Course Objectives

The objective is to explain the various decision gates used throughout the life cycle of the field form gaining access to opportunity through explorations, appraisal, development, early and late production to decommissioning. It investigates the technical, commercial, and fiscal element that need to be considered and integrated at the different project stages of an oil and gas field.

In addition, it explains the opportunities and failures of Field Development Planning related activities and the conflicting priorities. It will also touch on the potential impact of the recent low oil price on the current and future production levels worldwide.

Who Should Attend?

A subsurface, surface, or commercial professional involved in planning or executing upstream project, Gas engineers, managers, etc.


Course Overview


What is Natural Gas

Uses of and advantage of Natural Gas

Types of Natural Gas Reservoirs

World Proven Reserves of Natural Gas

World biggest producers of Natural Gas

Geopolitics of Natural Gas
Life Cycle of Gas Field

Exploration

Appraisal

Development

Production

Decommissioning

Exploration Phase

Seismic Survey on land and offshore

Appraisal

Drilling of Gas Wells (Appraisal and Development)

Development

Stage 1 - Identify

Stage 2 - Assess

Stage 3 - Select

Stage 4 - Define

Stage 5 - Execute

Production

Phase 1: Flow under natural reservoir pressure

Phase 2: More oil with water

Phase 3: Enhance Oil Recovery (EOR)

Decommissioning of Gas Field

Host Facilities

Production Systems

Well Plug and Abandonment

Oil and Gas Economics

Petroleum Economics

Sensitivity Analysis

Fiscal Regimes

Learning Goal

This course has been designed to enable participants to:

Understand stages of the field life cycle: value, creation, and realisation

Understand technology, concepts, methods, and terminology used in planning and execution of upstream projects.

Understand the field development planning process

Understand the role and elements of risk and uncertainty

Understand decision making processes and the main decision gates

Understand why projects fail.
The primary learning objective for this course are met through a combination of interactive presentations, discussion, and exercises.

Course Materials

Handouts, materials