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2005-2006 PETROLEUM TRAINING GUIDE

NEW in this catalog!

● Career Course

Progression Matrices
● Integrated Certificate
Programs
● In-house Training
● 8 New Courses

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Message from the Managing Director

In 1963, OGCI delivered the first petroleum technology short course. In 2001, Shell, BP, and OGCI formed the PetroSkills alliance
and launched a new age in petroleum learning. Since then, Saudi Aramco, Halliburton, Occidental Petroleum, Unocal, John M.
Campbell & Company, the University of Trinidad & Tobago, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and Repsol have joined to help define the
industry’s standard in technical training. In the past five years the alliance has worked together to build a world leader in petroleum
training. Even with all of this growth, we’re not finished yet. Just what is PetroSkills and where is it heading?

In 2005 PetroSkills is:

■ A program of over 120 of the finest courses building skilled application the entire range of petroleum technology from exploration
through to the refinery.
■ Open to anyone from any organization through over 500 public sessions delivered in more than 30 cities, or at your location
anywhere in the world
■ Directed by an Industry Advisory Board that actively provides overall direction and quality assurance
■ Over 110 instructors, consisting of the petroleum industry’s leading technical experts - each selected by member company advisors
for their ability to deliver the finest in petroleum technology competency development
■ Based on detailed competency maps that outline the specific skills professionals need to do their jobs. These maps are available to
you in a personal competency inventory website so that you can inventory your petroleum technology competencies, identify gaps
and create a plan to fill those gaps

In 2006 PetroSkills will:

■ Expand to provide additional courses in Petroleum Business Management and the Facilities and Process Engineering Program
■ Expand our public courses in the Arabian Gulf
■ Link courses with on-the-job work experiences to improve how we develop competencies, and
■ Undoubtedly, welcome new members to the alliance

COVER IMAGE: When you attend a PetroSkills program, you can be sure that it will fit into your overall career development program, and will be
The Narrows the best training available.
Zion National Park
Utah, USA After 40 years, OGCI and John M. Campbell are still the world leaders in petroleum technology training. We’ve trained more than
A labyrinth of narrow 234,000 participants from 50 countries on six continents. We’ve earned our reputation by offering practical, business relevant courses
canyons cut through the that build the skills you need for immediate hands-on utility. With PetroSkills, this heritage grows even stronger.
soft sandstone by the
Virgin River. In places,
I need to say one thing about our Facilities Program – as we’ve grown, we’ve also outgrown the ability to put our entire program in a
the deep canyons are single catalog. If you are interested in a wider selection of downstream courses, please visit our website at www.petroskills.com to find
barely 12 meters wide. out more.

If there’s anything I can do to help, please e-mail me directly at fbrett@petroskills.com. I’d be happy to hear from you.

J. FORD BRETT
OGCI® is a registered trademark of Oil & Gas Consultants International, Inc.
PetroSkills® is a registered trademark of PetroSkills, LLC
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Delivering Knowledge. Developing Competence.
Industry Benchmark
The power behind PetroSkills is the
alliance itself. Member company
subject matter experts direct and
maintain detailed competency maps
for each petroleum discipline,
resulting in an operator’s ‘shared
viewpoint’ of the skills required to
perform at different levels within
each field. PetroSkills’ training
courses and work experiences are
then developed to deliver the
competencies outlined on these
maps, and are continually improved
and renewed to stay current with
industry trends, technology and
demands. The alliance enhances this
value by making the training
available on a more convenient and
frequent basis across the globe.
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What is PetroSkills?
Competency Based.
PetroSkills is a unique competency-based
training program – not just a collection of
courses. Course content is based on detailed
skill and competency maps developed with our
member companies. Each discipline is detailed
through these competency skill maps to ensure
that professionals receive the skills they need at
their individual level and put them on the right
track for advancement. Another feature of the
competency maps is that they are available to
individuals and companies via a web-based
Competency Assessment Tool (CAT). The CAT
allows professionals to track their development,
determine what skills they need, and create a
customized plan to fill those learning gaps.
Practical. Real-World.
Business-Relevant.
Practicality sets us apart. This competency-
focused learning delivers the individual skills
and technology needs of operating companies
and industry professionals. Our goal is that after
attending a PetroSkills course, professionals will
return to their workplace and immediately apply
the skills learned to create value.
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Quality Courses. Quality Instructors.
PetroSkills’ coursework is reviewed and
strengthened by each of its partner companies.
The member curriculum advisors and the
PetroSkills Board must approve each course,
ensuring practical, up-to-date relevant training.
The same is true for the instructors that teach the
courses – they must be approved by the
PetroSkills Board and member curriculum
advisors.
Convenient and Frequent.
Convenient and frequent delivery is a key part
of the PetroSkills philosophy. By presenting
courses near to the client on a shared basis, we
keep travel and other costs as low as possible
while still delivering our programs worldwide.
In addition to teaching hundreds of sessions
in dozens of cities each year, PetroSkills will
bring any of its courses to you on an in-house
basis worldwide.
For more information, contact:
training@petroskills.com
800.821.5933
918.828.2500 (worldwide)
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Table of Contents

Inside Front Cover

MESSAGE FROM THE MANAGING DIRECTOR 10 INTEGRATED CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
1 OVERVIEW OF PETROSKILLS 11 COMPETENCY MAPS / COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT TOOL
4 2005-2006 WORLDWIDE TRAINING SCHEDULE 12 TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR NON-TECHNICAL PROFESSIONALS
9 NEW GRADUATE PROGRAM

Introductory / Cross-Training
13 BASIC DRILLING, COMPLETION AND WORKOVER OPERATIONS 14 OFFSHORE SYSTEMS BASICS (NON-TECHNICAL STAFF)
14 BASIC PETROLEUM ENGINEERING PRACTICES 15 WELL PLANNING AND OPERATIONS, ASSET TEAM CROSS-TRAINING
14 BASIC PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY (FORMERLY DEA-44 HORIZONTAL TECHNOLOGY)
15 NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN OLD FIELDS

Geology
16 COURSE PROGRESSION MATRIX 18 MAPPING SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES
17 BASIC PETROLEUM GEOLOGY 19 PETROLEUM GEOCHEMISTRY: TOOLS FOR EFFECTIVE
20 BASIN ANALYSIS WORKSHOP: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT
17 CARBONATE RESERVOIRS 19 PRODUCTION GEOLOGY FOR OTHER DISCIPLINES
17 COMPRESSIONAL STRUCTURAL STYLES 21 PROSPECT AND PLAY ASSESSMENT
18 DEEPWATER SANDSTONES 19 SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS
21 DEVELOPMENT GEOLOGY 20 SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY: AN APPLIED WORKSHOP
18 EXTENSIONAL STRUCTURAL STYLES 20 STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY IN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND
21 GEOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES FOR SOLVING RESERVOIR DEVELOPMENT
MANAGEMENT AND FIELD DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS

Geophysics
22 COURSE PROGRESSION MATRIX
25 ADVANCED SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY: A 2-D, 3-D SEQUENCE AND
24 INTRODUCTION TO SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY: AN EXPLORATION
WAVELET ANALYSIS WORKSHOP WORKSHOP
23 PRINCIPLES OF 3-D SEISMIC INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATIONS
24 AVO AND SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS
23 SEISMIC INTERPRETATION
23 BASIC GEOPHYSICS
24 SEISMIC SURVEY DESIGN, DATA ACQUISITION, AND PROCESSING
Petrophysics
26 COURSE PROGRESSION MATRIX 29 PRODUCTION LOGGING
30 APPLIED ROCK MECHANICS 29 SHALY SAND PETROPHYSICS
28 CAPILLARITY IN ROCKS 30 STRUCTURAL AND STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION OF DIPMETERS
28 CARBONATE PETROPHYSICS AND BOREHOLE-IMAGING LOGS
27 CORING AND CORE ANALYSIS 27 WELL LOG INTERPRETATION
27 FOUNDATIONS OF PETROPHYSICS 30 WIRELINE FORMATION TESTING AND INTERPRETATION
28 INTEGRATION OF ROCKS, LOG AND TEST DATA

Well Construction / Drilling

31 COURSE PROGRESSION MATRIX 33 DRILLING PRACTICES
35 ADVANCED WELL CONTROL 35 MANAGED PRESSURE DRILLING: APPLICATION, DESIGN AND
32 BASIC DRILLING TECHNOLOGY EXECUTION
32 CASING AND CEMENTING 34 MANAGING WELLSITE OPERATIONS
35 CEMENTING PRACTICES 34 PRACTICAL DRILLING SKILLS
33 DIRECTIONAL, HORIZONTAL, AND MULTILATERAL DRILLING 33 SOLIDS CONTROL SYSTEMS
32 DRILLING FLUIDS TECHNOLOGY 34 WELL ENGINEERING

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Reservoir Engineering
36 COURSE PROGRESSION MATRIX 38 OIL RECOVERY ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES
37 APPLIED RESERVOIR ENGINEERING 40 RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION: A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM
37 BASIC RESERVOIR ENGINEERING APPROACH
37 BASIC RESERVOIR SIMULATION 40 RESERVOIR ENGINEERING FOR OTHER DISCIPLINES
41 GAS RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT 38 RESERVOIR FLUID PROPERTIES: PREPARATION FOR RESERVOIR
42 HORIZONTAL AND MULTILATERAL WELLS: ANALYSIS AND DESIGN ENGINEERING AND SIMULATION STUDIES
39 INTEGRATED RESERVOIR MODELING 41 RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT
42 NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS: GEOLOGIC AND ENGINEERING 41 RESERVOIR SIMULATION STRATEGIES
ANALYSIS 38 WATERFLOODING A TO Z
40 OIL AND GAS RESERVES EVALUATION 39 WELL TEST DESIGN AND ANALYSIS

Production Engineering
44 COURSE PROGRESSION MATRIX 51 HORIZONTAL AND MULTILATERAL WELLS: DRILLING AND
47 ACIDIZING APPLICATIONS IN SANDSTONES AND CARBONATES COMPLETIONS
51 ADVANCED HYDRAULIC FRACTURING 49 HYDRAULIC FRACTURING APPLICATIONS
45 ARTIFICIAL LIFT SYSTEMS 49 OILFIELD WATER PRODUCTION, HANDLING AND INJECTION
47 BEAM PUMPS 50 PRODUCTION LOGGING
45 COMPLETIONS AND WORKOVERS 46 PRODUCTION OPERATIONS 1
47 ELECTRICAL SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS 46 PRODUCTION OPTIMIZATION USING NODAL TM ANALYSIS
48 FORMATION DAMAGE: CAUSES, PREVENTION AND REMEDIATION 50 PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY FOR OTHER DISCIPLINES
48 GAS LIFT 50 SAND CONTROL
48 GAS PRODUCTION ENGINEERING 46 SURFACE PRODUCTION OPERATIONS
49 GAS WELL DELIQUIFICATION 45 WELL STIMULATION: PRACTICAL AND APPLIED

Production Facilities Design, Operation and Maintenance

52 COURSE PROGRESSION MATRIX 54 JMC CONSULTING SERVICES
53 FACILITIES COURSE LIST 55 OPERATOR TRAINING

Petroleum Business Management

56 COURSE PROGRESSION MATRIX 60 OIL AND GAS TEAMS: HOW TO MAKE THEM WORK
60 ADVANCED DECISION ANALYSIS WITH PORTFOLIO AND PROJECT 58 PERSONNEL SUPERVISION IN THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
MODELING 58 PETROLEUM FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING
57 BASIC PETROLEUM ECONOMICS 59 PETROLEUM FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES
57 EXPANDED BASIC PETROLEUM ECONOMICS 61 PETROLEUM FINANCIAL WORKSHOP
57 ECONOMICS OF WORLDWIDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION 61 PETROLEUM PROJECT MANAGEMENT: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES
61 FUNDAMENTALS OF INTERNATIONAL OIL AND GAS LAW 59 PETROLEUM RISKS AND DECISION ANALYSIS
62 FUNDAMENTALS OF U.S. OIL AND GAS LAW 59 PRESENTATION SKILLS FOR THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
60 INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM CONTRACTS AND NEGOTIATIONS 62 RESOLVING CONFLICTS: PREVENTING AND ADDRESSING CONFLICTS
58 MEETING MANAGEMENT AND FACILITATION FOR THE PETROLEUM IN PETROLEUM ORGANIZATIONS
INDUSTRY 62 SOCIAL OUTREACH STRATEGIES: PRINCIPLES AND BEST PRACTICES

63 INSTRUCTOR BIOGRAPHIES
70 PUBLICATIONS
72 REGISTRATION FORM / BOOK ORDER FORM
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14 BASIC PETROLEUM ENGINEERING PRACTICES BOATRIGHT / FOSTER / RANDOLPH / ROSS Nov 28-Dec 2, ’05 Apr 3-7 Oct 24-28, ‘05 May 13-17 Sep 4-8
Jan 23-27 Oct 30-Nov 3 Mar 13-17
May 15-19 Jun 19-23
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14 BASIC PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY BOATRIGHT / FOSTER / RANDOLPH / ROSS Apr 17-21 Oct 17-21, ‘05 Nov 14-18, ‘05 Apr 1-5 Dec 5-9, ‘05 Nov 7-11, ‘05
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Nov 13-17
14 OFFSHORE SYSTEMS BASICS (NON-TECHNICAL STAFF) JMC SPECIALIST Mar 13-17 Sep 18-22 Oct 9-13
15 WELL PLANNING AND OPERATIONS, ASSET TEAM CROSS-TRAINING KNOLL Oct 24-28 ‘05 Apr 24-28 Nov 21-25, ‘05 Nov 12-16, ‘05
(FORMERLY DEA-44 HORIZONTAL TECHNOLOGY) Jun 5-9 Dec 4-8
Oct 23-27
15 NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN OLD FIELDS MHA PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS Apr 3-7 Jun 26-30 May 1-5 Nov 14-18, ‘05
Sep 18-22

GEOLOGY
17 BASIC PETROLEUM GEOLOGY LINK / DILLON Dec 5-9, ‘05 Oct 24-28, ‘05 Oct 24-28 ‘05 Mar 20-24 Mar 27-31 Jun 5-9

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Feb 13-17 Jul 17-21 Oct 23-27 Sep 11-15
May 8-12 Oct 2-6
Nov 13-17
17 CARBONATE RESERVOIRS MOORE Nov 7-11, ‘05 Sep 11-15 Feb 4-8
Mar 6-10
Nov 6-10
17 COMPRESSIONAL STRUCTURAL STYLES GROSHONG / LOWELL May 29-Jun 2 Oct 9-13
18 DEEPWATER SANDSTONES CRONIN May 1-5 Oct 9-13 Jun 16-20
18 EXTENSIONAL STRUCTURAL STYLES GROSHONG / LOWELL Dec 4-8
18 MAPPING SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES GROSHONG Apr 3-7 Jun 5-9 Jul 24-28
19 PETROLEUM GEOCHEMISTRY: TOOLS FOR EFFECTIVE MCCAFFREY / BARKER Apr 17-21 Oct 2-6 Nov 12-16 ‘05
EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT
19 PRODUCTION GEOLOGY FOR OTHER DISCIPLINES LINK / DILLON Mar 6-10 Jul 24-28 Oct 31-Nov 4, ‘05 Sep 18-22 Jan 28-Feb 1 Nov 7-11, ‘05
Nov 6-10 Oct 30-Nov 3 Sep 4-8
19 SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS CRONIN Feb 27-Mar 3 Oct 31-Nov 4, ‘05 May 22-26 Dec 10-14, ‘05 Jul 10-14 Nov 21-25, ’05
Oct 30-Nov 3 Dec 9-13
20 SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY: AN APPLIED WORKSHOP MOORE Nov 14-18, '05 Jul 31-Aug 4 Sep 18-22
Nov 13-17
20 STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY IN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT GROSHONG Mar 27-31 Jul 17-21 Dec 10-14, ‘05
20 BASIN ANALYSIS WORKSHOP: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH PIGOTT Apr 24-28 Oct 24-28, ‘05 Nov 21-25, ’05
Nov 20-24
21 DEVELOPMENT GEOLOGY SNEIDER Dec 12-16, ‘05 Jun 12-16 Sep 25-29 Mar 18-22 Jul 17-21
May 22-26
Dec 11-15
21 GEOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES FOR SOLVING RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT MCCAFFREY Feb 13-17 Sep 18-22 May 7-11
AND FIELD DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS
21 PROSPECT AND PLAY ASSESSMENT TREESH Oct 31-Nov 4, ‘05 Jul 24-28
May 1-5

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23 BASIC GEOPHYSICS DIEPHUS / MACPHERSON / REED Oct 3-7, ‘05 Oct 17-21, ‘05 Sep 4-8 Jun 12-16 Apr 24-28
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May 15-19
Sep 18-22
23 PRINCIPLES OF 3-D SEISMIC INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATIONS THAPAR Jun 19-23 Aug 7-11 Nov 28-Dec 2, ‘05
23 SEISMIC INTERPRETATION BURRELL May 8-12 Oct 31-Nov 4, ‘05 Oct 3-7, ‘05
4:26 PM

Oct 30-Nov 3 Nov 13-17

24 SEISMIC SURVEY DESIGN, DATA ACQUISITION, AND PROCESSING THAPAR Jun 5-9 Jul 24-28 Dec 10-14, ‘05 Mar 13-17 Nov 14-18, ‘05
Dec 9-13
24 AVO AND SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS THAPAR Jun 12-16 Jul 31-Aug 4 Dec 17-21, ‘05 Mar 20-24 Nov 21-25, ‘05
Dec 16-20

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24 INTRODUCTION TO SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY: AN EXPLORATION WORKSHOP PIGOTT Oct 9-13 May 15-19 Dec 5-9, '05 Jun 5-9 Feb 18-22 Jul 31-Aug 4
Dec 4-8
25 ADVANCED SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY: PIGOTT May 22-26 Dec 12-16, '05 Jun 12-16 Aug 7-11
A 2-D, 3-D SEQUENCE AND WAVELET ANALYSIS WORKSHOP Dec 11-15

PETROPHYSICS
27 FOUNDATIONS OF PETROPHYSICS DAVIES / FOSTER Oct 17-21, ‘05 Sep 11-15 Oct 2-6 Mar 4-8 May 22-26 Jun 12-16
Jan 30-Feb 3
Jul 10-14
Oct 16-20
27 CORING AND CORE ANALYSIS SKOPEC Dec 5-9, ‘05 Jun 19-23 Aug 14-18
Mar 20-24
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27 WELL LOG INTERPRETATION PIGGIN / FOSTER Dec 12-16, ‘05 Jul 24-28 May 29-Jun 2 Feb 20-24 Oct 24-28, '05 May 6-10 Aug 21-25
Mar 27-31 Nov 6-10 Jun 26-30 Jun 19-23
Jun 5-9 Nov 13-17
Sep 18-22
Dec 4-8
28 CAPILLARITY IN ROCKS MURPHY Jun 1-2
28 CARBONATE PETROPHYSICS HURLEY Feb 20-24 Oct 30-Nov 3 Aug 14-18 Apr 29-May 3 Oct 24-28, ’05
28 INTEGRATION OF ROCKS, LOG AND TEST DATA SNEIDER Jun 26-30 Sep 18-22 Mar 25-29
29 PRODUCTION LOGGING HILL Dec 12-16, ‘05 Jul 31-Aug 4
Dec 11-15
29 SHALY SAND PETROPHYSICS DAVIES Aug 28-Sep 1 Nov 28-Dec 2, ‘05
30 STRUCTURAL AND STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION OF HURLEY Feb 27-Mar 3 Mar 20-24 Aug 21-25 Nov 26-30, ‘05
DIPMETERS AND BOREHOLE-IMAGING LOGS May 6-10

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30 WIRELINE FORMATION TESTING AND INTERPRETATION CHEN Mar 13-17 Aug 7-11 Nov 21-25, ‘05 Oct 17-21, 05
30 APPLIED ROCK MECHANICS SKOPEC Nov 7-11, ‘05 May 15-19 Jun 12-16
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32 CASING AND CEMENTING BYROM Nov 7-11, ‘05 Jun 12-16 Oct 3-7, ‘05
Oct 23-27
32 DRILLING FLUIDS TECHNOLOGY MORALES / HILL Dec 5-9, ‘05 Feb 18-22
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33 DRILLING PRACTICES CARDEN / GRACE May 8-19 Mar 27-Apr 7 Aug 26-Sep 6

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33 SOLIDS CONTROL SYSTEMS ROBINSON Jun 12-16

33 DIRECTIONAL, HORIZONTAL, AND MULTILATERAL DRILLING CARDEN May 22-26 Nov 7-11, ‘05 Oct 3-7, ‘05 Sep 9-13
Nov 6-10
34 MANAGING WELLSITE OPERATIONS JONES / WESTERMARK Oct 31-Nov 4, '05
Mar 13-17
Oct 30-Nov 3
34 PRACTICAL DRILLING SKILLS ROBINSON / RAMSEY Mar 6-10 Oct 9-13
34 WELL ENGINEERING WESTERMARK Jun 19-23
Nov 6-10
35 ADVANCED WELL CONTROL CARDEN Jul 17-21
35 CEMENTING PRACTICES CALVERT Jul 24-28
35 MANAGED PRESSURE DRILLING: APPLICATION, DESIGN AND EXECUTION KNOLL / REHM Jul 10-14 Aug 21-25 Nov 27-Dec 1

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RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
37 BASIC RESERVOIR ENGINEERING BOATRIGHT / SCHROEDER / HAZLETT Dec 5-9, ‘05 Aug 14-18 Oct 17-21, ‘05 Nov 7-11, ‘05 Feb 18-22 Jun 5-9
Feb 13-17 Apr 24-28 Feb 27-Mar 3
Jun 19-23 Oct 16-20 Mar 27-31
Sep 25-29 Jun 19-23
Nov 13-17 Aug 21-25
Nov 6-10
37 BASIC RESERVOIR SIMULATION GOCHNOUR / WALDREN Sep 8
37 APPLIED RESERVOIR ENGINEERING MHA PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS / Mar 6-17 Jul 17-28 Oct 24-Nov 4, ‘05 Jun 5-16 Aug 7-18 Dec 3-14, ‘05
HAZLETT Oct 2-13 Nov 6-17 Jul 24-Aug 4 Dec 9-20
Oct 16-27
38 OIL RECOVERY ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES RAZA Nov 28-Dec 2, ‘05 Oct 31-Nov 4, ‘05 Sep 18-22
Nov 27-Dec 1 Oct 30-Nov 3
38 RESERVOIR FLUID PROPERTIES: PREPARATION FOR RESERVOIR PETROSKILLS SPECIALIST
ENGINEERING AND SIMULATION STUDIES
38 WATERFLOODING A TO Z RAZA May 22-26 Dec 5-9, ‘05 Oct 24-28, ‘05 Sep 11-15 Mar 11-15
Dec 4-8 Oct 23-27
39 WELL TEST DESIGN AND ANALYSIS MATTAR Oct 3-7, ‘05 Nov 20-24 Jul 10-14
Apr 3-7
Oct 16-20
39 INTEGRATED RESERVOIR MODELING KELKAR Dec 12-16, ‘05 May 22-26
Dec 11-15
40 OIL AND GAS RESERVES EVALUATION NELMS Mar 27-31 Jul 17-21 Jun 19-23
40 RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION: A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM APPROACH TREESH Oct 2-6 Aug 21-25 Jul 17-21 Mar 11-15

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HAZLETT Jul 24-28 Oct 2-6

41 RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT RAZA / MHA PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS Oct 3-7, ‘05 Aug 28-Sep 1 Jul 10-14 Mar 18-22 Nov 21-25, ’05
Feb 20-24
Oct 9-13
41 RESERVOIR SIMULATION STRATEGIES WALDREN Apr 24-28 Oct 31-Nov 4 ‘05
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Sep 11-15 Aug 21-25

Oct 30-Nov 3
41 GAS RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT MHA PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS Nov 28-Dec 2, ‘05 Aug 14-18 Oct 17-21, ‘05 Apr 24-28
Dec 4-8 Oct 16-20
42 HORIZONTAL AND MULTILATERAL WELLS: ANALYSIS AND DESIGN HILL / ZHU Dec 12-16, ‘05 Jul 31-Aug 4
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42 NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS: GEOLOGIC AND ENGINEERING ANALYSIS TEUFEL Oct 17-21, ‘05 Jul 17-21
Oct 23-27

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING
45 WELL STIMULATION: PRACTICAL AND APPLIED COULTER Sep 11-15
45 ARTIFICIAL LIFT SYSTEMS LEA / DUNHAM Aug 7-11 Mar 13-17 May 29-Jun 2 Oct 9-13
45 COMPLETIONS AND WORKOVERS PEDEN / BARRY / JENNINGS Apr 24-28 Oct 31-Nov 4, ‘05 Oct 3-7, ‘05 Mar 18-22
Oct 16-20 Jun 26-30
Dec 11-15
46 PRODUCTION OPERATIONS 1 COULTER / PEDEN / JENNINGS / BARRY Oct 31-Nov 11, ‘05 Nov 7-18, ‘05 Dec 5-16, ‘05 Mar 4-15
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46 PRODUCTION OPTIMIZATION USING NODAL* ANALYSIS WILSON May 1-5 Oct 31-Nov 4, ‘05 Sep 18-22 Jun 19-23
Oct 30-Nov 3
46 SURFACE PRODUCTION OPERATIONS SCHROEDER May 8-12 Oct 17-21, ‘05 Mar 13-17 Jul 3-7 Nov 12-16, ‘05 May 29-Jun 2
Dec 5-9, ‘05 Nov 18-22
Oct 9-13
Dec 4-8
47 ACIDIZNG APPLICATIONS IN SANDSTONES AND CARBONATES JENNINGS May 22-26
47 BEAM PUMPS LEA May 15-19
47 ELECTRICAL SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS LEA Aug 28-Sep 1
48 FORMATION DAMAGE: CAUSES, PREVENTION, AND REMEDIATION COULTER Nov 28-Dec 2, ‘05 Jul 17-21
Nov 27-Dec 1
48 GAS LIFT LEA / DUNHAM Oct 23-27 Oct 31-Nov 4, ‘05 Sep 11-15 Dec 3-7, ‘05
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Jun 5-9
Nov 20-24
49 GAS WELL DELIQUIFICATION LEA Jul 10-14 Jun 5-9
49 HYDRAULIC FRACTURING APPLICATIONS JENNINGS Oct 3-7, ‘05 May 1-5
Apr 10-14
Oct 2-6
49 OILFIELD WATER PRODUCTION, HANDLING AND INJECTION SHARMA Mar 20-24 Apr 24-28 Jun 12-16
Nov 13-17

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Sep 18-22 Oct 30-Nov 3
50 SAND CONTROL MCKINZIE Oct 17-21, ‘05 Jul 10-14
Oct 16-20
51 ADVANCED HYDRAULIC FRACTURING JENNINGS Jul 17-21 Oct 17-21, ‘05
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51 HORIZONTAL AND MULTILATERAL WELLS: DRILLING AND COMPLETIONS BYROM Oct 31-Nov 4 ‘05 Jun 19-23 Oct 2-6
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PETROLEUM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

57 BASIC PETROLEUM ECONOMICS SEBA Nov 7-9, ‘05 Jun 26-28 Apr 10-12 Apr 15-17 Apr 24-26 Oct 17-19, ’05
May 15-17 Sep 25-27
Jul 19-21
Nov 6-8
57 EXPANDED BASIC PETROLEUM ECONOMICS SEBA Nov 7-11, ’05 Jun 26-30 Sep 25-29 Apr 15-19 Apr 24-28
May 15-19
Nov 6-10
57 ECONOMICS OF WORLDWIDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION SEBA Jun 5-9 Sep 11-15

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58 MEETING MANAGEMENT AND FACILITATION FOR THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY PELTON Oct 13-14 ‘05
Sep 28-29
58 PERSONNEL SUPERVISION IN THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY COTTRILL Feb 27-Mar 3 Sep 25-29 Jun 5-9
Jul 17-21
58 PETROLEUM FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING BOYD Jun 19-21 Jul 17-19
59 PETROLEUM FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING ANALYSIS BOYD Jun 19-23 Jul 17-21
59 PETROLEUM RISKS AND DECISION ANALYSIS SCHUYLER / NIEMAN Dec 12-16 ‘05 Aug 21-25 Oct 24-28, ‘05 Jan 21-25 Sep 4-8 Nov 21-25, ’05
Jun 12-16 Apr 24-28
Dec 4-8 Oct 23-27
59 PRESENTATION SKILLS FOR THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY PELTON Oct 10-12, ‘05
Mar 27-29
Sep 25-27
60 ADVANCED DECISION ANALYSIS WITH PORTFOLIO AND PROJECT MODELING SCHUYLER Jun 19-23 Oct 30-Nov 3 Nov 28-Dec 2, ’05
60 INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM CONTRACTS AND NEGOTIATIONS SEBA Nov 14-18, '05 Sep 18-22
Jul 24-28
Nov 13-17
60 OIL AND GAS TEAMS: HOW TO MAKE THEM WORK TREESH Jun 26-30 Jul 31-Aug 4 Oct 17-21, ’05
61 PETROLEUM FINANCIAL WORKSHOP BOYD Oct 10-14, ‘05 Jul 24-28
Oct 30-Nov 3
61 PETROLEUM PROJECT MANAGEMENT: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES BRETT Dec 5-9, '05 May 15-19 Mar 11-15 Oct 3-7, ’05
Jul 10-14
Nov 27-Dec 1
61 FUNDAMENTALS OF INTERNATIONAL OIL AND GAS LAW HUGHES Aug 14-18 Apr 29-May 3
62 FUNDAMENTALS OF U.S. OIL AND GAS LAW HUGHES Oct 31-Nov 4 ‘05
Mar 27-31
62 RESOLVING CONFLICTS: PREVENTING AND ADDRESSING CONFLICTS SIEMENS May 8-12 Oct 9-13
IN PETROLEUM ORGANIZATIONS
62 SOCIAL OUTREACH STRATEGIES: PRINCIPLES AND BEST PRACTICES WELLS Oct 24-26, ‘05 Aug 21-23
Jul 10-12

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Accelerate your learning

with competency-based
training.

Introducing the PetroSkills New Graduate Program.

Moving new hires up the learning curve quickly and with the right knowledge is in the best interest of everyone. At PetroSkills, we
help make that happen. We have developed a program specifically to help recent graduates acquire the skills and knowledge that they
need, all in a logical sequence and manageable pace.
It’s what you learn that makes the difference. The PetroSkills New Graduate program uses coursework that has been developed and
refined by an industry review board, so you are assured that the training you receive will develop the competencies needed back on the
job. Afterall, our goal is to enable professionals to immediately apply the skills learned to create value.
Above is a sample of a New Graduate progression matrix for a Reservoir Engineer. Matrices have also been developed for many
other positions, and can be found on our website at www.petroskills.com.

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Integrated Certificate Programs Comprehensive, High Energy Training

Our Integrated Certificate Programs are designed to bring technical professionals up to a meaningful level of contribution in a minimum
period of time. The courses that make up our IC programs are designed to provide convenient and effective solutions for fulfilling contractual
training obligations connected to Production Sharing Contracts.
All of these programs are conducted at the PetroSkills Training Center in Houston, Texas. It is here that we are able to provide a secure, professional
and accommodating environment for all of our course attendees. In addition to our professional instruction, PetroSkills provides a training coordinator
who is available to assist with lodging, banking, and all personal matters. If there are other personal or professional concerns or cares for a participant, a
simple phone call or e-mail prior to the start date of the course will ensure that it is handled prior to their arrival. Due to the demanding nature of these
extremely concentrated programs, we also build in the flexibility to allow the curriculum to be segmented and taken over two or three years. Should you
have any questions or concerns, please contact us at www.petroskills.com.
PLEASE NOTE: Tuition fees for the Integrated Certificate Programs do not include lodging, meals, and transportation for the participant. Shipment of
training materials to the home country is also the responsibility of the participant and can cost US$500 or more for shipping and customs. We help in
providing these services as part of the program.

English Language Training

OGCI Training provides English language training for individuals who wish to improve their English skills. Its emphasis is on enabling participants to
communicate in English, especially in the area of oilfield terminology, and can be designed for any level of English proficiency. Target proficiency goals set
for each individual are monitored throughout the program and the classes are conducted by qualified English instructors with diverse backgrounds.

Professional Petroleum Engineering Institute (PPEI)

PPEI is a concentrated program designed for entry level personnel who will need to fill ■ Basic Petroleum Engineering Practices Jan. 23-27
■ Foundations of Petrophysics Jan. 30-Feb. 3
responsible positions in the near future. PPEI has been conducted since 1978, and we are proud that ■ Basic Drilling Technology Feb. 6-10
many early graduates are now in key positions throughout the international oil industry. The program ■ Basic Petroleum Geology Feb. 13-17
■ Basic Geophysics Feb. 20-24
builds competence in all aspects of applied petroleum engineering for participants with technical ■ Open Week Feb. 27-Mar. 3
backgrounds such as engineering, geoscience, physics or mathematics. The total PPEI tuition per ■ Applied Reservoir Engineering Mar. 6-17
■ Coring and Core Analysis Mar. 20-24
participant is US$32,500. A deposit of US$3,250 is due prior to the start of the program. ■ Well Log Interpretation Mar. 27-31
■ Well Test Design and Analysis Apr. 3-7
■ Open Week Apr. 10-14
■ Production Operations 1 Apr. 17-28
■ Production Optimization Using NODALTM Analysis May 1-5
■ Surface Production Operations May 8-12
■ Expanded Basic Petroleum Economics May 15-19

Professional Petroleum Geoscience Institute (PPGI)

PPGI is designed for geologists, geophysicists and petrophysicists. As with PPEI, it brings ■ Basic Geophysics Feb. 20-24
■ Sandstone Reservoirs Feb. 27-Mar. 3
graduates to a level of meaningful contribution to the company’s success in a short period of time. ■ Carbonate Reservoirs Mar. 6-10
Various aspects of geosciences combine to form a rounded knowledge base. A degree in geology ■ Open Week Mar. 13-17
■ Coring and Core Analysis Mar. 20-24
or science is recommended. The total PPGI tuition per participant is US$20,250. A deposit of ■ Well Log Interpretation Mar. 27-31
US$2,025 is due prior to the start of the program. ■ Mapping Subsurface Structures Apr. 3-7
■ Open Week Apr. 10-14
■ Petroleum Geochemistry: Tools for Apr. 17-21
Effective Exploration and Development
■ Basin Analysis Workshop: An Integrated Approach Apr. 24-28
■ Prospect and Play Assessment May 1-5

Professional Economics and Management Institute (PEMI)

OGCI Training presents the PEMI program as a certificate series designed for oil industry ■ Economics of Worldwide Petroleum Production Jun. 5-9
managers or persons targeted for management positions. The focus of the curriculum is on the ■ Petroleum Risks and Decision Analysis Jun. 12-16
■ Petroleum Finance and Accounting Analysis Jun. 19-23
business aspects of the upstream oil and gas industry. A key element in this training package is the ■ Oil and Gas Teams: How to Make Them Work Jun. 26-30
■ Open Week Jul. 3-7
development of a thorough understanding of the opportunities and risks involved in the international ■ Petroleum Project Management: Principles Jul. 10-14
petroleum business. Instructors for the series are world-renowned for their wide experience in both and Practices
■ Personnel Supervision in the Petroleum Industry Jul. 17-21
domestic and international petroleum industry. The PEMI courses are presented in logical sequence ■ International Petroleum Contracts and Jul. 24-28
and include learning techniques such as lectures, exercises, group discussions, role-playing, team Negotiations
projects and evening reading assignments. The total PEMI tuition per participant is US$15,750.
A deposit of US$1,575 is due prior to the start of the program.

