineer at Chengdu Best Diamond Bit Co.

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Facilities
Introduction to Surface Facilities (FAC01)
Fundamentals of Oil & Gas Production (FAC09)
Gas Processing Technologies (FAC02)
Oil Processing Fundamentals (FAC03)
Gas Dehydration (FAC10)
Relief & Flare Systems (FAC11)
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Facilities
Introduction to Surface Facilities Fundamentals of Oil & Gas Production
FAC01 FAC09
FAC01 4 days Foundation FAC09 4 days Foundation
FAC01 FAC09
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏
Siegfried Gugu Phil Tudhope
This course provides an introduction into the basic processes, technologies and This course is a broad introduction to oil and gas development. It conveys a TOPICS
equipment of Surface Facilities in E&P installations. Providing information about background understanding of the origins of oil and gas, how subsurface Oil & Gas Origins, Exploration and Subsurface Development
both onshore and offshore, it is dedicated to operational aspects and state-of-the- developments are decided and how these link with the selection of the surface • Origins of oil & gas
art applications. The course gives an overview of technical as well as commercial facilities development. • The oil & gas lifecycle
aspects in regard to green as well as brown field facilities. All major equipment Primary surface oil and gas production systems are covered including export - Cash flow for an oil & gas project
components will be discussed and their impact on the overall value chain systems from pipelines to oil terminals and tankers. • Exploration & appraisal
explained. Surface selection criteria will be presented and the main processes Both onshore and offshore production systems are described and the offshore - Seismic acquisition
explained and discussed. Operational and maintenance aspects will be discussed systems include fixed structures, floating systems and subsea systems. - Exploration drilling
and elaborated along the actual facility and equipment presentations. The course includes an introduction to the basic principles of project development - Appraisal & prospect evaluation
including handling uncertainties, HSE and managing risk. It also provides a basic • Sub-surface development
understanding of the role of operations in managing the reservoir, wells and - Estimating volumes of reserves
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... facilities through field life. - Reservoir recovery mechanisms
• A project manager or manager - Artificial lift
• An E&P professional (geologist, geophysicist, reservoir, production, drilling - Secondary, tertiary & enhanced oil recovery
engineer) seeking facilities understanding in the projects you are involved in DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• Working in related professions such as legal, accounting, business • A facilities or process engineer, either a graduate or a more experienced Surface Facilities
development, HR, marketing technical professional looking to develop theoretical competence Primary production systems
•
• Working for a service provider to oil & gas industries to understand the impact • A project manager who seeks greater understanding of the process and Oil processing (stabilisation, dehydration, desalting)
•
of surface facilities on their activity mechanical design of plants Water processing
•
• Working for government agencies to get an insight into the issues related to • An operations engineer looking to deepen your knowledge of the design Water injection
•
E&P surface facilities principles of the plants Gas processing
•
• A sub-surface engineer seeking to broaden your technical knowledge
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE Offshore Production Systems
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE Offshore structures
•
A combination of classroom lessons and real world examples will ensure the Floating systems
•
practicality of this course. Interaction between the participants and the trainer as The course links theory to application. It reinforces this through real industry Basics of flow assurance
•
well as discussions and case studies amongst the participants are an integral part problems and examples which are solved by the participants as part of the Subsea engineering
•
of this course. Interaction and discussions will give the participants the opportunity sessions.
to further deepen the content. After return to your workplace you can immediately The course is highly interactive and participants are encouraged to share their Onshore Systems and Project Development
use the course content in your practical work. own experiences and problems to the benefit of all. • Onshore plants
• Export systems
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING - Pipelines
- Export terminals
By the end of the course you will be confident in your understanding of: • By the end of the course you will have a basic understanding of the different
- Tankers
• The value chain of crude oil and gas from the well to the product types of oil and gas reservoirs and how they can be developed from a
• Project development
• The requirements for oil and gas production facilities and gas processing subsurface perspective. You will be able to link the selection of the subsurface
- Health safety & environment
• The establishment of product qualities development to the choices for the surface handling and product export
- Handling uncertainties
• Major process steps and technologies in E&P surface operations facilities.
- Managing risk
• Facilities terminology and design concepts • You will appreciate the technical differences between the major concepts for
• Introduction to operations & maintenance
offshore production systems; fixed structures, floating systems and subsea
• Introduction to well & reservoir management
systems. You will also have seen examples of typical onshore production
TOPICS systems and learnt about pipelines, export terminal and tanker transport.
• Introduction to main chemical and physical properties of oil and gas • You will also have an introduction to the principles of project development
compounds including handling uncertainties and risk and the basics of HSE management.
• Types of reservoirs and applied production technologies You will also appreciate the important role of Operations and managing the
• Overview of surface facilities and equipment, broken down into: wells and reservoir production throughout field life.
- Production facilities
- Gathering facilities
- Separation facilities
- Treatment facilities
- Storage facilities
- Export facilities
- Utilities and Infrastructure
• Gas treatment
• Water separation, water treatment, water injection/disposal
• Offshore installation types
• Introduction to process design
• Equipment standards
• Safety in design and operation
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘Good mix of topics, easy to understand, i.e. no engineering background
needed.’
 Geoscience Analyst at DEA
‘It was well explained and covers the most part of petroleum engineering
introduction.’
 Reservoir Engineer at NAMR
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Facilities Facilities

Gas Processing Technologies Oil Processing Fundamentals Gas Dehydration Relief & Flare Systems
FAC02 FAC03 FAC10 FAC11
FAC02 4 days Skill FAC03 4 days Skill FAC10 2 days Skill FAC11 2 days Foundation / Skill
FAC02 FAC03 FAC10 FAC11
 Public ✗ In-house
❏  Public on demand  Public ✗ In-house
❏  Public on demand ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏ ✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
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Phil Tudhope Phil Tudhope

This course provides in-depth knowledge about the processes and technologies This course provides an in-depth introduction into the principles of crude oil The course covers dehydration of natural gas in some depth. The course covers relief, flare and vent systems design. It describes why specific
applied for gas treatment and gas processing worldwide. Different requirements processing, storage and handling in upstream facilities. Conventional technologies The course describes the four main gas dehydration processes of Cooling, equipment like separators and heat exchangers require relief protection and how
for the processing of various gas types are detailed and supported by real-life are discussed as well as surface facilities for IOR and EOR applications. Absorption, Adsorption and Membrane dehydration. Absorption processes to determine the relief cases for these items. The various elements of the relief
examples. concentrate on glycol dehydration but also include discussion of enhanced and system, from relief valves through piping and headers to flare knock out drums
proprietary processes. Adsorption processes concentrate on molecular sieves but and flare tips, are covered as are the methods for determining overall system and
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... also discuss Silica gels. Membrane dehydration covers the principles as well as peak relief loads.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... • A reservoir engineer, production engineer or process engineer, seeking deeper typical process arrangements. The course also covers how plant depressuring systems are configured and some
• A reservoir engineer, production engineer or process engineer, seeking deeper understanding of oil processing and handling The course covers the process design and sizing calculations as well as the of the specialised design principles such as cold temperatures and acoustic
understanding of gas treatment steps • In need of a refresher course on state-of-the-art processing technologies for equipment within the processes and typical operational issues as well as process vibration are critical to sound relief system design.
• In need of a refresher course in state-of-the-art processing technologies for crude oil, water and associated gas design safety matters.
natural gas and associated gas
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... • A facilities or process engineer, either a graduate or a more experienced
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE • Explanation of all commonly used oil processing steps and technologies as • A facilities or process engineer, either a graduate or a more experienced technical professional looking to develop theoretical competence in relief and
• A tutor with more than 10 years of hands-on design, build and operating well as rarely applied niche market solutions technical professional looking to develop theoretical competence flare system design
experience • Case studies based on existing facilities world wide • A project manager who seeks greater understanding of the process and • A safety engineer who seeks to gain competence in the principles and
• Explanations of all commonly used gas treatment technologies as well as • Outlining of the engineering path from the analysis of well fluids to the mechanical design of plants practices of relief and flare system design
rarely applied niche market solutions development of oil processing schemes • An operations engineer looking to deepen your knowledge of the design • A project engineer or manager who seeks greater understanding of the
• Outlining the engineering path from gas analysis to gas processing schemes, • Drafting exercises of process schemes for typical oil production facilities principles of the plants principles of sound relief and flare system design
backed with exercises • A sub-surface engineer seeking to broaden your technical knowledge • An operations engineer looking to deepen your knowledge of the design
• Illustration of multiple typical gas processing schemes for certain gas types principles of the plants
and applications
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Well fluid composition and oil and gas qualities The course links theory to application. It reinforces this through real industry HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • How to determine involved technologies based on well fluid characteristics problems and examples which are solved by the participants as part of the The course links theory to application. It reinforces this through real industry
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: • How to cope with sour service and related operations sessions. examples and allows participants to practice the theory through worked examples
• Gas types, qualities and required processing steps • Processing schemes for various crude types and associated water and gas The course is highly interactive and participants are encouraged to share their as part of the sessions.
• How to determine involved technologies based on enhanced chemical • How to sketch preliminary processing charts for various crude types, including own experiences and problems to the benefit of all. The course is highly interactive and participants are encouraged to share their
background knowledge utility systems own experiences and problems to the benefit of all.
• How to cope with sour service and related operations
• Processing schemes for natural / associated gas THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
• How to sketch preliminary processing charts of various gases, including utility
TOPICS By the end of the course you will have a good understanding of how to select an THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
systems • Basic introduction to carbohydrate chemistry and crude oil formation appropriate gas dehydration method for a field development as well as the basic By the end of the course you will have a good understanding of how relief and
• Types of reservoirs and related production technologies principles of the process design and how to size the equipment within the process. depressuring systems are designed. You will appreciate the importance of
• Typical crude oil characteristics and sales qualities You will have had hands-on experience of designing a glycol dehydration system establishing all relief cases that apply and how these are equipment-specific. You
TOPICS • Relevant technologies of oil processing surface facilities, broken down into: and calculating the glycol purity required and the glycol circulation rates as well as will know how to determine governing relief cases for the system and how to
• Basic introduction to oil and gas chemistry - Well equipment the sizing of the main components of the system. calculate peak relief system loads. You will have an introduction to how staggering
• Natural gas / associated gas formation - Gathering systems and staging depressuring systems can lower peak loads and how important cold
• Types of reservoirs and related production technologies - 3-Phase-separation facilities temperatures and acoustic vibration are in the system design. You will have
• Typical sales gas qualities - 2-Phase-seperation facilities TOPICS gained this from seasoned professionals who have been involved directly with
• Relevant technologies of gas processing surface facilities, broken down into: - Demulsifiers, heater-treaters, etc. Background and Absorption Dehydration relief and flare system design and have real life experiences to offer not just
- Well equipment and HIPPS - Oil stabilisation columns and LPG recovery • Introduction textbook knowledge.
- Gathering systems - By-product stabilisation and use/disposal - Water content of gas
- Separation facilities - Metering systems - Reasons to dehydrate gas
- Sweetening facilities - Crude oil storage - Water dew point / water content specifications TOPICS
- Dehydration facilities and condensate removal - Crude oil loading and unloading facilities - Overview of dehydration methods Relief System Basics, Relief Cases Depressuring Systems,
- By-product stabilisation and use / disposal - Crude oil transportation • Cooling, expansion & refrigeration and Relief System Design Flares and Vents
- Metering systems - Utility requirements - Heat exchange, refrigeration & expansion cooling • The need for relief systems • Depressurisation systems
- Utility requirements • Outlook into oil sands processing facilities - LTX gas process - Codes & standards - Rate of depressurisation
• Underground gas storage • Process engineering introduction and technology selection - TwisterTM • The basic relief & flare system - Depressuring devices & actuation
• Implication of shale gas on surface facilities - Hydrate inhibition • Relief & flare system design - Segregation & staggering of
• Process engineering introduction and technology selection - Operating & trouble-shooting MEG injection - Relief cases blowdown
• Case studies based on existing facilities world wide • Absorption dehydration - Reverse flow • Flares
- Types of absorbent - Two phase relief - Types of flares
• TEG dehydration - Double jeopardy and common - Flare radiation calculations
- Enhanced glycol dehydration processes cause failure - Ground flares
- Operating & trouble-shooting TEG dehydration - Pressure vessels - Flare ignition
- Process design safety for TEG dehydration - Heat exchangers - Smokeless flaring
- Tanks - Purge gas
Adsorption Dehydration and Membranes - Pig receivers & launchers - Flare knockout drums
• Adsorption dehydration - Fire relief • Vents
- Types of adsorbent - Peak relief loads - Vent dispersion
- Silica gel - Types of relief valves • Flare / vent gas recovery systems
- Molecular sieves - Relief valve sizing
- The adsorption mechanism - Relief device inlet & discharge
- Adsorption vessel design piping
- Adsorption process flow schemes - Relief headers
- Adsorbent regeneration processes - Acoustic induced vibration
- Tips for reliable molecular sieve system design - Cold temperatures & cold creep
• Membrane dehydration - Common system design pitfalls
- Principles of membrane separation
- Membrane types and configuration
- Membrane dehydration flow schemes

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 Health, Safety and Environment

Introduction to Refining Technologies

and Refinery Conception Process Safety Management
REF01 HSE01
REF01 4 days Foundation HSE01 5 days Skill
REF01 HSE01
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❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
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Chandrasekhar Ramakrishnan Richard Gowland

This course introduces participants to the basic principles of oil refining and This course is an introduction to Process Safety Management, explaining the
related technologies. Different refinery types and their set-up and product slates need for a modern approach to the management of major hazards in the chemical,
are highlighted in this introduction course, providing sufficient knowledge to select oil and gas industry sectors. Its primary objective is to provide the participants with
them. the skills necessary for setting up and/or operating Process Safety Management
systems which address major hazards of fires, explosions, hazardous reactions
and runaways.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... The course equips participants with the means to succeed in safety terms as
• A manager / employee with commercial or non-specific technical background, process, project and production engineers or to attain specialist status in process
working in the oil & gas industry safety management.
• Involved in financing, the supply chain or operation of oil refineries, whether
small or large DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• An engineer working in the process industry (chemical, petrochemical, oil and
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE gas) in projects, process design, operational production and specialist process
safety careers
• Strengthening basic oil chemistry as strong foundation for understanding of
refinery processes HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Interactive training based on case studies
The course includes:
• Providing data and information about major operational refineries world-wide
• Demonstrations of major events which have changed the way industry
as case examples
operates and its process safety practices. These events have sometimes been
described as ‘Black Swan’ accidents. This is because they were thought to be
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING ‘unknown unknowns’ - so unlikely that they were previously not studied. The
By the end of the course you will feel more confident to: course includes a method to discover these and to analyse the precursors
• Read and understand refinery process diagrams • Process hazard analysis methods which have been proved good practice
• Discuss suitable refinery types and main technologies • Hazard identification and frequency identification which is accepted good
• Perform preliminary license selections for common technologies practice in industry and by competent authorities - the ability to decide when a
• Assess basic CAPEX / OPEX requirements for given refinery types process or production unit is ‘safe enough’ and to determine the value of
• Evaluate project viability for refinery constructions further risk reductions in societal and economic terms.

The methods outlined are backed up by real life case studies and an evaluation of
TOPICS your degree of understanding. Furthermore, overall Process Safety Management
Systems are described and all the necessary tools are explained and form part of
• Basic oil (and organic) chemistry
the course resources for you to own and use. The resources are formatted to
• Chemical and physical properties of crude oil and refinery products
allow you to adapt them for training others in your own enterprises.
• Common product qualities (e.g. Euro V, etc.)
• Main refinery processes THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
• Utilities and infrastructure systems
• Oil and product transport requirements By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• Nelson complexity index • Modern methods of risk management for major hazards which allow you to
• Solomon index for refinery operations manage risks in projects, operations and training in ways which meet or can be
• Layout and location requirements/restrictions adapted to corporate and regulatory requirements
• CAPEX and OPEX evaluations
• Introduction into refinery conceptual design TOPICS
• Overview of existing and operational refineries worldwide • Progressive process safety management framework (linking depth of risk study
• Shifting product slates to meet market demands to severity of process hazards - going all the way from Process Hazard
Analysis (PHA) to Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA))
• Incorporating process safety into new projects
• Principles of inherently safer process design
• PHA methods, subjects and checklists - addressing fire, explosion, toxic
release, reactive chemical hazards
• Using PHA to derive worst case and probable scenarios. The search for
atypical scenarios and `Black Swans`
• Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP) - includes case studies
• Simple methods for estimating severity of all identified hazardous scenarios
(fire, explosion, runaway reactions, toxic release etc.)

Health, Safety and

• Tolerability criteria (people effects and environment)
• Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) - includes case studies

Refining
• Criteria for deciding if a risk is tolerable or not - ’As Low as Reasonably
Practicable’ (ALARP)

Environment • Process safety metrics, reporting incidents, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Trending etc.
• Human factors basics (human error, human reliability to respond to stimuli
such as alarms)
Introduction to Refining Technologies and • Process safety culture (based on Baker Report recommendations)
Refinery Conception (REF01) Process Safety Management (HSE01) • Process safety competence assurance
• Case studies based on Buncefield (major fire and explosion) and BP Texas
Hazard and Operability Study - HAZOP (HSE07) City (explosion)
• Case review - Deepwater Horizon: what happened, how was the disaster
Layer of Protection Analysis - LOPA (HSE06)
finally stopped and what are the long term issues?
• Root cause investigation
• Self-assessment and auditing

Computer access required for exercises.

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Health, Safety and Environment

Hazard and Operability Study - HAZOP Layer of Protection Analysis - LOPA

HSE07 HSE06
HSE07 3 days Skill HSE06 2 days Skill / Advanced
HSE07 HSE06
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❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
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Richard Gowland Richard Gowland

Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP) is an internationally respected method of
identifying hazards in chemical, oil, gas and pharmaceutical processes. It forms a
vital part in Risk Management and provides the input for the full assessment of
risk in terms of consequence severity and frequency via methods such as Layer
of Protection Analysis (LOPA) and Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA).
The course covers the principles of HAZOP and the part of Process Safety
Management and Risk Assessment where it applies. The technique is described
in detail and its ‘rules’ are properly explained.
The desired outcome is that the participants understand the technique to enable
them to take an active part to lead HAZOP studies.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A HAZOP team member wanting to take up study team leadership
• An engineer or other technical person who is new to HAZOP study
A project manager or project engineer
Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) is an analytical procedure which uses the
outputs from Hazard Identification methods such as Hazard and Operability Study
to quantitatively estimate the frequency/likelihood of an identified consequence
occurring. The occurrence of the consequence is assessed and a ‘tolerable’
frequency target is assigned. The more severe the identified consequence is, the
lower the target frequency needs to be. The technique takes account of the effect
of the initiating events which could be control system or equipment failure or
human error all the way through ‘modifiers’ such as time at risk, probability of
ignition and explosion, to protective barriers such as alarms and trips. The
outcome indicates if the target tolerable frequency is achieved and if not, what
further risk reduction is required. This may result in the deployment of Safety
Instrument Systems.
LOPA is one of the most popular risk assessment methods described in the
International Electrotechnical Commission standard IEC 61511.

Petroleum Business Management

•
• A production manager or production enginner
• A process safety engineer
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A production engineer
• A process control engineer
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE • An instrumentation system designer
The course is delivered by means of presentations, case studies and the use of • A process safety engineer
simple MS Excel software. Introduction to Petroleum Economics (PBM21) Integrated Reservoir Studies:
Part of the course is devoted to case studies. The first of these studies is led by
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE Exploration Economics (PBM19) The Project Management Approach (PBM07)
the trainer and then the participant groups lead the later examples with observation
and guidance from the trainer. This comprehensive course gives a complete description of the method from
Reserves Classification and Categorisation (PBM30) Managing Data Rooms for Quick-look Asset Appraisal (PBM05)
Since the aim of the course is to equip participants with the ability to lead HAZOP assigning tolerable target frequencies in line with company and regulator
studies, it is considered important for the participants to take a very active part in requirements through all steps of the method. In many cases LOPA discovers Petroleum Economics, Business and Decision Making Oil & Gas Field Life Cycle,
the case studies. gaps in protection or cases of common cause failure. When these occur, risk
(PBM02) Field Development and Planning (PBM26)
reduction measures such as Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) need to be
incorporated into the operating system. International Natural Gas Business - Market Entry Strategy and Introduction to Gated Development Processes (PBM28)
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING The provided course materials include a manual in paper and electronic form and
Commercial Contract Conception (PBM13) Selecting Optimal Development Concepts (PBM29)
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: the necessary software for carrying out LOPA studies.
• The ability to set up and run HAZOP studies and control a HAZOP to ensure Decision Quality in Organisations (PBM01)
high class outcomes
• Hazards and how they impact people, the community, economics and the
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
environment The course aims to provide you with the ability to conduct the LOPA study and to
• Major contributions to process and occupational safety risk management and train others using the provided material including study software.
reduction COURSE PROGRESSION MATRIX
TOPICS
TOPICS • The whole LOPA method Petroleum Business Management Soft Skills Management & Leadership Finance & Contracting

• What is HAZOP? • Setting the target tolerable frequency for defined scenarios and consequences
• When is HAZOP needed? • Identifying initiating events and assigning event frequencies Project Management Professional (PMP®)
• Understand how to plan, lead, implement, record and review a HAZOP study • Accounting for enabling factors such as time at risk Certification Preparation - Fostered by
Project Management Simulation
Accounting for ‘conditional modifiers’ such as probability of ignition, weather

ADVANCED
• Key terminology on parameters, guidewords and hazardous deviations •
associated with a HAZOP study conditions
• Key resources needed for a HAZOP study • Accounting for any alarms or safety trips incorporated in the normal process Turnaround Management

• The different roles within a HAZOP-team composition control system

• Understand the key characteristics of the method and requirements for • Accounting for other safety related protection systems such as pressure safety Reserves Classification and
Value
Engineering Exploration & Production Accounting -
Categorisation The Senior Level 3
HAZOP chair and the importance of balancing the HAZOP team inputs and valves Management Module 3

contributions • Accounting for any Safety Instrumented Systems existing or added as part of Program:
Developing
• Discuss the limitations of a HAZOP study the study Petroleum Managing Data
Leadership Value Effective Bid and Tender Strategies for
Capacity Engineering Oil & Gas
• Carry out whole group and subgroup worked examples and case studies • Analysing the outcome for sensitivity and uncertainty Economics, Rooms for Quick-
Business and look Asset
- Revisit major accidents e.g. BP Texas City • Assessing if the outcome is in the range of tolerability - using a cost/benefit Decision Making Appraisal Managing and
- Gasoline storage assessment for further risk reduction (the ALARP principle) Effective Technical Writing for Exploration
Developing
Human Auditing in the Exploration &
- Distillation column level control • Fitting the LOPA process into a Process Safety Management System Decision Quality International and Production Staff - Lean Six Sigma Resources Production Industry
in Organisations Natural Gas A Structured System
- Intermediate storage tank • Audit and Inspection and regulatory authority expectations Business -
SKILL

Market Entry The Winning

- Exothermic runaway in a reactor Integrated Strategy and Toolkit for New
Reservoir Commercial
• Connecting to other risk management elements Studies: The Contract
Negotiation Skills for the Oil & Gas
Industry
Managers and International Oil & Gas Exploitation
Difficult Times Contracts
Project Conception
Management Swiss Island® -
Approach An Interactive
Selecting Optimal and Tangible Selection and
Development Problem Solving and Decision Making (Agile) Project Development of a
Exploration Performing Team
Concepts Management Exploration & Contracts
Economics
Simulation Production Strategy &
Accounting - Management
Oil & Gas Field Introduction to Level 2
Modern Project International and
Life Cycle, Field Gated High Impact Presentation Skills
Management Comparative HR
Development and Development Strategies
Planning Processes
Exploration &
Production
Communication Business Writing Change Performance Accounting -
Skills for Success Skills Leadership Management Level 1
FOUNDATION

Contracting
Time, Personal Strategy Mastering Fundamentals -
Success in Execution: Value Finance for Non- A Practice
Organisation and
Multicultural Theory & Engineering Financial Oil & Related Briefing
Introduction to Petroleum Economics Stress
Teams Practice Module 1 Gas Personnel for Non-Lawyers
Management

Computer access required for exercises. Computer access required for exercises.
Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production - A Comprehensive Introduction to the Oil & Gas Industry

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Petroleum Business Management Petroleum Business Management

Reserves Classification
Introduction to Petroleum Economics Exploration Economics and Categorisation
PBM21 PBM19 PBM30
PBM21 4 days Foundation PBM19 3 days Skill PBM30 2 days Advanced
PBM21 PBM19 PBM30
✗ Public
❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏  Public on demand  Public ✗ In-house
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Siegfried Gugu Imre Szilágyi Imre Szilágyi

