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Game Guide THE QUEST FOR OIL A computer game about gaining and applying detailed insights into the geographical underground and global oil industry.
Quest for Oil | Game Guide
Winning in Quest for Oil
Quest for Oil can be played in both Multiplayer and Single Player. Oil fields
Each location has a number of oil field licences available with various estimated potentials.
Winning in a Single Player ‘Normal’ game means producing a pre-defined volume of oil faster than Explore the map with your seismic ship or helicopter to find suitable and affordable licenses to
your opponents. The winning amount depends on the scenario: buy.
Southeast Asia: 250K barrels of oil Time
North Sea: 500K barrels of oil Basically, you never know how long you have to reach your target. Even if you see that your oppo-
Qatar: 500K barrels of oil nent has made fast progress early in the game, you still have the chance to win by locating the
West Africa: 750K barrels of oil best reservoirs, combined with choosing the right technological set-up and production process.
Gulf of Mexico: 750K barrels of oil You will then overtake your opponent and reach victory.
So apart from using all your knowledge about earth layers and high-tech equipment, you will also
In a Multiplayer game or a Single Player Custom game the creator sets the winning condition. This have to stay cool, and rely on your chosen strategy to reach your goal.
could be a target amount of oil or the one who has the most oil when a set time is up.
Money
You initially have a certain sum and you start investing to get licences, equipment, assets and advice.
What is your strategy?
Try to get an understanding of all the costs you will encounter during your quest before making
money yourself. If you don’t, you risk running out of funds in the middle of an exploration or produc-
tion process. This could instantly jeopardize your mission – and you would lose.
To get the best possible results, a number of strategic considerations require your sharp insight
and decisions. There are a wide variety of combinations for how to make money in the various oil At the same time, you should remember that once you obtain the maximum number of oil bar-
fields, and many, many more for how NOT to. rels, the money you have accumulated will also count toward your position on the highscore
leaderboard.
The scarce resources are:
Profit
• Oil fields
• Time
• Money
You can also track how you are doing in terms of generating profit from your exploration activi-
You don’t know how much time you have before your opponent achieves his/her goal and beats ties. If you monitor the orange Return On Investment number in the top part of the screen, you can
you. get a feel for how your investments are going.
Therefore, you need to act strategically in terms of your limitations. You need to act smart - and In a tournament game the winning condition is Return On Investment. This means it is the most
you need to constantly focus on the three parameters mentioned above. costefficient investments, which is the better ones.
Learn more on the following pages...
Quest for Oil | Game Guide
How to play
Scenario selection Gameboard Mini-map Help screen
Select one out of five locations on the globe. The gameboard consists of a mini-map, unit The mini-map provides you with an over- Besides the in-game advisor, you can always
panels that lets you control your assets, view of the current map and all players search the Help screen for information on
ressource information and an advisor panel, progress towards the target goal. Licenses various in-game topics. Select the main
where hints and advice will be given during are colored as they are bought by players. menu and choose ‘Help’ to go there.
games.
Fast-track How to move around Safety and Maintenance
Selecting the icons quickly jumps to the next If you are playing on a tablet, select a unit by Most units require that you maintain safety training and equipment maintenance on
asset in each category. touching it. Touch the desired destination to acceptable levels. Failing to do so risc shutting down the unit.
make it move there. Using a mouse or mouse
pad means clicking instead of touching. Select a unit by clicking/touching it. If the unit has Safety and Maintenance require-
ments, it will have a colored icon on the left-hand side - indicating by its color if the
levels are critical (red), okay (yellow) or great (green).
Quest for Oil | Game Guide
Asset overview
Seismic Ship Helicopter Jack-up Rig Semi-submersible Rig
Use it to explore the map, buy new licenses A faster way to explore, buy and perform Use it for drilling activities. The jack-up can Use it for drilling activities. The semi-sub
and perform seismic analysis of the under- seismic analysis. only drill on shallow water, but not on deep. can only drill on deep water, but not on
ground to locate the oil. shallow.