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Competency Maps

S KILL BASED . B USINESS RELEVANT. P ERFORMANCE FOCUSED .

Competency-based training is the foundation of PetroSkills. In fact, the PetroSkills alliance, through its discipline-specific competency maps, has
become the industry benchmark for competency development.
The PetroSkills training alliance leverages the experience and expertise of its member companies to develop detailed COMPETENCY MAPS for each
petroleum discipline. These maps document the technical skills required at specific levels of expertise. This enables individuals and organizations to
identify and manage the skills that they require to be successful. The PetroSkills courses are designed to deliver these competencies as part of a
coordinated training program. For more information, contact us at training@petroskills.com.

GEOPHYSICS COMPETENCY MAP (SELECTED SAMPLE)

Competency Assessment Tool

For a technical professional to prepare a development plan, they must first perform a skills analysis to identify what development is needed. The
PetroSkills Competency Assessment Tool (CAT) is a software application that helps the organization and the individual do just that. Using the tool,
individuals assess themselves against the PetroSkills Competency Maps to identify their current knowledge and skill base. Meanwhile, the
organization can create competency profiles that indicate the requirements for various positions within the organization. The CAT can then be used to
compare the individual’s skill profile with what the organization requires in that position, producing a summary of the skills that need to be developed.
With these needs identified, the CAT will assist the user with developing a learning plan to develop those skills, whether through courses, work
experiences, reference material, technical papers or other means. Please contact us at CAT@petroskills.com for more information about the
Competency Assessment Tool and how it can work for you.

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Training Program for Non-Technical Professionals

Non-technical staff, professionals, and managers are a majority in most oil and gas companies. Understanding how to collaborate with and
enhance those technical professionals is key to individual and group success.
At Petroskills, we have put in place a program that is designed to support, enhance, and maximize the value of the interaction between non-
technical and technical professionals.
This program will provide the required competencies and knowledge that petro-techs, administrative, management, field support, accounting,
purchasing, economics, legal, finance, HR, Land, IT and data processing personnel need in order to maximize the value & impact of their
professional skills in the oil and gas industry.
Understanding the industry and, the role of your skill sets will enable you to apply your skills to greater effect helping both your career and your
company at the same time. The knowledge and perceptions you will gain in these courses will make a positive difference to your career in the Oil &
Gas Industry

PETROLEUM
DRILLING & RESERVOIR GEOSCIENCES FORMATION BUSINESS
PRODUCTION EVALUATION MANAGEMENT
Overview Gas
Processing
(non-technical)

Well Stimulation Presentation Skills

Basic Drilling Basic Foundations of Basic

Basic Reservoir Geophysics Economics
Operations Petrophysics

Offshore Systems

Basic Petroleum Technology

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Basic Drilling, Completion

and Workover Operations

I NTRODUCTION/ OGCI

I N T R O D U C T O RY / C R O S S - T R A I N I N G
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
RICHARD H. SCHROEDER

C ROSS- T RAINING COURSE LEVEL:

DESIGNED FOR
BASIC

Cross-training of other technical disciplines such

as reservoir and surface facility engineers, geo-
scientists, support and supervisory personnel and
The six courses in this section were selected to open the course description section of anyone else who interacts with drilling, completion
or workover design engineers
our catalog because of their wide application and benefit for many personnel in the industry. This should not be considered a fundamental
The first three basic courses should be considered for many, if not for all, new or recent course for training engineers seeking a career in
drilling or workovers ( for these, Drilling Practices
entry personnel. The Well Planning and Operations, Asset Team Cross-Training (Formerly and Production Operations 1 courses are
DEA-44 Horizontal Technology) course is excellent for more experienced personnel. We recommended ).

invite you to consider the many applications of these six featured courses to you or your
company’s learning requirements.
INSTRUCTORS
D R . K I R K E. B O AT R I G H T
E R I C A. F O S T E R
D R . W. G R E G H A Z L E T T
MHA P E T R O L E U M C O N S U LTA N T S
R O B E RT G. K N O L L
YOU WILL LEARN
• How drilling, completing and reworking a
well affect its ability to produce
• What can be done within open-hole and cased
wells, as a part of reservoir management
• How drilling practices can damage or
stimulate producing wells
S C O T T B. R A N D O L P H ABOUT THE COURSE
D R . S A M M I H. R A Z A This course is designed to give a technical
G E R RY H. R O S S overview of the science and art of drilling
operations, completion practices and post-
R I C H A R D H. S C H R O E D E R completion well interventions or remedial
workover techniques . Its purpose is to develop
an understanding of the what, why, and how
of each of these areas of engineering practice.
The participants will learn to visualize what is
happening “downhole”, discover what can be
accomplished and gain an appreciation for the
wellbore risks and the possibility of damage
to the formation. How drilling and completion
practices can alter reservoir interpretation and
performance will be discussed. The participant
will become conversant with specific technical
terminology and aware of practical applications
which should enhance communication and
interaction between disciplines.
COURSE CONTENT
OVERVIEW OF THE DRILLING PROCESS: Overall
drilling practices • Language of drilling • Rigs and rig
equipment • Drilling string components and design • Bits
• Drilling fluids and hydraulics • Rig operation • MWD •
Well control • Hole problems and stuck pipe • Drilling
risks • Coring • Casing and primary cementing •
Directional, horizontal, multilateral and underbalanced
drilling • Wellhead and trees
OVERVIEW OF THE COMPLETION PROCESS: Zonal
isolation • Tubing, packers and completion equipment •
Safety and flow control devices • Open hole completions •
Basic completion types • Perforating • Open and cased
hole logging • Formation damage and treatment •
Completion fluids • Multiple completions
OVERVIEW OF WORKOVER TECHNIQUES:
Stimulation application: surfactants, solvents, acidizing,
fracturing and deep perforating • Formation and sand control
• Scale and corrosion • Paraffin and asphaltenes • Recompletions
• Reworks • Sidetracking • Deepening • Coiled tubing

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CALGARY, CANADA
Mar. 20-24 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Apr. 3-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
Aug. 7-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
May 22-26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,100
LONDON, U.K.
July 10-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT

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Basic Petroleum
Engineering Practices
PETROSKILLS
I N T R O D U C T O RY / C R O S S - T R A I N I N G
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. KIRK E. BOATRIGHT, ERIC A. FOSTER,
SCOTT B. RANDOLPH OR GERRY H. ROSS
COURSE LEVEL: BASIC
DESIGNED FOR
Engineers, engineering trainees, technical managers
and assistants, technicians, geologists, geophysicists,
chemists, physicists, service company personnel,
sales representatives, and data processing personnel
YOU WILL LEARN
• Basic petroleum geology
• Reservoir fluid and rock properties
• Fundamentals of reservoir fluid flow
• Oil and gas reservoir classification, definition,
delineation and development
• Fundamentals of drilling, well completion, and
production operations
• Basics of casing design and primary cementing
• Primary and enhanced recovery mechanisms
• Surface operations
ABOUT THE COURSE
Basic Petroleum Engineering Practices is far more than an
introduction to petroleum engineering and certainly is
not a superficial presentation of the technology of the
industry. Its purpose is to develop an understanding
of the technology and its applications at an engineer’s
level, and the confidence and professional enthusiasm
which comes with that understanding. The course has
had a revolutionary effect on training programs for
many major oil and service companies by making
specialized training that follows far more effective.
Participants enter those specialized programs with a
depth of understanding of that particular technology
and relation to the other technologies of the industry.
The course has received high evaluations from recently
graduated petroleum engineers who have participated.
The course focuses on the field and application
approach, and includes classroom exercises, fundamental
engineering problems, and basic field exercises.
COURSE CONTENT
Reservoir fluid properties • Petroleum geology • Reservoir
properties and evaluation • Exploration technology •
Drilling engineering • Well completion, stimulation and
workover • Well testing and formation damage •
Production operations • Recovery methods • Surface
processing
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
LONDON, U.K.
Oct. 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Nov. 28-Dec. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Jan. 23-27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
May 15-19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
Aug. 14-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
Nov. 27-Dec. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
ABERDEEN, U.K.
Mar. 13-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,650+VAT
CALGARY, CANADA
Apr. 3-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST
Oct. 30-Nov. 3 . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST
DUBAI, UAE
May 13-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,025
LONDON, U.K.
June 19-23 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
Oct. 23-27 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
Sept. 4-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,100
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Basic Petroleum
Technology
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
SCOTT B. RANDOLPH, DR. KIRK E. BOATRIGHT,
GERRY H. ROSS OR ERIC A. FOSTER
COURSE LEVEL: BASIC
DESIGNED FOR
Administrative, management, field support,
accounting, purchasing, economics, legal,
finance, human resources, drafting, land and
data processing personnel, as well as investors
and royalty owners
YOU WILL LEARN
• Basic geology as related to oil and gas reservoirs
• Reservoir fluid and rock properties
• Basics of seismic technology
• Reservoir definition and development; production and
recovery
• Fundamentals of drilling, well completion and
production operations
• Basic concepts of primary and enhanced recovery
operations
• Surface operations
• Terminology of exploration and production (language
of the oil field)
ABOUT THE COURSE
Basic Petroleum Technology, in its five-day format, is
designed for non-technical personnel and managers and
presents a practical understanding of the petroleum
industry in an interesting, effective, and efficient manner.
Included are the basics of the industry from terminology
through basic technology and from geology through
processing of the petroleum product. Offshore operations
are also considered. The course emphasis is
understanding the technology. Participants are placed in
the position of Reservoir Engineer, and “Our Reservoir”
is defined, analyzed and put in production. Next, drill
sites are chosen. Participants are then placed in the
position of Drilling/Completion Engineer, and the
drilling/completion program for “Our Well” is analyzed.
Participation results in greater job confidence,
enthusiasm and productivity.
COURSE CONTENT
Reservoir fluid properties • Petroleum geology • The
petroleum reservoir • Exploration technology • Drilling
technology • Well completion and workover • Production
operations • Recovery • Surface processing • Offshore
operations
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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Oct. 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
TRINIDAD, UTT - POINT LISAS
Nov. 7-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,675
LONDON, U.K.
Nov. 14-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
SINGAPORE
Dec. 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,100
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
ABERDEEN, U.K.
Mar. 20-24 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,650+VAT
ABU DHABI, UAE
Apr. 1-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,025
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Apr. 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
Dec. 4-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
LONDON, U.K.
June 12-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
Sept. 18-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
Nov. 13-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
Aug. 7-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,100
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Oct. 23-27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
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Offshore Systems Basics
(Non-Technical Staff)
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
JMC SPECIALIST
COURSE LEVEL: BASIC
DESIGNED FOR
Business professionals from government affairs,
public relations, legal, finance, purchasing,
strategic planning and employee relations
departments. Also engineers and geoscientists
newly involved with deepwater exploration and
development issues
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Appreciate the historical background of
offshore and deepwater
• Understand deepwater exploration basics
• Understand how wells are drilled and
completed
• Develop systems for exploiting oil and gas
fields
• Transport oil by pipeline and by tanker
• To use underwater robotics in all phases
• Foresee technology and future possibilities
ABOUT THE COURSE
Rapidly increasing demand for oil and gas,
worldwide, has caused a concomitant
increase in exploration and development
efforts in deepwater areas around the world.
Deepwater is a relative term. Over the years
it first meant a few tens of feet, then a few
hundreds, and now into the thousands. A
generally accepted demarcation of 500 meters,
or 1500 feet, now qualifies as "deepwater"
as it relates to oil and gas exploration.
Exploration efforts are now being prosecuted
in 9000 feet or so, and development systems
are being built for about 7000 feet of water.
The course will begin with a brief discussion
of the history of offshore oil and gas
developments, which can be traced to piers in
such widely dispersed places as Summerland
California and Baku. It will cover the four
basic steps, Explore, Appraise, Develop, Produce,
in enough detail to allow the attendees to
expand their knowledge and vocabulary so
that communications and interactions with
colleagues and associates will be easier and
more meaningful. All participants will
receive a copy of the book, Deepwater
Petroleum Exploration and Production, A
Non-Technical Guide, authored by Leffler,
Pattarozzi and Sterling.
COURSE CONTENT
Some history: 1897 to 2004 • Identifying prospects • Rig
selection/well plan drilling/completing wells • Role of ROV
• Development system choices • Fixed structures/floating
production systems • Sub sea systems • Construction,
installation and mooring • Wet and dry trees/manifolds and
sleds • Oil, gas and water separation and treatment •
Personnel and their quarters safety • Pipelines, flow lines
and risers • Technology and the future
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Mar. 13-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBD
STAVANGER, NORWAY
Sept. 18-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBD
PERTH, AUSTRALIA
Oct. 9-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBD
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Well Planning & Operations,
Asset Team Cross-Training
(formerly DEA-44 Horizontal Technology)
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
ROBERT G. KNOLL
C O U R S E L E V E L : INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
This program benefits managers, geologists,
geophysicists, engineers (drilling, completion,
production and reservoir), technicians, key
service providers and all others involved with
exploitation technology
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Work as an effective member of an asset
team
• Develop workover, completion, and field
development plans that maximize total value
• Identify and mitigate common risks and
failure modes in complex well applications
• Assess advanced technology completion
options including: multi-branch,
UBD, ERD, CTD etc.
ABOUT THE COURSE
The primary objective of this five-day course
is to provide participants with an appreciation
of the crucial multidiscipline aspect of
optimized horizontal/complex well applica-
tions. The program delivers a practical-based
"big picture" of all the discipline issues and
team functions required in basic development
and then addresses the advanced technical
options including multi-branch, UBD, ERD,
coiled-tubing (CT) technology, and EOR
methods. In addition, the course will review
successful and unsuccessful advanced tech-
nology applications; expose common failure
reasons and provide practical solutions;
establish technical exchange and cross-train-
ing with local counterparts; review well
design attributes and competing options;
foster multidisciplinary approach to horizon-
tal wells; and enhance awareness of opera-
tional risks versus geological risks. The
course features hands-on training with com-
puter models utilizing actual field data. Class
exercises walk through the "decision-making"
process from candidate screening through
multi-well development and workover opera-
tions.
COURSE CONTENT
Horizontal applications • Completion technology •
Geological considerations • Production engineering •
Reservoir engineering principles • Field execution •
Candidate screening and prioritization • Well design,
multibranch • Problem identification and avoidance • PC
program examples • Drilling technology, CT, ERD, UBD •
Field case studies
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
DUBAI, UAE
Nov. 12-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,125
LONDON, U.K.
Nov. 21-25 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
CALGARY, CANADA
Apr. 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,295+GST
HOUSTON, TEXAS
June 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
Oct. 23-27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
LONDON, U.K.
Dec. 4-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT
All classes available at your location. Contact us today.
On-Site.
On-Target.
Convenient and Frequent. Designed
Specifically for YOUR NEEDS.
Let us know what your training
needs are, and we’ll provide a program
that meets them. Our instructors and
staff can customize any class to meet
your specific training requirements.
Most of our public courses are
available as private, on-site (In-House)
courses. We also have many special
courses available as In-House
sessions. In addition there are “public
In-House” courses at requested sites,
which include participants solicited
from other companies.
Using our resources, we can develop
petroleum related training programs
that meet your specific needs. We will
incorporate your own data and
examples into a course that delivers
precisely what you need. And best of
all, we’ll deliver that course at your
location – anywhere in the world.
At PetroSkills, our goal is to deliver
knowledge that is relevant and practical.
Knowledge that builds competency.
Competency that adds value.
To talk with us about customizing
a course for your training program,
contact inhouse@petroskills.com.
An OGCI Company
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New Opportunities in
Old Fields
OGCI
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
I N T R O D U C T O RY / C R O S S - T R A I N I N G
MHA PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS OR
DR. SAMMI H. RAZA
COURSE LEVEL: SPECIALIZED
DESIGNED FOR
Reservoir and production engineers, development
geoscientists, asset team leaders, acquisition and
divestiture managers, and other technical personnel
involved in evaluation and exploitation of reserves
in mature fields
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Recognize production and reservoir characteris-
tics of old fields that indicate the potential for
increasing reserves and value
• Understand whether existing recovery factors
are consistent with the natural drive mecha-
nism(s) and the appropriate use of improved
recovery methods
• Identify under-performing wells or field areas
and recommend appropriate intervention
• Determine the ‘upside potential’ of a field,
distinguishing between incremental reserves and
reserve acceleration
• Examine alternative re-development strategies
by studying case histories and working example
industry problems
ABOUT THE COURSE
Don’t buy or sell a producing property before tak-
ing this course! There is nearly always ‘upside’ in
mature oil and gas fields that may be particularly
profitable because of existing wells and infrastruc-
ture. Successful exploitation requires 1) recognizing
new opportunities, 2) quantifying reserves, 3) eval-
uating alternative methods of exploitation, and 4)
economic analysis. Case studies and class problems
address each of these key items and illustrate how
new opportunities can be recognized and evaluated
for many different types of oil and gas reservoirs.
The computer-based problems will provide the
participant with utility programs and solution
templates that can be used in the ‘real world’.
One personal computer is provided, at additional cost,
for each two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Why Opportunities Emerge: operating practices and their
effect on new opportunities; the contribution of evolving tech-
nology • Recognizing Opportunities: reservoir characteristics
indicative of new opportunities, unraveling limited data, link-
ing operator practices to new opportunities • Reserves versus
Upside Potential: reserve classification, risk assessment, value
of new information, data quality control and integration •
Reservoir Heterogeneity and New Opportunities: categories of
heterogeneity, reservoir compartmentalization, application of
3-D seismic in ‘old fields’, identification of ‘net pay’, fractured
reservoirs • Exploitation Opportunities: fluid injection, infill
drilling, horizontal and multilateral wells, recompletions in
stratified reservoirs, de-bottlenecking gathering systems, water
management, co-production of water for improved recovery
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
Nov. 14-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,400*
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Apr. 3-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,625*
Sept. 18-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,625*
LONDON, U.K.
May 1-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,995+VAT*
DENVER, COLORADO
June 26-30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,625*
*plus computer charge
■ This course is also offered in the Course + format.
Visit www.petroskills.com for details.
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G EOLOGY
The courses in this section are Geology courses offered publicly through PetroSkills and OGCI are designed to develop your skills and
GEOLOGY

competency in this discipline. The Course Progression Matrix below shows how these courses relate to each other and provides an easy way to
construct a training plan with coursework that specifically relates to present or future job requirements. Likewise, managers can use the matrices to
develop training plans for their team.
Geologists can also benefit from courses that provide an understanding of other petroleum-related functions and disciplines. Such cross-
training courses are recommended in the lighter-shaded columns on either side of the Geology courses shown on the matrix.

INSTRUCTORS

DR. COLIN BARKER DR. R I C H A R D H. G R O S H O N G , J R . DR. C LY D E H. M O O R E

D R . B RYA N T. C R O N I N DR. D AV I D A. L I N K DR. J O H N D. P I G O T T
D R . D AV I D K. D AV I E S DR. J A M E S D. L O W E L L DR. J O H N S. S N E I D E R
J O H N F. D I L L O N DR. M A R K A. M C C A F F R E Y DR. M I C H A E L I. T R E E S H

