Providing High Quality Engineering and Management Services
IPC Petroleum Consultants, Inc. is a Tulsa based, international petroleum consulting firm which specializes in oil and gas reserves appraisals and risk analysis for international upstream petroleum investments. In conjunction with its associates in Oklahoma, Texas, London and Venezuela, IPC is dedicated to provide its clients high quality engineering and management services. IPC is headed by Rafael Sandrea, former president and CEO of ITS, a Caracas based petroleum engineering firm he founded and directed for 30 years.
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Publications
Dr. Sandrea has published over 40 technical papers some of which have been featured in CNN Money, Seeking Alpha and PetroleumWorld. He has also co-authored with Dr. Ralph Nielsen: "Dynamics of Petroleum Reservoirs under Gas Injection", Gulf Publishing, 1974, a book used extensively in petroleum engineering courses around the world, and one of the first textbooks to cover the basics of miscible EOR. Dr. Sandrea has also written several Research Reports on Future Oil and Gas Supply: Global, the US, Shale Plays, which are published by PennEnergy Research. He has also written Blogs in the Financial Times (London) and PennEnergy. His new book, Mexico: History of Oil Exploration, Its Amazing Carbonates, and Untapped Oil Potential is available now. His most recent paper, Global Oil Supply Growth at a Crossroads, Exploration Needs a Robust Resurgence , is also available now. Sandrea's publications have provided the industry with four well-recognized significant fundamentals:
An Opportunity Index for assessing E&P Investments,
A Universal Decline model for both conventional and unconventional oil fields,
A neuro-fuzzy model to screen reservoirs for EOR options
A Seismic Velocity– porosity correlation that provides a golden bridge between petrophysics and seismic data, and identifies oil and gas potential deposits directly from seismic.
Services
Appraisal OF OIL AND GAS RESERVES
IPC conducts comprehensive pre-audits of major oil and gas fields as a precursor to more in-depth reserves audits. Since 2003 Dr. Sandrea has had 16 articles published in O&GJ and MEES addressing the evaluation of methodologies for estimating oil and gas reserves, providing estimates of global oil and gas reserves, onshore and offshore, and has developed special algorithms for estimating the production capacity of newly discovered fields – conventional and unconventional. Several of his articles have been featured on CNN Money, SeekingAlpha.com, and PetroleumWorld.com.
MAPPING CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS
Harmonization of reserves classification Systems – SPE/WPC/AAPG, UNFC and in-house systems.
supply Analyst/arbitration
Dr. Sandrea is an oil and gas supply analyst and has been an expert witness in multi billion dollar Arbitrage E&P dispute.
TRAINING/WORKSHOPS
IPC has traditionally offered workshops on technical topics. Its workshop on: “All you want to know about oil and gas reserves evaluation” has been well recognized around the world. Dr. Sandrea has now developed a specialized Masterclass/Online web presentation on the techniques for appraising oil and gas reserves and their production potential which you can watch when you choose and on your own time. Two days worth of instruction is condensed into four, one-hour segments to save you time and money.
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E&P INVESTMENT RISK ASSESSMENT
Dr. Sandrea has developed the Opportunity Index for comparing the relative attractiveness of investments in upstream projects as well as the attractiveness of a company’s E&P portfolio in different countries. The model integrates industry standard risk indexes and offset indicators, such as, potential oil and gas reserves, F&D costs, and company financial performance into a single composite index. More recently (2017), he developed an Upstream Financial Opportunity Index to select bid prospects.
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[new] FIeld WireLine Reservoir Evaluation Services
Analysis of reservoir sampling, borehole imaging, coring, early definition of spatial reservoir characteristics from petrophysical and seismic data. In association with: www.XwellsExpertise.com.
Workshops
Its not everyday you can learn from the expert in this field and not have to travel, book a room, and lose valuable office time. With this online web presentation you can watch when you choose and on your own time. Two days worth of instruction is condensed into four, one-hour plus segments to save you time and money. Accompanying workbook helps you reinforce the lessons.
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