Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production

Mark Cook has been in the oil and gas industry since 1981. He spent eleven years with Shell International working as a reservoir engineer in a variety of locations world-wide and has worked on exploration prospect evaluation, field development planning and production operations. After completing an MBA, he left Shell to co-found TRACS International, providing training and consultancy services to the industry, and worked as petroleum engineer and company Director. When TRACS was acquired by AGR Petroleum Services, he managed the UK and Russian Reservoir Management businesses until 2011. He is active in reserves evaluation for clients including international oil companies, small to medium enterprises. Mark has written and delivers a series of training courses in reservoir engineering, risk analysis and petroleum economics. He is co-author of the popular “Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production” textbook, a SPE Distinguished Lecturer and guest lecturer in petroleum engineering at Aberdeen University, Heriot-Watt University and University College Dublin.

1. The field life cycle2. Petroleum agreements and bidding3. Exploration4. Drilling engineering5. Safety and the environment6. Reservoir description7. Volumetric estimation8. Field appraisal9. Reservoir dynamic behaviour10. Well dynamic behaviour11. Surface facilities12. Production operations and maintenance13. Project and contract management14. Petroleum economics15. Risk analysis16. Managing the producing field17. Managing decline18. Decommissioning