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Petroleum Industry Overview

Evaluating and Developing Shale Resources

This course reviews current approaches to evaluating, drilling and completing shale reservoirs, with the aim of showing how each discipline contributes within an integrated team. It also considers the limitations of current tools and technologies and looks at a range of shale plays around the world.

Discipline
Petroleum Industry Overview
Level
Foundation
Duration
Flexible length
Formats
Classroom, In-house
Every course can be delivered in-house and tailored to your organisation.

Who should attend

Reservoir, production and completion engineers, petrophysicists, geologists, geophysicists and other professionals wanting a thorough overview of shale gas and shale oil development.

What participants will be able to do

  • Describe the resource potential and economic significance of shale
  • Compare shale gas, tight gas and coalbed methane
  • Identify critical reservoir properties and sweet spots
  • Estimate hydrocarbons in place for resource plays
  • Evaluate the merits of different resource assessment methods

Topics covered

  • Shale resource potential
  • Sweet spot identification
  • Resource in place estimation
  • Shale drilling practices
  • Hydraulic fracturing
  • Integrated team workflows