The Exploration Process

A short presentation by Hamish Wilson, about how Paras Consulting approaches the process of Exploration

Hamish Wilson

About Paras

A short presentation outlining some of what Paras can do for your business value

By Tracey Dancy

Solving the Demographic Challenge in Exploration

This presentation by Hamish Wilson explores the current demographic problems with attracting graduates into the Oil and Gas industry.

This was presented at the Norwegian Exploration Managers Forum in Autumn 2006.

How to succeed with your KIDs!

Why do some companies succeed in Knowledge, Information and Data Management while others fail? by Alan Smith

This presentation was made at the PNEC conference in April 2005

Value Creation in Exploration – Portfolio Issues

Hamish Wilson presented this thought provoking paper at the 2004 DTI/PESGB Prospect Fair.

The paper was co-written with Andrew Latham of Wood Mackenzie. Paras Consulting would like to acknowledge the 'data input' to this presentation by Wood Mackenzie. Please contact Hamish Wilson hamish.wilson@paras-consulting.com for more information about the Paras WoodMac relationship.

New Ways of Working in the NEW UK North Sea

This presentation was made by Hamish Wilson and delivered at the SPE London Meeting in February 2004.

Given the level of attendance at this meeting, the subject of North Sea innovation and new opportunities is clearly of great interest. The resulting lively discussions proved that this is a subject dear to our hearts in the exploration industry.

Data Management in Today’s Workflow

This presentation highlights how data management in today’s workflow is starting on the Next Phase of Convergence ...

This presentation was delivered by Adam Mitchell at the 7th annual event on E&P Data and Information Managment in February 2005, where Dr Alan Smith chaired the event.

Data for Performance Management

Hamish Wilson, Managing Director, Paras Consulting presented this paper at PNEC 2005 in Houston, Texas.

This presentation aims to show how to position Data Management within an organisation to make a difference to the business performance.

Integrated Workflows

Whilst this SPE Forum dealt with Smart Fields in particular, the issues around data management apply as much here as ever before. The session where the presentation was delivered encompassed the following issues: 1) A data manager as a member of the technical team (rather than IT or corporate function) 2) The importance of clarity of process and workflow

This presentation was delivered by Adam Mitchell at the SPE Forum in Dubrovnik Croatia in September 2005.

Real Time Portfolio Management

This presentation was given by Paras Consulting at the recent SMi conference on Asset Acquisitions, Disposal and Swaps Conference in London.

Implementing the right tools to support the portfolio management process

This presentation was given by Nicki Bourne at the AAPG meeting in Houston, March 2002. It looks at the tools available to the E&P business to assist with the portfolio management process.

Data Repositories; trends & opportunities

This presentation on the trends and opportunities for data repositories was given by Dr Alan Smith at the spring meeting of the Petrotechnical Open Software Corporation (POSC) meeting.

The Value of Data Management

Demonstrating the value of data management is an important topic. In this presentation, given to the SIS Forum 2002:iDISCOVER, in Madrid, Dr Alan Smith of Paras Consulting addresses some of the key issues.

Effective Portfolio & Risk Management - Organisational & Process Implications

In this presentation Hamish looks at the process of integrating budgets, reserves, production and financial accounting systems to track performance on a real time basis.

Hamish Wilson gave this presentation at the August 2002 IQPC Risk Management for Oil and Gas in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The conference focused on implementing advanced risk measurement and portfolio management strategies.

An Integrated Approach to Risk Management-Learning from Other Industries

Adam Mitchell of Paras Consulting attended the May 2002 EAGE meeting in Florence. He presented this paper which looks at how different industries (including Oil and Gas) manage risk.

Integrating Quantitative & Qualitative Approaches to Portfolio Management

Portfolio management theory talks about the need for balanced portfolios – high risk through to low risk. However most companies have bi-modal risk distributions, with a mixture of small low risk options near to producing fields and a miscellaneous set of high-risk prospects.

This presentation, by Hamish Wilson, looks at how to approach managing these high-risk option sets. It was given at the September 2002 IQPC conference on Portfolio Optimisation in Oil & Gas.

Managing Exploration Performance: A Case Study for the use the of Internet to enable Real Time Portfolio Management

This paper discusses how Internet technology was used by BP to manage their near-field exploration programme on a real-time basis.

This paper was presented at the 2002 SPE conference in San Antonio. A copy of the associated paper can be found under the Articles Section of this site.

The Economic Advantages of Managing Data - ONCE!

This paper looks into the economic advantages of managing data using the ONCE principle.

This presentation was delivered at the EUROPEC 2002 conference in Aberdeen by Dr Alan Smith.

Future Perspectives on the UK Operating Environment

This presentation considers the current trends in investment from the UK oil industry and discusses the strategies that oil companies are adopting in the region. Based on this strategic analysis comments are made on the attractiveness of the investment option in the global context and the barriers to profitability.

Paras Consulting presented this stimulating seminar at PETEX 2002 in London.

ONCE! is enough

The paper looks at new and efficient ways to manage data using a recent case study of Premier Oil.

Alan Smith presented this paper at SMi's 5th annual conference on data and information management in the E&P industry.

Information Management: The Cultural Challenge

This conference was held in Houston in May. The meeting focused on enhancing value through data, by looking at key technologies and drivers, and the innovative thinking and solutions required to achieve this aim.

This paper was presented to address some of the cultural issues associated improvements in data management.

The AAD&S Data Deluge

A&D activity within UKCS is increasing owing to a number of converging factors. Large volumes of data are exchanging hands ….but this is not happening in an optimum way. A number of pan-industry initiatives exist (or are being planned) aimed at streamlining processes. E & P companies should take advantage of these & look to improve their internal DM systems as part of the overall solution.

Presented at the Smi AAD&S Conference in London April 2004