Infographics and Data Analytics for Oil and Gas Reporting

Introduction

The abundance of data makes it difficult to stand out in today’s world and to make your message seen, understood and accepted by the people, therefore, all the sophisticated data and analytics in the world won't matter if it can't be consumed by an end-user or a decision-maker, client or colleague. Once you gather the data and perform your analysis, you need to be able to present that data in a way that makes sense to your end-user. In other words, you have to visualize the data.

Information graphics or infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge intended to present complex information quickly and clearly.

The presentation of data trough Infographics makes a combination of graphs and charts that are focused on the main story that you want to tell to the audience.

Recently, Oil and Gas companies began using infographics, which integrate graphics into data presentations. This Infographics & Data Analytics for Oil & Gas Reporting training course is aimed to equip the delegates with the necessary skills to analyze numerical data, reporting and using graphics to present the data.

This training course will highlight:

• What is the Infographic, what makes them a great tool for the presentation?
• How to plan the design of Infographic?
• How to tell a focused story?
• How to use data to support your presentation?
• Using an effective combination of graphs and charts to create Infographic
• Visualizing the information
• How to combine presentation tools?
• Use of the different software for creating infographics

Objectives

This training course aims to provide professionals and analysts’ in Oil and Gas companies, the necessary tools needed to present the abundance of data in one effective infographic, using available software like Tableau Public app. They will enhance their skills of using infographics to present the data in a way that can be readily communicated to others in the organization.

At the end of this training course, you will learn:

• Common analytical techniques and representation methods using Infographics
• The ability to recognize the types of analysis is best suited to Oil and Gas companies
• Understand what is important in designing Infographics
• Learn how to plan the Infographic
• Develop their skills in using presentation software
• Learn the steps in creating Infographic
• Create graphs from the data
• Combine graphs and charts to effectively support the storyline
• Understand the best ways to test and promote their Infographic

Training Methodology

The course is delivered in a combination of lecture-style and computer-based training. In addition, a significant amount of time is set aside for small working group activity when addressing case study problems. Extensive use is made of case study material to underline the key aspects of the course and to give the delegates exposure to current best practice.

Who Should Attend?

This training course involves extensive computer-based data analysis using Excel and therefore delegates will be expected to be numerate and to enjoy working with numerical data on a computer. This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Marketing Specialist
• Project Managers
• Public Relations Specialists
• Marketing Managers
• Campaign Managers
• Business Development Managers
• Operational Managers involved in the data analysis
• Financial Managers
• Risk Managers
• Board Level Executives and Non-executives

Course Outline

DAY 1: Introduction and Descriptive Statistics                   

• What is Data Analysis?

• A reminder of elementary statistics and compensations for small sample sizes

• A Quick-start Tutorial for Excel

• Describing Data Sets using Statistics

• Representing Data Sets Graphically

• How to create Info-graphic in Excel

• How Info-graphics Data Presentation compares to the traditional methods

DAY 2: Frequency and Time Series Analysis           

• Frequency of Occurrence

• Histograms

• Pareto Analysis

• Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts

• How Excel Dashboard is different from Infographics

• How to combine Excel and PowerPoint for creating Infographics

• Time Series Analysis

• Trending Data

• Estimation Theory and its relevance to Oil and Gas Data

DAY 3: Scenario Analysis, Confidence, and Six Sigma

• Modeling Scenario and their application in Oil and Gas Companies

• Interactive Spreadsheets

• Confidence Intervals

• The usefulness of Control Chart for Oil and Gas Companies

• An Introduction to Six Sigma

• Error Bars

• Online Tools for Creating Infographics

• Practical Creation of Infographic based on Model Data

DAY 4: Regression Analysis Equations and System Modeling 

• Simple Regression Analysis / Maximum likelihood Estimations

• Polynomial Curve Fits

• Describing Data using Equations

• Prediction

• The Applications of Regression to Oil and Gas Companies

• Analysis Of Variance (ANOVA)

• Comparing Different Types of Infographics

DAY 5: The Infographics Creation and Critique

• Presenting Data using appropriate Reporting Style

• Practice creating the Infographics and its Presentation

• Focus on the Storytelling

• Overall Review of Concepts Learned and How they can be applied in practice