About this Workshop

The development planning process as the front end of project delivery has become increasingly important in ensuring that asset value is maximized from new oil and gas reserves. The relevance of getting this process right has increased with the challenges posed by non-traditional reservoirs and difficult environments. The volatility of oil and gas prices has had the effect of amplifying the penalties incurred if the process is not well understood and projects do not deliver as promised.

Reservoir engineering and facilities design are two key elements of this process. However effective communication between these two communities often leaves much to be desired. A critical aim of the workshop will be to enable reservoir engineers and facilities engineers to better understand their respective roles and develop ideas on how improved integration can be achieved.

The workshop will look at the impact this lack of full integration between reservoir engineers and facilities engineers can have on the development process and ultimately on project success. Typically negative impacts could involve a potential reduction in hydrocarbon recovery, increased costs both capital and operating or an increased HSE exposure.

Participants in the workshop will contribute to the dialogue, be introduced to latest advanced modelling techniques, gain a better understanding of the process and become more aware of the importance of managing uncertainty.

Workshop Objectives and Deliverables

To bring together a number of practising reservoir and facilities engineers from both operator and service companies in order to improve the development planning process and to:

• understand the information facilities engineers require from the reservoir engineers and its timing.
• explain reservoir engineering uncertainty and its impact on input to facilities engineers and timing
• hear about the latest integrated modelling techniques from operators and service companies
• appreciate the importance of uncertainty management in the development process
• discuss how development decisions are made and possible improvements in the process

Who Should Attend?

The workshop is a limited attendance meeting of up to 80 people, designed for those in the oil and gas industry who work on field development preparation.

Delegates are expected to actively participate in discussions. The goal is to have approximately equal numbers of facilities and reservoir engineers present.

Workshop Details

FORMAT

Two and a half days of informal sessions, with a number of short presentations and breakout discussions per session, and an evening welcome reception and dinner on Monday 26 April. Full details will be provided with your registration pack.

ATTENDANCE

70-80 delegates from relevant disciplines with proven experience and/or knowledge of the subject areas being covered.

CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS

The workshop qualifies for SPE Continuing Education Units (CEU), at the rate of 0.1 CEU per hour of the workshop.

SCRIBE’S REPORT

The steering committee will appoint a scribe to make a full report of the workshop, summarising all presentations and discussion. This report will be circulated to all attendees. The copyright of the scribe’s report will belong to SPE.

ATTENDANCE CERTIFICATE

All attendees will receive a certificate from SPE attesting to their participation.

CANCELLATION POLICY

Written notice received 30 days before the starting date of the workshop entitles registrants to a 50% refund. There will be no refund for cancellations received after this time.

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