Part of Petroleum Industry related to managing production from hydrocarbon deposits all the way up to Commercial Metering Station, specifically:
Petroleum Production is split into three operational areas:
Surface Production
Subsurface Production
Production gathering
Fluid supply & injection
Production Performance Monitoring
Well & Reservoir Management
Field Study & Modelling
Well & Reservoir Surveillance
Economics
Surface facilities
Subsurface facilities
Production Strategy
Recovery Methods
See Also
Petroleum Industry / Upstream
it usually splits into two operational areas:
Surface Production Operations
Subsurface Production Operations