Power BI Essentials for Oil & Gas: Optimizing Drilling, Production, and Reservoir Management

The course is being designed to equip professionals in the oil and gas industry with essential Power BI skills. The course focuses on creating dynamic dashboards, analyzing drilling performance, optimizing production, and visualizing subsurface data for better decision-making and operational efficiency.

Power BI Essentials for Oil & Gas: Optimizing Drilling, Production, and Reservoir Management

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Learning Benefits:

Build interactive dashboards for drilling and production optimization.
Visualize complex oilfield and reservoir data for insightful analysis.
Integrate real-time data from oil and gas operations for continuous monitoring.
Gain hands-on experience with Power BI tools tailored to the oil & gas sector.

Duration: 4 Weeks

Who Should Attend?

Oil & Gas professionals involved in drilling, reservoir, and production operations.
Engineers and data analysts aiming to harness the power of data-driven insights.
Managers seeking to implement dashboard-driven monitoring for better operational control .

Course Outline:

Module 1: Introduction to Power BI

Overview of Power BI tools and interfaces
Understanding Power BI Desktop, Service, and Mobile
Connecting to data sources (Excel, SQL, API, etc.)
Exploring the Power BI environment

Module 2: Data Preparation and Modeling

Data importing techniques.
Data transformation with Power Query Editor.
Creating relationships between different data tables.
Building efficient data models for Oil & Gas operations.
Hands-on: Importing and cleaning Oil & Gas datasets.

Module 3: Creating Drilling Optimization Dashboards

Introduction to drilling performance metrics.
Designing a drilling efficiency dashboard.
Visualizing drilling KPIs (ROP, NPT, Wellbore trajectory, etc.).
Incorporating time-series analysis for drilling progress.
Hands-on: Building a complete drilling optimization dashboard.

Module 4: Reservoir & Oilfield Production Dashboards

Key metrics for reservoir performance and oilfield production.
Designing visualizations for reservoir pressure, production rate, and well status.
Creating a production monitoring dashboard for onshore/offshore fields.
Forecasting production using Power BI’s forecasting features.
Hands-on: Developing a reservoir and production dashboard.

Module 5: Subsurface Data Visualization

Visualizing subsurface data: seismic, well logs, and petrophysical properties.
Mapping tools in Power BI (ArcGIS, Bing Maps ).
Integrating Power BI with GIS for spatial analysis of subsurface data.
Hands-on: Building a subsurface data dashboard.

Module 6: Advanced Power BI Features for Oil & Gas

Advanced visuals and custom visual imports.
Introduction to DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) for advanced calculations.
Real-time data reporting in Power BI for field operations.
Embedding live dashboards in Oil & Gas operations for continuous monitoring.
Integrating Power BI with IoT and machine learning for predictive analytics.
Hands-on: Implementing real-time reporting for well monitoring.

Module 7: Publishing, Sharing, and Collaboration

Publishing reports to Power BI Service.
Setting up Power BI gateways for live data connections.
Sharing dashboards and reports with teams.
Collaborating on Power BI reports and mobile dashboards.

Frequently Asked Questions:

The course is ideal for oil and gas professionals, data analysts, and engineers looking to enhance their data visualization and analytics skills using Power BI.

The course is priced at 150 USD or 10,000 INR.

Yes, all participants will get comprehensive study materials, including guides and datasets.

Yes, the course sessions will be recorded and available for future reference.

No, the course is suitable for beginners as well as those with basic Power BI knowledge.

Yes, a certificate of completion will be provided at the end of the course.

You will need access to a computer with Power BI Desktop installed, and internet access for the online sessions.