Course description
Fundamentals of Oil & Gas Exploration and Production
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Training Course Content
This Fundamentals of Oil & Gas Exploration and Production course will cover:
History and geopolitics of oil and gas
- Pre-history
- 1800s to the great wars
- Post war to present
The role of oil and gas in society
- The nature of oil and gas
- Uses for oil and gas
The big picture
- Upstream
- Midstream
- Downstream
Petroleum Geology
- Geological time
- Rock types
- Sedimentary basins
- Plate tectonics
- Source rocks
- Reservoirs
- Traps and seals
Exploration
- Gravity and magnetic surveying
- 2D, 3D and 4D seismic
- Field valuation
- Field appraisal
Drilling
- Drilling basics
- Casing and completing a well
- Sampling and testing
- Well information
- Well completions
Field development and production
- Field development planning
- Lifecycle costing
- Economic analysis
- Development drilling
- Facilities and production
- Abandonment
Petroleum contracts
Petroleum economics
Health, Safety and Environment
- Health considerations
- Safety considerations
- Environmental considerations
Alternatives
- Unconventionals
- Alternatives to oil and gas
- Carbon capture and storage (CO2 sequestration)
The future
- New technologies
- Where will we find oil and gas in the future?
Case Studies
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