PETROENG 4033 - Integrated Reservoir & Project Management

North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2018

This course consists of two distinct short course components, Integrated Reservoir Management and Project Management. Project Management outlines the necessary management processes and control methods required for the successful management of resources, budgets and costs, and schedule. The course covers all major elements of project management, with emphasis on delivering a project in budget and on time. Areas covered will include an overview of project management, project initiation, project plan development, project execution and delivery, monitoring and control and project closeout. Key concepts, terms and principles of project management and project management methodology for the whole life cycle of a project will be covered. Students will learn to plan projects, handle multiple stakeholders, build a Work Breakdown Structure, estimate resources, optimise schedules, quality control, manage stakeholder communications, risk planning, tracking and reporting of project status. Students will also gain an appreciation of the roles and skills of the project manager and all team members. Integrated Reservoir Management is aimed at bringing together learnings from geology, geophysics, formation evaluation, reservoir engineering, wellbore engineering and surface facilities engineering. It will discuss a wide variety of reservoir description, surveillance, interpretation, studies, reserves determination, production forecasting and operational considerations which together constitute Integrated Reservoir Management. It focuses on providing a basis for practical development and implementation of Integrated Reservoir Management and Reserves Optimisation programs with emphasis on cost effectiveness and economic justification.

  • General Course Information
    Course Details
    Course Code PETROENG 4033
    Course Integrated Reservoir & Project Management
    Coordinating Unit Australian School of Petroleum & Energy Resources
    Term Semester 1
    Level Undergraduate
    Location/s North Terrace Campus
    Units 3
    Contact Intensive short course of lectures, seminars
    Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y
    Incompatible PETROENG 4028 & PETROENG 4009
    Assumed Knowledge Reservoir Geoscience, Reservoir Engineering, Production Engineering, Drilling and Completions, Surface Engineering
    Restrictions Available to BE (Petroleum) students only
    Assessment assignments, tutorial preparation and presentation, class test and project plan, final exam
    Course Staff

    Course Coordinator: Dr Steve Mackie

    Project Management: Peter Gilliland
    Course Timetable

    The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.

  • Learning Outcomes
    Course Learning Outcomes
    On successful completion of this course students will be able to:

     
    1 Distinquish concepts and ideas behind integrated reservoir management (IRM) techniques that are most useful in the Oil &Gas industry.
    2 Discuss specific practical tools & processes used by the industry.
    3 Demonstrate, both as individuals and groups, how these tools and practices are beneficial to companies.
    4 Assess the need for integration of data, skills and professionals to optimise economic outcomes in such a risky and unknown environment as the upstream oil and gas industry.
    5 Define a project, and explain the essential differences between projects and ongoing work.
    6 Outline all stakeholders of your project.
    7 Create a detailed project management plan; including a Project Charter, Scope Statement, Work Breakdown Structure, Network Diagram, Cost Budget and Risk Management Plan.
    8 Explain how to Execute, Monitor, Control, and Close the project and manage and motivate your team.
    9 Describe ethics and professional conduct for project teams.

     
    The above course learning outcomes are aligned with the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for the Professional Engineer.
    The course is designed to develop the following Elements of Competency: 1.1   1.3   1.4   1.5   1.6   2.1   2.2   2.3   2.4   3.1   3.2   3.3   3.4   3.5   3.6   

    University Graduate Attributes

    This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

    University Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s)
    Deep discipline knowledge
    • informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies
    • acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1
    • accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)
    5,6
    Critical thinking and problem solving
    • steeped in research methods and rigor
    • based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development
    • demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment
    2,4,7
    Teamwork and communication skills
    • developed from, with, and via the SGDE
    • honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies
    • encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning
    1,3,4,8,9
    Career and leadership readiness
    • technology savvy
    • professional and, where relevant, fully accredited
    • forward thinking and well informed
    • tested and validated by work based experiences
    1-9
    Intercultural and ethical competency
    • adept at operating in other cultures
    • comfortable with different nationalities and social contexts
    • able to determine and contribute to desirable social outcomes
    • demonstrated by study abroad or with an understanding of indigenous knowledges
    1,2,3,4,6,9
    Self-awareness and emotional intelligence
    • a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal
    • open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers
    • able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate
    3,6,9
  • Learning Resources
    Recommended Resources
    Integrated Petroleum Reservoir Management: A Team Approach, A. Satter and G.C. Thakur, 1994, PennWell

    ‘Project Management’ Gary Heerkens, 2004
  • Learning & Teaching Activities
    Learning & Teaching Modes
    Integrated Reservoir Management
    Learning will be via individual and team research and presentation. Lectures and student presentations are expected to be Socratic in style with all students learning from each other.

    Project Management
    The lessons will be conducted in the form of lectures supported by problem-solving tutorials and hands-on individual and team activities to promote participation, build team morale, and reinforce understanding of concepts.

    The lecturer will relate and associate the topics to their own real life experiences in the working environment in order to ensure all students understand how the materials to be presented are relevant to them and the jobs they will be doing in industry. Real life examples and case studies will be discussed with commentary by the lecturer. This allows participants to appreciate the entire scenarios, processes, and the subsequent results.

