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Upstream Petroleum Cost Trends and Benchmarking

Dates Venues Register
01/11/2026 - 05/11/2026 KUALA LUMPUR

Introduction

Upstream Petroleum Cost Trends and Benchmarking

 

TRAINING OBJECTIVES

  • Know how to apply peer-to-peer benchmarking baselines and cost data in the Upstream Petroleum Industry
  • Improved ability to identify and categorise different types of cost categories and components of the Upstream Petroleum Industry
  • Able to benchmark, interpret and analyse the comprehensive cost data that will enable companies to improve drilling programs and completions onshore and offshore including subsea and deep-sea
  • Aware of databases on Upstream project market conditions, material and labour costs, assets and equipment prices and availability and other wide range of cost data across the spectrum of upstream projects
  • Understand the impact of surgical cost cutting when compared to simply making across-the-board cuts, driving cost efficient upstream E&P
  • How to operate the upstream sector in a low price and highly volatile sector environment and understand critically the cost drivers
  • Know the latest trends and development in disciplined and structured Cost Management approach at Upstream Petroleum Industry
  • Enhancing the cost management maturity level at Upstream Petroleum Industry

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

  • Upstream Petroleum Industry Professionals
  • Strategic Players at Upstream Petroleum Industry
  • Project and Programme Managers of New Frontiers (Acreage / Blocks / Wells)
  • Project Teams
  • Cost Champions
  • Value Assurance Teams
  • Anyone New to or Aspiring to Enter the Exploration and Production Profession
  • Contractors and Suppliers Team Involved in E&P
  • Senior Executives and Heads of Departments Who Wants a Better Understanding of Upstream Cost Drivers, Upstream Supply Chain, Industry Peers Current and Best Practices
  • Senior Practitioners Requiring Refresher and Update on Recent Developments and Trends in Upstream Cost Benchmarking Practices and Capital Efficiency Management

 

TRAINING OUTLINE

Day 1: Exploration Trends and Benchmarking by Basin
  • Conventional Exploration Performance and Trends by Basins (worldwide)
  • Cost of Exploration Compared with the Value of New Field Discoveries
  • Exploration Spend and Key Basins Including Shallow-Water, Deep-Water
  • Opportunity Screening Through Benchmarking at Basin level
  • Investment Decisions – Which Regions or Sectors Are Best to Explore
  • Discovery and Development Costs and Full-Cycle Returns
  • Interpreting Various Upstream Development Scenarios – Scenario Analysis (Qualitative and Quantitative)
Day 2: Streamlining Upstream Operations and How to Realise Savings
  • Enhancing Early Phase Cost-Estimation with World Class Project Cost Estimation
  • Improving Procurement Strategy with Historic Price Time Series Data and Forecasts
  • Benchmarking Costs and Expenditure with Industry Peers to See Where CAPEX and OPEX Reduction Could Be Achieved Tangibly and Meaningfully
  • Understanding Which Development Concepts Are Most or Least Affected by Specific Cost and Oil Price Drivers (e.g. Platform; Tension Leg Platform; Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading Vessels; and Other Structures)
  • Assigning Activities and Resources to All Areas of an Asset from Maintenance of a Single Equipment to Any Corporate Overheads with Activity Based Costing (ABC) Methodology and Other Leading and Established Industry Costing and Accounting Methods
  • Improving Maturity and Experience in Upstream Capital Efficiency – How Investment Dollars Can Work Harder in the Upstream Operations (E&P) and a Cost Efficient Upstream New Development
Day 3: Optimising Upstream Costs through Improved CAPEX and OPEX Discipline
  • Structured and Effective Cost Management Discipline
  • Improving Operational Efficiency in Field Development Planning in an Era of Low Oil Prices
  • Hydrocarbon Management and Accounting Maturity
  • The Impact of Lower Oil Prices on Supply-Demand Balance and the Resulting Outlook for Onshore and Offshore Rig and Equipment Rates Globally and Regionally
  • Enabling Step Change Improvements in Upstream Efficiency, Productivity, and Effectiveness
  • Cost Efficiency Through Extended Supply Chain at Granular Level to Achieve Long-Term Growth, Profitability and Competitive Advantage
Day 4: Upstream Detailed Cost Categories and Components
  • Understanding Critically the Upstream Operations Supply Chain and Extended Supply Chain
  • Upstream Direct and Indirect Cost Categories and Components
  • Benchmarking and Baseline with Petroleum Industry Peers Cost – Oilfield Development
  • Benchmarking and Baseline with Petroleum Industry Peers Cost and Cost Gaps Analysis – Pipelines
  • Benchmarking and Baseline with Petroleum Industry Peers Cost and Cost Gaps Analysis – Surface Facilities
  • Benchmarking and Baseline with Petroleum Industry Peers Cost and Cost Gaps Analysis – Water Management
  • Gaps Analysis, Where, What and How to Improve in the Upstream Operations, Cost and Capital Management Including How to Transfer Cost Between Various Elements
Day 5: Enhancing Upstream Cost and Capital Efficiency
  • Future Projects and areas for Cost Reduction
  • Sustainable Cost and Capital Efficiency
  • Which Cost Areas and Components That You Can Adopt from Benchmarking Against Current Trends and Demands of Petroleum Value Chain
  • Suppliers and Contractors Matrix and Scorecard
  • Information and Analytics That Will Enable Companies to Identify Business Opportunities and Business Development
  • Integrated Cost Management Approach from FEED, FID, E&P Activities

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