Virtual Mentored Learning

IHRDC

Upstream Petroleum Business Fundamentals with Challenging Learning Simulation Game

SUBJECT AREA	Petroleum Business
TARGET AUDIENCE	Technical, commercial, and operations personnel who seek an in-depth understanding of the Upstream Sector of the petroleum industry: technology,economics, project development process, markets and how it contributes to the broader industry.
COMMITMENT	3-4 hours self-study and 1 hour online virtual mentored session per week for five continuous weeks.
LEARNING FORMATS	e-Learning self-study, individual or competitive team participation in simulation game with virtual mentor
SIMULATION SCENARIO	Individuals/teams explore, develop and produce a challenging petroleum exploration opportunity through 20 years of production. Best performing team wins the Team Prize.
MENTORS	DR. DAVID A. T. DONOHUE DR. DAVID A. T. DONOHUE Dr. David A. T. Donohue is the Founder and President of both IHRDC and Arlington Storage Corporation. Dr. Donohue is a technical specialist, businessman, attorney, and lecturer who is highly regarded for the teaching of management programs devoted to the business of oil and gas. He has successfully designed and taught these "business game" programs to more than 10,000 members of the international oil and gas industry on both in-house and public bases. He was the developer of an innovative video-based learning system for the upstream petroleum industry, which has now been converted to IPIMS, a widely licensed e-Learning system. Dr. Donohue is also the developer and owner of independent underground gas storage facilities in New York State. In his early career he held various positions in engineering and research for Exxon and, for four years, served on the faculty of Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Donohue holds a Ph.D. in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and a J.D. from Boston College Law School. He is active in public affairs in his hometown, a Distinguished Member of the SPE, and Alumni Fellow of Pennsylvania State University DR. CHARLES BRANKMAN DR. CHARLES BRANKMAN Dr. Charles Brankman, Director of Instructional Programs with IHRDC, is a professional geologist and project developer who has been actively involved in a range of activities in the energy business, including E&P, engineering geologic consulting for the gas transmission and power generation sectors, and CO2 enhanced oil recovery. After receiving a B.S. in geological engineering from Princeton University, Dr. Brankman earned an M.S. in structural geology from Stanford University. During his studies, he spent time at Mobil Oil Company in exploration and reservoir characterization. After Stanford, he worked in northern California as an engineering geologist on projects related to the siting of gas pipelines and power plants. He then pursued a Ph.D. in structural geology and earth resources at Harvard University, during which he taught several undergraduate courses and received several teaching awards. After receiving his degree from Harvard, he cofounded and served as Vice President of Geosciences at C12 Energy, a company focused on CO2 oil recovery projects using anthropogenic CO2. DR. Y. SERDAR DOGULU DR. Y. SERDAR DOGULU Dr. Y. Serdar Dogulu is Vice President of Innovative Learning Solutions at IHRDC. He is involved in the content and interface development of interactive Learning Simulators and other associated training products. Dr. Dogulu has been very active in building and teaching company-specific technical and project management programs for IHRDC clients and is the principal developer and instructor for IHRDC’s highly regarded E&P Learning Simulators. For the Arlington Group, an IHRDC affiliate, he was also actively involved in technical and financial modeling studies of underground gas storage projects. After earning his Ph.D. in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, Dr. Dogulu held a postdoctoral researcher position with the Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering Department at Penn State. His areas of interest include numerical simulation and reservoir management. Dr. Dogulu spent a summer as a Research Technologist at the Chevron Petroleum Technology Company developing reservoir simulation and management tools, including stream-tube simulation techniques for modeling large oil reservoirs.
LANGUAGE	e-Learning courses in English, Spanish and Portuguese
ENROLLMENT FEE	PRICE US $500 per person PRICE US $1,500 per Team (up to 5 Team Members)
DATES

Program Content
		e-Learning		e-Learning
		Virtual Mentored Learning		Virtual Mentored Learning
		Simulation Game		Simulation Game
WEEK ONE		e-Learning		Upstream Oil and Gas Agreements
WEEK ONE		Virtual Mentored Learning	Simulation Game	Introduction to Simulation Scenario; Select Concession or PSC Agreement
WEEK TWO			e-Learning	Petroleum Geology and the Exploration Process
WEEK TWO		Virtual Mentored Learning	Simulation Game	Design and Interpret Seismic Surveys; Identify Prospects
WEEK THREE			e-Learning	Drilling and Well Completions
WEEK THREE		Virtual Mentored Learning	Simulation Game	Drill Exploration and Appraisal Wells; Estimate Resources
WEEK FOUR			e-Learning	Oilfield Development
WEEK FOUR		Virtual Mentored Learning	Simulation Game	Field Development: Design Surface and Subsurface Facilities
WEEK FIVE			e-Learning	Oilfield Development (Continued)
WEEK FIVE		Virtual Mentored Learning	Simulation Game	Field Development: Design Surface and Subsurface Facilities(Continued)
WEEK SIX			e-Learning	Marketing and Trading of Crude Oil
WEEK SIX		Virtual Mentored Learning	Simulation Game	Select Crude Oil Marketing Options; Review Financial Results