This 4-day training course offers participants the opportunity to explore these challenges, including hands-on application of industry-standard tools and techniques to assess realistic scenarios and associated data. The essential commercial drivers are held in perspective at all times.

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PETROLEUM RISK ANALYSIS &
PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
Your Expert Faculty
David Palmer
David Palmer has been a career commercial specialist and frontline E&P Commercial Manager, with nearly
40 years’ continuous involvement in economics and business management, mostly within upstream oil.
Following a degree in quantitative economics and finance, an early career in regional economic planning
gave way to business analysis roles in the UK State Oil Company BNOC, and mainstream commercial management in the
privatised ‘Britoil’.
What past participants said:
“Well structured course with useful ideas and background understanding that is useful in petroleum risk analysis and
economics” Lead Petroleum Engineer, NPCP
“The four day training has increased my capacity for evaluating assets” GM – Asset Develp & New Ventures,
WalterSmith
“A good refreshment to what you already know and at the same time it’s a great course to take it further to our day to
day job application” Finance and Economics, Mitra Energy Ltd
“Excellent and brilliant course. Good for geo technical personnel to appreciate petroleum economics & risking”
Manager, Petronas Carigali
“It’s good to know what I don’t know” Senior Analist Business & Opr Risk Profile II, PT Pertamaina (Persero)

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This 4-day training course offers participants the opportunity to explore these
challenges, including hands-on application of industry-standard tools and techniques to
assess realistic scenarios and associated data. The essential commercial drivers are held
in perspective at all times.
The course commences with a brief overview of the critical Business Environment
factors within which all Energy industries operate, with pointers to major sources of
market uncertainty impacting potentially massive investment decisions. Focus then
shifts from the macro-economic, towards the realm of individual project commitments
typical of the upstream petroleum sector, outlining key areas of uncertainty within the
principal cashflow components. This leads on to various aspects of cashflow analysis
and a brief review of the range of key economic and financial indicators at both project
and corporate level, including the broad impact of various forms of taxation.
Risk and uncertainty definitions are clarified and linked to definitions of common
financial indicators. Common methods of quantifying uncertainties and risks are then
described, from simple parametric methods to probabilistic simulations leading to the
use of Decision Tree Analysis to analyse problems. These tools are then applied to
technical issues over the field life cycle, from exploration risking to the quantification of
value of information during field appraisal and on to production forecasting using both
deterministic and probabilistic methodology. Human factors involved in identifying risk
and quantifying uncertainties are explored, from the preferences implicit in utility theory
to the behavioural heuristics which commonly lead to bias in technical judgement.
Risk diversification principles and associated Portfolio Management theory are
described on the final day, with some pointers as to how this might find practical
application within E&P decision-making. The course concludes with a multi-faceted case
study in which ‘management teams’ will have the opportunity to assess a range of asset-
related risks, and propose mainly qualitative resource allocation solutions – including
several political issues.
Course Description
The Petroleum Risk Analysis and Portfolio Management course offers tools and practical
techniques to identify, analyse and manage uncertainties and risk in exploration and
production projects.
Learning is reinforced by working on case material to explore uncertainties and risks in the
context of production forecasting, cash-flow management, incremental projects and asset
portfolio manipulation.
Monte Carlo modelling and Decision Tree analysis software are employed during the
course to develop practical skills in risk and portfolio management.
On completion of the training, course participants will be able to:
 Define risk & uncertainty in technical and business opportunities
 Summarise petroleum economics techniques and indicators
 Appreciate fundamentals of financial reporting
 Utilise a range of tools to combine uncertainties and quantify risk
 Evaluate technical risks in exploration and appraisal.
 Evaluate technical risks in development planning and production
 Assess commercial uncertainties
 Understand how utility theory drives our risk-reward judgements
 Compare probabilistic vs. multiple deterministic methods
 Understand reserves addition techniques
 Understand the impact of portfolio management in risk and uncertainty
David Palmer has been a
career commercial
specialist and frontline
E&P Commercial
Manager, with nearly 40
years’ continuous
involvement in economics and
business management, mostly within
upstream oil. Following a degree in
quantitative economics and finance,
an early career in regional economic
planning gave way to business
analysis roles in the UK State Oil
Company BNOC, and mainstream
commercial management in the
privatised ‘Britoil’. Following
merger with BP in 1988 he was
commercial manager Northern North
Sea Projects and Ventures, moving
into central commercial roles
overviewing major investment
process and commercial staff
training and development. He
devised and led implementation of
various State Oil & Gas Company
skills programmes, has widely varied
global experience across many
different cultures, and is a master-
accredited team working
practitioner. He now works on
varied international assignments
within AGR Petroleum Services.
2000-2012
AGR-Tracs Petroleum Services,
Associate Commercial Advisor
1988-2000
BP Exploration, Commercial
Manager / Global Network
Consultant
1983-1988
Britoil PLC
Commercial Evaluation Team Leader
/ Business Analyst
1980-1982
British National Oil Corp.
Investment Planner / Business
Analyst
1973-1980
Hampshire County Planning Dept,
Research Officer – Economic
Planning
Your Expert Faculty
David Palmer

