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LEARNING
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TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S
Glossary ....................................2 Learning Solutions
NExT ..........................................3 Schlumberger Information Solutions (SIS) offers a wide variety of educational solutions, from formal classes to
computer-based training. We can also provide skill assessment, structured learning frameworks, and a complete
integrated learning environment.
Reservoir Characterization....5
GeoFrame Software training is available through SIS courses that encompass the entire software range—from beginner to
Workflow advanced, and individual applications to integrated workflow workshops. Training is available in our training centers
Geophysics throughout the world, or in your office. The software courses are listed and described throughout the catalog.
Visualization
Geology Domain and industry training is available through the NExT™ Network of Excellence in Training. NExT is a joint
Mapping venture training company between Schlumberger and three universities, which grants training and technology
transfer opportunities to the worldwide upstream oil and gas industry. Visit NExT at www.next.ie
Petrophysics
Petrel
For a complete learning solution, Learning@Work uses proven methods, including needs analysis, skill-gap
analysis, blended learning, mentoring, and certification to accelerate time to competency.
Reservoir Engineering..........13
For more training information, contact the training center nearest you. Locations are listed at the back of
Drilling Operations ..............18 the catalog or online at http://www.sis.slb.com/content/services/training/contacts.asp

Production Operations ........20

Planning, Risk & Reserves..23

Project Economics
Risk
PetroDesk
Reserves Management
Portfolio Management

Information Management....27

Contacts ................................32

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GLOSSARY

RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION
ASAP® automatic seismic area picker
BorTex texture classification
™
BorView™ interactive dip and image
interpretation
Basemap Plus™ comprehensive shared
base map with gridding and contouring
Charisma® 2D/3D/4D seismic
interpretation
Composite™ geologic single-well compos-
ite display with crossplot interaction
InDepth® velocity analysis and
depth conversion
Interactive Petrophysics™ log analysis
software
LithoQuickLook™ multiwell, multicurve
lithofacies analysis
LPM™ log property/seismic attribute
distribution and mapping
Petrel™ workflow tools
Petrel Process Manager tool
™
Petrel Seismic Interpretation tool
™
RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
Cougar™ reservoir uncertainty analysis
tool
ECLIPSE® reservoir simulation software
ECLIPSE Blackoil reservoir simulation
™
software
ECLIPSE Compositional reservoir ™
simulation software
ECLIPSE Office™ integrated simulation
manager and case builder software
ECLIPSE FloGrid® reservoir
DRILLING OPERATIONS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
DrillDB™ drilling data management system Avocet Data Manager™ (formerly
Fieldview™) field data management
Drilling Office integrated drilling software
™
software
Osprey Risk™ drilling risk prediction
DecisionPoint™ personalized E&P
model
Web workflow solution
Osprey Reports™ dwell operations
eSearch™ physical asset management
daily reports
solution
PowerPlan™ directional well planning
Finder® data management system
system
LogDB® log data storage and retrieval
TDAS™ tubular design and analysis
system software software

CPS-3 advanced mapping and surface

® PetroView Plus™ deterministic step-by- characterization for flow WEST™ wellbore simulated temperatures ProSource™ multidatasource
modeling step petrophysical analysis ECLIPSE FloViz 3D visualization
™
software management application

Cross Section geologic cross-section

™ PrePlus® environmental corrections for
interpretation
ELANPlus® advanced multimineral log
analysis
Framework 3D® semi automated age-
based structural framework construction
logs from major acquisition companies
ResSum™ reservoir zone properties and
thickness calculations
SediView™ structural dip determination
and removal
software for reservoir visualization ProSource Results Manager
ECLIPSE FrontSim™ streamline reservoir interpretation results datastore
PRODUCTION OPERATIONS
simulation software ProSource Seismic Manager
DECIDE!™ real-time production optimiza- multivendor seismic data management
ECLIPSE Parallel™ multiprocessor tion and proactive reservoir management
simulation Seabed™ data model and database
OFM™ well and reservoir analysis software services
ECLIPSE PVTi pressure-volume-
™

GeoFrame® integrated reservoir
characterization system
SeisClass™ multiattribute classification
software
temperature analysis software PIPESIM™ total production system SmartDoc™ electronic document
analysis management
ECLIPSE SCAL special core analysis
™

GeoFrame Geology Office™ geological
workflow tools
GeoFrame GeoViz Explore™
3D visualization software
GeoFrame GeoViz 3D interpretation
® displays
and visualization
GeoFrame Litho ToolKit Facies
Classification™ advanced multiwell
lithofacies classification
Geonet™ software controller for Geoshare
Geoshare halflink transfer manager
™
GigaViz™ scalable, cluster-based
visualization, interpretation, and attribute
analysis software
IESX® 2D/3D/4D seismic interpretation
StatPack™ statistical data analysis
Synthetics™ synthetic seismogram
generated and wavelet extraction
WellComposite single-well composite
WellEdit® log curve and core data editing,
depth matching, and math operations
WellPix® log curve correlation and
marker picking
management software
ECLIPSE Schedule well data ™
transformation software
ECLIPSE SimOPT® model calibration
software
ECLIPSE Thermal™ reservoir simulation
software
ECLIPSE VFPi ™ vertical flow
performance modeling software
Open ECLIPSE™ connectivity software
Weltest 200® well test analysis software
Marks listed above are either trademarks or registered
trademarks of Schlumberger, with these three exceptions:
COUGAR is a trademark of Institut Français du Pétrole
(IFP), France.
eSearch is a trademark of Iron Mountain
Interactive Petrophysics is a trademark of Production
Geoscience Ltd.
SmartSection™ Finder cross-section
PLANNING, RISK & RESERVES software
Merak® Capital Planning™ strategic SmartMap™ Finder data mapping module
portfolio management software SmartView™ master database mapping
Merak Decision Tool Kit™ decision
analysis and risk management software
Merak Peep™ economic evaluation
model and decline analysis software
Merak PetroDesk™ engineering
integration software
Merak VOLTS™ volume tracking
and reporting system
Marks of Third Parties Oracle and SQL are registered trademarks, and
Database Management System is a mark of Oracle Corp.
Citrix is a registered trademark of Citrix Systems, Inc.
QByte and Prism are marks of QByte, a division of IBM.
DIMS is a trademark of Landmark Corporation.
Sea3D is a trademark of Foster Findlay Associates Ltd.
ESRI, ArcIMS and ArcView are trademarks of
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. Triangle is a mark of CGI Group Inc.
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group.
FlexLM is a trademark of GLOBEtrotter Software, Inc.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. WellView is a registered trademark of Peloton.
Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, Windows XP, and
Excel are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. 2
NExT
ndustry trends today Training Solutions For Today The NExT curriculum spans

I demand changes in
the way courses are
structured and how
• The combined knowledge of three world-class universities and an industry
technology leader, ensuring high academic standards and practical application.
• Open courses in economics, geoscience, petroleum engineering, and
well engineering/wellsite operations.
• More than 150 courses available in worldwide locations.
• Closed courses at your location with follow-on workshops customized
with your data.
more than 150 courses held in
worldwide locations. General
areas of study include:

MANAGEMENT
Economics
Enabling Technologies
Environment
training is delivered. • A “virtual faculty” of practicing subject matter experts from
Language
Project Management
industry and academia.
Investments in • An Industry Advisory Board with members from 20 oil and gas
GEOSCIENCE
Geology
companies, ensures that NExT courses meet industry needs.
training must ensure Geophysics
• Peer Review Boards with members from universities and industry, Petrophysics
to ensure our curriculum offers the highest quality and latest technology. Multidiscipline
the engineer or Field Trips
• Independent competence matrices and learning plans for petroleum
geoscientist acquires engineers, geoscientists, wellsite engineers, and wellsite supervisors. INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL
AND SURFACE FACILITIES Heriot-Watt
• World-renowned, eleven-month Subsurface Integration Program, University
knowledge, skills, transferred to NExT from BP Amoco. PETROLEUM ENGINEERING
• NExT InterActive Gas Storage
Production Engineering
and competence that – 51 new computer-based courses
Reservoir Engineering
– five-CD program—Introduction to the Upstream Petroleum Industry— Texas A&M
Reservoir Management
quickly translate into a must for new hires
Stimulation Technology
University
Industry trends today demand changes in the way courses are structured and WELL ENGINEERING/WELLSITE OPERATIONS
increased business how training is delivered. Investments in training must ensure the engineer or Completion Technology
Deepwater Technology The University
geoscientist acquires knowledge, skills, and competence that quickly translate
unit effectiveness. into increased business unit effectiveness. SIS has chosen NExT as its Drilling Management of Oklahoma
preferred supplier for science and engineering training in the SIS Technology Drilling Operations
Mastery Program. Drilling Technology
Horizontal Drilling
Wellsite Operations Management

What has all the support of

three world-class universities,
a mentoring team, and an
industry technology leader?
A NExT graduate.

