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Monitoring Plan of Development (POD)

Course Objective

To equip participants with practical and analytical skills to effectively monitor, evaluate, and optimize the execution of an approved Plan of Development (POD), ensuring alignment between subsurface performance, facilities readiness, budget realization, regulatory compliance, and production targets.

Target Participants

This course is suitable for:

  • Reservoir Engineers
  • Petroleum/Production Engineers
  • Field Development Engineers
  • Asset Development Team Members
  • Drilling & Completion Engineers
  • Facilities/Process Engineers
  • Subsurface Team Leads
  • Project Control & Planning Engineers
  • SKK Migas / Government Technical Evaluators

Recommended Background:
Participants should:

  • Have experience in POD preparation or field development projects
  • Understand reserves estimation & production forecasting
  • Be familiar with CAPEX/OPEX budgeting
  • Have minimum 3–5 years upstream experience
Course Duration: 4 Days
DAY 1 – POD Framework & Monitoring Philosophy

Objective: Understand the strategic purpose of POD monitoring and governance structure.

Session 1 – POD Lifecycle & Governance

  • POD concept (Exploration ➝ Development ➝ Production)
  • Regulatory framework & approval process
  • POD commitments vs execution reality
  • Roles of operator & regulator in monitoring

Session 2 – Key Performance Indicators (KPI) in POD Production KPI

  • Reserves maturation tracking
  • Drilling realization vs plan
  • CAPEX & schedule tracking
  • HSE and compliance indicators

Session 3 – Monitoring Structure & Reporting System Annual Work Program & Budget (AWPB) alignment

  • Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
  • Cost control mechanisms
  • Dashboard & reporting best practices

 

Workshop 1:
Participants map:

  • Approved POD commitments
  • Execution timeline
  • Monitoring matrix & KPIs
DAY 2 – Subsurface & Production Performance Monitoring

Objective: Develop ability to evaluate whether field performance matches POD assumptions.

Session 1 – Reservoir Performance Monitoring

  • Comparing forecast vs actual production
  • Decline curve monitoring
  • Reservoir pressure & drive mechanism tracking
  • Reserves reconciliation (RRR)

Session 2 – Drilling & Well Performance Tracking Drilling realization vs schedule

  • NPT tracking & learning
  • Well productivity comparison to design
  • Completion effectiveness

Session 3 – Production System Monitoring

  • Well test analysis
  • Artificial lift performance
  • Water cut & breakthrough monitoring
  • Bottleneck identification

Workshop 2:
Case study:

  • Production shortfall vs POD forecast
  • Identify root cause (subsurface, drilling, facilities, market)
  • Recommend corrective actions

DAY 3 – Facilities, Cost & Risk Monitoring

Objective:
Understand integrated monitoring from technical & financial perspective.

Session 1 – Surface Facilities & Infrastructure Monitoring

  • Facility capacity vs production profile
  • Reliability & uptime tracking
  • Gas handling & flaring compliance
  • Debottlenecking strategy

Session 2 – CAPEX & OPEX Monitoring

  • Budget absorption vs realization
  • Cost overrun analysis
  • Earned Value Management (EVM) basics
  • Impact of cost deviation on economics

Session 3 – Risk & Uncertainty Tracking

  • Subsurface uncertainty management
  • Commodity price sensitivity
  • Schedule delay impact
  • Risk register maintenance
  • Contingency monitoring

Workshop 3:

  • Evaluate a case with CAPEX overrun & production delay
  • Assess impact to NPV & payback
  • Propose mitigation plan
DAY 4 – Optimization, Revision & Regulatory Communication

Objective:
Enable participants to recommend POD revision or optimization strategy.

Session 1 – POD Deviation Analysis

  • When is POD revision required?
  • Scope change vs amendment
  • Field re-development concept
  • Incremental project evaluation

Session 2 – Optimization Strategies

  • Infill drilling
  • Workover & stimulation
  • EOR/IOR screening
  • Facility upgrade
  • Cost optimization initiatives

Session 3 – Regulatory & Stakeholder Communication

  • Reporting to regulator
  • Technical justification for changes
  • Economic re-evaluation
  • Documentation & audit readiness

Final Integrated Case Study
Participants will:

  1. Review an approved POD
  2. Analyze 2-year execution performance
  3. Identify deviations
  4. Quantify impact to reserves & economics
  5. Recommend continue / revise / optimize strategy
  6. Present technical justification
Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

  • Monitor POD implementation effectively
  • Evaluate production vs forecast deviation
  • Track drilling & facilities performance
  • Assess CAPEX & schedule variance
  • Identify early warning indicators
  • Recommend corrective & optimization actions
  • Prepare technical justification for POD revision

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