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Course Schedule
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4
 The Energy Business
 Global risk context
 E&P Cashflow essentials
 Data component risks
 Taxation complexities
 Project Ranking
 Price Levels and Inflation
 Financial Reporting &
Corporate Performance
 Sensitivity Analysis
 Uncertainty and Risk
 Exploration Economics
 Play & Prospect Risks
 ‘Gambi’ prospect case
 Value of Information
 Appraisal Economics
 Non-technical issues
 External factors
 Heuristics and Bias
 Portfolio Analysis
 Diversification
Lunch
 Cashflow construction
 Undiscounted measures
 Time/ Value Discounting
 Key Economic Indicators
 NPV, IRR, related metrics
 Key Statistical Measures
 Typical Distributions
 Parametric methods
 Monte Carlo Simulation
 Decision Tree tools
 ‘Gambi’ appraisal
 Incremental Economics
 Avoiding ‘risky errors’?
 Development cases
 Bayesian factors
Practical case :
 Managing a varied E&P
Portfolio
 Strategy review
 Industry Conference
 Debrief / Feedback
4 DAY COURSE OUTLINE
Introduction and Business Context
 The wider business environment for Energy industries
 Macro-level commercial risks and opportunities
 Economic evaluation method as a prime decision aid
Defining the Commercial Case
 Correct investment definition
 Constructing cashflow projections
 Factoring in price level adjustments
 Understanding Taxation and wider Government Take
Getting the Evaluation Right
 Analysing Cashflow and time value adjustments
 Calculating key indicators and recognising limitations
 Estimating Profitability and Ranking schemes
 Financial Reporting linkages and ‘corporate health’
From Deterministic to Probablistic
 Sensitivity and Scenario methods – limitations
 Defining Uncertainty and quantification of Risk
 Essential statistical concepts and standard measures
 Decision Tree logic and practical evaluation
 Expected Monetary Value
Estimating Risked Performance
 Application to Exploration and Appraisal Economics
 Value of Information and Bayesian methods
 Development and Incremental Economics
 Uncertainty reduction vs. mitigation
 Correct use of statistical techniques
Portfolio Management, and Non-Technical Factors
 Portfolio theory overview / diversification impact
 Asset selection implications, risk and value trade-off
 Company risk profiles and shareholder preferences
 Exploration strategy and binomial theory issues
 Utility theory and linkage with individual/ corporate
preferences
 Managing market and customer factors
 Heuristics – factoring in human behaviour and natural bias
 Balancing Quantitative and Qualitative risks
Course registration begins at 8:30am on Day 1. The course will commence at 9am on both days. There will be breaks for mid-morning
refreshments, lunch, and mid-afternoon refreshments. The course will end by 5pm on both days.

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