Training
Lecturing and training courses enable OPC senior staff to share their expertise with the industry In February 2013, Piers Johnson, Managing Director of OPC, celebrated 15 years of lecturing to the prestigious Masters course in Reservoir Geoscience and Engineering (RGE) at the Institute of French Petroleum (IFP) in Paris. With more than thirty years of experience within the field, Piers is recognised as one of the world-leading authorities on Well Testing and he has been imparting his knowledge and expertise to students at the IFP since 1999.
from all over the world and is a regular event on the OPC Calendar. Both Piers and Bill also lecture at other leading international educational establishments including Imperial College, London as well as giving tailored commercial training courses for OPC customers throughout the world. Piers commented “I really enjoy passing on my knowledge to a new generation of professionals and it’s refreshing to meet talent joining our industry who are keen to both learn the theory of accurate well testing and to implement Bill Roberts President of OPC USA with IFP students the methodologies in a work situation. But it’s not just new students who can benefit from training. Earlier this year I ran a training course for some very experienced oil company engineers and they realised that they had been using an inaccurate method to interpret well test data for the last three years!”
In recent years, Bill Roberts, President of OPC USA has joined Piers as a lecturer on the 3-week IPF course which takes place in the first quarter of every year. Piers and Bill run two courses each, covering the theory of well test interpretation and its application within practical situations. The students have to complete a project analysing well test data to originate realistic well and reservoir models. Piers sets the exam for the students, which is marked by IFP staff, and scores their projects once completed at the end of the course.
“This course has really been very educative, as the OPC professors have been very practical and very interactive. They have helped me to build a very firm foundation in well testing analysis.”
This popular course attracts international students
OPC offers a limited number of “Lunch and learn” taster training sessions each quarter – the first three enquiries received by kat.cook@opc.co.uk from this newsletter will get a free “lunch and learn” session at their offices for up to 10 attendees.
Piers, Bill and other senior members of the OPC Technical team run training courses throughout the year both at OPC offices and on-site at client premises. Courses can be tailored to meet the needs of specific audiences.
OPC Training Courses include: • Reservoir Surveillance • Well Test Analysis (basic and advanced) • Integrated Reservoir Management • An Introduction to International Petroleum Economics • Petroleum Economics & Risk Analysis
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