Overview of the Petroleum Industry - OVP

Discipline: Multi-Discipline Training
Level: Basic
Instructors who teach this course:
  • Mr. Ron Hinn
    Mr. Ron Hinn
    MR. RON HINN is the EVP for Sales and Member Engagement for PetroSkills. He is a people oriented manager, possessing strong leadership and communication skills. A registered professional engineer, Ron's 39-year career has spanned numerous roles including staff engineering, engineering supervision, corporate knowledge management and professional staffing and competency development. Ron is an active supporter of global engineering accreditation activities, having served in multiple roles for ABET up to and including Executive Committee of the ABET Board. Ron received a BS degree from the University of Tulsa in petroleum engineering.

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  • Mr. Bill Kemp
    Mr. Bill Kemp
    MR. BILL KEMP has over 35 years of oil and gas industry experience in engineering, operations, product development, commercialization, business development, sales, and marketing. He is currently Senior Sales Consultant for PetroSkills. He joined in July 2013. Bill is responsible for strategic member/client interaction in workforce development, consulting and software in the upstream, midstream and downstream segments. Previously, Bill was manager, sales and marketing, for the Oilfield Technology Group of Momentive (Hexion) in Houston. Bill joined Hexion in late 2004. At Hexion, Bill was responsible for new stimulation technology commercialization as well as managing strategic relationships with customers and industry organizations. ?He began his career with Halliburton in 1977 as an engineer-in-training. He had numerous field engineering, sales, product marketing and business development positions at Halliburton. As global marketing manager for stimulation in the late 1990s, he led the introduction of various innovative acidizing and fracturing technologies. He left Halliburton in 2000 to start a consulting company specializing in oilfield market research and new technology commercialization. Bill has been active in SPE and served numerous roles at both the local and national level. Bill has a BSEE from the University of Texas at Austin.

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  • Mr. Gerry H. Ross
    Mr. Gerry H. Ross
    MR. GERRY ROSS, PetroSkills Advisor and Instructor, has more than 39 years' formation evaluation and rock based Petrophysics experience. He has participated in global oil and gas operations from exploration through production. He has been a PetroSkills Instructor for 14 years. From 2002 until 2016, while at PetroSkills, he was an executive VP with responsibility for Alliance membership growth and engagement. He is course director for Basic Petroleum Technology and the online ePetro industry overview program. While with Core Lab, he provided training to both majors and independents on a worldwide basis. During this time, he was the instructor and co-coordinator of an extensive internal Petrophysics applications program. This multi-year program focused on the applications of rock and fluid data in log analysis, formation evaluation, reservoir engineering and production. He also worked with major research centers and universities globally to provide reservoir conditions instrumentation for reservoir engineering, reservoir description, and formation damage research. His international oil and gas knowledge was developed through extended assignments in South America, Asia, the North Sea and the US. He is a member of the SPE, SPWLA, PESGB, SEAPEX and a past president of the Aberdeen Chapter of the SPWLA. He received a BSc in Geology from Bedford College, London University.

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About the course
OVP presents an overview of the Petroleum Industry from the point of view of the Asset Life Cycle. Participants will gain an understanding of Exploration, Appraisal, Development and Production phases with particular emphasis being placed on actions they can personally take within each phase to support value creation. Through use of lecture, multimedia and class interactive exercises, a breadth of upstream business acumen will be delivered covering economic, business, geoscience and engineering topics. Discussions will include topics related to all types of resource plays including deepwater, shale oil/gas and enhanced oil recovery technologies.


"La informacion esta muy actualizada." - Participant, Mexico


"Loved the way we started with commercial piece and chemical basics and worked into content. Museum visuals were great and nice to get up and walk around. Well balanced - well done!" - Participant, United States


Designed For
Both technical and business oriented professionals who are either new to the upstream oil and gas industry or experienced in one part, but could benefit from a wider point of view. OVP will likewise deliver for non-industry personnel a broad, basic knowledge set of multiple E&P topics. Legal, Financial, Accounting, Management, and Service Company team members will certainly benefit.
You will learn
  • The critical importance the industry plays on the world's economic stage, including discussions of pricing, global reserves and key short/long-term energy trends.
  • Business and exploration elements critical to the success of organizations in search of new reserves
  • Methods by which new field prospects are evaluated and risk factors assessed (Geology, Geophysics, Petrophysics)
  • How exploration rights are acquired (Land themes, International Concessions)
  • The basic process for drilling and evaluating an exploration well (Drilling, Petrophysics, Testing)
  • Major steps required to appraise a new discovery and estimate its commerciality (Reservoir Engineering)
  • Strategies to maximize the value of an oil or gas field asset
  • How geology and reservoir management plans are used to guide new field development
  • Major steps in the design, construction, and commissioning of facilities
  • Basic technical and operational steps required to produce an oil or gas field (Production Engineering)
  • Types of opportunities to optimize older fields and increase production
Course Content
  • The Business of E&P
  • Hydrocarbon origin
  • Exploration - acquisition of exploration/development rights
  • Exploration - prospect generation & evaluation
  • Appraisal - asset characterization & reserve quantification
  • Development - drilling, completion, & facilities
  • Produce Asset - recovery optimization strategies
Overview of the Petroleum Industry - OVP
Discipline: Multi-Discipline Training
Level: Basic
Duration: 2 days
Instructor(s): Ron Hinn, Bill Kemp, Gerry Ross
OVP presents an overview of the Petroleum Industry from the point of view of the Asset Life Cycle. Participants will gain an understanding of Exploration, Appraisal, Development and Production phases with particular emphasis being placed on actions they can personally take within each phase to support value creation. Through use of lecture, multimedia and class interactive exercises, a breadth of upstream business acumen will be delivered covering economic, business, geoscience and engineering topics. Discussions will include topics related to all types of resource plays including deepwater, shale oil/gas and enhanced oil recovery technologies.