Oil and gas companies compete for resources and reserves around the globe. In
recent years new technologies have changed the global picture in the oil and gas
industry and the frontiers of exploration are continuously driven to harsher and/or
more environmentally sensitive areas.
Beside - or better because of - these technical challenges it is crucially important
to keep project and company economics under control. What good is the best
technological improvement, if the costs to apply these technologies cannot be
recovered?
In this course participants get introduced to the whole world of Petroleum
Economics. The content spans from questions like: Why are the economics in the
upstream industry different from those in other industries? Do I understand the
whole value chain in my project? How do I deal with risks and uncertainties? What
is my project NPV, EMV? Will the recent tax change kill my project?
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A project manager or manager
• An E&P professional (geologist, geophysicist, reservoir, production, drilling
engineer etc.) seeking economic understanding in the projects you are
involved in
• Working in related professions such as legal, accounting, business
development, HR, marketing
• Working for a service provider to oil & gas industries to understand your roles
and impact in the overall project life cycle
• Working for government agencies to get an insight into the project and
company economics
• Keen to know more about petroleum economics
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
A combination of classroom lessons, real world examples and actual project
calculations will ensure the practicality of this course. Interaction between the
participants and the trainer as well as discussions and case studies amongst the
participants are an integral part of this course. Interaction and discussions will
give the participants the opportunity to further deepen the content. After return to
your workplace you can immediately use the course content in your practical
work.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• The interactions in the industry
• Setting up your own economic models
• Terms like NPV, ROR, hurdle rate, etc.
• The risks in you projects and tools to handle these risks
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘Tutor has extensive industry experience, real life examples.’
 Petrophysicist at E.ON E&P
‘The course is very comprehensive in regard to financial information and
project managing.’
 Manager at NIS Petrol
TOPICS
• Understand the petroleum industry (value chain and its interactions)
- Discuss petroleum industry specifics (oil and gas prices, IOC vs NOC)
- Value generation in upstream, midstream and downstream
- Partnering (developing projects jointly with competitors)
• Project economics
- Understand the basics for project economics (revenues, cost, cash flow,
NPV, IRR)
- Learn to set up projects
- Identify critical parameters to project success
• Multiple project economics
- Compare projects according to KPIs
- Rank projects and define investment strategy
- Identify related risks and uncertainties
• Company economics
- Differences between project and company economics
- Financing, depreciation and tax impact on company balance sheet
- Cash flow versus profit
• Cash flow and NPV
- Understand the principles of revenues and cost streams
- Appreciate the differences of time value of money
- Set up and calculate your own cash flow and NPV models
• Depreciation and amortisation
- Understand the system of depreciation
- Depreciation methods and its impact on economics
- Concept of amortisation
• Project milestones, rates of return and hurdle rates
- Understand the importance of structuring a project according to milestones
- Calculate KPI’s (ROR, hurdle rate, etc.) and experience the project impact
- Base case und sensitivities > impact on project understanding
• Upstream contracts and fiscal terms
- Different forms of upstream will be discussed
- Contractual and commercial terms and the impact on the overall project
- Understand the key risks and uncertainties in these contract types
• Risk analysis and uncertainty
- Concept of risk and uncertainty
- Inherent risks in the oil and gas industry
- Risk evaluation and risk mitigation techniques
• Decision tree analysis
- Understand the concept of decision tree analysis
- Calculation of EMVs (expected monetary values)
- Develop your own decision tree
This is a very intensive multi-disciplinary course designed to give a comprehensive
summary of the economics of oil and gas exploration. Exploration - compared to
other businesses - has many distinctive features making the economic evaluations
unique within the general framework of petroleum economics.
The course starts with an overview of exploration risk assessment and its effect
on prospect mapping (seismic), exploratory drilling and appraisal project
economics. The sophistication of economic evaluation techniques as well as the
importance of correct business model set-up is demonstrated by real-life case
studies. The course concludes with the economics of project portfolio models.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• An experienced exploration project manager, a line manager of an exploration
business unit or a geoscience team leader
• A senior member of new opportunity evaluation and upstream business
development teams
• An E&P economist working on financial evaluations of exploration projects
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
The key features of the course are interactivity and out-of-the-box thinking. The
definite goal is to bridge the mind-gaps between seniors and managers with
different professional backgrounds (i.e. geosciences, engineering and economics).
You will be encouraged to bring up your own case studies and to build up the
evaluation models in teams.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• Exploration risks
• How the exploration risk is matured through the phases of exploration
• Defining a correct and adequate-to-case business evaluation model
• The logic of your peers you have to collaborate with in economic evaluations
• Applying a multi-disciplinary approach to economic evaluations
• Exploration portfolio management
TOPICS
• The geological probability theory and probability of success in exploration
- Components of the geological probability
- Play and prospect models
- Probability of Success (POS) in prospect mapping, prospect drilling and in
appraisal
• The expected net present value
- Conjugate cash-flows and probabilities of success
- Expected value or value of the game?
- The value of the yet-to-find
• Evaluation case studies
- Prospect drilling
- Prospect mapping
- Appraisals
• Treatment of irregularities
- Conditionality of geological probability components
- Interdependent geological models
• Exploration portfolio management
- Characteristics of the operative portfolios
- Exploration risk diversification efficiency
- Understanding of the balanced exploration portfolio
- Estimation bias analyses
The course provides the ‘big picture’ on the concept for the classification and
categorisation of petroleum resources and reserves. The ‘concept’ has been
elaborated in the industry guideline of Petroleum Resources Management System
(PRMS) of SPE/AAPG/WPC/SPEE.
The course starts with an overview of the basic principles of classification and
categorisation to technically recoverable volumes. Discussions of the commercial
criteria, project maturity driven sub-classification, probability based categorisation
and the summary of adequate applicability of resource estimation methods will
follow. Recommendations to avoid resources classification and categorisation
pitfalls that can easily result in biased reserve reporting are also made. The
course concludes with an overview of petroleum resource portfolio management.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A member of the board, committee or formal organisation in charge of
petroleum resources and reserves estimation, classification and categorisation
• Working in a company which declares the adherence to PRMS in resource
estimation, reserves evaluation and reporting
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
The key feature of the course is interdisciplinarity. Participants - independently of
professional backgrounds - will gain confidence in the classification and
categorisation principles of petroleum resource and reserves assessments.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• The content beyond resource assessment terminologies
• How commercial criteria are differentiating between contingent resources and
reserves
• The rationale behind project maturity sub-classification and its alignment with
decision stage-gates
• The probabilistic and deterministic resource/reserve assessment approaches
• Resource estimation methodologies and the pre-requisites of their application
• Volume aggregations (projects - accumulation; projects - fields; projects -
portfolio)
TOPICS
Classification of the technically recoverable volumes
•
- The petroleum initially in place and the technically recoverable volumes
- Resource classes (prospective, contingent, reserves)
- The commercial criteria (economic viability, management engagement,
marketability, availability of logistics, social acceptance)
- The project maturity based sub-classification
- Reserve status (undeveloped, developed)
• Resources and reserves categorisation
- The range of the uncertainty
- Probabilistic (P90, P50, P10) and deterministic (low, best, high) estimates of
the technically recoverable volume
- The scenario based (1U, 2U, 3U; 1C, 2C, 3C; 1P, 2P, 3P) and the
incremental (C1, C2, C3; P1, P2, P3) categories
• Ambiguities in resource classification and categorisation & frequent pitfalls
- Split conditions
- Split classification
- The misunderstood resource maturation
- Is Proved (1P) proven?
• Petroleum resources portfolio management
- Volume aggregations: project - accumulation, field, corporate resources/
reserves
- Corporate resource/reserves records and reserve reporting
- Resource tracking and forecast of resource/reserves replacement
• Estimation bias analyses

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Petroleum Business Management Petroleum Business Management

International Natural Gas Business -

Petroleum Economics, Business Market Entry Strategy and Commercial Integrated Reservoir Studies:
PBM07

and Decision Making Contract Conception Decision Quality in Organisations The Project Management Approach
PBM02 PBM13 PBM01 PBM07
PBM02 4 days Skill PBM13 4 days Skill PBM01 4 days Skill PBM07 4 days Skill
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Engineers, geoscientists and economists perform technical work to support the The understanding of markets, players and commercial basics of the natural gas This course provides participants a practical, hands-on approach to modern Companies rely on integration of technical disciplines in carrying out successful
‘business’ objectives of the organisation they work for (corporation, government). industry will help participants to draft and negotiate (international) natural gas techniques in petroleum risk management and decision-making with a focus on reservoir studies. This creates challenges in ensuring that team members
It is therefore important that they understand that ‘business’ because it will sales contracts, develop market entry strategies and - ultimately - conclude deals. upstream oil & gas projects. understand their role and the role of others in the overall project and in ensuring
influence the judgements they make. Economic evaluations provide the main This course provides an understanding of the economics of the natural gas The key concepts for risk-based evaluation, planning and decision making in control over the project. This practical workshop gives insights into how tried and
source of the organisation‘s information by which investment and operational industry along the value chain, with an international perspective and hands-on upstream projects will be extensively illustrated and discussed. The techniques tested project management techniques can be applied to integrated reservoir
decisions are made regarding the most effective use of resources. It is through experience. presented are applicable to all aspects of petroleum exploration and production - studies to maximise their benefits.
these decisions corporate value is being created (or destroyed). prospect evaluation, resource allocation, diversification, risk sharing, and
There are many subtleties and assumptions that underlie the apparently straight- corporate planning. This course helps participants develop problem solving, DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
forward economic calculations that are often seen. Consequently, a fundamental DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... leadership and functional skills necessary to manage the modern petroleum
• Working as part of an integrated study team involved with any aspect of
understanding of the concepts behind economic evaluation and of techniques for • A manager, engineer or geoscientist from industry, consultancy firms, traders enterprise. It is well suited for new hires and/or professionals with less experience
petroleum reservoirs and involved in:
performing them within a corporate decision making context, are essential skills. or regulatory and governmental institutions, with an interest in acquiring in the oil industry. Course participants will find the concepts and techniques
- Evaluation of discoveries
Furthermore, as all investment decisions are made without knowing what the profound knowledge of the international natural gas business stimulating and beneficial - enabling them to apply risk and decision making
- Development of new fields
future holds, understanding the uncertainties we face in any given decision • A manager or (lead) negotiator of natural gas exports, (general) sales or concepts to their jobs . . . immediately.
- Re-evaluation of mature fields
situation is essential for good decision-making. purchase contracts (LNG or pipeline)
This course provides the tools necessary for engineers to economically evaluate It will be particularly appropriate if you serve as a project manager or project
their uncertainties and decisions. It also allows engineers and geoscientists to A basic understanding of the fundamentals of the industry is assumed. DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... engineer within a study team but have had little previous exposure to formal
communicate with the ‘business’ world, which is generally more interested in • An engineer of any discipline, a geoscientist, petrophysicist or technologist project planning methods.
monetary values and their risks, than engineering tolerances and specifications. It who directly or indirectly applies risk and decision making concepts in all The workshop is also ideal for in-house presentation to company teams, where it
also provides understanding and knowledge of economic and business concepts,
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE aspects of petroleum exploration and production might also serve as a team-building kick-off event for a new or current project,
time-value of money, discounted cash flow, cash-flows, net present value and • Interactive lecture, based on up-to-date industry information and practical • A manager who is involved in developing onshore E&P projects directly applying the techniques discussed.
other economic decision criteria, the decision-making process, multi-objective experience
decision making, decision-tree analysis, and value-of-information & flexibility. • Case studies HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
Some of the psychological and judgmental aspects of how people respond to • Simulations HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
All the methods discussed in this workshop are straightforward, practical and
uncertain and complex decision situations will be discussed. • Web-based information access • The workshop format combines lectures, group work and individual study
applicable on a day-to-day basis.
• Individual and working group exercises • A number of examples and practical decision problems will be addressed -
Exercises are included in planning and scheduling and their application to
• Extensive handouts for individual repetition and additional documentation both in the lectures as well as in the practice sessions
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... integrated reservoir studies. Several of these will be team projects using
• Microsoft Excel with add-ons for decision tree and Monte Carlo simulation will
techniques discussed in class to plan ‘real’ reservoir studies relevant to you.
• A surface or sub-surface technologist (engineer of any discipline, geoscientist, be used for many of the examples and exercises
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING Computer-based planning packages will also be briefly demonstrated. A recently
geophysicist and petrophysicist) who directly or indirectly contributes updated comprehensive manual in book style is provided, both in hard copy and
information or data to economic evaluations and decisions By the end of the course you will be confident in your understanding of: In addition to the course manual, participants will receive a copy of the textbook
• The natural gas business and the international natural gas markets digital form, for future reference.
’Making Good Decisions‘. This book provides essential reading for both technical
• Competitors’, suppliers’, customers’ and regulators’ intentions and incentives professionals and managers.
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE • How to structure, negotiate and evaluate natural gas sales, transportation and THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
The course combines lectures, group work, and individual exercises. A number of storage contracts By the end of the workshop you will feel confident in your understanding of:
examples and practical decision problems will be addressed - both in the lectures • Interdependencies and differences between natural gas sales, transportation THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • All the aspects of project planning, scheduling, budgeting, control and
as well as in the practice sessions. Microsoft Excel with decision tree and Monte and storage By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: troubleshooting that you need to organise and carry out a successful
Carlo Simulation add-ons will be used for many of the examples and exercises. • How to determine and evaluate natural gas prices • Decision and risk analysis concepts & terminology relevant for upstream oil & integrated reservoir study
In addition to the course manual participants will receive a copy of the textbook • How to deal with (price) risk gas decisions • Which ‘textbook’ and general project management approaches can be adopted
’Making Good Decisions‘. This book provides essential reading for both technical • Unbundling and the role of natural gas transportation and storage • The application of a multi-objective, value-creating approach to decision- - and which require modification for use in reservoir studies
professionals and managers. • Current international natural gas market trends making
• Essential sources of information • The impact of uncertainty and risk in E&P decision-making TOPICS
• The value of making sound portfolio management decisions • Definition of a project: objectives, - Geological studies
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • Specific tools & processes for analysing & making decisions including decision scope and constraints - ‘Classical’ reservoir engineering
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
TOPICS trees (PrecisionTree from Palisade) and Monte Carlo simulation (@RISK from - Planning approaches
• The principles underlying the economic evaluation of projects large and small • Fundamentals Palisade) - Use of network diagrams for -W  hen to use more sophisticated
- from the economics of a fracture stimulation, through side-tracking a well, to - Natural gas as a source of energy: users, usage and usability • How to use these tools & processes in Excel improved logic and to identify models
major field development decisions - Components, players and interdependencies of the natural gas value chain - • How people often actually make decisions as opposed to how they should relationships • Facilitating integration
• How to develop cashflow models that are typical for oil & gas valuations incl. trading, transportation, storage and distribution • Putting activities in a time frame; - Effective data display and
• Tax regimes and the impact of discounting - International natural gas markets (incl. hubs) and infrastructure: supply, scheduling communication
• The impact of uncertainties in the data that goes into economic calculations, demand, sales TOPICS
- Estimating work content and - Company structure and personnel
and how risk is dealt with - Regulation • Introduction durations roles in project-based work
• The use of decision analysis as a method to deal with the complexity and - Security of supply and security of demand • Foundation of economics for the upstream business - Identifying critical path activities - The problems of out-sourcing
uncertainty involved in many real world decisions • Economics of contracts • Risk and uncertainty identification and quantification • Monitoring progress and controlling - Integrating consultants and
• The value of information concepts and their application to the E&P setting - General structure and economic objectives • Applications of decision and risk analysis to upstream oil & gas decisions the project contractors
- Commodity (long-term vs short-term, different pricing concepts) • Modelling and structuring complex and uncertain upstream oil & gas decisions - Plotting the course of the project - Solutions to challenges caused by
- Transportation (pipeline and LNG) • Decision analysis - utilising decision trees - Identifying the effects of slippages remote working
TOPICS - Storage • Value of information concepts and its application -E  valuating alternatives for recovery - How to avoid pitfalls in computer
• Context and purpose of economic evaluation - Key non-price terms and conditions and their economic impact in modern • Monte Carlo simulation and the value of sensitivity analysis • The importance of integration in modelling
• Developing Net Cash Flow (NCF) estimates markets • Portfolio analysis and management with multiple objectives reservoir studies • Applying PM techniques to reservoir
• Revenue and expense (capital and operating) streams - Pricing • Behavioural challenges in decision making - How to use project management studies
• Depletion, depreciation and abandonment provisions - Implications and interdependencies techniques to ensure integration - Differences between reservoir
• Taxes, royalties and production sharing contracts • Current trends and recent developments - What needs to be integrated studies and traditional projects
• Discounted cash flow analysis: time value of money and discount rates - Market developments - Benefits of the planned approach - Tailoring the techniques; how
• Value and investment metrics: net present value, rate-of-return, return-on- - Environmental impact - Examples of network diagrams for current PM methods can be
investment, investment efficiency, hurdle rates - Portfolio management and risk mitigation reservoir study activities applied
• Incremental vs. acceleration projects - (US) shale gas • Strategies for integrated reservoir - Using ‚Stage Gate‘ approaches
• Strengths and weaknesses of DCF and NPV - Globalisation: the impact of LNG studies - How to assure quality
• Sources of uncertainty and accounting for risk - Cross commodity trading - Identifying objectives - Troubleshooting common project
- Strategic pitfalls (case studies) - Formal techniques for evaluating problems
data
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Petroleum Business Management Petroleum Business Management

Managing Data Rooms for Quick-look Oil & Gas Field Life Cycle, Introduction to Gated Development Selecting Optimal Development
Asset Appraisal Field Development and Planning Processes Concepts
PBM05 PBM26 PBM28 PBM29
PBM05 3 days Skill PBM26 5 days Foundation / Skill PBM28 2 days Foundation / Skill PBM29 3 days Skill
PBM05 PBM26 PBM28 PBM29
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Bob Harrison Frank Jahn Phil Tudhope Phil Tudhope

Whenever a company is involved in divesting or acquiring oil and gas assets, The course elucidates the various decision gates used throughout the field life The course describes the features of a gated development process; where the full The course builds on the course ‘Introduction to ’Gated‘ Development Processes’
whether they are exploration ventures, appraisal opportunities or field cycle from gaining access to opportunity through exploration, appraisal, project lifecycle is split into distinct phases and there is a decision step between by describing methods for managing the ‘Select’ phase of a project development
developments, it is almost certain that a data room will be involved. Setting up a development, early and late production to decommissioning. It examines the each phase where formal project assurance and governance is applied. to achieve the optimal development concept. Since successful closure of the
data room requires as much forethought and planning as attending one. If the technical, fiscal and commercial elements which need to be considered and The benefits of the gated structure are covered including how this affords clear ‘Feasibility’ phase is critical to the ‘Select’ phase, the course also covers how to
attention to detail is lacking, from either the seller or the buyer, then the data room integrated at the various project stages of an oil or gas field. The opportunities and planning of work, deliverables and decisions specific to each phase. The course establish project feasibility.
will not achieve its objective and the potential deal may not only be delayed, it may pitfalls of Field Development Planning related activities and the sometimes works through each distinct project phase describing the key work and decisions The course covers workshop facilitation as project workshops are an important
not occur at all. conflicting priorities are explained. that need to be made in each phase. It demonstrates how this structure affords part of developing and selecting concepts. The course is based strongly on
What elements are required to set up a successful data room? What data are Lastly, the course will look at the potential impact of the recent low oil price on clear decision making whilst taking into account uncertainties, particularly integration between subsurface and surface development decisions since optimal
essential and what data are nice to have? Who should go to a data room? What current and future production levels worldwide. subsurface uncertainties in the early project phases. concepts cannot be chosen in isolation.
should be done before, during and after the data room? How quickly can an Concept Selection is explained as a sequence of decisions and the course
adequate evaluation be done? The objective is to introduce the participants to describes how the work required in the ‘Select’ phase can be planned and
frameworks and workflows that streamline the data room process, to gather the DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... optimised based on taking these decisions.
essential data, and to rapidly assess the opportunity while avoiding the trapdoors • A subsurface, surface or commercial professional involved in planning or • A member of a project team at either graduate or a more experienced technical
inherent in any oil and gas evaluation. The course participants will find the ideas executing upstream projects professional level looking to understand how project decision-making is
and methods both interesting and worthwhile - allowing them to do better deals • Interested to get a better understanding how decisions are being made and achieved in a structured development process DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
quicker and to (hopefully) avoid doing poorer deals. how conflicting priorities need to be balanced • A senior member of the company responsible for project governance keen to • A member of a project team at either graduate or a more experienced technical
effect a progressive change in the decision-making processes used for major professional level looking to understand how project decision-making is
oil & gas developments achieved in a structured development process
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE • A subsurface development manager or project execution manager responsible • A senior member of your company responsible for project governance who is
• A professional involved in asset valuation (executive, manager, technical The course is based on presentations, discussions and supported by animations for a major oil & gas project for a number of the development phases looking to effect a progressive change in the decision-making processes used
expert, investor, auditor, banker or government official) and video clips. Short group projects are added if appropriate. for major oil & gas developments
Participants will be able to monitor their learning from this course by conducting a • A subsurface development manager or project execution manager who is
The course is primarily for buyers of producing assets, but the seller’s perspective, questionnaire at the beginning and the end of the course (‘Alpha and Omega HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE responsible for a major oil & gas project for a number of the development
and how to deal with exploration ventures is also covered test’). The course draws on best practices learnt and developed in major IOCs and phase
NOCs. It reinforces the theory with practical application and real industry
It presents methodologies that are ready for immediate use by those involved in examples.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING The course is highly interactive and participants are encouraged to share their HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
the technical and economic valuation of oil and gas exploration and production
opportunities. It is suitable for an audience with a wide spectrum of technical By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: own experiences and problems to the benefit of all. The course draws on best practices learnt and developed in major IOCs and
experience, from those who are newcomers to the strange world of data rooms, • Stages of the field life cycle: value creation and value realisation NOCs. It reinforces the theory with practical application and real industry
to those who may have spent too many hours in them. The course not only • Technology, concepts, methods and terminology used in planning and examples. Participants will be able to follow a case study through the techniques
execution of upstream projects THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING taught in the course.
explains what data rooms are, but how to survive them, and how to get a fit-for-
purpose evaluation in front of the decision makers in the shortest timeframe • The field development planning process • By the end of the course you will have gained a sound understanding of why The course is highly interactive and participants are encouraged to share their
possible. • The role and elements of risk and uncertainty applying a ‘Gated’ development process provides for sound decision-making in own experiences and problems to the benefit of all.
• Decision making processes and main decision gates projects and reduces recycle, late project changes and cost & schedule
• Why projects fail runaways.
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE • You will understand how project assurance and governance integrally fit in with THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
The course format combines lectures, group work, and individual study. A number the gated process and have worked through the phases from project initiation / By the end of the course you will understand and be able to apply a structured,
TOPICS identification through to start-up & operation. decision-based technique for identifying and selecting optimal development
of case studies will be worked through, both in the lectures as well as in the
breakout sessions. • The field life cycle • You will have gained this from seasoned professionals who have been concepts for an oil & gas project. You will understand the critical importance of
• Opportunity screening and access involved directly with major projects and applying gated processes in creating concepts that account for uncertainties in subsurface information and be
• Fiscal systems international oil & gas companies and national oil companies. able to demonstrate qualitatively which concepts offer better project outcomes
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • Exploration when accounting for risks.
• You will appreciate what makes a good data room; including how vendors • Appraisal You will understand why it is important to demonstrate project feasibility before
attract potential buyers to attend, and how the latter can decide whether they • Volumetric estimations TOPICS entering a project selection phase and how carrying forward only feasible
should go or not • Field development planning • The project lifecycle concepts optimises the ‘Select’ phase and reduces project recycle.
• You will learn how to prepare for a data room, what needs to be done there, • Risks and uncertainty • Project phases You will have gained these skills from seasoned professionals who have been
and how to get a fit-for-purpose evaluation as quickly as possible afterwards • HSE considerations - Identification involved directly with major projects and applying these techniques in international
• You will understand what essential data should be gathered and what • Petroleum economics - Assessment oil & gas companies and national oil companies.
questions to ask • Managing the producing field - Selection
• You will discover how to avoid common pitfalls, how to quality control your • Managing decline - Definition
quick look evaluations, and how to apply tips and tricks to get a rapid, but • Decommissioning - Execution TOPICS
reasonable evaluation • Current industry challenges - Operation Project Framing and Concept - Assessing scenarios
• Decision-based process Identification - Assessment / selection criteria
- Gates • Background -T he concept identification
TOPICS - Decisions, deliverables & work - Introduction to the training workshop
• Data rooms and why they are important • Project governance - Workshop facilitation techniques • Feasibility
• Physical data rooms vs. virtual data rooms - access, timing and cost issues • Project assurance - Recap of framing - Establishing feasibility
• Data room framework, from the perspective of the seller and the buyer - Technical & quality assurance • Concept identification
• The need for scepticism and how to recognize and avoid bias - Business assurance - Overview The Concept Select Phase
• Communication between sellers and buyers • Integrated development - Uncertainties and outcomes Concept selection phase
•
• The information memorandum - writing it and reading between the lines - The need for full discipline integration - Building alternative external - Select planning / managing work
• What a company wants from its data room team - and when they want it • Identification & assessment: feasibility worlds - ‘realisations’ by decisions
• Selecting the data room team - Establishing feasibility - Decisions and options - Select planning workshop
• What each member of the team should do before, during and after the data room • Concept selection phase - Case study introduction - Quality of decisions
• Due diligence - better volumetric estimates and production profiles - What is a selection concept - Concept select workshops
• Rapid asset evaluation - how to make short cuts while avoiding pitfalls - Select planning / managing work by decisions Developing Concept Options and
- Select planning workshop Establishing Project Feasibility
- Concept select workshops • Concept options
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK • Definition phase - Building alternative development
‘The instructor was sharing real cases from his own experience, explaining • Managing the execution phase concepts
the situation and inviting the attendees to suggest solutions. Very • Quality of decisions
interesting.’
 Geophysicist at ETAP Computer access required for exercises.

