Capability and Competency Development for the Energy Sector

This 5 day course aims to provide the practicing reservoir engineer with a range of analysis techniques and tools relevant to contemporary field development trends. Fundamental concepts will be discussed to ensure a solid foundation for understanding the applicability and limitations of the techniques presented. The learning will be supported and reinforced by examples and exercises throughout the course.

This training course will provide a hands-on introduction to statistical modeling and big data analytics so that participants can use them for petroleum engineering and geoscience applications. Topics to be covered include: (a) easy-to-understand descriptions of the commonly-used techniques, (b) case studies demonstrating the applicability, limitations and value-added proposition for these methods, and (c) hands-on problems sessions using open source and/or commercial software. 

This course details the main financial concepts and economic evaluation techniques and related financial concepts that are used in the oil and gas upstream business to assist decision making. The course will focus on the conversion of hydrocarbon volumes to ‘monetary value’ and the requirement for consistent means of determining the attractiveness of investment opportunities through the field lifecycle. Portfolio decision making will also be discussed

This course provides geoscientists with the practical skills necessary to utilise seismic inversion methods and Quantitative Interpretation (QI) techniques to characterise reservoirs and plan drilling projects for both conventional and unconventional reservoirs.

This 5 day field course examines the three-dimensional stacking patterns and internal reservoir properties of paralic successions for reservoir evaluation and management, using the Cretaceous succession of the Henry Mountains and Capitol Reef National Park, south-central Utah, USA.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of necessary concepts for seismic interpretation in carbonate systems for successful exploration and production. The newest concepts in depositional and microbial processes in shallow and deep water carbonate environments, rock physics, and sequence stratigraphy are presented through a combination of lectures, case studies and exercises.