Drill Ship Production Platform
Use it for drilling activities. The drill ship can Use for production activities. There are
drill on both shallow and deep water, and two options available:
can be used for multiple drills. • Production Platform (I)
This platform supports only oil tankers.
• Production Platform (II)
This platform supports both oil tankers
and oil pipes.
Quest for Oil | Game Guide Maersk Advisors Three Maersk specialists are available to you throughout the game. They introduce you to their field of expertise in each mini-game. Make sure to listen to them carefully. They provide the crucial knowledge you need to become an oil exploration expert. Seismic mini-game Drilling mini-game Production mini-game Lead Geologist Toolpusher In this mini-game, an oil production special- In this mini-game, a seismic oil exploration In this mini-game, a drilling specialist in oil ist will advise you specialist will advise you. exploration will advise you.
Quest for Oil | Game Guide
Buying a license and performing a seismic analysis
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4
Your first objective is to find a suitable oil Once you have acquired the license, start Watch a tutorial video or start analysing by Study the earth layers and their charac-
license area to buy and develop for oil pro- searching for oil by analysing a seismic map selecting ‘Load Seismic Data’. teristics carefully to pinpoint the place on
duction. Explore the map with your seismic of the underground below your license. the map, where you think oil is located.
ship or helicopter to find a suitable oil license Your skills in analyzing seismic data is key
to buy. Select your license marker and select to finding oil.
‘Seismic analysis’ and ‘Analyze’.
When a suitable license is found, use your You can buy advice if you are stuck. Advice
asset to buy the oil license - by selecting indicate where traps and caps are located
‘License to Drill’ and ‘Buy’. on the map, but it doesn’t come cheap.
If your need additional help, select the
help-icon in the top-hand right corner to
read about the seismic analysis.
Sandstone Salt
Chalk Shale
Limestone Volcanics
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Drilling for oil
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4
When you have found oil, choose a drilling Watch a tutorial video or start drilling by To get the most oil, you have to drill through When you have hit the reservoir, you
rig that fits your needs by selecting each selecting ‘Ready Drill Crew’. earth layers and hit the reservoir under- will see how much oil you will be able to
icon on the license marker one at a time (see neath right in the center. Plan a route that produce later on. If you are unhappy with
‘Asset overview’ for more information). makes you drill fast, but stay safe in the pro- your performance, redo the process by
cess. Control the bit by clicking or touching selecting ‘Drill again’.
in front of it. Clicking/touching far away will
speed up the drill. Mind your drill bit inte-
grity, as wrecking your drill bit will cost you.
Drill bit integrity
Indicates how well your drill bit is doing. If
your press your drill bit too hard by drilling
too fast in a very hard earth layer, your bit
integrity will fall drastically.
Rate of Penetration (ROP)
Dictates how fast you drill. Some earth
layers will let you have a high ROP without
tearing on the drill bit, whereas others will
not.
Gas pockets
Watch out for greenish gas pockets indi-
cated by an exclamation mark on the mini-
map - they will cost precious time and bit
integrity.
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Producing oil
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
When done drilling, you have two options Now it is time to carry out the oil production Watch a tutorial video or start production
to start producing the oil (see ‘Asset over- process. When a production platform has by selecting ‘Adjust oil production’.
view’). Your choice of production platform been bought, select the ‘Produce Oil’ button
will be paramount in how fast and long you and press ‘Start’.
will be able to produce oil from the reservoir
underneath.
Step 4 Step 5
Your objective here is to unlock the oil from the reservoir rock. You do this by injecting When your production rate has been locked,
water and natural gas into the rock. Balance the level of injection pressure to dictate the last step means deciding how you will be
whether you wish to produce the oil slowly or fast. transporting the oil from the platform to your
refinery on land. Production platforms only
Faster production rate (dragging the know to the right) means depleting the reservoir supports 1 tanker.
faster. Slower production rate (dragging the knob to the left) means getting more oil. See the ‘Asset overview’ for more information.
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