Inhouse Tailored Training
Short Courses / Troubleshooting Workshops
- Corporate Growth Strategy and E&P Portfolio Optimization
- Exploration Strategy and Value Creation
- Basin Analyses Methods
- Sequence Stratigraphy
- Carbonate Sedimentology
- Deepwater Turbidite Depositional Systems and Reservoirs
- Integral Exploration Round Technical & Economic Evaluation Workflow
- Field Development Workflow
- Logistics and Supply Chain for Unconventionals
- Introduction to Data Analytics and to People Analytics
- O&G Contractual and Fiscal Terms
- Oil & Gas Regulation in LatAm
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Negotiations
- International and Cross-Cultural Business
- Decision Theory
- Leadership Development
EOR Short Course Description Day 1
Overview & terminology
- Effect of rock properties
- Effect of heterogeneity and anisotropy
- Effect of fluid properties
- Wettability
- Capillary pressure
- Relative permeability
- Physics of water displacing oil
- Statistical forecasting
- Analytical forecasting
- Numerical forecasting
- Monitoring
- Natural Water Drive and Coning
- Water shut-off
- Pattern rotation
- Natural & hydraulic fractures
- Horizontal well applications
- Downhole separation
- Enhanced waterfloods
- Waterflood planning
- Case histories
- Life under primary recovery phase: recovery targets andways to improve
- Reservoir life cycle and recovery process
EOR Short Course Description Day 2
Life under secondary recovery phases: immiscible gas
injection, waterflooding, recovery targets, ways to improve
Secondary Recovery
- Overview & terminology
- Effect of rock properties
- Effect of heterogeneity and anisotropy
- Effect of fluid properties
- Wettability
- Capillary pressure
- Relative permeability
- Physics of water displacing oil
- Statistical forecasting
- Analytical forecasting
- Numerical forecasting
- Injector/Producer monitoring
- Integrated monitoring
- Sweep efficiency and displacement efficiency
- Water shut-off
- Pattern rotation
- Natural & hydraulic fractures
- Horizontal well applications
- Downhole separation
- Enhanced waterfloods
- Waterflood planning
- Heavy oil – cold “foamy” production, production with sand
- Case histories
EOR Short Course Description Day 3
- Life under enhanced oil recovery phase: increasing complexity, cost/benefit consideration, EOR selection matrix
- Miscible methods: selection criteria, recovery, design considerations, case studies
- Phase Behavior – MMP,
- Ternary Diagrams
- CO2 Flooding & Case Study
- Chemical methods: selection criteria, recovery targets,
design considerations, case studies - Polymer Flooding,
- Surfactant and Alkaline Flooding
- Foam
- Thermal methods: selection criteria, recovery targets, design considerations, case studies
- Technical challenges: current and future R & D directions, facilities modifications and personnel training
Instructors
Ivan Terez
Houston
Pet Eng / PhD Geosciences / MBA
Consulting focus
Exploration/appraisal and field development for onshore and offshore (shallow and deep), new ventures and assets, portfolio optimization; reservoir engineering advisory, conventional and unconventional EOR recovery, reserves management, economic and financial feasibility studies; decision-making, asset restructuring.
Professional background
Ivan is Founder and CEO of Renascent Energy and has held management and technical advisory positions in Chevron, Eni and Casa Exploration LP. He has broad experience in LatAm, GoM, UKNS, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan and Indonesia.
Education
BSc/MSc in Mechanical Engineering (MIPT, Russia), MSc in Petroleum Engineering (U of Houston), PhD in Environmental and Geosciences (Texas M&A), MBA (AFW Wirtschaftsakademie Bad Harzburg, Germany).
Myriam Juritz
Seattle
Chem Eng / Dr Pet Eng / Mgmt Cons
Consulting focus
Reservoir engineering, integrated reservoir management, simulation, EOR, exploration new ventures, economics, international management and strategy, organizational performance, process improvement.
Professional background
Myriam is an independent petroleum and management consultant and has been a lecturer at Texas A&M. She gas worked for INTEC Engineering, San Jorge International, Tecpetrol, Accenture, Oliver Wyman, The Scotia Group, Arthur D. Little and Holland & Davies.
Education
BSc/MSc in Chemical Engineering (U of Buenos Aires, Argentina), International Petroleum Management Degree (Texas A&M) and Dr of Engineering on Petroleum Engineering (Texas A&M).
Kenneth Kibodeaux
Houston
Petroleum Engineer / PhD
Consulting focus
Reservoir engineering focus in conventionals and unconventionals (including shales and heavy oil), Enhanced Oil Recovery methods, reservoir performance prediction and optimization, reservoir characterization.
Professional background
Kenneth is co-founder and CTO of Renascent Energy, having held technology development and deployment positions in Texaco, Shell, and Saudi Aramco, and consulting work for PetroChina, with experience in US, Canada, China, Trinidad, Venezuela, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia. SPE Distinguished Member.
Education
B.S. in Petroleum Engineering (U of Texas at Austin), M.S. in Petroleum Engineering (U of Texas at Austin), Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering (U of Texas at Austin).
Coordinators
Diego Diaz Baldasso
Managing Partner & Board Member
Houston
MSc / MBA / Mgmt Cons
Consulting focus
E&P Operations, Subsurface, Integrated Project Management, Project Execution, Reserves Reporting. Petroleum Economics, Oil and Gas Business Strategy, Leadership & Organization
Professional background
In addition to running day-to-day operations at Plata Energy, Diego is the CEO and Founder of Orion Energy, a consulting and manpower firm based in Houston.
Diego has held various technical and executive roles in leading E&P companies, including Repsol, Maxus Energy Corp, YPF, and Astra in Argentina. He served as President of Repsol Bolivia, E&P General Manager in Peru, and Managing Director for Akakus Oil Operations, a 350,000 bopd operation in Libya. Additionally, Diego led the technical evaluation for Repsol’s $2.1 billion acquisition of Shenzi, a major deepwater oilfield in the US Gulf of Mexico.
Education
BSc, MSc in Physics, Instituto Balseiro, Argentina. MBA, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.
Diego Diaz
Quito
Economist / MBA
Consulting focus
Companies’ productivity optimization and sustainable value creation. Identifying the root cause of process gaps and implementing best practices and available solutions to drive excellence in leadership, cultural change, and innovation.
Professional background
Diego held management positions for technical, strategic, and administrative departments in prominent organizations such as ENAP, Occidental Petroleum, Central Bank and Banco Popular del Ecuador, with work experiences in Ecuador, Oman, Egypt, the Bahamas, and the United States.
Education
BSc in Economics (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador), MBA (University of Notre Dame)