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Basic Petroleum Geology
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. D. ANDY LINK OR JOHN F. DILLON
COURSE LEVEL: BASIC
DESIGNED FOR
Petroleum industry personnel in need of basic
geological training, including engineering,
geophysical, support, and financial personnel
YOU WILL LEARN
• Fundamentals of rock formation and deformation,
the essentials of sedimentary environments, and
how petroleum migrates and accumulates
• About petroleum source and reservoir rocks
• How rock characteristics are related to modern geo-
logical processes
• About depositional environments and porosity and
permeability distribution
• How to recognize depositional environments on
electric logs, correlate electric logs, and make con-
tour maps and cross sections
• About plate tectonics and petroleum
• About geological time and history
• How geology affects engineering practices
• Elements of geophysics and exploration
ABOUT THE COURSE
Basic Petroleum Geology applies geological principles
to petroleum geology, covering structural geology,
depositional environments, and the origin, migration,
and accumulation of petroleum. The geological
requirements of a wide variety of disciplines in the
petroleum industry are satisfied without requiring a
technical background. Participants will be able to
gain perspective about the value of geological
reasoning and its relationship to their job/role.
COURSE CONTENT
Minerals and rocks • Plate tectonics • Geological time •
Weathering, erosion, and deposition • Diagenesis •
Reservoirs • Structural geology and petroleum • Origin,
migration, and accumulation of petroleum
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
CALGARY, CANADA
Oct. 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST
TULSA, OKLAHOMA
Oct. 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
HOUSTON, TEXAS†
Dec. 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,450
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS†
Feb. 13-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,450
May 8-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,450
Nov. 13-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,450
ABERDEEN, U.K.
Mar. 20-24 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,650+VAT
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
Mar. 27-31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,775
MIRI, MALAYSIA†
June 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,150
DENVER, COLORADO†
July 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,450
LONDON, U.K.
Sept. 11-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
TULSA, OKLAHOMA
Oct. 2-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
CALGARY, CANADA
Oct. 23-27 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST
† includes field trip
All classes available at your location. Contact us today.
Carbonate Reservoirs
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. CLYDE H. MOORE
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Exploration and development geologists,
exploration and development managers and
geophysicists. Engineers with some geologic
background will benefit.
YOU WILL LEARN
• Basic characteristics of the carbonate
depositional system important to carbonate
reservoir development
• How sequence stratigraphy can be applied to
carbonates and mixed carbonate-siliciclastic
systems
• Geologic and engineering characteristics of
carbonate pore systems
• The nature of carbonate porosity modification
by diagenesis and the role of sea level and
climate in porosity modification and gross
reservoir heterogeneity
• How to develop viable exploration and
exploitation strategies in a carbonate terrain
by working with actual subsurface data sets
ABOUT THE COURSE
This rigorous workshop is a must for the geoscientist
dealing with exploration for, and exploitation of,
carbonate reservoirs. The course starts with a
comprehensive overview of the basic characteristics
of the carbonate depositional system important to
carbonate reservoir development. The application of
sequence stratigraphic concepts to carbonates as a
predictive tool in exploration for and modeling of
carbonate reservoirs will be stressed. Carbonate
porosity/permeability modification and evolution will
be discussed in a sea level driven sequence
stratigraphic framework. Case histories from around
the world will be utilized throughout to illustrate
important concepts. A major component of the
workshop is a series of practical exercises utilizing
actual subsurface data sets that include geophysical
logs, core data, biostratigraphic, and seismic data.
The book entitled Carbonate Reservoirs, by Dr.
Moore, was specifically published for this course in
2001. All presentations are electronic.
COURSE CONTENT
The basic nature of carbonate sediments and sedimentation
• Carbonate platform types • Carbonate facies models •
Basic concepts of sequence stratigraphy as applied to
carbonates • The characteristics of carbonate pore systems
and their geologic classifications • Sea level, diagenesis and
porosity/permeability evolution • The fate of early formed
porosity/permeability during burial • Carbonate reservoir
modeling • Case histories from the Americas, Africa,
Middle East, Europe, and Asia • Exercises from the U.S.
and Europe based on actual date sets • Exploration and
exploitation strategies in carbonate terrians
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TX
Nov. 7-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
DUBAI, UAE
Feb. 4-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,025
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Mar. 6-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
Nov. 6-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
LONDON, U.K.
Sept. 11-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
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Compressional Structural
Styles
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. RICHARD H. GROSHONG, JR. AND/OR
DR. JAMES D. LOWELL
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Geologists, geophysicists, engineers, and
GEOLOGY
managers responsible for the interpretation and
drilling of compressional structures
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Distinguish the characteristics of
compressional and transpressional deforma-
tion including distinguishing thin-skinned
and basement-involved styles
• Identify the characteristics of inversion
structures
• Apply mechanical-stratigraphic principles
governing the formation and evolution of
structures and apply restoration and
balancing techniques
• Predict structural geometry from sparse or
inconsistent data using kinematic models
• Recognize typical oil-field locations and
geometries in compressional structures
ABOUT THE COURSE
Compressional structures provide some of the
world's largest known oil reservoirs and remain
major frontier plays. 3-D seismic has revolution-
ized structural mapping. Making the most real-
istic geologic interpretation of these structures
requires our ability to recognize and exploit the
fundamental forms. This course presents out-
crop, subsurface, seismic sections, and model
analogs that provide structural interpretation in
a wide range of compressional environments.
Interpretations are validated by restoration and
by comparison to balanced models. This course
covers the latest restoration techniques and the
use of the predictive kinematic models for
thrust-fold belts. From Calgary, a one-day field
trip through the external portion of the
Canadian Rockies emphasizes imbricate thrust
slices, ramps, transverse faults, flexural-slip
folds (smooth and angular hinges), flexural-flow
folds, foothill structures, thrust wedges, plung-
ing folds, and intraplate deformation, all of
which are helpful in envisioning petroleum-pro-
ducing structures in other thrust-fold belts
around the world. From Bournemouth, a one-
day field trip visits the Dorset Coast to study the
effects of compression and transpression on
structural inversion at Durdle Door, Lulworth
Cove, and Kimmeridge Bay, and the structural
setting of the Wytch Farm oil field.
COURSE CONTENT
Compressional structural styles and their plate-tectonic
habitats • Transpressive structures • Detached and basement
involved styles • Inversion • Structural validation criteria •
Selecting the best balancing and restoration technique •
Flexural-slip restoration • Constant-area restoration • Area-
depth technique for section validation, depth to detachment,
bed-length changes and fault prediction • Fault-bend folds •
Fault-tip folds • Fault-propagation folds • Detachment folds
• Buckle folds and the break-fold model • Compressional
drape folds • Duplexes • Triangle zones • Growth folds •
Fracturing in compressional structures
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
CALGARY, CANADA†
May 29-June 2 . . . . . . . . . .US$2,450+GST
BOURNEMOUTH, U.K.†
Oct. 9-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,945+VAT
† includes field trip
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Deepwater Sandstones
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. BRYAN T. CRONIN
NEW
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Exploration and production geologists and
geophysicists, stratigraphers, reservoir engineers
GEOLOGY
and petrophysicists
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Interpret turbidite depositional environments
using data from cores, cuttings and wireline logs
• Prepare predictive facies maps
• Apply modern stratigraphic concepts to turbidite
reservoirs
• Predict reservoir size, shape, trend and quality
ABOUT THE COURSE
The course provides a unique opportunity to exam-
ine modern, ancient and subsurface examples of
data from turbidite reservoirs. The process of itera-
tion of data types, including analog data that was
collected expressly to solve subsurface issues, will
be offered to validate subsurface interpretations.
The course combines review, state-of-the-art and
historical theory for turbidite and debris-flow depo-
sition and process including many case studies of
reservoir architecture and sand-body quality and
distribution, an introduction to new concepts,
ideas, and methods in turbidite reservoir geology.
Participants will be introduced to the limitations of
conventional models for turbidite reservoirs and
taught how to build enhanced predictive models
using a combination of subsurface, outcrop and
modern sea-floor data. Through practical exercises
and discussions, participants will experience the
relative importance of a broad range of subsurface
data, including the merits of different wireline log
data for distinguishing lithostratigraphic units. 3D
seismic data from a range of locations including the
Atlantic margins, Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea
will illustrate the quality and level of reservoir reso-
lution possible using modern data. Modern sea-
floor data from several turbidite basins will be
available and participants will receive instruction
on interpretation, especially where sea floor data
can be used as a proxy of sand distribution in reser-
voirs. Criteria for identification and interpretation
of injected sandstones will be discussed, including
explanation of their mechanisms of formation, and
the understanding of their influence on reservoir
characteristics.
Practical exercises cover all aspects of turbidite
reservoir characterization.
COURSE CONTENT
Review of turbidite settings, processes, models • Turbidite
systems at outcrop • Rock analogs for the subsurface
(including injected sands) • Modern deep-water systems •
Alternative reservoir geometries • Seismic character of
deep-water systems • Borehole/wireline characteristics -
Significance and use of various tools • Correlation of
reservoir units • Predictive models for sand distribution •
Critical data input to reserve models • Definition of pay
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
May 1-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
MUSCAT, OMAN
June 16-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,025
LONDON, U.K.
Oct. 9-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
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Extensional Structural
Styles
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. RICHARD H. GROSHONG, JR.
AND/OR DR. JAMES D. LOWELL
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Exploration and development geologists,
geophysicists, engineers, and managers
responsible for the interpretation and drilling
of extensional structures
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Distinguish the characteristics of
extensional and transtensional deformation
for both basement-involved and thin-
skinned styles
• Predict structural geometry from sparse or
inconsistent data using kinematic models
• Recognize typical extensional and
transtensional petroleum-trapping geometries
ABOUT THE COURSE
Extensional structures provide some of the
world’s largest known oil reservoirs and
remain one of the major frontier plays of the
immediate future. Making the most realistic
geologic interpretation of these structures is
only as good as our ability to recognize and
exploit the fundamental characteristics of the
forms that are possible. This course presents
outcrop, subsurface, seismic sections, and
model analogs that will provide the starting
point for structural interpretation in a wide
range of extensional environments.
Interpretations are validated by restoration
and comparison to balanced models. This
course covers the latest restoration
techniques and the use of predictive
kinematic models appropriate for rifted and
other extensional and transtensional areas.
COURSE CONTENT
Extensional structural styles and their plate–tectonic
habitats • Models for rifting and passive continental margin
evolution • Transtensive structures • Detached and basement-
involved styles • Map patterns • Footwall uplift • Pre-
inversion normal faults • Ramp-flat and listric-fault related
structures • Rotated block with keystone graben style •
Structural validation criteria • Selecting the best balancing and
restoration technique • Flexural-slip restoration and predication
• Vertical and oblique simple shear • Rigid-block restoration •
Area-depth technique for section validation, depth to detachment,
bed-length changes and fault prediction • Effect of detachment-
zone thickness • Transition from horizontal to vertical
displacement • Extensional drape folds • Trishear models of
drape folds • Sequential restoration of growth structures •
Fracturing in extensional structures
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Dec. 4-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
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Mapping Subsurface
Structures
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. RICHARD H. GROSHONG, JR.
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Early-career geologists and technologists who
make structure maps; those who need to judge
the validity of the maps; development geologists
and those working mature areas
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Apply contouring techniques and styles and
recognize common contouring pitfalls
• Find thickness in deviated wells
• Construct accurate thickness maps and use to
interpret structure
• Construct predictive cross sections
• Build a true 3-D interpretation for greatest
accuracy
• Interpret folds and faults from dipmeters
• Map faults and integrate them into horizon maps
• Apply the best techniques for projecting data
• Construct Allan diagrams for fault trap and seal
analysis
• Map structures with multiple overlapping faults
ABOUT THE COURSE
This course covers the techniques required to
confidently map subsurface structures in 3
dimensions from well data. Not just a collection of
rules of thumb, this class presents the fundamental
techniques used to reconstruct structures accurately
and effectively in 3-D so that you will get the most
out of your data. Techniques are taught in easy-to-
learn forms for manual use with tracing paper,
graphs, and a calculator, but the corresponding
computer-mapping strategies are presented and
illustrated throughout. Participants will be
prepared to develop more accurate structural
models of reservoirs, find new traps in old fields,
extract the maximum information from exploration
wells, and validate or recognize errors in existing
interpretations. Experience and confidence is
developed by applying the techniques in numerous
practical exercises. Dr. Groshong’s book, 3-D
Structural Geology, is included with the course
materials.
COURSE CONTENT
Contouring techniques • Using dip in mapping • Thickness
in deviated wells • Isopach and isocore maps • Dip domain
cross-sections • Data projection • Analysis of dipmeters for
trend and plunge • Multiple-surface map compatibility •
Composite-surface maps • Fault geometry and displacement
distributions • Constructing fault-plane maps • Heave and
throw from stratigraphic separation • Fault gap and overlap
related to stratigraphic separation • Faults on isopach maps •
Combining fault and horizon maps • Contouring across faults
• Projected fault cutoffs, heave and throw • Map validation
using implied fault contours • Finding faults and fault
orientations with scat analysis • Allan diagrams for trap and
seal analysis • Fault-cutoff lines in computer mapping • Soft
linked and hard linked fault geometries • Mapping sequential
cross-cutting faults
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Apr. 3-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
CALGARY, CANADA
June 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST
LONDON, U.K.
July 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
All classes available at your location. Contact us today.
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Petroleum Geochemistry:
Tools for Effective
Exploration and Development
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. MARK A. MCCAFFREY OR DR. COLIN BARKER
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Development and exploration geologists,
geophysicists, geochemists, petroleum engineers,
managers, and technical personnel
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Quantify charge risk during exploration by:
identifying petroleum systems, predicting
regional variations in organic facies; predicting
source maturity, petroleum volumes, gas/oil
ratios, and risk of oil degradation
• Model source rock maturity and timing as key
factors in the petroleum system.
• Integrate geochemical, geological, and engineer-
ing data to optimize field development by char-
acterizing reservoir compartments, allocating
commingled production, identifying completion
problems and monitoring water flood progress
• Recognize pitfalls in geochemical interpretations
ABOUT THE COURSE
Geochemistry can solve a wide range of problems
during petroleum exploration, development, field
production, and field decommissioning.
Participants learn basic concepts of generation,
migration, accumulation, and petroleum
composition, and how to dramatically improve
exploration success using tools such as
geochemical logs; vitrinite reflectance; pyrolysis;
organic facies variations; biomarkers, quantities
generated and expelled; and distribution of source
rock maturities. Quantitative computer modeling
techniques provide information about the timing
and efficiency of generation and migration. The
course stresses the integration of geochemical data
with geological and engineering information to
identify reservoir compartments, allocate
commingled production, and monitor flooding.
Geochemical applications are illustrated with
numerous worldwide case studies. No previous
background in geochemistry is needed.
COURSE CONTENT
Source rock quality, maturity, and potential • Migration
efficiency and direction • Maturation and degradation •
Correlation: oil-to-oil, oil-to-source rock, gases •
Temperature, time and quantitative modeling of maturity for
systems with unconformities, changing gradients, and
faulting • Reservoir continuity, lateral and vertical changes in
gravity and viscosity, contributions from discrete zones •
Worldwide exploration and production case studies • Project
planning using actual problems
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
DUBAI, UAE
Nov. 12-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,025
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Apr. 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
LONDON, U.K.
Oct. 2-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
All classes available at your location. Contact us today.
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Production Geology for
Other Disciplines
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. D. ANDY LINK OR JOHN F. DILLON
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Petroleum engineers whose jobs require a more
extensive knowledge of geology, professional staff
from other disciplines, field engineers who need
a good understanding of subsurface issues, and
managers concerned with reservoir evaluation
and management
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Understand and apply knowledge of
production geology to perform effectively
in integrated Asset Teams
• Impact decision making with production
and geological information during field’s
life cycle
ABOUT THE COURSE
The course provides a basic overview of geology
and focuses on demonstrating the practical impact
of geological models and geological uncertainty
on reservoir appraisal, development concept
selection, and actual field development. The course
emphasizes geological factors that affect engineering
activities common to drilling, logging, testing,
completion, development, and production.
Without a common understanding between
geologists and engineers, there can be no real
interdisciplinary communication or teamwork in
reservoir development and production activities.
Engineering and geological coordination are the
objectives of this course.
COURSE CONTENT
Correlation and stratigraphy • Structural geology •
Trapping mechanisms and fluid distribution • Seismology
and mapping techniques • Clastic/carbonate reservoir
geology • Reservoir characterization and modeling •
Volumetrics • Well planning • Reservoir appraisal • Field
development
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
CALGARY, CANADA
Oct. 31-Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST
NEW DELHI, INDIA
Nov. 7-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,100
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
MUSCAT, OMAN
Jan. 28-Feb. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,025
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Mar. 6-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
DENVER, COLORADO†
July 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,450
WARRI, NIGERIA
Sept. 4-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,175
LONDON, U.K.
Sept. 18-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
CALGARY, CANADA
Oct. 30-Nov. 3 . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Nov. 6-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
† includes field trip
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Sandstone Reservoirs
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. BRYAN T. CRONIN
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Geologists, geophysicists, petrophysicists,
reservoir and production engineers, exploration-
GEOLOGY
production managers, all team members involved
in reservoir characterization, technicians
working with clastic reservoirs
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Interpret clastic depositional environments using
data from cores, cuttings and wireline logs
(including FMI)
• Prepare quantitative facies maps
• Apply sequence stratigraphic concepts to clastic
reservoirs
• Predict reservoir size, shape, trend and quality
ABOUT THE COURSE
This course is essential for geoscientists and
engineers involved in the exploration and
development of clastic reservoirs. It focuses on
methods that can be used to improve the
prediction of reservoir size, shape, trend and
quality through detailed analysis of depositional
environments and diagenesis. The sedimentary
characteristics of each of the principal clastic
depositional systems are presented in detail, using
examples from recent environments, outcrops,
cores, wireline logs and test/production data from
oil and gas fields in various parts of the world
(United States, North Sea/Atlantic, Africa, Middle
East, Far East etc). Practical exercises are taken
from each of the principal depositional settings
and involve detailed mapping, interpretation of
core and log characteristics, and integration of data
from FMI logs. Emphasis is placed on the
application of fundamental sedimentary principles
to actual subsurface data so that the participants
can immediately use the information in their
exploration and development activities.
COURSE CONTENT
Genetic stratigraphic analysis • Depositional architecture •
Basins and units • Quantitative facies mapping • Wireline logs
and conventional cores • Seismic and sequence stratigraphy •
Recognition of depositional systems • Process-response facies
models • Integrated genetic stratigraphy • Analysis of clastic
depositional systems • Alluvial fan • Fluvial • Eolian •
Lacustrine • Deltaic • Shoreline • Shelf • Slope and basin •
Incised sequences • Shelf margins and linked downslope
systems • Characteristic log patterns • Flow units • Prediction
of reservoir size, shape, trend, quality • How to select optimum
well locations • Lateral continuity and quality of seals •
Diagenesis • Sedimentary controls on porosity, permeability,
saturation • Reservoir exploration and production case
histories
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
CALGARY, CANADA
Oct. 31-Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST
TRINIDAD, UTT - POINT LISAS
Nov. 21-25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,675
DUBAI, UAE
Dec. 10-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,025
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Feb. 27-Mar. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
LONDON, U.K.
May 22-26 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
July 10-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,100
CALGARY, CANADA
Oct. 30-Nov. 3 . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST
DUBAI, UAE
Dec. 9-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,025
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Sequence Stratigraphy:
An Applied Workshop
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. CLYDE H. MOORE
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Geologists, geophysicists, exploration/production
managers, biostratigraphers and engineers
GEOLOGY
involved in exploration or reservoir
characterization
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Identify stratigraphic sequences
• Interpret seismic reflection geometries
• Relate sequence stratigraphy to basin
architecture, relative sea levels and history
• Build predictive stratigraphic models
ABOUT THE COURSE
Sequence stratigraphy, based on sedimentary
response to changes in relative sea level gives
the explorationist and the development geosci-
entist a powerful new predictive tool for
regional basin analysis, shelf to basin correla-
tion and reservoir heterogeneity. Perhaps
most importantly, sequence stratigraphy
gives the geoscientist a superior framework
for the integration of geologic, geophysical
and engineering data and expertise. We will
develop the basic concepts of sequence
stratigraphy such as the integration of eustasy
and tectonic subsidence which gives rise to
the basic cycle hierarchy that can be observed
in the geologic record. Using these basic con-
cepts, we will build a general predictive strati-
graphic model emphasizing the petroleum
system and particularly stressing shelf to basin
correlation. The particular strength of this
workshop is the application of these basic
principles to actual subsurface data sets gath-
ered into a series of well-founded exercises. In
recent courses the data sets included Miocene
delta complexes in Venezuela Cretaceous
incised valleys in the US, Paleozoic mixed car-
bonate clastic basin floor fans and low stand
prograding complexes in the US and Jurassic
basin floor and slope fans in France.
COURSE CONTENT
Historical framework • Seismic geometries • Unconformities •
Relative sea level • Eustasy • Parasequences and their stack-
ing patterns • Parasequences as a correlation tool •
Relationship of stratigraphic patterns to changes in subsi-
dence rates as driven by regional and earth scale tectonic
processes • Cycle hierarchy • Worldwide cycle chart and its
application • The sequence stratigraphic model • LST
sequence boundaries, diagenesis related to unconformities,
incised valles, slope fans, basin floor fans and prograding
complexes illustrated by slide presentation and individual
exercises • TST incised valley fill, two-phase sedimentation
pattern, source rock and reservoir seal illustrated by slide pres-
entation and individual exercises • HST alluvial, deltaic,
shoreline complexes and shelf sands illustrated by slide pres-
entation and individual exercises • Exploration and production
scaled case histories • Exploration / production strategies
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Nov. 14-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
DENVER, COLORADO†
July 31-Aug. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,450
LONDON, U.K.
Sept. 18-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Nov. 13-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
† includes field trip
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Structural Geology in
Petroleum Exploration and
Development
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. RICHARD H. GROSHONG, JR.
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Exploration and development geologists, geo-
physicists, engineers, and geoscience managers
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Apply mechanical-stratigraphic concepts to
understand and predict trap geometry
• Use restoration and balance to validate an
interpretation and interpret the structural
evolution
• Recognize the structural style or styles of a
region from map and cross-sectional expression
• Distinguish characteristics of each
structural style on reflection seismic sections
• Interpret the mechanics of deformation for
each structural style
• Predict the effects of deformation on
reservoir porosity, permeability, and continuity
ABOUT THE COURSE
The explosion of 3-D seismic has given us an
opportunity to map structures in a more
detailed manner than ever before. However,
making the most realistic geologic interpretation
of these structures is only as good as our ability
to recognize the fundamental characteristics
of the assemblage in which they occur. Only
by recognition of the many facets, variations,
differences, and similarities of each assem-
blage with its associated styles and substyles,
can confident interpretations be made. This
course provides an overview of all hydrocarbon-
bearing structural assemblages from the trap
to the plate-tectonic scale. The processes that
produce the structures and control their
variability are explained in terms of basic rock-
mechanical principles and physical-model
examples. Cross-section balancing and
restoration are presented as tools for validating
interpretations as well as for documenting
structural evolution. To develop a broad expe-
rience, numerous case-history interpretations
from around the world are presented as
examples and interpreted in exercises.
COURSE CONTENT
Mechanical principles governing folding and faulting •
Mechanical stratigraphy • Predicting srtucture from
stratigraphy • Deformation mechanisms • Folding vs. fault-
ing • Palinspastic restoration of cross sections • Structural
validation criteria • Sequential restoration and growth history
• Structural assemblages: families and styles • Fault-related
folds • Regional arches and domes • Compaction, dissolution
and impact structures • Wrench faults: simple, convergent,
and divergent • Thin-skinned fold-thrust belts • Basement-
involved contraction • Inversion • Thin-skinned extension
• Basement-involved extension • Salt sheets • Diapirs •
Exploration problems for each style • Plate-tectonic habitats
of structural assemblages • Effects of structures in reservoirs:
joints, stylolites, faults • Deformation that enhances or
reduces permeability • Predicting the effect of fault zones
on fluid flow • Tectonic synthesis and exploration project
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
DUBAI, UAE
Dec. 10-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,025
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Mar. 27-31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
LONDON, U.K.
July 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
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Basin Analysis Workshop:
An Integrated Approach
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. JOHN D. PIGOTT
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Geoscientists who require a practical familiarity
with the application of a variety of state-of-the-
art conventional and unconventional tools of
hydrocarbon evaluation to sedimentary basins
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Evaluate the dynamics of basin formation
• Reconstruct thermal histories of basins
• Build predictive basin models useful in
exploration
• Apply modern exploration data to basin
modeling
ABOUT THE COURSE
Basin analysis demands an integrated approach
from explorationists. It can be both inappropriate,
as well as misleading, to suggest that the
tectonic-thermal-sedimentologic evolution of
any one basin is an established fact, or even
that all basins submit to the same simple and
unequivocal models. This five-day course
provides the theory, methods, and practice so
that participants may develop and optimize their
own individual basin evaluation and modeling
modus operandi. Incorporated as practical
problems for workshop analysis and significant
group discussion are case histories from
throughout the world utilizing seismic,
petrophysical, geochemical, and thermal data.
Areas for analysis include data sets from Africa,
Alaska, the Gulf of Mexico, Mid-Continent US,
the Middle East, South America, the North Sea,
and Southeast Asia. When offered in-house as a
two-week course, a rigorous petrophysical core
workshop for sequence stratigraphy and reservoir
characterization-development is included.
One personal computer is provided, at
additional cost, for each two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Geodynamics of basin formation • Geothermics (thermal
history reconstruction) • Organic geochemistry • Inorganic
geochemistry (porosity creation and destruction in the
subsurface) • Petrophysics I • Geophysics I (reflection
character analysis) • Petrophysics II • Geophysics II
(reflection group analysis) • Geophysics III (tectonic
seismic styles) • Tectonic and paleoenvironmental
reconstruction • Dynamic basin classification • Integrated
petroleum system analysis • Summary and discussion
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Oct. 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
PARIS, FRANCE
Nov. 21-25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,875*
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Apr. 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
PARIS, FRANCE
Nov. 20-24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,875*
* plus computer charge
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Development Geology
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. JOHN S. SNEIDER
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Reservoir, development and exploration geologists,
geophysicists, petrophysicists, log analysts,
petroleum engineers, and technicians
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Select optimum drill sites for field development
• Select and use logs and core samples for maxi-
mum benefit in distinguishing reservoir and
non-reservoir rock
• Construct geologic reservoir models
• Apply seismic analysis to reservoir development
• Apply facies characteristics to reservoir perform-
ance to optimize development
• Compile a development plan
ABOUT THE COURSE
Knowledge of the controls on reservoir pore space
distribution is critical in the appraisal, develop-
ment, and efficient management of reservoirs.
Participants will learn, through hands-on exercises,
how to compile a development plan for a field
which emphasizes optimal recovery. The construc-
tion of cross-sections and maps for estimating
hydrocarbons-in-place are shown to play a pivotal
role in production efficiency. Emphasis is placed
on the selection of samples for core analysis and
on how to distinguish reservoir and non-reservoir
rocks. Structural style and facies concepts are
used to locate drill sites and describe reservoirs.
Ingredients needed for geologic reservoir models
will be reviewed. Participants learn to recognize
the need to modify development plans and imple-
ment activities for correction of deficiencies. Each
session is custom-tailored for the region in which
the session is presented.
COURSE CONTENT
Influence of geological characteristics on development •
Economic value of synergistic development teams •
Appraisal: determining recoverable hydrocarbons •
Reservoir fluid properties and saturation • Influence of
capillarity on hydrocarbon distribution and fluid contacts •
Volumetric reserve estimation and calculation •
Depositional and diagenetic controls on reservoir rock
(pore space), barriers, and hydrocarbon distribution •
Aquifer characterization, distribution, and mapping •
Seismic applications in appraisal and development •
Development drilling: how to optimize hydrocarbon
recovery • Reservoir zonation and thickness mapping •
Reservoir pore space configurations and mapping •
Material balance and performance predictions • Geological
and petrophysical activities in field review and special
studies for infill drilling and enhanced oil recovery • Steps
in building a geologic reservoir model
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Dec. 12-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
DUBAI, UAE
Mar. 18-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,125
HOUSTON, TEXAS
May 22-26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
Dec. 11-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
DENVER, COLORADO
June 12-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
July 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,200
LONDON, U.K.
Sept. 25-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT
All classes available at your location. Contact us today.
Geochemical Techniques for
Solving Reservoir Management
and Field Development Problems
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. MARK A. MCCAFFREY
NEW
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Development geologists, petroleum engineers,
managers, and technical personnel
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Use mud gas isotopes to identify and
characterize pay zones
• Use the geochemistry of produced fluids (oil,
gas, water) and/or core material to:
• Identify missed pay
• Assess reservoir compartmentalization
• Allocate commingled production
• Identify completion problems (tubing leaks,
poor cement jobs, etc.)
• Characterize induced fractures (e.g., fracture
height)
• Monitor the progression of floods (water, gas,
or steam)
• Predict vertical and lateral variations in fluid
viscosity and gravity; identify the geological
processes which control fluid properties in a
given field
• Use certain key software packages (including,
PeakView, ReserView, OilUnmixer, Excess
Pressure calculations, etc.)
ABOUT THE COURSE
During field development and production, numerous
problems can be solved through integration of geo-
chemical, geological, and engineering data (see bullets
above). Geochemical approaches for solving these
problems are appealing since:
1. They provide an independent line of evidence that
can help resolve ambiguous geological or engineering
data. Example: geochemical data can reveal whether
small differences in reservoir pressure reflect the pres-
ence of a barrier between the sampling points.
2. They are far less expensive than engineering alterna-
tives. Example: geochemical allocation of commingled
production costs only 1-5% as much as production
logging.
3. They have applicability where other approaches do
not. Example: geochemical allocation of commingled
production can be performed on highly-deviated or
horizontal wells and on wells with electrical sub-
mersible pumps - well types not amenable to produc-
tion logging.
This course explains how geochemistry complements
other reservoir management tools. Case studies and
exercises illustrate key points. Computer-based exer-
cises illustrate the utility of certain key software pack-
ages. Sampling pitfalls and sources of contamination
are discussed. The course will NOT cover PVT
(Pressure-Volume-Temperature) relationships or equa-
tion of state calculations.
One personal computer is provided, at additional
cost, for each two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Using fluid compositions as “natural tracers” for tracking fluid
movement and compartmentalization • Understanding
processes that cause compositional differences between fluids
(e.g., differences in source facies, source maturity, biodegrada-
tion, water washing, evaporative fractionation, etc.) •
Integrating geochemical, geological, and engineering data to
identify missed pay, characterize reservoir compartmentaliza-
tion, allocate commingled production, identify well completion
problems, predict fluid viscosity/gravity, and monitor floods •
Basics of oil, water, gas and mud gas compositional analyses
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Feb. 13-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
CAIRO, EGYPT
May 7-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,125*
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Sept. 18-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
*plus computer charge
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Prospect and Play
Assessment
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. MICHAEL I. TREESH
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
All exploration team members and leaders
including geologists, geophysicists, geochemists,
GEOLOGY
analysts, reservoir engineers, economists, planners
and managers who make business decisions
based upon exploration data
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Calculate geological risk and uncertainty in
exploration prospects
• Determine prospect volumes
• Assess reserve distribution in a play
• Describe/calibrate risks associated with
finding a successful play
ABOUT THE COURSE
This fully revised and updated course presents a
state-of-the-art approach to defining prospect and
play volumetrics, the uncertainties in defining
these volumes and the risk that the
accumulation exists. It is a very practical course
– easy to adapt directly in the workplace.
Participants learn evaluation techniques
applicable in any assessment scheme that an
organization might use. The course evaluates
other published approaches and contrasts them
with the recommended procedures allowing the
participants to choose the very best approach
to resource evaluation. It is significant to note
that this course offers the industry the only
quantitative play assessment procedure that is
repeatable from play to play and offers measures of
the play prospectiveness (size and number of
future fields). Important techniques to sum
multiple prospective zones and adjacent
prospects are developed. Lessons learned are
emphasized through real oil field workshops
evaluated in a team setting. Course objectives are
to quantify all geologic risks and uncertainties, to
provide insights for managers and reviewers in
evaluating assessments, and to enable selective
planning. Unique tools and approaches described
and practiced include: tying the exploration
process to business objectives, fully calibrated
play and prospect predictions, segregating play
risk from independent risk, and proven
methods of selling your prospect and play.
COURSE CONTENT
Geological controls of oil and gas occurrence: their impact
on exploration risk and success • Risk analysis: principles
and practice including geostatistical and Monte Carlo
techniques • Hydrocarbon charge assessment • Prospect
assessment workshop • Play assessment techniques:
estimating the possible numbers, sizes, and associated risks
for potential fields, dependent versus independent risks •
Play recognition and mapping • Play assessment workshop
• Aggregation of assessment results: summing, risking, and
preparation for economic analysis
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 31-Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
May 1-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
Oct. 30-Nov. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
LONDON, U.K.
July 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT
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G EOPHYSICS
The courses in this section are Geophysics courses offered publicly through PetroSkills and OGCI are designed to develop your skills and
competency in this discipline. The Course Progression Matrix below shows how these courses relate to each other and provides an easy way to
construct a training plan with coursework that specifically relates to present or future job requirements. Likewise, managers can use the matrices
to develop training plans for their team.
Geophysicists can also benefit from courses that provide an understanding of other petroleum-related functions and disciplines. Such
GEOPHYSICS

cross-training courses are recommended in the lighter-shaded columns on either side of the Geophysics courses shown on the matrix.

INSTRUCTORS

DR. JOHN BURRELL D R . J O H N D. P I G O T T

DR. GERHARD DIEPHUIS D R . L A N N Y J. R E E D
D O N A L D S. M A C P H E R S O N D R . M A N G AT R. T H A PA R

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Basic Geophysics
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. GERHARD DIEPHUIS, DONALD S. MACPHERSON
OR DR. LANNY J. REED
COURSE LEVEL: BASIC
DESIGNED FOR
Geoscientists, engineers, team leaders, geoscience
technicians, asset managers, and anyone involved in
using seismic data that needs to understand and use
this data as a communication vehicle
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Understand how seismic data represents subsurface
rock parameters including the relative structure,
lithology, and pore filling material
• Gain a knowledge of how seismic data is acquired
and processed to produce a three dimensional
seismic image
• Understand the limits of vertical and horizontal
resolution inherent in the seismic data
• How seismic data is used to define reservoir
parameters and how it relates to reservoir
development; this includes a detailed discussion of
AVO and other seismic attributes
• Understand the various approaches to seismic imag-
ing and how the velocity model relates to this image
• How new technology including seismic inversion
have helped us to define rock properties including
pore filling material, pore pressure, water
saturation, and fracture orientation
• Value the recent focus on developments such as
time lapse seismic surveys for reservoir monitoring
purposes
ABOUT THE COURSE
The course is designed to familiarize anyone using seismic
data with the nature of the data and what exactly it repre-
sents. One of the key goals of the course is to explain the
large and confusing amount of “jargon” that is used by the
Geophysical community when they use seismic data as a
communication vehicle. The course is supplemented by a
large number of case histories that graphically illustrate the
principles in the course material. These are updated with
every course presentation to keep up with the rapidly dev-
eloping technology in this field. The course participants
are given a data disk with several executable programs for
parameter calculation and seismic modeling. The data
disk also contains all of the course slides and exercises.
COURSE CONTENT
The nature of seismic data, what is propagating • What causes
seismic reflections and how they relate to rock properties including
pore filling material • The wavelet in the seismic data and its limit
of resolution • Seismic velocities as they relate to rock properties
and the imaging process • The relationship between seismic veloc-
ities and pore pressure • Pore pressure prediction • Seismic data
processing and seismic migration • Prestack, poststack, time and
depth imaging • Direct hydrocarbon indicators and AVO •
Seismic inversion for rock and fluid properties • Seismic attributes
• Time lapse reservoir monitoring • Recent developments in seis-
mic acquisition, processing, and interpretation
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 3-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
CALGARY, CANADA
Oct. 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Feb. 20-24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
May 15-19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
Sept. 18-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
PERTH, AUSTRALIA
Apr. 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,150
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
Jun. 12-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,100
LONDON, U.K.
Sept. 4-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
CALGARY, CANADA
Oct. 16-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST
All classes available at your location. Contact us today.
Principles of 3-D
Seismic Interpretation
and Applications
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. MANGAT R. THAPAR
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Interpreters, geophysicists, geologists, technical
support personnel, seismic processors,
exploration and data processing managers, and
data acquisition managers.
This is a basic level course for 3-D, includes
seismic topics of intermediate level. See the
course requirements at the bottom.
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Apply principles of stratigraphic and
structural interpretation
• Apply S-waves in fractured reservoirs
• Estimate thickness of thin beds in 3-D
• Make use of reservoir characterization and
compartmentalization tools
• Conduct risk analysis of 4-D
ABOUT THE COURSE
Companies that use 3-D seismic surveys have
found them to be an extremely prudent invest-
ment. Costing less than a few cents/barrel of oil,
such surveys not only reduce the risk in explo-
ration and production, they also help increase
production from existing fields. Certainly, the
degree of "success" of a 3-D seismic interpretation
depends strongly on the techniques employed to
acquire, process, and analyze the data. But this
course also emphasizes an aspect that is just as
important – the principles and pitfalls. This
course will benefit all geo-science professionals
and not just the geophysical interpreter.
Exercises: Interpretation using horizontal slice
data utilizing reservoir models, 3-D survey design,
thickness estimation from amplitude of seismic
data using a reservoir model, along with other
exercises on seismic wave propagation properties
related to 3-D
COURSE CONTENT
Overview of 3-D data acquisition and processing •
Principles of 3-D migration, horizontal and horizon slices,
and modeling • 3-D seismic technologies • Reduced risk
using 4-D • Successful applications of 3-D in E&P •
Geostatistical Kriging and Variorgram • Anisotropy, 3-D,
3-C, S-waves • Principles of stratigraphic and structural
interpretation • Application of seismic attributes •
Thickness from amplitude, frequency • Reservoir
management using 3-D • Summary of 3-D case histories
from around the world
Participants should have taken Seismic Survey Design, Data
Acquisition and Processing course; AVO and Seismic
Attributes: Principles and Applications or equivalent
Participants are encouraged to bring data examples or
displays, and problems related to this course for one-on-one
or group discussion.
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
NEW DELHI, INDIA
Nov. 28-Dec. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,100
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
June 19-23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
LONDON, U.K.
Aug. 7-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
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Seismic Interpretation
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. JOHN BURRELL
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Geologists, geophysicists, and engineers
who want to use seismic data for petroleum
exploration and/or production – familiarity
with geological terminology will be helpful
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Understand the seismic process, to interpret
seismic sections, to develop a geologic
GEOPHYSICS
model, and to prepare maps
• Relate the subsurface stratigraphy to well
data
• Identify different structural styles from
seismic data
• Create a basic stratigraphic framework
using seismic stratigraphy
ABOUT THE COURSE
Can I observe the reservoir on seismic?
How large is the reservoir? Did the well cut a
fault? Can seismic help me tie a set of wells?
What kind of a structural trap did I drill
into? Is the structure valid or a seismic artifact?
Are these reflections real or multiples? How
can I combine structural and stratigraphic
interpretations to develop a structural and
depositional history? How does seismic data
acquisition and processing impact my
interpretation? Will my well encounter hazards
such as abnormal pressure or shallow gas?
The participant learns to answer these and
related questions by gaining an understanding
of the seismic system, its limitations and pitfalls,
and by interpreting 2-D and 3-D seismic examples
of structural and stratigraphic features associated
with actively producing hydrocarbon areas.
COURSE CONTENT
Basics: geological controls on the propagation, reflection,
and refraction of seismic waves • Data acquisition and
processing with emphasis on its potential impact on
interpretation • 2-D and 3-D interpretation techniques •
Seismic interpretation of different structural styles:
extensional, compressional, strike-slip, inverted, salt and
gravity dominated basins • Seismic velocities, sequence
stratigraphy and seismic facies analysis • Acoustic
impedance • DHIS • AVO
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
Oct. 3-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,100
LONDON, U.K.
Oct. 31-Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
May 8-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
LONDON, U.K.
Oct. 30-Nov. 3 . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
Nov. 13-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,100
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Seismic Survey Design, Data
Acquisition, and Processing
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. MANGAT R. THAPAR
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Geologists, geophysicists, engineers, supervisors,
executives and managers who will be involved
in the design/execution and monitoring of seismic
data acquisition and processing
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Design 2-D and 3-D surveys to overcome-
some of the limitations and avoid pitfalls
GEOPHYSICS
• Calculate, execute, and quality control
design parameters
• Optimize seismic processing flows and
parameters to overcome some limitations
and avoid pitfalls. Select, execute, and
quality control processing parameters
ABOUT THE COURSE
By the end of the course, participants will be able
to contribute to effective planning, execution, and
quality control of seismic data acquisition and
processing. The success of oil and gas exploration
depends on the success of design, acquisition and
processing. Acquisition is given equal importance
with processing through a simple presentation of
fundamental principles. Case histories and simple
calculations of design parameters are used to
explain the limitations and pitfalls. Seismic survey
design and processing flow for AVO or attribute
analysis is discussed. Proper use of amplitude
scaling and deconvolution is explained for AVO
and attributes. Improving data with static and
dynamic corrections is demonstrated. A presenta-
tion of correlation, convolution, deconvolution, fil-
tering, and frequency spectra is included. Also,
explanations of seismic attributes, VSP, and Taup
are given.
Exercises: 3-D survey design, Groundroll, P and
S waves, Aliasing, Vibroseis sweep, Correlation
and Convolution, Absorption, Migration
Aperture, Velocities, DMO. Participants should
have taken Basic Geophysics course or equiva-
lent. Participants are encouraged to bring data
samples or displays related to this course for a
group/one-on-one discussion.
COURSE CONTENT
Data acquisition field work • Data processing theory •
Data processing exercises • Theory: the convolution model
of the seismic trace, acoustic impedance and reflectivity,
reflection and amplitudes, diffraction geometry, CMP
method, NMO and stacking, aliasing and sampling
requirements, convolution and correlation, velocities •
Imaging: DMO, time and depth migration, data acquisition
operations and survey design principles
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
NEW DELHI, INDIA
Nov. 14-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,100
DUBAI, UAE
Dec. 10-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,025
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
Mar. 13-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,100
HOUSTON, TEXAS
June 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
LONDON, U.K.
July 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
DUBAI, UAE
Dec. 9-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,025
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AVO and Seismic Attributes:
Principles and Applications
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. MANGAT R. THAPAR
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Interpreters, geophysicists, geologists, technical
support personnel, seismic processors, exploration
and data processing managers, and data acquisition
managers
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Analyze and apply AVO and seismic attributes
• Recognize pros and cons of AVO
• Determine when AVO is applicable
• Select interpretation-relevant attributes
• Resolve the effect of processing on AVO
and seismic attributes
• Avoid pitfalls in AVO and attributes
ABOUT THE COURSE
How reliable and successful is your AVO or
seismic attribute analysis? Did you know that not
all AVO/seismic attribute anomalies are caused by
oil and gas reservoirs? And that there is a whole
range of natural and artificial factors that can
influence AVO and attribute results? This course
presents the basic principles of AVO and attribute
analysis. The participant is guided in: (i) selecting
the correct processing techniques, (ii) determining
whether an AVO analysis is at all applicable, and
(iii) choosing the appropriate attributes for analysis.
Exercises: on rock properties, AVO interpretation
and crossplotting techniques, thin bed thickness,
absorption due to reservoir thickness, attribute
selection, many other topics
COURSE CONTENT
AVO concept and related factors • AVO pitfalls and
assumptions • Petrophysics and AVO • Rock properties
and wave propagation • Hydrocarbon detection using AVO
• AVO modeling and processing • Impact of processing on
AVO analysis • Techniques for interpretation of AVO • AVO
Cross-plotting techniques • Case studies of AVO • Seismic
attributes and wave factors • Decon and scaling effect on
attributes • Time and frequency domain attributes •
Thickness using amplitude • Thin bed thickness from fre-
quency • Applications of amplitude, energy, and frequency
related attributes • Pitfalls of attributes
Participants should have taken Seismic Survey
Design, Data Acquisition, and Processing
course or equivalent and are encouraged to
bring data examples related to this course.
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
NEW DELHI, INDIA
Nov. 21-25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,200
DUBAI, UAE
Dec. 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,125
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
Mar. 20-24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,200
HOUSTON, TEXAS
June 12-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
LONDON, U.K.
July 31-Aug. 4 . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT
DUBAI, UAE
Dec. 16-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,125
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Introduction to Seismic
Stratigraphy: An Exploration
Workshop
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. JOHN D. PIGOTT
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Geophysicists, geologists, explorationists, and
managers who desire an introduction or review
of the theory and application of contemporary
seismic stratigraphic techniques to exploration
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Utilize seismic stratigraphic methods to
determine seismic facies
• Build geohistory analysis of exploration basins
• Predict potential reservoirs and seals
ABOUT THE COURSE
One of the most revolutionary, most effective, yet
most under-utilized tools introduced into exploration
recently is that of seismic stratigraphy. It is not a tool
exclusive to geophysicists, nor is it a tool only for
geologists. Seismic stratigraphic techniques are based
upon an integration of firm, well-established geological
and geophysical fundamentals. When properly applied,
seismic stratigraphy provides a powerful foundation
for geohistory analysis, helping describe a basin’s
evolution and the resulting effects upon its spatial
and temporal variation in hydrocarbon potential.
Seismic stratigraphy chronostratigraphically
constrains both the sedimentological and fault-
mechanical stratigraphy of a basin. Furthermore, it
can provide a predictive model extrapolated beyond
the borehole as to aspects of the quality of potential
reservoirs and seals, their sedimentary environments of
deposition, and in some cases, even their paragenesis.
In this rigorous workshop, participants learn and
apply the basic theory and methods of seismic strati-
graphic analysis to seismic profiles representing a
variety of rock types, structural styles, and tectonic
settings worldwide. The projects include borehole-
constrained seismic data drawn from such regions as
the Alaska North Slope, Gulf of Mexico, Red Sea,
Southeast Asia, South America and Western Africa.
COURSE CONTENT
Historical development • Review of geophysical
fundamentals • Direct hydrocarbon indicators • Sequence
analysis • Chronostratigraphic charts • Sea level curve •
Construction • Seismic facies analysis • Seismic
characterization of carbonates • Seismic classification of
deltas • Seismic characterization of turbidites •
Recognition of highstand and lowstand system tracts •
Mechanical (structural) stratigraphy • Geohistory analysis
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
CALGARY, CANADA
Dec. 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,295+GST
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
DUBAI, UAE
Feb. 18-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,125
MIAMI, FLORIDA
May 15-19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
LONDON, U.K.
June 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
July 31-Aug. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,200
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 9-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
CALGARY, CANADA
Dec. 4-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,295+GST
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Advanced Seismic Stratigraphy:

A 2-D, 3-D Sequence and
Wavelet Analysis Workshop
PETROSKILLS

COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. JOHN D. PIGOTT
COURSE LEVEL: SPECIALIZED If it happens out there,
DESIGNED FOR
Geophysicists, geologists, and explorationists
who have completed PetroSkills’ Introduction
to Seismic Stratigraphy course or comparable
it’s taught here.
training
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Separate fact from artifact in seismic
stratigraphy processing and interpretation

GEOPHYSICS
• Characterize reservoir rocks and their fluids
from stacked and unstacked AVO data
• Apply 3-D seismic stratigraphy to field
development
• Interpret salt structures and their associated
hydrocarbon potential
• Predict intra-basinal reservoir seal quality
as a function of sea level position
ABOUT THE COURSE
Seismic stratigraphy is a powerful tool for
exploration and exploitation, especially when
the rock-fluid information within seismic
wavelet (reflection character analysis) is
integrated with the lithofacies-stratigraphic
information determined from reflection group
geometry (sequence analysis). In this rigorous,
problem-oriented, hands-on workshop,
participants learn how to make seismic
modeling-interpretation judgments as a basis
for seismic-facies and reflection character
analysis. Case studies for exploration and
development incorporate 2-D and 3-D seismic
with well data from diverse tectonic settings Delivering quality. All over the world.
and a wide variety of carbonate and clastic
depositional environments. PetroSkills is committed to making training as convenient as possible.
COURSE CONTENT That’s why we offer our courses in dozens of cities across the world as
Historical perspectives of the science and the seismic
stratigraphy algorithm • Geophysical fundamentals • well as regional hubs in the United States, Europe, Middle East, South
Wavelet Analysis I: optimizing exploration - intracratonic America and Southeast Asia. Minimizing your travel and other related
basins • Wavelet Analysis II: optimizing exploitation -
intracratonic basins • Wavelet Analysis III: seismic costs is just another way that PetroSkills adds value to its courses. After
reservoir characterization • Seismic Sequence Analysis I:
modus operandi - divergent-margin case study • Seismic all, maximizing convenience is a key function of the PetroSkills alliance.
Sequence Analysis II: chronostratigraphy and sea level
analysis • Seismic Sequence Analysis III: facies analysis In addition to delivering over 500 public course sessions in 30
and abc maps • Seismic Sequence Analysis IV: 2-D and
3-D applications to salt and subsalt imagery • Seismic different cities this year, PetroSkills also offers most public courses as
Sequence Analysis V: integrated geohistory analysis - private, on-site seminars. A number of special courses are also available
polyhistory basins • Review of seismic stratigraphy
algorithm and class discussion as in-house sessions only.
In-house courses allow participants to receive comprehensive training
and individualized attention from our world-renowned instructors.
Some courses are even available in languages other than English. Using
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S our resources, we can develop training programs on virtually any
CALGARY, CANADA petroleum-related subject while incorporating a company’s own data into
Dec. 12-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,495+GST the curriculum – the ultimate test of training practicality.
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S

MIAMI, FLORIDA
Convenient. Frequent. Cost Competitive.
May 22-26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,625
LONDON, U.K.
June 12-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,995+VAT ®

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

Aug. 7-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,400 An OGCI Company
CALGARY, CANADA
Dec. 11-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,495+GST

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P ETROPHYSICS
The courses in this section are Petrophysics courses offered publicly through PetroSkills and OGCI are designed to develop your skills and
competency in this discipline. The Course Progression Matrix below shows how these courses relate to each other and provides an easy way to
construct a training plan with coursework that specifically relates to present or future job requirements. Likewise, managers can use the matrices to
develop training plans for their team.
Petrophysicists can also benefit from courses that provide an understanding of other petroleum-related functions and disciplines. Such
cross-training courses are recommended in the lighter-shaded columns on either side of the Petrophysics courses shown on the matrix.
INSTRUCTORS

