OG90
Course Contents
Module 1: Digital Oil Field Foundations and Operating Model
Key Topics
- Digital oil field concepts, objectives and value creation
- Integrated operations across wells, facilities and asset teams
- Data sources from sensors, SCADA, historians and field reports
- Real-time operations centres (RTOC) and collaborative workflows
- Upstream use cases for production, maintenance and HSE
- Digital maturity, readiness and implementation challenges
- Success factors for practical digital oil field adoption
Module 2: Field Data, Connectivity and Operational Visibility
Key Topics
- Wellhead, downhole, surface facility and equipment data
- SCADA, telemetry, historians and field communication systems
- Data quality, validation, time stamps and missing data
- Dashboards, alarms, trends and exception-based monitoring
- Mobile field applications and digital work instructions
- Remote monitoring for wells, flowlines and production systems
- Data governance, ownership and operating discipline
Module 3: Production Surveillance and Optimisation
Key Topics
- Real-time well surveillance and production performance tracking
- Well test, allocation and production loss analysis
- Artificial lift monitoring and optimisation opportunities
- Flow assurance monitoring and constraint identification
- Integrated reservoir, well and facility performance review
- Digital workflows for deferment and opportunity management
- Production optimisation case exercises and decision support
Module 4: Digital Twins, Analytics and Predictive Maintenance
Key Topics
- Digital twin concepts for wells, facilities and field assets
- Predictive analytics for equipment health and reliability
- Anomaly detection for abnormal field operating behaviour
- Soft sensors and virtual measurements for missing variables
- Maintenance planning using condition monitoring insights
- Linking digital twins with simulation and optimisation tools
- Model validation, human oversight and interpretation limits
Module 5: Secure Implementation and Continuous Improvement
Key Topics
- OT/IT integration and secure digital architecture principles
- Cybersecurity risks in connected oil field environments
- Access control, remote support and vendor management
- Change management, user adoption and workforce capability
- Benefits tracking, KPIs and value realisation methods
- Scaling pilots into repeatable digital operating practices