Digital Oil Fields Building Blocks

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Disciplines: Data Science and Engineering Analytics

Course Description

Overview Objectives:

• Discussion of the history, mission and vision of the Digital Oil Field (DOF)
• Overview of new DOF technologies
• Demonstration of how new DOF approaches to people and organizations is helping build a more productive workforce

Infrastructure Objectives

• Describe DOF equipment operation, detailing the surface and subsurface equipment
• Selection process for wellsite surface systems to operate the subsurface equipment
• Distinguish the selection of the technologies for different applications
• Apply simple nodal analysis of subsurface equipment
• Relate subsurface instruments to Production Engineering and Reservoir Management workflows

Field Data Capture and Data Management Objectives

• Describe the Data Acquisition and Delivery Systems (DA&DS) end-to-end system used for DOF
• Detail the technical principles behind DA&DS
• Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) engineering
• Application Specific Control and Acquisition (ASCA) subsystems such as ESP, smart completions, etc.
• Enterprise system (Plant Information system) and system interfaces
• List DA&DS system components, architecture protocols, security, and theory of operation
• Describe methods and design options to adapt technology to oil and gas operations
• Define the network and system integration

Workflow Objectives

• Discuss common design criteria for developing sophisticated workflows in the management of digital oil and gas fields
• Identify innovative ways to adapt and collaborate to create workflow paths for the future
• Detail how standardization helps create a digital oil field

Informed and Predictive Operation Objectives

• Review industry experiences with tools and applications currently available
• Identify next generation tools that progress from domain-specific to field-wide optimization
• Discuss best-in-class practices and solutions
• Examine case histories, challenges, and experiences from pioneers and champions who have invested in the implementation and development of these technologies as a model

Optimization Objectives

• Discuss best-in-class field and reservoir management practices and solutions
• Examine case histories, challenges, and experiences from pioneers and champions who have invested in the implementation and development of these technologies in reservoir management

Learning Level

Introductory

Course Length

1 Day

Why Attend

Digital Oil Field concepts and strategies are at the forefront of the changes in the Oil and Gas industry. With the increasing efficiency demands on our profession, these concepts and strategies will continue to play an ever increasing role in the exploration and production of energy resources.

Who Attends

Reservoir, production, development and operation engineers, technologists, managers, vendors and others interested in an introduction to Digital Oil Field principles. Digital Oil Field professionals who would like to broaden their knowledge of DOF concepts, technology and options.

CEUs

0.8 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) are awarded for this 1-day course.

Cancellation Policy

All cancellations must be received no later than 14 days prior to the course start date. Cancellations made after the 14-day window will not be refunded. Refunds will not be given due to no show situations.

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