For more information or to register online: www.next.ie 3

NExT
This training challenge is what NExT
is all about. NExT is able to meet the
industry training needs through the
collaboration of our partners, combin-
ing intellectual capital with flexible
delivery methods in a Training Value
Model™ that is unique in the training
industry today.
The NExT Training Value Model is a
series of progressive training levels.
All course work ensures the highest
academic standards, as well as
practical engineering and geoscience
applications.
NExT’s “virtual faculty” comprises
practicing subject matter experts from
both academia and industry. This
best-in-class approach combines
professional instructional design and
the latest technology with appropriate
delivery methods, providing true value
in our course work.
What makes the NExT Training Value
Model unique is our system of quality
assurance utilizing a two-board
process:
• The Peer Review Board, comprised
of members from universities and
industry, certifies the curriculum
content and the course presenters
through a rigorous audit process
• The Industry Advisory Board, with
worldwide oil company represen-
tation, ensures NExT continues to
meet industry needs.
NExT is raising the level of industry
training above merely issuing a
certificate of completion. With our
three university partners that have
world-class reputations for educating
petroleum engineers and geoscien-
tists, and our dedication to research
and engineering, we have a common
mission: “To create a network of
recognized excellence, establishing
NExT as the preeminent training and
technology transfer provider to the
petroleum industry.”
The NExT curriculum has more than
150 courses in the general areas of
Petroleum Engineering, Well
Engineering/Wellsite Operations
Management, Management, and
Geoscience. Most of these courses
are five-day, instructor-led, class-
room-based courses offered to the
public in worldwide venues; however,
there are also many courses available
on CDs. NExT can customize the
instructor-led courses for operating
companies—using the company’s
data and presenting the course at
the company’s location.
Major Programs
The NExT Subsurface Integration
Program (NSIP) is an eleven-month,
applied, multidiscipline, training
program that enables the student to
integrate the disciplines of geology,
geophysics, petrophysics, formation
evaluation, reservoir engineering, and
reservoir simulation, while participating
in the course. The student solves
complex multiwell and fieldwide
reservoir problems to determine the
optimal reservoir development and
exploitation plan. At the end of the
course, the student is able to provide
his/her sponsoring organization with
a well or field study that enhances
economic value.
The Well Engineering and Wellsite
Operations Certificate Programs are
four-week, instructor-led, classroom
based training modules that emphasize
problem solving. During the classroom
portion of the course, students are
teamed with mentors who work with
the student, developing strong profes-
sional and personal relationships.
Following this classroom study is five
months of mentor-led training at the
student’s work location. During this
period, the certificate candidate
is required to perform a series of
technical tasks and exercises
designed to apply the concepts
learned in the classroom setting.
The mentor communicates with the
student during this time and makes
at least one site visit to assess his/her
progress. At the successful completion
of the five-month job site training,
the mentor performs an on-site final
assessment of the student’s technical
competency. Upon achieving the
desired standards, the student is
awarded a certificate.
Other certificate programs are
available in Reserves Evaluations,
Well Stimulation and Drilling Fluids.
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE with PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE
Heriot-Watt
University
Edinburgh, Scotland
Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh,
Scotland, established in 1966, has
4,500 students. A research-based
technological university, it features a
close partnership with industry and the
professions, and is a world leader in
distance-learning technology. The
world-renown Petroleum Engineering
Department is one of the largest and
strongest concentrations of professional
engineering education and academic
research in the United Kingdom.
Texas A&M
University
College Station, Texas
Texas A&M University opened in 1876
and is the fourth largest university in
the United States with approximately
43,000 students studying for degrees
in 10 academic colleges. The Dwight
Look College of Engineering has almost
10,000 students, making it the largest
engineering college in the nation. The
Department of Petroleum Engineering
at TAMU is ranked first and is the
largest Petroleum Engineering
Department in the United States
specializing in producing practical,
problem-solving engineers.
University of
Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma was
created in 1890. The university has 18
colleges offering 134 bachelor’s
degrees and 82 master’s degrees,
enrolling some 27,000 students on
campuses in Norman, Oklahoma City,
and Tulsa. The School of Petroleum
and Geological Engineering,
established in 1927, is ranked among
the top petroleum engineering programs
in the world. It gained recognition in
natural gas engineering, enhanced oil
recovery, water flooding, and property
evaluation.
Schlumberger Information Solutions (SIS)
is an operating unit of Schlumberger
that provides consulting, software,
information management, and IT infra-
structure services to support the core
operational processes of the oil and gas
industry. SIS enables petroleum compa-
nies to drive their business performance
and realize the potential of the digital
oilfield. SIS is on the Internet at
www.sis.slb.com.
Schlumberger is the world's leading
oilfield services company supplying a
wide range of products and services
from formation evaluation through
directional drilling, well cementing
and stimulation, well completions and
productivity to consulting, software,
information management, and IT infra-
structure services that support core
industry operational processes. Today,
the company employs more than 50,000
people of over 140 nationalities working
in 100 countries. Schlumberger also
manages WesternGeco, jointly owned
with Baker Hughes, which is the
world's largest seismic company and
provides advanced acquisition and
data processing services. In 2003,
Schlumberger operating revenue was
$10.1 billion. For more information, visit
http://www.slb.com.
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GEOFRAME
GeoFrame Fundamentals
BASIC—Two days
The GeoFrame integrated reservoir
characterization system lets you
describe the subsurface precisely,
throughout your exploration and
production workflow. The result:
better decisions, faster. Integrating
project data management, geology,
Breadth and geophysics, and modeling, GeoFrame
creates a seamless workflow for
depth in: your multidisciplinary needs.
Geology GeoFrame Fundamentals focuses on
the functionality common to all
Geophysics GeoFrame applications. Learn to
efficiently manage GeoFrame projects
and project data.
Mapping
• understand GeoFrame data model
Modeling
concept and how data relate to
each other.
Petrophysics • create, edit, backup, restore, and
delete projects
Visualization • assign access rights to secure
specific data types
• load project well data in several
formats
• browse, list, find, edit, and display
various data types
• set match and merge rules
Prerequisite: None
GeoFrame Administration
BASIC—Five days
Learn the fundamentals of GeoFrame
administration, including installation,
configuration, and maintenance. The
instructor provides an introduction to
the Oracle® Database Management
System (DBMS) and its relationship
to GeoFrame.
• understand GeoFrame funda-
mentals related to installation
and administration
• install Geonet software controller
for Geoshare and GeoFrame
baselines
• configure printers and plotters
• manage licenses using FlexLM™
• add users and disks using the
Project Manager
• archive and delete projects
• perform basic Oracle adminis-
tration, such as monitoring
table spaces
• start and stop the database
• perform backup and recovery
• run SQL® statements related to
GeoFrame projects
• understand relational database
basics, design models, and
terminology
• understand SQL language elements
• understand SQLPlus environmental
and basic commands
• understand Oracle8i server
architecture
Prerequisite: UNIX proficiency.
GeoFrame Project Clusters • interpret 2D and 3D seismic data,
and integrate with geologic
BASIC—One day
information from well data
This course focuses specifically • construct fault frameworks
on GeoFrame Project Clusters. • generate synthetics, and
convert time data to depth
• create, edit, backup,
restore/recover projects into • construct geologic cross sections
project clusters • generate seismic attributes and
• understand data promotion calculate reservoir properties
concept and quality control • propose a multiwell offshore
of promoted data. platform location
Prerequisite: GeoFrame Prerequisites: Interpretation
Fundamentals
experience with Charisma or IESX.
Knowledge of other GeoFrame
WORKFLOW applications is beneficial.
GeoFrame 4 Prospect
Generation and
Analysis Workshop
ADVANCED—Five days
GeoFrame integrates the workflows
of exploration professionals to enable
you to generate and evaluate oil
and gas prospects more efficiently
and productively. Geologists and
geophysicists work in teams in this
course, and learn to employ best-
practice techniques using multiple
applications within GeoFrame,
including IESX or Charisma, GeoViz,
Synthetics, Geology Office,
Framework 3D, Basemap Plus,
InDepth, SeisClass, and CPS-3.
• understand the work processes
within GeoFrame to efficiently
generate prospects
• conduct initial project setup
• effectively perform 2D/3D data
reconnaissance
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GEOPHYSICS
GeoFrame IESX Seismic
Interpretation
BASIC—Three days
IESX allows 2D, 3D, and 4D interpreta-
tion of horizons and faults on seismic
data. IESX is fully integrated with other
GeoFrame geophysics modules such
as Synthetics, InDepth, SeisClass,
ASAP, GeoViz, and Basemap Plus.
Geophysicists can carry out rapid and
accurate interpretation of all types of
seismic data in concert with borehole
data. IESX works in both the time or
depth domains and saves interpreta-
tion data directly to the GeoFrame
database. Learn the fundamentals of
seismic interpretation using IESX.
• select and display seismic lines
• interpret and edit horizons, fault
cuts, fault contacts, fault traces,
and fault boundaries
• use real operations and
interpretation tools
• display well paths, logs, and
synthetics on seismic
• grid and contour directly on
the base map
• apply operations to surfaces
with Basemap
• perform 3D volume picking
using ASAP
• utilize GeoViz Explore
Prerequisite: GeoFrame Fundamentals
course.
GeoFrame IESX Seismic
Data Loading and
Data Management
BASIC—Two days
This data-loading course is ideal for
geoscientists and technicians, and
focuses on loading 2D and 3D seismic
data for use in IESX.
• create a new project
• preview 2D and 3D seismic
headers and data
• load 2D seismic data and
station locations
• load 3D seismic data and generate
time slices and surface slices
• load cartographic data with
Tobin format
• manage data with the IESX
Data Manager
Prerequisite: GeoFrame Fundamentals
course.
GeoFrame Charisma
Seismic Interpretation
BASIC—Three days
Charisma seismic interpretation
software allows 2D, 3D, and 4D
interpretation of horizons and faults
on seismic data. Charisma is fully
integrated with other GeoFrame
geophysics modules such as
Synthetics, InDepth, SeisClass, ASAP,
GeoViz, and Basemap Plus. The
geophysicist can carry out rapid and
accurate interpretation of all types of
seismic data in concert with borehole
data. Charisma works in both the time
or depth domains and saves interpre-
tation data directly to the GeoFrame
database.
Explore the fundamentals of seismic
interpretation using Charisma software.
• display and interpret seismic data
using various techniques, including
multiframe and seismic attribute
displays
• generate random lines
• define horizons and faults
• draw and edit faults, horizon and
fault contacts, and fault boundaries
• perform manual and automatic
fault assignment
• perform manual and automatic
horizon interpretation using various
tracking techniques
• edit, contour, and interpolate
horizon maps
• perform grid operations
• extract and utilize different seismic
map attributes
• interpret horizons and faults in
three dimensions
Prerequisite: GeoFrame Fundamentals
course.
GeoFrame Charisma
Seismic Data Loading
and Data Management
BASIC—Two days
Geoscientists and technical assistants
learn the fundamentals of loading 2D
and 3D seismic data into the Charisma
seismic interpretation module of
GeoFrame.
• create a new project
• create surveys in the project
• load navigation data from ASCII
files and directly from SEG-Y
trace headers
• load 2D and 3D seismic data
from SEG-Y tapes
• create subprojects for sharing
of seismic data
• generate time slices and cross
lines from a 3D volume
• backup and restore seismic
and horizon data
Prerequisite: GeoFrame Fundamentals
course.
VISUALIZATION
GigaViz Large Volume
Visualization and
Interpretation
BASIC—Two days
GigaViz is specifically designed to
work with very large 3D seismic
surveys. It gives the interpreter the
interactivity and workflows required
to rapidly generate new exploration
prospects. Using Linux® cluster tech-
nology, GigaViz allows you to work
with multiple 3D volumes, which may
be several hundred gigabytes in size.
Unique opacity rendering technology,
innovative tracking algorithms, and
real-time seismic attribute generation
give you the tools required to find
more prospects faster.
This course focuses on conducting
rapid reconnaissance exploration on
large 3D seismic surveys. The results
can be used immediately within
GeoFrame for more detailed develop-
ment planning and field optimization
workflows. Learn the fundamentals
of visualization and 3D interpretation
within GigaViz.
• perform rapid interpretation using
true 3D tracking for minimal editing
• utilize linked 2D and 3D canvases
for integrated interpretation
• link results between GeoFrame
and GigaViz
• perform fault interpretation within
a 3D environment
• conduct on-the-fly attribute analysis
• utilize AVO workflow tools
• conduct Signal Processing and
QC new data volumes
Prerequisites: None
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GeoFrame GeoViz Seismic
Interpretation and
Visualization Fundamentals
BASIC—One day
GeoViz 3D interpretation and visuali-
zation software brings you power and
flexibility for maximum impact on your
workflows, whatever your workflows.
GeoViz rapidly reads and writes all
data to the GeoFrame integrated
reservoir characterization database,
which enables every member of your
team to increase throughput and
understanding. Data types handled
by GeoViz include seismic (2D, 3D,
and 4D); interpreted horizons and
faults; wells (logs, markers, zones);
geological cross sections; velocity
models and structural models.
Learn the fundamentals of 3D
visualization and 3D seismic
interpretation using GeoViz software.
• display seismic data and load
3D volumes
• use 3D volume scaling methods
• display 2D and 3D seismic, horizons,
faults, boreholes and grids
• edit and modify display parameters
including lighting and material
tool settings
• interact simultaneously with GeoViz,
IESX or Charisma 2D windows,
Basemap and Data managers
• create well sections, fault sections,
and drilling targets
• create probes, pan and animate
seismic volumes
Prerequisite: GeoFrame Fundamentals
course.
GeoFrame GeoViz Advanced
Seismic Interpretation and
Visualization Techniques
INTERMEDIATE—Two days
This course builds on the GeoViz
Seismic Interpretation and
Visualization Fundamentals course
and centers around advanced
workflows and tools. Learn to make
effective use of GeoViz as a powerful
interpretation and presentation tool.
• use multiattribute analysis
techniques to highlight specific
geologic features
• work with multiprobe capability
including variable opacity, color
and panning settings
• practice fault interpretation
workflows
• interpret horizons and perform
voxel picking
• generate surface attributes
and displays
• modify interpretation settings
and user options
• create and interpret Edge and
Body Labeling volumes using
Foster Findlay Associates Ltd.
SEA3D® plugin
Prerequisite: GeoFrame Fundamentals
course.
GeoFrame SeisClass
Seismic Facies Analysis
ADVANCED—One day
SeisClass multiattribute classification
software takes the guesswork out of
seismic attribute analysis, which
reduces cycle time, increases efficiency,
and lowers risk. The technology
supporting SeisClass—fully integrated
with the GeoFrame reservoir charac-
terization system—uses the reservoir’s
seismic attributes to generate class
and probability maps. Your geological
interpretation is more accurate and
your job is easier because the
application determines the variations
in lithology.
Focus on techniques to classify
interpreted horizon data based upon
measurable seismic response in this
class. The classification can then be
related to known reservoir properties.
• understand the source of input
data to the SeisClass application
• use crossplot tools for analysis of
attribute clusters and data selection
for the classification process
• use unsupervised classification
schemes to assess natural
clustering in the data
• classify facies using seismic
attribute grids as input
• generate seismic classification
maps
• use supervised classification
schemes to correlate observed
reservoir parameters from well
data to classification maps
Prerequisites: GeoFrame
Fundamentals course and working
knowledge of IESX or Charisma.
GeoFrame Synthetics
ADVANCED—One day
GeoFrame Synthetics bridges the
gap between geology and geophysics
by creating accurate time-to-depth
relationships for the wells in your field.
Understanding how well log responses
relate to seismic events is a key step
in exploration and production work-
flows. GeoFrame Synthetics allows
you to use all the well logs, geologic
markers, checkshots, wavelets, 2D
and 3D seismic, and structural inter-
pretation data in GeoFrame to help
you get the right match the first time.
This course guides the user through
all the necessary steps required
to generate accurate synthetic
seismograms.
• edit log data graphically
• edit check-shot data and calibrate
sonic logs
• generate synthetic seismogram
displays incorporating logs, seismic
interpretation, and tops data
• extract wavelets from 2D and 3D
seismic data
• extract wavelets from generated
tubular seismic volumes along
deviated well paths
• perform RC Modeling
• display logs and synthetic traces
on seismic sections
Prerequisites: GeoFrame
Fundamentals course and working
knowledge of IESX or Charisma.
GeoFrame InDepth
INTERMEDIATE—Two days
InDepth interactive velocity modeling
and domain conversion creates domain
conversion models and transforms
horizons, faults, grids, and seismic
data from one domain to another.
InDepth is typically used to convert
data from the time domain to the
depth domain, but the module may
also be used for depth-to-time
