A part of Petroleum Industry related to exploration and production of hydrocarbons (also called Exploration & Production or E & P)
It is essentially based on the knowledge area of Petroleum Geology and other Subsurface Production Disciplines.
The primary subject of E & P is exploring or acquisition of Petroleum Asset and maintaining the profitable production from it.
The results of the exploration lead to the procedure of Booking Reserves
Petroleum Exploration is split into three operational areas: | Petroleum Production is split into three operational areas: | |||||
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Booking Reserves | Field Development Planning | |||||
Open-Hole surveys: Acoustic logging Vertical seismic profiling Gamma density logging Formation resistivity logging Neutron logging Formation testing
Temperature logging Pressure testing Laboratory analysis: |
Outcrops survey Gravimetry survey Magnetic survey Electro-resistivity survey Seismic surveys: Passive seismic 2D seismic 3D seismic 4D seismic |
Optical imaging Infrared Imaging |