Exploration Academy

Disciplines
Geoscience
Category
Development • Exploration • Foundational • Geophysics • Geoscience • Mapping • Subsurface
Format
Classroom 
Available
Private 

Who Should Attend

Anyone wanting to accelerate and broaden their exploration experience.

Description

Accelerate the experience factor for mid-career explorers by sharing cases from numerous basins and plays around the world from industry experts.

Build upon the combined experience of the group by analyzing successes and failures.

Create an environment for learning from examples at various levels: play, play element, and prospect.

Learning Outcomes

Learn how to:
• Quickly focus on key factors controlling exploration potential.
• Develop awareness of risks and uncertainties.
• Leverage failures for learning and potentially lead to success.
• Learn from multiple exploration settings.

Course Content

Teaching Style:

  • Modular Design: Numerous one-to-two-day sessions that cover Exploration, Appraisal, and Development best practices, customizable based on client’s needs.
  • Case Studies: Extracted from the instructor’s experience to provide examples where outcomes are known and can be analyzed.
  • Round Table Discussions: Review real-life discoveries and dry holes to foster interaction.
  • Business Simulations: “Data room” style to practice quick techniques to identify key potential and risks/uncertainties in teams.
  • Follow-Up Consultations: ”One-on-one” interactions included as part of the class instruction.

In-Person

Length

Upcoming Events

Check back in periodically for updated Public and Live Online course dates!

In-House

This course is also available as a private, onsite course upon request. Contact us for details and pricing.

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Instructor

Amalia Olivera-Riley, PhD headshotAmalia Olivera-Riley, PhD

Mark Olson headshotMark Olson

John Farrelly headshotJohn Farrelly