conversion, to perform time-time or
depth-depth scaling, or to generate
velocity cubes from time or depth
models. Learn how to construct a
3D multilayer, multifunction velocity
model in InDepth, and convert
seismic interpretations and seismic
data between time, depth, and
velocity domains.
• review seismic interpretations
and velocity data
• quality check and edit velocity data
• build a 3D velocity model from
borehole check-shot data
• load seismic velocity data into
the project
• build a 3D velocity model from
seismic velocity data
• domain convert fault cuts, horizons,
grids and seismic volumes
Prerequisites: GeoFrame
Fundamentals course and a working
knowledge of IESX or Charisma.
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GEOLOGY
GeoFrame Geology Office
BASIC—Two days
GeoFrame Geology Office geological
workflow tools harness the power of
the GeoFrame integrated reservoir
characterization system to provide
seamless interpretation.
Whether you are a geologist or a
geophysicist, this innovative software
gives you everything you need in one
location, making your interpretation
workflow easier, quicker, and more
efficient.
• create maps in Basemap Plus
software displaying wells and
seismic surveys
• create log templates in
WellComposite and post log
signatures with Basemap Plus
• create multiwell displays, including
log curves, markers and lithology
data with Composite
• improve precision and rapidly pick
geologic markers, faults and zones
with WellPix
• calculate reservoir zone properties
with ResSum
• generate reservoir zone property
maps with Basemap Plus
• create cross-sections incorporating
enhanced composite displays
• integrate seismic trace and interpre-
tation data with geologic data within
Cross Section in time and depth
domains
• create facies zonation using Litho
QuickLook and incorporate in
composite displays
Prerequisite: GeoFrame Fundamentals
course.
GeoFrame Litho ToolKit
Facies Classification
ADVANCED—One day
Litho ToolKit lithofacies analysis tech-
niques are a complete collection of
tools to enable you to perform quick
and detailed lithology estimation.
Whether it is a simple analysis or a
statistical method of estimation that is
required, a full suite of methods are
available to complete the computation
in a multiwell, multicurve environment.
This course covers various techniques
used to generate lithofacies using
Litho ToolKit.
• apply deterministic methods using
multiwell, multicurve Litho QuickLook
• estimate a missing log curve using
neural network technique
• create multiwell facies logs using
any log data as input
• apply cut-offs on multiple curves
• use Artificial Neural Networks
(Supervised and Unsupervised
Neural Network) to generate
facies logs
• create a multidimensional
histogram
• understand clustering methods
Prerequisite: GeoFrame Fundamentals
course.
GeoFrame Dip and Image
Processing and Interpretation
INTERMEDIATE—Two days
GeoFrame Borehole Geology software
brings you more options to process,
analyze, and interpret your dip and
image data. No other tools offer the
power to validate your interpretation
of the reservoir through detailed
analysis of structural dip, bedding
patterns, faults, fractures, and
formation lithology.
With the GeoFrame common project
database, all interpreters—geologists,
geophysicists, petrophysicists, and
engineers—can access data and
results from the Borehole Geology
applications and increase the
accuracy of their interpretations.
Work through the fundamentals of
processing, correcting, calibrating,
and normalizing dip and image data,
and learn to use BorView to interpret
resultant images.
• perform navigation data correction
• speed correct images
• normalize images for maximum
sedimentological detail
• generate dip results suitable for
structural or stratigraphic
interpretation
• calibrate microresistivity images
to resistivity logs
• use BorView for geologic interpre-
tation of image data including
interactive dip computation and
stereonet analysis
• use scaled images for fracture
orientation and aperture analysis
Prerequisite: GeoFrame Fundamentals
course.
MAPPING GeoFrame CPS-3 Advanced
Mapping and Volumetrics
GeoFrame CPS-3 ADVANCED—Three days
Mapping Fundamentals
Learn how to use CPS-3 for accurate
BASIC—Three days volumetrics.
Learn the fundamentals of producing
• gain an overview of volumetric
accurate reserves maps using CPS-3 computations in CPS-3
mapping software. Fully integrated
• prepare horizon, fault, and fluid
with GeoFrame Geology and
contact grids for volumetrics
Geophysics, CPS-3 provides accurate
• visualize the reservoir with
surface operations for all your
cross-sections
mapping requirements.
• create a volumetric envelope
• access well and seismic locations, and gross isochore
seismic interpretation, markers,
zone properties, grids, and other • access and grid petrophysical
data in the GeoFrame database properties
for mapping • compute volumetric grids
• create contour maps and • generate a STOIIP report
manipulate base map display
Prerequisite: GeoFrame CPS-3
• create grid horizon and fault Mapping Fundamentals course.
surfaces using various algorithms
• understand when to use the various
gridding algorithms and how to set
parameters
• gain familiarity with surface
operations, z field arithmetic,
smoothing, and refinement
• learn the QC steps for structural
volumetric envelopes
• generate property grids from
well zone data
• understand the workflow to
calculate reservoir volumetrics
• receive an overview of the Model
Editor, Map Editor, Color Palette
Editor, and CPS-3 macro language
Prerequisite: GeoFrame Fundamentals
course.
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GeoFrame Reserves
Mapping Workflow
ADVANCED—Two days
Accurate reserves estimation is
fundamental for qualified field
development. GeoFrame provides
an industry-established workflow to
get it right.
The principles of reservoir property
summations and reserves mapping
are illustrated with detailed hands-on
exercises using ResSum and CPS-3.
• create markers, layers, and zones
with WellPix
• compute reservoir zone properties
using ResSum
• determine which zone properties
correlate to seismic attributes and
compute calibration functions
• generate property grids using
calibrated seismic attributes
and other geostatistical tools in
Log Property Mapping (LPM)
• model the top and base of the
reservoir to generate isochores
• convert time horizon grids to depth
using markers with Log Property
Mapping (LPM)
• calculate reservoir volumetrics
in CPS-3
Prerequisites: GeoFrame Fundamentals
and Geology Office courses.
GeoFrame LPM
(Log Property Mapping)
ADVANCED—One day
Log Property Mapping (LPM) uses
well log and seismic attribute data
to generate reservoir property grids
and maps.
Generate grids using the guided and
geostatistical mapping techniques
available with LPM.
• utilize ResSum results and
scatter sets from other third-party
applications
• determine which petrophysical
properties correlate to seismic
attributes and compute calibration
functions
• generate a petrophysical property
map and use it as a guide to map
another correlated petrophysical
property
• compute confidence or error maps
• convert time grids to depth by
using marker depths in LPM
• generate and analyze basic
geostatistical histogram and
variogram plots
Prerequisite: GeoFrame Fundamentals
and Geology Office courses.
GeoFrame Framework 3D
Fundamentals
BASIC—Two days
Framework 3D is a modeling applica-
tion for creating accurate structural
frameworks. It allows you to create,
view, edit, and quality check a bundled
suite of structural boundaries, such
as faults and interpreted horizons.
Using 3D interpreted seismic fault cut
and horizon data, combined with well
markers, build an integrated structural
model of fault and horizon surfaces.
• use fault segments to create
fault grids
• set fault truncation rules and
create a fault framework
• define reference surfaces and
surface relationships in order to
model infill horizons and generate
a complete structural framework
• use 3D visualization and CPS-3
software as an integrated toolset
• for each major step of the process,
learn a quality control workflow to
guarantee the best possible model
Prerequisite: GeoFrame Fundamentals
course.
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PETROPHYSICS
GeoFrame PetroView Plus
Petrophysical Workflow
INTERMEDIATE—Two days
PetroView Plus is an easy-to-use
log analysis program that guides
you step-by-step through the entire
process. Simple enough for general-
ists and occasional users, yet detailed
enough for specialists, the application
offers interactive parameter selection
from crossplots, histograms, and
log displays.
PetroView Plus allows you to perform
deterministic log analysis. PrePlus
teaches you basic environmental
corrections, and ResSum allows
you to average zone properties.
• apply basic environmental
corrections to logs with PrePlus
• perform deterministic interpretation
on a single well using PetroView
Plus
• use multiwell crossplots, histograms
• define zones and edit parameters
• perform multiwell petrophysical
interpretation
• lump results for mapping using
ResSum
Prerequisite: GeoFrame Fundamentals
course.
GeoFrame ELANPlus
Advanced Petrophysical
Interpretation
ADVANCED—Three days
ELANPlus is an advanced multimineral
log analysis program. It computes the
most probable formation mineralogy
and pore fluid volumes using a
multilog, least-squares inversion
technique.
• learn how the mineralogy affects
log response and how to set up a
complex mineralogic model
• perform advanced formation
evaluation in single and multiwell
modes
• learn how to quality control the
ELANPlus results
• use multiwell crossplots and
histograms
• create zones and edit parameters
• perform data function operations
• learn how to estimate missing logs
• lump results using ResSum and
create property maps with
Basemap Plus
Prerequisite: GeoFrame Fundamentals
course.
GeoFrame WellEdit Log
and Core Data Editing
INTERMEDIATE—One day
With a complete repertoire of
interactive and type-in options, you
can manipulate your data easily and
effectively with WellEdit software.
WellEdit allows editing of multiple
boreholes at once using various
editing modes.
You learn the fundamentals of log and
core data editing with WellEdit, and
explore core photo editing and orien-
tation with borehole image results.
• edit log or core data by resampling,
patching, despiking or splicing
• depth match log suites
automatically or interactively
• edit core photos and orient photos
using borehole image results
• apply data function operations
• generate well composite displays
and interact with crossplots
Prerequisites: GeoFrame
Fundamentals course.
Interactive Petrophysics
Fundamentals
BASIC—Three days
Interactive Petrophysics is a PC-based
software application for reservoir
property analysis and summation.
If you are a geologist wanting to quality
check log data, or an experienced
petrophysicist carrying out multizone,
multiwell petrophysical field analysis,
this program allows you to use deter-
ministic models to calculate porosity,
water saturation, shale volumes, and
other properties within user-defined
zones.
Explore the major features and
workflow processes used in
Interactive Petrophysics and utilize
a database system to:
• load log and core data
• create log plots
• create crossplots and histogram
displays
• edit log data
• apply true vertical depth corrections
• apply borehole and environmental
corrections
• calculate clay volume
• calculate water saturation
• create cutoffs and summations
• export data
Prerequisite: None.
Interactive Petrophysics
Advanced
ADVANCED—Four days
Take your interpretation to the next
level using the intuitive advanced
workflows of Interactive Petrophysics.
Interactive interpretation for full petro-
physical analysis in minutes rather
then hours, including multimineral
analysis, fuzzy logic curve prediction,
Monte Carlo analysis, and pore
pressure prediction.
This course familiarizes experienced
Interactive Petrophysics users with
the advanced modules.
• use the advanced PhiSW
functionality
• perform multimineral analysis
• perform multiwell parameter
distribution
• create multiwell summation
reports and plots
• perform statistical curve
prediction using fuzzy logic
• perform Monte Carlo simulation
• utilize NMR logs, picture curves
and image displays
• understand fluid substitution
analysis
• perform cased hole pulse–neutron
analysis
• understand the Interactive
Petrophysics security system
Prerequisite: Interactive Petrophysics
Fundamentals course.
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PETREL
Petrel Introduction
BASIC—Four days
Petrel subsurface interpretation and
modeling allows you to build and
update reliable subsurface models.
Geophysicists, geologists, and reser-
voir engineers can move across
domains, rather than applications,
through the Petrel integrated toolkit.
Gain a comprehensive overview of
Petrel including the interface, file
structures, and visualization tools. You
are guided through the workflow and
are taught how to build a geological
model in the most logical way. Gain
the skills you need to start using
Petrel with confidence right away.
• import data
• edit input data
• perform well correlation
• model faults
• use the pillar gridding process
to create 3D grids
• generate horizons
• perform depth conversion
• create vertical layers
• perform geometrical modeling
• upscale well logs
• model facies throughout the
reservoir
• perform petrophysical modeling
• make contacts
• calculate volumes
• plot results
• design wells
• use the Process Manager to
quickly re-run modeling sequence
with new input data
Prerequisite: None
Petrel Mapping and
Scaled Plotting
BASIC—Two days
Petrel makes mapping easy. You can
produce finished scaled paper plots
within minutes. Intuitive Windows®
dialogs lead you through the processes
and hide the complexity of powerful
algorithms until you need them. The
Process Manager in Petrel takes the
grind out of repetitive mapping tasks
without requiring you to learn cryptic
programming scripts.
Begin with an introduction to the
Petrel interface and move on to
utilities such as filter manipulation,
polygon and surface generation.
Knowledge of these utilities makes
it easier to generate common
reservoir maps. The user is instructed
on the display and modification of
data and objects in both map and
intersection windows, using a variety
of accessories such as annotations
and scales in addition to copy and
paste functionality.
• create surfaces
• apply isochore processing
• generate reservoir maps
• plot results
• use Process Manager to
automate repetitive tasks
• understand volumetrics
• perform well correlation
• create montage plots
Prerequisite: None
Petrel Seismic Visualization
and Interpretation
INTERMEDIATE—Three days
The Petrel Seismic Interpretation
tool combines the simplicity of 2D
interpretation with the quality control
advantages of 3D visualization. With
Petrel, you can rapidly interpret
seismic data and compare the results
with all data residing in the model.
Geophysicists and geologists discover
the benefits of interpreting in 2D and
3D interactively and learn how real-time
rendering of seismic data can be used
for superior quality control of fault
planes and surfaces. Learn to make
surfaces based on 3D autotracking
and use integrated seismic horizons
with attribute maps to analyze struc-
tural and stratigraphic information.
Synthetic seismograms, volume ren-
dering, extraction, and how to create
seismic properties are also covered.
• import 3D seismic data
• perform cropping and realization
of seismic volume
• generate inlines, crosslines,
random lines, and time slices
• generate synthetic seismograms
• interactively interpret seismic in
2D and 3D windows
• perform seeded and guided
autotracking in 3D and 2D
• edit the interpretation
• make surfaces from the seismic
interpretation
• create a fault model directly on
the seismic
• generate attribute volumes and maps
• perform volume rendering and
extraction
• perform depth conversion
• attach a seismic volume in time
to a 3D depth grid
• create seismic properties
Prerequisite: Petrel Introduction
course.
Petrel Complex
Structural Modeling
INTERMEDIATE—Two days
Flexible and powerful, Petrel offers
various approaches to building
models that truly capture geologically
complex regions.
Build advanced structural models with
complex faults including reverse faults
and truncations. The benefits of editing
3D grids are explored and you discover
the best techniques to adopt when
approaching complex structural
modeling situations. Learn how to
model faults in several stages, starting
with a basic fault model framework
and adding more complex fault termi-
nations and truncations. Emphasis
is placed on how to work in a loop
through iterative steps, going back
and forth between fault modeling
and Pillar gridding to perfect your
model through a robust quality
control process.
• model faults, including lateral and
vertical truncations, reverse faults,
salt doming
• use the Pillar gridding process
• generate horizons
• edit 3D grids
• quality control models
Prerequisites: Petrel Introduction
course and working experience
with Petrel.
Petrel Property Modeling
INTERMEDIATE—Three days
Petrel incorporates many different
algorithms and techniques used to
derive geological and engineering
properties from subsurface models.
Look at the theory and application of
geostatistical methods via a combina-
tion of lectures and exercises. Build a
realistic facies and petrophysical
model that will capture geology and
incorporate well and statistical infor-
mation. Learn about the processes,
such as well correlation and data
analysis, needed to achieve the
most accurate model possible.
• prepare data, including well
correlation
• model facies using a variety of
techniques such as sequential
indicator simulation, facies
transition simulation, facies
modeling, object facies modeling,
and interactive facies modeling
• analyze data
• create porosity and
permeability models
Prerequisites: Petrel Introduction
course and working experience
with Petrel.
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Petrel Upscaling and
Streamline Simulation
INTERMEDIATE—Two days
Cover such topics as building a simu-
lation grid, performing simulations,
and importing and exporting grids.
Experience post simulator processing,
run sensitivity analysis using the
Process Manager, and calculate high
and low case scenarios. The ECLIPSE
FrontSim section overviews the basic
requirements for reservoir simulation
and provides training in streamline
simulation using FrontSim in Petrel.
• upscale data to create a
simulation grid
• Local Grid Refinement (LGR)
• perform fault analysis
• run streamline simulations
• export / import files – import grids
and summary files from simulations
• view production curves
• perform calculations on production
curves and 3D properties
• display 3D property grid with
time step player
• create saturation models
• create pressure models
• use the Process Manager
for multiple scenarios
Prerequisite: Petrel Introduction
course.
Petrel Process Manager
INTERMEDIATE—One day
The powerful Petrel Process Manager
saves time and eliminates the tedium
of many common processing tasks.
By automating data operations, the
Process Manager lets you update
your models in a single operation,
and re-run the entire process as
new data is acquired.
Learn the skills you need to create
a number of different versions of a