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Renewable Energy Management and Leadership

Renewable Energy Primer

REN01
REN01 2 days Foundation
REN01
 Public ✗ In-house
❏  Public on demand
Mark Deakin

Renewable Energy is abundant and all around us. It is energy storage and
distribution which limit its use.
This forward looking course reviews, compares and contrasts all major renewable
energy types. Each type’s contribution, setting, technology, emerging technologies,
limitations, environmental impact, undesirables and economics (startup costs,
running costs and payout times) are compared with a typical Liquefied Natural
Gas (LNG) project, one liter of diesel and an investor‘s viability check box. The
course also investigates current and emerging technologies in the critical areas of
Energy Storage (energy density, kwh/$, kwh/kg, batteries, fuel cells, hydro) and
Energy Distribution (central, local, off-the-grid). Energy trend drivers, global
imperatives and conservative future scenarios are presented.
The course gives an exciting, fact-packed review of the increasingly diverse
energy landscape evolving on our planet today, presented by a seasoned energy
consultant, educator and investor. Key facts are reviewed in the context of what
they mean for the future, highlighting the technological and financial choke points
that typically stymie renewable energy projects.
The course reviews renewable energy project success vs. failure in conventional
financial terms, showing ways to pre-empt or circumvent failure as well as
highlighting crucial technologies set to break current choke points.

DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...

• An oil & gas energy manager tasked with moving your company towards
sustainable energy operations
• In need of keeping abreast of the changing energy landscape and wanting to
diversify, expand and evolve your business
• An energy investor, banker or working in a private equity or finance company,
who needs key facts, major trends and a fuller understanding of the developing
energy landscape
• A scientist or technical staff member in the renewable/alternative energy
industry
• A professional in a forward looking energy company (primary producer,
distributor or retailer)
• Interested in renewable energy (architect, local and federal government staff,
university staff)

HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE

• Renewable energy project brainstorm
• The objective of the course is to equip you with the knowledge to quickly vet
renewable energy projects, identify flaws, propose solutions and rate a
project‘s success in conventional ROI (return on investment) terms. To this end
the course involves an intense and engaging ongoing daily debate in which the
class is divided in two to propose and develop their own RE project.
• This influx of participant knowledge keeps the course at the leading edge, but
practical. Brainstorming merges the keenness and expertise of attendees with
the huge factual database of the course and subjects the resulting proposals to
competitive critical debate.

THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING

By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• Renewable energy being abundant, but storage and distribution limiting

Management and Leadership

• The basic technology behind each major renewable energy type
• The natural setting to which each major renewable energy type is suited
• How to evaluate if this emerging technology addresses a choke point or if it is
just interesting science

Renewable
• The emerging technologies that will propel renewable energy over the next five
to ten years
• The best and worst renewable energy projects - what made them good, what Modern Project Management (MAN33) Managing and Developing Human Resources (MAN47)
made them bad

Energy
• The role of government and private investment in renewable energy Swiss Island - An Interactive and Tangible (Agile)
®
Selection and Development of a Performing Team (MAN36)
• Why renewable energy will grow and largely replace fossil fuels Project Management Simulation (MAN35) Performance Management (MAN46)
• The global imperatives that drive renewable energy
• The influence of science, media and celebrities on renewable energy Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification International and Comparative HR Strategies (MAN44)
investment Preparation - Fostered by Project Management
Simulation (MAN31) Value Engineering (MAN48)
TOPICS
Renewable Energy Primer (REN01) Turnaround Management (MAN42) Change Leadership (MAN49)
•  he technology, emerging technology, problems and economics vs. fossil fuels for:
T
- Solar / Wind / Wave / Tide / Hydro / Geothermal / Nuclear / Biomass Strategy Execution: Theory & Practice (MAN50)
• Renewable vs. alternative energy
The Winning Toolkit for
• Electrical energy storage media vs. 1 litre of diesel - Is it energy dense, mobile New Managers and Difficult Times (MAN45) Lean Six Sigma (MAN51)
and safe?
• Electrical energy distribution trends, choke points
The Senior Management Program:
• Renewable energy two day brainstorming class project Developing Leadership Capacity (MAN30)
• Your favourite renewable energy project - Does it stand up?

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Management and Leadership Management and Leadership

Swiss Island® - An Interactive and Project Management Professional (PMP®)

Tangible (Agile) Project Management Certification Preparation - Fostered by
Modern Project Management Simulation Project Management Simulation Turnaround Management
MAN33 MAN35 MAN31 MAN42
MAN33 5 days Foundation / Skill MAN35 3 days Skill / Advanced MAN31 5 days Advanced MAN42 3 days Advanced
MAN33 MAN35 MAN31 MAN42
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Rüdiger Geist Rüdiger Geist Rüdiger Geist Rüdiger Geist

In a more and more globalised and fast paced business environment, increasingly
companies have to respond to that challenge with strategic systematic
approaches, without losing flexibility. Without professional and successful project
management this is not conceivable.
This course provides insights into the basic principles of modern project
management and relates these concepts to the context of the performing
organisation.
The whole course design is related to the question of what ‘project success‘
means.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A program manager, project manager, functional manager, team member or
bid manager, responsible for designing, managing and delivering successful
projects
• Keen to learn more about the project life cycle and improve your project
management skills
• New to project management
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
According to a study about Project Management Training, sponsored by the PM
College, instructor-led classroom training is by far the most used and most
effective method of project management training.
Therefore, our course is based on
• Live presentations and Q&A sessions
• Realistic examples and exercises
• Producing real plans, schedules and estimates and receiving feedback on
them
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• How projects fit into the overall organisation
• How projects are selected and initiated
• What project success means and why projects fail
• Who stakeholders are and how to address them
• Why communication is one of the major success factors
• Why requirements are so important and how to gather and maintain them
• How a work break structure is developed
• What planning means and how powerful it can be
• Why risk management is more than brainstorming
• What else has to be considered and why sometimes less is more
TOPICS
• Introduction to project management
• Basic concepts of program and project management
• Project selection and project portfolio management
• Project success factors
• Project life cycle and organisational influence
• Roles and responsibilities
• The sixfold constraint
• From needs to requirements
• Baselines and change management
• The nine knowledge areas of project management
• Project close down
• Diversity in projects
• Communication and what we can learn from psychology about it
• Conflict management
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘I felt strengthened and really updated, it was very useful.’
 Engineer at Mellitah Oil & Gas
‘The instructor was willing to tailor the course on request for participant
need, useful discussions (not all lectures).’
 Senior Geologist at SGS Horizon
Swiss Island® is a role-play based simulation. It simulates the execution of an In today’s competitive work environment more and more companies expect a According to the Standish Group, in 2016 one third of all projects were in trouble
(agile) project, program or project portfolio. Swiss Island® uses the format of project management certification from their project managers. and another third was considered as failed. The primary reason for this is the
‘Experiential Learning’, where the participants have to analyse, communicate and Globally recognized as the number one standard in proficiency and skills in growing complexity of projects, which must be processed in an environment of
decide, situationally. Project Management, PMI’s Project Management Professional (PMP®) increasingly chaotic markets. Most projects experience a great deal of process
Two to six teams take over the roles of Sponsor, Project Manager (up to 3) and Certification confirms that the holder has proven experience, knowledge and changes. ERP projects - for example - can change entire organisations and are
Contractor (up to 3). The aim is to successfully finish the given project / management potential in effective project management. It is the most sought-after therefore almost predestined to mutate into crisis projects.
programme, within the given constraints. qualification for project managers worldwide. This course deals with a proven model, that includes the analysis of the current
status (‘as - is’) of projects and then leads over to possibilities to stabilise such
Swiss Island®, in contrast to many other simulations, is designed stochastically, so Our PMP® certification preparation is the only course really combining theory with projects.
that - as in real life - countless and particularly unpredictable situations will occur. practice, thus intensely preparing delegates for their PMP® examination. This is This course also covers classical success and failure factors of projects and
Swiss Island® is exclusively haptic and is carried out on a specially designed ascertained by consolidating the theoretical input (repetition units, sample guides participants to avoid such problems.
playing field. questions etc.) through experiential learning, in form of a project simulation,
named Swiss Island®.
Swiss Island® is coach accompanied and highly adaptable to customer needs DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
(more than 1‘000 adjustment options) and the contents are in line with common The instructor is Rüdiger Geist (PMP #240 393). He sat at the PMI Switzerland • A professional with advanced knowledge of project management processes
standards (PMBOK®, ISO 21500, PMI® Program Management and Portfolio board of directors for four years, responsible for education and certification. • In the situation to take over a running (critical) project
Management Standard). • In a position to assess or stabilise projects
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... • An experienced project manager responsible for all aspects of project delivery,
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• A project, program or project portfolio manager leading and directing cross-functional teams The whole course is designed around a realistic case study.
• A project sponsor • A project management professional planning on taking the PMP® Exam Participants will be guided along the above-mentioned process model (including
• A member of a steering board exercises and group discussions) and then have to apply everything learnt to the
• Planning for a project management event case. A final presentation - including debriefing - finalises the course.
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• The lessons provide a mixture of visual, auditory and tactile/haptic learning
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE methods
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
• Experiential learning • Thereby the individual learning style of each delegate is addressed and long By the end of this course you will:
• Structured and methodological approach term memory is improved • Know about the essential factors which might lead to troubled projects
• Direct practical implementation • Participants will have the opportunity to practice with hundreds of example • Be aware of the need to get transparency about the actual status of a project
• Direct experience by build-in pitfalls questions and discuss them with the instructor fast
• Covering the ‘human factor’ • The learning will be strengthened by a project simulation, where all relevant • Know current approaches of performing project assessments and their
• ‘Learning by doing’ instead of ‘learning by hearing’ topics can be experienced advantages and disadvantages
• Effectiveness and goal orientation within a team • Reflect upon the term ‘crisis’
Course material: • Know approaches during the course of a project stabilisation and understand
The PMBOK® Guide
• the psychological aspects of such a stabilisation
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING Informative course manual
• • Be aware of essential factors to prevent slipping off into a crisis again
As a result of our instructor‘s distinct contacts to universities, universities of More than 900 example questions
•
applied sciences and research institutes, this course offers scientific and Glossary related learning exercises
•
experienced based training and project supervision.
TOPICS
Important formulas to know
•
Over the years effective, successful and best-of-breed implementation approaches • Basics and definitions
have been shaped, which are the basis of this course. • Crisis? What crisis?
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • The right time for intervention
• This course is designed as a preparation for the PMP® examination and shall • The assessor’s role
TOPICS close your knowledge gaps. • Management of expectations
What makes Swiss Island® so unique? • In addition possible ambiguity and uncertainness related to a successful • Types of assessments
Many simulations are designed in a way, that with the ‘right’ actions always good certification are eliminated. • Assessment scoping
project results are achieved. If the underlying rules are recognized, the result is • The requirements for examination accreditation are fulfilled with the • Assessment process
predictable and in this way predetermined. Experienced project managers attendance of the course (35 hours of project management education). • Stabilisation vs. recovery
however know that the world is not as simple. Swiss Island® is therefore designed • Stabilisation process
in a way, that countless - and also unpredictable - variations can come up: • Preventive measures
• The starting position can be adjusted to customers‘ needs.
TOPICS
• During the course random events happen, forcing participants to analyse, • Introduction
communicate and decide. - Assessment of participants‘ experience (prerequisites to attend the
• The interests of the involved roles are not necessarily identical and might examination)
change over time. - Introduction to the examination, application procedure, type of questions etc.
• The project manager’s measures have a direct influence on the steering • Knowledge areas
committee’s and sponsor’s willingness to cooperate. - Professional responsibility and social conduct
• The contents of the course are in line with common project management - Project management framework (Introduction, Environment, Role)
standards (PMBOK® and ISO 21500). - Integration management
- Scope management
- Time management
- Cost management
- Quality management
- Human resource management
- Communication management
- Risk management
- Procurement management
- Stakeholder management

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Management and Leadership Management and Leadership

The Winning Toolkit for New Managers The Senior Management Program: Managing and Developing Human Selection and Development of a
and Difficult Times Developing Leadership Capacity Resources Performing Team
MAN45 MAN30 MAN47 MAN36
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MAN45 MAN30 MAN47 MAN36
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Moving into management is not an easy change and when moving into a position
of leadership the responsibility that goes with it is something that presents a whole
range of new challenges that you need to be able to manage. Top of that list is
managing and developing people.
This engaging course has been developed to provide those with high-growth
potential the core skills they need to be able to deliver exceptional team
performance through times of change.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• An engineer or professional with high-growth potential and aspirations looking
for a comprehensive course to help develop your management and leadership
skills and career development opportunities
• A professional who has taken on a management role, but has had little or no
management training
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
Essentially this course gives all delegates the room to understand and learn.
Throughout the course you will engage in discussion and application of the
subject matter through:
• Introduction and demonstration of a topic
• Discussion of the topic to aid understanding and to place it within your
operating environment
• The use of simulations, case studies, exercises and examples
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident to:
• Understand the essence of good leadership
• Explain the differences between a manager and a leader, management and
leadership
• Build a personal development framework within which to grow both
professionally and personally
• Consider a range of highly effective leadership and management tools to build
and develop teams
• Understand the team development process, how to recognise the warning
signs and to keep progress on track
• Apply a variety of skills and tools to enhance your role and your team’s
performance
• Understand why different motivation techniques work at different times with
different people and then be able to select and effectively use the right one
• Understand what happens to people when they are in a change environment
and be able to build support strategies for you and them
• Build and take ownership of your own development plan and career
progression
TOPICS
• Understanding what good management really is
• The differences and connections between leadership and management
• Understanding different management styles
• Understanding your style and how to adapt it when you need to
• Influencing
• Measuring and managing performance of your team
• Dealing with conflict
• Appraisals
• Motivational techniques
• Using S.M.A.R.T.E.R
• Understanding change
• Effective and active communication: verbal and non-verbal
• What is Emotional Intelligence (EQ)?
• Selecting and building multi-disciplinary teams
• The four steps in team development - opportunities and threats
• Personal goals and commitments
The challenges for senior management in such a dynamic industry as oil & gas
are probably more complex than in any other business sector today. Meeting
these challenges of delivering growth, managing change, ensuring high
performance and building your own skills is essential for the survival of any senior
manager.
Developing business leaders of tomorrow is the key to meeting the needs and
expectations of the shareholder, the business, the market and the consumer.
During this course you will benefit from not only being introduced to the top areas
of need for business leaders but understanding how to apply them to ensure
success in your current and future senior role/s.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A motivated leader who wants to make sure that you and your business are
fully equipped and able to capitalise on any upcoming opportunity in this
dramatically changing world
• A senior manager who understands that in order to excel in the competitive
world of tomorrow a new set of skills, competencies and behaviours are
required
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
You will engage in applied theory, discussion and practice of the subject matter
with modules following a format of:
• Facilitator-led introduction of a topic
• Discussion and debate of the topic to aid theoretical understanding and placing
the topic within the oil and gas industry
• Practical use and application to connect the topic to ‘your business need’
• The use of case studies, real world examples and practical exercises
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident to:
• Rise to the challenges of senior management in the 21st century oil & gas
sector
• Apply leadership skills that make a real difference
• Build, communicate with impact and get buy-in for your vision
• Grow both professionally and personally through sustainable and highly
effective leadership in both a business and social context
• Understand the impacts of and be able to effectively use Emotional
Intelligence (EQ)
• Apply a variety of skills to develop those around you into highly performing
teams
• Consider the relevance of organisational structure
• Fully understand and effectively use motivation factors that support the
positive change of attitudes and behaviours in your organisation
• Ensure the effective selection and implementation of appropriate management
styles that ensure people in your business understand and are fully aligned to
the business need
TOPICS
• Why perception matters
• Why so many fail
• Strategy is the path to victory
• Positive employee engagement
• Effective leadership characteristics for today and tomorrow
• Understanding and communicating effectively through Emotional
Intelligence (EQ)
• Coaching and mentoring
• Effective change and its impact on people
• Performance management and leadership
• The journey to highly performing teams
• Organisational structures
• Powerful networks
• Applied situational leadership
• Motivation and purpose
The goal of this course is to develop a deep understanding and expertise on the
management of people. You will evaluate human resource management in the
context of political, economic, social and technological environments. This course
focuses on strategy, change management and the contribution to organisational
performance.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• Part of the management and development team
• Involved in Human Resources
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Face-to-face training
• Facilitation
• Practical exercises and case studies
• Pragmatic approach
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
The course provides you with the opportunity to:
• Investigate current Human Resources management & development trends to
compare them with your own company‘s practices
• Develop a global mindset to deliver HR core functions in different contexts,
cultures and teams
• Widen your HR perspective to be capable of solving problems, implementing
change and meeting your company‘s strategic goals
TOPICS
• Human resources management and development in a range of contexts
• HR functions to maximise employees‘ performance to achieve the company‘s
goals
• International HR activities and tactics, best practices
• Change management and leadership across borders
• Approaches to examine core HR approaches and activities in relation to the
strategy
Course can be presented in English or Russian language.
Selecting, recruiting and developing team members is a critical enabler of your
and ultimately your organisation’s success. Unfortunately in many cases the
process of attracting, selecting, on-boarding and developing people is carried out
in a way that failure at some point seems to be inevitable.
This course takes you through the process of building optimised role profiles upon
which to base pivotal selection decisions. You will be shown interviewing
processes and techniques that enable the ‘real’ candidate to be seen, keys to
essential on-boarding, building growth and development plans as well as
managing performance and underperformance. The complete skill set for
selecting and developing a performing team that meets the need of both the
individual and the organisation.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• Responsible for the selection and development of people into your team,
department or business
• A role within HR, management, team leadership
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Working through all of the key points of successful team selection and
development in an open environment
• A setting where practical use of the tools is key and supported by
demonstration, simulation and observation
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• Essential aspects of role profiling and how this assists effective selection
• A range of tools that you can adapt to suit your own circumstances and
organisational need
• A variety of skills to enhance your performance and of those around you
• Effective selection and implementation of appropriate management tools that
makes sure we get the best from members of our teams and align
organisational to personal development
• Building a personal development plan
• Building a succession plan
• Managing performance and underperformance
TOPICS
• Role profiles and job descriptions
• Effective recruitment strategies
• Managing effective meetings
• Competency based interviews
• The use and application of psychometric profiling tools
• On-boarding
• Performance and under performance management
• The 10 team roles
• Succession planning
• Goal setting
• Personal commitment

CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘I like the relevance of the course to my job and the issues I face.’
 Manager at NIS Petrol

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Management and Leadership Management and Leadership

International and Comparative

Performance Management HR Strategies Value Engineering Change Leadership
MAN46 MAN44 MAN48 MAN49
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Valeria Luciani Valeria Luciani Manfred Ninaus Kubilay Balci

This course will provide you with a broad understanding of the performance
management process, from induction through to formal performance reviews.
You will have the opportunity to practice skills and techniques necessary for
effective performance management in a safe environment.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A member of the management or HR management team
• Responsible for managing the performance of staff
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Face-to-face training
• Facilitation
• Practical exercises and case studies
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
The course provides you with the opportunity to:
• Analyse performance management systems and cultures to raise team
performance and motivation
• Improve goal-setting and feedback skills for competence-based performance
appraisals
• Explore performance management approaches and techniques to narrow the
performance gap in your company and to deal effectively with high-performing
team members
TOPICS
• Performance management process and principles
• Reviewing and assessing performance
• Effective objective-setting
• Inspirational coaching and constructive feedback
• Creating and sustaining high performance teams
Course can be presented in English or Russian language.
This course reviews the manager’s role in the global context, reflecting on the Value Engineering training is an important topic for most professionals in any
problems of ‘going international’ and the implications for managers today and in company. Participants will understand the value of products and processes and
the future. learn methods and tools to improve their customer value. Based on functional
thinking and a strong cost orientation participants will discuss case studies to
improve the value of objects in a systematic way.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... Value Engineering is a team-based, interdisciplinary, target oriented method with
• Part of the management team a detailed job plan that makes it easy for everyone to carry out value improvement
• Involved in Human Resources and cost engineering projects.
This course is based on 3 modules lasting 3 days each and correlates exactly with
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE the Value Engineering training and certifications system EN12973 of the V4E
• Face-to-face training (ValueforEurope for value engineering and training system).
• Facilitation Participants have the opportunity to be certified according to VE EN12973
• Practical exercises and case studies
• Pragmatic approach DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• An employee inside any organisation, keen to solve complex problems by
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
using Value Engineering / Value Management: designer, product manager,
The course provides you with the opportunity to: project manager, innovation manager, controller, cost engineer, etc.
• Explore how international specifics of companies impact on HR and transform
strategies HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• Discuss key international competences to manage effectively across cultures • Basic knowledge is transferred by face-to-face lectures
and borders • Group works on special topics
• Evaluate current ideas of national, institutional, cultural and psychological • Execution of a VE study from beginning till the end, VE project description
differences, and analyse solutions for international management issues • Some group works are supported by Excel templates to simulate daily work
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
TOPICS
• Global, international and comparative organisational environments • The first module teaches the basics of the methodology of Value Engineering /
• Diversity and cross-cultural areas of development Value Management and gives an insight into the systematic approach of
• Management and leadership across borders increasing value for customers.
• Contemporary HR strategies, policies and activities in a range of geographical • In the second module the basic knowledge of Value Engineering / Value
contexts Management is increased and deepened. The participants get to know
• Approaches to examine issues and solve complex international HR problems complementary approaches to optimisation. One focus is on target costing
using VE / VM - another is on setting up VE projects. Furthermore value
engineering with suppliers is addressed. Complex value management projects
can be defined and planned by the participants.
• In the third module, the procedure for the anchoring of Value Engineering /
Value Management in the organisation is taught. Participants will understand
the value of VE / VM to achieve continuous optimisation. A special focus is on
Course can be presented in English or Russian language. agility with status quo of agile value Engineering.
VE is applied on services using additional methods of service design.
TOPICS
• Value Engineering / Value Management system elements
• Cost calculation basics
• Framework conditions in VE / VM
• Agile project management and value engineering
• Requirements engineering
• Functional analysis and function costs
• Generate ideas
• Interdisciplinary teamwork
• VE / VM Work Plan EN 12973
• Processing of a practice-oriented case study
• Value Engineering / Value Management for innovation (products processes…)
• Acquire customer requirements
• Transferring requirements to functions
• Target costing
• Basics product costing
• Reverse engineering for cost engineering
• Function costs using target costing
• Set up of a target system and value cost diagram
• Team moderation in VE / VM
• Role play
• Supplier quality assurance within VE / VM
• Defining of VE / VM projects
• Categories of a VE / VM project
• Set up a VE / VM project
• Establish a VE / VM description
• Controlling of optimisation success
• Overview of additional optimisation approaches
• Process optimisation with VE / VM
• Value-oriented company management
• VE / VM and service design for services
Change is inevitable in today’s world, whether voluntarily or involuntarily.
Companies need to evolve to survive in this fast changing environment: Thus
successful execution and sustainability of the change efforts is vital.
Change Leadership training is designed for leaders who are starting or leading a
change initiative in their organisations. You will learn what triggers change; why it
is important to understand the real reasons behind the change; why some people
like, others don’t like change; what are the methods and tools to ensure change
takes place and sustains.
You will also learn specifically designed tools for projects to ensure the successful
closure of projects and sustainability of improvements.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• Initiating, leading or participating in a change effort
• A project / program manager
• A team leader
• Living / working in a changing environment
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
This training covers the relevant amount of theory and combines it with interactive
discussions and exercises to practise methods and tools. Modular design of the
sessions enables us to combine different blocks and to customise the sessions to
the needs of the group.
• Face-to-face training, including
• Real life examples and experiences
• Interactive group discussions and exercises to master the methods & tools
• Visuals (pictures, flipcharts, videos) to help memorise concepts long term
• Book, article and video recommendations for further learning
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident to:
• Understand the concept of change starting from Macro down to Micro level:
- Why change happens, what is the natural reaction of human beings to change
- How can we lead a change effort
- Tools to use in our daily life
• Prepare your team for the changes and accompany them throughout the
journey
• Lead the change and transform the culture
TOPICS
• What is change?
• Why does it happen? Why now? Internal - external factors
• Your role in change - WIIFM
• Is there an opportunity in every change?
• Change models
- Lewin’s model
- Kotter’s 8 step model
- ADKAR model
• Each project is a change project
• Change tools for projects
- Lewin’s model
- GE’s CAP (Change Acceleration Process) model
• Communication
- Facilitation skills
• How to ensure successful execution and sustainability
- Tools for sustainability

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Management and Leadership Finance and Contracting

Strategy Execution: Theory & Practice Lean Six Sigma

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Kubilay Balci Kubilay Balci

Having a strategy is not only vital for corporations; each business unit, each
department, each team should have its own strategy aligned with the corporate
one. Though having the strategy alone doesn’t mean much. Even the best
strategy will not come to life by itself magically. You need to EXECUTE your
strategy.
• In this 2-day course participants will understand how to successfully plan and
execute their strategies and will learn the methods & tools needed during their
execution journey with real life examples.
• The Strategy-in-Action workshop is a 2-day ‘add on’ designed to work on
team’s own Strategy Execution plan parallel to the training flow.
Lean Six Sigma is a fact-based, data-driven philosophy of continuous improvement
that emphasises employee involvement and teamwork; measuring and
systematising processes; and reducing variation and waste.
We offer full range of Lean and Six Sigma trainings from awareness to Black Belt
levels, from 2 days up to 3 weeks and our training sessions are completely tailor-
made to the needs of the client. Our trainer is a certified Master Black Belt from
GE school and has over 20 years of experience in different industries.
Please contact us for an initial discussion and needs analysis, so we can guide
you to find the best solution for you and your team.

DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• Seriously willing to execute your strategy in coming years
• Initiating, leading or participating in a strategy execution initiative
• A project manager or team member working on strategic projects
• Interested in working on your own strategy together with a certified facilitator
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• Interested in improving your organisation
• Keen to make a leap in your career with a Lean Six Sigma Certification
• Already involved in any continuous improvement initiative
• Experiencing challenges in your organisation and willing to fix them
• Just a curious person who likes problem solving

HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE

This training (and workshop) cover the relevant amount of theory and combine it
with interactive discussions and exercises to practise methods and tools. Modular
design of the sessions enables us to combine different blocks and to customise
the session to the needs of the group.
• Face-to-face training from a certified Hoshin Facilitator, including
• Real life examples and experiences
• Interactive group discussions and exercises to master the methods & tools
• Visuals (pictures, flipcharts, videos) to help memorise concepts long term
• Book, article and video recommendations for further learning
• 2 days coaching and working on participants’ own real cases (in the workshop)
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will:
• Be able to tell the differences between vision, mission and strategy and
evaluate an existing V/M/S
• Understand the difference between strategy creation, planning and execution
• Know the common approaches and tools used by successful organisations
• Be able to execute your own strategies
In case of workshop, there will be a ‘ready-to-go’ strategy plan for the organisation.
TOPICS
Training
• Vision, mission and strategy
• The difference between strategy creation and execution
• Why companies often focus on the creation and ‘forget’ execution
• Overview of common frameworks (SEF, 8 Model) & methods (Hoshin, GE’s W
Cycles, BS)
• Reverse-engineering of a strategy
• Explanation and application of Hoshin Kanri Process, Catchball and X-Matrix
The Lean Six Sigma courses cover the relevant amount of theory and combine it
with exercises to practise methods and tools.
• Face-to-face training from a certified Master Black Belt, including
• Real life examples and experiences
• Individual and group exercises to master the methods & tools
• Visuals (pictures, flipcharts, videos) to help memorise concepts long term
• Book, article and video recommendations for further learning
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
The courses are designed in a way that participants start at basic level and get
deeper and further information in each level they take (from beginner to expert).
The basic level is about understanding the Philosophy of Continuous Improvement
(CI), then participants will get gradually introduced to Lean Six Sigma methods
and tools, as well as personal development tools to manage larger CI projects.
They will be able to:
• Identify ‘waste’ and know how to eliminate it
• Start and successfully close Lean Six Sigma projects
• Understand and apply PDCA and DMAIC models as a framework to organise
improvement activities
• Communicate using Lean Six Sigma concepts
• Think about an organisation as a collection of processes, with inputs that
determine the output
• Relate Lean Six Sigma concepts to the overall business mission and
objectives
• Use Minitab Statistical Software *
• Receive ‘Certificate of Participation’ **
* we use Minitab free trial version during the training, it is up to the client to buy full
license
** also note, a Lean Six Sigma ‘Belt’ Certificate requires not only attending the
training but also showing the practical knowledge and abilities by (1) passing an
exam and (2) successfully completing projects.

Finance and Contracting

• Daily management tools
• 3 key success factors
TOPICS
• History of Lean Six Sigma
Workshop • Continuous Improvement Philosophy
• Agreeing on strategic priorities • Lean thinking
• Creating team’s X-Matrix strategic plan - Theory of constraints
• Agreeing on roles & responsibilities - 5 principles of Lean Mastering Finance for Non-Financial Oil & Gas Personnel (FIN04)
• Determining milestones & timelines - Tools & methods (5S, 7 wastes; value stream mapping; Kanban, SMED,
Poka Yoke Exploration & Production Accounting - Level 1 (FIN01)
Optional - PDCA cycle
• A ‘Change Leadership’ module can be included as it is critical for the success • Six Sigma
Exploration & Production Accounting - Level 2 (FIN02)
of the execution • What is Six Sigma? Input / output (X and Y) relationship
Exploration & Production Accounting - Level 3 (FIN03)
• Basic statistics
• DMAIC cycle Auditing in the Exploration & Production Industry (FIN05)
- Define the problems and objectives
- Measure the current state Effective Bid and Tender Strategies for Oil & Gas (CON04)
- Analyse the process and the root causes
- Improve by identifying and implementing solutions
Contracting Fundamentals - A Practice Related Briefing for Non-Lawyers (CON01)
- Control and sustain the achieved results Contracts Strategy & Management (CON02)
• Minitab statistical software
• Change management International Oil & Gas Exploitation Contracts (CON03)

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Finance and Contracting Finance and Contracting

Mastering Finance for Non-Financial Exploration & Production Accounting

Oil & Gas Personnel - Level 1 Exploration & Production Accounting - Level 2
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This course will give non-financial oil and gas professionals an understanding of
basic principles, theory and practice of both financial reporting and analysis as
they apply to the oil and gas industry.
It will help participants to appreciate how decisions affect an organisation’s
financial performance and covers standard financial and accounting terminology,
ensuring increased confidence in future finance discussions.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A manager or supervisor wanting to improve your understanding of financial
reports and make more effective use of financial information for strategic and
operational decision-making
• A specialist in any discipline who has to interpret and work with financial
information or has budget responsibilities
• An adviser who makes recommendations based on financial data
• A non-financial person at any level and in any discipline in the oil and gas
industry wanting to develop a better understanding of finance and budgeting
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
The course will be delivered using a combination of instruction, facilitation of
group discussions and the regular use of practical examples and exercises to
offer you the opportunity to understand both theory and practical application of the
various topics.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• How to interpret, understand and act on financial information
• How to develop more effective decision-making skills
• Elements of financial management specific to the oil and gas industry
• A conceptual understanding of key E&P accounting topics including
depreciation, reserves, decommissioning, and asset impairment tests
TOPICS
• Sources and uses of financial information
- Sources of financial data
- Financial information systems
- Uses of financial information for decision-making
• Understanding financial information
- Understanding basic principles
- Profit and loss account
- Balance sheet
- Importance of working capital and how to control it
- Difference between capital expenditure and operating expenditure
• Cash flow
- Understanding the difference between cash flow and profit
- How to control cash flow
- Techniques for measuring financial performance
- How to measure financial performance
- How to compare the performance of different petroleum companies
• Oil & gas industry accounting policies
- How to account for exploration and appraisal costs
- Nature and classification of reserves and the use of reserve data in E&P
accounting
- DD&A: the basic concepts and examples of the Unit of Production
calculation
- Asset impairment tests
- How to account for decommissioning
- Review of a sample set of E&P company published accounts
• Effects of taxation
- How tax effects profit and cash flow
- Impact of tax on decisions
• Budget preparation and control
- The role of financial planning
- How to prepare a budget
- How to control a budget
Exploring & Producing oil and gas is challenging and involves a range of complex
activities and very large sums of money. Accounting for those activities is equally
challenging and this introductory level course will offer a comprehensive overview
of commonly applied international approaches to the accurate recording and
reporting of the financial consequences of E&P activity.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• A member of finance staff new to the industry requiring a grounding in the
various specialist discipline areas which typically comprise an oil and gas
company finance function
• Working in the finance department and being developed for broader
accounting and financial management responsibilities
• Involved with audit and information systems and have frequent dealings with
financial controls and systems
• A treasury and tax specialist who requires a better understanding of E&P
finance and accounting
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
The course uses a combination of instruction, group discussions, practical
examples and exercises to ensure you absorb both the theory and the practical
application of the topics.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• An overview of accounting policies and practices in the oil and gas industry
• Basic cost control and the management of project, drilling and operating costs
• The accounting and financial management implications of exploring for and
producing oil and gas
• The background to financial issues like joint ventures that are unique to the
E&P industry, and their accounting treatment
TOPICS
• Introduction to the E&P industry
- Learn what is different about the exploration and production industry and the
impact this has on accounting and financial management
• Accounting policies
- How accounting policies influence the reporting of financial performance
- Successful efforts and full-cost accounting
- The use of reserve data in accounting calculations
- How to calculate depreciation, depletion and amortisation (DD&A)
- How to conduct an impairment test or ceiling test
- How to account for decommissioning costs
• Joint-venture accounting
- Understanding a joint-venture (JV) agreement
- What a JV agreement states about accounting
- How to prepare and process a cash call
- Understanding JV billings - how to process a JV billing statement
- How to allocate JV costs
• Cost control and analysis
- Project and development costs
- How to estimate and control production operating costs
- Drilling costs
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘Highly impressed with the course content and the regular exercise
completed throughout. Examples provided were also very interesting.’
 Taqa Bratani Ltd
‘The information received in this training is really great and very informative.
I learned a lot of things and it really will be very helpful to me when carrying
out my job.’
 Dragon Oil
Finance professionals working in the oil & gas industry account for billions of
dollars each year and the finance department outputs attract a great deal of
attention and interest. By referring to industry best practise and related financial
reporting standards this course will provide in-depth knowledge and understanding
of E&P accounting policies, joint venture accounting, production sharing contracts
along with budgeting and cost control.
The extensive use of industry specific examples and exercises will re-enforce the
key learning points and with improved knowledge and confidence, participants will
be well placed to add value when back in the workplace.
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• Working in finance and have a good foundation knowledge in exploration and
production accounting
We recommend that in order to derive maximum benefit from this course you
should first attend the predecessor Level 1 course.
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
The course is delivered as a combination of instruction, facilitation of group
discussions, and use of practical examples and exercises to enable you to
understand both the theory and the practical application of the topics.
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• The knowledge of financial accounting and reporting issues unique to the
exploration & production industry
• Accounting requirements resulting from joint ventures (JV)
• Production sharing accounting
• Financial planning and budgeting
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
‘Instructor was very good - above average, with great energy to present all
relevant info.’
 Deputy GM at NIS
‘I had joined the oil and gas industry and this course helped me to see my
challenge as a great opportunity. Level 2 has brought to light new concepts
and different ways of interpreting my company’s commitments. Thanks to
the knowledge shared I will certainly be a better professional, not only
technically but now as an enthusiastic employee.’
 BG Group
TOPICS
Financial Accounting
This section of the course aims to enhance your knowledge of financial accounting
and reporting issues unique to the E&P industry. Particular emphasis is placed on
achieving a thorough understanding of industry-specific accounting issues and
relevant Accounting Standards. Comparisons are made between International
and US standards, and with widely adopted practices in other countries. You will
analyse examples from E&P company accounts and see the impact of adopting
different accounting policies.
• Regulation of oil & gas company accounting
• Accounting for pre-development costs
• Commercial reserves
• The DD&A calculation
• Impairment
• Accounting for decommissioning
• Accounting disclosures
• Accounting for financing arrangements
• Accounting for sales revenue
• Accounting for E&P company taxes
Joint Venture & Production Sharing Accounting
This section of the course aims to enhance your knowledge of joint venture and
production sharing accounting issues. Particular emphasis will be placed on
understanding the accounting requirements resulting from joint venture (JV) and
production sharing contracts (PSC). Reference will be made to sample JV and
production sharing contracts from different countries and to attempts in the
industry to standardise accounting practice, e.g. COPAS, SOAP. You will be
encouraged to challenge traditional methodology in order to develop models of
good practice that you can apply back in the workplace.
• State frameworks for the control and exploitation of petroleum reserves
• Joint ventures
• JV cash management
• Unitisation and redetermination
• JV billing arrangements
• JV cost allocation
• Production sharing contracts
• Accounting for PSCs
Budgeting & Cost Control
The final section of the course concentrates on budgeting and cost control and
aims to improve your ability to prepare and review company-wide E&P budgets
and to control and analyse the costs incurred within an E&P company. Particular
emphasis is placed on understanding the nature of costs unique to an E&P
company and how these costs behave under different conditions. Realistic
examples are provided to encourage you to develop a model of good budgeting
and cost control practice that can be applied back in the workplace. The E&P
Budgeting section incorporates an exercise where you are the Finance Director,
participating as part of the Senior Management Team, in a review of the first draft
of the Annual Budget for next year.
• Performance measurement
• Cost control
• Budget review
• Financial and strategic planning

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Finance and Contracting Finance and Contracting

Exploration & Production Accounting Auditing in the Exploration & Effective Bid and Tender Strategies for Contracting Fundamentals - A Practice
- Level 3 Production Industry Oil & Gas Related Briefing for Non-Lawyers
FIN03 FIN05 CON04 CON01
FIN03 5 days Advanced FIN05 5 days Skill CON04 3 days Skill CON01 2 days Foundation
FIN03 FIN05 CON04 CON01
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This challenging but enjoyable training course is a highly interactive 5-day workshop This is an intensive and highly practical training program designed to improve and During this interactive course participants will learn methods to improve overall For efficient work in the upstream business E&P lawyers need a comprehensive
designed to take E&P finance and accounting skills to an advanced level, to raise enhance the skills of participants involved in auditing upstream exploration and bid and tender results, tender efficiency and outcomes, supplier sustainability, overview on geological and technical aspects as well as economics. Vice versa,
awareness and understanding of the accounting issues and standards, and to production activities, concentrating on aspects of auditing that are unique to this communication and steps for improved bottom lines. With the many changes engineers and finance experts should have a basic understanding of the system
develop analytical skills for more demanding roles within the organisation. industry. taking place in the oil & gas business over the next decade, organisations need to of upstream contracting. This course is designed for you to gain basic and practice
Learning centres around a highly realistic E&P company case study. Working in On completion you will be able to conduct and/or participate in internal, production become more effective with time and resources to accomplish their needs. This related background-knowledge on a variety of typical onshore upstream contracts.
groups, you will engage in a full range of finance department activities including sharing and joint venture audits. course is about change for better performance of tender strategies, supplier cost
financial planning, preparation and analysis of information for decision-making, joint reduction and supplier sustainability.
venture accounting, financial reporting and analysis of company performance. DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... • A professional with a non-legal background involved in new onshore E&P
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... • New to the discipline of audit • Involved in or responsible for: projects, bids and proposals, tenders, opportunities and keen to learn about the concepts of all kind of relevant E&P
• Working in an accounting or financial management role and want to enhance • An experienced audit practitioner who wishes to update your auditing procurement, supply chain, business development, sourcing, contracts, contracts
your analytic and presentation skills techniques product and service management, performance management, business unit
• From any discipline intending to take part in internal or joint-venture audits management, client management, solutions management, delivery HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
To be able to participate effectively, you should have already attended the two • Someone with a background in statutory audit in the accountancy profession management
lower-level companion courses - Exploration & Production Accounting Levels 1 wanting an insight into internal and joint-venture audits • Structured presentations on all topics
and 2 - or be able to demonstrate a suitable combination of relevant experience HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE • Ad hoc discussions to enlarge upon important issues
and subject knowledge. • Case studies on some typical major pitfalls on contracts
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE This course includes foundational and sustainable best practices on tender • Question and answer sessions and summaries at the end of each half-day unit
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE Extensive use is made of realistic oil industry-based exercises and case studies process management, templates, white papers and interactive exercises. You will
to reinforce key teaching points and to provide participants with opportunities to take back the holistic procurement process from beginning to end for greater
• Using computer-based simulation, teams of 3-4 delegates participate in the results in your bottom line, efficiencies, best value and outcomes. THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
financial management of a hypothetical international exploration and apply the knowledge gained in a practical and enjoyable format.
You will receive many tools to take back into your organisation for real and By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
production company, exploring such diverse activities as operator and effective results. • The differences of the granting systems of exploration and exploitation rights
non-operator accounting, recording of transactions, updating of financial THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING • The concepts of the most relevant types of E&P contracts
statements and analysis of results. THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: • The chain of contracts and the major elements required to establish and run a
• A variety of highly realistic business scenarios is introduced, through which you
• How to apply a structured methodology for conducting oil industry internal, By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: Joint Venture
will plan, record and report on the progress of your ‘company’. This hands-on
production-sharing and joint-venture audits • How to become a more effective negotiator • Possible major pitfalls of the presented contracts
scenario-based approach enables you to track and analyse the impact of each
• How to implement the benefits of a multi-discipline team audit approach • How to improve your cost reduction ability • The importance and value of dispute resolution
activity from initiation through to final results and analysis of company
• How to adopt a model of best practice for conducting audits • How to become more efficient in achieving your outcomes and in time
performance.
• How to apply a risk-based approach to audit management
• Experienced financial trainers review and update your subject knowledge and
• How to investigate fraud • How to improve your supplier management expertise and your RFP / Tender
TOPICS
skills before each scenario is introduced, and are on hand throughout the Contracts between E&P companies and authorities
processes •
course to provide guidance and support. - Concession
• How to develop integrated turnkey processes
TOPICS • How to become a more effective proposal writer - Production Sharing Agreement
Familiarity with spreadsheet techniques is assumed.
• Introduction • Measurement practices - Service Agreement
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING - Origins and purpose of audit • Team creation and development • Contracts between E&P companies and with contractors
- Audit types • Whole life cost analysis and evaluation methodologies - Types of Joint Venture
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: • Audit concepts - Confidentiality Agreement
• Supplier performance tactics
• How to carry out and manage operational financial accounting activities
- Independence - its application in different types of audit • Risk management, benchmarking and contract management - Letter of Intent / Memorandum of Understanding
associated with joint ventures - Controls - objectives of controls and their application - Agreement on Area of Mutual Interest / Bid Group Agreement
• How to prepare, analyse and present information for effective financial
- Risk assessment - techniques to determine audit priorities TOPICS - Data Exchange Agreement
reporting • Audit techniques - Term-Sheet
• The impact of different activities on the financial statements of an upstream oil
• Uncover tender type for bidding •  id and procurement cost reduction
B
- Audit preparation and planning - to ensure an effective audit (RFP, RFT, RFQ, RFI) alignment - Farm-in and Farm-out Agreement / Sales and Purchase Agreement
and gas company - Testing/sampling - techniques to verify accounts and controls - Joint Operating Agreement
• How to practically apply IFRS in accounting for a wide range of typical oil and
- Developing effective bid and - Analysing and mapping
- Interviewing techniques tender requirements and stakeholders - Accounting Procedures
gas industry activities - Flowcharting techniques and their application - Service Agreements on Seismic, Drilling and Well Services
specifications - Identifying internal business
- Reporting - Proper and effective planning for needs - Unitisation Agreement / Over-Underlift Agreement
TOPICS - Team management - to ensure resources are used effectively - Lifting Agreement
best bid and tender value • Evolve long term clients
The main simulated financial scenarios on this course are as follows: • Internal audit • Ascertain bid and tender invitation - Forecasting bidders and supplier - Gas Transport Agreement
• Your company decides to participate in a new exploration joint venture. You will - Developing a model of internal best practice - Acting upon complex and participants - Gas Sales Agreement
review accounting policy options, enter billings into the accounting system and - Contract audits technical related bids and tenders - Acquiring potential suppliers • Dispute Resolution
prepare financial statements. - COPAS AG - 9 & 11 - Specifying instructions, scope of • Bid and tender risk minimisation &
• The joint venture proceeds to develop a commercial discovery. Your company • Production-sharing contracts audit work, specifications risk management
also acquires an interest in a producing field. You will account for development - Background • Bid and tender process competitive - Establishing effective risk
costs, sales revenues, DD&A, a decommissioning provision, and production - Key aspects of audit enhancement management: develop sourcing
under the terms of a tax-based fiscal arrangement. • Joint-venture audit - Managing the bid and tender options
• Your company takes on the role of operator of a new venture. You will prepare - Developing a model of joint-venture audit best practice request processes - Building supply market and
cash calls and billings, and maintain operator accounting records. - The audit cycle - planning, implementation, results, reporting - Preparation for negotiation category knowledge
• Your company decides to change from the full cost to the successful efforts - Joint-venture accounting and the major audit issues that arise - Writing and specifications • Future benchmarking analysis -
method. You will prepare financial statements reflecting the change in - Multi-venture audits requirement expand supplier evaluation
accounting policy. - UKOOA SOAP 2 • Executing competitive analysis - Evaluating current suppliers
• You will account for your company‘s participation in a new venture under the - Understanding and implementing - Pinpointing key performance
terms of a production sharing contract. facts, not opinions indicators (KPIs) and output
• Following an earlier unitisation and a move to multi-venture operations, you will - Rating competition and suppliers standards
account for a redetermination and shared-cost allocations. - Profiling competition and suppliers • Sustain agreements and contracts
• A falling oil price and revised estimates of reserves indicate impairment of an • Design the bid team - Overseeing contract checklist
asset. You will perform a test and account for the result. • Whole life cost analysis - Preparing supporting
• Your company adjusts its portfolio of assets. You will account for a farm-out • Minimise tender approval (better documentation, procurement,
arrangement. time management and compliance
• Your company‘s chief executive is due to meet with investment analysts. You organisational resource utilisation) - Scrutinising terms and conditions
will prepare for him a briefing on company performance and financial status. - Bid and tender documentation,
security and compliance
Computer access required for exercises. - Evaluating bid and tenders

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Finance and Contracting Soft Skills

International Oil & Gas Exploitation

Contracts Strategy & Management Contracts
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This practical oil and gas focused course will help you to develop your own In this course participants will learn about the petroleum upstream fiscal systems
effective procurement and Supply Chain Management (SCM) strategy and can and the contractual instruments governments use to grant to oil companies the
make valuable quantifiable contributions to your company‘s performance. It right to explore, develop and exploit hydrocarbon fields.
shows you how to adopt a ‘best-practice’ model, and outlines the latest thinking in By using industry specific case studies, examples and exercises this course will
upstream petroleum industry procurement. enhance participants knowledge of the typical features of each system, how they
impact the economics of the field from both the oil company‘s and the government‘s
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... viewpoint.
• Involved in or have responsibility for the entire procurement process, i.e. a line
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
operational manager, specialist (the ‘end user’), contracts manager or
contracts specialist • Involved at any level in business development, contract negotiations, business
analysis, strategic planning, joint-venture representation or investment in
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE petroleum projects and would like to develop a more in-depth general
understanding of international oil and gas exploitation contracts
This course makes extensive use of oil industry case studies, examples and
exercises, with delegates working in syndicates to analyse problems and HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
recommend solutions.
This course makes extensive use of petroleum industry case studies, examples
and exercises, with delegates working individually and in teams when tackling a
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING variety of industry-specific challenges.
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• How to develop and implement a highly effective procurement strategy and THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
plan for your organisation to reduce the overall cost of purchasing By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• How to manage your supply chain in order to deliver maximum value at
• The structure and benefits of different types of international contracts for
minimum cost petroleum exploration, development and production
• How to develop and implement a best-practice process for the management of • The key elements of oil and gas exploitation contracts
contracts and the supply chain • How to structure the agreement(s) to meet your company‘s needs
• How to adopt innovative ways to select contractors and prepare tender • The different needs and expectations of national and international oil and gas
documents companies
• How to choose the type of contract and compensation terms that best • Non-financial elements and their impact on economics and profitability
achieves the contract‘s objectives • How to identify and manage appropriately the risks and opportunities in the
• How to prepare tender evaluation criteria and evaluate a tender submission contract terms
• How to manage contract risk • How to differentiate between oil and gas exploitation and marketing issues
involved in gas contracts
TOPICS • How to model the changing parameters in a typical PSC
• What is a contract? • The role of contract risk assessment
- The contract as a legal instrument - The importance of contract risk TOPICS
- The contract as an investment tool assessment in strategy and • What are ‘international exploitation - The challenge of
• What is the supply chain and how contractor selection contracts’ and how do they work? decommissioning obligations
do we manage it? - How to carry out a contract risk - The key differences between • How to manage the economics of
- Illustration of supply chain assessment PSCs, concessions, service international contracts
management (SCM) • Alternative tendering strategies contracts and joint-venture - Tools for assessing the value of
- Benefits of defining SCM - Functional versus technical contracts success and the cost of failure
- SCM analysis for opportunities to specifications - The rights and obligations of the - How do we set the right price?
save money - Oil industry examples parties at each stage - Special issues for marginal fields
• Developing a best-practice • Different types of contracts • Why do we have PSCs? • Who pays for and carries the risk
procurement process - Strengths and weaknesses of - Understand what PSCs are during development programs?
- Suggested process for managing alternative contract types designed to do and how they are - Where to find sources of funding
contracts from beginning to end - How to choose an appropriate evolving from the public and private sector
- The role of end-users and the contract compensation method • Who gets the production? - How are ‘non-financial issues’
contracts specialist • How to prepare contractor selection - How to work out the production dealt with?
• What makes the petroleum industry criteria splits - How to meet national policies and
different? - Oil industry examples - Untangling the ‘R factor’ contract commitments for
- The role of government, national - Traditional versus non-traditional • How are the contracts dealt with in employment, training, local
oil companies (NOCs) and selection criteria the exploration phase? purchasing and HSE compliance
co-venturers • How to evaluate tender submissions - Managing timescales, minimum • How is cost recovery set up and

