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Who should attend?
Financial analysts and advisors, exploration & production professionals and support personnel, credit officials, accounting personnel, human resource managers, land professionals & techs, investments bankers, portfolio managers & investors or anyone desiring more knowledge of the petroleum and natural gas industries.
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What reserves are & aren't.
Reserve definitions.
Technology & reserves.
Calculating reserves.
SEC reporting.
And much more...
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Petroleum Reserves & Economic Fundamentals
This course is an introduction to petroleum reserves, definitions, estimating oil and gas volumes, cash-flow, project economics. Attendees will actually perform exercises calculating reserves using the same methods engineers use. Attendees will also select drilling well prospects on a limited budget. This game separates out the conservative investors from the riverboat gamblers. One of the goals of this class is to illustrate the "moving target" nature of reserves and their valuation. Unlike others, this one really delves into the reserve determination process.
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Mr. Wilson will summarize current issues regarding reserve reporting and will explain the viewpoints of companies and the SEC. Case examples will be presented to illustrate the various opinions as to what can be booked.
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Course Obejctives
 Understanding oil and gas reservoirs; reserve definitions & examples
New: Review of new SPE definitions adopted 2007
 Categories: proved, unproved, contingent (PP, PDNP, PUD, Prob, Poss)
 Methods used to estimate reserves; Where they work and don't work
 Gas and Oil reserve calculating exercises showing the "high & low side" of reserves
 Production forecasting: Comparison of US and international basins
 Checking out reserve reports; SEC reporting; selected company 10-K's
New: Analysis of how companies fared with 2007 reserve reporting
 Review of recent reserve write-downs, reasons and implications
New: More about 3rd party audits, reviews and evaluations
 Comparison of SEC & SPE definitions; SOX influences
New: Material about how the SEC reviews & challenges company reserves
 Third party engineers; red flags for over/under-stated reserves
New: What triggers an SEC reserve investigation
New: Review of proposed changes in SEC rules (June 2008)
 Typical project economic analysis; operating cost considerations
 Reversionary interests, back-ins and farmout cash-flow analysis
 Reserve replacement, cost of finding, R/P (Reserve Life Index) ratios
 Gas and oil price forecasting: art versus science
 Decision making methods; project comparison & ranking
 Acquisition and divesting trends
 Simple lending and financial models
 Excel software reserve & economics templates
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About This Course
Included in each course is a 600+page workbook of slides, charts, illustrations, exercises, outlines and articles. Attendees find this book makes a good reference long after taking the class. Also included is a free software disk of Excel templates: "Reserve Generator" forecasting model, volumetric and decline analysis.
A continental breakfast for morning classes plus midmorning and afternoon break with refreshments will be served.
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Prerequisites For This Course
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Continuing Education Credits
Continuing education credits, CPE, CPL., etc., have been granted for our courses by most states. Please call about your particular professional educational credits.
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