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Petroleum Business
Field Life Cycles: Introduction to Oil and Gas Projects and Operations
A short primer on how an oil or gas field moves from exploration through development and production. It summarises the essentials of geology, geophysics and drilling so that non-technical staff can follow the logic of a field development project.
- Discipline
- Petroleum Business
- Level
- Foundation
- Duration
- 0.5 days
- Formats
- Classroom, Live online, In-house
Every course can be delivered in-house and tailored to your organisation.
Who should attend
Commercial, contracts and support staff who need a working picture of upstream field phases.
What participants will be able to do
- Describe the phases of an oil and gas field life
- Outline the steps of a development project
- Understand the basics of exploration geoscience
- Recognise common well configurations and rig types
Topics covered
- Field life cycle phases
- Development project stages
- Geology and geophysics basics
- Drilling fundamentals
- Rig types and well equipment