Course Summary

This one-day course addresses the basic elements involved in exploration and production activities for hydrocarbon - petroleum, natural gas and coal. It starts with the origin of hydrocarbon resources, and addresses the formation process, exploration activities and production activities. The course reviews economic and quality issues that impact price and mid-stream/down-stream considerations in search of value at the end of the exploration/production chain.

8 CPE credits awarded for this course.

Delivery Method: Group-Live

Who Should Attend?

This course will be of interest and benefit to a wide audience, ranging from new or newly assigned staff in the crude oil, products, natural gas, coal and power production, supply and trading, manufacturing and transportation/transmission areas. This course also provides useful information for marketing staff, and those assigned to the mid office and back office areas involving accounting, legal, tax, audit and computer technology.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this programme.

Pre-classroom Study

As part of our blended learning package, this workshop has a specific web-based course which is recommended as pre-classroom study. Upon registering for the workshop delegates will receive details of how to access the web-based course. Access to the web-based course is included in the price of the classroom course. To optimize your classroom experience, it is recommended you take the appropriate online study as close to the classroom date as possible. The recommended pre-classroom study for this workshop is PrincetonLive.com's An Introduction to the Oil Industry.

Course Contents

Exploration

• Sources of hydrocarbon energy
• Formation of hydrocarbons
• Depth-temperature-time
• Geological history

Key Rock Formations

• Traps
• Seams

Methods

• Geological
• Geochemical
• Geophysical

Production

• Drilling methods
• Equipment (onshore, offshore)
• Production and treatment
• Mining methods

Economic Factors

• Costs, price and value considerations
• Mid stream-downstream
• Supply and trading
• The technology challenge