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Petroleum Industry Overview
Overview of the Petroleum Industry
This course presents the upstream industry through the lens of the asset life cycle, covering exploration, appraisal, development and production. Through lectures, multimedia and interactive exercises it builds broad business acumen across economics, geoscience and engineering, highlighting actions participants can take to support value creation at each stage.
- Discipline
- Petroleum Industry Overview
- Level
- Foundation
- Duration
- Flexible length
- Formats
- Classroom, Live online, In-house, Blended
Every course can be delivered in-house and tailored to your organisation.
Who should attend
Technical and business professionals new to upstream oil and gas, or experienced staff wanting a wider perspective, as well as non-industry personnel.
What participants will be able to do
- Describe each phase of the upstream asset life cycle
- Explain how conventional and unconventional plays differ
- Identify the roles of technical departments and specialists
- Recognise actions that create value at each phase
Topics covered
- Asset life cycle
- Exploration and appraisal
- Field development
- Production operations
- Upstream economics
- Value creation