Today’s petroleum industry faces economic, social, regulatory and technology pressures that demand access to more data and better information...

In an age of integrated data, using words clearly and consistently is critical to success. This course helps you understand why and how the language used to describe various...

This course arms you with knowledge about the many well status and classification systems used by the petroleum...

This course will navigate you through the concept of faceted taxonomies and how they apply to data management...

This class provides critical foundational information related to how well depths and elevations are measured and corrected...

This session introduces the prevalence of spatial location information in the oil and...

This foundational course provides introductory knowledge of the land survey systems used in the United States - Congressional /Jeffersonian...

The United States Well Spotting course builds on the information introduced in the U.S. Land Survey Systems (PDM-021) course. This class provides...

The Canadian Well Identification System (CWIS) is designed by and for the petroleum industry in Canada. Its three related identifiers...

Based on the Canadian Well Identification Standard (PDM-031), this class provides additional detail related to how the CWIS...

This course provides a general overview of the business life cycle of the well within the petroleum asset life cycle, including...

This 2-day course takes a deeper dive into the Business Life Cycle of the Well, focusing on the data generated for each phase and the impact...

This course provides a more detailed look at the business life cycle of the well within the petroleum asset life cycle. This includes: the planning...

Increasingly, the petroleum industry is focused on integrated life cycle asset management systems that bring together...

This course will navigate you through four primary areas: Management Priorities (why we are here), The Myth of Control (how much is real), Strategic...

Reference Lists will introduce you to data objects, defining reference lists, how reference lists help make data more useful, sample reference lists across multiple global regions, complex reference...

This comprehensive introductory course navigates you through why units of measure matter, how units of measure can be confusing, the purpose of measurements, the basics, and systems of units...

This course describes the foundations of data distrust, data attenuation and dissonance. It lays out the methods by which trust can be maintained as data quality is measured and validated...

This class positions students to understand the critical difference between data objects and the design of technical containers into which they are placed for use. This provides a critical...

This comprehensive course lays out critical relationships between data strategies and tactics by describing how data governance, data mastering and data management functions work together...

This session provides an overview of the compliance process at the PPDM Association, designed to help implementation teams prepare for a compliance measurement...

Designed by hundreds of industry experts to manage the data and information created and used to manage the E&P life cycle...

Both robust and comprehensive, the size and complexity of the PPDM Data Model can pose an intimidating challenge for...

The data management subject area in PPDM 3.9 is provides a practical toolkit to support data management and data governance...

Sample collection, storage and usage information is critical to ensuring that technical analysis data can be properly used...

Seismic can be conducted on land or offshore. Recording may be two dimensional (linear) or three dimensional (polygonal). 4D (time variant) seismic...

Wells are the most fundamental asset of the petroleum industry, because they provide the mechanism for extracting raw hydrocarbons from subsurface reservoirs...

Today, production management and optimization are significant opportunities for improving well site efficiency and profitability. This class covers the well test...

In this course, you learn how PPDM 3.9 can be used to manage information about well logs and curves, operational logging details, and how to catalogue...

This session provides an overview of the key differences between PPDM 3.8 and PPDM 3.9. Designed for those who are considering upgrading their version of the PPDM...

Designed primarily to support aggregated reporting, such as corporate production reporting or reserves forecasts, this module allows users to create formal or informal...

Named areas are simply geographic areas that a company may wish to track for a variety of reasons. These areas could be geopolitical, jurisdictional, operating areas...

Geographic or cartographic references to locations are an important component of any database that requires the ability to be output as a map or spatial object...

Spatial location information in PPDM is supported at numerous levels. First, locations are versionable: this allows business users to manage the original configuration...

Well locating can be complex and challenging. Locations change during planning and construction and are often given in many different coordinate reference systems...

Seismic information can be challenging to manage. Often, location files contain point designations that are difficult to represent on maps or other displays...

The challenges for oil & gas industry are as complex, if not more so than any other business sector today. Developing exceptional leaders of tomorrow is the key to meeting the demands...

Exploration and Production (E&P) companies realize the importance of good technical data and the role which it plays in the exploration success. Geoscientists and engineers focus on maximizing hydrocarbon...

We are in the midst of what is now being referred to as the fourth industrial revolution. We are witnessing wholesale changes in the way we live, work, and relate to one another as technology drives...

During the workshop, Daan Van Beek will provide case studies making the course mimic real life situations and thus providing an opportunity for those attending to...

As business continues to internationalize and the strategic intent of global organisations is to maximise business opportunities wherever they may present, the discipline of project management...

Seismic data processing is often seen as confusing with a lot of technical terms and procedures that are not as readily understood as they could be. Through an online series...

This unique short course is the first of its kind in the world and was developed in collaboration with Common Data Access Ltd (CDA). The course presents Petroleum...

The course enables practitioners to demonstrate their credentials and identify knowledge gaps while also equipping new entrants with the necessary knowledge and skills to pursue...

This unique short course is the first of its kind in the world and was developed in collaboration with Common Data Access Ltd (CDA). The course provides you with the knowledge...