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“By tailoring content to specific client needs, AGR TRACS Training delivers courses and programmes that are superior to the standard offered in the marketplace. The AGR training style, which embraces experiential learning and interactive delivery, combined with a history of teaching in 45 countries, enables us to offer distinct learning and development programmes globally.”

Mark BentleyDirector, AGR TRACS Training

S. America N. America Europe Africa Asia Australia/Oceania

AGR TRACS Training was established in 1992. It quickly developed a training portfolio with a global reach. Tailored courses and programmes have now been run in 45 countries and more than 20,000 people have taken part in AGR TRACS Training courses. Courses have been organised from offices in Aberdeen, London, Perth and Moscow. They have also been translated into Russian.

In 2008 TRACS became part of AGR and has been rebranded as AGR TRACS Training, offering additional course coverage in Scandinavia, the Americas and Asia through our offices in Oslo, Houston, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Almaty.

The training portfolio now stands at 50 courses, with more than 150 events run annually by a team of more than 40 tutors. Cross-disciplinary programmes are often run by two tutors with complementary technical expertise. Some courses are run in a workshop style for groups of up to 100.

More than 20,000 people have taken part in AGR TRACS Training courses.

HistoryTraining on six continents.

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EthosOur training courses are distinguishable from the industry standard by being tailored to the specific needs of a client audience.

04 Using the AGR TRACS Training library as a starting point, the content of the courses together with their timing and location is specified in discussion with the training specialists from the client company.

Courses can also be arranged for multiple clients if required.

Our ethos is therefore to dedicate ourefforts to the design of a tailored product. We believe the success of a course is ultimately determined not only by good delivery but also by appropriate targeting to the audience.

We can achieve this because, unlike many other training providers, most of the course material is developed and owned by us. Moreover, many of the staff and associates that make up the tutor group are colleagues and have built up experience as a tutor group, developing a shared style and making the AGR TRACS Training courses distinctive.

To ensure our material stays up-to-date, our tutors are also practising E&Pconsultants in their own right, and the tutor group includes technical authors and industry-recognised Distinguished Lecturers.

05We believe the success of a course is ultimately determined not only by good delivery but also by tailored design.

Training Series Our material is divided into several Training Series, with each Series having a distinct character and typical course groupings. New courses, tailored to clients’ requests, can be offered within any of these Series.

Early DevelopmentThe Early Development Series is designed for groups of new entrants to the industry, such as graduate intake. The courses are typically multi-disciplinary in content and audience and may extend to complete course programmes. The courses typically include a team-building component.

ReservoirThe Reservoir Series includes the technical subsurface courses from geophysics through to geology, petrophysics and reservoir engineering. These can be given as courses for ‘other disciplines’ as well as introductory-level courses within-discipline.

Exploration and Production OverviewThe E&P Overview Series is aimed at those audiences, often non-technical, looking for a succinct summary of the E&P business. The courses are typically short (one-to-three days) but can range in duration from just one hour to one week.

WellsThe Wells Series includes the wells-based technical courses from completion design through to introductory drilling and well planning. These are offered for non-wells disciplines in addition to drilling and completions staff.

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07Business and RiskThe Business and Risk Series embraces the non-technical business courses such as petroleum economics and risk analysis, strategy and planning. These have been run both as traditional classroom courses and as workshop-style programmes, often for large groups (50+).

CoachingThe Coaching Series was designed to address the needs of individuals or teams for direct coaching involving material from any of the Series described above. These are truly tailored events and have been run as one-off courses or as a set of short sessions.

Open AirThe Open Air Series takes training events to outdoor locations. It combines classroom teaching with sessions on rock outcrops which serve as reservoir analogues. The teaching is pitched at multi-disciplinary audiences as well as geoscience groups. Most courses from other Series can be offered in this format.

Master ClassThe Master Class Series gathers a set of specialist courses for experienced staff. The courses are industry leading and tutored by individuals who are at the forefront of their respective disciplines. These are offered both as lecture-based or workshop-style training courses.

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Training Consultancy We assist in the design of training programmesfor both national and independent oil companies.

Consultancy can take the form of adviceon programme content and delivery style through to the development of the course material itself. In these cases the material can be owned by the client company with technical content specific to that company. It can thus be reserved for their internal use.

The material can be packaged for the client company with guidelines on instruction, and ‘train-the-trainer’ programmes may be run for client staff to familiarise themselves with the new material.

The programmes may also subsequently be delivered by our tutors, or with our tutors working alongside client company staff.

We also recognise that learning programmes create a forum for networking and technical exchange. We therefore organise training programmes on behalf of clients to support them in developing new markets and in building business relationships with new clients.

09Training consultancy has been delivered since 1992 to national oil companies in the Middle East, SE Asia and to major Western-based multinationals.

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PeopleThe tutor group of more than 40 experienced staff members and close associates works from AGR offices in Aberdeen, Oslo, London, Abu Dhabi, Houston, Moscow, Almaty, Dubai and Perth. The profiles below introduce a selection of the group currently involved in the development and delivery of new course material and in the organisation and maintenance of the course portfolio. Key course tutors are presented in the course-specific outlines.

