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Hydrocarbon Exploration, Production Process & Techniques

Introduction

Hydrocarbon Exploration, Production Process & Techniques

Course Objectives

The key objective of this course is to encourage professionals to:

• Get Familiar with the fundamental knowledge of the upstream oil and gas industry
• Enable to develop a broad perspective of the global oil business: exploration, appraisal, planning, production, refining, and transportation
• Create the ability to differentiate between various exploration methods for hydrocarbons
• Enable to identify the geological structures containing hydrocarbons
• Develop an understanding of the techniques and process requirements to produce hydrocarbons including drilling engineering
• Familiarity with the importance and requirements of oil and gas facilities in oil and gas fields
• Recognition of the risks and environmental concerns associated with hydrocarbon exploration and production
• Develop a basic understanding of the need to balance between the benefits to society and environmental aspects
• Enable to communicate with others on the operational aspects of hydrocarbon exploration and production techniques in an oil and gas field
• Advanced competency in seismic processing and interpretation techniques
• Expertise in reservoir rock and fluid analysis methodologies
• Enhanced understanding of drilling engineering and well completion strategies
• Skills in production optimization and enhanced recovery techniques
• Proficiency in risk assessment and environmental impact management

Who Should Attend?

This Hydrocarbon Exploration, Production Process & Techniques course is designed for:

• Oil and gas field personnel
• Technicians and field operators
• Petroleum, refinery, and chemical engineers
• All personnel involved in the operations, maintenance, and engineering
• Energy industry journalists and reporters
• Directors, executives, ministers, support traders, and technicians willing to acquire basic insight into oil and gas fields
• Professionals from banking, finance and insurance – dealing with oil supply, refining, & transmission
• HR or HSE professional involved in the oil and gas field
• Business analysts, corporate planning professionals, and development managers who need to have a better understanding of this simulating field
• Geophysicists and geologists involved in exploration activities
• Reservoir engineers and production engineers
• Project managers and field development planners

Course Outline

The course covers the following topics regarding Hydrocarbon Exploration, Production Process, and Techniques.

Module 1: Introduction to the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry

• Introduction
  • Energy resources
  • Energy demand
• Scope of oil and gas industry
• Risks in oil and gas industry
• Properties of hydrocarbons
• Important terminologies in oil and gas industry
• Global energy landscape and role of hydrocarbons in meeting energy demands
• Upstream business characteristics including exploration and production (E&P) operations
• Key industry players including IOCs, NOCs, and oilfield service companies
• Fundamental chemistry of petroleum and hydrocarbon classification systems

Module 2: Life Cycle of Gas Field

• Access stage
• Exploration stage
• Appraisal stage
• Development planning
• Production stage
• Decommissioning
• Complete petroleum project lifecycle from license acquisition to field abandonment
• Business development phases including concept selection and economic evaluation
• Field development planning techniques and reservoir management strategies
• Asset lifecycle management and late field life optimization

Module 3: Hydrocarbon Exploration

• Estimation reserves
  • Origin of petroleum fields
  • Geological traps
  • Reservoir rocks
• Role of geoscientists
• Licensing
• Development planning road map
• Field discovery
• Economic evaluation
• Petroleum geology fundamentals including source rocks, migration, and accumulation
• Geological time scale and sedimentary basin analysis
• Hydrocarbon trap types including structural, stratigraphic, and combination traps
• Reserve classification systems and volumetric estimation methods

Module 4: Exploration Techniques

• Geophysical methods
• Seismic processing
• Seismic interpretation
• Well logging
• Gravity surveying
• Geochemical prospecting
• Amplitude variation with offset
• Time-lapse seismic surveys
• 2D, 3D, and 4D seismic acquisition and processing techniques
• Gravity and magnetic surveying for regional geological mapping
• Seismic interpretation methods including structural and stratigraphic analysis
• Advanced seismic attributes including AVO and time-lapse monitoring

Module 5: Understanding Appraisal and Production Stages

• Exploratory and appraisal wells
• Appraisal phase
• Scheduling for appraisal phase
• Development
• Petroleum plateau stage
• Decline phase
• Field appraisal strategies and volumetric estimation techniques
• Wildcat well evaluation and appraisal investment decisions
• Production forecasting and decline curve analysis
• Reservoir management and production optimization strategies

Module 6: Properties of Reservoir Rock & Fluids

• Reservoir geology and fluids
• Porosity and permeability trends
• Water saturation
• Recovery efficiency versus depth trends
• Reservoir characterization including porosity, permeability, and fluid saturation
• PVT properties of reservoir fluids and phase behavior analysis
• Rock-fluid interactions and capillary pressure relationships
• Reservoir drive mechanisms and recovery factor estimation

Module 7: Drilling Engineering

• Well planning
• Drilling rigs
  • Function
  • Types
• Drilling equipment
• Drilling techniques
  • Casing and cementing
  • Directional drilling
• Drilling challenges
• Well design fundamentals and authorization for expenditure (AFE) processes
• Drilling operations including rotary drilling and mud systems
• Well completion techniques and stimulation operations
• Directional and horizontal drilling technologies

Module 8: Wells and Production Functions

• Optimum well spacing
• Optimized number of wells
• Fluid flows close to wellbore
• Production and bottom hole pressure testing
• Well completion
• Enhanced well and field recovery
• Well completion design and artificial lift systems
• Production testing and well performance analysis
• Enhanced oil recovery techniques including secondary and tertiary methods
• Unconventional drilling techniques including hydraulic fracturing

Module 9: Hydrocarbon Production and Refinery Operations

• Objectives
• Crude oil products
• Oil refinery operations
  • Topping refineries
  • Hydro skimming refineries
  • Complex refineries
  • Distillation
  • Cracking
  • Treatment
• Refining processes including atmospheric and vacuum distillation
• Conversion processes including catalytic cracking and hydrocracking
• Product quality specifications and crude oil evaluation
• Refinery configuration and process integration

Module 10: Surface Facilities

• Processing of oil and gas
• Metering and storage Oil and gas transport
• Surface equipment including separators, pumps, and compressors
• Oil and gas processing facilities and treatment systems
• Transportation systems including pipelines and marine terminals
• Storage and metering systems for custody transfer

Module 11: Risk Assessment and Management

• Risks associated with the process
  • Oil spill pollution
  • Clean-up challenges
  • Unsuccessful exploratory operations
  • Operational impacts
• Risk analysis in exploration and production
• Risk management
• Project economics and risk management strategies
• Health, safety, and environmental (HSE) requirements in upstream operations
• Operational risk assessment and mitigation strategies
• Emergency response planning and crisis management

Module 12: Safety and Environmental Concerns

• Hazards in exploration and production
• Balance between benefits to the society and environmental impact
  • Benefits to the society
  • Adverse effects of hydrocarbon exploration and production on the environment
  • Role of industry in mitigating oil pollution
  • Synergy between Governments, Oil industry, and Environmentalists
• Process improvement
• Environmental impact assessment and sustainability practices
• Carbon capture and storage technologies
• Regulatory compliance and environmental management systems
• Industry collaboration with governments and environmental organizations