Study On The Reconstituted System Of Exploration Project Management For Daqing Oilfield

Petroleum is one of cannot-be-lacked resources to support the development of global economy; the explorations of oil and gas are the basements of petroleum industry development, which are characterized by huge risks, long cycle and slow efficiency. The levcl of petroleum exploration management directly influences the benefits and development of oil and gas industries. At present, the oil reserves-production-ratio (the ratio of remained recoverable reserves versus annual recoverable production)of Daqing Oilfield is rather lower; in recent years, the ratio can generally maintains 14 years or so, far lower than 49.2 years (in the end of 2006)—the average world level. The balanced efficient of reserves and production (the ratio of newly increased proven and developed reserves versus production in a certain period) keeps about 0.6, the operation of the oilfield appears serious "the input cannot makeup the output". In order to realize sustainable development of Daqing Oilfield and establish "Hundred Year Oilfield", it is required that the breakthrough of petroleum exploration.Based on the relative theoretical studies such as project management, workflow reestablishment, quality management, and excellent achievements & effects management and so on, the project management of petroleum exploration is taken as studied object, the investigations and analyses of the history and development of project management system and furthermore the controlling factors of the process are conducted for Daqing Oilfield through comprehensively utilizing the relative sciences of economy, management, project management and so on, integrating the oilfield practices and moreover with the help of the methods of comparative analysis, comparing study, case analysis or study and so forth. By the way, the existed problems are found out, by means of the advanced management systems and project management models at home and abroad; the design of the system framework is established by using scientific project management theories. At the same time, from the following three aspects:life cycle, management factors and excellent achievements or benefits, the systems of exploration project management of Daqing Oilfield are integrated and presented. In addition, in order to ensure the execution of the above systems, the measurements should be adopted in management system, organization, managing information system, project team construction and so on.To reconstruct the management system, oil and gas exploration projects in different stages are controlled from the viewpoint of the life cycle of the project. The cycle generally contains the following stages:project concept, development, implementation and accomplishment; and it is characterized by four properties: stepwisement, continuity, dynamics and rhythm. Most petroleum exploration projects are large or medium-sized and possess their own characteristics in the process of operations. Therefore in order to ensure an orderly operation of exploration projects and smoothly realize the management goals, the steps and procedures of the project operation and management are must be studied.The control of the key elements of petroleum exploration projects is to reconstitute the management system from the angle of the management of the key elements. Oil and gas exploration project is a complex and systematic engineerings with multiple disciplines and many kinds of works, which mainly involves the elements including exploration project scope, schedule, quality, cost, personnel, material and equipment, technology, capital, contract, risk, communication, field and comprehensive management, etc.The excellence management of petroleum exploration projects is one of the important parts of exploration project management system, whose goals are to well support the information and decision in the project management and realize the targets of the project manager department. It can provide continuously improved values for the customers, increase the overall effectiveness and capacity of the organization, and furthermore promote the studies of the organization and personnel, mainly including four steps:performance standards, assessment, analyses and management.The reconstruction studies of the exploration project management system for Daqing Oilfield possess much important realistic significances for constructing scientific and complete management system, enhancing the level and efficiency of the investment decision and project operation, widening exploration fields, reducing exploration costs, searching for more and more petroleum reserves, increasing the benefits of the whole exploration.