ABOUT THIS VIRTUAL INSTRUCTOR LED TRAINING (VILT)
Conducted in an interactive manner, Exploration Project Management will include
presentations by the course leader, syndicate and plenary exercises, and
(optional) assessment of selected participants' projects. Industry case studies
will be integrated into all the presentations.
The course material will include a course manual (handout) and a course workbook
(for exercises). Participants are requested to bring a mini-poster (two
PowerPoint slides) as background material for discussion during the course.
Training Objectives
By the end of this Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT), participants will be
able to:
1. Improve the evaluation, execution and delivery of exploration projects,
measured in terms of successful bids for new acreage, increased success rate
and volume delivery from exploration drilling, and more rapid progress in
appraisal of discoveries.
2. Describe concepts, simple processes, workflows and analysis tools for
project execution. Tools include the expert course leader's proprietary
project management framework, including project framing and after-action
review methodologies, templates for strategy development, decision trees,
decision quality frameworks. They also include customised Excel spreadsheets
for portfolio modelling, project risk assessment (in new ventures and
prospect maturation) and business planning.
3. Understand their role in (a) delivering the company's strategy, (b)
contributing data and assessments to key exploration decision makers, and
(c) communicating project progress and results to senior management.
Target Audience
The Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) is aimed at exploration professionals
with more than 5 to 10 years of experience in the business, who would like to
develop their skills for managing exploration projects and presenting the goals
and results of their project work to senior management.
* Exploration and engineering professionals who work in exploration project
teams, across the spectrum from new ventures (exploration business
development), prospect identification and maturation, and appraisal of
discoveries
* Exploration project leaders
* Exploration managers
The VILT will also benefit professionals from well engineering, petroleum
engineering, finance and planning who support exploration activities.
Participants are requested to bring a mini-poster (two PowerPoint slides, each
printed on A3 paper) as background material for discussion during the course.
Course Level
* Basic or Foundation
Trainer
Your expert course leader draws on more than 35 years of experience managing,
reviewing and directing projects in all aspects of the exploration business:
from exploration business development (new ventures), through prospect
maturation and drilling, to the appraisal of discoveries. He has more than 30
years' experience with Shell International, followed by 10 years consulting to
NOCs in Asia Pacific, Africa and South America and independent oil companies in
the United Kingdom, continental Europe and North America.
Other than delivering industry training, he has worked on projects for oil & gas
companies of all sizes, including independents, national oil companies and
(super)-majors, private equity firms, hedge funds and investment banks, and
leading management consulting firms.
He is an alumnus of Cambridge University. He has M.A and Ph.D. degrees in
geology and is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London as well as a
respected speaker on management panels at international conferences.
Professional Experience
* Management consultancy & executive education: Advice to investment banks,
businesses and major consulting firms. Specialist expertise in upstream oil &
gas, with in depth experience in exploration strategy, portfolio valuation
and risk assessment.
* Leadership: Managed and led teams and departments ranging from 3 - 60 in
size. Provided technical leadership to a cadre of 800 explorationists in
Shell worldwide. Member of the 12-person VP team leading global exploration
in Shell, a $3 bln p.a. business and recognised as the most effective and
successful among its industry peers.
* Accountability & decision-making: Accountable for bottom-line results: in a
range of successful exploration ventures with budgets ranging from $10's
million to $100's million. Made, or contributed to, complex business
decisions / investments, taking into account strategic, technical,
commercial, organisational and political considerations.
* Corporate governance: Served as non-executive director on the Boards of the
South Rub al Khali Company (oversight of gas exploration studies and drilling
in Saudi Arabia) and SEAPOS B.V. (exploration deep-water drilling and
facilities management).
* Technical & operations: Skilled in exploration opportunity evaluation, the
technical de risking of prospects, portfolio analysis and managing the
interface between exploration and well engineering activities. Unparalleled
knowledge of the oil and gas basins of the world, and of different operating
regimes and contractual structures, ranging from Alaska, Gulf of Mexico and
Brazil, through to the Middle East, former Soviet Union, Far East and
Australia.
* Safety: Following an unsatisfactory audit, became accountable for safety
performance in Shell's exploration new ventures. Through personal advocacy
and leadership of a small team, delivered pragmatic and effective HSE
systems, tools and staff training / engagement and a dramatically improved
safety record.
* R&D: Experience in the 3 key roles in R&D: scientific researcher, research
manager, and 'customer' for R&D products. After re-defining Shell's
exploration R&D strategy, led the re-structuring of the R&D organization, its
interface with 'the business' and approaches to deployment and
commercialization.
* Strategy: Accomplished at formulating competitive strategies in business, R&D
and technology deployment, translating them into actionable tactics and
results. Defined the exploration strategy of PDO (a Shell subsidiary in Oman)
and latterly of Shell's global exploration programme.
* Professional education, behavioural/motivational coaching: Experienced in
organisational re-design, change management, leadership education and talent
development.
* Commercial skills: Personally negotiated drilling compensation claims,
educational contracts and E&P contracts, with values of $5 million to $100+
million.
POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL)
To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer
individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can
help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your
learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your
capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be
delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers.
They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help
you achieve your goals faster.
Request for further information about post training coaching support and fees
applicable for this.
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