• What is a contracts strategy and
how do we develop one?
- Oil industry case studies and
examples
- The essential ingredients of a
contracts strategy
- The process of developing a
contracts strategy
• The role of contracts policy and
procedures
- The vital relationship between
contracts strategy, policy and
procedure
- Oil industry examples of contracts
policy and procedure
• Alternative contracts strategies
- Oil industry examples and case
studies
- How to ensure best-value
selection
- How to avoid common mistakes
• Understanding the ‘small print’
• Getting to grips with contractual
language and terms and conditions
• How to manage the contract after it
has been awarded
- The role of the ‘kick-off’ meeting
- Preventing and resolving disputes
- Managing cost and performance
- How to give contractor feedback
work programs, appraisal and
relinquishment
- Setting criteria, evaluating and
agreeing ‘commerciality’
• What are the objectives in the
development and production phase?
- Differences between host
countries and contracting
companies and how to bridge the
gaps
- Bonuses, royalties, taxes and
pricing issues
• Where is the balance of risk in the
contract provisions?
- Using incentives structures to
even out the upsides and
downsides of the contract terms
for each party
Soft Skills
managed?
• What are the effects of unitisation
and redetermination?
• In what ways are gas contracts
different?
- Special considerations for natural
gas and LNG production,
transportation, processing and Time, Personal Organisation and Negotiation Skills for the Oil & Gas Industry (SSK10)
sales agreements Stress Management (SSK38) Effective Technical Writing for Exploration and Production
- Understanding the LNG
marketplace Business Writing Skills (SSK55) Staff - A Structured System (SSK24)
• Future trends
- Has the traditional PSC had its High Impact Presentation Skills (SSK54) Communication Skills for Success (SSK11)
day? Problem Solving and Decision Making (SSK36) Success in Multicultural Teams (SSK52)
- Recent developments in
contracting
- The changing role of IOCs

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Soft Skills Soft Skills

Time, Personal Organisation

and Stress Management Business Writing Skills High Impact Presentation Skills
SSK38 SSK55 SSK54
SSK38 5 days Foundation SSK55 3 days Foundation SSK54 3 days Foundation / Skill
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The program uses participants‘ own situations as the basis for inputs and During this hands-on course participants will develop their writing skills through a During this hands-on, experiential based course participants will develop their THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
exercises on time use and personal organisation. It assumes that participants are combination of practical work allied with theoretical learning, broken down into skills and personal style through a combination of learning and - essentially - the Through attending this 3-day course in enhancing your skills to deliver high impact
managing some of their time well and that they need to get more control over the easy-to-absorb sections that build up over the 3-day course. use of immediate feedback from the peer group on their developing abilities, as presentations you will:
rest of their time and their life. Whether you are writing to clients or to a variety of internal audiences, your writing over the 3-day period they build and deliver increasingly high impact presentations. • Develop your understanding and ability to build clear, compelling and
style and content are vitally important and will make the difference between your Whether you are presenting to the board, to shareholders, employees or the motivational presentations
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... message being a clear, efficient targeted success and a total failure. public, your presentation and delivery management skills at this level are critical. • Ensure that your presentation is one that is remembered for all of the right
This course is designed for those who have some experience in business writing, They will make the difference between you and your presentation being a reasons
• In need of managing your time and your life more effectively, improving your but would like to raise their level and maximise the impact they make. resounding success and a total failure.
effectiveness and increasing your enjoyment of life and work • Break down complex information and material into a structure that is not only
This course can be designed for all levels of experience: For professionals with easy for you to manage when under the inherent pressure of delivering high
• Someone who wants to do things that you want to do - not just those you have
little or no presenting experience, who would like to develop their presentation level presentations, but to do so in such a way that your audience understands
to do DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... skills to ensure that their presentations have maximum impact; as well as for and connects with your key messages
• Looking to understand and develop robust professional practices for all those who have already some experience in presenting but are ready to take • Bring inspiration into your delivery so that it serves to create a ‘will do’
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE aspects of business writing those skills a stage further. approach amongst your audience as a consequence
• Taking a positive and supportive approach to you • Wishing to have the confidence that your written communications are attuned • Create presentations that from the very beginning grab the attention of your
• Encouraging you to develop your own approaches rather than provide ’right‘ to your audience audience, go on to develop their engagement through the use of structure that
answers • An employee who wants to create the right positive impact in the most DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
builds a story, highlights key points and finishes with a clear call to action that
• Enabling you to identify your personal life goals and objectives, how you appropriate way possible • New to presenting and would like to develop the styles and techniques to allow lasts and has impact
currently spend your time and your key time wasters you to present with confidence and clarity • Be able to understand, manage and bond with different audience dynamics
• Helping you to develop strategies to manage time and stress effectively • Someone who has presented before, but keen to improve your presentation • Be able to confidently manage difficult audiences
through a wide range of activities, discussions and role plays
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE and presentation management skills to ensure your presentations are • Understand the impact your physiology and tonality have in building your
A blend of delivery styles and learning techniques including individual exercises, effective, impactful and professional personal presence and use this to project self-assurance and excite others to
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING group exercises and case studies ensure that the training delivers variety and • A manager with prior experience in delivering presentations and public action
interest and a high level of interaction and hands-on practical involvement to speaking
By the end of the program you will feel confident to: • Understand and capitalise on your strengths
assist all attendees in gaining the maximum advantage not only of the information • An executive who needs to speak in front of groups such as fellow board and
• Clarify your own and team members‘ work roles to achieve more focus • Understand and mitigate against your weaknesses
provided and discussed, but fundamentally the confidence to take it away and leadership groups, shareholders, employees or the public
• Take actions to plan your time more effectively, use transition time positively • Practice every element, receive instant feedback and develop your personal
utilise it on a daily basis. • Aware that whilst your presentation and presentation management skills are
and manage paperwork, interruptions, meetings and phone calls more style in delivering presentations with high impact
productively generally good, having the opportunity to enhance these skills will be of great
• Understand the physiological reactions induced by stress and the impact of THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING personal and professional benefit
TOPICS
these on your ability to operate effectively at work and outside By the end of the course you will feel confident to:
• Understand the general causes of stress and your particular stress inducers HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE • What makes an effective presentation?
• Write business correspondence appropriately and clearly, aligned to any formal
• Use techniques to reduce your stress symptoms • Presenting information in a clear, concise and positive manner that connects
protocol within your organisation A blend of delivery styles ensures that all learning patterns are catered for and with the audience
• Use punctuation rules and tools that avoid grammatical errors attendees not only gain the maximum advantage of the information provided and
TOPICS • Common causes of ineffective presentations
• Write clear and meaningful memos, business letters, reports and emails discussed, but also the confidence to own it. Core to this journey is the application • Perfect preparation, ensuring that purpose, audience and desired outcome are
• Personal objectives / learning goals • Use templates and formats used in correspondence within your organisation of the widely acclaimed 70:20:10 model of learning where you will engage in captured
• Key attitudes to managing time • Organise complex content into a logical sequence of ideas that can be understanding and discussing the aspects covered, interpret these into practical • Building a presentation structure that has natural flow and logical development
• Choosing your personal priorities communicated appropriately and relevant application and then truly discover and refine these skills through • Creating an instant positive first impact to build credibility and rapport
• How much time have you got? • Understand and use the correct layout for written communication to maximise ‘live’ application of practice and peer-to-peer feedback. • Communicating to enhance credibility, project enthusiasm, competency and
• Your personal drivers impact
confidence
• Clarifying your work role - the job, decision making parameters, performance • Understand and use concrete examples and visual aids in written
• Physiology and tonality - how to step out of your communication comfort zone
requirements communication to convey messages effectively
and exploit physiology and tonality to bring your audience in
• How to work out priorities
• Building the story to achieve a greater impact and have your audience feeling
• Tools for planning your time
TOPICS inspired
- Diary, note pad, planner chart, weekly project page • Motivating your audience to take action
- Planning your day and priority setting • Writing principles
• Recognising and managing audience dynamics of all types
- Task planning • Written communication - use of clear, concise and accurate vocabulary
• Maintaining your professionalism, composure and control in high pressure
• Using transition time • Use of accurate spelling, grammar and punctuation
• Proof-reading - correcting own mistakes situations
• Putting barriers around your time
- Managing interruptions • Written protocol - following the company formats
- Controlling time by managing staff • Writing emails - keeping them clear
• What is stress? • Editing - re-wording and re-phrasing
- The symptoms we experience • Writing memos and business letters
- The main causes of stress • Written style - how to convey the message
• We are all different • Writing complex content
- How our self-image affects our ability to cope with change and pressure • Use of visual aids in writing
- How our level of life skills can help us manage pressures and stress • Drafting and re-drafting
• Creating your personal profile • Presenting your writing
- What is your predisposition to stress?
- How resilient are you?
- Identifying your stressors
• Managing your working and personal life to reduce the causes of stress
- Developing your self-image
- Developing your perspective
- Confronting fears
- Developing assertive responses
- Managing your own and others’ expectations
- Managing time pressures
- Making time for yourself
- Creating support
• Reducing the symptoms of stress
- Relaxation techniques
- The use of exercise and hobbies Computer access required for exercises.
• Planning to apply learning

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Soft Skills Soft Skills

Negotiation Skills Effective Technical Writing for Exploration and Production Staff -
Problem Solving and Decision Making for the Oil & Gas Industry A Structured System
SSK36 SSK10 SSK24
SSK36 5 days Skill SSK10 5 days Skill SSK24 3 days Skill
SSK36 SSK10 SSK24
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❏ ✗ In-house
❏ ✗ Public on demand
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❏ ✗ In-house
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Tony Hendry John H. Martin

This practical program refreshes and develops your ability to resolve problems By making extensive use of oil and gas industry exercises, case studies and role This unique workshop provides guidelines for the efficient reporting of petroleum TOPICS
and to make decisions, especially in a team or group setting. It has many individual plays this highly-interactive workshop demonstrates a structured approach to engineering, geological and geophysical studies. It will help you to produce • Why write reports?
and team activities and participants regularly comment that the teaching methods effective negotiating and introduces Breakthrough Negotiation Strategy to achieve concise and readable management briefings, well or study proposals and reports, - Four basic types - make sure you use the appropriate one
are more enjoyable than they would have expected on a training program. results in difficult and complex negotiations. tender documents, field development plans, operating manuals, procedures and • How to write
You will develop your knowledge in a number of important areas, including team legal agreements. - Report compilation using a ’news-based‘ approach
negotiations, international / cross cultural negotiations and conflict resolution. Most ’communication skills‘ courses are presented by individuals from outside the • Analysing objectives and developing ’messages‘
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... oil industry. This one is different. It gives practical instruction rather than theory, - How to develop a meaningful topic outline
• In need of refining and developing your individual and / or team problem DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... and is based on the presenter‘s extensive experience of reporting and compiling - Using verbal presentations to help structure a report
solving skills integrated field development studies in an international oil company and • Tips to improve writing skills
• A professional with limited negotiating experience wanting to improve your consultancy environment, as well as board papers, expert determinations,
• Faced with difficult decisions to make - Brevity and simple approaches
abilities and confidence in this core business activity unitisation and redetermination procedures and submissions, contracts and court
• Wanting high ownership of and commitment to decisions - Handling numerical data and specialist terminology
• A petroleum professional involved in commercial or inter-personal negotiations
• Someone who enjoys learning through activity papers. - Writing effective summaries
• Optimal use of charts, figures, tables and enclosures
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE - How to select and design illustrations
The bulk of this course comprises realistic, oil industry-based role-play negotiating DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
- The science behind colour design
• Giving you clear explanation of and experience in a range of techniques to scenarios based on a variety of commercial and non-commercial situations. This • An E&P specialist or manager at any level in the oil & gas, consultancy / • How to compile manuals and minutes
identify the underlying causes of problems is underpinned with instruction in negotiating principles and methodology. service or R&D sector - Making it easy!
• Progress from single cause to multiple causes of problems Class numbers for this course are kept low to ensure maximum student • An experienced team leader or supervisor who needs to coordinate or review • Practical aspects of report preparation
• Making even highly emotional decisions manageable and justifiable participation and ample coaching from the class instructor. the reporting of multidisciplinary integrated studies - Type styles, layout and arrangement
• Getting you involved in individual and group activities
- Making your reports a pleasure to read
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING This is not a basic English course so you should have a reasonable command of • Managing the reporting process
THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of: the language. - How to reduce editing time
• How to plan and prepare for negotiations - Coordinating multiple authors for multi-disciplinary reporting
By the end of the program you will feel confident to: Even native speakers are surprised at how many new ideas and practical
• How to recognise the vital steps in a negotiated settlement, and to exhaust one • Digital documentation
• Use a range of techniques to define and resolve simple and complex problems suggestions this course contains. If relatively new to the industry, you will learn
step before proceeding to the next - Special techniques for on-screen display rather than hard copy
• Identify how best to use your team in problem solving situations that ’commercial‘ technical writing requires a non-traditional approach.
• How to improve your communication skills to achieve better results - Use of advanced word processing and document design features for digital
• Run decision making meetings for your team so as to get their early This course is designed specifically for the E&P professional, focusing on E&P
• How to resolve impasse and handle difficult negotiations distribution
commitment and energy behind the decision documents and examples. Over four hundred individuals have attended previous
• How to negotiate in teams - Effective use of emails
• How to respect cultural differences in international negotiations
versions of this practical course, presented as public and as ’in-house‘ workshops.
TOPICS The workshop is ideal as an ’in-house‘ presentation for company teams, where
participants may find it easier to work on internal documents.
• Understanding the problem solving cycle TOPICS
• My team & problem solving • Negotiation as a process
• Why we need to resolve problems - What do we mean by negotiation? HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
• The need to address underlying causes - Are you a potential negotiator? You will develop a ’toolkit‘ to help with your writing tasks, to communicate
• Ways of finding underlying causes - Key negotiating steps interpretations, results and recommendations more effectively. During practical
- Stair stepping / 5 whys • Preparing for your negotiation sessions you will have the opportunity to apply the techniques demonstrated to
- Fish Bone Analysis / Ishikawa - Five keys to preparation your own material. You will very quickly see how to make improvements.
- Cause analysis - Knowing your subject, knowing your counterpart, preparing your tactics One-to-one tutorials at the end of the course will allow detailed discussion of your
- Using the 80 / 20 rule - An invaluable tool - preparation checklist own work.
• Dealing with people issues • Initiating and presentation Together with a slidepack, a recently updated comprehensive manual in book
- Using force field analysis - The importance of initiation and how to initiate style is provided, both in hard copy and digital form, for future reference.
- Persuading & influencing people - The importance of presentation after initiation and before bargaining
- Diagnosing readiness to change • Bargaining
- Developing strategies - Developing your bargaining strategy THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING
• Determining solutions - Effective bargaining techniques By the end of the workshop you will feel confident in:
- Types of solutions - How and when to avoid premature bargaining • Applying all the practical techniques required to communicate technical work
- Creating options - How to resolve impasse and deal with conflict effectively in writing
- Creative thinking techniques - Getting concessions • Your awareness of several common misconceptions relating to use of the
• Decision making • Closing the deal English language in the commercial E&P environment
- Majority approach - How to recognise closing signals • Applying the many simple (but effective) suggestions contained in the
- Achieving consensus - Confirmation and follow-up workshop
- High ownership decision making • Communication and human behaviour in negotiations • Technical writing - you should even find that you start to enjoy it
- Using decision trees - Seven steps to effective communication
- Risk analysis and integration of preventive and contingent actions - Verbal and non-verbal communication
- Managing the behaviours of the group - Learning how to listen
- Dealing with different personalities
- How to communicate to influence the other side
- Negotiating by phone or email
• Team negotiations
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK - How to negotiate in teams
• Breakthrough negotiations
‘The teacher is great and he motivates the students a lot. Congratulation for CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
- What we mean by ‘breakthrough strategy’
the instructor.’
• Handling international negotiations ‘The course is really important and it might be offered to everyone in the
 Advisor at NIS Petrol
- Recognising cultural differences company.’
‘The course was perfect how it was structured.’ - How cultural differences affect negotiations  Engineer at Marathon Oil
 Analyst at NIS Petrol - Preparing for international negotiations
• Dealing with conflict ‘I really like the way the instructor presented the course. Excellent and
‘Excellent communication skills. Keep it like this!’ - The causes of negotiating conflict relevant course.’
 Manager at NIS Petrol - How to assess your own conflict management style  Engineer at Marathon Oil
- How to handle conflict in negotiations

Computer access required for exercises.

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Soft Skills Recommended Books

Communication Skills for Success Success in Multicultural Teams

SSK11 SSK52
SSK11 3 days Foundation / Skill SSK52 2 days Foundation / Skill
SSK11 SSK52
 Public ✗ In-house
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❏  Public ✗ In-house
❏  Public on demand
Tony Copeman Kubilay Balci