"La informacion esta muy actualizada." - Participant, Mexico


"Loved the way we started with commercial piece and chemical basics and worked into content. Museum visuals were great and nice to get up and walk around. Well balanced - well done!" - Participant, United States
Designed For:
Both technical and business oriented professionals who are either new to the upstream oil and gas industry or experienced in one part, but could benefit from a wider point of view. OVP will likewise deliver for non-industry personnel a broad, basic knowledge set of multiple E&P topics. Legal, Financial, Accounting, Management, and Service Company team members will certainly benefit.
You Will Learn:
  • The critical importance the industry plays on the world's economic stage, including discussions of pricing, global reserves and key short/long-term energy trends.
  • Business and exploration elements critical to the success of organizations in search of new reserves
  • Methods by which new field prospects are evaluated and risk factors assessed (Geology, Geophysics, Petrophysics)
  • How exploration rights are acquired (Land themes, International Concessions)
  • The basic process for drilling and evaluating an exploration well (Drilling, Petrophysics, Testing)
  • Major steps required to appraise a new discovery and estimate its commerciality (Reservoir Engineering)
  • Strategies to maximize the value of an oil or gas field asset
  • How geology and reservoir management plans are used to guide new field development
  • Major steps in the design, construction, and commissioning of facilities
  • Basic technical and operational steps required to produce an oil or gas field (Production Engineering)
  • Types of opportunities to optimize older fields and increase production
Course Content:
  • The Business of E&P
  • Hydrocarbon origin
  • Exploration - acquisition of exploration/development rights
  • Exploration - prospect generation & evaluation
  • Appraisal - asset characterization & reserve quantification
  • Development - drilling, completion, & facilities
  • Produce Asset - recovery optimization strategies
Instructors:

MR. RON HINN is the EVP for Sales and Member Engagement for PetroSkills. He is a people oriented manager, possessing strong leadership and communication skills. A registered professional engineer, Ron's 39-year career has spanned numerous roles including staff engineering, engineering supervision, corporate knowledge management and professional staffing and competency development. Ron is an active supporter of global engineering accreditation activities, having served in multiple roles for ABET up to and including Executive Committee of the ABET Board. Ron received a BS degree from the University of Tulsa in petroleum engineering.

MR. BILL KEMP has over 35 years of oil and gas industry experience in engineering, operations, product development, commercialization, business development, sales, and marketing. He is currently Senior Sales Consultant for PetroSkills. He joined in July 2013. Bill is responsible for strategic member/client interaction in workforce development, consulting and software in the upstream, midstream and downstream segments. Previously, Bill was manager, sales and marketing, for the Oilfield Technology Group of Momentive (Hexion) in Houston. Bill joined Hexion in late 2004. At Hexion, Bill was responsible for new stimulation technology commercialization as well as managing strategic relationships with customers and industry organizations. ?He began his career with Halliburton in 1977 as an engineer-in-training. He had numerous field engineering, sales, product marketing and business development positions at Halliburton. As global marketing manager for stimulation in the late 1990s, he led the introduction of various innovative acidizing and fracturing technologies. He left Halliburton in 2000 to start a consulting company specializing in oilfield market research and new technology commercialization. Bill has been active in SPE and served numerous roles at both the local and national level. Bill has a BSEE from the University of Texas at Austin.

MR. GERRY ROSS, PetroSkills Advisor and Instructor, has more than 39 years' formation evaluation and rock based Petrophysics experience. He has participated in global oil and gas operations from exploration through production. He has been a PetroSkills Instructor for 14 years. From 2002 until 2016, while at PetroSkills, he was an executive VP with responsibility for Alliance membership growth and engagement. He is course director for Basic Petroleum Technology and the online ePetro industry overview program. While with Core Lab, he provided training to both majors and independents on a worldwide basis. During this time, he was the instructor and co-coordinator of an extensive internal Petrophysics applications program. This multi-year program focused on the applications of rock and fluid data in log analysis, formation evaluation, reservoir engineering and production. He also worked with major research centers and universities globally to provide reservoir conditions instrumentation for reservoir engineering, reservoir description, and formation damage research. His international oil and gas knowledge was developed through extended assignments in South America, Asia, the North Sea and the US. He is a member of the SPE, SPWLA, PESGB, SEAPEX and a past president of the Aberdeen Chapter of the SPWLA. He received a BSc in Geology from Bedford College, London University.


In-House Course Presentations
All courses are available for in-house presentation to individual organizations. In-house courses may be structured the same as the public versions or tailored to meet your requirements. Special courses on virtually any petroleum-related subject can be arranged specifically for in-house presentation. For further information, contact our In-House Training Coordinator at one of the numbers listed below.
Telephone 1- 832 426 1234
Facsimile 1- 832 426 1244
E-Mail inhouse@petroskills.com

Public Course Presentations
How to contact PetroSkills:
1-800-821-5933 toll-free in North America or
Telephone 1-918-828-2500
Facsimile 1-918-828-2580
E-Mail registrations@petroskills.com
Internet www.petroskills.com
Address P.O. Box 35448, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74153-0448, U.S.A