model using different settings. Create
property realizations and present the
results from the volume calculations
in a distribution function. You see how
to perform uncertainty analysis and
use the programming functions
such as logical functions, loops, and
calculator to create new workflows.
• become familiar with the
Process Manager interface
• run processes and perform
operations
• run predefined workflows on
the active 3D grid
• quickly update your model with
new input data
Prerequisite: Petrel Introduction
course.
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ECLIPSE Blackoil
Reservoir Simulation
BASIC—Five days
ECLIPSE encompasses solutions for
the entire spectrum of reservoir simu-
lation, providing increased accuracy
and speed. ECLIPSE Blackoil reservoir
simulation software is a fully implicit,
three-phase, 3D, general-purpose black
oil simulator that includes several
advanced and unique features such
as directional relative permeability,
vertical equilibrium, dual porosity
and permeability, non-neighboring
connections, and a three-component
miscible flood model for the simulation
of miscible gas injection processes.
The industry standard The course emphasizes the use of
the software rather than simulation
methodology.
• understand how a simulator
Solutions for the
initializes and executes
entire spectrum of • define block-centered and
corner-point grid geometry
reservoir simulation • describe rock and fluid properties
• allocate initial pressure and
saturation distribution
• define aquifers
• control wells under history matching
and production regimes
• comprehend the ECLIPSE Blackoil
file structure
• understand input rules
• specify and edit input and
output data
• build and execute a simulation
model
• analyze results through
post-processing
Prerequisites: Reservoir engineering
background and the Applied Reservoir
Simulation course.
Eclipse CMT Template
BASIC—One day
This course has been designed to
teach you how to create completion
models and evaluate results quickly
by setting up a reservoir simulation
model, without needing to know about
the simulator input files that are
required.
The morning session will cover the
workflow needed to incorporate intel-
ligent well completion equipment in a
dynamic reservoir simulation. In the
afternoon session, you will learn how
to easily build a reservoir model using
a variety of downhole equipment; run
the simulator using the Windows
interface within the ECLIPSE Office
module; and then you will analyze the
results interactively.
ECLIPSE CMT Template does not use
keywords, making it an ideal course
for those without simulation experi-
ence and yet you will learn how to
build intelligent well completion simu-
lation models. This is an ideal starting
point for learning how downhole
equipment is easily incorporated in
reservoir modeling.
• new experience using ECLIPSE and
ECLIPSE Office
• easily incorporate completion tools
to your wells in a simulation model
• optimize the production scheme
• optimize the well control mode
• interactively analyze your results
Prerequisite: No simulation
experience is required.
ECLIPSE Simulation of
Naturally Fractured
Reservoirs
INTERMEDIATE—Five days
Experienced users of reservoir
simulation software take this course
for insight into the mechanisms of oil
recovery in fractured reservoirs and
how these reservoirs are simulated
with ECLIPSE.
In this course you simulate well
tests and displacements in fractured
reservoirs using ECLIPSE Blackoil
software and ECLIPSE Compositional.
• learn the mechanisms of oil recovery
in fractured reservoirs
• explore well testing in dual-porosity
reservoirs
• understand the sensitivity of
capillary pressure, matrix block
size, and permeability on recovery
efficiency
• understand the key parameters in
both oil-water and oil-gas systems
in a fractured reservoir
• history-match single matrix block
results with a dual-porosity model
• use the advanced dual-porosity
features in ECLIPSE software
• understand and match three-porosity
systems
Prerequisites: ECLIPSE Blackoil
software course or equivalent.
ECLIPSE Advanced Topics
INTERMEDIATE—Five days
The ECLIPSE software suite provides
solutions for the entire spectrum of
reservoir simulation, offering robust
numerical simulation techniques for
all kinds of reservoirs and all degrees
of complexity.
If you are an experienced simulation
engineer who is ready to advance
your knowledge by delving more
deeply into the many capabilities of
ECLIPSE beyond those covered in the
ECLIPSE Blackoil course, then this
course is for you. Because of the
wide range of topics available, please
specify, upon registration, which
subjects are of particular interest.
• understand end-point scaling
• refine and coarsen local grids
• model horizontal wells with
wellbore friction
• model downhole inflow control
devices using multisegmented wells
• use well and group controls
• optimize gas lift
• model dispersed flow and vertical
equilibrium reservoirs
• amalgamate surface facilities using
reservoir coupling
• perform network modeling
• perform gas supply contract modeling
• determine flux boundary and
pressure boundary conditions
• learn about geomechanics
Prerequisites: ECLIPSE Blackoil
course or experience as a simulation
engineer and the Applied Reservoir
Simulation course.
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ECLIPSE Compositional
Simulation
INTERMEDIATE—Five days
ECLIPSE Compositional is an essential
tool for studying the complex hydro-
carbon behavior problems and com-
positional changes that occur in deep,
geologically complex reservoirs, or
when the hydrocarbon is condensate
or volatile crude oil.
If you are an experienced simulation
engineer who is ready to learn the major
features of ECLIPSE Compositional,
look to this course to:
• understand blackoil and composi-
tional model definitions, equations,
assumptions, approximations, and
unknowns
• learn pressure-volume-temperature
(PVT) practices and phase behavior
• understand structure and keywords
• learn about miscible, immiscible,
and WAG displacement of an oil and
gas injection into condensates
• use PVTi pressure-volume-tempera-
ture analysis software and ECLIPSE
Compositional to model slim tube
displacements
• create full-field compositional models
• learn about first contact miscibility
• understand condensing gas drive
and vaporizing gas drive
• investigate thermodynamics
• learn about solution scheme
• perform flash calculation
• understand equations of state
• perform viscosity correlations
• perform characterization and
component lumping
• learn about surface tension effects
• learn about near-critical oil and gas
relative permeability
• perform standard laboratory
experiments
• discover diffusion processes
in compositional simulation
• understand numerical dispersion
and grid orientation nine-point
scheme
• perform gas-water modeling and
CO2 water solubility
• do tracer tracking of compositional
components
Prerequisites: PVTi course or knowledge
of EOS modeling. Reservoir engineer-
ing background or familiarity with the
ECLIPSE Blackoil simulator.
ECLIPSE FrontSim
Fundamentals
BASIC—Two days
FrontSim streamline reservoir blackoil
simulator is a three-phase, 3D simulator
that models multiphase fluid flow
along streamlines. Visualize the domi-
nant flow paths and depict fluid flow
behavior within complex geology, then
transfer this knowledge into ECLIPSE
for more reliable models and better
predictive power.
This course emphasizes the use of the
software rather than the methodology
of simulation studies.
• explore the concept and implemen-
tation of streamline simulation
• understand how a simulator
initializes and executes
• comprehend the FrontSim file
structure
• understand input rules
• specify and edit input and output data
• understand front tracking and
time-of-flight solutions
• define block-centered and corner-
point grid geometry
• describe rock and fluid properties
• determine allocation of initial
pressure and saturation distribution
• define aquifers
• control wells under history matching
and production regimes
• build and execute a simulation
model
• analyze results through
post-processing
Prerequisites: Applied Reservoir
Simulation course.
ECLIPSE Applied Reservoir
Simulation Fundamentals
BASIC—Five days
Review the history and theory of
reservoir simulation. Lecture topics
include critical appraisal of input data,
computational requirements, dual
porosity, group controls, condensate
behavior, history matching, and
production forecasting. Other topics
can be included by prior arrangement.
Hands-on exercises using small-scale
simulation models are used to improve
your understanding of reservoir
mechanics and appraising input
data. You are strongly encouraged to
present reservoir models for analysis
and discussion.
• understand simulation equations
• perform data analysis
• implement fine-grid and small-scale
models
• implement coarse-grid and full-field
models
• plan and design a simulation study
• understand compositional reservoir
aspects
• comprehend fractured reservoir
concepts
Prerequisite: Reservoir engineering
background.
ECLIPSE Office
BASIC—Two days
ECLIPSE Office simulation manage-
ment software provides a complete
desktop solution that enables you to
create models quickly, manage data
efficiently, and control simulation
runs effectively.
Reservoir engineers look to ECLIPSE
Office for pre-processing, simulation
management, and post-processing
capabilities.
• understand terminology and
concepts used within the program
• build an ECLIPSE dataset using
the data manager
• understand the history matching
workflow
• use the Results Viewer and Report
Generator to analyze simulation
results
• generate predictive cases using
restarts of a history match
• import and export data, plot and
customize plots, use graphics run
files, and document cases
• create PVT and SCAL data using
correlations
• assign grid and region values
using keywords, and by 2D and 3D
graphical editing techniques
• interact with data from other
applications and sources
• manage simulation cases and files
Prerequisites: Reservoir Simulation
background and ECLIPSE Blackoil
Simulation.
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ECLIPSE Installation
BASIC—Two days
Learn to install, test, and troubleshoot
the ECLIPSE family of software.
• install the ECLIPSE suite, including
pre- and post-processors and relat-
ed programs and utilities on both
UNIX (where the course site has
suitable hardware) and Windows
2000/XP® systems
• set up and configure the software
for use
• understand and implement the
licensing arrangements
• run through a variety of tests
ensuring that the software is
installed and set up correctly
• understand the basic functioning
of macros
• understand the functions of different
sections of the configuration file
• understand how hardcopy works
• understand the basics of running
Parallel ECLIPSE
• learn how to set up and configure
PVM (Parallel Virtual Memory)
• understand how to set up and
configure a Reservoir Coupling run
• troubleshoot a variety of common
problems
• know where to get information
Prerequisites: Working knowledge
of Windows 2000 or Windows XP
ECLIPSE EOS/PVT
BASIC—Five days
ECLIPSE PVTi is an equation of state
(EoS) program for generating and
analyzing pressure-volume-tempera-
ture (PVT) data based on measurements
performed on petroleum mixtures. It
analyzes laboratory-derived PVT
information and generates input data
for the ECLIPSE simulators. It also
incorporates a wide range of EoS
models and facilities to group or
pseudoize fluid components
automatically
Learn the basics of EoS modeling
through a combination of theoretical
and practical applications. Use the
PVTi application to model laboratory
experiments and prepare fluid property
data for use in simulation datasets.
• understand properties of pure
substances and mixtures
• understand petroleum fluid phase
behavior
• understand PVT reports
• quality check laboratory
measurements
• examine different EoS models
• use the PVT program to simulate
experiments
• perform pseudocomponent splitting
and grouping
• simulate experiments with PVTi
• tune the EoS parameters using
regression techniques
• create PVT tables as input to
ECLIPSE simulators
• understand the principles of
miscible flood
Prerequisite: Reservoir engineering
background.
ECLIPSE FloGrid
Fundamentals
BASIC—Three days
ECLIPSE FloGrid reservoir modeling
software offers a unique and powerful
combination of reservoir engineering
and geological modeling tools to address
complex cross-discipline reservoir
characterization challenges and solve
problems associated with accurate
forecasting of production rates.
Discover the basic skills required to
build structured corner point geometry
simulation grids using FloGrid.
• understand the terminology,
concepts, major features and
workflows of FloGrid
• build structured corner-point
simulation grids based on 2D map
based models or 3D geocellular
property models
• use options for modeling faults,
from simple sloping faults to
complex structured grids
• edit simulation grids and add LGRs
(Local Grid Refinements)
• use single phase upscaling methods
to create simulation grid properties
• edit grid properties using simple
expressions and thresholding
techniques
• understand the use of quality
control tools
• export grid geometry and properties
for simulation
• use command files to improve
process efficiency
Prerequisite: Reservoir engineering
background.
ECLIPSE FloGrid Advanced
INTERMEDIATE—Two days
ECLIPSE FloGrid is the most advanced
asset team tool for building, dynamic
conditioning, evaluating and upscaling
reservoir models.
An introduction to some of the new
modules in FloGrid, such as Well
Planning, Property Population,
Fault Property Calculation, and the
Simulation Link, this course helps you
create simulation grids for reservoirs
with complex geometry and flow
patterns. You are encouraged to
bring your own FloGrid projects and
workflow descriptions.
• use special features for building
corner point grids from complex 3D
models, including intersection faults
and reverse faults
• use upgridding and advanced
upscaling techniques
• construct and use unstructured
grids, including handling of wells,
faults and LGRs
• graphically edit vertical, horizontal
and multilateral wells, using drilling
constraints with Well Planning feature
• deploy geostatistics for creating
property distributions in a structured
grid with Basic Property Population
module
• calculate estimated transmissibility
multipliers from structural and
lithological information with Fault
Property Calculator
• use multiple realizations and rank
models with Volumetrics and
Simulation Link
Prerequisites: ECLIPSE FloGrid
Fundamentals course; ECLIPSE
Interactive Pre-processing and
Post-processing course.
ECLIPSE Interactive
Pre-processing and
Post-processing
INTERMEDIATE—Five days
ECLIPSE pre- and post-processors
deliver all the tools you need for reser-
voir simulation and comprehensive
analysis. From data input, through
upscaling and upgridding, to the full
analysis of your simulation results,
these applications are ready-to-run
productivity solutions.
As an experienced simulation engineer
or ECLIPSE user, you get hands-on
practice with various interactive
applications, and are guided through
a workflow process that involves
using a raw dataset and transforming
it into a blackoil simulation model.
• use the integrated ECLIPSE Office
application for a simulation project
and case management, quick model
verification, results visualization
and reporting
• create structured and unstructured
simulation grids using FloGrid
automatic grid generation
• quality check, average and assign
relative permeability and capillary
pressure curves to regions using
SCAL functions
• efficiently manage voluminous
production, completion and well
data, and create simulator schedule
sections
• create vertical flow performance
(VFP) tables interactively using VFPi
for well and network modeling
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• view simulation results in 3D using
FloViz software
• use SimOPT for sensitivity analyses,
automated history matching and
uncertainty analysis of predicted
performance
Prerequisite: Reservoir simulation
background and familiarity with
ECLIPSE Blackoil simulation.
ECLIPSE SimOPT Computer-
Aided History Matching
ADVANCED—Five days
ECLIPSE SimOpt model calibration
software is an interactive program
that accelerates the conventional
history matching process.
Ample hands-on practice is provided
for you to learn both traditional history-
matching techniques and computer-
aided history matching using the
ECLIPSE SimOpt program.
• learn about uncertainties in the
static model and simulation model
• review the theory and applications
of traditional history matching
• review traditional history matching
• review basic statistics and
geostatistics
• explore the theory and application
gradient calculations in reservoir
simulation as well as prior analysis,
match analysis, regression, gradzone
analysis, and linear uncertainty
analysis
• learn the application and best
techniques in computer-aided
history matching
• quantify uncertainty with linear
uncertainty analysis
Prerequisites: Eclipse Applied
Reservoir Simulation course and
ECLIPSE Blackoil proficiency.
ECLIPSE Thermal
Reservoir Simulation
ADVANCED—Five days
Thermal recovery methods are typically
used in heavy oil reservoirs where
the oil viscosity is high at reservoir
temperatures, but reduces as the
temperature increases. With ECLIPSE
Thermal, the Blackoil simulator may
be extended to study problems such
as steam injection, hot fluid or gas
injection, well bore heaters, and
simple combustion.
Explore the theory, applications,
and keywords of thermal reservoir
simulation and simulation processes
in heavy oil recovery.
• review PVT practices and phase
behavior concepts of heavy oils
• review worldwide thermal recovery
processes and screening criteria
• learn key features of thermal
reservoir simulation
• understand the equations in
ECLIPSE Thermal
• use SAGD recovery and the
multisegmented well model
• understand the simulation of
foamy oil
• learn the structure requirements
and keywords for using ECLIPSE
Thermal
Prerequisites: ECLIPSE Blackoil
Experience
Cougar Fundamentals
BASIC—Two days
This course is designed to teach you
the basics of using Cougar to do an
uncertainty analysis as it relates to
dynamic reservoir simulation. The
course covers different workflows
and methods used by Cougar to do
this uncertainty analysis. Each Cougar
topic will have a hands-on exercise to
help you hone these skills.
• understand the problem involved in
uncertainty analysis and the
methodologies used by Cougar
• generate a sensitivity analysis
to understand and quantify
uncertainties
• generate a risk analysis to product
probabilistic response scenarios
• use optimization tools to minimize
the risk (optimize the production
schemes)
• use economic risk analysis
options to study reservoir
and economic uncertainties
• generate a sensitivity and risk
analysis which includes stochastic
uncertainties
• perform a sensitivity and risk
analysis over an Objective Function
which includes historical data
• use the Interpolation tool to
investigate the impact if uncertainties
on production outputs which are
not the direct outputs from the
simulations
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of the
domain of reservoir simulation which
will help achieve a better understand-