Communication is not just about talking to one another. It is about so much more Nowadays - thanks to globalisation and modern communication tools - it is just
and this course has been designed to help everyone understand and use a normal to have interactions with people from different cultures on daily basis.
selection of communication tools for everyday life. Though how good are you to leverage all the opportunities presented by those
• Do you want to be able to engage more with your fellow team members? multicultural environments? (Or at least) Can you avoid any misunderstandings?
• Do you wish you were a little more resilient and able to rebound easier after a During this 2-day session participants will learn the basic concepts around what
setback? are the cultural differences; if we can understand / measure them; how can we Hydrocarbon The Universe of the Oil Physical Properties of Physical Properties of Phase Behavior
• Do you want to be able to increase your ability to speak in public and give utilise those differences in multicultural teams. It is designed to be an experience- Exploration and and Gas Industry from Rocks - Fundamentals Rocks - A Workbook (Henry L. Doherty
better presentations? sharing opportunity among participants aided by break-outs and exercises. Production 2nd Edition Exploration to Refining and Principles of Petro- Jürgen H. Schön Series)
• Maybe you would like to be be more confident at solving conflict situations? Frank Jahn, Jorge S. Gomes & physics, 2nd edition Curtis H. Whitson &
Mark Cook & Mark Graham Fernado B. Alves Jürgen H. Schön Michael R. Brule
If the answer to any of these questions is `yes‘, then this course is for you. DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE...
• An employee of an international organisation ISBN: 978-0444532367 ISBN: 978-9892037783 ISBN: 978-0444537966 ISBN: 978-1555630874
An expat Published: 2008 (Partex Oil and Gas, 2013) (Society of Petroleum
• (Elsevier Publishing, 2011)
DESIGNED FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE... • Leader or member of a multicultural team Essential reading for Drawing on more than 60 years of Engineers, 2000)
upstream professionals, this
ISBN: 978-0081004043 Physical Properties of Rocks
• Looking for a set of tools that can be used in everyday (business) life to the combined industry experience
indispensable handbook covers (Elsevier Publishing, 2015) - a Workbook‘ is a symbiosis This important addition to
improve your communication skills of its authors, this comprehensive
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE all phases of the field lifecycle: of a brief description of any petroleum engineer’s
textbook covers all major technical This book describes the
From bidding to field appraisal, physical fundamentals of rock library covers all aspects of
This training covers the relevant amount of theory and combines it with interactive and non-technical aspects of the physical fundamentals of rock
to rig selection and drilling properties (based on typical gas/oil phase behavior and
HOW WE BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE discussions and exercises to practise methods and tools. Modular design of the
industry, from the exploration of properties, based on typical
experimental results and includes a brief discussion
techniques, to mitigating risk oil and gas to their supply to the experimental results and
Uniquely, through the interactive nature of this course your professional and sessions enables us to combine different blocks and to customise the sessions to and uncertainty, and everything relevant theories and models) of multiphase and vapor/
markets. relevant theories and models.
personal confidence will both be increased leaving you feeling able to effectively the needs of the group. in between. This book with a guide for practical solid phase behavior. This
This book is also available in use of different theoretical volume provides the reader
communicate in all situations. provides a comprehensive and
Portuguese: This book is also available in
invaluable industry reference. concepts. with the tools needed to
Essentially this course comprises a blend of delivery styles to ensure that all • Face-to-face training, including Portuguese:
O Universo da Indústria Petrolífera solve problems requiring a
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By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding and abilities By the end of the course you will:
of: • Understand the background of cultural differences
• Gaining personal confidence and self-belief • Get to see those differences as opportunities rather than complexities
• Applying a variety of non-verbal communication skills that positively impact • Learn how to leverage differences
both how we feel about ourselves as well as how others feel about us • Receive a set of real life examples showing simple things to avoid
• Applying a variety of verbal communication skills that positively impact how we • Be familiar with nuances between national and organisational cultures
feel about ourselves
• Tackling challenging situations such as presentations, conflict, performance
discussions etc.
TOPICS
• Emotional Intelligence (EQ): how to apply it to help build resilience and the • What is ‘culture’? Traditional vs. modern definitions
ability to ‘bounce back’ from setbacks • Onion model
• How to increase your business and personal effectiveness by being able to • What are the cultural differences?
motivate and influence those around you - Perception of time
- Role of time (mono vs. polychrone)
- High context - low context
TOPICS • Can we understand and measure those differences?
• The core of resilience - Hofstede’s 6D model Modeling Uncertainty Multiphase Flow Making Good Decisions Natural Gas: Multiphase Flow in
• Emotional Intelligence (EQ) • Multi-focus model on organisational culture in the Earth Sciences Metering: Principles and Reidar B. Bratvold & A Commercial Permeable Media:
• Bonding and rapport • Seeing similarities & leveraging differences Jef Caers Applications Steve Begg Perspective A Pore-Scale
• Highly effective verbal and non-verbal communications • Effective communications Perspective
Gioia Falcone, Geoffrey Andrej Pustišek &
• Motivation • Dos & don’ts
F. Hewitt, Claudio ISBN: 978-1555632588 Michael Karasz Martin J. Blunt
• Delegation ISBN: 978-1119992622
Alimonti (Society of Petroleum
• Influencing with impact (Wiley 2011)
• Conflict management This book highlights the
Engineers, 2010) ISBN 978-3319532493 ISBN: 978-1107093461
• Presenting and presentation skills various issues, techniques ISBN: 978-0444529916 This book is about how (Springer, 2017) (Cambridge University Press,
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
and practical modeling (Elsevier Publishing, 2009) to make good decisions; This book discusses and 2016)
‘Kubilay not only shared his interesting approach but also promoted lively tools available for modeling it is based on commonly explains the economics of
The book provides a critical This book provides a
discussions among participants -each of whom has first-hand intercultural uncertainty of complex Earth accepted best practices each stage of the natural
and independent review fundamental description
experiences from several countries. Many of us have a fair share of systems and the impact that and underpinned by sound gas value chain, including
of the current status and of multiphase flow through
experiences in multicultural environments but having an understanding of it has on practical situations. theory, stemming from the the economic impact of
future trends of MFM, porous rock, with emphasis
the main reasons behind all those cultural differences and getting guiding The aim of the book is to author‘s mix of industry and restrictions, rules and
supported by the authors‘ on the understanding of
provide an introductory academic experience. It decisions that are ostensibly
principles on how to handle them was very beneficiary for all of us. As one of strong background on
technical in nature, as well
displacement processes at
overview which covers a will help the reader to think
the participants stated: it was a different experience from our day-to-day multiphase flow and by the pore, or micron, scale.
broad range of tried-and- clearly about complex and as commercially relevant
work trainings and we surely will use most of it in our daily lives.’ practical examples. These Fundamental equations and
tested tools. uncertain decision situations contractual stipulations.
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and explain such topics as Each chapter features
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Instructors
Antonio Abreu Jeffrey Dravis Siegfried Gugu
James Armstrong Kym Dutfield-Cooke Bob Harrison
Alastair Baillie Leo Eisner Steve Hasiotis
Kubilay Balci Maurizio Ercoli Tony Hendry
Martin J. Blunt Gioia Falcone Tim Herrett
Reidar Bratvold Hugues Fenies Robert Hockley
Jef Caers Jim Funk Todd Hoffman
Simonetta Cirilli Leonhard Ganzer Frank Jahn
Tony Copeman Sebastian Geiger Paul Keighley
Patrick Corbett Rüdiger Geist Holger Kinzel
Chris Cubitt Matilde Giulianelli Wolfram Kleinitz
Mark Deakin Richard Gowland Ted Landgraf
Stephan Dewald Kevin Gray Drew Leitch
Pietro Di Stefano Wilfried Gruber Gabriele Lena
Antonio Abreu is a Senior Petroleum Engineer with a M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the
University of Lisbon, Portugal.Antonio has over 30 years’ experience in oilfield production
technology. He performed extensive work in the areas cementing, stimulation, well integrity, CT
operations, well testing, slickline operations, wireline operations, reservoir monitoring and
optimisation, gas lift operations, production logging, perforation operations, sand control, water and
gas shut off, etc.He started his career in April 1979 with Dowell Schlumberger in France. Further
assignments included positions as Assistant to Technical and Marketing Manager (DS/Singapore),
Offshore Manager / Cementing Services (DS/Libya), General Services Supervisor (DS/Algeria),
Assistant Operations Manager/Aktau/Kazakhstan (Partex), Senior Petroleum Engineer (ADCO/Bu-
Hasa Field) and Senior Petroleum Engineer (Dragon Oil Dubai and Turkmenistan).Antonio is an
experienced lecturer of many industry training courses in the areas of Petroleum and Production
Engineering and was also assigned during several years as instructor at BTC (Dowell Schlumberger
Training Centre, Santa Cruz de la Sierra/Bolivia). The last four years he was working as Training
Consultant in UAE.
James Armstrong has over 35 years industry and teaching experience in hydrocarbon exploration
and petroleum geochemistry. He has conducted work in many different geological settings around
the world requiring a variety of interpretation methods. He maintains strong links with academia and
is a visiting member of staff at the University of Manchester and the University of Derby. Additionally,
he is the external examiner for the Masters course in Oil & Gas Management at the University of
Coventry and a consultant with the PIPCO consortium based in Ireland.Prior to his current role as a
director of a technical services company James was a senior partner in the Singapore based JMJ
Petroleum. He has also gained experience as an independent consultant working in SE Asia and
the basins of both the North and South Atlantic. Earlier in his career he worked as a geochemist/
basin modeler for The Geochem Group, and with Robertson Research (Singapore), following an
initial 2 years with Exploration Logging in laboratory data acquisition, processing and interpretation.
James has been involved in the development and presentation of numerous training courses and
workshops in Europe and Far East, including subjects such as petroleum exploration and basin
analysis, prospect evaluation, geochemical methods/applications and environmental /pollution
studies. In addition, he has run a series of field courses for industry clients and academic bodies.
He is the author/co-author of several specialist technical papers, over 500 individual well reports
and numerous large-scale regional appraisals. He teaches the usage of geochemical data and 1D
maturity modelling on the workshop using Novva, and also has expert level experience of BasinMod
and Genesis. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society (FGS), a member of the PESGB.
Alastair Baillie has over 35 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and currently directs the
activities of a UK based consulting and training company.He graduated from Imperial College,
London, with an honours degree in Chemical Engineering and spent 13 years with Amoco
Production Company (now part of BP) in a variety of assignments in the UK, West Africa and the
USA.In 1998 he formed a company to establish and develop leading petroleum engineering training
and consultancy services worldwide, specialising in artificial lift systems design & diagnosis and
production systems modelling.Alastair is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE),
the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) and is a registered Chartered Engineer with the UK
Engineering Council.He is a Visiting Professor at Robert Gordon University (RGU), Aberdeen,
where he lectures in their Masters’ program in Petroleum Production Engineering.Alastair is an
experienced trainer of both academic and industry training sessions and a recognised global expert
in artificial lift systems and integrated production modelling for all reservoir types.
Kubilay Balci has 2 decades of international multi-industry experience in the areas of Strategy
Execution and Business Excellence and provides training and coaching to his clients in these fields.
He started his Lean Six Sigma journey in GE Plastics where he first ran a Customer Productivity
Program in Turkey and then led the ’At the Customer for the Customer’’ Program in Europe and
Middle East; he trained and coached the B2B customers of GE to execute improvement projects.
Later he joined Mondi Group in Vienna solely to start the ’Continuous Improvement’ initiative. After
successfully implementing the program and strategic framework in 48 manufacturing facilities in
Europe and Middle East, he made a move into the Financial Services Industry and during the
following 10 years had several leadership positions at Western Union including Head of BIG
(Business Initiatives Group) and Director for Global Process and Productivity. During his time in WU
he also focused on the execution of the company’s strategy and led multimillion dollar projects.
Kubilay Balci is a Chemical Engineer by education and also holds an Executive MBA degree. He is
certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Hoshin (Strategy Planning and Execution) Facilitator.
He is an active member of SEC - Strategy Execution Consortium and Austrian Process Management
Society.
Martin J. Blunt is Professor of Petroleum Engineering at Imperial College London. He joined
Imperial in June 1999. Previous to this he was Associate Professor of Petroleum Engineering at
Stanford University in California. Before joining Stanford in 1992, he was a research reservoir
engineer with BP in Sunbury-on-Thames. Martin holds MA and Ph.D. (1988) degrees in theoretical
physics from Cambridge University. His research interests are in multiphase flow in porous media
width applications to oil and gas recovery, and contaminant transport and clean-up in polluted
aquifers. He performs experimental, theoretical and numerical research into many aspects of flow
and transport in porous systems, including pore-scale modelling of displacement processes, and
large-scale simulation using streamline-based methods. He is the Editor of the journal Transport in
Porous Media and was awarded the 2012 Darcy Award from the Society of Core Analysts and the
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Valeria Luciani Peter Sheal
John H. Martin Edmond Shtepani
Maria Enrica Mazzella Manhal Sirat
Angel Meso Milan Stanko
Ian Moffat Claudia Steiner-Luckabauer
Manfred Ninaus Christian Stotter
Lukasz Ostrowski Imre Szilágyi
Andrej Pustisek Catalin Teodoriu
Chandrasekhar Ramakrishnan Marco Thiele
Jonathan Redfern Sharon Tiainen
Mark Reilly Juan Tovar
Gonzalo Rivero Phil Tudhope
Jon Rotzien Curtis H. Whitson
Don Sharples Michael L. Wiggins
Seb Yarwood
2017 Erasmus Medal from the EAGE for lifetime achievement. He has over 200 scientific
publications which have been cited over 17,000 times.
Reidar B. Bratvold is Professor of Petroleum Investment and Decision Analysis at the University of
Stavanger and at the Norwegian Institute of Technology where he is teaching and supervising
graduate students doing research in decision analysis, project valuation, portfolio analysis, real-
option valuation and behavioral challenges in decision-making.Prior to academia, he spent 15 years
in the industry in various technical and management roles including as Vice President in Landmark
Graphics Corporation in Houston, Managing Director of Smedvig Technology Software Solutions
(now Roxar), Senior Scientist with IBM, and Reservoir Engineer with Statoil. He spent his early
working years as a roughneck and roustabout in the North Sea.Reidar has published numerous
papers on topics such as investment modelling, decision-making, stochastic reservoir modelling,
fuzzy logic and reservoir management. He is a co-author of the SPE book ‘Making Good Decisions’.
He has three times served as an SPE Distinguished Lecturer. He is the 2017 recipient of the SPE
Management & Information award and has served as the executive editor for the SPE Economics &
Management journal. He is a Fellow in the Society of Decision Professionals and the Norwegian
Academy of Technological Sciences. Reidar holds a Ph.D. in petroleum engineering and an M.Sc.
in mathematics, both from Stanford University and has business and management science
education from INSEAD and Stanford University.
Jef Caers received both an M.Sc. (1993) in mining engineering / geophysics and a Ph.D. (1997) in
engineering from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.Currently, he is Professor of Energy
Resources Engineering at Stanford University, California, USA. He is also director of the Stanford
Center for Reservoir Forecasting, an industrial affiliates program in reservoir modeling and
geostatistics with over 25 partners from the Energy Industry. His research interests are in the area
of geostatistics, spatial modeling and modeling uncertainty applied to various areas in the Earth
Sciences. He was awarded the Vistelius award by the IAMG in 2001, is Editor-in-Chief of Computers
and Geosciences and served as chairman for the IAMG 2009 conference. He has received several
best paper awards and written two best-selling books entitled `Petroleum Geostatistics` (SPE) and
`Modeling Uncertainty in the Earth Sciences` (Wiley-Blackwell).
Simonetta Cirilli is a member of the International Commission on Stratigraphy, International
Association of Sedimentologists, Italian Geological Society and President of the Italian Association
of Sedimentary Geologists (GEOSED). She is actually Scientific Consultant for National and
International Geologic Surveys and NOC/IOC. She has more than 30 years of teaching experience
for undergraduates, graduates and Ph.D. students and in consultancy for oil & gas. Simonetta
graduated from Perugia University (Italy) in Sedimentary Geology. She then started as lecturer at
the Earth Science Dept. at Perugia University and later she spent one year (1986-87) as post-
doctoral NATO-CNR fellowship at Queens College, New York. Presently she is full professor in
Sedimentary Geology and Stratigraphy at the Department of Physics and Geology of Perugia
University, where she holds the position of Scientific Director of the Sedimentary Petrography and
Organic Matter laboratories and President of the Courses in Geology.Her research topics are:
Paleogeography, paleoclimate, sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy, palaeoclimatology;
sedimentology and stratigraphy of marine carbonate, mixed carbonate-siliciclastic and continental
depositional environments; organic matter studies as integrated tool in sedimentary geology and
stratigraphy.
Tony Copeman holds a PGDiP in Business Management and Administration, is an associate
lecturer and trainer with two leading UK Universities, is an ILM certified ’exceptional trainer’ and is
registered with the UK Register of Learning Providers.Having studied process and production
engineering, and worked in developing business and people capability, Tony draws on over twenty
five years’ experience of developing capability and delivering solutions for several global companies
in the engineering, financial and energy sectors. Following several years as GM and VP with
responsibility for business unit leadership, Tony is a director and lead consultant trainer of a UK
based and internationally operational firm where he is responsible for the Leadership and
Management development courses and programs for a variety of globally recognised brands,
regional players, local businesses and public sector bodies. His programs in Leadership
Development and organisational change in Oil & Gas have been delivered and used as benchmarks
for businesses, teams and individual performance uplift in upstream, midstream and downstream
operations in the USA, North Africa, West Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, the GCC, Russia and
SE Asia.
Patrick Corbett is the BG Group Chair for Carbonate Petroleum Geoengineering at the Institute of
Petroleum Engineering (IPE), Heriot-Watt University. Patrick graduated in 1977 with a degree in
Geology from Exeter University followed by an M.Sc. in Micropalaeontology in 1978 from the
University College London, a postgraduate Diploma in Geological Statistics in 1982 from Kingston
University, a Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering in 1993 and a D.Sc. in Petroleum Geoengineering in
2006, both from Heriot-Watt University. Between 1978 and 1989, Patrick worked in various industry
positions in international exploration and development geoscience for Unocal in the UK, Netherlands
and Indonesia.Patrick’s research focus has been on the integration of geoscience and engineering
through geological analysis, petrophysical measurement and flow modelling. Current research
areas include permeability anisotropy modelling, well test interpretation, dynamic upscaling and
genetic petrophysics. Patrick previously was the Head of the Energy Academy at Heriot-Watt
University and the Total Professor at IPE. Patrick is a member of AAPG, EAGE, SEG, PESGB, SCA,
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SPE, SPWLA, a Fellow of the Geological Society, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, a
Chartered Geologist and a Chartered Scientist. He is an Associate Editor of First Break. He has
published more than 70 reviewed journal papers, and is co-author of books entitled ’Statistics for
Petroleum Engineers and Geoscientists’ and ’Cores from the Northwest European Hydrocarbon
Province’. Patrick was the Distinguished Lecturer for EAGE, SPE and AAPG, received the Wegener
Medal by the EAGE for the integration of geoscience and geoengineering and the 2006 SPE Europe
and Russia Regional Technical Award for Distinguished Contribution to Petroleum Engineering in
the area of reservoir description and dynamics.
Chris Cubitt holds an honours degree in Petroleum Geology and Geophysics and a Ph.D. focused
on reservoir characterisation and quality from the University of Adelaide, Australia. He is an
exploration and reservoir geologist with more than 20 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry.
Chris is currently the Principal Reservoir Geologist at HOT and previously worked with AuDAX
(ADX) Resources Ltd as the Principal Geologist, both based in Austria. Before moving to Austria, he
was at Woodside Energy (Perth, Australia) as a specialist geo-consultant within the auspices of
Woodside’s Technical Services team for 8 years as both a reservoir and regional geologist. Prior to
Woodside, he was employed as an asset exploration geologist with Santos Ltd in Adelaide, South
Australia. Regions worked include acreage in Australia (all major producing basins), Papua New
Guinea, Austria, Hungary, Germany, Romania (all major producing basins), Netherlands, Malaysia,
Indonesia, Myanmar, Mauritania, the southern West African margin, the Central Africa Rift, Tunisia,
Italy, Libya and the UAE. Chris is the instructor for two of HOT’s industry courses ‘Play Mapping and
Exploration Strategy – A hands-on approach’ and ‘Reservoir Characterisation and Quality from Drill
Cuttings’. He is member of PESA, PESBG, SEPM, EAGE and IAS and author and co-author of
numerous publications.
Mark Deakin is a consultant, author and lecturer in Petrophysical Data Integration. He holds a
Ph.D. in ‘Integrated Petrophysics’ from London’s Imperial College, is an ex Amoco petrophysicist,
and has more than 30 years’ experience, including 15 as a lecturer and director of his own
petrophysics consulting company. He has performed over 60 detailed reservoir studies, primarily in
Southeast Asia’s difficult carbonate and stacked ‘low-contrast-pay’ reservoirs and recently in
unconventional fracture stimulation developments. He keeps abreast of new technologies by
operations work and is constantly updating his training courses. Mark’s proven approach is to
identify and rank reserves uncertainties, then guide companies toward defensible booked reserves
via a process of targeted data acquisition, data hierarchy and systematic integration. After his Ph.D.
Mark authored the first public Integrated Petrophysics course in 1989 which has evolved into the
industry benchmark petrophysics training course. Mark has also developed integrated petrophysics
courses for Carbonates & Fractures, Using SCAL with modern logs, Unconventionals and
Renewable Energy. The powerful PetroDB-WEB core-log-test linked database is his current project.
Mark is also an active member of SPWLA.
Stephan Dewald is an independent lawyer and consultant and holds a Ph.D. degree in Law from
the University of Kiel, Germany. He gained a deep insight into E&P contracts as E&P lawyer with
BEB (Shell), Mobil and Wintershall. As General Counsel of Wintershall he served as the leader of
the interdisciplinary negotiation team during three years of successful negotiations with Gazprom on
the Achimov Project, which became the first E&P joint venture of a foreign company with Gazprom
on a Gazprom concession on Russian territory. During four years as the General Manager of
Wintershall Libya he gained operational E&P background. At that time Wintershall Libya was the
largest 100 % foreign E&P Company in Libya. As the head of the former Wingas underground
storage business and as chairman of the board of Wingas Storage UK Stephan gathered further
operations experience on E&P, project management, joint ventures and midstream operations. In
2012 he became an independent lawyer, advising on E&P and mining projects in Germany, Sudan
and Australia. He has been nominated in several cases as an arbitrator on energy disputes and has
served as an interim claim manager for a large offshore (wind) construction project. Stephan used
to be a frequent speaker on gas conferences and provides training on E&P contracts. In summary
he is an experienced, hands-on E&P lawyer with a strong operational background and some
experience in related subsidiary subjects of the upstream business.
Pietro Di Stefano is currently Full Professor of Geology at the Department of Earth Sciences at
Palermo University (Italy), assistant director of the Department of Earth and Sea Science (DiSTeM)
and associate professor for Geophysics and Volcanology at the National Institute (INGV). After
graduating from University of Perugia (M.Sc. in Geology) and a scholarship at Erlangen University,
Germany, he became a researcher in Geology in 1983 at the University of Palermo. Pietro has more
than 30 years’ experience in teaching geology, stratigraphy, basin analysis and geo-archeology. He
was manager of more than 30 projects sponsored by Palermo University, CNR, Department of Civil
Defense, SGI-ISPRA, Sicily Region. His fields of work and research are: Geologic evolution of the
Mediterranean area, stratigraphy of Tethyan succession from Paleozoic to Cenozoic; carbonate
sedimentology. During the last few years he was project manager of a CARG project for the
realisation of ’Santa Margherita del Belice’ Geological Map sponsored by ISPRA and involved in a
project of Seismic Micro-zonation of Sicily for the Department of Civil Defense. He is also responsible
for the set-up and management of landfill sites at the DISTEM Departmen. Pietro is a member of the
International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS), the Italian Geologic Society (SGI) and the
Sicilian Natural Science Society and has published more than 80 papers in international journals.
Jeffrey Dravis is a highly experienced carbonate geologist and consultant conducting exploration
and reservoir development projects in the USA, Canada and overseas. He is a recognised expert
on the topic of carbonate diagenesis, has published extensively, and specialises in unravelling the
controls on diagenesis and porosity evolution in carbonate sequences that aid in exploiting complex
carbonate reservoirs. He applies innovative petrographic techniques to relate rock-based
observations to well logs and seismic data, helping clients better define their subsurface plays and
prospects. Jeff has worked numerous complex exploration and development carbonate projects in
Southeast Asia and South America, as well as working Jurassic and Cretaceous sequences of the
U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Devonian and Mississippian in western Canada, the Ordovician-Permian in
west Texas and New Mexico, and Permian offshore Qatar (North Field). Jeff has completed over
175 technical projects to date and has his own technical consulting company.Jeff is also the
president of a US based consulting company, through which he conducts applied carbonate training
seminars for the industry. Since 1987, he has presented over 270 in-house and field carbonate
seminars for industry clients, including more than 70 open and private field seminars on Caicos
Platform, located in the southeastern Bahamas. He received his B.Sc. (Geology) from St. Mary’s
University in San Antonio, his M.Sc. (Marine Geology) from the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, and a Ph.D. (Geology) from Rice University, Houston.
Jeff is an adjunct Professor of Geology at Rice University, where he teaches parts of courses, takes
students into the field, and periodically serves on theses committees. For the past two years, he has
taught the carbonate geology segment of the University of Houston’s Professional Master’s
Program in Petroleum Geology.Jeff has also published extensively: See ’Impact of strong easterly
trade winds on carbonate petroleum exploration - relationships developed from Caicos Platform,
southeastern Bahamas, 2017, Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 85, p. 272-300.
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Kym Dutfield-Cooke has a 1st Class Hons. BSc in Natural Science, with Diplomas in Mathematics
and Physics from the Open University, and spent her early career with Robertson Research building
logging tools, after which she was with Baker-Hughes as a field engineer & manager, in N. America,
the Middle East & Africa, followed by assignments with the HQ marketing & engineering groups with
responsibilities for the introduction of new technologies, and particularly in Nuclear, Acoustic &
Seismic services. Most recently, she has worked with AfriQA as QA/QC Surveyor, overseeing all
aspects of wellsite logging operations on behalf of their client companies, to ensure high-quality
data retrieval.
Leo Eisner holds a M.Sc. from Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, and Ph.D. from the
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA. He spent nearly seven years as a Senior
Research Scientist with Cambridge Schlumberger Research where he filed five patents and issued
numerous publications. In 2008 he joined MicroSeismic, Inc. and was promoted to Chief
Geophysicist in 2009. In 2010 he has accepted the honorary position of Purkyne Fellow at the
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in Prague. Currently he leads a Czech consulting
company focused on passive seismic services. His peer-reviewed publications (more than 40) and
extended abstracts (more than 60) cover a broad range of subjects, including the seismic ray
method, finite-difference methods, seismological investigations of local and regional earthquakes
and microearthquakes induced by hydraulic fracturing. Leo is founder and president of a seismic
service company. He is a Continuous Education lecturer for SEG and EAGE on microseismicity in
oil and gas reservoirs as well as for the oil & gas industry.
Maurizio Ercoli graduated from University of Perugia (Italy) in Applied Geophysics. He obtained his
Doctoral Degree at the Earth Science Department of Perugia University on high resolution imaging
of Quaternary faults in the Umbria-Marche Apennines chain, using 2D/3D Ground Penetrating
Radar (GPR) technique. He then acquired the license to practice geology and is now a researcher
in geophysics and applied geophysics at the Physics and Geology Department at Perugia University.
During this period he acquired teaching competencies in tutoring activities and field trips as well as
strong computer skills. His research topic is ’Treatment and interpretation of seismic, gravimetric
and magnetic data at different scales and in different geodynamic environments, aiming at a correct
geological reconstruction of the subsurface’. Maurizio is an active member of the Geology and
Geophysical Group of the Department, working mainly on geophysical data processing and
interpretation for the geological reconstruction of the subsurface at various scales and resolution
(2D-3D GPR, ERT, seismic reflection, refraction, surface and microtremor wave analysis, seismic
attributes, integration with GNSS systems and Laser Scanner).
Gioia Falcone is currently Rankine Chair, Professor of Energy Engineering at the University of
Glasgow. Until June 2018, she was Professor and Head of the Geo-Energy Engineering Centre
(formerly Oil & Gas Engineering Centre) at Cranfield University. Between 2011 and early 2016, she
held the Endowed Chair and Professorship in Geothermal Energy Systems at Clausthal University
of Technology, Germany, where she was also the Director of the Institute of Petroleum Engineering.
Gioia was formerly an assistant and then associate professor in petroleum engineering at Texas
A&M University, Chevron Corporation faculty fellow and faculty member of the Ocean Drilling and
Sustainable Earth Science partnership. Prior to joining academia, she worked with Eni-Agip,
Enterprise Oil UK, Shell E&P UK and Total E&P UK, covering both offshore and onshore
assignments.Gioia holds a Laurea Summa Cum Laude in environmental-petroleum engineering
from Sapienza University of Rome, a M.Sc. degree in petroleum engineering from Imperial College
London and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Imperial College London. Gioia has served on
several expert review panels, as technical editor/reviewer for several peer-review journals, and as