DR. ANDREW CHEN D R . A. D A N I E L H I L L RICHARD PIGGIN

PETROPHYSICS

D R . D AV I D K. D AV I E S D R . N E I L F. H U R L E Y D R . R O B E RT A. S K O P E C
E R I C A. F O S T E R D AV I D P AT R I C K M U R P H Y D R . J O H N S. S N E I D E R

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Foundations of
Petrophysics
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. DAVID K. DAVIES OR ERIC A. FOSTER
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Petrophysicists with less than three months
experience as well as geoscientists, engineers
and other technical staff of all experience levels
that require a better understanding of applied
petrophysical technologies
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Analyze open hole logs and integrate log
and core data to obtain porosity, saturation
and permeability for well and field
development projects
• Determine which logging tools are most
effective for specific applications
• Use petrophysics to optimize the effort of
integrated, multi-disciplinary teams
• Apply basic cased-hole logging and well
bore seismic analytical techniques
ABOUT THE COURSE
A knowledge of petrophysics is of fundamental
importance in all aspects of the petroleum busi-
ness. There is no discipline that cannot benefit
from a basic understanding of petrophysics. This
course provides an overview of the principles and
applications used in reservoir description including
log and core analysis for technical staff from all dis-
ciplines. At the end of the course, participants will
have obtained sufficient understanding to perform
basic log analysis and integrate log and core data to
allow them to work effectively in integrated teams.
The course is developed around a large number of
practical exercises using actual logs and core data
from various parts of the world.
COURSE CONTENT
Principles and applications of petrophysical methods •
Role of petrophysics in integrated reservoir analysis •
Mud logging • Open hole log analysis and formation eval-
uation, caliper, gamma ray, SP, density-neutron, sonic,
Archie's equation, resistivity logs • Coring and core analy-
sis, types of cores, sample selection, core gamma, core CT,
porosity, permeability, saturation, grain density, wettability,
capillary pressure, relative permeability • Porosity-perme-
ability relationships in sandstone and carbonate reservoirs
and prediction of permeability from core and log data •
Introduction to the analysis of shaly sands and complex
lithologies • Interpretation of specialized logs, image logs
and nuclear magnetic resonance logs • Introduction to
cased-hole log evaluation • Systematic integration of
petrophysical methods into other geological and petrole-
um engineering disciplines
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Jan. 30-Feb. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
July 10-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
Oct. 16-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
MUSCAT, OMAN
Mar. 4-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,025
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
May 22-26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,100
WARRI, NIGERIA
June 12-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,175
LONDON, U.K.
Sept. 11-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
Oct. 2-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,775
All classes available at your location. Contact us today.
Coring and Core Analysis
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. ROBERT A. SKOPEC
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Reservoir engineers, exploration and development
geologists, core and log analysts, geophysicists,
drilling and completion engineers, and oil
company research and development staff
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Design coring programs and maximize recovery
• Preserve core to minimize rock alteration
• Take and analyze sidewall cores
• Use cores to estimate porosity, permeability, and
fluid saturation (basic core analysis)
• Understand special core analysis, e.g.,
wettabililty, relative permeability, capillary
pressure, and reservoir fluid distribution for
reservoir engineering and petrophysical evaluation
• Prevent/spot errors in core analysis vendor
reports (quality control)
• Select samples for special core studies
• Correlate core and log data
ABOUT THE COURSE
More than three-quarters of current additions to
the world's reserves come from better management
of existing reserves. Core-based measurements
offer the most tangible and direct means of
determining critical reservoir parameters. Core
analysis can play a vital role in field equity or
unitization and is often considered to be the
ground truth to which other measurements are
compared, e.g. wireline logging. Using a multi-
disciplinary approach, participants are taken through
the stepsnecessaryto obtain reliable core analysis
data and solve formation evaluation problems.
Throughout the course, participants are given
hands-on problems and practical laboratory and
field examples, which reinforce the instruction.
COURSE CONTENT
Coring and core analysis objectives • Coring hardware and
maximizing core recovery • Core-handling, wellsite
procedures, and preservation methods • Sidewall coring
and analysis • Organizing effective laboratory programs •
Porosity, permeability and fluid saturation • Quality control in
core analysis • Petrography and mineralogy • Special core
analysis sample selection and statistical data analysis •
Core-log correlation (includes NMR log calibration, acoustic,
nuclear, and electrical properties) • An introduction to rock
mechanics • Wettability, relative permeability, capillary
pressure, and reservoir fluid distribution • Data integration
in reservoir simulation • Final problem: design of coring
and core analysis program • Lab tour
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Dec. 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Mar. 20-24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
Nov. 27-Dec. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
LONDON, U.K.
June 19-23 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
Aug. 14-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,100
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Well Log Interpretation
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
RICHARD H. PIGGIN OR ERIC A. FOSTER
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Petrophysicists, geologists, geophysicists,
engineers, technicians, or anyone interested in
a solid understanding of the principles of
borehole geophysics
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Identify reservoirs
• Determine mineralogy, porosity and saturation
in various lithologies
• Highlight oil mobility
• Interpret pressure profiles
• Develop optimum tools and logging programs
• Apply quicklook methods of formation evaluation
PETROPHYSICS
ABOUT THE COURSE
The most universal, comprehensive and concise
descriptive documents on oil and gas wells are
logs. Familiarity with the purposes and optimum
applications of well logs is therefore essential for
people forging their careers in exploration and
production. General principles of physics are
developed to explain the behavior of modern
logging tools. A feature of this course is the large
number of actual log examples used to illustrate
and describe reservoir properties. Participants gain
realistic experience by working in teams on com-
prehensive log interpretation exercises.
COURSE CONTENT
Logging objectives • Invasion profile • Passive electrical
properties of earth materials • Resistivity measuring tools •
Reservoir/non-reservoir discrimination • Matrix-sensitive
logs • Depth measurements • Borehole calipers • Porosity-
mineralogy logs, density, neutron, sonic • Porosity
determination in clean formations • Formation resistivity
factor • Conductivity of shales • Mineralogy identification •
Saturation and archie equation • Linear movable oil plot •
Reconnaissance techniques • Logarithmic mop • Porosity-
resistivity crossplots • Permeability relationships • Nuclear
magnetic resonance • Use of pressure measurements •
Computerized log evaluation • Sidewall coring •
Recommended logging programs
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
Oct. 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,775
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Dec. 12-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
ABERDEEN, U.K.
Feb. 20-24 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,650+VAT
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Mar. 27-31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
June 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
Sept. 18-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
Dec. 4-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
DUBAI, UAE
May 6-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,025
CALGARY, CANADA
May 29-June 2 . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST
Nov. 6-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST
VIENNA, AUSTRIA
June 19-23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,775
LONDON, U.K.
June 26-30 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
Nov. 13-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
July 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
Aug. 21-25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,100
800.821.5933 2 7
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Capillarity in Rocks
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DAVID PATRICK MURPHY
C O U R S E L E V E L : INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Geoscientists, petrophysicists, reservoir
engineers and research and development staff
who want to gain fundamental insight into the
capillary properties and hydrocarbon distribution
in reservoir rocks
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Calculate pore throat sizes from a cap
pressure curve
• Convert mercury/air capillary pressure
curves to hydrocarbon/water capillary
pressure curves
• Determine irreducible water saturation
• Estimate the length of a transition zone
PETROPHYSICS
• Obtain values for interphase tension
• Determine the maximum column of
hydrocarbon that a specific “sealing”
layer can sustain without leaking
• Determine saturation distribution in a
single-pore-system rock or in a multiple
pore-system rock
• Determine the representativeness of a
set of capillary pressure curves compared
to a zone of interest
• Estimate permeability from a mercury/
air capillary pressure curve
• Create a synthetic capillary pressure
curve and estimate the air permeability
from a petrographic analysis
ABOUT THE COURSE
This course provides a detailed knowledge of
how capillarity affects hydrocarbon distribution
in a reservoir rock, and how the magnitude
of capillary forces can be used to deduce
valuable information about sizes of pore
throats and the geometry and volume of the
pore network.
COURSE CONTENT
Surface phenomena, capillarity, and interphase tension •
Wettability • Pressure difference across a surface film
• Capillary forces in reservoir rocks; their measurement •
Mercury/air capillary pressures • The competition between
capillary and gravity forces • Relationships between initial
and residual saturations • Seal capacity • Mercury/air cap
pressure versus bulk volume occupied by mercury •
Calculation of saturation from cap curves
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 2 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
June 1-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$1,435
28 800.821.5933 w w w. o g c i . c o m
Carbonate Petrophysics
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. NEIL F. HURLEY
NEW
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Petrophysicists, geologists, reservoir engineers,
geophysicists, and research scientists
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Understand, recognize, and quantify distinctive
petrophysical properties of carbonate rocks
• Maximize the value of commercially available
well logs using practical illustrations, exercises,
and case studies
• Improve estimates of proven reserves, discover
bypassed pay, and upscale log data for 3D
models and flow simulation
ABOUT THE COURSE
Carbonate rocks contain more than half of the
world’s oil and gas supply. Rock properties include
unique pore types, permeability heterogeneity,
variable Archie exponents (m and n), and
distinctive capillary pressure, wettability, and
nuclear magnetic resonance behavior.
Conventional and specialized logging tools are
used to identify and evaluate complex carbonate
reservoirs. Participants work with examples from
oil and gas fields of the Middle East, North Africa,
North and South America, and Europe. Special
emphasis is placed on borehole-image logs and
their applications in faulted, fractured, and vuggy
carbonate reservoirs. Other topics include
sequence-stratigraphic correlations, flow-unit
definition, and upscaling of petrophysical data for
3D models and flow simulation.
COURSE CONTENT
Carbonate rocks and sediments • Rock properties •
Borehole environment • Openhole logs – Lithology,
porosity, resistivity • Data aquisition, correction • Complex
lithologies • Pressure measurements • Sequence statigra-
phy • Borehole images - sedimentologic, stratigraphic, and
structural interpretation • Fractured/faulted reservoirs •
Present-day stress • Horizontal wells • Vug detection •
Flow-unit determination • Sonic logs in carbonates •
Integrated studies • Nuclear magnetic resonance • Chalk
reservoirs • Karsted reservoirs • Emerging technologies/
innovative applications
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
Oct. 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,775
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Feb. 20-24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
DUBAI, UAE
Apr. 29-May 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,125
LONDON, U.K.
Aug. 14-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT
CALGARY, CANADA
Oct. 30-Nov. 3 . . . . . . . . . .US$2,295+GST
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Integration of Rocks, Log
and Test Data
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. JOHN S. SNEIDER
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Petrophysicists, reservoir engineers, and
geoscientists that have a basic understanding of
petrophysics, geology and engineering and need
to fully integrate data sets to completely under-
stand reservoir performance
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Identify clastic and carbonate rock types
based on productivity differences
• Determine key reservoir rock parameters
used for more accurate evaluation
• Learn how to use cuttings and cores to
determine reservoir parameters
• Design an integrated interpretation
• Calculate Vclay
• Calculate porosity using logs in complex
lithologies
• Determine what percentage of porosity
contributes to production
• Calculate SW using different methods
• Determine pay and pay classes
• Tie rock and well log information to
production performance
• Understand basics of Pressure transient
analysis
ABOUT THE COURSE
This course provides the background necessary to
solve complex reservoir evaluation and
productivity problems in exploration, appraisal
and field development. The fundamentals of rock
properties, logging tools and engineering data
needed to solve these problems are reviewed. The
concepts are illustrated with a series of real world
problems that become increasingly complex as
knowledge is gained in the class. Emphasis is
placed on solving problems in a workshop format.
COURSE CONTENT
Objectives of integration • Key rock properties for
formation evaluation • Impact of depositional
environment and rock properties • Petrophysical rock type
• Texture and porosity and permeability • Clay impact •
Basic logging tool summary • Rock sampling • Pressure
data evaluation • Capillary pressure and pay determination
• Basic methodology for an integrated interpretation •
Rock typing • Catalog approach • Clastic and carbonate
rock types • Relative permeability • Cementation and
saturation exponents - CEC - fluid sensitivity •
Vclay/Vshale calibration • Porosity in complex lithologies
• What is effective porosity? • SW calculations •
Determining pay and pay classes • Review of production
profiles • Overview of pressure transient analysis
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
DUBAI, UAE
Mar. 25-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,125
HOUSTON, TEXAS
June 26-30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
LONDON, U.K.
Sept. 18-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT
All classes available at your location. Contact us today.
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Petrophysics
Program
In response to changing need in
the industry, PetroSkills
Petrophysics courses have under-
gone an extensive review recently.
The result is a deeper, broader, and
more complete program of courses.
Course material has been added
and others rewritten – all with the
focus on delivering specific
competencies at a specific level. You
will see that each of the course
instructors has extensive practical
experience – experience you will
benefit from when you return to
work.
Recent changes include:
S HALY S AND P ETROPHYSICS
Dr. David K. Davies
I NTEGRATION OF R OCKS , L OG
T EST D ATA
Dr. John S. Sneider
W IRELINE F ORMATION T ESTING
I NTERPRETATION
Dr. Andrew Chen
C ARBONATE P ETROPHYSICS
Dr. Neil F. Hurley
S TRUCTURAL AND S TRATIGRAPHIC
I NTERPRETATION OF D IPMETERS AND
B OREHOLE I MAGING L OGS
Dr. Neil F. Hurley
An OGCI Company
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Production Logging
Formerly: Reservoir Monitoring and
Production Log Evaluation
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. A. DANIEL HILL
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Petroleum and drilling engineers and managers,
reservoir engineers, production engineers/technol-
ogists, petrophysicists, log analysts, and anyone
interested in understanding what production logs
and cased-hole surveys can tell us
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Select the most appropriate production
logging services for well diagnosis and
reservoir surveillance
• Define injection well profiles using
temperature, radioactive tracer, and
spinner flowmeters
• Measure zonal inflows in production wells
using temperature logs
• Locate behind-pipe channels with
temperature, tracer, or noise logs
• Apply combinations of flowmeters, fluid
density, and fluid capacitance logs to
measure multiphase flow profiles
• Interpret cement bond logs and ultrasonic
logs to determine cement quality
• Measure flow inside and outside casing
with pulsed neutron tools
• Apply specialty tools for flow profiling in
horizontal wells
ABOUT THE COURSE
Production logging refers to a suite of logs that are
normally run on completed injection or produc-
tion wells to evaluate the performance of the well
itself or of the reservoir as a whole. Other produc-
tion logs can evaluate the well completion or look
behind pipe to evaluate the formation and its flu-
ids in the near-well vicinity. Production logs are
playing an increasing role in modern reservoir
management by providing the only means of
directly identifying downhole fluid movements.
This course will cover fluid flow in pipes (both
single and multiphase flow), the theoretical bases
of production logging techniques, production log
interpretation, and operational considerations.
AND Numerous field examples are used to illustrate the
principles of production log interpretation.
One personal computer is provided, at additional
cost, for each two participants.
AND
COURSE CONTENT
Problem identification and solution with production logs
• Temperature Logs • Radioactive tracer logs • Spinner
flowmeter logs • Log combinations for injection well pro-
filing • Multiphase flow effects • Deflector or basket
flowmeters • Fluid density logs • Fluid capacitance logs •
Slip velocity correlations • Multiphase log interpretation •
Noise logs • Cement bond logs • Ultrasonic pulse-echo
logs • Pulsed neutron logs for flow identification •
Horizontal well production logs
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Dec. 12-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
® LONDON, U.K.
July 31-Aug. 4 . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT*
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Dec. 11-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
*plus computer charge
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Shaly Sand Petrophysics
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. DAVID K. DAVIES OR PETROSKILLS SPECIALIST
C O U R S E L E V E L : INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Petrophysicists, geologists, geophysicists, engineers
and explorationists involved in all phases of
reservoir evaluation in shaly sand provinces
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Determine the nature, volume and
distribution of clays and shales, and their
impact on the analysis of cores and logs
• Integrate petrographic, core and log data to
significantly improve reservoir evaluation
in shaly sands
• Evaluate effective porosity and saturation
and producibility of shaly sands using
specific methods
PETROPHYSICS
• Develop optimum logging programs in
different types of shaly sand reservoirs
• Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of
advanced logging tools in shaly sand
ABOUT THE COURSE
This course tackles the important and non-
trivial problem of practical formation evaluation
in shaly sand provinces. The presence of
shale strongly affects the physical properties
of the reservoir rock and induces a significant
effect on the response of most logging tools.
This results in low resistivity/low contrast
pay zones that can be significant hydrocarbon
producers. A properly designed analytical
program (cores and logs) for the evaluation
of shaly sands can add significant reserves in
existing fields and can allow for the rapid
identification of potential bypassed pay zones
in exploration wells. The course is practical
and participants are given laboratory and field
problems to emphasize the instruction. At the
end of the course, the participants will be
able to identify and evaluate pay intervals in
shaly sands.
COURSE CONTENT
Review of log interpretation techniques in clean
formations • Core analysis and applications of specific core
tests • Petrographic analysis (thin section, X-ray diffraction
SEM/EDS) for shaly sand evaluation • The nature of shale
and clay: clay minerals: influence of clay/shale on
petrophysical properties • Clay/shale occurrence in
reservoir rocks related to depositional environment and
diagenesis • Integration of petrographic, core and log data
for evaluation • Effects of shale on log responses in shaly
sands: various methods of shale content evaluation •
Models for porosity and saturation determination: single
and double layer models: CEC comparison with Archie
saturation and with core measurements • Prediction of
permeability and producibility from logs in shaly sands:
identification of bypassed pay • Use of advanced
logs-NMR, FMI, Array Induction-integration for purposes
of evaluation
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
Nov. 28-Dec. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,775
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Aug. 28-Sept. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
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Structural and Stratigraphic
Interpretation of Dipmeters
and Borehole-Imaging Logs
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. NEIL F. HURLEY
C O U R S E L E V E L : INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Petrophysicists, geologists, geophysicists,
reservoir engineers, and research scientists
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Interpret dipmeters and borehole-imaging
logs and understand the physical principles
behind them
• Detect and quantify faults and fractures,
determine in-situ stress orientations,
improve horizontal well placement,
provide input into flow simulations
• Determine paleocurrent orientations,
define stratigraphic compartments,
quantify vuggy porosity, discover bypassed
PETROPHYSICS
pay, detect thin beds, increase proven
reserves
ABOUT THE COURSE
Dipmeters are microresistivity logs that
detect the orientations of bed boundaries and
borehole elongations. Borehole-imaging logs
provide video, acoustic and/or electrical
images of the borehole face. They are used to
detect, orient, and quantify natural, induced,
and healed fractures, faults, fold axes,
unconformities, paleocurrent directions,
bounding surfaces, thin beds, net-sand
counts, in-situ stress, and secondary porosity.
Dipmeters and borehole images can be run
in water-based or oil-based muds. The key
objective of dipmeter and borehole-image
interpretation is to describe structural and
stratigraphic features encountered by a
wellbore, commonly in the absence of core.
This course provides numerous hands-on
exercises and case studies that emphasize
sedimentologic, stratigraphic, and structural
applications of these widely run, but
generally under-utilized logging tools.
COURSE CONTENT
Types of dipmeters and borehole images • Data acquisition
• Data processing • Artifacts • Bed boundaries • Fractures
• Faults • Microfaults • Stereonets • Rose diagrams •
Cumulative dip plots • Vector plots • Scat plots • Fracture
spacing • Fracture porosity • Subseismic scale faults • In-
situ stress • Borehole breakouts • Net-sand counts • Thin
beds • Sequence stratigraphy • Unconformities •
Bounding surfaces • Stacking
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
DUBAI, UAE
Nov. 26-30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,125
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Feb. 27-Mar. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
CALGARY, CANADA
Mar. 20-24 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,295+GST
DUBAI, UAE
May 6-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,125
LONDON, U.K.
Aug. 21-25 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT
30 800.821.5933 w w w. o g c i . c o m
Wireline Formation Testing
and Interpretation
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. ANDREW CHEN
C O U R S E L E V E L : INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Geologists, petrophysicists, wellsite supervisors,
hydrodynamic specialists, reservoir engineers,
geophysicists, and geodata interpretation technologists
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Understand wireline formation testing
technologies, applications, and limitations
• Assemble wireline testing programs, tool
configurations
• QC pressure and fluid ID tests in the wellsite for
the best quality data
• Interpret pressure gradient data for in-situ fluid
densities, fluid contact levels
• Compare two gradient lines for reservoir
connectivity / continuity
• Perform error analysis and quantify uncertainties
of P/D slopes and free water levels
• Design and interpret pressure transient data for
permeability
ABOUT THE COURSE
During the past fifteen years wireline formation testing
(WFT) has emerged as one of the critical formation
evaluation means in the upstream hydrocarbon
exploration activities. While old RFT tools are still fre-
quently used primarily for pressure measurements,
modern wireline testers (MDT, RDT, MFT and, RCI)
have gradually but increasingly claimed some of the
duties of conventional drill-stem test programs, as a
result of high drilling cost, environmental protection,
operational safety, and WFT technology advances.
Discussions on the “WFT vs. DST” topic have widely
been held in a variety of professional and technical are-
nas, from pressure applications to fluid typing and sam-
pling. This course is tailored to satisfy the interdiscipli-
nary need of geologists, petrophysicists, and reservoir
engineers, who have basic understanding of wireline
testers, but have an increasing use of wireline testers or
deal with WFT data and want to become more knowl-
edgeable on this subject. Eight practical class exercises
are worked during the course. At the end of the
course, the participants are expected to apply the skills
and lessons learned in designing better test programs,
maximizing probabilities of getting quality tests, and
benchmarking confidence levels to enhance results.
COURSE CONTENT
Review of wireline formation testers and technologies •
Measurement principles • Test types (probe pretest, extend-
ed flow with probes and dual packers), testing depleted
zones • Drawdown mobility and its significance • Data
quality coding and screening • Pressure gradient analysis
principles, surface and subsurface fluid density/pressure
gradient, error analysis • Free water level interpretation and
uncertainty quantification, gas/oil/water contact hydrody-
namics • Gradient line comparisons for single well and
multiple wells • Mud filtration phenomena
(wettability/capillary effect, supercharging) • Fluid identifi-
cation with optical sensors and NMR, fluid sampling proce-
dures • Permeability test and interpretation from short and
extended flows • Other measurements • Test program
design • Class exercises
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
Nov. 21-25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,200
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Mar. 13-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
LONDON, U.K.
Aug. 7-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT
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Applied Rock Mechanics
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. ROBERT A. SKOPEC
COURSE LEVEL: SPECIALIZED
DESIGNED FOR
Drilling engineers, completion engineers,
exploration and development geologists, reservoir
engineers, core and log analysts, geophysicists,
and oil company R&D staff
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Determine the stress, strain, and failure
mechanics of rocks
• Apply rock mechanics concepts and generate
economic benefits in all phases of reservoir
development
ABOUT THE COURSE
Participants are provided with basic theory,
laboratory demonstrations, hands-on exercises,
computer modeling demonstrations, and a one
day field trip to examine rock outcrops that
demonstrate geomechanical concepts. In
addition to a comprehensive manual, software
is provided for the participant to perform well-
bore stability calculations. The practical
application of rock mechanics is emphasized.
Applied Rock Mechanics is designed to familiar-
ize engineers and geoscientists with the neces-
sary tools for immediate field application.
COURSE CONTENT
Rock mechanics and geomechanical principals • Rock
mechanical properties • Pressure, stresses, and loads,
principal stresses, in-situ stresses, total- and effective-stress,
temperature effects, nature and origin of pore pressure •
Geomechanics and structural geology • Wellbore and field
measurement of in-situ (earth) stresses • Introduction to
coring • Basic rock properties • Common rock mechanics
tests (lab demo) • Stress orientation techniques • Elastic,
plastic, and viscous models of rock behavior • Borehole
stability: borehole stresses, wellbore placement, shale
characterization, borehole stability models, high angle and
horizontal drilling, pilot hole evaluation, multi-lateral well-
bores, borehole breakouts, fluid-related instability, drilling
through depleted zones and casing shoe decisions, stuck
pipe, and case histories (software demo) • Sand control:
review of sand production mechanisms, gravel pack
design, and case histories • Fracture mechanics •
Reservoir engineering applications: compaction drive,
reservoir compaction and compressibility factors, surface
subsidence, depletion and effective stress, case history •
Log predicted mechanical properties, bio theory, seismic
data and amplitude versus offset (AVO), and shear- and
compressional-wave anisotropy (lab demonstration) • Data
integration
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS†
Nov. 7-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,750
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS†
Apr. 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,750
Nov. 6-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,750
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH†
May 15-19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,750
LONDON, U.K.†
June 12-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,245+VAT
† includes field trip
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D RILLING
The courses in this section are Well Construction/Drilling courses offered publicly through PetroSkills and OGCI are designed to develop
your skills and competency in this discipline. The Course Progression Matrix below shows how these courses relate to each other and provides an
easy way to construct a training plan with coursework that specifically relates to present or future job requirements. Likewise, managers can use the
matrices to develop training plans for their team.
Drillers can also benefit from courses that provide an understanding of other petroleum-related functions and disciplines. Such cross-training
courses are recommended in the lighter-shaded columns on either side of the Well Construction/Drilling courses shown on the matrix.
INSTRUCTORS

D R . T E D G. B Y R O M G E O R G E E. H I L L M A R K S. R A M S E Y
D.G. (J E R RY ) C A LV E RT M O R G A N L. J O N E S BILL REHM
R I C H A R D S. C A R D E N R O B E RT G. K N O L L D R . L E O N H. R O B I N S O N
R O B E RT D. G R A C E CARLOS DIAZ MORALES R O B E RT (B O B ) V. W E S T E R M A R K

