Turning a Rock into a Dollar.
What does everyone do in E&P and how does it come together as a business?
So you have a clear view of your own job or department but what’s happening in other departments or in other companies involved in E&P? If you’re working in a specialist job, or in a non-technical role this may not be clear.
The course is designed for anyone wanting a high level overview of the whole E&P business and a broad understanding of how it all fits together.
Duration
Learning Level
This event paints the broad picture of the E&P business from exploration through appraisal, development and production to ultimate decommissioning. It passes through the fields of geoscience, drilling, subsurface and surface engineering and commercial planning but does so in non-technical language, accessible to all.
The emphasis is on how it all links together, and where everyone fits in in the E&P value chain. We will start the day with a black rock full of carbon and end the day on a dollar, finally taking a look into the crystal ball at the future of the E&P business globally.
Context
How important is the E&P business in the world; how much of the world’s energy comes from hydrocarbon E&P?
How do we gain access to new areas, and how do we know where to look?
How do we do it, and what’s the latest technology?
How do we know when we have enough information to make a big project decision; how can we be sure the prize is big enough?
How do we get it out? What do petroleum engineers actually do? What are our surface engineering options – platforms, sub-sea trees, production vessels. What’s the difference, why does it matter and how do we clear up once we’re finished?
What does the future hold? The promise of unconventional hydrocarbons and the green future.
1 day
PhD
30+ years - geoscience
Mark develops and runs courses in the Open Air, Reservoir, E&P, Uncertainty & Risk and Energy Transition series for TRACS. He has a career background at Shell, AGR, TRACS and Langdale Geoscience. He has served as a distinguished lecturer for SPE and EAGE, acted as Training Director for TRACS and is an Associate Professor Heriot-Watt University. He is also co-author of the textbook ‘Reservoir Model Design’.
BSc, PhD
35+ years - geoscience
Mark runs courses in the Reservoir, Early Development, E&P Overview and Open Air Series. He has a career background at Shell, KUFPEC, AGR and TRACS. Mark is programme manager for the Early Development and the E&P Overview Series.
Energy transition and renewables
Early development
E&P overview
Reservoir
Wells
Business
Open air
Uncertainty and Risk
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