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Mark Graham BSc Main Series tutoring: Master Class

Industry experience: 31 years, petroleum engineering and economics

Career background: Schlumberger, Shell, TRACS and AGR

Personal: Author, ‘Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production’, AGR Manager, Asia Pacific

Mark Bentley PhDMain Series tutoring: Reservoir, E&P Overview Open Air and Master Class

Industry experience: 23 years, geoscience

Career background: Shell, TRACS and AGR

Personal: SPE and EAGE Distinguished Lecturer, AGR TRACS Training Director, Aberdeen

Mark Bramwell PhDMain Series tutoring: Reservoir, Early Development, E&P Overview, Open Air

Industry experience: 24 years, geoscience

Career background: Shell, KUFPEC, TRACS and AGR

Personal: Programme manager for the Early Development Series, Aberdeen

Mark Cook BSc, MBAMain Series tutoring: Early Development, Business & Risk

Industry experience: 27 years, reservoir engineering

Career background: Shell, TRACS and AGR

Personal: Author, ‘Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production’, SPE Distinguished Lecturer, AGR VP

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Roger Mcilvoy BSc, MEng, CEng, MEIMain Series tutoring: Wells, Reservoir

Industry experience: over 25 years, production technology and reservoir engineering

Career background: Britoil, BP, EPS, Maersk, Shell and AGR

Personal: Member of Energy Institute, Member SPE, Aberdeen

John Fowler MSc, BSc (Hons)Main Series tutoring: Early Development, E&P Overview

Industry experience: over 25 years, geosciences and management

Career background: Shell, Maersk Oil and Gas UK, TRACS and AGR

Personal: Strategic advice and support on equity determination, business planning, Aberdeen

Jenny Garnham PhDMain Series tutoring: Reservoir, Open Air

Industry experience: 21 years, petrophysics

Career background: Enterprise Oil, TRACS and AGR

Personal: Technical Author, SPWLA active member, PESGB/SPE

Eivind Damsleth MScMain series tutoring: Business & Risk, Master Class

Industry experience: 35 years, statistics, risk and project management

Career background: Norwegian Computing Centre, Norsk Hydro, Saga and AGR

Personal: Statistics advisor

Gudmund Olsen MScMain series tutoring: Reservoir, E&P Overview

Industry experience: 25 years, reservoir engineer

Career background: Norsk Hydro, AGR

Personal: Project and section manager, Oslo

Mahmood Akbar MScMain Series tutoring: Reservoir, Wells, Master Class

Industry experience: 21 years, reservoir engineering

Career background: Phillips Petroleum, Total, Saga Petroleum and AGR

Personal: SPE-Oslo board director, Oslo

Frank Jahn BScMain series tutoring: E&P Overview, Early Development, Reservoir

Industry experience: 29 years, geoscience

Career background: Shell, WorleyParsons, Woodside, TRACS and AGR

Personal: Author, ‘Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production’, new business development, Middle East

Jonathan Bellarby MScMain Series tutoring: Wells, Early Development

Industry experience: 23 years, well technology

Career background: BP, ICE, TRACS and AGR

Personal: Author, ‘Well Completion Design’, Aberdeen

John Gallivan PhDMain Series tutoring: Reservoir, Business & Risk, Master Class

Industry experience: 30 years, reservoir and petroleum engineering, economics

Career background: BNOC, Britoil, BP, Heriot-Watt, TRACS and AGR

Personal: Section Manager, Moscow

Jerry Hadwin MSc, M EngMain Series tutoring: Reservoir, Early Development, Open Air

Industry experience: Over 25 years, reservoir engineering

Career background: Shell, TRACS and AGR

Personal: Co-author “Adventure Trekking in Oman”, AGR Manager, Middle East

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What our clients say

“I greatly appreciated your contribution to ourprogramme for new graduates and mature hires…it was a very dynamic programme of work-place learningwhich we adapted as we went along. You did a greatjob of identifying needs, and creating and then pullingtogether the elements of the programme. This went wellbeyond my expectations.”

Team leaderShell

“Thank you for one of the mostthought-provoking geomodellingcourses I have attended in recentyears. I have taken an enormousamount away from this sessionand thank you also for your timeand energy.”

GeoscientistConocoPhillips

“As usual, the scores on the evaluation forms are very good.This is also my impression from speaking to some of theparticipants. They all say that you are ’gifted’ when it comesto presenting the material in an intuitive, interesting anduseful manner.”

Training co-ordinatorStatoil

“I would like to thank you for producing a tremendous two weeks ofgeoscience training for our geoscientists. It was great to hear howpositive the group were on the course and for the significantimpact it had on individuals, in their understanding of themselvesand geoscience.”

Team leaderBP

ReachAGR TRACS Training has a global reach. You specify the location, we deliver the course or programme.

Anne Blütecher Training Co-ordinator Norway

Course scheduling, client contact

Lesley Parkinson Training Co-ordinator UK

Course scheduling, client contact,materials and logistics, across all Series

Margrethe Murison Training Co-ordinator UK

Course scheduling, client contact,materials and logistics, across all Series

Training course locations

AGR offices

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Fiona Swapp – Graphic Design

Design and development ofcourse materials across all Series

15Training on six continents.AGR TRACS Training provides 50 technical and commercial courses to the oil and gas industry.

Contact AGR TRACS Training at the following offices:

UKAGR TRACS TrainingUnion Plaza, 1 Union WyndAberdeen AB10 1SLTel: +44 (0) 1224 629000Fax: +44 (0) 1224 629001E-mail: training@agr-ps.com

www.agr.com

NORWAYKarenslyst Allé 4 0278 OsloTel: +47 24 06 11 11Fax: +47 24 06 10 99E-mail: agrtracs.norway@agr-ps.com