WELL CONSTRUCTION / DRILLING

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Basic Drilling Technology
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. LEON H. ROBINSON, RICHARD S. CARDEN,
ROBERT G. KNOLL OR MARK S. RAMSEY
COURSE LEVEL: BASIC
DESIGNED FOR
Geologists, geophysicists, petroleum and
production engineers, managers, technical
supervisors, service and support personnel,
entry level drilling staff
YOU WILL LEARN
• Drilling equipment and how it is used
• Common drilling problems and how to
avoid them
• Keys to planning a successful well
• The role of key players in an efficient
drilling operation
• Drilling terminology
• How to read a morning report
ABOUT THE COURSE
Time is money. Drilling time is big money.
Technical and managerial decision makers must
grasp the language and technology of drilling
operations in order to minimize expenditures
throughout the producing life of a well.
Successful drilling requires blending many
technologies. Drilling equipment and procedures
have a unique language that must be conquered
for maximum benefit. Clear, understandable
explanations of drilling rig equipment,
procedures, and their complex interactions
provide an excellent basis to organize cross-
trained team efforts. Activities around the rig and
well planning are demystified. Subtle and blatant
common errors are accentuated to enhance this
understanding.
COURSE CONTENT
The overall drilling process • Drillers' language:
understanding their terminologies • Rig equipment:
rig types, drill bits, MWD, drill strings, solids control, well
control, special equipment • Rig operations: drilling fluids,
cementing casing design • Understanding morning reports
• Hole problems: stuck pipe, lost returns, well control •
Directional drilling operations and tools • Safety •
Philosophies of drilling operations • Drilling trends and
new technology
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Feb. 6-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
July 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
Nov. 6-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
DUBAI, UAE
Mar. 25-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,025
DENVER, COLORADO
Apr. 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
CALGARY, CANADA
Sept. 11-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST
LONDON, U.K.
Oct. 2-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
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Casing and Cementing
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. TED G. BYROM
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Personnel responsible for planning, overseeing,
and conducting casing and cementing
operations; operator and service personnel
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Select casing sizes and setting depths to
achieve well objectives
• Determine casing loads for design purposes
• Design casing properties to meet burst, col-
lapse, and tensile strength requirements
• Conduct casing running operations safely
and successfully
• Specify cement slurry properties and
volumes to meet well objectives
• Determine best procedures for attaining
successful primary cementing
• Conduct stage jobs, squeeze jobs and set
cement plugs
ABOUT THE COURSE
This course builds a firm foundation in the
principles and practices of designing, plan-
ning and conducting successful casing and
cement jobs. The course uses a process-based
perspective that takes participants from
defining well goals through post-job critical
evaluation. In addition to the necessary tech-
nical information and procedures, the course
is laced with considerable practical, experi-
ence-based content. Participants will be
given computer spreadsheets to facilitate
routine calculations.
This course includes the use of computers,
which are provided at additional cost, for each
two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Selecting casing and hole sizes • Setting depths • Casing
loads • Selecting casing and connections • Casing stress
calculations • Cement and cement additives • Selecting
appropriate slurries • Mud removal and cement placement
• Stage cementing, squeezes, and plugs • Preventing gas
migration • Cementing calculations • Cementing
equipment • Well head equipment
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
CALGARY, CANADA
Oct. 3-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST*
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Nov. 7-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325*
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
DENVER, COLORADO
June 12-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325*
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 23-27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325*
*plus computer charge
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Drilling Fluids Technology
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
CARLOS DIAZ MORALES AND/OR GEORGE E. HILL
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Drilling supervisors, drilling engineers, tool-
pushers, managers and technical support
personnel involved with drilling operations
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Use clay and polymers to achieve desired
mud properties
• Apply water chemistry to the treatment of
drilling fluids
• Perform complete API water-base mud
and non-aqueous drilling fluids tests
• Evaluate the information on an API water
based and non-aqueous drilling fluid report
• Identify drilling fluid contaminants and
prescribe corrective treatments
• Select water phase salinity and activity for
bore hole stability
• Select non-aqueous fluids to meet drilling
requirements and environmental concerns
• Manage non-aqueous drilling fluid systems
ABOUT THE COURSE
The course is designed for engineers and
field personnel involved in the planning and
implementation of drilling programs. The
seminar covers all aspects of drilling fluids
technology, emphasizing both theory and
practical application. Hands-on laboratory
exercises are included in the five-day
Houston sessions.
Drilling is a complex operation requiring
the marriage of different technologies and
disciplines. Today's drilling personnel must
have a working knowledge of drilling fluid
in order to effectively drill a well. This course
provides the fundamentals necessary to monitor
and evaluate drilling fluid performance necessary
to drill a well, whether it is a shallow well or a
complex, high pressure well.
COURSE CONTENT
Composition and properties of water-based drilling fluids
• Analysis of API water-base mud and non-aqueous
drilling fluid report • Identification and treatment of
drilling fluid contaminants • Composition and properties
of water-based and non-aqueous drilling fluid systems •
Selection of water phase salinity for borehole stability •
API water based and non-aqueous drilling mud tests •
Adjustment of non-aqueous drilling fluid properties •
Managing invert emulsion fluid systems: rig preparation
and displacement • Non-aqueous drilling fluids designed
for environmental compliance
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Dec. 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
DUBAI, UAE
Feb. 18-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,025
HOUSTON, TEXAS
June 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
Oct. 16-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
Dec. 4-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
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Drilling Practices
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
RICHARD S. CARDEN OR ROBERT D. GRACE
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Drilling supervisors, drilling engineers, toolpushers,
managers and technical support personnel
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Review drilling data and plan a well
• Incorporate the completion plans into the
drilling plan
• Drill a well cost-effectively and maximize
penetration rate
• Evaluate stuck pipe problem and avoid
potential problems
• Evaluate and maintain drilling fluids
• Optimize hole cleaning
• Design casing and drill string
• Evaluate cementing programs
• Design and implement bit and hydraulics
programs
• Incorporate directional drilling and
deviation control
• Recognize and evaluate well control problems
ABOUT THE COURSE
The two-week course is designed for
engineers and field personnel involved in
planning and implementation of drilling
programs. The seminar covers all aspects of
drilling technology, emphasizing both theory
and practical application.
Drilling is a complex operation requiring
the marriage of different technologies and
disciplines. Today’s drilling personnel must
have a working knowledge of all these
disciplines in order to effectively drill a well.
This course provides all the fundamentals
necessary to drill a well whether it is a shallow
well or a complex, high pressure well.
COURSE CONTENT
Planning, including requirements for the completion and
testing • AFE preparation • HSE at the rig site • Cost con-
trol • Maximizing penetration rate • Sloughing shale • Lost
circulation • Stuck pipe • Fishing operations • Drilling
fluids • Hole cleaning • Pressure losses in the circulating
system • ECD • Maximizing hydraulics in the planning
phase and at the rig • Bit selection and application •
Casing and drill string design • Selection of casing seats •
BOP and wellhead equipment • Cement • Cement addi-
tives • Displacement mechanics • Deviation control •
Directional drilling • Horizontal drilling • Pressure control
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 1 0 D AY S
CALGARY, CANADA
Mar. 27-Apr. 7 . . . . . . . . . .US$3,850+GST
HOUSTON, TEXAS
May 8-19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$4,075
DUBAI, UAE
Aug. 26-Sept. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$5,300
All classes available at your location. Contact us today.
Solids Control Systems
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. LEON H. ROBINSON
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Drilling engineers, supervisors, managers, tool-
pushers, reservoir engineers, technical
managers and service company personnel
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Select and design a solids control system
that minimizes total well costs
• Ensure that solids control equipment
operates efficiently
ABOUT THE COURSE
Drilling fluid is one of the most important
factors in achieving cost-effective drilling under
specified conditions. This course addresses the
fundamentals as well as the latest developments
of drilling fluids technology. Participants will
learn the key concepts of drilling fluid functions,
develop an understanding of the impact of the
physical and chemical properties of drilling
fluids on drilling performance, and gain some
practical insight into the methods and materials
currently used to control drilling fluid properties
and hole problems. Some exercises will be
given to diagnose drilling fluid problems.
Various drilling fluid systems will be introduced
and their pros and cons will be discussed.
Solids control equipment, and its proper
arrangement and operation, will be described
and discussed in depth. This course discusses
the equipment as well as philosophy needed
to properly apply state-of-the-art technology
to manage mud solids and to drill as
economically as possible.
Upon the completion of the course, participants
will be equipped to objectively plan, implement,
and analyze a successful mud program that
can help achieve the greatest degree of
drilling efficiency possible.
This course is especially effective taken
immediately after Drilling Fluids Technology.
COURSE CONTENT
Definition and functions of drilling fluids • Field tested
properties and their control • Engineering calculations
• Rheology and hydraulics • Clay chemistry and applications •
Filtration and fluid loss control additives • Drilling fluid
contamination and solids control • Wellbore instability •
Various drilling fluids and their applications • Some case
studies to identify problems of drilling fluid systems
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
June 12-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
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Directional, Horizontal, and
Multilateral Drilling
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
RICHARD S. CARDEN
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Drilling, production and operations engineers;
field supervisors; toolpushers; managers; and
technical support personnel
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Make survey calculations
• Interpret TVD, polar and rectangular
coordinates and vertical section
• Interpret dogleg severity and its problems
• Plan a directional and horizontal well based on
well objectives
• Determine the best multi-lateral completion
for an application
• Determine declination and non-magnetic
drilling collar selection
• Apply the best survey instrument for the job
• Directionally drill with various directional
assemblies
• Drill horizontally underbalanced
• Interpret torque and drag
WELL CONSTRUCTION / DRILLING
• Specify cementing requirements for directional
wells
ABOUT THE COURSE
This course builds a firm foundation in the
principles and practices of directional drilling,
calculations, and planning for directional and
horizontal wells. Specific problems associated
with directional/horizontal drilling such as torque,
drag, hole cleaning, logging and drill string
component design are included. Participants
receive instruction on planning and evaluating
horizontal wells based on the objectives of the
horizontal well. The basic applications and
techniques for multi-lateral wells are covered in
the course. Additionally, they become familiar with
the tools and techniques used in directional
drilling such as survey instruments, bottomhole
assemblies, motors, steerable motors and steerable
rotary systems. Participants will be able to predict
wellbore path based on historical data and
determine the requirements to hit the target.
COURSE CONTENT
Applications for directional drilling • Directional profiles
• Extended reach wells • Survey calculations and accuracy •
Dogleg severity calculations and problems associated with
doglegs • Planning directional and horizontal wells •
Horizontal drilling methods and applications • Logging
high angle wells • Hole cleaning • Multi-laterals • Types of
survey instruments • Tools used to deflect a wellbore •
Torque and drag calculations • Cementing
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
LONDON, U.K.
Oct. 3-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT
MIDLAND, TEXAS
Nov. 7-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
May 22-26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
DUBAI, UAE
Sept. 9-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,125
MIDLAND, TEXAS
Nov. 6-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
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Managing Wellsite
Operations
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
MORGAN L. JONES OR ROBERT V. WESTERMARK
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Operations managers, drilling managers
drilling superintendents, drilling supervisors,
wellsite drilling engineers, rig managers, rig
superintendents, contract drilling engineers
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Define a well’s technical limit and imple-
ment a plan that will work to reach it
• Identify and mitigate hidden risks to
reduce lost time
• Apply practical organizational learning
techniques to benefit from lessons learned
• Build effective rig site teams
ABOUT THE COURSE
Drilling and service personnel struggle daily with
the oil and gas industry's inexperienced
labor force. This inexperience at the well site
results in excessive non-productive time, trouble
time, and invisible lost time. Managing Wellsite
WELL CONSTRUCTION / DRILLING
Operations offers practical, time proven
approaches to improve efficiency of wellsite
rotary operations and individual wellsite tasks.
This course brings together a documented
planning and design process that maximizes
drilling efficiency, and reliably transfers the
execution plan to the wellsite for implemen-
tation. Numerous real life case studies are
used to demonstrate how to build a team to
benefit from the skills of the company repre-
sentative, drilling contractor and service
company personnel. Critical issues are iden-
tified and analyzed to maximize safety and
reduce drilling costs. Similarly, engineering,
technical service and drilling contract per-
sonnel learn to analyze inefficient practices at
the wellsite and utilize their new-found
skills to improve the operation.
COURSE CONTENT
Critical elements of effective planning and management of
drilling operations • Design and implement a program
“checklist” for critical well drilling operations • Mitigating
visible and hidden risk • Investigating and performing an
analysis of trouble time events, non-productive time
occurrences and invisible lost time for a drilling operation •
Drilling operation planning and total task analysis for
wellsite activities • Organizational learning systems and
transferring lessons learned • Technical limit analysis to
improve wellsite performance • Performance monitoring
of the drilling operation • Maximizing the inexperienced
resources through total task analysis in a case study to
reduce drilling costs and improve safety
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 31-Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Mar. 13-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
Oct. 30-Nov. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
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Practical Drilling Skills
OGCI
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. LEON H. ROBINSON OR MARK S. RAMSEY
C O U R S E L E V E L : INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Drilling engineers, company men, supervisors,
toolpushers, drillers and technical managers
responsible for improving drilling performance
at the rig site
ABOUT THE COURSE
Simply described, this is a very practical
drilling course. Many of the techniques
presented include specific ways to tailor your
well for improved performance, and virtually
all of the technologies and examples and
problems are based on real world situations,
not something dreamed up by academics!
This course concentrates on calculations
made from rig-floor measurements. Many
of these calculations are not available with
current computer technology because the
input data and proper equations do not exist.
Unscheduled events sabotage many
drilling budgets. Learn to recognize the
signals when the well is “talking to you”
before downtime events occur. When these
unscheduled events do occur, know what
immediate steps should be taken to minimize
their economic effect. A successful drilling
operation requires knowledge of many
factors other than increasing penetration
rates. A thorough understanding of the
drilling process and theory, highlighted with
calculations and practical experiences, will
give you the tools to minimize drilling costs.
Successful participants will be able to
decrease non-productive drilling time.
A working knowledge of drilling or the
successful completion of the OGCI course,
Basic Drilling Technology, is required to
achieve the maximum course benefit.
COURSE CONTENT
Pore pressure determination • Well control procedures:
mudlogger data, killing well, barite plugs • Hole cleaning
and rheology • Drilling fluid: polymers, biocide, water-
base, oil-base • Controlling drilled solids to reduce drilling
problems and waste volumes • Pressure integrity tests •
Hydraulic optimization (onsite “ocho” technique) •
Optimized weight-on-bit/rotary speed (onsite) • Hole
problems: ballooning, hole stability, pipe sticking, lost
returns • Operation guidelines • Operation problems •
Drilling trends and new technology
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Mar. 6-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
LONDON, U.K.
Oct. 9-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT
All classes available at your location. Contact us today.
Well Engineering
OGCI
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
ROBERT V. WESTERMARK
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Drilling engineers, senior foremen, senior
drilling and service company personnel involved
in developing and executing well plans
ABOUT THE COURSE
Good drilling operations aren’t luck – they
are planned to be that way. This course builds
the skills necessary to ensure that well plans
lead to the lowest well costs while still
achieving production or exploration goals.
Risks and uncertainties are inherent in any
drilling operation; this course helps you
identify and manage these risks.
This course uses a balanced combination of
lecture, discussion and case studies where
participants will learn how to apply technical
limit principles to guide well planning; develop
a risk-weighted well cost estimate; create well
plans that explicitly identify and manage risks;
audit and select rigs; create contingency plans
(oil spill contingency plans, safety cases, and
joint operations manuals) using that well's
specific objectives, plans and previous filings;
and conduct post analysis that documents
the root cause of unscheduled events and
lessons learned.
COURSE CONTENT
Well planning • Performance planning and technical limit
• Well construction risk identification and management •
Risk-weighted AFE generation • Procurement processes and
systems • Oil spill contingency planning • Safety cases and
joint operations manuals • Managing post analysis and
lessons learned
EXAMPLES
The instructor is willing to consider examples
from your company for class analysis as one
of the demonstration exercises. Please contact
OGCI for the information and support data
required, as well as the necessary lead-time.
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
June 19-23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
Nov. 6-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
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Advanced Well Control
OGCI
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
RICHARD S. CARDEN
COURSE LEVEL: SPECIALIZED
DESIGNED FOR
Drilling, production and operations engineers,
field supervisors, toolpushers and managers
with a good understanding of classic well
control procedures
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Properly design surface equipment
• Apply classic pressure control procedures
• Recognize and control kicks
• Apply pressure control procedures while
tripping
• Recognize non-classic well control
• Design and evaluate non-classic well
control procedures
• Interpret surface pressures
• Apply fluid dynamics to well control
• Evaluate and kill wells with underground
blowouts
• Design relief well operations
ABOUT THE COURSE
This course is designed to go a step beyond
normal well control courses. It reviews classic
pressure control procedures and covers
non-classic well control procedures. After
completing the course, the participant should
not only know classic well control procedure
but should thoroughly understand it. The
instruction received in this seminar will enable
the participants to evaluate kick situations to
determine the safest means to handle the
kick with equipment on hand, and handle
confidently both principles of gas expansion
and pressure and proper hands-on response
on the chokes. All material contains the most
up-to-date technology available in pressure
control, both in theory and from hands-on
experience, and comes from the instructors’
extensive education and numerous experiences
in well control.
COURSE CONTENT
Equipment • Causes and indications of kicks • Drillers and
weight methods • Tripping • Stripping • Snubbing •
Understanding classic well control • Killing a well off
bottom • Annular pressure profiles • Other well control
methods • Slim holes • Gas migration • Oil-base mud •
Subsea operations • Volumetric kill, dynamic kill,
momentum kill, relief wells • Underground blowouts •
Surface blowouts • The oil fires of Kuwait
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
July 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,625
All classes available at your location. Contact us today.
Cementing Practices
OGCI
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
D.G. (JERRY) CALVERT
COURSE LEVEL: SPECIALIZED
DESIGNED FOR
Operating company and service company
personnel responsible for planning, overseeing,
and executing cementing operations
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Use cementing additives properly to
improve and reduce job costs
• Interpret laboratory test results
• Perform primary cementing operations to
include: casing cementing, liner cementing,
and multi-stage cementing
• Conduct squeeze jobs and selection of
squeeze tools
• Perform cement plug operations to
improve overall job success
• Interpret cement sheath evaluation logs
ABOUT THE COURSE
Cementing is a very important phase of the
well construction plan. Operating company
personnel must have a good working knowledge
of cements, cementing additives and placement
procedures. The use of temperature modeling,
computer programs used for job design, and
placement of the cement has caused some
operating companies to retain a cement service
company representative on a full time basis to
assist in the overall cementing operations.
The desire of the operator is 100 percent of
the job being placed on the cement sheath
integrity during the life of the well. This has
required that additional mechanical properties
of the set cement be obtained other than the
compressive strength. The parameters that
the cement sheath will be subjected to must
be considered. There are a number of joint
industry projects addressing this area of
work. The course will cover the use of
cement formulations, cement additives,
casing hardware, cement blending, on-site
mixing equipment and a well-planned job
procedure. Cementing guidelines will be
covered that aid in overall job performance.
COURSE CONTENT
The overall cementing operation • Primary cementing •
Remedial cementing • Plug cementing • The use of cement
additives • Laboratory testing • Casing hardware •
Cement sheath integrity • Cement sheath evaluation •
Mixing equipment • Special cement systems • Cement
guidelines • Current documents
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
July 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,625
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Managed Pressure Drilling:
Application, Design and
Execution
OGCI
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
ROBERT G. KNOLL AND/OR BILL REHM
COURSE LEVEL: SPECIALIZED
DESIGNED FOR
Drilling/completion/production engineers, company
men, supervisors and service company personnel
who will be applying Managed Pressure Drilling
(MPD) and completion operations. The course
requires a good understanding of basic well con-
struction and conventional well control operations.
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Determine the best type of MPD applica-
tions for any given setting
• Identify the potential challenges and risks
• Design the equipment setup required
• Deal with the drilling fluid and corrosion
aspects of the system
• Draw up the detailed procedures for the
operation
• Troubleshoot problems that occur
ABOUT THE COURSE
MPD well construction methodologies are evolving
rapidly in the global industry. They offer tremendous
WELL CONSTRUCTION / DRILLING
value added potential in both exploration and
exploitation applications; however, there exist many
misconceptions and operational concerns regarding
these various novel well construction practices. MPD
construction and completions involves controlling
the well bore pressure to maximize P-rate and offer
“evaluation-while-drilling” capability while avoiding
or limiting: damage to a reservoir, lost circulation or
controlled loss in mud-cap applications, differential
pressure sticking and well kicks. There are a number
of fluid regimes that can be used (mud, oil mud,
gaseated mud, foam, etc.) in MPD. Participants will
learn how to judge the various systems and where
they are best employed. The risk of controlling the
pressure will be reviewed along with the potential
gains. The barriers will be considered as part of iden-
tifying the best techniques. Special equipment is a
critical aspect of MPD application, the various setups
will be discussed and outlined. With MPD, a good
understanding of ECD and pressure reduction due to
gas injection is a necessity. When gases containing
oxygen are added to a fluid, corrosion is always a
concern, and corrosion will be addressed as part of
the fluid planning system. Developing the detailed
procedures for these special operations is a critical
part of operations and a major focus of this program.
The procedures are the basis for avoiding unsched-
uled events and troubleshooting them when they
occur. This new introductory program deals with
novel well construction practices being pursued
globally. The course relies heavily on case histories of
the most recent MPD field experiences, as well as
daily quizzes and exercises based on real field set-
tings and parameter data. (Laptop exercises are
optional.) The course is totally independent of all
service providers involved in this new market. The
PetroSkills Well Planning and Operations course is an
excellent pre-requisite for this program.
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
July 10-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,625
CALGARY, CANADA
Aug. 21-25 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,495+GST
LONDON, U.K.
Nov. 27-Dec. 1 . . . . . . . . . .US$2,995+VAT
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R ESERVOIR
The courses in this section are Reservoir Engineering courses offered publicly through PetroSkills and OGCI are designed to develop your skills
and competency in this discipline. The Course Progression Matrix below shows how these courses relate to each other and provides an easy way to
construct a training plan with coursework that specifically relates to present or future job requirements. Likewise, managers can use the matrices to
develop training plans for their team.
Reservoir Engineers can also benefit from courses that provide an understanding of other petroleum-related functions and disciplines. Such
cross-training courses are recommended in the lighter-shaded columns on either side of the Reservoir Engineering courses shown on the matrix.

INSTRUCTORS

D R . K IRK E. B OATRIGHT D R . M OHAN G. K ELKAR DR. L AWRENCE W. T EUFEL

D R . J. R OBERT G OCHNOUR L OUIS M ATTAR DR. M ICHAEL I. T REESH
D R . W. G REG H AZLETT L ARRY T. N ELMS DR. D AVID W ALDREN
D R . A. D ANIEL H ILL D R . S AMMI H. R AZA DR. D ING Z HU
MHA P ETROLEUM C ONSULTANTS R ICHARD H. S CHROEDER
RESERVOIR ENGINEERING

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Basic Reservoir Engineering
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. KIRK E. BOATRIGHT, RICHARD H. SCHROEDER
OR DR. W. GREG HAZLETT
COURSE LEVEL: BASIC
DESIGNED FOR
Geologists, geophysicists, engineers, engineer-
ing trainees, technical managers and assistants,
technicians, chemists, physicists, service
company personnel, sales representatives, data
processing personnel, and support staff working
with reservoir definition, development, and
production
YOU WILL LEARN
• The fundamentals of fluid flow in porous media
• How reservoirs are characterized by fluid type and
drive mechanisms
• The basis for reservoir fluid distribution
• About oil and gas well performance and pressure
buildup analysis
• About oil displacement and optimizing reservoir
performance
• The basics of enhanced oil recovery
• How oil- and gas-in-place can be estimated and
recovery predicted
ABOUT THE COURSE
The intent of Basic Reservoir Engineering is develop-
ment of a more complete “understanding” of the
characteristics of oil and gas reservoirs, from fluid
and rock characteristics through reservoir definition,
delineation, classification, development plan, and
production. Data collection, integration and
application directed toward maximizing recovery are
stressed. Basic reservoir engineering equations are
introduced with emphasis directed to parameter
significance and an understanding of the results. 3-D
and 4-D seismic concepts are introduced. For nearly
30 years this has been one of OGCI’s most popular
and successful courses.
COURSE CONTENT
Reservoir fluid properties • Coring practices and rock properties •
Fundamentals of fluid flow • Reservoir fluid distribution,
classification and drive mechanisms • Oil and gas well
performance • Pressure buildup analysis • Oil displacement
concepts • Estimation of oil- and gas-in-place • Recovery
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
CALGARY, CANADA
Oct. 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST
ABERDEEN, U.K.
Nov. 7-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,650+VAT
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Dec. 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Feb. 13-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
June 19-23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
Sept. 25-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
Nov. 13-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
ABU DHABI, UAE
Feb. 18-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,025
ABERDEEN, U.K.
Feb. 27-Mar. 3 . . . . . . . . . .US$2,650+VAT
Nov. 6-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,650+VAT
LONDON, U.K.
Mar. 27-31 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
June 19-23 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
Aug. 21-25 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
CALGARY, CANADA
Apr. 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST
Oct. 16-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
June 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,100
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
Aug. 14-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
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Basic Reservoir Simulation
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. J. ROBERT GOCHNOUR OR DR. DAVID WALDREN
COURSE LEVEL: BASIC
DESIGNED FOR
Those who have had little exposure to this
technology and need a “quick start” on the
learning curve
YOU WILL LEARN
• Why and how a model is built and the
sources of data
• How wells are modeled and what to look
for in a reservoir simulation study
• The various phases (from model building
through prediction) and types (single-well,
pattern, sector, full-field) of models
ABOUT THE COURSE
The purpose of this seminar is to introduce, in
overview fashion, the fundamental concepts
and elements of reservoir simulation. Those
who want to get an overview of this technology
should attend.
COURSE CONTENT
The elements of a reservoir simulation model • Types of
reservoir simulations • Coordinate geometries and model
types • Reservoir simulator features • Well modeling
overview • Building the model • Managing the simulation
run • Defining initial conditions • History matching •
Prediction • Process and specialty • Simulators used in
industry
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 1 D AY
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Sept. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$950
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Applied Reservoir
Engineering
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
MHA PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS OR
DR. W. GREG HAZLETT
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Engineers or geoscientists who will occupy the
position of reservoir engineer, any other technical-
ly trained individual that desires a more in-depth
foundation in reservoir engineering than is offered
in the one-week Basic Reservoir Engineering and
Reservoir Engineering for Other Disciplines
courses
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Calculate hydrocarbons initially in place
• Apply dynamic techniques for assessing
reservoir performance
• Identify parameters that impact well/reservoir
performance over time
• Apply well testing principles and techniques
• Determine reservoir drive mechanisms
• Create field development plans
• Forecast production
• Determine the critical properties of reservoir
rocks and develop fluid PVT relationships
ABOUT THE COURSE
This course represents the core of our reservoir
engineering program and the foundation for all
future studies in this subject. The course is
presented in the context of a modern, multi-
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disciplinary team effort using supporting computer
technology. An extensive manual and set of refer-
ences are included. Numerous exercises using
computers are also included. This course has been
taught for many years on a worldwide basis and
has been continuously updated and improved.
One personal computer is provided, at additional
cost, for each two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Sources of data • Rock properties • Fluid properties •
Volumetrics • Material balance • Oil well testing • Gas
well testing • Aquifers • Immiscible displacement • Coning,
cusping • Horizontal wells • Reservoir types and drive
mechanisms • Oil field development planning • Gas field
development planning • Reservoir simulation • Production
forecasting decline curves • Enhanced oil recovery
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 1 0 D AY S
CALGARY, CANADA
Oct. 24-Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . .US$3,850+GST*
DUBAI, UAE
Dec. 3-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$5,300*
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 1 0 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Mar. 6-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$4,075*
Oct. 2-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$4,075*
LONDON, U.K.
June 5-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$4,725+VAT*
July 24-Aug. 4 . . . . . . . . .US$4,725+VAT*
Oct. 16-27 . . . . . . . . . . . .US$4,725+VAT*
DENVER, COLORADO
July 17-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$4,075*
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
Aug. 7-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$4,850*
CALGARY, CANADA
Nov. 6-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,850+GST*
MUSCAT, OMAN
Dec. 9-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$5,300*
*plus computer charge
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Oil Recovery Enhancement
Techniques
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. SAMMI H. RAZA
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Engineers responsible for sustaining or
increasing oil and gas production rates and
enhancing oil recovery from maturing
reservoirs under primary depletion and/or
under pressure maintenance by water or gas
injection; professionals participating in the
above effort on a multidisciplinary team who
want to gain some familiarity with the
terminology, concepts, practices, benefits,
and limitations of the improved oil recovery
(IOR/EOR) methods
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Select appropriate rate and recovery
enhancement techniques
• Set expectations on incremental recovery
and on changes in production behavior
• Determine impact of new methods on
production facilities and personnel training
• Critique potential applications of proven
and emerging technologies
ABOUT THE COURSE
For most current projects, oil recovery is
generally lower than expected due to some
combination of natural and man-made factors.
RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
As a result, about 1/3 to 1/2 of the original oil-
in-place remains left in a reservoir when it reach-
es its economic limit abandonment. Recovery
from such projects can be substantially enhanced
without much effort and expense through better
understanding of these factors. Additional
improvement in recovery is possible thereafter
through the application of a suitable Enhanced
Oil Recovery (EOR) method. This overview
course covers recovery enhancement methods
that may be considered during all stages in the
reservoir life cycle - primary production, water-
flood, and gas injection periods. Example case
studies are presented on projects from around
the world; these enable participants to under-
stand the technical and financial strengths and
limitations of the methods.
COURSE CONTENT
Reservoir life cycle and recovery process • Recovery
limitations of depletion and pressure maintenance projects
and possible rate/recovery enhancement approaches •
Modified waterfloods: approaches, designs, pros and cons,
performance • EOR (enhanced oil recovery) methods,
mechanisms, and limitations • Miscible and thermal
methods • Design procedures: analogy, laboratory tests, field
pilots • Facilities modifications and personnel training
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
CALGARY, CANADA
Oct. 31-Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Nov. 28-Dec. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
LONDON, U.K.
Sept. 18-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
CALGARY, CANADA
Oct. 30-Nov. 3 . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Nov. 27-Dec. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
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Reservoir Fluid Properties:
Preparation for Reservoir Engineering
and Simulation Studies
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
PETROSKILLS SPECIALIST
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Reservoir, production and facilities engineers
who have a need to determine values of reservoir
fluid properties for engineering studies and
reservoir simulation
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Identify the type and fluid in a particular
reservoir and in general how that fluid will
behave during production
• Use laboratory data to determine values of
fluid properties for use in engineering
calculations
• Use correlations to determine values of
fluid properties in the absence of
laboratory data
• Select the best available fluid property
correlations for oils, gases and oilfield
waters
ABOUT THE COURSE
This course goes beyond the usual description
of reservoir fluid properties. The underlying
purpose is to be able to prepare the most
accurate possible set of values of fluid properties
for use in other engineering calculations.
An understanding of the advantages and
disadvantages of the application of both
laboratory data and correlations will be
provided. Exercises that utilize actual field
and laboratory data are used to illustrate the
principles and to ensure understanding of the
applications of the procedures. Participants
who successfully complete the course will
become proficient with fluid property and
able to assist other engineers with fluid
property problems - true assets to their co-
workers and employers.
COURSE CONTENT
The origin of oil • Basic phase behavior • The five
reservoir fluids; definitions, identification using field
data, producing characteristics, exercises • Properties of
dry gases; definitions, trends with changes in reservoir
pressure, best available correlations to determine values,
exercises • Properties of wet gases, recombination
calculations, exercises • Properties of gas condensates;
laboratory procedures, reserve calculations using
laboratory data, correlations, exercises • Volatile oils;
laboratory procedures • Black oils; definitions, trends
with changes in reservoir pressure, laboratory procedures,
use of laboratory data to determine values, use of field data
to prepare input for correlations, best available correlations
to determine values, exercises • Reservoir water properties;
composition, definitions, trends with changes in reservoir
pressure, determination of input data for correlations,
correlations for determining values, exercises
Dates being finalized. Please visit
www.petroskills.com for scheduled public classes.
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Waterflooding A to Z
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. SAMMI H. RAZA
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Reservoir, production, facilities, R&D, and
operations engineers who are involved with
some aspect of a new or existing waterflood
project; geoscientists, and professionals who
want to get a better feel for the entire process of
planning, development, management, and
recovery optimization of a waterflood project
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Distinguish rock characteristics and fluid
properties that control displacement of oil
and thereby influence oil recovery
• Predict incremental oil recovery and
develop production profiles
• Specify the components of a well-designed
waterflood plan
• Estimate injection water requirements,
incremental oil production, and volumes of
produced water using different techniques
• Monitor waterflood performance and
optimize oil recovery through new technology
• Screen waterflooded oil reservoirs for
selecting suitable EOR processes
ABOUT THE COURSE
Waterflooding has long been proven as the sim-
plest and the lowest cost approach to maintaining
production and increasing oil recovery from an
oil reservoir. However, these benefits may fall
short of expectations unless the time-tested concepts
and practices are clearly understood and
judiciously implemented. These concepts and
practices aim at process optimization – reducing
production cost while minimizing waste and
maximizing oil recovery and income.
This course is light on theory but heavy on
proven and successful practices. Published case
histories of projects around the world are
reviewed to provide an understanding of diver-
gent points-of-view, what works where, what fails
when, and why.
COURSE CONTENT
Why is water and/or gas injection needed? • Reservoir
characterization and aquifer influence • Water-displacing
oil flood mechanisms • Design aspects • Recovery
expectations and production forecast • Production
engineering aspects and performance indices • Associated
problems/risks and ways to minimize impact • Reservoir
monitoring • Optimization of oil recovery • Review of case
histories • Oil recovery enhancement beyond waterflood
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
CALGARY, CANADA
Oct. 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST
MIDLAND, TEXAS
Dec. 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
ABU DHABI, UAE
Mar. 11-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,025
HOUSTON, TEXAS
May 22-26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
LONDON, U.K.
Sept. 11-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
CALGARY, CANADA
Oct. 23-27 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST
MIDLAND, TEXAS
Dec. 4-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
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Well Test Design and
Analysis
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
LOUIS MATTAR
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Engineers and geoscientists who want to
understand well testing principles and
interpretation techniques to design, analyze,
report, evaluate results or intelligently participate
in the well testing process. Previous experience
in well testing, production operations and reservoir
engineering is helpful but is not required.
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Design well tests and specify equipment
requirements
• Set up and analyze well tests for oil and gas
wells using traditional and modern well
testing analysis techniques
• Perform QC analysis of pressure data;
identify and discard "bad" data
• Identify various wellbore and reservoir
characteristics and choose the appropriate
model for analysis
• Apply analysis principles using commercial
well test analysis software
ABOUT THE COURSE
This course emphasizes the practical application of
well test theory to the solution of real well testing
problems from design through interpretation for
oil, gas and water injection wells. Participants
will be introduced to a systematic approach to
well test analysis and will apply it using modern
well test analysis software. Numerous data sets
with non-ideal behavior will be reviewed and
analyzed to allow participants to gain experience
with real world problems. Participants will be
able to apply their newly acquired skills in their
job assignments immediately upon course
completion.
One personal computer is provided, at
additional cost, for each two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Types of well tests • Behavior of simple, ideal systems •
Wellbore skin • Wellbore storage mechanisms • Semi-log
analysis • Type curves • Hydraulically fractured wells •
Superposition and horner plots • Average reservoir
pressure • Data preparation and QC procedures • Well test
design • Pattern recognition and model selection •
Complex reservoir models • Multilayer reservoirs •
Horizontal wells • Back pressure tests for gas wells •
Reality checks
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 3-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325*
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Apr. 3-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325*
Oct. 16-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325*
LONDON, U.K.
July 10-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT*
CALGARY, CANADA
Nov. 20-24 . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST*
*plus computer charge
All classes available at your location. Contact us today.
Integrated Reservoir
Modeling
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. MOHAN G. KELKAR
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Geologists, geophysicists, engineers,
petrophysicists or others involved in reservoir
modeling
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Develop the work flow in the reservoir Course Progression Matrices
integration process
• Evaluate and quantify uncertainties in have been designed to provide a
various sources of data systematic foundation for structuring
• Build a geo-cellular model using
geostatistical tools and upscale it to capture professional development programs.
essential heterogeneities Each of these matrices shows how
• Develop criterion for objective history matching
• Utilize seismic data in different phases of courses relate to each other and
reservoir description and integrate them provides an easy way to help you
using geostatistics
• Use various description tools in a judicious
select the right course or construct
manner a logical sequence of courses. In
• Use public domain software to apply many addition to showing the courses
of the techniques discussed in class
within each discipline, the matrices
ABOUT THE COURSE
As the oil companies define business units and also show recommended cross-
asset teams, it is becoming increasingly important training courses to further your
that all the team members understand the work
flow in developing integrated reservoir description professional development.
for that asset. Integration involves using all the
RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
available information about the reservoir to The matrix can then function as a
develop better understanding of the reservoir.
This process is inherently interdisciplinary. Personal Course Planner to map
Although soft skills are important when working a customized training plan that
in an interdisciplinary team, this course concen-
trates on the hard skills required to develop a specifically relates to present or
realistic reservoir description. future job requirements. Likewise,
Starting with collecting information and assessing managers can use the matrices to
the need for additional data, the course will
cover all the topics from structural and geological develop training plans for their team.
modeling, estimation of reservoir petrophysical
properties using geostatistical tools, upscaling to
simulator model and finally, proper history
matching and future predictions in the presence
of uncertainties. This course is important to
reservoir modelers involved in any phase of the
description work. The course will develop
improved appreciation of the other disciplines’
needs as well as the necessity of the feed back
during the integration process.
One personal computer is provided, at additional
cost, for each two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Basic statistical principles • Spacial modeling • Structural
modeling • Estimation of properties at well locations •
Conditional simulation • Facies/rock type modeling •
Petrophysical properties simulation • Ranking of
realizations • Construction of simulator input model •
See the Course Progression
History matching • Future predictions and quantification Matrices at the beginning of each
of uncertainty
course description section.
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S These course planners will also
HOUSTON, TEXAS assist you in cross-training.
Dec. 12-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
®
LONDON, U.K.
May 22-26 . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT*
HOUSTON, TEXAS An OGCI Company
Dec. 11-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
*plus computer charge
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Oil and Gas Reserves
Evaluation
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
LARRY T. NELMS
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Geologists, geophysicists, reservoir engineers
and managers involved in reserve reporting
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Describe the differences in the various
published reserve definitions
• Apply the reserve definitions as well as
published guidelines to correctly classify
reserves
• Use traditional methods and supplemental
techniques to estimate reserves and
determine the impact of economics on
those estimates
• Use reserves estimates for a variety of
financial and economic purposes
ABOUT THE COURSE
Key objectives of Oil and Gas Reserves
Evaluation is to learn the various methods of
preparing reserve estimates, determine the
impact of economics on those estimates and
properly classify those reserves using the vari-
ous reserve definitions. Case studies and class
problems will be used to develop an under-
standing of those skills. The various uses of
reserve reports will be covered. Ethical dilem-
RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
mas that arise in common practice will be dis-
cussed. The class is taught based on decades
of industry experience, best practices, and not
based on any specific company’s internal
“practices” that may or may not actually con-
form to SEC and WPC guidelines. As such,
this course will count for at least one day of
Professional Engineering ethics requirements.
One personal computer is provided, at additional
cost, for each two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Purpose of reserves • Reserve studies • Reserve reports •
Reserve definitions – History, SEC, SPE/WPC • Reserve
estimation methods – analogies, volumetrics and perform-
ance analasis • Supplemental techniques • Economics and
reserves • Special topics – reserves management, software,
regional uniqueness, FMV, risk, yardsticks, financing •
Ethics
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Mar. 27-31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
LONDON, U.K.
June 19-23 . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT*
DENVER, COLORADO
July 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
* plus computer charge
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Reservoir Characterization:
A Multi-Disciplinary Team
Approach
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. MICHAEL I. TREESH
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Geologists, geophysicists, reservoir engineers,
production engineers, petrophysicists, exploration
and production managers, team leaders, and
research scientists
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Use the modern team approach to reservoir
characterization to interpret productive
zones more reliably through the integration
of disciplines, technology and data
• Increase your proven reserves, discover
by-passed pay, reduce development time
and costs, improve production rates, and
rejuvenate old fields
• Develop models based on the application
of state-of-the-art technical applications
within the framework of a multi-disciplinary
team approach
ABOUT THE COURSE
Key objectives of reservoir characterization
focus on modeling each reservoir unit,
predicting well behavior, understanding past
reservoir performance, and forecasting future
reservoir performance. Such factors, in
addition to staffing needs and expenditures,
assert a strong impact on plans for the
development and performance of a field.
Numerous team exercises provide hands-on
practice to understand the needs of other
professionals to collect data, integrate data
across disciplines, appreciate the needs of
other disciplines and to develop new reservoir
characterization skills. Innovative data sheets
are provided to the participants to categorize
their interpretations within the context of
the RC problem. The generic process-based,
procedural outline of reservoir characterization
enables and enhances learning throughout
an organization.
COURSE CONTENT
Data for reservoir characterization: sources, scale of the
data/extrapolation to other areas, cross-disciplinary
applications/integration; quality/error minimization, data
management • Reservoir models: sequence stratigraphic,
lithologic, petrophysical, geostatistical approaches,
geophysical, reservoir engineering • Economics and risking:
volumetrics, probability of success, financial returns of
project • Organizational structure: team styles,
organizational management, team communications,
assessment and evaluation • Problems, pitfalls and the
future of reservoir characterization: the holistic model
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
ABU DHABI, UAE
Mar. 11-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,125
LONDON, U.K.
July 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT
DENVER, COLORADO
Aug. 21-25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 2-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
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Reservoir Engineering for
Other Disciplines
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
MHA PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS OR
DR. W. GREG HAZLETT
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Engineers and geoscientists now working in an
asset environment where they need to better
understand the practices and limitations of the
methods and procedures employed by the reservoir
engineers with whom they work. Participants
should have three or more years of technical
experience in the upstream petroleum industry
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Utilize the tools and techniques of the
reservoir engineer
• Apply the principles of reservoir engineering
• Develop reservoir, well performance and
asset management options
ABOUT THE COURSE
This course gives the non-reservoir engineer
a better understanding of reservoir engineering
practices and limitations. The course is
designed to provide a good understanding of
reservoir engineering processes, the required
data, and the limitations on the engineers’
analysis and interpretations. The course also
provides persons who are already well trained
in the other upstream petroleum industry
technical disciplines with an understanding
of the current state-of-the-art practice of
reservoir engineering.
One personal computer is provided, at additional
cost, for each two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Distribution of reservoir properties • Rock and fluid
properties • Volumetric calculation of reservoir fluids in
place • Material balance methods • Fluid flow / well
performance • Immiscible displacement • Coning,
cusping, horizontal wells • Reservoir types and drive
mechanisms: gas reservoirs, volumetric, water drive and
compaction drive - oil reservoirs, water drive, water flood,
gravity drainage, gas cap expansion, combination drive,
naturally fractured and critical reservoir fluid reservoirs •
Reservoir simulation
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
Oct. 3-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,875*
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Apr. 3-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
LONDON, U.K.
May 8-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT*
DENVER, COLORADO
July 10-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
ABERDEEN, U.K.
July 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,750+VAT*
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
Sept. 4-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,200*
MUSCAT, OMAN
Sept. 16-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,125*
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
Oct. 2-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,875*
* plus computer charge
All classes available at your location. Contact us today.
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Reservoir Management
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. SAMMI H. RAZA OR
MHA PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Reservoir, production and operations engineers;
geologists; geophysicists; managers; experienced
technicians; and service company personnel
responsible for improving the performance of
petroleum reservoirs
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Apply the principles of sound reservoir
management
• Use the interdisciplinary synergistic
approach to efficient reservoir management
• Include each reservoir management
component and the importance of timing
and cost/benefit analysis
• Develop checks and balances
ABOUT THE COURSE
The principles of sound reservoir management
are presented with emphasis on practical
applications. Actual case histories are used
to study both successes and failures. An
interdisciplinary synergistic approach to
efficient reservoir management is detailed
with the goal of optimized profitability.
The significance of each component and the
importance of timing and cost/benefit analysis
are emphasized. Reservoir management
models for optimum field development
and field operating plans are analyzed.
The interdisciplinary reservoir management
approach shows how each technology or
function contributes to the plan and how
checks and balances are developed.
COURSE CONTENT
Definition of reservoir management: an integrated,
interdisciplinary team effort • Goal setting, planning,
implementing, monitoring, and evaluating reservoir
performance • Field development and field operating
plans to optimize profitability • Efficient monitoring of
reservoir performance • Minimizing the drilling of
unnecessary wells • Wellbore and surface systems • Well
testing and automated production systems • Economic
impact of operating plans • Identifying and acquiring
critical data, data acquisition, and analysis • Maximizing
economic recovery and minimizing capital investment,
risk and operating expenses • Timing of field
implementation of reservoir management plan • Case
histories and analysis • Importance of reservoir
characterization and drilling and operating plans • Primary
recovery, pressure maintenance, and secondary and tertiary
recovery • Responsibilities for team members
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 3-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
Nov. 21-25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,775
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Feb. 20-24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
Oct. 9-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
ABU DHABI, UAE
Mar. 18-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,125
LONDON, U.K.
July 10-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT
DENVER, COLORADO
Aug. 28-Sept. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
All classes available at your location. Contact us today.
Reservoir Simulation
Strategies
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. DAVID WALDREN
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Experienced engineers and geoscientists that plan
to carry out or review reservoir simulation studies
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Apply the principles of reservoir engineering
to numerical modeling
• Set up, run, and analyze the results for
single well, pattern and full-field models
• Prepare fluid and rock property data in the
manner required for simulation studies
• Perform numerical well test analysis
• History match an existing pattern
ABOUT THE COURSE
Reservoir Simulation Strategies is an applied
simulation course. The course stresses preparing
and critiquing the data that is input into a
simulator, and running and analyzing several
types of field cases. You will analyze past
reservoir behavior and predict future perform-
ance. This course, for both the neophyte and
the experienced person, will enable you to
apply reservoir engineering principles to
black-oil and dry gas reservoir problems that
are better solved with simulation techniques.
The intent is to chart a path toward the use of
any simulator, but more importantly, toward
its intelligent use. The course is not a theoretical
or mathematical simulation course. Equations
will only be presented when necessary for a
particular application. The course provides
hands-on use of one or more simulators with
data sets prepared by the participant.
One personal computer is provided, at
additional cost, for each two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Synopsis and general principles • Types of models •
Preparation of input data • Data assessment and checking •
Treatment of wells • Single, pattern and full-field models •
Pseudo functions • Local grid refinement • History
matching • Numerical well test analysis • Predicting
reservoir performance with confidence • Development
planning with a simulator
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
ABERDEEN, U.K.
Oct. 31-Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . .US$2,750+VAT*
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Apr. 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
Sept. 11-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
LONDON, U.K.
Aug. 21-25 . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT*
ABERDEEN, U.K.
Oct. 30-Nov. 3 . . . . . . . . .US$2,750+VAT*
*plus computer charge
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Gas Reservoir Management
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
MHA PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS
COURSE LEVEL: SPECIALIZED
DESIGNED FOR
Engineers actively involved with the operation
and management of gas reservoirs; geoscientists
working with gas reservoirs in field development
and expansion planning would also benefit from
attending this course
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Evaluate gas reservoir data and prepare this
data for engineering calculations
• Apply frequently used gas reservoir
engineering techniques
• Perform production decline type curve
analysis and use other advanced reservoir
calculations such as simulation
• Solve reservoir engineering calculations
through the use of many practical exercises
ABOUT THE COURSE
Natural gas production has become a major
part of every petroleum company's asset base
and continues to grow in importance throughout
the world. This course will help participants
understand the engineering drivers on gas
reservoir management and how a gas reservoir's
value can be maximized through sound
engineering practices. A full spectrum of gas
RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
reservoir engineering techniques is addressed
and their application to a large variety of gas
resource management options is discussed.
One personal computer is provided, at
additional cost, for each two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Gas reservoir fluid properties: gas condensate sampling
and understanding laboratory reports • Gas reservoir fluid
flow and well testing: deliverability testing and non-darcy
flow, testing for hydraulically fractured wells, horizontal
wells, and gas condensate reservoirs • Determination of
original gas-in-place: material balance techniques for
various drive mechanisms and reservoir types, alternate
plotting techniques, production decline type curves • Gas
flow in wellbores and pipelines: the gas production
system, pressure drop in wellbores and flowlines,
restrictions to gas production • Prediction of future
performance and ultimate recovery: decline curves,
coupled material balance and deliverability techniques,
reservoir simulation, gas well spacing and infill drilling •
Special topics • Reservoir management of water-drive gas
reservoirs, predicting gas condensate reservoir
performance, coalbed methane reservoirs
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
CALGARY, CANADA
Oct. 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,495+GST*
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Nov. 28-Dec. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,625*
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
LONDON, U.K.
Apr. 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,995+VAT*
DENVER, COLORADO
Aug. 14-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,625*
CALGARY, CANADA
Oct. 16-20 . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,495+GST*
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Dec. 4-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,625*
*plus computer charge
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Horizontal and Multilateral
Wells: Analysis and Design
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. A. DANIEL HILL OR DR. DING ZHU
COURSE LEVEL: SPECIALIZED
DESIGNED FOR
Geologists; reservoir engineers; petroleum and
production engineers; and development, asset,
and project managers
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Identify the benefits and constraints of the
available well options and select appropriate
well geometries and trajectories
• Make complex, interdisciplinary decisions
on advanced well projects
• Determine performance and benefits of
horizontal and multilateral wells from
case histories
ABOUT THE COURSE
The course is designed as a companion
course to Horizontal and Multilateral Wells:
Drilling and Completions. Advanced well
concepts including horizontal and multilateral
wells have become a dominant feature of
new field development and redevelopment
opportunities. They can, when used
appropriately, dramatically improve the
economic profitability of field development
operations. However, their successful
deployment largely depends on the
effectiveness of the initial screening of
candidate fields/wells and an assessment of
the longer term production dynamics essential
to ensuring “life of well” design criteria and
effective reservoir management.
One personal computer is provided, at
additional cost, for each two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Benefit of horizontal and multilateral wells • Limitations of
risk • Well configuration options • Reservoir applications
for various well types • Well costs and production
performance indicators • Screening of applications •
Geologic characteristics • Reservoir flow and geometrical
issues • Impact and importance of reservoir description •
Well construction constraints in drilling and completion •
Well placement/positioning • Steady state and semi-steady
state inflow performance • Coning and cresting prediction
• Well decline analysis • Well flow interference • Reservoir
simulation considerations • Evaluation using well tests •
Well design considerations • "Life of well" design criteria •
Completions, intervention, and production requirements
for reservoir management • Multilateral system capabilities
and their screening • Wellbore flow issues in horizontal
and multilateral wells • Productivity impairment and
clean-up considerations • Risk identification, assessment,
and minimization • Case studies • Trajectory guidelines
for well placement in various reservoir environments
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Dec. 12-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,625*
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
LONDON, U.K.
July 31-Aug. 4 . . . . . . . . .US$2,995+VAT*
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Dec. 11-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,625*
*plus computer charge
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Naturally Fractured
Reservoirs: Geologic and
Engineering Analysis
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. LAWRENCE W. TEUFEL
COURSE LEVEL: SPECIALIZED
DESIGNED FOR
Engineers and geoscientists interested in a
multi-disciplinary approach in evaluating and
predicting the overall effect of natural fractures
on subsurface fluid-flow and subsequent
reservoir performance
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Detect and predict subsurface natural
fracture occurrence and intensity from
cores and well logs
• Determine fractured rock properties
affecting reservoir performance
• Design and analyze pressure transient tests
in naturally-fractured reservoirs
• Evaluate reservoir performance in
naturally-fractured reservoirs
• Develop and apply numerical simulation
models to fluid-flow in naturally-fractured
reservoirs
• Apply coupled geomechanics/fluid-flow
behavior to reservoir management strategies
in naturally-fractured reservoirs
• Evaluate the impact of natural fractures on
hydraulic fracture stimulation
ABOUT THE COURSE
This course covers geologic and engineering
concepts, methodology, and technology
used to characterize, evaluate, and manage
naturally-fractured reservoirs. Applications
and limitations of geologic and engineering
procedures and tools are discussed. Field
examples and case studies demonstrate
the importance of integrated geologic and
engineering studies in developing effective,
economical reservoir management strategies
for different types of reservoirs.
COURSE CONTENT
Characterization of natural fractures and fracture systems •
Influence of mechanical stratigraphy and structure on
fracture development • Detection and prediction of
subsurface natural-fracture occurrence and intensity from
cores and well logs • Fractured rock properties affecting
reservoir performance • Classification of naturally-fractured
reservoirs with reservoir examples and potential production
problems • Fluid-flow in naturally-fractured reservoirs •
Well performance and well testing in naturally-fractured
reservoirs • Reservoir performance in naturally-fractured
reservoirs • Numerical simulation of fluid-flow in naturally-
fractured reservoirs • Geomechanics/fluid-flow • Behavior
of naturally-fractured reservoirs • Stimulation of naturally-
fractured reservoirs • Effects of natural fractures on
reservoir permeability anisotropy, drainage area and
waterflood sweep efficiency
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,625
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
LONDON, U.K.
July 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,995+VAT
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 23-27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,625
All classes available at your location. Contact us today.
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P RODUCTION
The courses in this section are Production Engineering courses offered publicly through PetroSkills and OGCI are designed to develop your
skills and competency in this discipline. The Course Progression Matrix below shows how these courses relate to each other and provides an easy
way to construct a training plan with coursework that specifically relates to present or future job requirements. Likewise, managers can use the matrices
to develop training plans for their team.
Production Engineers can also benefit from courses that provide an understanding of other petroleum-related functions and disciplines. Such
cross-training courses are recommended in the lighter-shaded columns on either side of the Production Engineering courses shown on the matrix.