    In addition to PowerPoint presentations and flip-charts, used as key training aids to convey subjects in an easy-to-understand format, course participants will work together as teams in simulated project environments and are required to produce actual deliverables in the form of project management plans in a short period of time.
    Workload

    The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

    The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

    Integrated Reservoir Management
    It is expected that you will organise your time to prepare for the major group assignment (assignment 1) prior to the face-to-face lectures and undertake the individual assignment (assignment 2) after the face-to-face lectures. During the face-to-face lectures there will be time set aside for all tutorial preparation and presentation as well as the major group assignment presentation.
     
    Project Management
    This course is structured as an intensive workshop format requiring all students' full attention and participation. Students are also required to read the recommended resources. The additional readings, as supplied, are also examined in the June / July examination period.
    Learning Activities Summary
    Project Management Lecture
    Day 1-3
    "Tools and Techniques for effective Project    Management"
    1. Overview of Project Management
    2. Project Initiation
    3. Project Plan Development
    4. Project Execution and Delivery
    5. Monitoring and Control Project Closing
    Day 4
    "Essential People Skills"
    1. Review of "Project Management - 24 lessons (McGraw-Hill book)"
    2. Communicating with your team
    3. Managing conflict
    4. Ethics and Professional responsibility A revision session followed by a short Multiple-choice exam will be held at the conclusion of Day 4

    Integrated Reservoir Management                  Lecture
    Day 1 1. Introduction
    2. Moomba Case Study
    3. Reservoir Geoscience
    4. Formation Evaluation
    Day 2 1. Teams / Groups / Individuals
    2. Fluid Evaluation
    3. Reservoir Drive Mechanisms
    4. Material Balance and Decline Curve Analysis
    Day 3 1. Drilling and Completions
    2. Surface Facilities
    3. Reservoir Surveillance
    4. Reserve Estimation
    Day 4 Conclusions
  • Assessment

    The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

    1. Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
    2. Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
    3. Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
    4. Assessment must maintain academic standards.

    Assessment Summary
    Assessment Task Weighting (%) Individual/ Group Formative/ Summative
    Due (week)*
    Hurdle criteria Learning outcomes
    IRM Group Presentation 15 Group Summative Face-to-Face 1. 3. 4.
    IRM Individal Research Project 20 Individual Summative Week 6 1. 3. 4.
    IRM Daily Reading and Disucssion 15 Group Formative Face-to-Face 1. 2. 3. 4.
    PM Project Management Plan 15 Individual Summative Face-to-Face 5. 6. 7.
    PM Multiple Choice Quiz 5 Individual Summative Face-to-Face 5. 9.
    PM Exam 30 Individual Summative Exam Period 5. 6. 8. 9.
    Total 100
    * The specific due date for each assessment task will be available on MyUni.
     
    This assessment breakdown complies with the University's Assessment for Coursework Programs Policy.
     
    Assessment Related Requirements
    There will be in-term tests that will count towards the final assessment as stipulated above. Alternative test dates for students who cannot be present on the date of the test on medical and compassionate grounds can be requested through the Course Coordinator.
    Assessment Detail
    The individual assessment tasks are identified in section 5.1
    Submission
    Integrated Reservoir Management:
    For details of submission of assessment please refer to the course assessment booklet emailed to enrolled students by Dr Steve Mackie.

    Project Management:
    Submission of assessment tasks will be handled in class.

    Extensions for Assessment Tasks
    Extensions of deadlines for assessment tasks may be allowed for reasonable causes. Such situations would include compassionate and medical grounds of the severity that would justify the awarding of a supplementary examination. Evidence for the grounds must be provided when an extension is requested. Students are required to apply for an extension to the Course Coordinator before the assessment task is due. Extensions will not be provided on the grounds of poor prioritising of time.

    Penalty for Late Submission of Assessment Tasks
    Assessment tasks must be submitted by the stated deadlines. There will be a penalty for late submission of assessment tasks. The submitted work will be marked ‘without prejudice’ and 10% of the obtained mark will be deducted for each working day (or part of a day) that an assessment task is late, up to a maximum penalty of 50% of the mark attained. An examiner may elect not to accept any assessment task that a student wants to submit after that task has been marked and feedback provided to the rest of the class.
    Course Grading

    Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

    M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
    Grade Mark Description
    FNS   Fail No Submission
    F 1-49 Fail
    P 50-64 Pass
    C 65-74 Credit
    D 75-84 Distinction
    HD 85-100 High Distinction
    CN   Continuing
    NFE   No Formal Examination
    RP   Result Pending

    Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

    Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

    Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.

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    SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the University to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.

    Provision of Feedback to Students
    Exercises will be returned to students within two weeks of their submission.

    Communication
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    Email: Each student should regularly check his or her University-provided email account (firstname.lastname@student.adelaide.edu.au) for information from members of the academic staff concerning course work matters and other announcements as they arise. Make sure you clean up your Inbox regularly as if it is full you will not receive our email! We will regard an email message being sent to your student email address as our having communicated with each member of the class. Not reading one’s University provided email will not be a valid excuse for missing important deadlines etc.
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