GEO 146
Deepwater Exploration Management
COURSE OVERVIEW
Deepwater exploration requires a strategic and integrated approach to manage high costs, risks, and technical complexity. The course focuses on setting clear exploration strategies, long-term planning, and portfolio management in deepwater environments. It highlights key technical success factors such as data quality, seismic interpretation, and petroleum systems understanding. Emphasis is also placed on leadership, organizational structure, and effective decision-making under uncertainty. Participants gain practical insights into managing deepwater exploration projects and aligning technical, commercial, and strategic objectives.
COURSE SCHEDULE
| Code | Date | Location | price (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEO 146 | 26 - 27 Jan 2026 | Online | 1400 |
| GEO 146 | 7 - 8 Sep 2026 | Amsterdam | 1800 |
COURSE OUTLINE
5 days
Day 1:
o Technical critical success factors
- o Data quality and richness
- o Seismic data – acquisition & processing
- o Direct Hydrocarbon Indicators
- o Non-seismic data
- o Pressures and Seals
- o Reservoir identification
- o Petroleum systems modelling
oLeadership
- o Deepwater exploration
- o Leadership – key requirements
- o Managing upwards the risks and outcomes of Deepwater
- o Managing costs and aligning CFO
Day 2:
o Organisation & Operating Model
- Exploration Organisations & Competitor analysis
- Partnerships & Joint Ventures
- Operator or Non-Operator
- Capability in-house or outsourced
o Capability & Competence Management
- Skills & Competence required for Deepwater exploration
- Developing competence
o Closing session
- Lessons learned
- Reflect on expectations for the course
INSTRUCTOR
Instructor Profile
Instructor have worked in exploration and early development roles from junior technical level to global VP, with most time spent in SE Asia, Australasia and Eastern Europe. He has direct experience of driving significant exploration successes in Malaysia and Romania in the past and understand the critical success factors. However, the global energy paradigm is now changing dramatically and different approaches are needed to drive the energy business forward during the Energy Transition period. In Kearney Point Resources Ltd he is focusing on exploration strategy, management training, and subsurface technical advisory services.
FAQ
DESIGNED FOR
Senior geoscientists with (ca. 6-8 years' work experience) in geoscience fields and well-versed in seismic interpretation projects.
COURSE LEVEL
o Intermediate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Participants will be exposed to hands-on extraction of geological and geophysical information from variable data types and integration of this information in order to produce a consistent subsurface model to support their work at regional, prospect or reservoir scale. "Let the data tell their story" is the key learning theme in this course.
The exercises are table-top and generally executed in team mode.
Report-out and discussion is a key learning tool.
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