1. To Provide material and discussion on the emerging fourth generation of management. This fourth generation is different in kind. Rather than focusing on things management and time management, fourth generation expectation focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and on accomplishing results and maintaining the Drilling and Drilling Capability balance (D/DC balance). Fourth generation management is ready for the new millenium.
2. To provide management history, management concepts of team work, decision making tools, modern internet, and intranet resources for drilling management, acquire or review planning techniques, review of he state-of-the-art DrillingTechnology, acquire or review management control and quality control.
3. To discuss and practice " The 7 Strong Habits for Effective and Successful Managers."
4. To present and demonstrate Leadership, Communication Skills to increase productivity at personal and company levels.
1. A profile for today and vision for tomorrow:
Review of Drilling Technology and State of the Art of Drilling
2. The management process:
2.1 - Management Functions.
2.2 - Roles of a manager.
2.3 - Manager Skills
2.4 - Productivity Definition
2.4.1 - Factors influencing productivity
3. Objectives, Strategies and Polices in Management.
3.1 - Definition and analysis of the concepts.
4. Planning, the fundamental function.
4.1 - Why planning?
4.2 - Informal and formal planning/ planning in practice
4.3 - Operation Planning/ Day to day operation planning
4.4 - Planning Techniques.
4.5 - Gantt Charts for Planning and allocating resources
4.6 - CPM /PERT methods for Planning
4.7 - Microsoft Computer software "Project" for Project planning.
4.8 - An example of application of "Project"
5. Management Control
5.1 - The management Control Process
5.2 - Three requirements for control
5.3 - Control of Tolerance
5.4 - How Much Control
5.5 - Control Methods and Systems
5.6 - Operation Control
5.6.1 - Quality Control (QC)
5.6.2 - Types of Quality Control
6. Manager as Decision Makers
6.1 - Priority, Weight, Limit technique to make decisions
6.2 - Decision Tree Technique
6.2.1 - Purpose serve by Decision Trees
6.2.2 - Variations in degree and kinds
6.2.3 - Probability tree for a development drilling venture application
6.2.4 - Net Values of terminal events
6.2.5 - Rollback Evaluation of Probability Tree for Development Drilling Venture
6.2.6 - Evaluating Acceptance of a field for drilling and exploitation.
6.2.7 - A statistical Risk Evaluation
7. World Wide Web resources for Drilling Management
7.1 - World Drilling Statistics, Trends
7.2 - Access to technical and Managerial Publications
7.3 - Analysis of Drilling Indexes and impact on Drilling management Decisions
8. The Seven strong Habits for Effective and Successful Managers
8.1 - Description, Discussion, applications and exercises
8.2 - Summary and conclusions.
9. Using Drilling Expert Computer Programs for Drilling Optimization and Drilling Management
Resources:
A full Drilling Expert program to be used by participants to assist them to make the right decision in any operation related to drilling, including well control management and optimization of the drilling process( No previous computer experience is necessary to used this Drilling Expert System for Managerial purposes)
10. The Man Management and Rig Management.
Resources:
A brief review of nine part series Audiovisual Training Material titled, " The Man Management and Rig Management" published and produced by Texas University at Austin and Sponsored by IADC in cooperation with API and Association of Energy Services Corporation. The review will take one morning but the total program takes from three to fourth weeks.
10.1 - Introduction - How to be a more effective Drilling Manager
10.2 - Lesson 1: What is Management
10.3 - Lesson 2: What is Leadership
10.4 - Lesson 3: How do you handle personal problems
10.5 - Lesson 4: How do you start a new hand
10.6 - Lesson 5: How do you train employees
10.7 - Lesson 6: Where do you fit in the organization
10.8 - Lesson 7: How do plan and Organize work
10.9 - Lesson 8: How can work be done more effective
Note: Each videotape has a student workbook for analysis and discussion
11. Planning and organizational techniques for Drilling Operation and well Completions
11.1 - Development plan for Oil and Gas reservoirs
11.2 - The Planning Method
11.3 - The Drilling Program
11.4 - Total effect approach to drilling operation
11.5 - Completion Plans
11.6 - Technical Completion Programs
11.7 - Reservoir and well depletion plans
11.7.1 - Concepts of depletion plans and technical procedures for implementation
11.7.2 - Impact of Declining Plans on completion operation and management decisions
12. Team Work, Modern Approaches: Advantages and disadvantages
13. Drilling Contractors Evaluation.
13.1 - Different Approaches
13.2 - The incentive Method Analysis: Drill fast, safe and friendly with incentive
contracts
13.3 - IADC WellCap program and certification is cost efficient and cost effective
13.4 - IADC RigPass Credential means safety, Environmental protection and Efficiency in Drilling Operations
14. Workshop to discuss problems and cases brought by participants
Teaching facilities and equipment needed:
1. TV set and VHF Video player
2. Computers ( 1 for every 3 students)/ Computers do not have to be in the same teaching room
3. Slide projectors/Screen
4. Blackboard
5. At least a Computer with access to World Wide Web in the teaching room.
Additional Cost for this course:
1. The Drilling Expert Program cost is not included and it is not for sale.
Special arrangements can be done if somebody is interested in the program.