ing of the problems to be solved with
Cougar and the benefits of its usage.
Advanced Simulation
Gridding
INTERMEDIATE—Three days
This course provides the insight into
simulation gridding techniques,
including understanding gridding
simulation errors and the purpose of
different types of grids. It is a highly
interactive course with many hands-
on exercises and the participants
are encouraged to ask questions
throughout.
You will use a range of tools in
FloGrid, Petrel, ECLIPSE and FrontSim:
• learn the latest software features for
build high quality simulation grids
• build a variety of grids, use them for
simulation
• compare and discuss results from
gridding exercises
• examine impact on simulation
results of incorporating local grid
refinements
• learn about upgridding and upscaling
techniques
• construct and use unstructured
grids
• use streamline simulation for
validation and ranking of grids
Prerequisite: Reservoir or Petroleum
Engineering background, with
experience of basic grid building.
Note: Course can be expanded to
five days with inclusion of the Petrel
Upscaling and Streamline Simulation
course.
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Avocet Reservoir to Surface
Link Fundamentals (R2SL)
INTERMEDIATE—Two days
Reservoir to Surface Link course will
teach you how to couple one or more
ECLIPSE reservoir simulations to one
or more external surface network
models. You will do this while keeping
the network balanced as the production
and injection rates as the reservoir
conditions evolve over time.
The network models that can be used
with R2SL are either PIPESIM Net,
which is used within this course, or
GAP from Petroleum Experts.
Reservoir to Surface Link can couple
two or more ECLIPSE reservoir
simulations that have common global
constraints but do allow for the
ECLIPSE models to have different
PVT descriptions (black oil and
compositional)
• use coupling theory and the
balancing algorithm
• handle Production and Injection
constraints
• mix PVT from compositional and
black oil cases
• time step control and balance
frequency
• installation and set up including
licensing and PC distributed runs
Prerequisite: Good working knowledge
of both PIPESIM and ECLIPSE.
Weltest 200 • analyze deviated and horizontal well
Well Test Analysis tests using numerical techniques
BASIC—Five days • perform numerical multiphase tests
(Compositional and Blackoil)
Weltest 200 software is a powerful • create numerical simulation of gas
well test analysis package that helps and hydraulic fractured wells
engineers better understand their
reservoirs. The program employs the
• understand the link between
numerical well testing and ECLIPSE
power of the ECLIPSE reservoir simu-
lator to numerically solve well tests, • understand the effects of gridding
freeing users from the constraints of on the results of numerical testing
analytical models. Weltest 200 allows Prerequisites: Complete ECLIPSE
engineers, to bring complex geology Blackoil course and a classical
and fluid properties into their well
well testing background.
test analyses.
Examples and tutorials used in this
course are actual published field
cases.
• understand the workflow for
designing and interpreting classical
well tests using Weltest 200
• model naturally fractured reservoirs
and hydraulic fractured wells
• model phase segregation inside wells
• model condensate drop-out effects
and non-darcy effects
• use the results of numerical
simulation in either the geological
models or the dynamic models
• construct radial and PEBI grids
to represent complex wells and
reservoir geology
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Drilling Office PowerPlan
Millions of feet BASIC—Two days
Geared especially to well planners
drilled using our and drilling engineers, this course is
for anyone new to the PowerPlan
standardized software or anyone wishing to
become a more proficient user. Bring
applications along your well designs and problems
to use as in-class exercises.
• use the DataBrowser to create a
Support your field, structure, slot, well, borehole,
and target
real-time • create a drillable well trajectory
hitting multiple targets
decision-making • use the Survey Editor to import
surveys and display the results
processes
• understand the advantages and
disadvantages of the different
error models
Automate
• apply the appropriate proximity
analysis when running Close
well planning Approach
• create a spider plot and traveling
processes cylinder map
• use the BHA editor to construct a
BHA and well bore geometry
Integrate and • understand buckling, buoyancy,
and borehole friction
streamline • determine if a drill string or
casing string can be run to TD
complex
• evaluate BHA tendency
workflows • determine if cuttings can be
transported to the surface
• select the optimum bit nozzles
• optimize pump rates during drilling
Prerequisite: None
Drilling Office TDAS and WEST
INTERMEDIATE—Two days
TDAS tubular design and analysis
system is the leading technology
for the design of casing and tubing
strings. Use TDAS to make a quick
and comprehensive evaluation of
tubular options and determine
operational constraints.
If you are a drilling and completion
engineer new to TDAS or a user ready
to advance, this course is a logical
next step. You’ll get a short introduction
to thermal simulation using WEST
wellbore simulated temperatures
program as well. Bring along well
designs and problems, past and
present, to use as in-class exercises.
• learn the five design factors used to
evaluate the integrity of a casing or
tubing string, along with the minimum
recommended values for each
• describe the advantages of a
service life model
• create a TDAS design and
analysis model
• select an appropriate casing or
tubing connection
• create and rationalize appropriate
load cases
• understand and interpret the
TDAS output results
• run a thermal simulation
using WEST
• understand and interpret the
WEST temperature output
Prerequisite: None
DrillDB Fundamentals
BASIC—Five day
The DrillDB drilling data management
system combines the power of the
Web with the Finder data management
system to provide you with intuitive
tools to help collate, monitor, query,
plot, and analyze your drilling informa-
tion. With DrillDB, information is always
easily accessible to support your
drilling, planning, and real-time
decision-making processes.
Learn the fundamentals of using
DrillDB.
• install DrillDB (Web-based)
• use the multiwell comparison tools
and the trend analysis facilities
• create single and multiwell charts
• customize reports
• export a facility to Drilling Office
data format
• create wellbore schematic diagrams
• understand DrillDB Data Model
basic concepts
• understand Object Loader Center
Concepts
• load DIMS™, WellView® and
WellTRAK data
Prerequisite: None
DrillDB Administration
INTERMEDIATE—Five days
The DrillDB administration course
delivers technical information and
practical hands-on exercises for
installing DrillDB, loading data
into DrillDB, customizing the user
interface, and creating custom
reports. DrillDB uses the Finder
database for storing data; gain an
in-depth knowledge of the Finder data
model. In particular, drilling
data model usage rules are covered.
This course is highly recommended
if your responsibilities include
administering or customizing
DrillDB and/or loading data
into DrillDB.
• install DrillDB including post-
installation configuration
• learn about drilling data model
• learn DrillDB usage rules
• create and modify business objects
• learn about data loading in a
practical workshop
• learn DrillDB query language
• create custom reports
Prerequisite: DrillDB Fundamentals
is recommended.
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Osprey Reports Fundamentals
BASIC—Three days
Osprey Reports is a morning reporting
system for well construction and
well intervention operations. Osprey
Reports provides support for drilling,
workover, and completions operations
and is designed to allow for flexible
customization. It has a workflow-based
user interface focused on typical users
that makes the data entry process
straightforward and easy to perform.
• maintain current in-house and
vendor data to understand
production levels
• review basic drilling operations
• install Osprey Reports
• configure a main office (units,
variables, and catalogs)
• create a Well/AFE
• create operational plans
• capture activity data for workover
and completions
• display data on the homepage
• modify previous data entries
(previous days)
• perform data communication and
exchange between local and
remote databases (i.e. well site
and office)
• review reports (daily operation
report, casing, cementing, mud,
bit, wellbore schematic)
Prerequisite: Basic drilling knowledge
Osprey Risk Fundamentals • analyze drilling parameters: drilling NOTE: CADEOffice product training
fluids, bit selection, drillstring (CemCADE, CoilCADE, FracCADE,
BASIC—Three days
design, and hydraulics SandCADE and StimCADE) is offered
Osprey Risk calculates the time, cost, • perform a risk assessment: risk by Schlumberger Well Services.
and risk to drill a well, based on sound matrix, Monte Carlo analysis
engineering fundamentals instead • create an activity plan: time and
of simple rules of thumb or gross cost data, time and cost chart
assumptions. The sophisticated
algorithms with automatic validation • create a summary report and
deliver high quality results in a time montage
frame unimaginable with existing • customize Osprey Risk catalogs
well planning tools.
Prerequisite: Basic drilling knowledge
You learn how to use Osprey Risk to
automate your well planning process
by integrating and streamlining your
complex workflows.
• review basic drilling operations
and calculations
• install Osprey Risk
• create a new scenario
• upload or enter trajectory and
earth property files
• select and configure a rig
• analyze wellbore geometry: mud
weight, casing points, wellbore
sizes, casing design, and cement
design
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OFM Fundamentals
BASIC—Two days
If you are an OFM user responsible
for setting up and maintaining an OFM
project, you need to be comfortable
with the basic features of OFM as
well as some of the more advanced
Proven software features.
products for efficient • open and run an existing database
• build an OFM database project
management • set up new tables and calculated
variables
of oil and gas fields • understand PVT correlations and
load PVT look-up tables
throughout the • filter and group data
exploration and • create single and multiple well plots
• create single well reports and
production life cycle summary reports
• create and save custom forecasts
for single and multiple wells
• create simple bubble maps, grid
maps, MapperXY plots, and
scatter graphs
Prerequisite: None
OFM Forecast
Analysis Fundamentals
INTERMEDIATE—One day
Historical production trends and
future potential can be analyzed using
a variety of techniques in OFM. The
program can relate and compare well
potential using five different approaches:
empirical decline, analytical decline,
comparative analysis, numerical
forecasting, and theoretical capacity.
If you are an engineer or engineering
technician, your job is enhanced by
learning to perform basic decline
curve analysis functions in OFM
software.
• perform rate versus time analysis
• set up and change the variables
used in Decline Curve Analysis
(DCA)
• perform DCA to forecast production
for individual or groups of wells
• generate reports and plots of
forecasted results
• use Fetkovich type curves to study
pseudo-steady state reservoir
behavior
• forecast gas wells using P/Z analysis
• use Analytical Transient type curves
to study reservoir behavior
Prerequisite: OFM Fundamentals
course.
OFM Mapping
Applications Fundamentals
INTERMEDIATE—One day
Engineers and technicians learn the
necessary skills to use the robust
mapping functions of the OFM
software effectively.
• create bubble maps, grid maps,
contour maps, and surface maps
of time or static data
• create and manipulate MapperXY
plots and scatter plots
• create and manipulate grid and
bubble map overlay
Prerequisite: OFM Fundamentals
course.
OFM Waterflood Analysis
INTERMEDIATE—Half day
Waterflood patterns can be defined
graphically or automatically from pro-
duction and reservoir data by using
the streamline module in OFM. When
combined with pressure data and PVT
algorithms, reservoir volumes, and
voidage can be determined.
As an engineer or technician, you
gain experience in setting up patterns
and performing analyses on a water-
flood project.
• configure static and dynamic patterns
• utilize pressure and PVT data
• load reservoir property data
• review the performance of the
waterflood as a whole
• analyze the waterflood by pattern
• calculate voidage replacement
ratios, comparing by pattern
• create grid maps by well and pattern
• create waterflood control diagnostic
and Hall plots
• use the Sweep module to estimate
pattern configurations and pattern
outlines
Prerequisites: OFM proficiency and/or
OFM Fundamentals course.
OFM Fast Track
BASIC—One day
This course is for engineers or techni-
cians working with a completely set-up
OFM project, with no responsibility for
maintaining the database or adding
calculations.
• open and run an existing database
• determine what data and calculations
are available within a given project
• filter and group data
• create single and multiple well plots
• create single well reports and
summary reports
• create and save custom forecasts
for single and multiple wells
• create simple bubble maps
and grid maps
Prerequisite: None
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OFM Advanced Topics
ADVANCED—One day
As an engineer or technician with
extensive OFM experience, you are
ready to learn some advanced analysis
techniques. Note, this course does not
include advanced topics in project
administration, such as ODBC links.
• use access queries and reports
• use base map symbols to provide
information other than the well type
• add new wells to the base map
when they do not exist in the
data source
• time normalize data to a
calculated event
• compare individual well performance
to the pool average
• create grid maps and perform grid
arithmetic
• create a heterogeneity index
scatter plot
• work with contour maps and
map annotations
Prerequisites: OFM Fundamentals
or Fast Track to OFM course, and
OFM proficiency.
OFM Refresher
INTERMEDIATE—One day
Brush up on the most common OFM
Basic concepts and learn some addi-
tional techniques and features that
are new to the current OFM release.
• utilize OFM project database
structure to create new tables and
add new variables to existing tables
• create new calculated variables and
set up Canadian standard projects
(where applicable)
• customize the OFM workspace,
including Basemap setup and
output window
• set PVT parameters
• filter and group data, using well lists,
project filters and item flagging
• manipulate graphs/plots, including
headers and well annotations
• compare multiple wells and perform
basic time normalization
• create historical and summary
reports
• perform decline curve analysis
• plot and save forecast results
Prerequisite: Prior work experience
with OFM and/or the OFM Basic
course.
PIPESIM Single Branch
and Network Modeling
BASIC—Two days
PIPESIM production system analysis
software provides steady-state, multi-
phase flow simulation for oil and gas
production systems. Individual PIPESIM
modules are used for a wide range
of analyses including: well modeling,
nodal analysis, artificial lift optimization,
pipeline and process facilities modeling,
and field planning. A major feature is
the system integration and openness
that allows for the development of a
“Total Production System Model.”
Gain a general understanding of
how PIPESIM is used to design and
optimize total production systems
from reservoir to final processing
delivery point.
• analyze well performance
• model pipeline and facilities
• perform nodal analysis
• develop black oil and compositional
fluid models
• select multiphase flow correlations
• model surface networks
Prerequisite: None
PIPESIM Goal and FPT
INTERMEDIATE—One day
Build on the knowledge you gain in
the PIPESIM Single Branch and
Network Modeling course to explore
fieldwide gas lift optimization,
through-life production forecasting
and field planning based on reservoir
performance.
• optimize allocation of lift gas to a
network of gas lifted wells (GOAL)
• link PIPESIM network models to
reservoir models including tables,
material balance tank models and
ECLIPSE reservoir simulation
models (FPT)
• forecast production based on
reservoir depletion and changing
fluid properties (FPT)
• plan major field events such as well
scheduling, future compression
requirements and abandonment
scenarios (FPT)
Prerequisite: PIPESIM Single Branch
and Network Modeling course.
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DECIDE! Desktop
BASIC—Three days
DECIDE! is the industry’s first Real
Time Field Management platform
merging innovative data mining
technology with proven reservoir engi-
neering methods.
Data mining allows efficient discovery
of valuable, non-obvious information
from your E&P data warehouse.
Artificial intelligence methods like neural
networks and genetic algorithms are
merged in a hybrid software package.
The course is an introduction to
DECIDE! providing an overview of
all modules with hands-on exercises
to understand and deepen the
knowledge of the new software.
• learn about the basics of DECIDE!
• understand how DECIDE! stores data
• prepare your data for working in
DECIDE!
• load data into DECIDE! from
different data sources
• set up a hierarchy
• create a project
• learn how to manage the geographic
information system (GIS) and how to
animate bubble plots and pie charts
• get to know the various data
visualization options in DECIDE!
• acquire an overview of data mining
modules
• create a self organizing map (SOM)
• develop a neural network
• get an overview of all petroleum
engineering modules
Prerequisite: None.
DECIDE! Data Hub
ADVANCED—Two days
DECIDE! Data Hub integrates various
data sources (including real-time
surveillance data) to the engineer’s
desktop.
Significant time savings through auto-
mated routine reservoir surveillance
can be achieved. Notification system
provides ranking lists of underperforming
wells. Automated event detection
replaces tedious routine field surveil-
lance. Downtimes are reduced signifi-
cantly through 24/7 surveillance of field
key performance indicators.
Artificial intelligence allows for "self-
adapting reservoir management" which
permanently provides information on
key performance indicators and enables
the development of forecasting models
for well and reservoir performance,
predictive maintenance, etc.
DECIDE! Data Hub acts as a real-time
enabler for other products (e.g:
FieldViewer, OFM) by providing
cleansed and aggregated data for
these applications.
Learn how to set up a reservoir
surveillance system, automate tasks,
data and event rules, and handle
notifications.
• up data connections to various
data sources (including SCADA)
• automate the data flow
• set up rules for data cleansing
and event detection
• define alarm and notification
conditions
• plug in additional models (e.g. neural
networks, material balance)
• link FieldView or OFM to receive data
Prerequisites: DECIDE! Desktop course
DECIDE! Data Mining
and Applications
INTERMEDIATE WEBCAST COURSE
