The area of Petroleum Industry dealing with exploration and production of hydrocarbons (also called Upstream).
| Exploration is split into three operational areas: | Petroleum Production is usually split into two operational areas: | |||
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| Surface Production is split into three major areas: | Subsurface Production is split into three major areas of activities: | |||
Acoustic logging Vertical seismic profiling Temperature logging Gamma density logging Formation resistivity logging Neutron logging Pressure survey | Outcrops survey Climate survey Gravimetry survey Magnetic survey Electrical Resitivity survey Seismic surveys
| Topography Optical imaging Infrared Imaging | Production gathering (facilities and metering) Fluid supply and injection (facilities and metering) | |
The results of the exploration lead to the procedure of Booking Reserves | Routine production operations usually follow a specific production strategy which is a part of Field Development Planning | |||