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MANAGING MATURE (BROWN) FIELDS FOR MAXIMUM VALUE

COURSE OVERVIEW & LEARNING OUTCOMES

Mature fields have peculiar challenges; the most prominent being that they are economically marginal and susceptible to the vagaries of the oil prices. On the positive side, they have existing infrastructure, and enormous insightful data to help in maximizing recovery. With oil prices hovering below near historical averages and financing getting harder to come by, oil and gas companies are placing increasing priorities on elongating the tail of the life cycle curve.

Effectively managing mature fields involves an integrated team effort. However these fields are mostly caught in the middle of the disconnect between the technical and commercial teams; each working in silos with attendant sub-optimal decisions.

This course builds upon the fundamentals of the various technical and commercial disciplines (reservoir, wells, surface facilities and economics) required in managing O&G assets and repurposes them for effective management of ageing fields. It is focused on the practical and pragmatic management of these assets from a practitioner’s point of view.

TARGET PARTICIPANTS

  • Field/Operations Managers

  • Geo-Scientists

  • Asset Managers 

  • Facilities, Reservoir, Petroleum and Drilling Engineers

EXAMPLE MODULES

  • Mature Field definition and statistics

  • Asset Lifecycle and Evolution of fluid characteristics

  • Characteristics of Mature Fields and their (re) development Challenges

  • Geology and Reservoir Management

  • Reservoir Management

  • Well Productivity

  • Common issues in mature fields- prevention and mitigation

  • Production issues - sand production, viscous crudes, completions issues

  • Surface Facility Issues

  • Corrosion Management

  • Produced Water Treatment

  • Integration Management

  • Stage Gate Process in Managing mature field projects

  • Evaluating the Economics of Mature Fields

  • Project planning in Mature Fields

  • Project Risk Management

  • Supply Chain Management in Mature Field Operations.

  • Tool kit to make optimum decisions based upon available information and uncertainties

  • Case Studies - re-development strategies using studying case histories and actual fields worked on by our facilitators.

DURATION

10 Days

LOCATIONS:

Dubai, Houston, London, Ghana

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