3 x 1 hour
This course provides detailed knowledge
about DECIDE! data mining theory and
applications. Learn to understand the
concepts of selected data mining tools
like neural networks or self organizing
maps and apply the acquired information
with the help of case studies.
• study theory and application of back-
propagation neural networks (BPNN)
• study theory and application of self
organizing maps (SOM)
• study theory and application of
genetic algorithm (GA)
• use specialized visualization tools
(multidimensional crossplot) to
analyze cluster results
• investigate special topics in
petroleum engineering (perm/por
prediction in uncored wells,
hydraulic frac job optimization, well
rate estimation using BPNN)
Prerequisites: DECIDE! Desktop course
DECIDE! Petroleum
Engineering and Applications
INTERMEDIATE—One day
This course deepens your knowledge
of petroleum engineering with DECIDE!
including hands-on exercises.
• use decline curve analysis
• study EUR plot
• study Hall plot
• do material Balance with
Interference (MBI)
• perform an automatic history match
of MBI
• learn about waterflood surveillance
• study p/Z plot
Prerequisites: DECIDE! Desktop course
DECIDE! Administrator
Training
ADVANCED—Two days
Learn how to install, maintain and
troubleshoot the DECIDE! Data Hub.
Deepen your knowledge in user
management, security and DECIDE!’s
database structure, including
hands-on exercises.
This course is recommended for
system administrators and those
who will provide first hand support to
clients who run the DECIDE! Data Hub.
• study background information
• perform server setup and
maintenance
• learn installation and troubleshooting
• study user management and
multi-user handling
• learn about security
• study database structure
Prerequisites: DECIDE! Data Hub
course
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PROJECT ECONOMICS
Merak Peep Decline Module
Project Economics Fundamentals
BASIC—One day
A desktop production tool used to create
Reserves Management the most accurate picture possible of
your production potential is key to your
role. If you’re looking for intuitive produc-
Portfolio Management tion decline analysis workflows that will
save you time, reduce duplication of
effort, and tie seamlessly into your
economic analysis, the Decline module
of Merak Peep delivers. It is a produc-
tion-forecasting tool that facilitates
basic decline analysis as well as
production and remaining reserves
forecasting, all within a single system.
This course is a complete overview
and prepares you to:
• maintain current in-house and
vendor data to understand
production levels
• fine-tune estimates of your
remaining reserves
• keep updated historical data ready
for reporting/retrieval
• create plots and reports based
on different analysis options
• set preferences to customize
your forecasting workflow
• easily import and export
production history
• create groups and summary wells
to better manage well data
• forecast production rates and volumes
• link wells to economic cases for
an instant assessment of
production value
• perform basic decline analysis:
rate/time curves, cumulative curves
• quickly create graphs and reports
Prerequisite: Understanding of basic
decline analysis techniques/theory.
Merak Project Economics
Fundamentals
BASIC—One day
A strong understanding of the funda-
mentals of petroleum economics is
critical to conducting project evalua-
tions and comparing opportunities in
a meaningful way. Whether you’re a
planner, engineer, or business analyst,
you are looking for just the right
amount of project economics theory
to comfortably assess projects using
Merak Peep economic evaluation
and decline analysis software.
Learn economic basics so you are
better able to understand project
dynamics at a glance and make
decisions you can trust.
• understand all inputs to project
economic evaluations
• run detailed economic calculations
and analyze results
• analyze and report on the resulting
cash flows and economic indicators
• learn cash flow analysis techniques
• understand key project valuation
components (price, ownership,
royalties, taxes, operating costs,
capital)
• learn economic limit concepts
• understand the role of inflation
in economic forecasting
• learn about discounting: the time
value of money
• review commonly used economic
indicators
Prerequisite: None. This course is
meant to build basic theoretical
knowledge before taking the Merak
Peep Fundamentals course.
Merak Peep Fundamentals
BASIC—One day
The inherent value of any economic
forecast hinges on the quality of the
characterization done on the invest-
ment opportunity or asset. An effec-
tive, accurate, consistent analytical
tool with a flexible reporting environ-
ment lets you substantiate proposals
and support decision making.
Project development and economics are
your core business responsibilities and
you are looking for efficient practices for
your day-to-day work. Learn the steps
required to input and calculate economic
data and to report and interpret results
so that you can evaluate producing
assets, and make daily decisions and
future plans with confidence.
Explore the functionality of Merak Peep
economic evaluation and decline
analysis software, so you can
navigate efficiently through the case
document, edit existing data, and
analyze economic runs.
• set Peep preferences to customize
views and calculation parameters
• create, edit, and copy economic
case documents
• review essential economic inputs
• create filters and user parameters
to sort large volumes of data easily
• use scenarios and Scenario Manager
to perform rapid sensitivity analysis
• create consolidations to value
workovers and aggregate projects
• use batch processes to edit or
report multiple cases at once
and calculate price sensitivity.
Prerequisite: Merak Project Economics
Fundamentals or equivalent knowledge.
This course is available by fiscal regime
including Canadian, U.S., and World.
Merak Peep Administration
ADVANCED—One day
Your professional duties include the
administration of the Merak Peep
application in your work group, and
you are keenly aware that your work
can directly impact the economic
calculations done in Merak Peep.
Your stewardship ensures a consis-
tent flow of secure, standardized
and accurate data, allowing analysis
reporting and decision making to
be done easily, rapidly and with
confidence.
Understand your role as administrator
and how you can ensure that: workflow
processes are consistent; managers
can trust the numbers reported by
staff, and economic analysis tools
are fine-tuned so your company can
react decisively to changes in the
marketplace.
• get an overview of models (creating,
defining variables, setting tax rates
or royalties as needed for your
specific fiscal regime)
• learn the role of global parameters
(price, currency) in facilitating project
comparison and aggregation
• review reporting (creating, editing,
and standardizing)
• learn proper user configuration
to ensure security
Prerequisite: Merak Peep
Fundamentals.This course is available
by fiscal regime including Canadian,
U.S., and World.
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Merak Peep Advanced
ADVANCED—One day
Are you having trouble finding the
Merak Peep documents you need?
Do you sometimes need to edit several
Peep cases, and need a faster way
to accomplish this? Have you wished
you could modify existing reports or
create new ones?
Reach a new level of expertise as a
Merak Peep user in three distinct
modules. The Document Management
module looks at tools for sorting and
filtering Peep documents. The Mass
Case Editing module covers ways of
altering the case document through
a batch editing tool. Report Creation
introduces you to the Peep Report
building toolkit. Learn about standard
reports and investigate batch rollup
reporting.
• use filters, groups, and hierarchies
to sort and organize data
• use advanced batch functionality
to perform mass edits
• run scripts to perform multiple
edits simultaneously
• perform result sets searches and
roll-up reporting to calculate
specific or aggregate results
• do consolidations for complex
royalty and other calculations
• learn advanced Peep reporting
• use Scheduler to link cases
sequentially
Prerequisites: Merak Peep
Fundamentals (Canadian, U.S., or
World).
Merak Peep Fiscal
Regime Modeling
ADVANCED—Four days
The value of worldwide oil and gas
properties is something you calculate
on a regular basis for your corpora-
tion. The international fiscal regimes
used to perform your analysis com-
pound the complexity of your work
and you need to ensure the mathe-
matical model used to perform the
calculations is kept current. At your
corporation, you maintain and edit
the Merak Peep fiscal models that
ensure you have the flexibility to
handle many types of evaluations
including international tax-based
and production sharing contracts.
This is an intensive session to give
you the tools you need to understand
the Merak Peep model structure and
how its flexibility can be used to meet
your international business needs.
• efficiently update and maintain
current models
• review current models with a focus
on potentially erroneous areas
• answer questions on calculations
to justify results to
management/stakeholders
• control the settings of your corpo-
rate economic system to ensure
secure, accurate, and quality data
• make comparisons between fiscal
regimes to understand the strengths
of your economic evaluations
Prerequisite: Merak Peep
Fundamentals course
RISK
Merak Decision Tool Kit
Fundamentals
INTERMEDIATE—One day
The petroleum industry is a fast-paced,
high-risk business. You need to
understand the uncertainty surround-
ing your investment decisions, and
the tools available to perform
risk analysis. By examining different
options for achieving your goals
you will have fewer surprises and
will be able to justify your decisions
and results to management.
Merak Decision Tool Kit decision
analysis and risk management soft-
ware gives you a consistent method
for risk analysis so that you can com-
pare opportunities and quantify your
risk and uncertainty. Understand risk
exposure at the asset and corporate
level, and stop underestimating your
risk and overestimating the value of
your investments.
• use Tornadoes and Merak Peep
to build a decision tree
• model simple decisions
• create complex decision trees
• explore dependent probabilities
• learn about value of information
Prerequisites: Merak Peep
Fundamentals course and under-
standing of basic risk analysis con-
cepts such as sensitivity analysis and
expected value.
Merak Decision Tool Kit and
Merak Peep Monte Carlo
ADVANCED—One day
To meet management expectations
and have the back-up data to justify
business decisions, you require an
understanding of risk exposure at
all levels of the corporation, not
only at the project level. You also
want to consider larger investment
alternatives or scenarios.
Learn to look at different scenarios/
options for achieving your goals;
quantify and manage your risk uncer-
tainty; review strategic projects and
the probability of achieving certain
goals; integrate your economics with
risk analysis and have higher confi-
dence in your decisions when you
consistently estimate value and risk
In this course, you work in Merak
Peep and Merak Decision Tool Kit to
explore the principles of Monte Carlo
analysis.
• learn about deterministic analysis
vs. Monte Carlo analysis
• understand input parameters
• perform correlations
• understand random walk and
other input variables
• use report settings
• build a Visual Monte Carlo tree
• use choice and chance nodes
• understand extended analysis
subtree and addin nodes
• do reporting in Visual Monte Carlo
Prerequisites: Merak Decision Tool
Kit Fundamentals, Merak Peep
Fundamentals, understanding of basic
Monte Carlo theory.
PETRODESK
Merak PetroDesk
Fundamentals
BASIC—One day
As the person responsible for evalua-
tions or acquisitions, you influence
crucial high-level decisions when
assessing potential investment or
expansion opportunities. This process
is often time-consuming and compli-
cated due to the volume of data to
be examined. You need to keep pace
with new information and integrate
corporate and public data across the
company to gain a better understanding
of your properties and corporate posi-
tion. The result could be a smarter
acquisition or a decision
with a competitive edge.
Merak PetroDesk desktop integration
software brings information from any
relational database to your desktop
so you have direct access to your data
sources through one system. Learn to:
search for synergies between potential
and current properties; quickly deter-
mine the economic viability of each
property; identify potential investment
opportunities; complete acquisitions
quickly, and verify corporate finan-
cials by accessing public data.
Gain an overview of PetroDesk with
an emphasis on efficient workflows
for mapping, browsing, and reporting
information successfully.
• build project files
• understand PDStore options
• create effective queries
• understand lists and the working list
• create, change, and copy maps
• learn about visualization (graphical
representation)
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• export to external applications
(Merak Peep, third-party applications,
database files, ASCII files)
• import ASCII grid or culture layers
Prerequisite: A working knowledge of
petroleum exploration and development
workflow processes.
Merak PetroDesk
Administration
ADVANCED—One day
Merak PetroDesk desktop integration
software delivers the information you
need to make fast, accurate decisions.
It is possible to configure your system
to bring information from any relational
database to your desktop and as a
result integrate information about
land, facilities, pipelines, economic
indicators, and reserves.
As an administrator of Merak
PetroDesk, you need to be able to
build a company-specific system to
query data and project files to report
the answers your company needs.
Learn to: design workflows to map
and browse data effectively; access
data history and combine data from
different systems into mining and
visualization tools to help you under-
stand your business; bring information
from any relational database to your
desktop for comparison, integration
and presentation (reporting), and
write effective queries to isolate the
data you need.
• do a thorough review of Merak
PetroDesk preferences
• understand connections to databases
• perform database mapping
• create and publish reports
Prerequisite: Merak PetroDesk
Fundamentals
RESERVES
MANAGEMENT
Merak VOLTS Reserves
Management Fundamentals
BASIC—One day
Merak VOLTS volume tracking and
reporting software gives you the flexi-
bility to manage your reserves the way
you want while providing the data,
integrity, and security that your business
demands. Merak VOLTS manages
your worldwide reserves information
and facilitates analysis of corporate
value. Learn to: capture your current
corporate position and know if you
are on track for the year; calculate
the value of your corporate reserves;
update production data and forecasts
quickly; watch the progression of
reservoirs to accurately predict future
production; meet reporting regulation
requirements; get answers for man-
agement by using a robust search
capability that can query on any key
parameter; be sure that changes to
your booked reserves have been
accurately accounted for, and roll
up to get the big picture efficiently.
The emphasis in this overview course
is on technical reserves input—reserves
based on analytical estimation methods
and technical reservoir parameters.
As a new user of the software you learn
to use a common method for entering
reserves and refining workflows to fit
the needs of your corporation.
• review terminology
• create reservoirs
• enter technical reserves
• enter lease information
• link a well for historical production
using Merak Peep Decline module
or Merak VOLTS Link
• understand technical reserve
change records
• understand change record approval
• learn batch processes (creating
reservoirs, reporting, balancing)
• search and filter reservoirs
• report technical reserves
• explore scenarios
Prerequisite: None.
Merak VOLTS Administration
ADVANCED—One day
As an administrator of Merak VOLTS,
you are expected to meet all corporate,
regulatory or government reporting
requirements. It is your job to ensure
that corporate data is accurate,
secure and reliable—giving your
business credibility and transparency.
Become proficient in: securing your
data so there is limited and controlled
access; reporting shareholder informa-
tion with confidence; organizing the
data and information you need for
management, regulatory, and share-
holder reporting; promptly reflecting
changes in organizational structure or
pricing and generating the new business
numbers to mirror those changes,
and organizing your data in a way
that will expand and adapt to your
changing needs.
• learn about security set-up
• understand how to configure the
Merak Administration Console for
your corporation’s workflow
• perform database set-up: hierarchy,
current run, archives, change record
categories, reserve categories,
product types
• define attributes and configure
dictionaries
Prerequisite: Merak VOLTS Reserves
Management Fundamentals. This
course is intended for reserves man-
agers with an administrative role
using the Merak VOLTS application.
Merak VOLTS Year-end
Reserves Process
INTERMEDIATE—Half day
A smooth, integrated, and well-docu-
mented year-end process is critical to
successful year-end and regulatory
disclosure for your business.
Accurate, secure, and auditable data
from Merak VOLTS helps you build a
secure model for reporting purposes.
Be able to: look back at historical data
to make future decisions with confidence;
gain business credibility by having
confidence that your data is trackable
and reliable; realize new opportunities
for analysis and insight with the historical
data that can be extracted from the
system; efficiently lead your company
through the year-end processes to
prepare for submitting regulatory
compliant reports; have confidence in
your domain expertise and a refreshed
knowledge of year-end data processes
including batch balancing, archiving
and rollovers, and prepare a plan for
your corporation detailing how you
intend to move forward with corporate
reserves into the reporting year.
• perform archiving (interim and
year-end)
• complete year-end rollovers
• understand batch balancing
• perform regulatory reporting
Prerequisite: Merak VOLTS Reserves
Management Fundamentals course.
Merak VOLTS Supplemental
Reserves Management Topics
INTERMEDIATE—Half or full day
A reserves management system that
expands and adapts to your changing
needs is required for your role in your
corporation’s reserves department.
Merak VOLTS allows you to conduct
your reserves management analysis
and view your data in a way that
makes sense to you. Topics are
modular so you can customize the
course to meet your specific workflow
and business challenges.
Some of the choices to explore
include:
• collective reservoirs
• fuel and flare functionality
• group products
• overlift
• prospects
• shrinkage
• economic reserves
• custom reporting
• importing and exporting reserves
• batch reservoir creation
Prerequisite: Merak VOLTS Reserves
Management Fundamentals course
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PORTFOLIO • create comprehensive business

