Oil and Gas Field Development

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Disciplines: Management | Production and Operations | Reservoir

Course Description

Despite the recent global pandemic, energy demand is expected to rise in the near future as economic activities start bouncing back. As a consequence, a continuously increasing need for energy becomes inevitable. Meanwhile, more and more oil & gas discoveries are located in remote areas with fewer infrastructures, such as offshore or even deep offshore. Thus, it is important to execute a thorough field development to optimise the resources and shorten the timespan between discovery and first hydrocarbon, while mitigating the uncertainties and technical challenges.

During this course, participants will design a field development plan after an oil and gas discovery. This preliminary phase of development will provide data with high uncertainty. Thus, the analogy becomes essential to design a development plan. This training course will include a half-day outcrop visit that enables participants to acquire hands-on experience in comprehending outcrop analogy, and to directly observe the grological uncertainties. Additionally, two Mahakam oil and gas projects will act as analogs to help participants illuminate some ideas for their field development plans.

This course is designed to emphasise hands-on experience by offering the knowledge to interpret geological data for estimating reserves and critical understanding in making decisions on field development strategies through exercises, case studies, and discussions. These objectives can be achieved with the help of professionals within the oil and gas industry by experience sharing in the manner of a more pragmatic approach. The topics covered in this course comprise of:

• Field development introduction
• Analogy from existing development projects: Romeo case study
• Hydrocarbon in-place exercise
• Reserves estimation
• Appraisal and field development plan exercise
• Case study final presentation

Daily Agenda

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Learning Level

Introductory to Intermediate

Course Length

3 Half-Days

Why Attend

By attending the course, participants will:

• Have a global overview of the field development phases - from discovery to production.
• Obtain inter-disciplinary knowledge regarding field development studies, including but not limited to geology, geophysics, petroleum engineering, and drilling.
• Comprehend the use of analogy (from the virtual outcrop visit and existing development projects).
• Have hands-on experience in designing field development plans via exercises.

Who Attends

Professionals in:

• Reservoir Engineering
• Geosciences (Geology & Geophysics)
• Petroleum Economics
• Development Engineering
• Project Engineering
• Drilling & Completion

Cancellation Policy

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