Course format

The EAGE Interactive online short courses bring carefully selected courses of experienced instructors from industry and academia online to give participants the possibility to follow the latest education in geoscience and engineering remotely. The courses are designed to be easily digested over the course of two or three days. Participants will have the possibility to interact live with the instructor and ask questions. 

Course description

This course is designed to provide non-engineering petroleum industry technical professionals with a thorough overview of most key aspects of petroleum engineering technology and its applications for upstream, midstream, and downstream stages. surprisingly, nearly 70% of the staff of the oil companies are non-engineers (support staff) that have limited knowledge of what goes on the operation of exploration, development, and production. The course will allow the support staff to understand the tasks performed by the engineers and how to improve cooperation and efficiency of the operation.

The course addresses engineering issues ranging from initial involvement with explorationists, discovery evaluation and field development, production optimization, and all the aspects of well drilling. The use of seismic survey in the exploration stage will be explained how to locate oil and gas prospects and estimate expected reserves. The step-by-step process of drilling a well is discussed for onshore and offshore operations. The sessions will focus on relevant and practical issues; including real case studies and presenting video clips to illustrate the process of decision making and the risks involved in each operational step. The impact of drilling for oil and gas and hydraulic fracturing on the environment and to mitigate risks will be discussed, which has been a concern in many parts of the world. A group discussion on this subject is usually of great interest to the attendees. During the production history of oil and gas fields, operational problems are frequently expected. It is the responsibility of the engineers to use proper diagnostic tools to define the cause of the problems and to device the remedial actions. The application of horizontal wells including Multi-stage Fracturing and the latest industry techniques of applications will be illustrated. Another tool to maximize production is the use of artificial lift (down-hole pumps). A review of the different methods of artificial methods and applications will be discussed. Also, the techniques of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) will discussed, including the screening of various EOR schemes and how it will be executed. The cost and benefits for EOR applications will be discussed. Well and field decommissioning, when operation is no longer profitable and described for onshore and offshore. It is critical that no negative impact on the environment as a result of decommissioning. Finally, the process of economic evaluation is discussed including related risks (technical, economical, and political) and uncertainty for various projects.