Drilling and Reservoir EngineeringIntegrated Reservoir Management and Field Development Planning
Fields lose value when geoscience, wells, facilities and commercial teams each optimise their own piece and nobody owns the whole. Reservoir management holds those decisions together for the life of the asset. Delegates begin with the asset life cycle and the decision gates from discovery through appraisal, concept selection and execution. Appraisal planning and the value of information follow, then development concept options: well count and type, subsea or platform, phased development and early production. The field development plan document is assembled section by section, with risk register and regulatory requirements. Later sessions turn to producing fields: surveillance plans, opportunity management, infill and late life decisions. Delegates leave able to lead or contribute to a field development plan and run an integrated reservoir management process.
Course objectives
- Explain the asset life cycle and stage gate decision process
- Plan an appraisal programme using value of information reasoning
- Compare development concepts against subsurface uncertainty
- Assemble the main sections of a field development plan
- Integrate subsurface, wells, facilities and commercial inputs into one plan
- Design a reservoir surveillance and data acquisition plan
- Identify infill, redevelopment and late life opportunities
- Prepare a field development plan for regulatory submission
Who should attend
- Asset and field development managers
- Reservoir engineers in development teams
- Subsurface team leads
- Facilities and project engineers
- Regulators reviewing development plans
Course outline
- 01Reservoir management principles
- 02Asset life cycle and decision gates
- 03Appraisal planning and value of information
- 04Development concept selection
- 05Subsurface uncertainty and scenarios
- 06Writing the field development plan
- 07Surveillance and data acquisition
- 08Managing producing fields
- 09Late life and redevelopment
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 to 13 November 2026 | Durban, South Africa | Classroom | R19,950 per delegate | |
| 23 to 27 November 2026 | Online | Online | R8,500 per delegate | |
| 18 to 22 January 2027 | Pretoria, South Africa | Classroom | R19,950 per delegate | |
| 15 to 19 March 2027 | Mbabane, Eswatini | Classroom | R19,950 per delegate |
Integrated Reservoir Management and Field Development Planning
From R8,500