Do you need to learn about the oil sands?  Shale gas? Remaining conventional oil & gas reserves in North America?  This seminar presents the fundamentals of the upstream oil & gas sector — the processes and technologies, and the risks, economics, and issues of the business. At the end of this two-day course, you will gain a better understanding of the North American hydrocarbon resource potential, the activities undertaken by the petroleum industry to explore for and produce conventional and unconventional oil & gas, and the various factors that determine fossil fuel prices. The big picture will soon come into sharper focus.