Managing and Leading Others - MLO

Forecasting oil production; Defining: "reserves", operating expenses, capital expenditures, inflation, factors effecting oil and gas prices; Cash flow techniques; Economic criteria: interest, hurdle rate, time value of money, selection, ranking criteria; Risk, uncertainty: types of risk, mathematical techniques, probabilistic models, uncertainty in economic analysis; Tips on economic factors in computer spreadsheet analysis; Ethics in economic analyses

Fundamental concepts of petrophysics; Depositional systems and petrophysical rock parameters; Nature of porosity and permeability; Basic rock properties; theory and quicklook techniques; Mudlogging; Core analysis, acquisition, interpretation, and quality checks; Theory and basics of resistivity, radioactivity, acoustic tools; LWD/MWD versus open hole logging; Determination of rock types using core and logs; Cased hole logging; Petrophysical impact on economic uncertainty; Evolving petrophysical technologies

Gas Processing Systems; Physical Properties of Hydrocarbons; Qualitative Phase Behavior; Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium; Water-Hydrocarbon Behavior; Basic Thermodynamic Concepts and System Energy Changes; Relief and Flare Systems; Fluid Hydraulics; Separators; Heat Transfer; Pumps; Compressors; Refrigeration / NGL Extraction; Fractionation / Distillation; Glycol Dehydration; Adsorption Dehydration; Sour Gas Treating and Sulfur Recovery

Forecasting oil production; Defining: "reserves", operating expenses, capital expenditures, inflation, factors effecting oil and gas prices; Cash flow techniques; Economic criteria: interest, hurdle rate, time value of money, selection, ranking criteria; Risk, uncertainty: types of risk, mathematical techniques, probabilistic models, uncertainty in economic analysis; Tips on economic factors in computer spreadsheet analysis; Ethics in economic analyses

Fundamental concepts of petrophysics; Depositional systems and petrophysical rock parameters; Nature of porosity and permeability; Basic rock properties; theory and quicklook techniques; Mudlogging; Core analysis, acquisition, interpretation, and quality checks; Theory and basics of resistivity, radioactivity, acoustic tools; LWD/MWD versus open hole logging; Determination of rock types using core and logs; Cased hole logging; Petrophysical impact on economic uncertainty; Evolving petrophysical technologies

Gas Processing Systems; Physical Properties of Hydrocarbons; Qualitative Phase Behavior; Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium; Water-Hydrocarbon Behavior; Basic Thermodynamic Concepts and System Energy Changes; Relief and Flare Systems; Fluid Hydraulics; Separators; Heat Transfer; Pumps; Compressors; Refrigeration / NGL Extraction; Fractionation / Distillation; Glycol Dehydration; Adsorption Dehydration; Sour Gas Treating and Sulfur Recovery

Forecasting oil production; Defining: "reserves", operating expenses, capital expenditures, inflation, factors effecting oil and gas prices; Cash flow techniques; Economic criteria: interest, hurdle rate, time value of money, selection, ranking criteria; Risk, uncertainty: types of risk, mathematical techniques, probabilistic models, uncertainty in economic analysis; Tips on economic factors in computer spreadsheet analysis; Ethics in economic analyses

Fundamental concepts of petrophysics; Depositional systems and petrophysical rock parameters; Nature of porosity and permeability; Basic rock properties; theory and quicklook techniques; Mudlogging; Core analysis, acquisition, interpretation, and quality checks; Theory and basics of resistivity, radioactivity, acoustic tools; LWD/MWD versus open hole logging; Determination of rock types using core and logs; Cased hole logging; Petrophysical impact on economic uncertainty; Evolving petrophysical technologies

Gas Processing Systems; Physical Properties of Hydrocarbons; Qualitative Phase Behavior; Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium; Water-Hydrocarbon Behavior; Basic Thermodynamic Concepts and System Energy Changes; Relief and Flare Systems; Fluid Hydraulics; Separators; Heat Transfer; Pumps; Compressors; Refrigeration / NGL Extraction; Fractionation / Distillation; Glycol Dehydration; Adsorption Dehydration; Sour Gas Treating and Sulfur Recovery