member of several program committees of technical conferences around the world. She has co-
authored over 140 scholarly articles and one US patent, edited the 2012 Multiphase Flow Metering
SPE Reprint Series ’Getting up to Speed’ and co-authored the 2009 book on Multiphase Flow
Metering, published by Elsevier. Along with being actively engaged with the SPE, she is one of the
23 members of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Bureau of the
Expert Group on Resource Classification, and of its Renewable Reserves Working Group. She has
led the development of the Specifications for the application of the UNFC to Geothermal Energy
Resources.
Hugues Féniès holds a Ph.D. in sedimentology from the Bordeaux University, sponsored by the
research center of Total. He has more than 30 years of experience within the oil industry. He has
been working for ExxonMobil as a geologist, seismic interpreter and reservoir engineer during 22
years in Europe. He now works as a consultant specialised in reservoir geology and organises
training sessions for the petroleum and mining (uranium) industries. He worked recently for the
French Institute of Petroleum (IFP) providing Clastic facies reservoir courses to the geoscientists of
PDVSA, the national company of Venezuela. Hugues is also Associate Professor at the Bordeaux
University, where he teaches sedimentology, seismic interpretation and reservoir geology courses
and supervises Master‘s degrees and Ph.D.s research projects. He is also involved in research
programs sponsored by major oil companies (Total, Nexen and Engie) and has published several
papers related to the characterisation of shallow water reservoirs. He is vice-president of the French
Association of Sedimentologists (ASF) and member of the International Association of
Sedimentologists (IAS).
Jim Funk is an SPE Certified Petroleum Engineer and currently manager of a US based consulting
company providing consulting services in all areas of special core analysis emphasizing the use of
petrophysical CT and NMR imaging. Previously he was the core analysis subject matter expert and
a Senior Petroleum Engineering Consultant with the Reservoir Engineering Technology Team of
Saudi Aramco. Prior to his eighteen years with Saudi Aramco, he spent twenty-one years at Texaco
EPTD. His experience in the design, implementation and modelling of petrophysical laboratory
measurements has provided the basis for over thirty publications and three patents in geosciences,
petrophysics, and core analysis. Jim holds a B.A. in Chemistry from the University of Houston and
a M.ChE. from the University of Florida. He was a member of the API committee that revised API RP
40 and has served on technical committees for both the SPE and the Society of Core Analysts
(SCA).
Leonhard Ganzer is currently director of the Institute of Petroleum Engineering at the Clausthal
University of Technology in Germany where he teaches Reservoir Engineering and Simulation
Technologies. Previously, he was professor of reservoir engineering at the Montanuniversität
Leoben, Austria. His area of research includes reservoir simulation and enhanced oil and gas
recovery. He holds a Ph.D. in Reservoir Engineering & Reservoir Simulation and an M.Sc. in
Petroleum Engineering, both from the Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria. He is Managing Director
of HOT Reservoir Solutions and has worked for the petroleum industry in the US and Europe for
several petroleum consulting companies.Leo is an experienced instructor in academic and industry
courses on various topics in reservoir engineering and simulation, he has presented more than 70
industry courses, is author of numerous scientific papers and serves as technical editor for SPE.
Sebastian Geiger is the Director of the Institute of Petroleum Engineering (IPE), Heriot-Watt
University. As the Foundation CMG Chair for Carbonate Reservoir Simulation at IPE, he also leads
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the Carbonate Reservoir Group that comprises over 20 researchers. He is further the co-director of
the International Centre for Carbonate Reservoirs, a joint research alliance between Heriot-Watt
University and University of Edinburgh and Europe’s largest dedicated centre for integrated
carbonate reservoir research. His current research interests include modelling, simulating and
upscaling multi-phase flow processes in (fractured) carbonate reservoirs, enhanced oil recovery
processes for carbonate reservoirs, and studying the fundamental transport processes in carbonates
from a pore-scale perspective. He has authored over 130 technical papers and edited one book on
these topics. In 2017 he has been awarded the Alfred Wegener Prize by the European Association
of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) for his outstanding contributions to the field of carbonate
reservoir modelling and simulation. Sebastian received a Ph.D. degree in Computational Geology
from ETH Zurich and holds an M.Sc. degree in Hydrogeology from Oregon State University. He
joined Heriot-Watt University in 2006 as an assistant professor and was promoted to full professor
in 2010. He is a member of SPE, EAGE, AAPG and the Interpore Society, and an associate editor
for Transport in Porous Media and Petroleum Geosciences. Sebastian serves on numerous
technical committees for SPE and EAGE, including EAGE’s permanent Oil and Gas Geoscience
Division committee and the newly founded EAGE Oil and Gas Reserves Committee.
Rüdiger Geist (PfMP, PMP, IPMA Level B) is the Managing Director of a Swiss-based consultancy
specialising in coaching, consulting, simulation and training in the areas of Project, Program and
Project Portfolio Management in many different industries like Oil & Gas, Engineering,
Telecommunications, Finance, Media, Logistics and Construction. He has a Diploma in Political
Science from Freie Universität Berlin (1988), a Masters Certificate in Project Management from
George Washington University (GWU) and in Information Organisation from Siemens/Nixdorf,
Berlin. He is also a CMMI and SPICE certified assessor. Rüdiger has authored books, papers and
presentations at IPMA and PMI conferences and sat on the board of the PMI Switzerland Chapter
as Vice President Education & Certification from 2006 to 2011. He is now member of several expert
groups for the Swiss and German project management associations. Notably, he has been
recognised for his professional accomplishments with a Best Teaching Award from Kalaidos
University of Applied Sciences (2014) and has been included in Marquis Who’s Who, due to nearly
three decades of invaluable contributions to his field (2017).
Matilde Giulianelli is a Certified Chartered Accountant and Chartered Auditor. Her oil & gas
experience is supplemented by her strong financial and commercial industry knowledge. She is an
experienced instructor and specialises in presenting training courses on subjects including
Exploration & Production Accounting, Auditing in the Exploration & Production Industry, Finance for
Non-Financial Managers as well as Introduction to the Oil & Gas Industry, Petroleum Economics,
International Exploitation Contracts and Contracts Strategy.Matilde has over 25 years’ experience
in the oil & gas industry, 7 years of which as Chief Financial Officer of Subsidiaries of ENI Group in
the Exploration & Production segment, covering all areas of finance; including financial, management
and JV accounting, budgeting, treasury, audit, systems & procedures and tax. She has international
experience with long term assignments in 4 different countries and was project leader in
organisational restructuring projects, new systems implementation, and internal process
improvement and cash-flow improvement projects. She also has experience in managing large,
multi-cultural teams.
Richard Gowland is former (retired October 2014) technical director of the European Process
Safety Centre (EPSC), which is an industry funded association dedicated to improving best practice
in process safety in the chemical, oil and gas industries. He also acts as an independent specialist
in chemical process and occupational safety. In this role, he sets up safety management systems,
carries out risk reviews using techniques such as process hazard analysis, hazard and operability
study and layer of protection analysis. He also presents public training courses on these topics. He
holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Durham, England. His main career
history covers the steel industry, microporous polymers and a long career in engineering, project
management, production management, new technology introduction and process safety leadership
in the Dow Chemical Company. Since retiring from Dow, he has carried out major risk reviews and
safety management projects in the gas and mining chemicals industries, in addition to regular
specialist work on risk for small and medium enterprises. In 2008/2009 he was responsible for
leading the group (industry and regulator) tasked with producing guidance on good practice in Layer
of Protection Analysis following the major fire and explosion at the Buncefield (UK) fuel terminal.
Very recently he has completed a training leadership and advisory assignment in improving Process
Safety Management at Large, Small and Medium Enterprises in China, working with the State
Administration for Work Safety - the national regulators for safety.Richard is also an experienced
trainer of industry courses on Process Safety Management, Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA)
and HAZOP Analysis and has conducted numerous courses e.g. for OMV and ADNOC.
Kevin Gray offers the experience of over 5000 days of operational experience gained at rig sites
and operations support positions from an oilfield career of over nearly 30 years, as well as working
as lead trainer for a multi award winning ERD engineering team based in Perth, Scotland. He has
been consistently the highest rated drilling training instructor in a major multi-national training
company over the last four years and throughout his offshore career was repeatedly graded in the
top 5% within both offshore and onshore positions for one of the largest oilfield service companies.
Kevin has designed and overseen the delivery of multi-week training programs for offshore drilling,
well intervention and fluid supervisors for a number of clients, which has included competency
assessment and skills gap analysis throughout the programs. Kevin is also able to draw on his well-
documented teaching skills to deliver courses or programs in directional drilling and surveying, stuck
pipe, extended reach drilling and various other drilling related subject areas. He wrote the first
Operation Support Centre SOP for directional drilling which was later adopted globally. In addition
he has designed and delivered various ‚Real Time Centre‘ training courses including human
dynamics training.In his former role as directional drilling coordinator, based in Aberdeen, he still
holds a number of world records for drilling achievements with motor and RSS tools. In his earlier
career he led an offshore team that developed the first multi-axis drill vibration measurement tool to
report measurements in real time, and subsequently wrote the core documentation on vibration
control for D&M. Later he was responsible for the introduction and field testing of Powerdrive RSS
tools and had considerable input into their re-design as the X5 variant. He has led many teams into
both new fields and mature field redevelopment.
Wilfried Gruber holds a Ph.D. in Geology and a M.Sc. (with honours) in Applied Geosciences from
the Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria. He is an exploration and reservoir geologist with more than
20 years’ experience having focused on seismic interpretation and inversion, structural geology,
reservoir characterisation and reservoir modelling. Wilfried worked on many lead and prospect
assessment and reservoir characterisation studies in European and African sedimentary basins.
Wilfried is Principal Geoscientist at HOT. Prior to joining HOT he worked for Joanneum Research
where he focused on structural geology and seismic interpretation and for the Geological
Department at the Montanuniversität Leoben. Wilfried is lecturer for Geophysical Reservoir
Characterisation at the Montanuniversität Leoben, instructor for HOT’s industry courses
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EAGE and OEGG and author / co-author of numerous publications.
Siegfried Gugu is currently Managing Director of an engineering consulting company. He holds a
Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering and a Master Degree in Petroleum Engineering from the
Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria.Siegfried has more than 25 years of work experience, including
20 years of upstream work experience in the international oil & gas industry. He was managing
director and member of the executive board of S.C OMV Petrom SA Exploration and Production
Services in Bucharest, Romania before becoming managing director of TBS Energy International
SRL.He has worked with companies such as OMV, PETROM S.A. and as a consultant to Expert
Petroleum S.R.L. in a range of senior management roles and has managed, led and supervised
numerous international projects dealing with oil & gas production facilities and process plants.
Siegfried also held several senior management positions in Libya and the United Kingdom. He is an
experienced instructor of industry courses on Petroleum Economics and Introduction to Surface
Facilities. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and the Austrian Society of
Petroleum Sciences (ÖGEW).
Bob Harrison is co-founder and director of a consulting company providing technical consultancy
and in-house training courses for the petroleum industry. He has an Executive MBA from Cranfield
School of Management and received his M.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College
London, where he was academic visitor and external lecturer in production logging and petroleum
economics. He also developed and taught the energy project management module at Clausthal
University of Technology. Bob has worked in the oil and gas industry since 1979, gaining broad
technical and commercial experience around the world. After many years with British Gas and
Enterprise Oil, he became a freelance advisor to numerous oil and gas companies around the
world, including start-ups and newly formed ventures. He specialises in due diligence, reserve
audits, asset screening, FDP review and project management. He is an experienced analyst of field
performance and reservoir surveillance and has spent a number of years in offshore well operations.
He is the editor and co-author of several textbooks, including the bestseller, Russian-Style
Formation Evaluation. Bob served on the SPE Oil & Gas Reserves Committee, who maintain the
Petroleum Resource Management System (PRMS), he was Chairman of the SPEE European
Chapter, responsible for reserve auditor education, and he is a certified Competent Person, with
global authority to sign off resource statements for stock exchanges and government regulators.
Steve Hasiotis is an internationally acclaimed expert on the use of trace fossils in sedimentary
geology. He is a Professor in the Department of Geology at the University of Kansas and past co-
editor of PALAIOS. He holds a Ph.D. in Geological Sciences from the University of Colorado, for
which his thesis was entitled ’Redefining Continental Ichnology and the Scoyenia Ichnofacies’, and
he holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Geology from the University of Buffalo. Previously he worked as a
Research Scientist for Exxon Production Research Company, as a Geological Technician for the
United States Geological Survey and as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Indiana State University.
Steve’s research program focuses on integrating continental and marine ichnology with
sedimentology, stratigraphy, and paleontology in siliciclastic, carbonate and mixed sedimentary
systems to interpret: (1) environments of deposition (EOD); (2) sedimentation and accumulation
rates; (3) subaerial exposure and pedogenesis; (4) major shifts in base level and/or sea level; (5)
biologic mediation of effective porosity and permeability; and (6) significant surfaces for local and
regional correlation in a sequence stratigraphic framework. Professor Hasiotis is the author of an
impressive number of peer reviewed articles and the book ’Continental Trace Fossils’. He has
undertaken field research on every continent and has particular field programs in Antartica and the
Arctic.
Tony Hendry has more than 35 years’ experience as a supervisor, manager and consultant in a
wide variety of fields. He has worked as a Company Training Manager, an Assessor for the National
Training Awards Competition and as an accredited consultant for Investors in People. He is
accredited by the Center for Leadership Studies as a trainer for Situational Leadership and as a
Registered Presenter for the CPD Certification Service. He designs and presents programs of
facilitation, consultancy and training, providing high quality responses to the needs of clients in the
areas of Team Development, Leadership, Performance Management and Development, Change
Management, Presentation, Coaching and Monitoring. He has done this throughout the UK, Europe,
Scandinavia and in North Africa. He has worked successfully with directors, management boards,
team leaders, project coordinators, teams and technical experts in Aerospace, Banking, The Civil
Service, Construction, Engineering, Health Care, I.T., Local Government, Oil and Gas,
Pharmaceuticals, Public Utilities and Space.
Tim Herrett holds a B.Sc. (honours) in Geology from Portsmouth University, UK and is a chartered
geologist with the Geological Society of London. Starting in the industry as a mudlogger in 1978 he
subsequently worked as a pore pressure engineer, wellsite geologist and then operations/project
geologist. He is considered a subject matter expert in these roles as well as formation pressure
evaluation and HTHP wells having worked as a contractor for extended periods with ExxonMobil
and BP as well as many other companies. He designed and developed software for wellsite and
office use which are now commercially used in the industry. He was founder and technical director
of Cambrian Consultants with responsibilities for training, computing and software products.Tim is
the author and presenter of well-received industry training courses worldwide. All his courses have
been peer-reviewed and accredited by the Geological Society of London. Tim currently provides
training courses for HOT, lectures part-time on two M.Sc. courses at the universities of Manchester
and Derby and performs independent pressure studies for various oil companies. From 2011 to
2016 he co-wrote and was lead facilitator/trainer on BP’s Accelerated Development Programme for
Operations Geology. The courses he presents are based on years of experience and practical
knowledge which are used to enhance the learning experience. Tim was chairman of the convening
committee for the Operations Geology Conference held in London in November 2016. He created,
distributed and presented the results of a survey of operations geologists at this conference. He was
also co-Chair of the 2018 Operational Geoscience and presented the results of a survey of wellsite
geologists.
Robert Hockley holds a BA in Economics and since 2001 has worked for an international training
company. His practical oil & gas industry experience is supplemented by his strong financial and
commercial industry knowledge. He is an experienced instructor and specialises in presenting
financial training courses on subjects including Exploration & Production Accounting, Auditing in the
Exploration & Production Industry, and Finance for Non-Financial Managers as well as Introduction
to the Oil & Gas Industry and Petroleum Economics. He has over 25 years’ experience in the
upstream sector of the petroleum industry and has worked for Conoco UK Ltd for 12 years in a
number of financial and commercial roles. After 2 years at Kerr McGee, he joined the Finnish oil
company Neste where he was responsible for the financial aspects of projects in the Middle East,
North Africa, the USA and Europe.
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Todd Hoffman is an assistant professor in Petroleum Engineering at Montana Tech where he
teaches courses on Geostatistics, Fluid Properties and EOR. Prior to that, he was a reservoir
engineering consultant to the oil and gas industry specialising in flow modelling and fractured
reservoirs. He was also a petroleum engineering professor at Colorado School of Mines, where he
taught courses on Reservoir Engineering, Characterisation, Flow Simulation and Thermal Recovery.
He has 15 years of combined experience in academia and industry. Todd has been a reservoir
engineer for companies such as Anadarko and Chevron and has built and worked on reservoir
models for more than 30 fields on six continents. He is especially interested in improved recovery
for shale oil reservoirs and ensuring data consistency while history matching. He received his B.Sc.
in petroleum engineering from Montana Tech and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in petroleum engineering
from Stanford University.
Frank Jahn is a well-rounded upstream professional with an M.Sc. degree in Geology from the
Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. He started his career with Shell International as a
Wellsite Petroleum Engineer in Brunei, working on various rigs in the South China Sea and
subsequently as Operations Geologist. Following assignment to Thailand as Production Geologist
for the Sirikit Oil Field he led a team of young petroleum engineers to revise and streamline the
graduate training for the Shell Group. In 1992 he co-founded Tracs International, a technical and
training consultancy based in Aberdeen, Scotland before setting up Fjconsulting in the UAE in 2008.
During over 30 years in the upstream industry Frank has worked as a consultant on technical
projects and training initiatives worldwide, mainly on field development and field rehabilitation
projects as well as designing and delivering major training programs. Clients include Shell, BP,
Woodside, OMV, EON Ruhrgas, Wintershall, Hess, Petroleum Development Oman, Petronas,
ADNOC and numerous smaller operators, banks and government regulators. Geographically, he
has extensive experience in South East Asia, Australia, North Sea, Middle East and East Africa.
Frank is co-author of the book ‘Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production (2nd edition Elsevier, 2008)
which has become an industry bestseller, being translated into Portuguese, Chinese and Russian.
The book serves as foundation for the course described above.
Paul Keighley holds a B.Sc. Honours Degree in Geology and is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of
the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Alumnus of the London Business School. With a career
spanning over 35 years in the oil & gas industry he is an experienced instructor and specialises in
presenting commercial and management training courses including Contracts Strategy and
Management, Negotiation Skills, International Oil and Gas Exploitation Contracts, Petroleum
Economics, Leadership and Communication Skills and Introduction to the Oil & Gas Industry. He is
a qualified geologist with over 35 years‘ experience in petroleum engineering, operations and
general management. Prior to his current position at a UK based training company he held the
position of General Manager for Crescent Petroleum, Sharjah, UAE. He has extensive international
experience of joint ventures, exploration, development & production, particularly in the Middle East
& Africa, with considerable expertise both operational, technical & general management. Paul is an
experienced team-builder directing and motivating multi-cultural and multi-disciplined teams of
highly skilled engineers and administrators.
Holger Kinzel is founder and managing director of an engineering & consulting company based in
Northern Germany, offering engineering services, marketing and business development support,
assistance as sales agent and representative for selected products and services as well as
consulting, optimization, training, coaching, moderation and mediation. In 1983 Holger graduated
from the University of Clausthal, Germany as Diplom-Ingenieur Mining, Petroleum Engineering and
Drilling, the German equivalent to an M.Sc. degree. He can look back at over 30 years of working in
the international oil and gas service industry in a wide range of positions in management, field
operations (onshore and offshore), engineering, R&D, project management, consulting, training,
key account management, business development and technical sales. During his time with
Weatherford Holger has done some extensive research on well integrity, including all aspects of
OCTG connection handling, running and makeup and especially in the field of cementing hardware,
in particular on the importance of centralizers for a good well cementation. He has served on
relevant API committees and a good portion of the API standards dealing with centralization and
centralizer testing are influenced by his work. Besides that, he is author of over 50 technical
publications. Holger has an extensive background in giving lectures and conducting seminars.
Wolfram Kleinitz holds an M.Sc. in chemical engineering and a Ph.D. in petroleum engineering
from the University of Clausthal, Germany. He retired from Gaz de France, where he was the head
of the Production Chemistry Department of Gaz de France Production Exploration Deutschland
GmbH since 1992, and continues his profession as a consultant in production chemistry. He joined
the E&P company Preussag Energie (later GDF-SUEZ) in 1971 and worked as a chemical engineer
before he became responsible for all chemical aspects in oil and gas production and storage (salt
caverns as well as storages in porous media) in 1978. Amongst others, he focused his interests on
water treatment and control, sulphate reducing bacteria, scale formation, organic precipitates,
stimulation and injectivity of Produced Water Re-Injection (PWRI) projects. This has led him to more
than 100 publications in various periodicals and books as contribution to the knowledge of
production operation. In 2004, he became responsible for all R&D activities in GDFPEG and GDF-
DOP (Paris). In 2000/2001 and in 2006/2007 he was selected as an SPE Distinguished Lecturer on
the subject of produced water re-injection and tail-end-production. He received the Regional Award
from SPE European Section in Production Operation in 2007 and 2011 and was member of the SPE
DL committee in the period 2008 to 2013. Since 2018 he is member of the DHCRC, Kgs, Lyngby,
DK.
Ted Landgraf has been involved in National and Global Business, as well as Federal Government,
with a focus in Operations, Administration, Finance, Compliance, Procedures, Business
Development, Project Management, and Procurement for all types of business models for more
than 30 years. The companies he has worked with have ranged from less than a million dollars to
organisations in the billions of dollars globally. He has provided expertise, efficiency evaluation and
oversight in all facets of purchasing and procurement cost reduction, outsourcing and services. He
has done this for a broad spectrum of clients, including Exxon, BP Oil, the Government and other
industries such as oil & gas mining, aggregate, cement, manufacturing, banking, FMCGs,
telecommunications and many more as CEO at Compass NW. He currently heads Above The
Standard Procurement Group®, Inc. (ATS), a global procurement and finance firm. He has
responsibility for planning, directing, and controlling all ATS activities to ensure financial stability and
client satisfaction commensurate with the best interests of clients, partners, affiliates, territory
owners and employees.
Drew Leitch is Managing Director of an international training company based in UK. His oil & gas
industry experience is supplemented by his strong financial and commercial industry knowledge, he
is a very experienced instructor and specialises in presenting financial training courses on subjects
including Exploration & Production Accounting, Auditing in the Exploration & Production Industry,
and Finance for Non-Financial Managers as well as Introduction to the Oil & Gas Industry and
Petroleum Economics. He has over 30 years of oil & gas industry experience and has previously
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worked for Amerada Hess for 15 years in a variety of petroleum accounting and commercial roles.
He has practical, hands-on petroleum accounting knowledge gained by working internationally in
Norway, Denmark, Gabon and Brazil where he held the position of Country Manager. In this role he
was responsible for managing the company’s in-country business interests and assets efficiently,
effectively, safely and within budget.
Gabriele Lena is currently President and Scientific Director of a consultancy firm for IOCs, focused
mostly on high-specialised training activities. He has 12 years’ experience in consulting and
managing training for the international upstream petroleum industry and was formerly assistant and
researcher in Structural, Field and Petroleum Geology at Perugia University. Gabriele holds a
Laurea cum Laude and a Ph.D. in Geology from Palermo University, Italy. He then worked as
Project Manager and Researcher at the university in several onshore exploration projects (ENI,
Edison). He worked for Perugia University and ENI in the Integrated Petroleum Geoscience course
(5 editions), a 7-month training course covering a wide range of subjects on HC exploration, as
Project Manager and Lecturer in Exploration Workflow. Gabriele has managed, led and worked on
various research projects on Georesources (oil, unconventional, geothermal reservoir) for both
academic institutions and industries. He has co-authored several papers and articles on Structural,
Field and Petroleum Geology and is specialised as instructor and project manager in integrated
training solutions in geoscience for the upstream industry, especially in leading of simulation of
exploration projects. He is also an experienced lecturer in academic and industry courses on
Structural Geology, Geodynamics, Integrated Geoscience for HC Exploration, Play Mapping and
Prospect Evaluation and Geological Field Courses.
Valeria Luciani (MCIPD) is an international HR consultant, business trainer and facilitator with 12
years‘ experience in working with customers from the public, private and third sector. She holds
master’s degrees in Management Consultancy (Ru) and International Human Resource
Management with distinction (UK) and is member of the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and
Development) and the International Association of Facilitators. Valeria has published several
articles, books and contributions to books within her area of expertise. Having worked with
international clients from various business areas such as finance, oil and gas, retail, manufacturing,
construction and health care, Valeria has extensive cross-cultural knowledge and experience.
Among others, she delivered projects for American Express, Procter and Gamble, Volkswagen,
Dragon Oil, Nigerian Gas Company, Sochi 2014 Olympic Games committee, Moldova Agro Bank,
Kazkom, Uralsib, VTB24, Russian Standard Bank, UK Government Civil servants, Facebook and
Royal Mail.
John H. Martin has been active as a reservoir development consultant and advisor for more than
25 years during his oil industry career of over 30 years. This includes responsibility for planning,
coordination, technical management and peer review of major integrated field studies including
equity determinations, both in expert and advisory roles. He has also been engaged in preparation
of asset packages for divestment or farm-out, ‘buy side’ technical evaluations, specification of
procedures for Unitisation and Redetermination and a variety of technical editorial work including
preparation of Unit Operating Agreements. Recently he has been assisting international legal firms
on various upstream matters involving extensive documentation and has compiled internal manuals
for uncertainty evaluation and reservoir modelling for an oil company client.His worldwide
subsurface project experience includes offshore and onshore NW Europe, West and North Africa,
the Gulf, south and SE Asia and South America. John has presented in-house and public training
courses and workshops in over 25 countries. He graduated with a first class honours degree in
geology from Oxford University and obtained a Ph.D. at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He first
worked as a reservoir geologist in the Production Geology Department of Shell Research
Laboratories, specialising in the study of complex clastic reservoirs, including support for enhanced
oil recovery projects. As principal geologist with International Petroleum Engineering Consultants
Ltd in London, his responsibilities included reservoir geological evaluation, input to integrated field
studies and the management of reservoir engineering projects. John has authored, edited and
reviewed several papers concerning the integrated geological and engineering evaluation of
complex reservoirs, and also held the post of senior lecturer in development geology at Imperial
College, London prior to setting up his own consultancy business. He is a lifetime member of SPE;
participating in the EUROPEC Program Committee for four years; the Geological Society, Petroleum
Exploration Society of Great Britain, the Energy Institute and Institute of Directors. He is also a
member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators, participating in the UUOA Model
Form committee.
Maria Enrica Mazzella graduated from University of Naples (Italy) in Structural Geology. She
obtained her Doctoral Degree at the Earth Science Department of Naples University on active
tectonic and 2D-3D interpretation and modelling of seismic sections and GPS data. During this time
she conducted four oceanographic surveys for research purposes in the Mediterranean Sea and the
Atlantic Ocean. After that she made an ISPRA internship about 3D modelling of offshore structures
and then a year of post-doctoral fellowship at the Physics and Geology Department of Perugia
University, on subsoil geologic modelling for the exploration and production of energetic resources.
Maria is now a member of a consultancy firm for IOCs, focused mostly on high-specialised training
activities, where she is the ’educational’ supervisor and responsible for geophysics and geology
research. Her research topics: morphostructural analysis; stress and strain analysis in active
tectonic settings; acquisition, interpretation and 3D-4D modelling of seismic and geodetic data;
geological modelling software. She has 8 years of teaching experience for undergraduate and
graduate students: active tectonics, field survey, geological structural model software, seismic
interpretation. Maria is one of the senior tutors for the International Geosciences Petroleum Courses
