Learning arena, instructions and assignments
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Field learning arena:
Instructions and attitudes…
How do we work at Svalex?
Safety is the most important issue at Svalex.
No injury is the first priority.
Be responsible and aware!
Learning arena:
The small oil company in the
field.
You are the teacher:
We are moving the learning arena into the field, and
you are the teacher in your field of study. You are
going to make your coworkers in other fields of
study understand what you do in this project and
why your job is important – basic and fundamental
facts of your trade.
Cross-disciplinary learning is a key
goal of this field trip to Svalbard
Geoscientists should understand the main
engineering reasoning, and all engineers should
understand the important geo-scientific reasoning.
Understanding the main aspects of all disciplines is
important to be able to make a good interpretation
and use of the company resources. The sooner you
realize this, the better job you will do in your
company and in industry.
We challenge you to be active and
engaged.
During Svalex we will work in groups. Each group
is a small oil company and should have knowledge
in all disiplines: Geology, geophysics, petrophysics,
drilling reservoir engineering and production. At
Svalex – by experiencing – you are supposed to
find out how you can cooperate with other people
and disciplines. You should learn as much as
possible – while in the field – through discussions
with your fellow students.
You will give presentations.
In the different parts of the Svalex projects, each
discipline should prepare contributions in their field
of study.
To ensure learning, participation and involvement
of each discipline, each oil company should
establish routines to hear reports and contributions
from all group participants.
Do you find yourself passivated?
Do not accept to be passive – ask and get
involved. There will be consultants around that you
can talk to and discuss your concerns. You should
also talk to your company management or students
with similar background to yours in other
companies.
The students who are active and engaged will
benefit most from this field trip.
The setting of the Svalex field trip.
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4. Data:
Study the data available on the
resource CD.
In making a report to your
company, you will have to study
and interpret all available data:
Papers, seismic data, geological
models and descriptions, flash
presentations, maps, field studies,
reservoir simulations. The Svalbard
field simulator, Svalsim may be
very useful.
1. Your role and responsibilities.
What is your role in this field trip – what
are your responsibilities?
You should define these and discuss it
with your colleagues in other companies
as well. Cross company forums for
discussions may be needed and useful in
your work to understand your role in the
project.
This project is typical for what an oil
company is doing. All disciplines have to
contribute and should think: What should
come from me?
2. Your small oil company badly needs
new hydrocarbon prospects. The Storvola
reservoir is a high potential reservoir that
your company has decided to explore,
and hopefully develop and produce.
The studies of the other locations in
Billefjorden and at Festningen may help
to understand different geological settings
and help you to understand how these
settings influence your work in the area.
3. Organize your company.
Be sure to organize your small oil
company in an efficient way. Every day
there will be information given from the
management of the expedition to the
management of the attending oil
companies. An important success factor is
to organize your company in an efficient
way, and secure the flow of information
both ways between the management and
the staff.
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5. The teachers can be
looked upon as consultants. They
can be asked to consult. They do
not, should not and often can not
– provide “the answer” – they are
there to help – to facilitate – your
own reasoning. We encourage you to use
all available resources – human (do not
hesitate to ask people from other
companies) as well as written and
electronic resources. Explore the
opportunities – not the limitations.
6. Limits put on you.
Being in the field, you may experience
limitations in what you have planned to
do. Weather conditions may be bad, and
you can not gather all the information you
wanted to. But the time limit for reporting
about the prospects is very short – this is
the only option and chance to gather field
data in time. If weather conditions are
bad, you may have to rely more on other
available resources available on board the
ship.
7. Critical eye…
Remember that when you start working
with older data, you should always look
at the data with a critical eye – there may
be errors in the data. May be re-analysis
by newer methods can improve the
quality?
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