Framing Oil & Gas Industry-Wide
Standardization of Experience, Knowledge,
and Disciplines, Skills and Competency

Key Dimensions for Standardization

Technical Disciplines, Skills, & Competency
Upstream Value-Chain
Operating Environment

Technical Discipline Groups

Major Technical Disciplines have been grouped as follows:

Subsurface
Facilities – Surface
Project Delivery
Well Delivery
Production Operations
Well Services
Logistics &
Infrastructure
Business
Development
Finance
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Hiearchy of Disciplines, Skills, and Competency

There is little definitional consistency industry-wide regarding disciplines, skills, and competencies. The standardization applied by Oil Energy Pro is based on a simple parent-child hierarchy. Discipline Groups contain Specific Disciplines that in turn contain Skills unique to a specific discipline. Each skill can be assigned a competency level. The competency grade follows Basic, Entry, Intermediate, Advance, & Expert levels, as defined by the National Institute of Health

Subsurface Disciplines

Key Examples:

Geophysicist
Geologist
Geoscientist
Petrophysicist
Reservoir Engineer
Production Engineer
Petroleum Engineer
And More
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Facilities - Surface Disciplines

Facilities engineering discipline mostly focused on doing feasibility studies, basic engineering, discipline engineering, field development planning --
pre-project work

Key Examples:

Facilities Engineering
Process Engineering
Civil Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Safety Engineering
And More

Project Delivery Disciplines

Project execution related scope such as FEED, Detail Engineering, Construction, & Installation

Key Examples:

Project Engineering
Facilities Engineering
Structural Engineering
Procurement Engineering
Construction Engineering
Installation Engineering
Project Management
And More
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Production Operations Disciplines

Broad range of specific disciplines support the production operations of an oil-field

Key Examples:

Asset Management
Operations Engineering
Maintenance Engineering
Production Engineering
Production Planning
Corrosion Engineering
And More

Well Delivery Disciplines

Drilling campaigns are required during multiple value-chain phases, from exploration to production operations to abandonment

Key Examples:

Drilling Engineering
Completion Engineering
Fluids Engineering
Directional Engineering
Rig Engineering
And More
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Well Services Disciplines

This area covers all rigless as well as work-over rig related well operations. Scope includes well servicing and production enhancement related programs

Key Examples:

Well Integrity Management
Workover Engineering
Stimulation Engineering
Remedial Engineering
And More

Logistics & Infrastructure Disciplines

Without L&I projects cannot execute and fields cannot produce.

Key Examples:

Transportation Engineering
Warehouse Engineering
Category Engineering
Storage Engineering Housing
Housing
Supply Chain Engineering
Procurement
Export & Disposal Engineering
Security
And More
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Business Development

Growth requires finding and building new markets, regions, basins, and operating environments

Key Examples:

Pathfinder Engineering
Sales Engineering
Product Engineering
Market Engineering
New Business Commercial
And More

Finance Disciplines

Survival of an enterprise as a going
concern depends on financial control,
access to funding, and capital efficiency

Key Examples:

Project Accounting
Project Finance
Budgeting
Auditing
Financial Control
And More
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Standardization of Professional Experience
According to Upstream Value-Chain Phases

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A professional may be a ``jack of all trades`` or specialized with deep knowledge in Project Execution, for example. Value-chain phase concentration or diversification is a key criteria for candidate selection, as he or she will be expected to hit the ground running

Professional Experience Across Operating Environment

O&G has been discovered in every conceivable operating environment. Each type may require different technology, capex/opex, operational systems, HSS&E. Professionals spend considerable amount of their career honing skills across such operating environments, for example onshore versus offshore, shallow water versus deep water.

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Global Project Knowledge and Subject Matter Experience

Experience in operating fields or executing projects across different geographies can be vital to the success of a company. Local laws, culture, logistics, HSS&E, local content, and stakeholder engagement can add considerable complexity & risk to operations.

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