INSTRUCTORS

P A U L M. B A R RY A L F R E D R. J E N N I N G S , J R . R I C H A R D H. S C H R O E D E R
D R . T E D G. B Y R O M D R . M O H A N G. K E L K A R D R . M U K U L M. S H A R M A
G E R A L D R. C O U LT E R D R . J A M E S F. L E A , J R . S C O T T J. W I L S O N
C L E O N L. D U N H A M D R . H O WA R D L. M C K I N Z I E
D R . A. D A N I E L H I L L D R . J. M. P E D E N
PRODUCTION ENGINEERING

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Well Stimulation: Practical
and Applied
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
GERALD R. COULTER
COURSE LEVEL: BASIC
DESIGNED FOR
Production, completion, reservoir, and drilling
engineers; field supervisors; production
foremen; engineering technicians and
geologists. This course is also designed for
others involved in the planning and evaluation
of well stimulation treatments. Information
presented and examples used are applicable to
vertical and horizontal wells
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Select stimulation techniques best suited
for various formation types
• Successfully apply basic acidizing concepts
• Successfully apply basics hydraulic
fracturing concepts
ABOUT THE COURSE
Too often in today’s dynamic oil and gas industry,
not enough attention is paid to details of well
stimulation treatments. This can result in poor or
less than optimum results. Those involved in the
planning, execution, and evaluation of stimulation
treatments, as well as the operator representative
on location, need to have the background and
training in the basics so better decisions can be
made, resulting in more gas down the line and oil
in the tank!
This practical course is designed for those involved
with all aspects of well stimulation, as well as those
actually carrying out well stimulation treatments.
To be able to make better decisions, it is important
to have a basic understanding of the types of
formations and basic reservoir properties with
which we deal. For this reason, time is spent in the
early portion of the course setting the geological
and reservoir property stage for vertical, horizontal
and multilateral wells prior to developing the basic
formation damage, acidizing, and hydraulic
fracturing concepts. The course includes acidizing
and fracturing quality control, conducting the
treatment, monitoring pressures, and other critical
parameters during and after the treatment. An
important part of the course is class teamwork
whereby the attendees divide into teams to
evaluate and design stimulation treatments. These
exercises bring out many important parameters
discussed during the course.
COURSE CONTENT
Geological review • Basic reservoir properties • Formation
damage: how and why it happens • Non-acid damage
removal techniques • Acidizing: objectives, types, additives
• Acidizing placement techniques and the pressure chart •
Quality control and safety • Hydraulic fracturing: objectives
and concepts • Hydraulic fracturing materials and their
importance to job success • The frac chart • Hydraulic
fracturing quality control and safety • Energized fluids:
application and safety
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Sept. 11-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
All classes available at your location. Contact us today.
Artificial Lift Systems
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. JAMES F. LEA, JR. OR CLEON L. DUNHAM
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Engineers, technicians, field supervisors, and
others who select, design, install, evaluate, or
operate artificial lift systems
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Make basic PVT properties and inflow
performance calculations related to
artificial lift
• Understand and apply multiphase tubing
and pipe flow principles
• Select the appropriate artificial lift system
• Compare systems to determine what
system is most economically feasible
• Specify components and auxiliary
equipment needed for each system
• Identify what best practices are available to
extend the life of equipment and installed
lift systems
• Apply basic design and analysis concepts
• Design system features that allow for gassy
production, production with solids,
viscous production, and for other harsh
environments
ABOUT THE COURSE
This course blends lecture, hands-on exercises, and
seminar teaching styles to enhance learning.
Participants work with software that allows them to
design and analyze artificial lift designs. Such
programs should improve performance and result in
higher production rates and/or reduced operating
costs. Participants learn how to design and
troubleshoot rod pumping, continuous gas lift, and
electric submersible pump systems. Other methods
such as PCP, plunger lift, jet pump, hydraulic pump,
and intermittent gas lift will also be addressed.
Participants gain experience in solving problems by
hand and also by using advanced computer
programs. Troubleshooting is an important part of
artificial lift operations and several typical surveillance
problems are solved. The class includes pictures and
videos of most important equipment components while
being applied. With increased prices, more emphasis is
placed on techniques to maximize production. new
developments at various stages of development and
application are also covered.
One personal computer is provided, at additional cost,
for each two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Overview of artificial lift technology • Criteria for selection of
artificial lift system • Reservoir performance: inflow and
outflow relationships • Artificial lift screening • Introduction
to rod-pumping, gas lift, and ESP systems • Rod-pump
design: pumping unit, rods, pump, prime movers, gas
anchor, pump-off controls • Gas lift design: mandrels, valves,
injection gas requirements, temperature, chokes, spacing,
equilibrium curve, continuous flow design • ESP design:
pump performance curves, pump intake curves, typical
problems, installation, troubleshooting • Best practices for
installation and maintenance • Economic analysis
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
MIDLAND, TEXAS
Mar. 13-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325*
CALGARY, CANADA
May 29-June 2 . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST*
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Aug. 7-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325*
LONDON, U.K.
Oct. 9-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT*
*plus computer charge
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Completions and Workovers
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. J. M. PEDEN, PAUL M. BARRY OR
ALFRED R. JENNINGS, JR.
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Beginning level drilling operations, production
operations, workover and completions personnel;
petroleum engineers; drilling and completion
contractor personnel; service company personnel
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Develop a completion strategy for wells in a
variety of situations
• Select tubing, packers, and completion flow
control equipment
• Appraise/design a suitable flow barrier strategy
• Make recommendations on installation retrieval
practices for tubing, packers, etc.
• Identify key design features for horizontal,
multilateral, HPHT wells, etc.
• Select an appropriate intervention strategy/equipment
• Identify key features/applicability of the main sand
control, fracpack and well stimulation options
• Assess/specify concerns/remedial measures for
formation damage/skin removal, develop and
outline overall strategy for a completion program
ABOUT THE COURSE
The Completions and Workovers course is an
introduction to many facets of completion and
intervention technology. The material progresses
through each of the major design, diagnostic and
intervention technologies, ending with effect of
operations on surface facilities and finally plug and
abandonment requirements. The course focuses on
the practical aspects of each of the technologies,
using design examples and both successes and
failures to illustrate the points of the design and the
risks involved with the entire process. The overall
PRODUCTION ENGINEERING
objectives of the course are to focus on delivering
and maintaining "well quality". The course can be
customized for specific locations and conditions.
COURSE CONTENT
Basic well completion design and practices • Completion
strategies • Well quality and integrity • Safety aspects of
well design • Packer selection and tubing forces •
Wellheads/ chokes/ subsurface safety valves and flow
control equipment • Corrosion and erosion • Inflow and
tubing performance • Tubing design and selection •
Materials selection • Deviated/ multiple zone/subsea/
horizontal/ multilateral and HPHT completion
considerations • Perforating design • Causes and
prevention of formation damage • Stimulation design
considerations • Sand control • Wireline/coiled tubing/
workover rig operations • Snubbing
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
ABERDEEN, U.K.
Oct. 3-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,650+VAT
MIDLAND, TEXAS
Oct. 31-Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
DUBAI, UAE
Mar. 18-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,025
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Apr. 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
Oct. 16-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
LONDON, U.K.
June 26-30 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
ABERDEEN, U.K.
Dec. 11-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,650+VAT
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Production Operations 1
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
GERALD R. COULTER, DR. J. M. PEDEN,
ALFRED R. JENNINGS, JR. OR PAUL M. BARRY
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Petroleum, production, reservoir, facility, drilling and
research engineers; geologists; field supervisors and
managers; service company engineers and managers
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Plan and implement well completions workovers,
stimulation treatments, and routine production
operations with an efficiency that increases profits
• Evaluate the flow capacity of a well
• Achieve reliable zonal isolation by efficient
primary cementing
• Devise an integrated plan for efficient well
completion and treatments
• Select and plan an appropriate perforating
operation using underbalanced or extreme
overbalance procedures
• Ascertain why formations are damaged and
how to prevent or correct such damage
• Learn about paraffin, asphaltenes and scale
problems and solutions
• Find out which stimulation is best and how
to perform these jobs and learn about the
roll of rock mechanics in well completions
• Review current practices to improve productivity
• Apply proven technologies and recent
innovations in production operations
ABOUT THE COURSE
This course represents the core of our production
engineering program and is the foundation for all
future studies in this subject. The participant will
become familiar with the procedures and techniques
that increase production and cut operating costs. The
course provides a fundamental and integrated under-
standing of wells, their design, operation and treat-
ments. This is one of PetroSkills' most popular courses.
COURSE CONTENT
Geological and reservoir fundamentals • Well testing •
Inflow • Primary and remedial cementing • Well
completions • Outflow • Workovers and workover fluids •
Perforating • Completion equipment: tubing, packers, flow
control devices • Production logging • Formation damage •
Surfactants • Paraffin and asphaltenes • Hydraulic
fracturing • Acidizing • Sand control • Scale control
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 1 0 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 31-Nov. 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$4,075
CALGARY, CANADA
Nov. 7-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,850+GST
LONDON, U.K.
Dec. 5-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$4,725+VAT
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 1 0 D AY S
DUBAI, UAE
Mar. 4-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$5,300
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Apr. 17-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$4,075
July 24-Aug. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$4,075
Oct. 23-Nov. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$4,075
CALGARY, CANADA
May 1-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,850+GST
Oct. 30-Nov. 10 . . . . . . . . .US$3,850+GST
LONDON, U.K.
July 3-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$4,725+VAT
Dec. 4-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$4,725+VAT
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Production Optimization
Using NODAL™ Analysis
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
SCOTT J. WILSON
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Production, operations, and reservoir engineers;
senior technicians and field supervisors with an
engineering background
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Apply NODAL™ analysis concepts viewing
the total producing system as a whole from
reservoir rock through the completion,
well bore and gathering system, to the
market while honoring system rate/pressure
constraints
• Avoid improper design where any one
component, or a mismatch of components,
adversely affects the performance of the
entire system
• Perform a system-wide analysis to increase
well rates by identifying bottlenecks and
design an efficient field-wide flow system,
including wells, artificial lift, gathering lines
and manifolds
• Use NODAL™ analysis, together with
reservoir simulation and analytical tools, for
planning new field development
ABOUT THE COURSE
Initially, this technology was applied using
pressure traverse curves and simple PI models.
Now, state-of-the-art software programs have
enabled a well-trained engineer to concentrate
on matching field data, interpreting results,
and understanding a system's interdependen-
cies. Software is used extensively during the
class and the participant is encouraged to
bring their own laptop and Nodal software.
However, if the participant chooses not to
supply their own software, a one-year license
to commercial quality Nodal analysis and gas
deliverability planning programs will be
provided at no extra charge.
One personal computer is provided, at additional cost,
for each two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Inflow/outflow • Reservoir and completion IPRs • Wellbore
performance • Wellhead deliverability curves • Flow line
performance curves • System deliverability curves •
Matching well behavior • Pressure drop components: static,
friction, and acceleration • Future inflow/outflow diagrams •
Gas lift design • ESP and jet pumps • Gas well behavior •
Wellbore loading • System-wide optimization of
completions/wells/flowlines/compressors/gathering points
NODAL™ is a registered trademark of Schlumberger, Inc.
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
DENVER, COLORADO
Oct. 31-Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325*
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
May 1-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325*
LONDON, U.K.
June 19-23 . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT*
CALGARY, CANADA
Sept. 18-22 . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST*
DENVER, COLORADO
Oct. 30-Nov. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325*
*plus computer charge
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Surface Production
Operations
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
RICHARD H. SCHROEDER OR DR. OMAR BARKAT
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Beginning level production, operations, facilities and
petroleum engineers; production managers and field
production supervisors; surface equipment
technicians; and technical or supervisory personnel
who interact with field facility engineers/operators
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Use the physical properties and phase
behavior of crude oil and natural gas that
govern production operations
• Choose from the wide range of production
handling and treating equipment used to
condition produced fluids for sales or final
disposition
• Determine and minimize pressure drop in
pipelines, valves and pressured vessels
• Understand the internal workings of
separators, pumps, compressors, valves
and other treating equipment
• Prevent and treat oilfield corrosion
• Select and use appropriate production
measurement and metering devices for
produced fluids and gases
ABOUT THE COURSE
The purpose of this course is to present an overview
and fundamental understanding of a wide variety of
oilfield production, processing and treating equipment.
Emphasis is on understanding the “what” and the
“how” workings inside the piping, valves and vessels.
Fluid treating equipment is covered whether located
downhole, on the surface, offshore platform or sea
floor. A major goal of this course is to improve com-
munication among the technical disciplines, field and
office in order to enhance operational efficiencies,
lower costs and improve production economics.
Example step-by-step exercises are worked together
with the instructor to drive home the important points.
COURSE CONTENT
Properties of produced fluids • Valves • Safety systems •
Flowlines, manifolds and gathering systems • Field gas
separation, compression and field processing • Oil and
water separation and treatment • Fluid measurement and
instrumentation • Gathering and processing facilities •
Corrrosion control • Pumps • Compressors • Pressure
drop considerations • Hydrate prevention and treatment •
Handling of acid gases • Innovations in full wellstream and
subsea fluid treatment • Corrosion control fundamentals
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
MIDLAND, TEXAS
Oct. 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
DUBAI, UAE
Nov. 12-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,025
DALLAS, TEXAS
Dec. 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
CALGARY, CANADA
Mar. 13-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,195+GST
HOUSTON, TEXAS
May 8-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
May 29-June 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,100
LONDON, U.K.
July 3-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
MIDLAND, TEXAS
Oct. 9-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
DUBAI, UAE
Nov. 18-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,025
DALLAS, TEXAS
Dec. 4-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
All classes available at your location. Contact us today.
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Acidizing Applications in
Sandstones and Carbonates
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
ALFRED R. JENNINGS, JR.
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Engineers and other personnel involved with the
daily operation and management of producing
oil and gas wells; production engineers and
reservoir engineers involved with well stimulation
applications would also benefit from attending
this course
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Assess a well’s need for stimulation
• Recognize the strengths and limitations
of acidizing
• Investigate production problems from the
standpoint of damage removal and
improvement in well production
• Apply acid treatments strategically to
improve success
• Approach acidizing applications from a
practical viewpoint
• Recognize opportunities for enhancement
of acidizing treatments using non-acid fluids
ABOUT THE COURSE
Although acidizing is the oldest method
of well stimulation, it is often applied with
mixed results. It remains, however, a valuable
tool for improving well productivity. The key
to acidizing success is in the understanding
of how it works, the optimum conditions for
its application, and proper evaluation of well
response after the acidizing treatment. This
course will teach many of the practical
aspects of acidizing applications and help
provide a better understanding of acidizing
as a tool for enhancing well performance.
COURSE CONTENT
Well stimulation objectives • Types of formation damage •
Influence of skin factor • Production improvement with
skin removal • Well stimulation and reservoir management •
Perforating techniques and well stimulation • Acidizing for
well stimulation • Chemistry of sandstone acidizing •
Chemistry of carbonate acidizing • Acid additives •
Treatment diversion • Acid fracturing • Rules of thumb •
Types of acids • Sandstone acidizing guidelines • Carbonate
acidizing guidelines • Re-stimulation of acidized wells •
QA/QC in acidizing applications • Safety precautions
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
May 22-26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
All classes available at your location. Contact us today.
Beam Pumps
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. JAMES F. LEA, JR. NEW
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Engineers and field technicians who are
responsible for the selection, operation, and
maintenance of beam pumping systems
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Identify all components of the system beam pump
system
• Compare designs to other artificial lift methods
• Design and analyze a system using up-to-date
computer programs, and know why different
program can provide different results
• Apply best practices for longer system life
• Improve efficiency of the system
• Combat gas, solids, corrosion and viscosity in the
produce fluids
• Combat rod compression near the pump
• Use record failures and data so as to best solve future
problems
ABOUT THE COURSE
Beam pumping systems are the most common method of
artificial lift in the US and some other parts of the world.
This course will allow the user to become familiar with
the system and when it should be used. Participants
learn how to compare to other systems to select the best
system for a given well whether it may be beam pumping
or another method of lift. All components will be
described in detail. Design and analysis will be done
using advanced computer programs. Some films will be
shown mostly illustrating either new products or best
practices. A few problems will be solved by the class
members each day. At the end of the course the attendee
will know the best applications for beam pumps and
what rates can be produced from a given depth. The user
will know how to combat specific problems with specific
equipment used in the system. The user will know what
power efficiency is, how to design a system with high
efficiency and how to analyze a system to determine the
current efficiency. The attendee will see how companies
have kept records of operations so as to achieve constant
improvement in operations.
Although computer programs are used for design and
analysis, the course contains material which is
instrumental in maintaining a profitable artificial lift pro-
gram using beam pump systems. Beam pumping is said
by many to be the artificial lift system of choice when it
is applicable and one should have a reason for not
applying the beam pump system.
Problems addressing solids, gas handling and viscosity
are addressed. Best practices are stressed throughout so a
long lasting system can be developed for maximum prof-
it. SCADA controls and POC are discussed to monitor
equipment loading and to achieve maximum production
from a given installation.
One personal computer is provided, at additional cost,
for each two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Reservoir considerations • Overview of artificial lift •
Design and analysis of the beam pump system • Prime
mover • Belts • Sheaves • Gear box • Unit • Polished rod
• Wellhead/stuffing box • Rods • Pump • Tubing •
Artificial lift efficiency • Heavy oil considerations • Gas
• Separation/handling • Best practices for operation •
Component design • System analysis • Pump off controllers
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
May 15-19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
*plus computer charge
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Electrical Submersible
Pumps
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. JAMES F. LEA, JR. NEW
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Engineers and field technicians who are respon-
sible for the selection, operation and mainte-
nance of ESP systems
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Identify components of the ESP system
• Design and analyze a system using up-to-date
computer programs
• Best practices for longer system life
• Improve power efficiency of the system
• Combat gas, solids, corrosion and viscosity in the
produced fluids
• Compare to other artificial lift methods
ABOUT THE COURSE
ESP’s are one of the higher volume methods of lift. ESPs
have advantages over some other high volume methods
since they can create a higher drawdown on the forma-
tion and achieve more production, if problems such as
gas interference and sand production can be solved.
This course will allow the user to become familiar with
the ESP system and when it should be used. All compo-
nents will be described in detail. Design and analysis
problems will be done using advanced computer pro-
grams. Some films will be show mostly illustrating
installation, operation and removal of failed equipment,
new products and best practices. Problems will be
solved by the class members each day and will be dis-
cussed with the class. Discussion is encouraged con-
cerning experiences of successes and failures.
Problems addressing solids, gas handling and viscosity
are addressed. Best practices are stressed throughout so a
long lasting system can be developed for maximum
profit. SCADA controls and VSD’s are discussed. The
attendee will learn the function of the various compo-
nents, and the concerns about installation, operation,
and removal of failed equipment. The participant will be
PRODUCTION ENGINEERING
able to evaluate the design a system for current and
future conditions, analyze an installed system, and
many other operational concerns of the ESP system.
New developments are added to the course as they
become available to the industry.
Although the course contains use of advanced computer
programs for design and analysis, much of the material
is devoted to best practices, which is usable by both
engineers and technicians.
One personal computer is provided, at additional cost,
for each two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Introduction to artificial lift • Introduction to electrical sub-
mersible pumping • Introduction for reservoir and production
considerations • Description of all components of the electrical
submersible system starting at the surface to the pump: trans-
formers; controllers/VSD; wellhead; tubing; cable; cable guards;
motor lead cable; pump; intake/gas separator; equalizer/protector;
motor; instrumentation • Installation considerations and cautions
• Design of an ESP system to fit current and future well condi-
tions • Operation of a given design • Analysis of an ESP system
using diagnostics from installed instrumentation and using diag-
nostic computer programs • Removal of failed equipment •
Controls for ESP systems including variable speed drives • ESP
instrumentation available in the industry • Failure analysis •
Data keeping • Maintenance and monitoring
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Aug. 28-Sept. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
*plus computer charge
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Formation Damage: Causes,
Prevention, and Remediation
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
GERALD R. COULTER
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Production, completion, reservoir, and drilling
engineers; geologists concerned with well
performance and production enhancement; field
supervisors, production foremen, engineering
technicians; production and exploration
managers; those involved in vertical,
horizontal, and multilateral wells
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Recognize formation damage mechanisms
in carbonates and sandstones
• Prevent damage
• Overcome damage, when it exists, through
the application of non-acid approaches,
acidizing and small hydraulic fracturing
treatments
ABOUT THE COURSE
Formation damage seems to be inevitable and
it is costing you and your company money!
Whether it can be prevented, removed eco-
nomically, or must be accepted as the price for
drilling and producing a well will depend
upon many factors. The activity with horizontal
and multilateral wells has brought about a
renewed interest in this subject. Many are try-
ing to prevent formation damage during drilling
and completion through the application of
underbalanced drilling. This approach cannot
work for everyone and some are beginning to
question the validity of expecting no formation
damage when underbalanced drilling is used.
Others are using the newer drill-in/completion
fluids in hopes of getting the formation damage
problem under control. This renewed interest
points out that the industry realizes we have a
long way to go to overcome formation damage.
These subjects and many more are addressed
in this fast-paced, informative course covering
all aspects of formation damage. Examples,
case histories, and class team exercises are
used throughout the course to bring out key
points on this important industry subject.
COURSE CONTENT
Geological/depositional environment review • How
homogeneous or heterogeneous are these formations from
which we produce and what is the influence on formation
damage? • Reservoir properties review • What properties
most influence the effect of formation damage? • Is your
reservoir performance influenced by stress sensitivity? •
Damage mechanisms • How are sandstones and carbonates
damaged? • How do formation mineralogy and clay chem-
istry influence damage? What about scale, paraffin,
asphaltenes? • Damage prevention • Drilling, completion,
and production methods, drilling/completion fluid and
additive selection, clay control • Evaluation of damage •
Production performance, logging, pressure analysis review •
Damage removal • Acidizing materials and methods, non-
acid approaches, such as wellbore washes, perforating
techniques, and hydraulic fracturing to bypass damage
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Nov. 28-Dec. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
LONDON, U.K.
July 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Nov. 27-Dec. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
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Gas Lift
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. JAMES F. LEA, JR. OR CLEON L. DUNHAM
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Production engineers and operations staff
responsible for designing gas lift installations and/
or performing surveillance and optimization on
wells using gas lift; appropriate for staff at all
levels of gas lift expertise and has been given with
good results to both production engineers new
to gas lift as well as industry gas lift consultants
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Select the appropriate gas lift systems and
equipment
• Design continuous-flow gas lift systems
• Analyze operating gas lift systems
• Increase production from your wells using
gas lift technology and optimization
• Improve the economics of gas lift operation
ABOUT THE COURSE
Gas lift is one of the most widely used
artificial lift techniques. Participants will inves-
tigate the impact of tubing sizing, gas lift valve
selection, gas lift mandrel spacing, gas lift valve
design, casing pressure, surface choke size, gas
volume, etc., on well design and operation.
Participants practice mandrel spacing design
and gas lift valve design, surveillance and opti-
mization at the well and field level using actual
field data including the use of software programs.
After attending this course, participants will be
able to identify, diagnose, analyze and solve gas
lift problems. Up-to-date computer programs
will be used/ demonstrated during the course.
The class includes pictures and videos of most
important equipment components while being
applied, to further participant understanding.
With increased prices, more emphasis is placed
on techniques to maximize production. New
developments at various stages of development
and application are also covered.
One personal computer is provided, at additional
cost, for each two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Gas lift concepts and data • Inflow • Outflow • Nodal
analysis • Equilibrium curves • Gas lift equipment and
valve mechanics • Valve selection • Gas lift equipment
demo • Valve calibration • Unloading • Mandrel spacing
and step-by-step, complete gas lift design for a well •
Temperature effects on valves • Determine the Ptro •
Orifice sizing techniques • Lift gas rates for best
economics • Causes and solutions of instability • Gas lift
surveillance • Gas measurement • Analysis of flowing
pressure gradient surveys • Analysis of GL surface charts
and measurements • Gas allocation and field optimization
• Use of computer programs for gas lift design, trouble-
shooting and optimization
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Oct. 31-Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
DUBAI, UAE
Dec. 3-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,125*
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
ABERDEEN, U.K.
Sept. 11-15 . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,750+VAT*
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 23-27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
DUBAI, UAE
Dec. 9-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,125*
*plus computer charge
All classes available at your location. Contact us today.
Gas Production Engineering
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. MOHAN G. KELKAR
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Production, reservoir and facilities engineers and
others involved in gas production, transportation
and storage, including field supervisors
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Apply proven techniques to field problems
to increase profitability
• Calculate gas well performance from the
reservoir to the sales line
• Optimize gas well production
• Relate reservoir and well performance to time
• Predict when a well will die due to liquid
loading using best procedures
ABOUT THE COURSE
Meet the demand for natural gas and expand
your expertise in gas engineering technology.
This course balances theory and application,
and trains participants for immediate application
of acquired techniques to field problems. You
will learn the latest methods for calculating
gas well performance. Performance of tight
formations, horizontal wells, fractured wells,
and methods for estimating gas reserves will
be discussed. Pipeline and compressor designs
will be covered.
One personal computer is provided, at additional
cost, for each two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Gas properties: real gas behavior, impurities, mixtures, phase
behavior-dew point, retrograde behavior, flash calculations,
presence of liquid; classifying gas reservoirs • Reservoir
performance: flow after flow, isochronal, stabilized inflow
performance; turbulence and skin effects; perforation effects;
tight well analysis; horizontal wells; hydraulically fractured
wells • Reserve calculations: P/Z plots, water influx,
abnormal pressure effects; diagnostic testing based on
production data • Flow in pipes and restrictions: pressure
loss intubing, flowlines, chokes, safety valves; effects of liquids
- liquid loading, liquid removal methods, multiphase flow
correlations; erosional velocity • Compression: types of
compressors; compressor selection - reciprocating and
centrifugal; effects of variables; capacity and horsepower •
Total system analysis: tubing and flowline size effects;
perforating effects; relating deliverability to time; evaluating
compressor installations; analyzing injection wells • Flow
measuring: orifice metering-design, accuracy, troubleshooting;
other metering methods • Condensate reservoir types - wet
gas, retrograde; reserve estimates, laboratory simulation
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
CALGARY, CANADA
Nov. 21-25 . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,295+GST*
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Mar. 13-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
TULSA, OKLAHOMA
May 8-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
CALGARY, CANADA
June 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,295+GST*
Nov. 20-24 . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,295+GST*
*plus computer charge
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Gas Well Deliquification
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. JAMES F. LEA, JR. NEW
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Engineers, field technicians, field supervisors,
and others who select, design, install, evaluate,
or operate artificial lift systems for use in de-
watering gas wells
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Recognize liquid loading in a gas well
using field symptoms, critical velocity and
Nodal analysis
• Recognize the advantages and disadvan-
tages of various methods of liquid removal
• Install and trouble shoot several of
methods
• Understand economics of each method
covered
ABOUT THE COURSE
As gas wells deplete, the velocity in the
tubing drops and eventually liquids from the
well and from condensation begin to accu-
mulate in the tubing. This increase of liquids
in the tubing adds back pressure on the
formation, which in turn reduces flow or
even stops flow altogether. The course
introduces this problem and discusses how
to recognize liquid loading as opposed to
other possible well problems.
The course will then cover the various meth-
ods of solving the problem of liquid loading,
showing how to apply the various solutions
and the advantages and disadvantages of each
method. Solution methods include use of sur-
factants, velocity strings, compression, use of
plunger lift, various other pumping methods,
gas lift, and the injection of fluids below a
packer so gas can flow up the annulus.
The attendee should be able to recognize the
problem of liquid loading and have a good
idea of which methods can solve the
problem and select the best methods for
solution after attending the course. There are
about 400,000 gas wells in the USA and
most are liquid loaded. Solving this problem
may on the average increase production by
~40% per well. The course will consist of
slide presentations, example problems and
discussion. Some films will be shown.
One personal computer is provided, at additional
cost, for each two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Recognize symptoms of liquid loading in gas wells •
Critical velocity • Systems Nodal analysis • Sizing tubing •
Compression • Plunger lift • Use of foam to de-liquefy gas
wells • Hydraulic pumps • Use of beam pumps to
de-liquefy gas wells • Gas lift • Electrical submersible
pumps • Progressive cavity pumps • Other methods to
attack liquid loading problems
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
CALGARY, CANADA
June 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,295+GST*
HOUSTON, TEXAS
July 10-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
* plus computer charge
Hydraulic Fracturing
Applications
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
ALFRED R. JENNINGS, JR.
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Production, reservoir, and drilling engineers, as
well as others who need a better understanding
of fracturing applications
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Design hydraulic fracture treatments for
typical field situations
• Apply the concepts of well stimulation by
hydraulic fracturing to various types of
reservoir conditions to optimize well
productivity
• Recognize opportunities for substantial
production improvement by application of
effective hydraulic fracturing
• Gather pertinent well data and information
to plan, design, implement, and evaluate
fracturing treatments for all types of reservoirs
• Realize the strengths and limitations of
hydraulic fracture theory as it relates to
field applications of fracturing
• Become a participant in each fracturing
treatment rather than just a technical
observer
ABOUT THE COURSE
The course takes a practical approach tothe
applications of hydraulic fracturing. Fracturing
technology is explained to show its benefits
and limitations in all types of sandstone and
carbonate reservoirs. Fracture modeling is
used as a tool to demonstrate how modeling
software can be used effectively in practical
applications. All aspects of the planning,
designing, and implementation of fracturing
treatments are covered. In addition to the
technical presentation, the course contains
many practical exercises and class problems
based on case histories. You will take home a
fresh approach to hydraulic fracturing, eager
to select viable candidates for more effective
fracturing applications.
COURSE CONTENT
Introduction to the fracturing process • Fracture mechanics
• Practical fracture design • Fracturing fluid additives and
proppant • Strengths and limitations of fracturing
applications • Production increase • Factors involved in
field implementation • Acid fracturing vs. proppant
fracturing • Frac packs • Waterfracs • Fracturing in
horizontal wells • QA/QC of fracturing treatments •
Evaluation of fracturing treatment success
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 3-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Apr. 10-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
Oct. 2-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
CALGARY, CANADA
May 1-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,295+GST
w w w. o g c i . c o m w w w. p e t r o s k i l l s . c o m
Oilfield Water Production,
Handling and Injection
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. MUKUL SHARMA NEW
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Reservoir, production and surface facilities engineers
responsible for providing reservoir engineering sup-
port, facilities planning and drilling/completions rec-
ommendations for oil and gas assets, engineers and
other personnel involved in providing equipment and
chemicals for diagnosing / reducing water production,
improving injector performance and treating pro-
duced water.
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Specify water quality requirements for a water
injection project
• Simulate the impact of water quality on injector
performance
• Make facilities decisions to ensure good
long-term well injectivity
• Conduct diagnosis of water production problems
• Identify potential sources of produced water
• Select possible remediation methods for water
shutoff
• Choose facilities to better handle produced water
• Test injection wells to identify injection profiles
• Select injection well patterns for optimizing
waterfloods
• Simulate the impact of thermal effects on
injection well performance
• Evaluate the impact of growing fractures on
waterflood performance
ABOUT THE COURSE
For every barrel of oil produced we produce 3 barrels of
water. Water handling, treatment and disposal represents
the biggest operating cost for most oilfield operators. In
addition to produced water, large quantities of seawater
and water from other sources is treated and injected.
The economic success of oil and gas development
projects depends very much on our ability to successfully
manage water. This course discusses methods, equipment
PRODUCTION ENGINEERING
and tools used for testing, diagnosing, and minimizing
water production from oil and gas wells. Reservoir
engineering and surface facility aspects of water handling,
treatment, re-injection and injection well fracturing are
extensively discussed. The impact of the growth of
thermal fractures and fractures driven by particle
plugging on injector performance and oil recovery by
waterflood are discussed. Significant cost savings can be
achieved in all aspects of water production, handling
and disposal through better diagnostic tools, better
water handling and better treatment and re-injection
strategies. The course covers the fundamental theory,
and the latest technological developments. It particularly
emphasizes field application through lots of practical
field examples, exercises and case studies.
One personal computer is provided, at additional cost, for
each two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Introduction: Causes of excess water production • Data collection
for problem identification • Identifying the causes of excess water
production • Wellbore and near wellbore water shutoff technolo-
gies • Gels for water shutoff • Polymer flooding • Down-hole sink
technology • Selection of water control treatment • Analysis and
treatment of produced water • Scale, bacteria and corrosion
problems • Injection well testing • Water quality requirements for
re-injection and surface disposal • Fractured injection wells •
Injection into unconsolidated sands (with sand control) • Impact
of water re-injection on reservoir performance • Economics and
post-treatment analysis
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Mar. 20-24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
Nov. 13-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
LONDON, U.K.
Apr. 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT*
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
June 12-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,200*
* plus computer charge
800.821.5933 4 9
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Production Logging
Formerly: Reservoir Monitoring and
Production Log Evaluation
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. A. DANIEL HILL
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Petroleum and drilling engineers and managers,
reservoir engineers, production engineers/technol-
ogists, petrophysicists, log analysts, and anyone
interested in understanding what production logs
and cased-hole surveys can tell us
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Select the most appropriate production
logging services for well diagnosis and
reservoir surveillance
• Define injection well profiles using
temperature, radioactive tracer, and
spinner flowmeters
• Measure zonal inflows in production wells
using temperature logs
• Locate behind-pipe channels with
temperature, tracer, or noise logs
• Apply combinations of flowmeters, fluid
density, and fluid capacitance logs to
measure multiphase flow profiles
• Interpret cement bond logs and ultrasonic
logs to determine cement quality
• Measure flow inside and outside casing
with pulsed neutron tools
• Apply specialty tools for flow profiling in
horizontal wells
ABOUT THE COURSE
Production logging refers to a suite of logs that are
normally run on completed injection or produc-
tion wells to evaluate the performance of the well
itself or of the reservoir as a whole. Other produc-
tion logs can evaluate the well completion or look
behind pipe to evaluate the formation and its flu-
ids in the near-well vicinity. Production logs are
playing an increasing role in modern reservoir
management by providing the only means of
directly identifying downhole fluid movements.
This course will cover fluid flow in pipes (both
single and multiphase flow), the theoretical bases
of production logging techniques, production log
interpretation, and operational considerations.
Numerous field examples are used to illustrate the
principles of production log interpretation.
One personal computer is provided, at additional
cost, for each two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Problem identification and solution with production logs
• Temperature logs • Radioactive tracer logs • Spinner
flowmeter logs • Log combinations for injection well pro-
filing • Multiphase flow effects • Deflector or basket
flowmeters • Fluid density logs • Fluid capacitance logs •
Slip velocity correlations • Multiphase log interpretation •
Noise logs • Cement bond logs • Ultrasonic pulse-echo
logs • Pulsed neutron logs for flow identification •
Horizontal well production logs
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Dec. 12-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
LONDON, U.K.
July 31-Aug. 4 . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT*
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Dec. 11-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
*plus computer charge
800.821.5933 w w w. o g c i . c o m w w w. p e t r o s k i l l s . c o m
Production Technology for
Other Disciplines
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
PAUL M. BARRY OR DR. HOWARD L. MCKINZIE
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Exploration and production technical professionals,
team leaders, managers, and support staff who
require a more extensive knowledge of production
engineering and operations than that acquired in
their own disciplines
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Apply production engineering principles
and practices and make basic calculations
• Identify and incorporate the role of production
engineering and operations in oil and gas
exploitation planning and development
• Maximize team interaction and understand
the dynamics required between production
engineering and other disciplines
ABOUT THE COURSE
This course stresses the production technology
required to effectively develop and operate an
asset, and the role of production engineering in
a multi-discipline development project. Practical
application of production practices is empha-
sized. Both theory and actual field examples are
presented along with class problems, exercises,
and related streaming videos. Well completion
equipment and tools are viewed and discussed.
Participants will work several exercises such as
a basic continuous gas lift, ESP and stimulation
designs. Nodal analysis problems are set up and
solved on the computer and horizontal and
multilateral technology is presented.
One personal computer is provided, at additional cost,
for each two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Role and tasks of production technology • Completion
design • Inflow and outflow performance • Sand control •
Artificial lift systems (gaslift, ESP, beam-pump, PCP) •
Perforating • Fracturing formation damage and well
stimulation • Field surveillance and data • Production
system optimization
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 3-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
Oct. 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,875*
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Mar. 20-24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
Sept. 18-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
PERTH, AUSTRALIA
Apr. 3-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,250*
WARRI, NIGERIA
May 15-19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,275*
MUSCAT, OMAN
June 10-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,125*
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
July 10-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,875*
Oct. 30-Nov. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,875*
MIRI, MALAYSIA
Aug. 14-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,200*
*plus computer charge
All classes available at your location. Contact us today.
Sand Control
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. HOWARD L. MCKINZIE
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Drilling, completion, production and research engi-
neers; field supervisors and production foremen; tech-
nical personnel who supply services and equipment
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Determine the causes of sand production
• Determine the need for sand control
• Select the best sand control method
• Prepare the well for gravel packs
• Prepack perforations and determine when
prepacking is appropriate
• Apply “Best Practices” to ensure successful
sand control completions
• Conduct successful "frac packs"
• Evaluate sand control performance
• Minimize production losses
• Evaluate new technologies for proper applications
ABOUT THE COURSE
Sand causes a wide variety of costly problems
when oil and gas are produced from unconsolidated
reservoirs. The most costly problem is usually the
loss of production resulting from formation
damage caused by poorly planned and/or executed
sand control applications. This course will identify
the parameters that must be considered in selecting
the sand control technique to be used. Each of the
various sand control techniques is presented.
Examples, problems and case histories will be
examined to illustrate key points. Sand control
failures will be used to illustrate the types of
problems that can lead to early well failures. The
course will also teach how to perform quality
control checks during the sand control application
to help insure successful wells. Several new sand
control technologies have been introduced in the
last few years. The proper application of these
technologies will be thoroughly covered. Attendees
will leave this course with a thorough understanding
of what is necessary to design and implement cost
effective sand control in producing wells.
COURSE CONTENT
Sand control techniques • Radial flow and formation dam-
age • Causes and effects of sand production • Predicting
sand production • Gravel pack design • Slotted liners and
wire wrapped screens • Gravel pack completion equipment
and service tools • Well preparation for gravel packing •
Perforating for gravel placement techniques • Perforation
prepacking and enhanced prepacking • Frac packing •
Open hole gravel packing • Expandable screens • Gravel
pack performance •Horizontal well completions
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
LONDON, U.K.
July 10-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 16-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
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Training
On Demand.
Convenient and Frequent.
Designed Specifically for
YOUR NEEDS.
Let us know what your training
needs are, and we’ll provide a program
that meets them. Our instructors and
staff can customize any class to meet
your specific training requirements.
Most of our public courses are
available as private, on-site (In-House)
courses. We also have many special
courses available as In-House ses-
sions. In addition there are “public
In-House” courses at requested sites,
which include participants solicited
from other companies.
Using our resources, we can develop
petroleum related training programs
that meet your specific needs. We will
incorporate your own data and
examples into a course that delivers
precisely what you need. And best of
all, we’ll deliver that course at your
location – anywhere in the world.
At PetroSkills, our goal is to deliver
knowledge that is relevant and practical.
Knowledge that builds competency.
Competency that adds value.
To talk with us about customizing
a course for your training program,
contact inhouse@petroskills.com.
An OGCI Company
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Advanced Hydraulic
Fracturing
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
ALFRED R. JENNINGS, JR.
COURSE LEVEL: SPECIALIZED
DESIGNED FOR
Production, operations, and completions
engineers who are actively involved in
hydraulic fracturing applications and desire a
more in-depth understanding of hydraulic
fracturing theory and applied concepts
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Better understand rock properties and rock
mechanics related to fracturing
applications
• Better understand fracturing fluid
mechanics and proppant transport
• More effectively design fracturing
treatments through better understanding of
factors influencing hydraulic fracturing
applications
• Use pre-frac injection test data and
real-time fracturing treatment data in
fracturing applications to define fracture
parameters and improve frac treatment
design
• Consider factors influencing post-frac
fracture conductivity and well cleanup
• Realize the strengths and limitations of
existing hydraulic fracturing technology
and fracture models
• Expand fracturing applications to fit a
wider range of reservoir types and
conditions
ABOUT THE COURSE
This advanced course is designed for those
having a practical understanding of the
applications of hydraulic fracturing and who
want to increase their expertise. It is designed
for engineers that have some fracturing
experience or those who have already
attended the PetroSkills intermediate level
Hydraulic Fracturing Applications course.
The course will provide the details and
discussion of fracturing concepts usually
accepted or assumed in fracturing
applications. The strengths and limitations of
various approaches to fracturing treatment
design will be covered. Attendees should
leave the advanced course with a better
understanding of the hydraulic fracturing
process and how it relates to post-frac well
performance.
COURSE CONTENT
Rock properties and fracture mechanics related to the
fracturing process • Fracturing fluid mechanics •
Proppant transport • Pre-frac injection test analysis •
Fracture closure • Fracture monitoring and fracture
measurement • Fluid leak-off • Re-fracturing
considerations • Review of existing fracture modeling
software • Evaluation of post-frac well performance
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
CALGARY, CANADA
Oct. 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,495+GST
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
July 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,625
CALGARY, CANADA
Oct. 16-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,495+GST
w w w. o g c i . c o m w w w. p e t r o s k i l l s . c o m
Horizontal and Multilateral
Wells: Drilling and
Completions
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. TED G. BYROM
COURSE LEVEL: SPECIALIZED
DESIGNED FOR
Drilling, completion, production, reservoir, and research
engineers; geologists; managers in drilling, completion,
production, and exploration; and others involved in
various phases horizontal and multilateral wells or
wanting to gain an interdisciplinary up-to-date
understanding of this continually evolving technology
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Successfully design and optimize horizontal
and multilateral wells
• Engineer wells, taking into account
limitations imposed by well bore stability
and borehole friction
• Determine the appropriate zonal isolation
methods for horizontal and multilateral wells
• Design damage removal, stimulation, and
workover operations
ABOUT THE COURSE
Are your horizontal and multilateral wells yielding the
expected results? Why are some of these types of
wells great successes while others are embarrassing
failures? Successful multilateral and horizontal wells
require new considerations, interdisciplinary plan-
ning, and special techniques. This intense course
addresses the critical need for a proper understanding
of all aspects of horizontal and multilateral well
drilling and completion processes that make these
wells unique. A combined practical technical theme is
employed, with emphasis on economy and efficiency
in drilling, and on completing horizontal and
multilateral wells. Participants develop an apprecia-
tion for the complexity of these wells and learn to
design programs for horizontal and multilateral wells,
PRODUCTION ENGINEERING
from drilling through completion and production.
COURSE CONTENT
Introduction to horizontal and multilateral drilling and
completions • Rock behavior in highly deviated wells •
Reservoir characteristics influencing drilling and completion
design • Effects of reservoir heterogeneity • Formation
damage • Completion types and methods: adaptability to
reservoir types and management • Zone isolation •
Stimulation and workovers • Borehole trajectories and
friction in multilateral and horizontal wells • Special
radius, MWD and geosteering, underbalanced drilling,
specific multilateral issues • Casing and liners: design,
running, and cementing procedure
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 31-Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,625
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
DENVER, COLORADO
June 19-23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,625
CALGARY, CANADA
Oct. 2-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,495+GST
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 30-Nov. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,625
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F ACILITIES
The courses listed on this and the next page are Production Facilities courses offered publicly through PetroSkills and OGCI are designed to
develop your skills and competency in this discipline. The Course Progression Matrix below shows how these courses relate to each other and pro-
vides an easy way to construct a training plan with coursework that specifically relates to present or future job requirements. Likewise, managers can
use the matrix to develop training plans for their team. With over 60 Production Facilities courses this is the most comprehensive collection of train-
ing available in the industry. Course offerings include tried and proven courses from John M. Campbell and Company, including their Gas
Conditioning and Processing (G-4) course (known as The Campbell Gas Course) which has become the industry standard.
P R O D U C T I O N FA C I L I T I E S

