Content Overview
Users gain knowledge, skills and procedural acumen through Background Learning courses and master practical applications through Action Learning assignments.
Action Learning is divided into the following 18 content areas, which contain a total of 87 modules of realistic E&P job assignments that use actual data provided by a major national oil company.
Exploration
Basin Analysis
- Sedimentology
- Sequence Stratigraphy
- Seismic Sequence Stratigraphy
- Biostratigraphy
- Petroleum Geochemistry
Dynamics of Deformation
Surface Geology and Reconnaissance
- Surface Geology
- Remote Sensing
- Geodetic Coordinate Systems
- Magnetostratigraphy, Chemostratigraphy and Radiometric Dating
- Gravity, Magnetic and Electromagnetic Exploration Methods
Seismic Methods
- Seismic Data Acquisition
- Geophysical Instrumentation
- Seismic Survey Design
- Seismic Data Processing
- Wellbore Seismic
- 2-D Seismic Interpretation
- 3-D Seismic Interpretation
- Seismic Attributes and Direct Hydrocarbon Indicators (DHIs)
Reservoir Description and Characterization
- Petrophysical Evaluation
- Interpretation of Well Logs
- Reservoir Geology
- Reservoir Geophysics
- Exploration Geostatistics
Wellsite Geological Operations
- Geological Operations and Logistics
- Data Logging and Geological Information
- Exploratory and Delineation Drilling
Exploration Project Management
- The Exploration Process
- Project Economics, Risk and Uncertainty Analysis
- Value of Information
- Exploration Business Management
- Exploration Project Management
Corporate Exploration Planning and Management
Reservoir Management
Reservoir Engineering Fundamentals
- Reservoir Rock and Fluid Properties
- Rock Mechanics Fundamentals
- Stability and Rock Deformation Models
- Reservoir Drive Mechanisms
- Multidisciplinary Reservoir Management Basins
Well Logging and Subsurface Mapping
- Interdisciplinary Data Acquisition
- Wireline Well Logging
- Well Log Quality Control
- Well Log Interpretation
- Subsurface Mapping
- Reserves Definitions, Reporting and Mapping
Reservoir Characterization and Modeling
- Compaction and Subsidence
- Pressure/Production Data Analysis
- Flow Unit Determination
- Reservoir Simulation
Reservoir Surveillance
- Data Acquisition
- Geologic/Seismic Integration
- Geological Model Updating
- Petrophysical Model Updating
- Reservoir Model Updating
Reservoir Development Strategies
- Economic Evaluation
- Permitting for Well Operations
- Health, Safety and Environment
- Reservoir Management and Control
- Improved Recovery
Reservoir Management Practices
Drilling And Well Completion
Drilling and Well Completion Practices
- Initial Well Planning
- Well Design
- Drilling Program Planning and Implementation
- Drilling Operations
- Well Completion Operations
Drilling, Workover and Well Servicing
Production Engineering And Operations
Production Fundamentals
Production and Operating Practices