MANAGEMENT strategies with optimal portfolio
solutions
Merak Capital Planning • use charting and analysis tools
Portfolio Management to examine your best portfolio
Fundamentals solutions
• view deterministic or stochastic
INTERMEDIATE—Two days project or portfolio data
Portfolio Management is the bridge • set up business rules and goals
between strategy and opportunity that • develop portfolio solutions for
makes it possible for you to achieve various objectives
your corporate goals. The analysis
performed in Merak Capital Planning
• generate consistent project
economics through Merak Peep
strategic portfolio management soft-
and Results Broker
ware enables you to understand your
options and explore alternatives using • load Microsoft Excel® results
consistent tools and processes. You data through Results Broker
can incorporate new information
Prerequisite: Merak Peep
rapidly into the planning process and
Fundamentals course.
get answers to your toughest business
questions, making decisions with a
clear understanding of how they will
contribute to your portfolio.
Learn concepts to help you: choose
the best options to achieve corporate
targets; conduct business analysis to
support decision making; dynamically
monitor assets to ensure they are
meeting corporate goals; analyze new
opportunities in the context of your
existing portfolio, and allocate capital
efficiently.
Acquire a foundation in the basics of
exploration and production corporate
planning and the role of risk and
uncertainty in portfolio management,
and understand the role Merak
Capital Planning plays within an
effective corporate portfolio manage-
ment workflow.