sponsored by ENI oil company and ECU (Eni Corporate University) and tutor of students awarded
with scholarship M.Sc. Petroleum Geology at University of Perugia.
Angel Meso is independent consultant and trainer and holds a B.A. in Electronic Engineering. He
is a wireline subject matter expert and petrophysicist with 30 years’ experience in directing global
and regional operations as well as customer support for major oil & gas service companies.Angel’s
key competencies and areas of interest include petrophysics, log quality control and wireline
operations as well as market research, technical support and multi-product line management. He
has successfully managed, led and supervised numerous projects in the international oil & gas
industry involving more than 240 team members.Angel is an experienced trainer and instructor,
skilled communicator and growth-focused leader. Over his professional life, he held more than 100
courses for universities such as San Marcos University in Peru and Zulia University in Venezuela as
well as companies like Shell, Chevron, PDVSA, Ecopetrol, PEMEX, Conoco-Phillips, PETROBRAS
and YPF in several countries around the world.He is member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers
and the Society of Petrophysicist and Well Log Analysts.
Ian Moffat is an experienced consultant, researcher and lecturer with expertise in geology,
geochemistry, geophysics and archaeology. He is a Principal Instructor at Precipice Training, a
Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies at the Foundation for Research and
Teaching – Hellas and an adjunct associate lecturer within the Department of Archaeology at
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Flinders University, where he teaches Australia’s only dedicated course in archaeological
geophysics. He was formerly the Communications and Business Manager at Ecophyte Technologies
and has acted as a casual field instructor for Whistler Research. He undertook his Ph.D. entitled
’Spatially Resolved Strontium Isotope Micro-Analysis of Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Fauna from
Archaeological Sites in Israel and Southern France’ at the Research School of Earth Sciences at the
Australian National University and holds a Bachelor of Art in English and History as well as a
Bachelor of Science with Honours in Earth Sciences from the University of Queensland. Ian is a
member of the editorial board of Geoarchaeology and Science and Technology of Archaeological
Research, is a former associate editor of Exploration Geophysics and has published in journals
such as Archaeology in Oceania, Geoarchaeology, Antiquity, Australian Archaeology, the Bulletin of
the Australasian Institute of Maritime Archaeology, the Journal of Archaeological Science, Palaios,
Exploration Geophysics and Technical Briefs in Historical Archaeology.
Manfred Ninaus is president of the European association ValueforEurope (www.valueforeurope.
com), that established the training and certification system of value engineering in Europe. He is
also CEO and owner of a European based Value Engineering consulting company. Manfred holds a
M.Sc. in Engineering Economics and a Ph.D. in Industrial Management from the University of
Technology in Graz, Austria. He has extensive experience as Professional in Value Management
(PVM) and as Trainer for Value Engineering (TVM). He is also giving university lectures on these
topics.
Lukasz Ostrowski has 36 years‘ experience in the Oil & Gas industry. He holds a M.Sc. in
Petroleum Engineering and Ph.D. in Reservoir Engineering from the University of Mining and
Metallurgy Krakow. He began his career at the same university in 1981.He joined Preussag Oil &
Gas AG as a gas-reservoir engineer in Hanover, Germany in 1985. From 1987 to 1997 he went on
to work as a consultant and then Managing Director of Golder Associates in several countries
across Europe. In 1997 he joined Baker Hughes as a Manager for Testing Services - Eastern
Hemisphere, relocating to Russia in 2003. After 11 years in Russia, which included his assignments
in Moscow, Western and Eastern Siberia as well as Sakhalin, he moved back to manage Continental
Europe as Director of Reservoir Development Services. In 2016 he managed the operations of
Eastern Caspian Area fo Baker Hughes. Currently he is working for an independent multi-field oil
and gas company in Kazakhstan as Field Operations Manager. His technical interests are focused
on formation evaluation, well testing and interpretation as well as intelligent completions. Since
1998 he has been teaching at Technical University Clausthal, Germany and was named an
Honorary Professor in 2006. Since 2009 he has also been teaching post graduate and Ph.D.
courses as a Visiting Professor at the University of Mining and Metallurgy in Krakow. Lukasz is also
an experienced instructor of both academic and industry courses for reservoir engineering related
subjects. He has authored 38 papers on reservoir engineering and completions and is a member of
SPE and FEANI.
Andrej Pustisek has more than 25 years’ experience in the natural gas industry and currently
teaches Energy Economics at the University of Applied Science, Stuttgart and at the University of
Karlsruhe. He conducts international courses, acts as expert witness in international arbitration
procedures and consults energy companies worldwide.Born in Zagreb, Croatia, raised in Germany,
he studied both Geophysics and Economy. He holds a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Geophysics from the
University of Vienna, a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Cologne
and a Ph.D. in Economy from the University of Münster.In 1990 he started working in international
natural gas purchasing with Wintershall AG, Kassel, Germany. As of 1993 he headed WINGAS’
natural gas supply logistics department, being responsible, inter alia, for transit and storage
contracts. From 1996 to 2001 he headed WINGAS’ natural gas planning and portfolio optimisation.
In 2002 he was appointed Senior Vice President for International Natural Gas Sales of E.ON
Ruhrgas. In this function he successfully established and expanded the company’s sales activities
in 11 countries and was responsible for strategy, conception, negotiation and operation of gas sales,
transportation and storage contracts in several European countries.From 2008 to 2011 he was
Senior Vice President for Portfolio Management, responsible for the design and handling of the
company’s contractual and asset portfolio. In this function he also headed the E.ON team during the
January 2009 supply interruption (’Ukrainian crisis’). He is a member of SEG and EAGE and is the
author of several publications including the book ‘Natural Gas – A Commercial Perspective’ to be
published by Springer in March 2017.
Chandrasekhar Ramakrishnan is currently Managing Director of an Austrian based engineering
and consulting company. He holds a Ph.D. in Process Engineering from the Institute of Process
Engineering, Austria and an M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University Vienna,
Austria.Chandrasekhar has 15 years of work experience in the international oil & gas industry and
has worked as consultant to companies such as OMV, PETROM S.A., SIBUR, MAERSK and
LUKOIL in a range of engineering, project management and consultancy roles. He has managed,
led and supervised numerous on- and off-shore projects dealing with oil & gas production, gas
storage facilities, process plants and refineries. Areas worked include Europe, the Middle-East and
CIS countries.His key qualifications and areas of interest include project management, oil & gas
engineering, refinery engineering, explosion protection, conceptual design and acquisition. He is
also an experienced HAZOP Chairman.Chandrasekhar is author and co-author of several
publications and a member of the Austrian Society of Petroleum Sciences (ÖGEW).
Jonathan Redfern has over 30 years of experience in the oil industry, as a leading explorer,
researcher and academic. He has worked globally and has a wealth of knowledge of different
petroleum systems and operating environments, which he brings to the courses. Having led the
University of Manchester MSc program for 15 years he is a highly regarded educator able to
communicate complex concepts and has highly rated feedback for his teaching.He obtained a B.Sc.
from the University of London (Chelsea College) and a Ph.D. from the University of Bristol. He is the
Professor of Petroleum Geoscience, and head of the Petroleum Geoscience and Engineering
Department at the University of Manchester, where he leads the internationally recognised
Petroleum Geoscience Masters course. His research interests span basin analysis, clastic and
glacial sedimentology and petroleum system analysis and he founded and leads the North Africa
Research Group (NARG). This large research group is undertaking regional scale geological
studies across North Africa, supported by a group of leading oil companies. Before returning to
academia, he was a petroleum geologist with Fina and Amerada Hess for 12 years, working in the
UK, North Africa (Libya) and as a Chief Geologist for Hess in S.E. Asia. He has experience of
working on, and managing, both new ventures and operated license projects and undertook active
research on a number of regional geology projects in North Africa and S.E. Asia. As well as teaching
and supervising Ph.D. research projects, he undertakes consulting work for leading companies
globally, involving basin modelling, regional geological studies / fieldwork and petroleum system
analysis. He has been teaching public and in-house courses for a number of years for HOT
Engineering, academia and various select companies. He has published over 45 papers on
sedimentology, petroleum systems, basin modelling, and North African regional geology. He
initiated and taught on the course on North Africa Geology for the PESGB, and has presented this
course for a number of leading operators in the region. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society
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(FGS), a member of the AAPG and also the PESGB, IAS, EAGE. He is on the editorial board of the
AAPG Bulletin and the Journal of Petroleum Geology.
Mark Reilly is an experienced consultant petroleum geologist, with particular expertise in image log
analysis and core logging, who has undertaken projects on the North West shelf, Papua New Guinea,
the Bowen, Surat, Cooper, Eromanga and Georgina basin and Libya. He has extensive experience
in field geology and geomorphology, with particular familiarity with the Flinders Ranges and Lake
Eyre. He is currently Managing Director of Spinifex Geology, a Principal Instructor at Precipice
Training and was formerly a consultant and instructor at Whistler Research. Mark holds a Bachelor
of Applied Science in Geology from the Queensland University of Technology, Bachelor of Science
(Honours) from the National Centre for Petroleum Geology and Geophysics at the University of
Adelaide and is a PhD candidate within the Australian School of Petroleum at the University of
Adelaide. He is a casual lecturer in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Queensland
and an adjunct associate lecturer in the Department of Archaeology at Flinders University. Mark has
published in the EABS journal, APPEA journal and presented at many international conferences.
Gonzalo Rivero is a drilling and workover consultant and instructor with nearly 40 years of
international experience in the oil industry. As a consultant, he has been working for Dragon Oil
Technologies in Peru since 2010. As an instructor, he has held nearly 70 courses over the past 8
years and consistently receives high ratings on Satisfactory Indices from his students. Gonzalo
successfully draws from all facets of his extensive work experience, which comprises positions as
Operations Drilling Head, Well Integrity Team Leader, Drilling Superintendent, Project Manager,
Drilling Consultant and others at various notable companies, including Repsol YPF and the
Venezuelan state-owned oil company (PDVSA). Gonzalo holds a bachelor degree in Petroleum
Engineering from Oklahoma University.
Jon R. Rotzien is President of a US based consulting and exploration company, providing
innovative geoscience and reservoir characterisation solutions. His expertise is in solving key
challenges in the exploration and production of petroleum. This includes reservoir presence and
quality forecasting in frontier and mature basins, and reservoir connectivity, distribution and
deliverability. Prior to this he was an exploration and appraisal geoscientist at BP. While there he
characterised reservoir presence and quality of successful billion-barrel deep-water fields in the
Gulf of Mexico, Brazil and Texas. He also co-developed corporate training seminars in stratigraphy
and petroleum reservoirs. Jon received a Ph.D. in Geological and Environmental Sciences from
Stanford University and a B.A. degree in Geology from Colorado College. While working towards his
Ph.D., he characterised deep-water turbidite and slurry-flow deposit reservoirs for two supermajors
and two large independents in Houston. He has published peer-reviewed research papers and
scientific conference proceedings pertaining to petroleum geology, reservoir quality, reservoir
characterisation, sequence stratigraphy, process sedimentology, basin analysis and geophysics,
and he teaches petroleum reservoir courses in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and
New Zealand. He is associate editor of the Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology and is co-
founder of the Houston Explorers Club.
Don Sharples has been active as an independent consultant for over 13 years based out of
Aberdeen, Scotland. He is currently working in training and consultancy with a worldwide remit. In
his early career he worked for Schlumberger, Marathon Oil Co. before an extended period with
LASMO PLC. In 2008 he moved into ’Unconventional Gas’ joining Composite Energy, working on
the quest to commercialise Coalbed Methane and Shale gas in the UK & Europe. He worked with
Composite as their Technical Manager on their extensive European exploration and appraisal
program through to the company’s eventual sale to Dart Energy of Australia. He was on the
organising committee and was a Session Chairman and Facilitator at the SPE European Shale Gas
Symposium in 2011. He has extensive experience in inter-disciplinary coordination, convening
asset & operations reviews, as well as in PEER assist and HSE reviews. He has worked in different
engineering positions in London, Australia, Pakistan and Aberdeen, where, as the local Manager, he
oversaw the development of various subsea development projects. He has a B.Sc. in Applied
Geology from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow and a Master of Engineering in Petroleum
Engineering from Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh.
Peter Sheal holds a BA (Honours) in English, MA in English Literature and a M.Sc. in Personnel
Management and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development. Since 2001 he
has worked for an international training company. He is an experienced instructor and specialises in
presenting commercial and management training courses on subjects including Leadership &
People Management, Communication Skills and Negotiation Skills. After teaching at universities in
Libya and Nigeria, he worked for ARAMCO (Arabian-American Oil Company) in staff development,
management training and internal management consultancy. Peter is a business author and his
most recent publications are ’How to Develop and Present Staff Training Courses’, publisher Kogan
Page Ltd (ISBN 978-0749412319) and ’The Staff Development Handbook: An Action Kit to Improve
Performance’, publisher Kogan Page Ltd (ISBN 978-0749404192).
Edmond Shtepani is currently Vice President of Intertek Upstream Services and Director of Intertek
Westport Technology Center, Houston, Texas, one of the largest integrated laboratories in the world
focused on Exploration and Production solutions. He holds a Ph.D. in Reservoir Engineering from
Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria and a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Physics from University of Tirana,
Albania and Technical University of Vienna, Austria.Edmond has over 25 years of international
technical expertise in the area of EOR / IOR methods, compositional reservoir simulation, PVT and
fluid phase behavior, EOS modelling and characterisation, Special Core Analysis (SCAL), formation
damage, rock mechanics and flow assurance. Prior joining Intertek, he has been the Engineering
Manager / Chief Research Engineer at Hycal Energy Research Laboratories, a Weatherford
Company, based in Calgary, Canada. For several years he has lectured at the Polytechnic University
of Tirana, the Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria and at the University of Calgary, Canada. He has
authored and co-authored a number of technical papers and presentations, has participated in
multiple in-house training programs and has taught industry short courses in the area of his
expertise. Edmond is a member of SPE, SCA, Editorial Review Committee of SPE Reservoir
Evaluation & Engineering and of Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. He is also a
member of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta, Canada.
Manhal Sirat has 30+ years of multidisciplinary experience both in academia and industry. He
worked as engineering and structural geologist, geotechnical engineer and geomechanics expert
within the civil engineering and oil and gas disciplines. He also worked in International academic
institutions worldwide such as Uppsala, Hawaii, Philadelphia and Aachen Universities and at the
Petroleum Institute (PI) and Masdar Institute (MI). He has taught several professional long- and
short-term courses, supervised graduate students, and managed the Reservoir Characterization
and Modeling Project at Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and PI in Abu Dhabi, which is
an umbrella of research worth +$20M over the period of 8 years. He has published more than 100
papers on fracture analysis, characterization and modeling, rock deformation, fracture related
diagenesis and on structural modeling and applications of geo-statistics and artificial neural
networks to geological and engineering related problems in peer reviewed international journals,
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conferences and workshops. His papers were published in Engineering Geology, Journal of Rock
Mechanics and Mining Sciences, GeoArabia, Journal of Petroleum Geology and Journal of Marine
and Petroleum Geology, IPTC and SPE among others.
Milan Stanko is professor of petroleum and production engineering at the Norwegian University of
Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Geoscience and Petroleum. He teaches production
engineering, courses on ‚Field Development and Operations‘ and ‚Modelling and Simulation of
Production Systems‘. His areas of research include modelling and simulation of production systems,
integrated asset modelling, production optimisation and separation. Milan consults for the petroleum
industry through a specialty training and consulting company on integration and optimisation of
models, troubleshooting, among others, for major oil companies worldwide. Furthermore he has
participated as instructor on several industry courses on Well Performance. Milan has a B.Sc. and
a M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Simon Bolivar University, Venezuela, and a Ph.D. from the
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
Claudia Steiner-Luckabauer holds a Ph.D. in Geophysics and an M.Sc. degree in Applied
Geosciences from the Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria and has more than 10 years’ experience.
Claudia started her career as a wireline engineer and petrophysical interpreter at Fugro, before
focussing on seismic processing, AVO and seismic interpretation at the Department of Geophysics at
the Montanuniversität Leoben. At Montanuniversität Leoben she also gave lectures on geophysical
modelling, inversion and interpretation, seismic and seismic processing. Claudia joined HOT in 2012
as Senior Petrophysicist and has worked in a leading role on numerous integrated reservoir
characterisation and field development projects, focussing on integrated petrophysical evaluation
and formation evaluation. She has assessed mature oil fields, heavy oil fields, gas condensate fields,
gas fields, underground gas storage, clastic and carbonate settings, low-salinity environments,
unconsolidated reservoirs, and fractured reservoirs (chalk, carbonate, granite basement, sandstone).
She is an experienced instructor in academic and industry workshops on various topics in
geosciences and author of numerous scientific papers. She is Vice-Chair of the EAGE Student Affairs
Committee and Board Member of the Austrian Geophysical Society.
Christian Stotter holds a Ph.D. in Geophysics and a M.Sc. degree in Geophysics (both with
distinction) from the University of Vienna, Austria. He has more than 15 years’ experience with focus
on seismic acquisition, processing and interpretation. He started his career at the Geologic Survey
of Austria where he was involved mainly in airborne and engineering geophysics, before joining a
land seismic crew at TerraSeis as Field Processor and QC Geophysicist. After a post-doc period at
the AIST in Japan he joined the Geophysics Department of OMV E&P where he was involved in
various seismic acquisition, processing and quantitative interpretation projects in geographic
locations ranging from the Barents Sea to New Zealand. For extended periods he was assigned to
Petrom SA where he was responsible for designing 3D seismic surveys. Moreover he conducted
several scientific seismic projects and was the key expert for CSEM and microseismic technology in
OMV. In 2013 Christian joined HOT as Principal Geophysicist; he is author and co-author of several
scientific papers and an active member of SEG and EAGE.
Imre Szilágyi is a petroleum geologist and economist with 20 years of oil business management
experience. He holds an M.Sc. in geology from Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest and an MBA
(finances) from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Prior to joining the petroleum
industry in 1999, he had been working in mineral prospecting and the GIS businesses. Between
2006 and 2009 he worked in Oman as Managing Director of MOL’s local operating company. Until
2017 he filled various senior management and advisory positions with the E&P Division of MOL
Hungarian Oil and Gas Plc. Imre currently works as Petroleum Geoscience Master Instructor of the
Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. Besides teaching he acts as independent consultant
and industry trainer.His expertise includes prospect and reserve evaluation, exploration economics,
risk and uncertainty analyses and exploration project portfolio management. In 2015 Imre was
elected to Honorary Associate Professor at the Miskolc University
Catalin Teodoriu is Associate Professor at University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA. Until
2014 he was head of the Sub-department for Drilling Technology, Completion and Workover at
Clausthal University of Technology. Previously, he was an assistant professor at Texas A&M
University, teaching courses on drilling topics such as Drilling Engineering, Introduction to Drilling
Engineering, Completion and Workover, and Advanced Drilling Engineering. He now serves as an
adjunct assistant professor in the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas
A&M University and as adjunct professor at the Oil and Gas University of Ploiesti in addition to his
position at Clausthal University of Technology. He holds a Ph.D. in technical sciences, with a
specialty in oilfield equipment and an M.Sc. in mechanical engineering from the Oil and Gas
University of Ploiesti and a Ph.D. in engineering from Clausthal University of Technology. He has
more than 15 years of experience in the petroleum industry and academia, with key qualifications in
drilling and production equipment, drilling technology, integrated computer aided analysis, well
completion, testing of OCTG, design of downhole and surface equipment, software development,
EOR and geothermal wells, and in the design of laboratory specific equipment. Catalin is also an
experienced instructor in drilling engineering, drilling facilities, casing, workover and drilling
technologies topics, holding courses on Stuck Pipe, Drilling Hydraulics, Casing Design, Directional
and Horizontal Drilling, Drillstring Mechanics and is author of numerous publications.
Marco Thiele is president of Streamsim Technology and a Consulting Professor in the Department
of Energy Resource Engineering at Stanford University where he is involved in research on various
aspects of fluid-flow modelling, uncertainty quantification and history matching.He received his
Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from Stanford University in 1994 and his Masters and Bachelors in
Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1989 and 1986 respectively. He is
a Distinguished Member of the SPE, winner of the 2012 Lester C. Uren award for distinguished
achievement in the technology of petroleum engineering, recipient of the 1996 SPE Cedric K.
Ferguson Medal, and winner of 1994 International SPE Student Paper Contest. He was an SPE
Distinguished Lecturer for the 2011/12 season. He is a technical editor for the SPE Reservoir
Evaluation and Engineering Journal and was an Associate Editor of the same journal from 2005-
2012. He served on the SPE Primer Series Committee from 2004-2010, and on the 2013/14 SPE
IOR program committee.
Sharon Tiainen is a graduate of the University of Adelaide and has an Honours degree in petroleum
geology and geophysics. She has 20 years’ experience in the upstream oil and gas industry with a
number of companies and has a broad experience base working in exploration, appraisal,
development and production roles. Over these years she has performed tasks as diverse as core
logging, geological model development, 2 and 3D seismic interpretation, prospect generation, well
operations duties, economic evaluations, accounts and cost and JV/asset management. One of her
strengths is rock typing or MACC (microscopic analysis of drill cuttings), a technique that is used to
provide independent information on reservoir development and quality (including permeability and
permeability height estimates), lithology, rock characteristics and gross depositional setting.Sharon
established her own company in 2009 (PERM Consulting Pty Ltd) from which she is still actively
consulting and most recently joined HOT Engineering GmbH on a permanent part-time basis as a
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senior reservoir geologist in May 2013. She has worked acreage in Australia, Ecuador, Germany,
Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Myanmar, the Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines,
Romania, Tunisia, Turkey, the UAE and the United Kingdom. Sharon is an instructor for HOT’s
public course ‘Rock Typing – Reservoir Characterisation and Quality from Drill Cuttings’ and is a
member of EAGE, PESA and SPE and an author/co-author of several publications.
Juan Tovar is a founding member and director of IESL. A mechanical engineer from the UCV in
Venezuela, he has worked for Schlumberger Dowell in Libya, UAE, Algeria, Norway and the UK in
operations, technical and management positions for 10 years. While at Schlumberger, he returned to
University in Edinburgh to receive his M.Sc. in petroleum engineering from Heriot-Watt, working on
sand production and associated completion problems. He spent two years in Italy where he was the
R&D and technical services manager for SIAT. In 1993, he returned to the UK to found IESL with Jeff
Callander and implement joint ideas for innovation and technologies that were shared since their time
in the field. He has participated in many projects particularly in the North Sea, Venezuela, Peru and
West Africa for sand face completion design, sand control, gas storage and wellbore stability. From
2003 to 2006, he was the technical director of the US subsidiary of IESL based in Houston where he
started the development of the market for the Americas. He returned to the UK to be the group
operations director. He has published over 50 papers on completion technology, geomechanics, sand
production prediction, cuttings re-injection, wellbore stability and reservoir mechanical performance
areas where he has extensive experience and continues to work regularly. He is the holder of 6 patents
in well completion equipment. Juan has developed courses in Well Completion, Perforating, Wellbore
Stability and Sand Management and has presented over 50 in-house courses for Weatherford, PDVSA,
Teekay and Tendeka worldwide. Since 1999, he has been an associate lecturer at The Robert Gordon
University in Aberdeen, Scotland, where he has contributed to the development of the online master
degree programs and lectures on Well Design and Completion Engineering subjects.
Phil Tudhope is currently Director of a consulting company, specialising in technical and project
management training for graduates and more senior technical staff. He has a first class honours
B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Bristol University and is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the
Institution of Mechanical Engineers and Affiliate Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers.
Phil has 35 years’ experience in Project Management, Technical Development and Change
Management in the oil & gas industry and proven technical and managerial capabilities to achieve
results with a strong business focus and to effect significant positive change. He is a specialist in
front-end (feasibility & concept selection) phases of upstream oil & gas developments with
midstream (LNG) and project execution experience and has the ability to perform analysis and
development work as well as lead and motivate teams. Amongst other roles, he was Specialist Front
End Advisor at Petronas Carigali, Chief Process Engineer at BG Group and Head of Upstream
Engineering at Shell Technology India. He has experience worldwide in differing political, social and
remote environments, having worked overseas for 28 years including the Far East, USA, Europe,
the Middle East and India.Phil is an experienced instructor including the development and delivery
of technical and project management courses.
Curtis H. Whitson is professor of petroleum engineering and applied geophysics at the Norwegian
University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Petroleum Engineering and Applied
Geophysics. He teaches courses on Petroleum Phase Behaviour, Well Performance, Enhanced Oil
Recovery, Gas Reservoir Engineering, and Integrated-Model Optimisation. His areas of research
include equations of state, heptanes-plus characterisation, gas condensate reservoirs, gas injection
EOR petroleum streams management and liquid-loading gas well performance. He has co-authored
the book Well Performance (2nd Ed. Prentice-Hall, 1991) and the Phase Behavior monograph
volume 20 for the Society of Petroleum Engineers (2000). He consults extensively for the petroleum
industry through PERA, a specialty consulting company he founded in 1988. He consults on
‘compositionally-sensitive reservoir processes’ for most major oil companies worldwide. Curtis is
involved in developing new-generation software that allows integrated-model optimisation of large-
scale petroleum projects. He offers several industry courses on Advanced PVT and EOS Modelling,
Miscible Gas Injection Processes, Gas Condensate Reservoir Engineering, Natural Gas
Engineering, Well Performance, and Decline Curve Analysis. He has a B.Sc. in petroleum
engineering from Stanford University and a Ph.D. from the Norwegian Institute of Technology (now
NTNU). He is an honorary member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), and has twice
received the Cedric K. Ferguson Award from the SPE together with the Anthony F. Lucas Gold
Medal (2011). He received the 2010 Excellence in Research Award from Statoil for his contributions
to gas-based EOR and fluid characterisation.
Michael L. Wiggins currently serves as Senior Vice President of a US based consulting company.
He has over 35 years of professional experience in academia and the upstream oil and gas industry
including drilling, production, and reservoir engineering. His industry experience includes
employment with major and independent E&P companies. His technical interests include reservoir
management and engineering, production operations, well performance, and production
optimization. Mike was also a professor of petroleum and geological engineering at the University
of Oklahoma. In this role, he taught courses and conducted research related to reservoir
engineering, production operations, and petroleum project evaluation. He has co-authored
numerous papers in his areas of expertise and has conducted numerous short courses in the areas
of reservoir management, reservoir engineering, waterflood design and evaluation, well completions,
production operations, and petroleum project evaluation. Mike is a Distinguished Member of the
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and has served on the SPE Board of Directors. He has been
the Executive Editor for SPE Production and Facilities and has served as a technical editor for SPE
since 1991. Mike is a registered professional engineer in the states of Texas and Oklahoma. His
activities include reservoir studies, oil and gas reserve evaluations and audits, improved recovery
design, educational courses, and litigation support including expert witness services.
Seb Yarwood is a highly experienced, commercially focused professional with a passion for
excellence working across a broad spectrum of industries and cultures.As a director of a UK based
training & coaching company Seb brings a wealth of expertise in both theoretical and practical areas
to ensure that the solutions portfolio delivers a significant return on investment. Areas of speciality
are all aspects of communication quality, bid preparation and delivery, sales methodology, process
change management and continuous improvement. Seb has more than twenty years’ experience
working in a wide range of commercial roles focusing on leading, growing and changing. For the last
11 years Seb has been working at General Electric, with multiple businesses in a wide variety of
industries and cultures in the GE portfolio including finance, health care, oil and gas, aviation and
power and water. Seb was the senior trainer at GE Capital for all business excellence training
covering a variety of areas from communication skills - ensuring that a consistent concise and clear
message is delivered every time - to change management, business improvement and all aspects
of project management but particularly document preparation, management and execution. A
critical part of this concentrates on delivering the correct balance of detail from board level to project
team members to deliver maximum impact.
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