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PetroSkills Facilities Course List
With John M. Campbell & Company
at the helm, PetroSkills Facilities
offers the industry’s largest program
of training in production facilities
design, operation and maintenance.
These courses are detailed in full
on the John M. Campbell website,
as well as a separate catalog
published annually. If you would
like to receive our PetroSkills
Facilities catalog, email us or call
405.321.1383.
E-MAIL:
jmc@jmcampbell.com
WEBSITE:
www.jmcampbell.com
®
An OGCI Company
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Below is a list of the courses currently scheduled in 2005-2006 that are detailed in the facilities
catalog. To receive a copy of the facilities catalog, visit www.jmcampbell.com or email
jmc@jmcampbell.com.
■ Production / Facilities Basics (Technical
Managers)
■ Production / Facilities Fundamentals
(Non-Facility Eng)
■ Production / Processing Facilities
■ Production / Facilities Fundamentals
(Facility Eng)
■ Process Vessel Specification and Design
■ Heat Transfer Equipment
■ Pumps and Compressors
■ Refinery Gas Treating, Sour Water, Sulfur
and Tail Gas
■ CO2 Surface Facilities
■ Oilfield Corrosion and Water Treatment
■ Applied Water Technology
■ Corrosion Management in
Production/Processing Operations
■ Overview of Gas Processing
(Non-Technical)
■ Overview of Gas Processing (Technical)
■ LNG Short Course Technology and the
LNG Chain
■ Gas Processing Fundamentals
■ Gas Conditioning and Processing
(LNG Emphasis)
■ Gas Conditioning and Processing
■ Process / Facility Fundamentals
■ Gas Dehydration and Hydrate Inhibition
■ Refrigeration and NGL Extraction
■ Gas Conditioning and Processing (Special)
■ Gas Treating and Sulfur Recovery
■ Gas Conditioning and Processing
(LNG Emphasis)
■ Distillation - Design and Operation
■ Process Simulation in Gas Conditioning
and Processing
■ Mechanical Engineering Basics for
Technical Staff
■ Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering
■ Piping Design and Specification
■ Process Vessels (Mechanical)
■ Heat Transfer Equipment (Mechanical)
■ Pumps and Compressors
■ Mechanical Design of Oil and Products
Terminals
■ Fundamentals of Compressors
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■ Fundamentals of Pumps
■ Turbomachinery Monitoring and Problem
Analysis
■ Noise Monitoring and Problem Analysis
■ Mechanical Engineering Support for
Electrical and Instrumentation Systems
■ Fundamentals of Pipeline Engineering
■ Fundamentals of Pipeline Hydraulics
■ Fundamentals of Onshore Pipeline Systems
■ Fundamentals of Offshore Pipeline Systems
■ Principles of Flow Assurance Engineering
■ Electrical Engineering Basics
(Technical Managers)
■ Electrical Engineering Fundamentals
■ Electrical Engineering Practices for Surface
Facilities
■ Instrumentation Engineering Basics
(Technical Managers)
■ Instrumentation and Controls Engineering
Fundamentals
■ Instrumentation Engineering Practices
■ Offshore Systems Basics for Non-Technical
Staff
■ Offshore Systems Basics for Technical Staff
■ Fundamentals of Civil / Structural
Engineering for Offshore Systems
■ Applied Maintenance Management
■ Project Management for Engineering and
Construction
■ Effective Team Leadership
■ Maintenance Planning and Work Control
■ Optimizing Computerized Maintenance
■ Effective Maintenance Shutdowns
■ Contracts-Production Stores System/Stock
Control
■ Effective Stock Control and Warehouse
Operations
■ Case Study in Project Management
■ Optimizing Equipment Availability
■ Principles of Reliability Engineering
■ Fire Protection Basics
■ Human Factors
■ Loss Prevention in the Process Industry
■ Fundamentals Risk Assessment
■ Process Safety Management
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JMC Consulting Services.
It’s like having your own personal, top level advisory board.
John M. Campbell and Company provides a
wide array of consulting services in
engineering, operations, problem solutions,
construction / startup, and safety processes.
These services include:
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
We provide front-end technical support and
leadership from the earliest conceptual analyses
through detailed assessments of completed
designs and equipment selections. Our range
of expertise includes field developments,
processing plants and refineries, transportation
systems, the entire LNG supply chain, and
world scale sulfur plants. As an integral part of
your team or as objective third party reviewer,
JMC brings focus to design, operations,
construction, and safety as a unified process.
SPECIALIST CONSULTING
The world-wide availability and capability of
JMC provides specialists to meet your needs,
whether in strategic planning, engineering,
technical – scientific areas, construction,
safety, or project / facilities management.
Among the areas we have provided this
specialist consulting are process simulation,
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business models, hazards analysis and
remediation, sulfur plant design, refinery
optimization, and transportation systems
expansion planning.
TROUBLESHOOTING AND DEBOTTLENECKING
This may be our most popular form of
consulting. We are frequently asked to address
operating problems, bottlenecks, modifications
or reliability in existing facilities. Our world-
wide experience often provides the insight to
allow us to develop innovative and cost
effective solutions.
INSTRUMENTATION
Selecting the right instruments and controls for
the plant is the key to good operations. We will
assist in the design and specification of your
instrument system. We can also supervise the
installation and provide operator training.
OPERATIONS
The operational experiences of our staff can
bring: added depth to your startup planning
and execution; troubleshooting expertise to
problems in new and long running facilities;
and provide recommendations for improving
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operations, maintenance, and the efficiency of
your facilities. JMC understand the interrelation-
ships of facility capacity / capability, reliability,
operational approach and the real world
limitations faced in the oil and gas industry.
SAFETY PROCESSES
JMC prides itself in its safety culture. This
attitude of “safety first” permeates all our work.
Our safety professionals routinely conduct
HAZOP, PSM, and PHA analyses for oil and gas
facilities. We conduct safety systems
evaluations, prepare safety procedures,
facilitate hazards reviews, and provide the
technical expertise in hazards analyses. The
safety expertise at JMC is a natural extension
of our wide ranging engineering, operations,
construction and maintenance experience.
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Operator Training: Making It Real. Making It Right.
Visit our website at
www.jmcampbell.com
for more information.
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When it comes to training programs for plant and facilities operators, one size doesn’t fit all. JMC
knows this. That’s why our operator training is designed from the beginning with your company in
mind. Starting with a client consultation and/or a more formal needs analysis, we customize the
course material and relate it directly to your facility, incorporating PFD’s, material balance tables and
any other material you supply. And we deliver this training with your audience in mind – whether the
novice or the more seasoned operator.
● Designed to provide operating and trouble-shooting skills
● Presented at your site
● Customized course manual for each client
● Course length depends on course content and objectives
● Lecture and demonstration-based and adaptable to the needs of the audience
● Includes exercises with short-cut calculations and customized problem sets
JMC has long been providing Operator Training to major oil and gas companies worldwide. Because
we stress fundamentals and understanding over rote procedures, our courses have been called
“engineering courses for operators”. Our Operator Training courses have even been popular among
both new engineers and experienced engineers making the switch from other disciplines. Our courses
often fulfill statutory requirements for training and have been used to meet OSHA 1910.119 mandates.
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M ANAGEMENT
The courses in this section are Petroleum Business Management courses offered publicly through PetroSkills and OGCI are designed to devel-
op your skills and competency in this discipline. The Course Progression Matrix below shows how these courses relate to each other and provides
an easy way to construct a training plan with coursework that specifically relates to present or future job requirements. Likewise, managers can use
the matrices to develop training plans for their team.
Managers can also benefit from courses that provide an understanding of other petroleum-related functions and disciplines. Such cross-train-
ing courses are recommended in the darker-shaded columns to the left of the Petroleum Business Management courses shown on the matrix.
INSTRUCTORS

R O B E RT E. B O Y D TIM NIEMAN S TA N F O R D D. S I E M E N S
J. F O R D B R E T T D R . D AV I D P E LT O N D R . M I C H A E L I. T R E E S H
D R . T H O M A S L. C O T T R I L L JOHN SCHUYLER JOHN BRUCE WELLS
W I L L I A M E. H U G H E S D R . R I C H A R D D. S E B A
PETROLEUM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