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ProSource Fundamentals
BASIC—Two days
ProSource access technology
Improve provides a single tool for browsing,
editing, creating, and managing
profitability information from multiple distributed
repositories. The ProSource interface
is customized to display the multiple
data types required by various disci-
Improve production plines throughout an exploration and
production (E&P) organization. The
efficiency ability to incorporate all relevant infor-
mation into E&P workflows, no matter
where the data is stored, unlocks the
value of your company’s information
and enhances the productivity
Increase access to of your geoscientists and data
administrators.
operational data
• understand ProSource architecture
and integration strategy
• use the tree structure to access
Reduce cost of data using queries
• search for specific data using
finding data constraints
• access spatial data and related
information with the map
• access underlying data sources
Reduce risk to view and edit data
associated with poor • analyze results with the data
viewers
data quality • perform and manage data transfers
using the Data Transfer Manager
Prerequisite: None
ProSource Administration
BASIC—Three days
If you are an application or database
administrator, this course is sure to
enhance your ability to install and
administer the ProSource environment
and the underlying data repositories.
• install ProSource and associated
architecture
• connect ProSource to underlying
data repositories
• configure data access, database
views, questions, and capabilities
• configure fully customizable data
access trees.
• utilize Data Transfer Manager
• perform user management
Prerequisite: None, but an under-
standing of UNIX systems administra-
tion, Apache Tomcat and SQL Access
is a benefit to course attendees.
ProSource Results Manager
BASIC—One day
Your exploration and production
company is faced with ever-increasing
volumes of data. That data is used in
interpretation projects. The resulting
processed information represents an
important knowledge base and is a
critical element in your business
decision making.
ProSource Results Manager allows
for this interpreted information to
be stored in a vendor and platform
independent system, ensuring that
it is not lost and is immediately
accessible by end users.
• gain an overview of ProSource
Results Manager
• learn to implement ProSource
Results Manager
• migrate data from an interpretation
tool for permanent storage
• search for data using ProSource
Results Manager, and load to an
interpretation tool
Prerequisite: None
ProSource Seismic Manager
BASIC—Five days
ProSource Seismic Manager is an
integral part of the seismic data
management process, providing one of
the components of the SIS InfoStream
solution.
ProSource Seismic Manager 1.0
accommodates project and SEGY
data including associated navigation,
and is positioned as a full replacement
for the legacy SDMS product. Some
additional functions are available
including the ability to copy data from
project to project. This includes moving
data from GeoFrame and Seisworks
and from master to local stores.
The ProSource user interface is an
integral part of ProSource Seismic
Manager, which utilizes the Seabed
database for attribute storage and
ArcSDE as a geographic engine.
Learn the principle workflows of a
multivendor project data management
system:
• load, edit, and quality control SEGY
data from original tapes or datasets
• populate the Seabed database with
seismic related metadata, including
spatial data
• scan Openworks and GeoFrame
projects to create live trace displays
• browse the seismic related metadata
–GIS enabled
• select subsets of the data for
user orders
• execute user orders to move data in
any direct from all types of projects
(SEGY, IESX, Charisma, Seisworks)
• output selected data to files or
tape for delivery
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DecisionPoint Fundamentals
BASIC—Two days
DecisionPoint personalized exploration
and production Web workflow solution
lets oil and gas professionals and
executives take full advantage of global
connectivity and Web technologies
to streamline their work processes.
DecisionPoint consists of a common
and easy-to-use Web interface
connected to a variety of underlying
data repositories.
Become familiar with the various
reporting technologies and functionality.
• browse data via lists and maps
• create reports
• make use of existing report templates
• use multiple data repositories
• implement sample workflow
Prerequisite: None
DecisionPoint Administration
INTERMEDIATE—Five days
DecisionPoint personalized exploration
and production (E&P) Web workflow
solution lets E&P professionals and
executives take full advantage of
global connectivity and Web tech-
nologies to streamline their work
processes.
As an administrator, you learn to install
a DecisionPoint environment and
configure it to connect to underlying
data repositories. Portal installations
are not part of this course.
• understand user workflows
• install ArcIMSTM
• create maps using the ArcIMS
administrator
• install DecisionPoint Data Access
• connect and configure Data Access
to underlying repositories
• configure and implement gadgets
Prerequisite: Understanding of
GIS environments, experience in the
administration of Web-enabled
systems.
eSearch Fundamentals
BASIC—Two days
eSearch physical asset management
solution enables you to locate and
retrieve physical exploration and
production assets located in multisite,
multivendor repositories. End-users,
including geoscientists and record
technicians, can access physical
records and electronic documents
stored in file rooms and warehouses
corporation-wide or with outside
vendors. eSearch includes an easy-
to-use Web interface, advanced
search and automated order capabili-
ties, and a structured data model.
Learn how to query, request, retrieve
and run reports on exploration and
production data assets catalogued in
eSearch.
• gain an overview of the physical
data management domain
• investigate eSearch features and
the practical use of these features
within a production environment
• learn about query and order
workflows
• learn about data entry and edit
workflows
• learn about order processing and
fulfillment workflows
• learn about spreadsheet loading
and quality control workflows
Prerequisite: None
eSearch Administration
ADVANCED—One day
This course is for application and
database administrators who need
to administer eSearch.
• understand data design concepts
• plan business rules and adherence
• administer data and customize
eSearch configurations
• explore advanced issues and
workflow tactics
• manage port and machine changes
Prerequisite: eSearch Fundamentals.
Avocet Data Manager
(formerly FieldView)
Fundamentals
BASIC—One day
As a production operator or produc-
tion engineer, you are responsible for
collecting operating information that is
used by a diverse constituency of
interests. Internally, this includes
operations management, production/
reservoir engineering, field planning,
revenue accounting, and others.
Externally, joint venture partners,
royalty owners, service companies,
purchasers, transporters, and various
governmental bodies require this
critical information.
Avocet Data Manager (formerly
FieldView) field data management is
used to collect and condition your
data so that it is available to the vari-
ous users in the appropriate format.
Avocet Data Manager allows you to
spend less time entering data and
more time identifying and resolving
problems.
Learn the fundamental functions of
Avocet Data Manager:
• understand how Avocet Data
Manager can optimize productivity
• gain an overview of operations
and installation
• understand configuration
and facility setup mode
• perform data entry
• import and export data to other
applications with the Avocet Data
Manager data importer/exporter
module utility
• use reports and graphs to track
and view facility performance
Prerequisite: None
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Avocet Data Manager
Administration
INTERMEDIATE—Two days
This course is for you if you are
charged with providing the first level
of Avocet Data Manager software
support in your company.
• set up new facilities
• create customer user profiles
• set up security
• reproduce schematics in
Avocet Data Manager software
• perform reporting and
graphing tasks
• manage the day-to-day
administration of Avocet
Data Manager
Prerequisite: Avocet Data Manager
Fundamentals course.
Avocet Data Manager
Production Accounting
BASIC—One day
The Allocation module (formerly
PAR—production accounting and
reporting) in Avocet Data Manager
lets you easily and accurately allocate
sales and distributions to determine
well production, inventory, and sales
ownership for accounting and reporting
purposes. Through a direct connection
to the Allocation module, Avocet Data
Manager dynamically recognizes your
complex networks as they change and
grow in complexity over time.
You want to increase your efficiency
as a production accountant by gaining
an overview of Avocet Data Manager.
Get a better understanding of where
operators enter their daily values and
learn how to check the entered data.
• understand the essentials of
Avocet Data Manager Allocation
module
• understand data entry, multifacility,
reporting and graphing, facility
setup, and configuration modes
• check the books in Data Entry mode
• use the Allocation module to upload
Avocet Data Manager data to
QByte™ Macro, QByte E.P, Prism™ or
Triangle™ UNIX
• understand the reports and
various ways of reporting
production
Prerequisite: A basic understanding
of oil and gas production principles.
Avocet Data Manager
for Specialists
INTERMEDIATE—Two days
As an Avocet Data Manager power
user, you want to save time entering
books and learn better ways to ensure
that data is correct.
In addition to building on the basics
taught in the Avocet Data Manager
Fundamentals course, you gain the
knowledge required to be the first line
of internal client support for Avocet
Data Manager and a key player in
the set up and configuration of
new facilities.
• use tips and tricks to save data
entry time
• set up new facilities, complete with
equipment (tanks, meters, pumps),
and connect them properly
• modify reports and understand the
basics of customizing reports
• set up very basic security
• provide frontline support for
Avocet Data Manager users
Prerequisite: Avocet Data Manager
Fundamentals course.
Avocet Data Manager
Advanced
ADVANCED—One day
As the company’s in-house Avocet
Data Manager specialist, you’re ready
to build on your specialist skills to
assist management by optimizing
Avocet Data Manager around their
business workflow. Learn to recognize
workflow opportunities related to field
data capture.
• recognize opportunities provided
by derived meters and then build
derived meters
• build detailed queries to run against
Avocet Data Manager data
• set up the allocation process
• set up and configure Avocet Data
Manager security for all levels
within the company
• automate the reporting process
Prerequisite: Avocet Data Manager
for Specialists course.
Avocet Data Manager
Reporting and Graphing
Fundamentals
Basic—Half day
Management and employees whose
primary focus is data output gain the
ability to generate accurate, relevant
reports and graphs in Avocet Data
Manager.
• understand Avocet Data Manager
at a high level
• understand the power of Avocet
Data Manager reporting—what can
be included in the reports
• run reports and graphs
• make small modifications to existing
reports (wider columns, more
decimal places, remove columns)
Prerequisite: None.
Avocet Data Manager
Advanced Reporting
and Graphing
ADVANCED—One day
Become the in-house expert in
creating and modifying Avocet Data
Manager reports and graphs.
• build reports
• build reports with multiple tables
including battery, oil wells, and
injection wells on the same report
• create user-defined calculations
(oil production + condensate
production + gas production *10=BOE)
• create graphs
Prerequisite: Avocet Data Manager
for Specialists course.
Avocet Data Manager
Optimization in a Citrix
Environment
Intermediate—Half day
If you are an IT professional and/or
Avocet Data Manager administrator,
look to this course to learn about
Avocet Data Manager implementations
in a Citrix®/Terminal Server environment.
Note: this is not a Citrix or Microsoft®
Terminal Server course.
• make use of ICA connection
configuration tips and tricks
• configure the citrix connection
• understand Avocet Data Manager
Profiles and Citrix Profiles
• use the Microsoft Task Scheduler
• schedule and administer Avocet
Data Manager data import/export
module (formerly FieldX) for alloca-
tions and carry forward
• troubleshoot basic network problems
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Finder Fundamentals
BASIC—Four days
The extensive data domains and
applications in the Finder data man-
agement system make it the corporate
database of choice. Find out how Finder
can help preserve and protect your
data and, ultimately, your company’s
economic longevity.
In addition to an overview of Finder’s
architecture, scopes, and online
documentation, you learn basic Finder
workflows using such components as:
List Assistant, SmartMap GIS (with
an introduction to multirepository
concepts), Select Phrase Manager,
forms, reports, SmartDoc, and the
Plot File Manager.
• learn about Finder access including
login, project overview windows,
and main menu options
• learn basic map menu options
• customize existing maps
• create new maps
• create/edit lists using List Assistant
• use Select By Phrase to select
data from predefined filters
• browse data using forms and
reports
• do document searches
• learn about integration between
database access tools
• map directory and image overlays
• plotting—using predefined layouts
• generate cross sections with
Finder SmartSection
• browse, insert and update data
using the Stratigraphic Data Terms
module
Prerequisite: None
Finder Loading and Unloading
INTERMEDIATE—Five days
Learn to load and unload general
exploration and production data types
into the Finder master datastore.
• understand the Loader Control
Center components
• understand general well data and
coordinates
• load well directional surveys
• load well log trace data
• load well markers data
• understand the Stratigraphy
Data Model
• load 2D seismic location data
with the UKOOA loader
• load 3D seismic navigation surveys
• load seismic horizon data
• load well surfaces, well completions,
production strings and production
tests based on the Production Data
Model Usage Rules (PDMUR) using
the Spreadsheet Loader
• use database access tools to
validate the loading
• load graphic and GEM objects from
ASCII and ESRI shape files
™
Prerequisite: Finder Fundamentals
course or a working knowledge
of Finder.
Finder SmartView
INTERMEDIATE—Two days
SmartView master database mapping,
an extension to ESRI ArcView™,
adds new depth to your Graphical
Information System (GIS). SmartView
provides a direct connection to corpo-
rate repositories enabling just-in-time
data display at your desktop. This
gives you real-time production maps,
accurate well status symbols and
instantaneous lease transaction
updates. You can pull any amount
of information you require for any
item on the map.
This course concentrates on displaying
Finder data on an ArcView map.
• understand SmartView overview
architecture and main capabilities
• connect a Finder database to
ArcView
• generate shape files from
ArcView using SmartView
• retrieve and filter data
• save select lists
• browse and map data
• Finder data in ArcView: documents,
markers, check shots, wells, 2D
and 3D seismic navigation and
production data
Prerequisites: Proficiency in ArcView
and basic knowledge of the Finder
data model.
Finder Administration
ADVANCED—Three days
Learn general administration tasks
involved in installing and configuring
Finder. Topics also include account
management, definition of roles and
administration of map projections
and coordinates.
• about Finder schema
• perform accounts management
• manage access to data with roles
• review most commonly used
maintenance utilities
• perform basic SpreadSheet Loader
administration tasks
• perform basic SmartDoc
administration tasks
• learn about mapping projections
and coordinates
• perform basic multirepository
configuration and administration
tasks
Prerequisites: Proficiency in the
use of the Finder system, strong
knowledge of structured query
language (SQL) and knowledge of
UNIX script file is helpful.
LogDB Fundamentals
BASIC—Two days
All original log tapes from the field
hold extremely valuable information.
However, the cost of maintaining a
vast library of these tapes can be
astronomical. Also it typically takes
a great deal of time to access and
retrieve this data from the library.
LogDB original-format log archival
data management system, part of
the Finder data management system,
helps solve these problems.
As an end-user, you discover how
to query the database for validated
and correct log data.
• learn about LogDB conceptual
data model
• populate data in the Original
Format Database (OFDB)
• audit data
• archive and restore images
• do queries and exports
• generate reports
• access LogDB software via the Web
• use the Curve Group Editor
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of
common log data types and command
of Oracle SQL is beneficial.
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LogDB Administration
INTERMEDIATE—Two days
LogDB makes it easy to browse,
query, select and retrieve your
required log data in original or
industry-standard formats. The
updated and consistent interface
makes working with the data simple
and does not require any specific
database knowledge.
You learn about LogDB installation
and configuration in a client server
environment.
• configure storage devices for
archive and restore operations
• clean up redundant data with
the database organizer
• register new users in LogDB
software and set up login files
• add or edit data in the metabase
• perform simple queries with SQL
• manage the Web browser
Prerequisite: LogDB Fundamentals.
DrillDB Fundamentals
BASIC—Five days
The DrillDB drilling data management
system combines the power of the
Web with the Finder data manage-
ment system to provide intuitive tools
that enable you to collate, monitor,
query, plot, and analyze your drilling
information. As a drilling manager,
you could save valuable time by
having information easily at hand
to support your drilling, planning,
and real-time decision making.
• install DrillDB (Web-based)
• use the multiwell comparison tools
and the trend analysis facilities
• create single and multiwell charts
• customize reports
• export facility to Drilling Office
data format
• create wellbore schematic
diagrams
• understand DrillDB Data
Model basic concepts
• understand Object Loader
Center concepts
• load DIMS, WellView, and
WellTRAK data
Prerequisite: None
DrillDB Administration
INTERMEDIATE—Five days
The DrillDB administration course
delivers technical information and
practical hands-on exercises for
installing DrillDB, loading data
into DrillDB, customizing the user
interface, and creating custom
reports. DrillDB uses the Finder
database for storing data; gain an
in-depth knowledge of the Finder
data model. In particular, drilling
data model usage rules are covered.
This course is highly recommended
if your responsibilities include
administering or customizing
DrillDB and/or loading data
into DrillDB.
• install DrillDB including post-
installation configuration
• learn about drilling data model
• learn DrillDB usage rules
• create and modify business objects
• learn about data loading in a
practical workshop
• learn DrillDB query language
• create custom reports
Prerequisite: DrillDB Fundamentals
is recommended.
Seabed
BASIC—One day
In today’s information management
world, there are a variety of data
models which can be implemented,
including such standards as PPDM
or POSC. Schlumberger has taken
the best of breed from these data
models, as well as from other models
and from years of experience, and
has created a powerful data model
which underlies our products.
Gain insight into the new data model
and be able to make more effective
use of the new products.
• install Seabed on either SQLServer
or Oracle
• understand the modular nature
of the product
• learn the basic data model
• load and export multiple data types
Prerequisite: None
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