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Basic Petroleum Economics
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. RICHARD D. SEBA
COURSE LEVEL: BASIC
DESIGNED FOR
Managers, engineers, explorationists, field
accounting supervisors and other personnel
who need to develop or improve their skill and
understanding of basic economic analysis and
profitability of petroleum exploration and
production
ABOUT THE COURSE
Could you answer the following three questions
for your next project? (1) What will it cost? (2)
What is it worth?(3)Willitearn sufficientprofit?
Before undertaking any project, these questions
should be answered. This course will provide
the fundamentals necessary to enable you to do
so. Contractual arrangements, which also signif-
icantly impact the economic viability of a proj-
ect, are covered. Participants practice cash flow
techniques for economic evaluations and
investigate frequently encountered situations.
Each participant will receiveEconomics of
Worldwide Petroleum Production, written
specifically for OGCI courses. Due to similarity
in content, PetroSkills recommends that partici-
pants take either Expanded Basic Petroleum
Economics or Economics of Worldwide Petroleum
Production.
COURSE CONTENT
Forecasting oil production • Defining: "reserves",
operating expenses, capital expenditures, inflation, factors
effecting oil and gas prices • Cash flow techniques •
Economic criteria: interest, hurdle rate, time value of
money, selection, ranking criteria • Risk, uncertainty:
types of risk, mathematical techniques, probabilistic
models, uncertainty in economic analysis • Tips on eco-
nomic factors in computer spreadsheet analysis • Ethics in
economic analyses
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 3 D AY S
TRINIDAD, UTT - POINT LISAS
Oct. 17-19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,050
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Nov. 7-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$1,750
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 3 D AY S
LONDON, U.K.
Apr. 10-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,050+VAT
Sept. 25-27 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,050+VAT
DUBAI, UAE
Apr. 15-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,275
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
Apr. 24-26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
HOUSTON, TEXAS
May 15-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$1,750
July 19-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$1,750
Nov. 6-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$1,750
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
June 26-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$1,750
All classes available at your location. Contact us today.
Expanded Basic Petroleum
Economics
OGCI
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. RICHARD D. SEBA
COURSE LEVEL: BASIC
DESIGNED FOR
Managers, engineers, explorationists, field
accounting supervisors and other personnel
who need to develop or improve their skill and
understanding of basic economic analysis and
profitability of petroleum exploration and
production
ABOUT THE COURSE
Could you answer the following three questions
for your next project? (1) What will it cost? (2)
What is it worth?(3)Willitearn sufficientprofit?
Before undertaking any project, these questions
should be answered. This course will provide
the fundamentals necessary to enable you to do
so. Budgeting, financing, and contractual
arrangements, which also significantly impact
the project economics viability of a project, are
covered. Participants practice cash flow
techniques for economic evaluations and
investigate frequently encountered situations.
Participants are invited to submit their own
economic problems, if appropriate. Each
participant will receiveEconomics of Worldwide
Petroleum Production, written specifically for
OGCI courses. Due to similarity in content,
OGCI recommends that participants take either
Expanded Basic Petroleum Economics or
Economics of Worldwide Petroleum Production,
but not both.
COURSE CONTENT
Forecasting oil production • Defining: "reserves",
operating expenses, capital expenditures, inflation, factors
effecting oil and gas prices • Cash flow techniques •
Economic criteria: interest, hurdle rate, time value of
money, selection, ranking criteria • Risk, uncertainty:
types of risk, mathematical techniques, probabilistic
models, uncertainty in economic analysis • Financing,
ownership in the oil and gas industry: business
arrangements between operators, between mineral owners •
Accounting versus cash flow: accounting principles and
definitions, differences between accounting cash numbers,
depreciation, depletion, amortization • Budgeting: types,
processes, selecting of projects for the budget • Economic
analysis of operations • Computer economics software •
Tips on economic factors in computer spreadsheet analysis •
Ethics in economic analyses
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Nov. 7-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
DUBAI, UAE
Apr. 15-19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,025
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
Apr. 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,100
HOUSTON, TEXAS
May 15-19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
Nov. 6-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
June 26-30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
LONDON, U.K.
Sept. 25-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
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Economics of Worldwide
Petroleum Production
OGCI
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. RICHARD D. SEBA
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Managers, supervisors and operating personnel
concerned with costs, profitability, budgets, the
company "bottom line" and other aspects of
economic analysis of petroleum production on
a project, corporate, and worldwide basis, who
have had some previous experience in this area
ABOUT THE COURSE
In the area of corporate and international
petroleum production, do you know how to
choose the best investments? Can you properly
evaluate investment opportunities? Do you
know what investment criteria really mean
and which criteria to use for best results?
Answers to these questions will greatly
improve your ability to make profitable
decisions. Techniques for predicting profit,
production, operating costs, and cash flow
enable the analyst to evaluate decision
alternatives for optimum results. Understanding
cost of capital, financial structure, risk and
uncertainty, present worth, rate of return,
and other economic yardsticks enhances the
quality and the value of economic analysis.
Discover the effects of projects on corporate
profits. Probe economic factors inherent in
international concessions, contracts, joint
ventures, and production sharing agree-
ments. Practice making cash flow analysis of
these contractual arrangements. Discussion of
real-life examples with participants from many
different countries enhances their value.
Each participant receives Economics of
Worldwide Petroleum Production written
specifically for OGCI courses. Due to similarity
in content, OGCI recommends that participants
take either Expanded Basic Petroleum
Economics or Economics of Worldwide
Petroleum Production, but not both.
COURSE CONTENT
Pricing: natural gas, marker crudes, OPEC, spot and
futures markets, transportation • Production rate: mathe-
matical models • Cash flow: revenue, capital and operat-
ing costs, spreadsheet exercises • Economic evaluation:
PETROLEUM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
present value concepts, sensitivity and risk analysis, deci-
sion trees, royalty, sources of capital, incremental econom-
ics, sunk costs, inflation • Budgeting: examples and exercis-
es, long-range planning • Cash versus write-off decision:
depreciation, depletion, and amortization • How to read an
annual report: statements, financial ratios, what is and is
not included, reading between the lines • Worldwide
business operations: concessions, licenses, production
sharing contracts, joint ventures, cost of capital, sources of
funding, debt and equity • Performance appraisal: buy/sell
assessments • Computer economics software • Tips on
format and inclusion of economic factors in computer
spreadsheet analysis • Ethics in economic analyses
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
June 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
LONDON, U.K.
Sept. 11-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
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Meeting Management and
Facilitation for the
Petroleum Industry
OGCI
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. DAVID PELTON
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Project managers, project supervisors, team
leaders, managing directors, general managers,
company executives who run meetings as part of
doing business, and company training instructors
and facilitators
ABOUT THE COURSE
Meetings remain a boon or curse to
corporate communication. Properly planned
and managed, meetings are extremely positive
and dynamic ways to exchange ideas, shape
policy, resolve problems, effect change, etc.
However, when poorly designed and
implemented, meetings accomplish little.
They become virtual breeding grounds for
confusion, tension, frustration, boredom
and negativity.
This course is for individuals who plan,
conduct, manage, and oversee meetings.
Participants will have a full array of “hands-
on” class experience to practice facilitation
skills; to design agendas; to analyze (and
understand) individual and group behavior
types; to chair and run a mock meeting; to
improve personal communication skills, i.e.,
listening, speaking, “reading” non-verbal
language; thinking on one’s feet, etc. This
two-day course is divided into two segments
– the first, an in-class discussion and examina-
tion of meetings, and the second, an in-class
practicum during which meetings are planned,
conducted, facilitated, and analyzed. Attendees
will be videotaped to measure performance and
their progress will be charted to quantifiably
show areas in which actual improvement has
taken place.
COURSE CONTENT
Learning how to run efficient meetings • Learning how to
prepare and implement meeting agendas • Learning about
meeting facilitation techniques and tools • Understanding
meeting roles and responsibilities • Learning how and
when to use meeting facilitation tools • Mastering meeting
management skills, i.e., using time wisely, avoiding topic
confusion, handling personal attack, avoiding "traffic"
problems, dealing with individual and group
communication, maintaining topic focus, being "in
command" of the meeting, etc. • Recognizing and
understanding the various roles that a facilitator plays
during the course of a meeting • Speaking in front of
others
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 2 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 13-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$1,395
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 2 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Sept. 28-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$1,395
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Personnel Supervision in
the Petroleum Industry
OGCI
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. THOMAS L. COTTRILL
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Current or soon-to-be-promoted first-line and
mid-level supervisors responsible for the daily
performance of a work unit and the personnel
in that unit
ABOUT THE COURSE
Why would any company expend hundreds of
thousands of dollars to seek, recruit, and hire
the best employees then leave their development
and performance to chance through ineffective
management? Unfortunately this occurs every
time an employee is promoted to a supervisory/
managerial position without training in the
techniques and practices of effective supervision/
management. How can we "assume" that
because one is an excellent engineer, geologist,
geophysicist, etc. he/she will somehow
automatically just "know" how to supervise
and manage personnel? A supervisor, regardless
of technical expertise, can make an error
setting off an uncontrolled and disastrous chain
reaction unless he/she has command of
principles and practices leading to employee
effectiveness, productivity, and teamwork.
The first-line and mid-level supervisor has
more direct effect on employees and the
productivity of a work group than any other
single entity in the organization. This course
increases the confidence and productivity of
supervisors who may be scientific or technical
specialists, but have minimal training in the
science and art of supervision. Skills in human
relations, communication, motivation, and lead-
ership are essential tools for the
supervisor/manager. This course provides
techniques enabling supervisors to efficiently
use one of the greatest resources a company has
- its people. In the course participants also
study, discuss, and apply core techniques to
authentic oil industry personnel crises routine-
ly confronting supervisors.
COURSE CONTENT
Profile of a supervisor: how one behaves, what a
supervisor does, self-assessment • Leadership dilemma:
popular versus proper, leadership styles, types of leaders •
The supervisor and productivity: quantity or quality, the
production pyramid, supervisory behavior and production
• The need for communication: patterns of
miscommunication, the skill of listening • Training
employees: how people learn, supervisor or coach, five
fundamentals of training • Motivation: the needs of man,
positive and negative factors • Employee morale:
determining, improving, strengthening • Maintaining
discipline: persistence, positive, negative • Evaluating
employee performance: types and uses of appraisals,
avoiding errors • Overcoming resistance to change:
conflicts from change, articulated and unarticulated gripes
• Group behavior: characteristics of groups, group cohe-
sion, the worker and the group • Managing your boss:
assisting, relating, your greatest resource
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Feb. 27-Mar. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
July 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
June 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,100
LONDON, U.K.
Sept. 25-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
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Petroleum Finance and
Accounting
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
ROBERT E. BOYD NEW
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Personnel new to the oil and gas accounting
industry, and others desiring to understand or
refresh their knowledge of basic finance and
accounting concepts and the role financial state-
ments play in oil and gas operations including
bankers or CPAs who have oil and gas clients
and other finance and accounting personnel
needing to understand unique issues as they
relate to the petroleum industry. Participants are
encouraged to bring their company's financial
reports. This course may qualify for up to 22
hours of CPE for US CPAs
ABOUT THE COURSE
Making the most efficient use of your resources is
critical to the success of any company. Finance
and accounting comprise the universal business
language and help you manage those resources
effectively. Planning and decision making that
occur in an informal financial context permit
better application of resources and promote com-
petitive advantage. The aim of this course is to
improve delegates’ job performance by enhancing
their understanding of current international prac-
tices in finance and accounting within the E&P
industry. This is achieved through an examination
of: (a) accounting standards, policies and practices
in the oil and gas industry (b) the accounting and
financial management implications of exploring
for and producing oil and gas.
An understanding of accounting also allows a
company to trace a competitor’s actions from its
financial statements and to plan accordingly.
These concepts will be presented and reinforced
using relevant examples and case studies.
COURSE CONTENT
Getting started: Financial terms and definitions, the lan-
guage of business; Accounting rules, standards and policies
• Constructing the basic financial statements: Data collec-
tion and analysis; constructing the basic financial state-
ments; the financial reports; 4 basic statements; cash flow
statement, Profit and loss or Income statement, Balance
sheet, and Statement of equity and retained earnings; the
accounting cycle; special accounting elements including
accrual accounting versus cash accounting; tying the state-
ments together • Comparing different accounting elements:
Four different sets of accounting books; Identifying and
classifying costs - pre-drilling, drilling, development, pro-
duction and other costs; Full cost, successful efforts and rev-
enue recognition methods of accounting; profits versus cash
flows; calculating different methods of depreciation for
assets; capital versus operating leases; criteria for capitaliza-
tion and expense; consolidating subsidiaries of less than
100%; accounting for joint ventures and joint operating
agreements (JOA); inventory valuation methods; Disposition
of long-term assets (FAS 144) • Sarbanes - Oxley: What
compliance means for all personnel; internal controls •
Accounting and reporting: Distinguishing between financial
accounting and managerial accounting; defining Generally
Accepted Accounting Principals of different countries; find-
ing, understanding and incorporating footnotes and other
disclosures; special issues in oil and gas accounting (FASB
19) • The latest issues: The role of International Financial
Reporting Standards (IFRS) in today’s environment; COPAS
and SORP involvement; intangible drilling costs and their
accounting treatment; minority investments, Present Value
10 construction; Standardized Measure of Oil and Gas
(SMOG) disclosures (FAS 69); contractual accounting
records such as Production Sharing Agreements (PSA).
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 3 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
June 19-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$1,750
LONDON, U.K.
July 17-19 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,050+VAT
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Petroleum Finance and
Accounting Analysis
OGCI
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
ROBERT E. BOYD
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Personnel new to the oil and gas accounting
industry, and others desiring to understand or
refresh their knowledge of basic petroleum
accounting concepts including bankers or CPA’s
who have oil and gas clients and other financial
personnel needing to understand unique issues
as they relate to the petroleum industry.
Participants are encouraged to bring their com-
pany's financial reports. This course may quali-
fy for up to 34 hours of CPE for US CPA’s
ABOUT THE COURSE
Making the most efficient use of your resources
is critical to the success of any company.
Finance and accounting comprise the universal
business language. Planning and decision
making that occur in an informal financial
context permit better application of resources
and promote competitive advantage. The aim of
this course is to improve delegates’ job
performance by enhancing their understanding
of current international practices in finance and
accounting within the E&P industry. These
concepts will be presented and reinforced using
relevant examples and case studies.
COURSE CONTENT
Getting started: Financial terms and definitions, the lan-
guage of business; Accounting rules, standards and policies
• Constructing the basic financial statements: the finan-
cial reports • 4 basic statements; the accounting cycle;
special accounting elements including accrual and cash
accounting; tying the statements together • Comparing
different accounting elements: Four sets of accounting
books; Identifying and classifying costs – pre-drilling,
drilling, development, production and other costs; Full
cost, successful efforts and revenue recognition methods of
accounting; profits versus cash flows; calculating deprecia-
tion; criteria for capitalization and expense; consolidating
subsidiaries of less than 100%; accounting for joint ven-
tures and joint operating agreements (JOA); Disposition of
long-term assets (FAS 144) • Sarbanes – Oxley: What
compliance means for all personnel; internal controls •
Accounting and reporting: Differences in financial and
managerial accounting; defining Generally Accepted
Accounting Principals of different countries; understand-
ing and incorporating footnotes and other disclosures; oil
and gas accounting (FASB 19) • The latest issues; The
role of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
in today’s environment; COPAS and SORP involvement;
intangible drilling costs and their accounting treatment;
minority investments, PV10 construction; Standardized
Measure of Oil and Gas (SMOG) disclosures (FAS 69);
contractual accounting records such as Production Sharing
Agreements (PSA) • Comparative Analysis of Financial
Statements: Integrated versus E&P; Comparing earnings,
assets, operations; U.S. and international; common sizing;
basic ratios; oil and gas industry standards; trends over
time; comparing energy companies • Valuation methods:
Different methods of determination; strengths and weak-
ness of each method; determining the cost of capital;
Which ones NOT to use in the oil business; What to value
– assets; cash flows, companies, equity, debt; which
method is best for upstream, mid-stream and downstream,
and why; adjusting for uncertainty; intrinsic value of
stocks
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
June 19-23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
LONDON, U.K.
July 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
All classes available at your location. Contact us today.
Petroleum Risks and
Decision Analysis
PETROSKILLS
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
JOHN SCHUYLER OR TIM NIEMAN
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Engineers, geologists, geophysicists, planning
analysts, and managers
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Express and understand judgments about
risks and uncertainties as probability
distributions
• Work with probability distributions, including
revising prior assessments based upon new,
imperfect information
• Set up decision models to calculate expected
value in decision trees, payoff tables, and Monte
Carlo simulation
• Use expected value as the cornerstone of
forecasting and decision policy
ABOUT THE COURSE
Good technical and business decisions are based on com-
petent analysis of project costs, benefits and risks.
Attendees learn a practical, systematic process for analyz-
ing decisions under conditions of risk and uncertainty.
Participants learn to design and solve decision models.
Probability distributions express professional judgments
about risks and uncertainties and are carried through the
calculations. Decision tree and influence diagrams pro-
vide clear communications and the basis for valuing each
alternative. The complementary Monte Carlo simulation
technique is also presented and experienced in detail in a
hand-calculation exercise.
Project modeling fundamentals and basic probability
concepts provide the foundation for the calculations. The
mathematics is straightforward and mostly involves only
common algebra. The emphasis is on practical tech-
niques for immediate application. This is a fast-paced
course and recommended for those with strong English
listening skills.
A semi-custom variant of this course, Economic
Evaluation of Prospects and Producing Properties, is
available for in-house presentation.
COURSE CONTENT
Decision Tree Analysis: decision models; low probability, high-
consequence events; valuing additional information and
control; project threats and opportunities; advantages and
limitations • Monte Carlo Simulation: Latin hypercube
sampling; portfolio problems; optimization • Decision Criteria
and Policy: value measures; multiple objectives; HSSE, capital
constraint and risk aversion • Modeling the Investment:
influence diagrams; sensitivity; real options • Basic Probability
and Statistics: four fundamental rules, including Bayes’ theo-
rem; choosing distribution types; “gambler’s ruin”; common
misconceptions about probability • Expected Value Concept:
avoiding biases in estimation • Analysis Methods: guidelines
for good analysis practice • Implementing Decision Analysis:
team analyses; computer tools; mitigating risks • Evaluating a
multi-pay prospect (team exercise).
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
LONDON, U.K.
Oct. 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
Nov. 21-25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,675
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Dec. 12-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
DUBAI, UAE
Jan. 21-25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,025
LONDON, U.K.
Apr. 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
Oct. 23-27 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,695+VAT
HOUSTON, TEXAS
June 12-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
Dec. 4-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
Aug. 21-25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,325
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
Sept. 4-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,100
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Presentation Skills for
the Petroleum Industry
OGCI
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. DAVID PELTON
COURSE LEVEL: FOUNDATION
DESIGNED FOR
Senior technical personnel, managers and project
managers who present results of studies, proposals,
budgets, etc.; department managers or heads
who report results to upper management;
company managers who share results with
investors, government agencies, or other public
funding sources; industry spokespersons or
representatives
ABOUT THE COURSE
Technical and non-technical personnel often
find it difficult to clearly express thoughts
and ideas when asked to report findings to,
or request project expenditure authorization
from, senior management. As well, personnel
are often ineffective presenters when asked to
explain company policy to, or share company
goals, with boards of directors, government
committees, fund approving agencies, or other
public entities. This course is for individuals
who are required, as part of their jobs, to
make presentations in-house or in public,
and who need, therefore, to perfect the fun-
damentals of dynamic presentation-making.
Attendees will participate in a variety of
"hands-on" class experiences to improve
presentation-making skills. Participants will
also speak in class and be videotaped to
measure performance. Progress will be charted
to quantifiably illustrate areas in which actual
improvement has taken place.
This course can be taught bi-lingually in
English, French, German, or Italian.
COURSE CONTENT
Appearance and demeanor • Conquering nerves and fear •
Improving language • Overcoming bad speaking habits •
Improving vocal quality, strength, color, expressiveness •
Learning about you and your audience • Thinking on
your feet • Using visual aids • Presentation construction
and production • Presentation management • Preparation
techniques • Proper social etiquette in a trans-national or
multi-national milieu
PETROLEUM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 3 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 10-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$1,750
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 3 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Mar. 27-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$1,750
Sept. 25-27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$1,750
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Advanced Decision Analysis
with Portfolio and Project
Modeling
OGCI
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
JOHN SCHUYLER
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Evaluation engineers, analysts, managers,
planners, economists
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
• Develop more-advanced decision models, espe-
cially for value of imperfect information analyses
• Use decision analysis software for Monte Carlo
simulation and decision tree analysis
• Model portfolio problems such as for evaluating
plays, wells in a field, and multi-pay drilling
locations
• Express and apply risk policy as a utility function.
ABOUT THE COURSE
Quality forecasts and evaluations depend upon
well-designed project models and decision policy,
in addition to professional judgments. Participants
learn the methods and practice of building good
evaluation models.
This course is intended for professionals involved
with constructing project evaluation and other
forecasting and assessment models. The familiar
MS Excel spreadsheet is the platform project and
risk assessment models. Add-in software provides
Monte Carlo and decision tree capabilities. The
emphasis is on the evaluation concepts and tech-
niques, rather than particular software programs.
Intermediate Excel spreadsheet competence (espe-
cially IF statements) in an MS Windows environ-
ment is required. This fast-paced course is recom-
mended for those with strong English listening
skills. Participants are expected to know the
concepts in the Petroleum Risks and Decision
Analysis course or have similar substantial
background.
Visit http://www.maxvalue.com/prereq.htm for a list
of expected pre-course competencies. Enrollment
is limited to approximately 16 participants.
One personal computer is supplied, at added cost, for
every two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Project Modeling: influence diagrams, correlation, control and
feedback concepts, sensitivity analysis; documentation and
good modeling practices • Monte Carlo Simulation: prospect
risking, play analysis and discovery process models; choosing
PETROLEUM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
distribution types; modeling and optimizing portfolios; com-
petitive bidding and other optimizations; valuing added con-
trol; traditional and Latin hypercube sampling; stopping rules;
ways to model correlation • Decision Tree Analysis: value of
information; options • Decision Policy: PV discount rate and
risk (CAPM and portfolio theory); portfolio management for
optimizing shareholder value; real options analysis; multi-cri-
teria decisions; HSSE, risk policy as a utility function; insur-
ance and hedging; optimizing working interest • Risk and
Decision Analysis in Projects: project activity networks (CPM,
PERT and PDM); project risk management • Implementation:
presentation formats; balanced scorecards forecasting share-
holder value creation; team processes; alternative and emerg-
ing evaluation technologies, including fuzzy logic, neural net-
works, expert systems, simulated annealing, and genetic algo-
rithms.
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
Nov. 28-Dec. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,775*
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
June 19-23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
LONDON, U.K.
Oct. 30-Nov. 3 . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT*
*plus computer charge
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International Petroleum
Contracts and Negotiations
OGCI
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. RICHARD D. SEBA
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Exploration and production managers; national
oil company managers; government representatives
and others in the oil industry who expect to be
involved in negotiating, administering, reviewing,
managing, directing, and overseeing international
exploration and production contracts between
host governments and outside contractors
ABOUT THE COURSE
You will learn the philosophy, evolution, and
fundamentals of international petroleum
contracts and have an opportunity to see how
each of these actually works. You will take part
in life-like negotiating sessions mastering many
negotiating techniques, where a mistake is a
learning experience not a disaster. As you prepare
for each session, you use a computerized
economic model to assess the value of contract
terms. This enables improved planning of
negotiating strategies to achieve the desired
goals by parties at both sides of the negotiating
table. The classes include participants from both
national oil companies and foreign contractors,
which adds further realism to the exercises. Host
governments and outside contractors are on
opposite sides of the negotiating table, but they
are not adversaries. A win-win business arrange-
ment should be the objective of both parties, as
a signed contract makes them partners. A viable
contract cannot be negotiated without an effective
understanding of the underlying economics.
Your negotiating strategies will determine con-
tractual terms ultimately defining the economic
benefits to be realized. Various contract types
have specific "pros" and "cons". Concessions and
production sharing agreements are two of the
contract types to be evaluated. Each participant
receives a disk copy of the spreadsheets used in
the negotiation workshop and a manual, which
explains the fundamental principles of E&P
contracts, presents examples of economic
analysis, and includes a model contract.
COURSE CONTENT
Types of international petroleum contracts • Important
principles and terms in all contracts • Host governments
and contractors contract objectives • Specific features of
different types of contracts; dividing the production •
Outline of a typical contract for E&P • Contract operating
issues • Funding petroleum development programs • How
the contractor is paid • Contractor's risk • Contract
economics • Non-financial issues • Analysis of contract
provisions • Model contract • Natural gas production
under international contracts • Negotiations workshop •
Ethics in international petroleum operations
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Nov. 14-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
July 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
Nov. 13-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
LONDON, U.K.
Sept. 18-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT
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Oil and Gas Teams: How to
Make Them Work
OGCI
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
DR. MICHAEL I. TREESH
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Geologists, geophysicists, petroleum engineers,
landmen, petrophysicists, computer scientists,
human resource personnel, training managers,
exploration/production managers
ABOUT THE COURSE
Successful teams combine competent personnel
with new technology, producing results that
meet management’s expectations. Teams
become more effective by removing barriers,
by maximizing productivity, and by helping
organizations move ahead of their competition.
Participants develop specific plans, skills,
and role descriptions applicable to their
unique workplace situations. The roles that
are profiled include: team member, team
leader, manager of teams, and training advisor.
Learn what is needed for effective team
dynamics and avoid the pitfalls associated
with building and managing teams. Become
familiar with the characteristics of successful
innovative companies and gain a working
knowledge of modern teamwork practices.
Proven techniques and case studies selected
from a worldwide search for excellence in
team practices are reviewed. Emphasis is
placed upon maximizing the performance of
existing teams through innovative approaches
to the oil and gas industry.
Each team experiences a predictable sequence
of the five stages throughout its progression
from startup to being self-directed, its ultimate
capability. Understanding this natural life
history clarifies expectations between the
team and its management and enables the
team to succeed. Highlighted are the diverse
ways in which team issues can be solved.
COURSE CONTENT
Organizational environment conducive to effective teams •
Practical methods to transform geologists, engineers,
geophysicist, and other professionals into an effective,
motivated, and creative team • Change processes leading
to teams • Focusing the team's output on its products •
Skills necessary to effectively function in a team environment
(appropriate workplace behavior, innovation, conflict
resolution, problem-solving, leadership) • Defining roles
and responsibilities of the teams • Measure of team
effectiveness • Stages in the life of a team • Creating a
motivational environment within a flat organization •
Development of a personal or team development plan
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
Oct. 17-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,775
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
June 26-30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425
LONDON, U.K.
July 31-Aug. 4 . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT
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Petroleum Financial
Workshop
Formerly: Petroleum Financial Management
OGCI
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
ROBERT E. BOYD
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Chief Financial Officers, controllers, treasurers, finan-
cial analysts, asset team leaders, those moving from
technical functional roles to general roles, and person-
nel responsible for or affected by the financial health
of the company as determined by financial decisions of
the company. Participants must have a good working
knowledge of accounting and finance and should bring
their company's financial reports.
ABOUT THE COURSE
Financial decisions are made every day and are an
integral part of every company's ultimate success
or failure. Personnel decisions, drilling for
reserves, production, acquiring or divesting assets;
or forging strategic alliances are all financial in
nature. A shifting and expanding global oil and gas
economy has dramatically changed the role of
financial decisions and the magnitude of their
affect throughout the company. Heightened corpo-
rate competition, technological change, price
volatility, inflation and interest rates coupled with
worldwide economic uncertainty must be dealt
with on a daily basis. This course will help identify
the appropriate methods and reinforce them with
relevant examples and group discussions.
One personal computer is supplied, at added cost, for
every two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Using financial information: Understanding financial state-
ments, identifying and evaluating potential hidden items in
financial reports and information; evaluation of the oil and
gas disclosures; the quality earnings approach; latest meth-
ods of analysis with the DuPont method, Altman Z-Score,
and Tobin's Q; how to spot trends • Benchmarking: how
to cut through the clutter - determining which to use,
when each is appropriate; using ratios; Internal versus
external; how to determine which ones to use when each
is appropriate; financial and operating ratios of the oil and
gas industry; sources of industry ratios; when and how to
adjust benchmarks • Short-term financial decision mak-
ing: The cash conversion cycle; building a cash forecast;
working capital management; effective cash management
programs; use of off-balance sheet financing • Planning
and Forecasting: The different processes and methods;
why they are important; managing the budgeting process;
tying the processes together; analysis of budgets; using the
budgeting checklist; using the budgets and forecasts as a
component of the company’s strategy • Long-term finan-
cial decision making: capital structure - finding the right
mix of debt and equity; developing a company’s cost of
capital; capital budgeting tools and techniques; capital
budgeting for projects; international capital budgeting;
valuing uncertain cash flows; off-balance sheet financing;
strategic alliances; alternative financing opportunities;
alternative investment choices; evaluating acquisition and
divestiture opportunities; tying the company's financial
and overall strategy together • Risk and Valuation
concepts: Determining an appropriate discount rate;
valuing for uncertain events; using derivatives to manage
revenues and costs; when to hedge and when to buy
financial “insurance”; valuing projects including
Production Sharing Contracts; intangible items that factor
into financial decisions • Performance Management:
Market Value Added and Economic Value Added EVA®:
How to determine each; how to find the economic profit
of a company; what each means and why they are
important; the Balanced Scorecard as a tool
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 10-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
LONDON, U.K.
July 24-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT*
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 30-Nov. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
*plus computer charge
All classes available at your location. Contact us today.
Petroleum Project
Management: Principles
and Practices
OGCI
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
J. FORD BRETT
C O U R S E L E V E L : INTERMEDIATE
DESIGNED FOR
Exploration, production and management
personnel interested in applying project
management techniques to their operations
(Facilities engineers are referred to PetroSkills
Project Management for Engineering and
Construction at www.petroskills.com)
ABOUT THE COURSE
Running a successful petroleum operation
requires a blend of technology, business
savvy, and people skills. If you already have
a firm grasp of exploration or production
technology, learn to amplify its effectiveness
with applied project management techniques.
This course is aimed at helping technical
personnel make the best business decisions -
decisions that lead to lowest project cost while
still meeting all production or exploration goals.
Petroleum Project Management covers the
principles and applicationof project
management to the upstream oil and gas
business. Participants may choose a case
study from a number of real-life exploration,
production, facilities, and general management
situations, or they may bring the details of
one of their own current projects. Because
of this experiencewith practical situations,
participants can use these project management
principles their first day back on the job.
One personal computer is provided, at
additional cost, for each two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
The project management process • Scheduling tools •
Supplier relationships • Manpower resources • Project risk
management • Learning, continuous improvement and
quality management in projects • Communications,
organization, team management • Case studies and
exercises
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
Oct. 3-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,775*
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Dec. 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
ABU DHABI, UAE
Mar. 11-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,125*
LONDON, U.K.
May 15-19 . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,795+VAT*
HOUSTON, TEXAS
July 10-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
Nov. 27-Dec. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,425*
*plus computer charge
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Fundamentals of
International Oil and Gas
Law
OGCI
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
WILLIAM E. HUGHES
COURSE LEVEL: SPECIALIZED
DESIGNED FOR
Petroleum managers who deal with international
oil and gas legal matters in the course of their
business; legal professionals with little formal,
specialized training in oil and gas law, but
expect soon to deal with international oil and
gas law matters
ABOUT THE COURSE
International petroleum transactions occur
within a complex legal environment that limits
what petroleum companies, host governments
and service companies can do, and interprets
and enforces many of their promises. Petroleum
professionals often lack the broad understanding
of what makes up this legal environment and
how it can have an impact on their work. This
course is designed to give participants a basic
understanding of the legal fundamentals that
make their international transactions work,
ranging from the principles that apply to
interpreting and enforcing their agreements,
to the procedures for resolving their disputes,
to addressing interpretational issues posed by
common contract provisions, and to avoiding
liability under environmental and bribery laws.
The course will allow participants to identify
confidently potential legal problems, to address
them before they become serious, and to facilitate
the smooth interaction between oil and gas
professionals, host government representatives,
and their lawyers.
COURSE CONTENT
Law governing international petroleum transactions
(including significant differences between various national
legal systems, and the sources, principles and limits of
international law as applied to petroleum transactions) •
Interpretation and enforcement of treaties and private
contracts • Effects of international trade (and producing
country) agreements such as the E.U., NAFTA, Mercosur,
and OPEC • Dispute resolution approaches, including
litigation and arbitration • Procedures under and
enforcement of common arbitration provisions • Legal
defenses available to foreign companies, states, and
state-owned or connected entities, and recognition and
enforcement of judgments and arbitration awards • Basic
legal concepts of ownership of mineral rights (onshore,
offshore, and deep sea bed) • Expropriation and
compensation issues • State-owned entities and
privatization • Laws bearing on development rights •
PETROLEUM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Legal interpretational issues of common contract
provisions • Interpretational issues for service contracts •
Transfer and protection of technology and confidential
business information • Operating agreements and unitized
operations • Environmental protection laws • Criminal
and civil liability for oil spills • Indemnification and
guaranty issues • Bribery laws • Marketing and
transportation • Petroleum futures
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
ABU DHABI, UAE
Apr. 29-May 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$3,325
LONDON, U.K.
Aug. 14-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,995+VAT
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Fundamentals of U.S. Oil
and Gas Law
OGCI
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
WILLIAM E. HUGHES
COURSE LEVEL: SPECIALIZED
DESIGNED FOR
Petroleum technical professionals and managers
as well as non-U.S. personnel, who deal with
U.S. oil and gas legal matters in the course of
their business; legal professionals with little
formal, specialized training in oil and gas law,
but expect soon to deal with U.S. oil and gas
legal matters
ABOUT THE COURSE
No one in the petroleum industry with bottom-
line responsibility can afford to ignore the legal
aspects of the business. Too many technically
sound deals have been soured by unidentified
or poorly handled legal problems. The purpose
of this course is to allow participants confidently
to identify potential legal problems and to have
them addressed before they become serious, as
well as to facilitate a smooth interaction between
oil and gas professionals and their lawyers.
This course provides participants with a broad
overview of U.S. oil and gas law, with particular
attention to potential areas of concern for a
production company’s legal environment.
Participants are provided with pro-forma
contracts and shown the key terms in each.
COURSE CONTENT
Basic U.S. legal concepts relevant to oil and gas rights •
Types of property interests (such as "fee" ownership and
mineral, leasehold, surface and royalty interests) •
Conveyances (deed, lease, inheritance, court-transfer,
adverse possession) • Joint ownership, principles of
contract interpretation and of tort and criminal liability •
Problems and methods of interpreting oil and gas
documents • Oil and gas leases: terms, permitted uses, land
coverage, "production", drilling and delay-rental issues,
implied covenants, and transfers of lease interests • Oil
and gas taxation • Non-lease contracts such as drilling,
well operating, gas, gas-balancing, division orders, support,
and farm-out agreements • Transportation and marketing
of oil and gas • Environmental protection issues • Relevant
U.S. securities laws, and U.S. policy, regulation, and
operations (including onshore and offshore public lands) •
Offshore leasing operations • Regulation of oil and gas
futures markets
PETROLEUM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
2 0 0 5 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 31-Nov. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,625
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 5 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Mar. 27-31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,625
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Resolving Conflicts:
Preventing and Addressing
Conflicts in Petroleum Organizations
OGCI
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
STANFORD A. SIEMENS
COURSE LEVEL: SPECIALIZED
DESIGNED FOR
Supervisors, managers, team leaders, project
managers, project engineers, organizational
specialists, facilitators, negotiators, procurement
personnel and other individuals who are exposed
to internal or external conflict in their work
environment
ABOUT THE COURSE
The cost of destructive conflict is often
misunderstood and usually underestimated.
Unfortunately, effective conflict management and
training is often inadequate. The consequences
of uncontrolled conflict (destructive activities,
wasted time, poor decisions, lost people,
unnecessary reorganizations, litigation, safety
incidents, and even catastrophic events) can be
dramatically reduced when conflict is managed
effectively. This exciting and timely new course
is uniquely designed for the petroleum industry
with an emphasis on practical processes and
skills for resolving conflict in major projects,
well teams, multidisciplinary teams, petroleum
operations and other petroleum industry
organizations. Attendees will learn to recognize,
cost and address interpersonal, structural, and
other types of conflict in the most cost-effective
way, including prevention as well as resolution.
This course can be taken as either a three-day
or a five-day course. The three-day course
covers the basic skills and processes and applies
to any supervisor, manager or team leader in
the petroleum industry. The five-day version
includes two additional days of project specific
processes designed specifically for project
personnel. The course relies heavily on petroleum
industry specific case studies including participant
provided scenarios.
COURSE CONTENT
Recognizing conflict • Personal conflict styles • Essential
elements for resolving conflict • Estimating the cost of
conflict • Interpersonal conflict among subordinates •
Team conflict • Internal company mediation • Analyzing
conflict • Conflict between yourself and another •
Continuous mediation
LAST TWO DAYS (5-day course only): Project conflict •
Sources of project conflict • Conflict prevention models •
Processes and key considerations for resolving project
conflict • Principled negotiation • Strategic management
of organizational conflict
2006 SCHEDULE AND TUITION
HOUSTON, TEXAS
May 8-10 (3 day) . . . . . . . . . . . .US$1,930
May 8-12 (5 day) . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,625
LONDON, U.K.
Oct. 9-11 (3 day) . . . . . . . .US$2,230+VAT
Oct. 9-13 (5 day) . . . . . . . .US$2,995+VAT
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Social Outreach Strategies:
Principles and Best
Practices
OGCI
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
JOHN BRUCE WELLS
COURSE LEVEL: SPECIALIZED
DESIGNED FOR
Managers and practitioners of corporate social
responsibility/social outreach programs at the
corporate and field level; environmental, health
and safety managers; public and government
affairs staff; business unit managers interested
in this area of the business.
ABOUT THE COURSE
There are increasing requirements and expecta-
tions for social outreach and community
engagement in today's global marketplace. In
developing new projects, oil and gas companies
must comply with social and environmental
safeguard policies imposed by public institu-
tions such as the World Bank and by commer-
cial financial institutions that have voluntarily
committed to respect these same safeguard
policies. In addition, companies are expected to
support the local communities where they have
operations. Social outreach has thus become an
important component of every oil company's
operations around the world. Collectively, oil
companies spend hundreds of millions of
dollars a year on a wide range of community
programs. These investments are a necessary
cost of doing business and can also be seen as
strategic assets. From a business perspective,
social outreach is now recognized as an
important component for securing/maintaining
a license to operate, ensuring rapid deployment,
minimizing the risks of shutdowns or closings,
and generally enhancing local corporate reputa-
tion. The challenge for oil companies is to
maximize the value of the resources committed
to community engagement initiatives, often in
countries with difficult socio-economic and
political environments. This challenge is often
punctuated by the need to balance global
corporate positioning with country specific
priorities. This course looks at some of the
emerging models and thinking about social
outreach. Special emphasis will be placed on
compliance requirements, approaches and
methodologies being deployed which can be
used to better focus existing programs and
maximize returns on social outreach spending.
Case studies will be drawn from upstream and
downstream operations, as well as from indus-
trialized and emerging-market countries.
COURSE CONTENT
Emerging trends, new expectations • EHS • Compliance •
Business case for social outreach • Organizational approaches
to social outreach • Social outreach models and best practices
• Social outreach planning • Stakeholder engagement • Risk
mitigation and expectation management, social outreach
Communications strategies • Performance metrics
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HOUSTON, TEXAS
Oct. 24-26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$1,930
2 0 0 6 S C H E D U L E A N D T U I T I O N / 3 D AY S
HOUSTON, TEXAS
July 10-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$1,930
LONDON, U.K.
Aug. 21-23 . . . . . . . . . . . . .US$2,230+VAT
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DR. FRANK ASHFORD
Has 40 years experience in oil and gas producing facilities.
Dr. Ashford joined with John M. Campbell & Company in
1998. He provides instruction fluently in either Spanish or
English. Prior to joining John M. Campbell & Company,
Dr. Ashford was a professor at Central University of
Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela, where he taught various
courses in natural gas engineering technology. He has
authored technical articles published in World Oil, JPT,
SPE, Intevep Pub., PDVSA, Pacific Oil World, AAPG,
SPELAC, and GPA. He holds a B.S., a M.S. and a PhD in
Petroleum Engineering from the University of Oklahoma.
DR. OMAR BARKAT
Is a full professor of chemical engineering at McNeese
State University, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He is also an
independent consultant in engineering and international
relations. He has extensive academic and industrial
experience in North Africa, Europe and the USA and has
taught courses in petroleum processing, process equipment
design, plant design, process engineering, fluid flow
practices, and computer applications in process design.
From 1993 to 1996, Dr. Barkat was a professor of chemical
engineering at the University of Tulsa. His main interests
include natural gas and crude oil processing, equipment
design, process plant design, single and multiphase flows
and characterization, and separation technologies. He is a
member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers,
SPE, and ASEE, and is a registered professional engineer.
He is the author of numerous technical publications and is
listed in the Who’s Who in Science and Engineering. Dr.
Barkat holds a Chemical Engineering State Diploma from
the National Polytechnique School of Algiers, an M.S. and
a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of
Tulsa. (omarbarkat@yahoo.com)
DR. COLIN BARKER
Is the McMan professor in the Geosciences Department at
the University of Tulsa and is a research consultant in
Tulsa, Oklahoma. Dr. Barker was formerly with the
Organic Geochemistry Group at Exxon Production
Research in Houston, Texas and has over 30 years
experience in organic geochemistry including being a con-
sultant to Amoco (five years) and Conoco (12 years).
He has been associate editor of both the AAPG Bulletin
and Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, is a past chairman of
the Organic Geochemistry Division of the Geochemical
Society, and is a past Chairman of AAPG’s Visiting
Geologist Program. He received AAPG’s Matson Award
twice and was a Distinguished Lecturer. Dr. Barker is the
author of Organic Geochemistry in Petroleum Exploration
(AAPG, 1980) and Thermal Modeling of Petroleum
Generation: Theory and Applications (Elsevier, 1996). He
holds a B.S. in Chemistry and a D.Phil. in Geology from
Oxford University and was a Post-Doctoral Research
Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin.
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PAUL M. BARRY
Currently resides in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where
he is the OGCI/PetroSkills Middle East Office Manager.
Mr. Barry is a petroleum engineering consultant specializ-
ing in production technology and project evaluations. Mr.
Barry has over 25 years of international upstream oil and
gas production and reservoir engineering and
management experience in South America, SE Asia, the
Middle East, and, the North Sea. Recent experience was as
field production engineering manager of an onshore oil-
field re-development project for PDVSA and partners
which required a combination of gas lift, submersible
pump, and rod pump artificial lift technology, and,
fractured sand control well completions. Previous
Indonesia experience was in the design and completion of
dual string, multiple selective, underbalanced, TCP high
pressure gas wells, and, exploration well testing and
evaluation for Huffco Bontang LNG gas supply operations.
As district reservoir engineer for Arco partnered with
Pertamina in Indonesia, Mr. Barry was responsible for the
Plan of Development and reserves determination and
certification for a 1.3 TCF offshore gas field. He has also
worked as field engineer in Saudi Arabia, responsible for
injection well performance, injection water quality, well
gravel pack completions, corrosion control systems, and, as
Mobil facilities engineer in the Aramco gas projects depart-
ment. He has represented company technical and com-
mercial interests in UK and Norwegian North Sea sector oil
and gas producing fields. Mr. Barry has served as an officer
in the Jakarta SPE section and has been active on various
SPE committees. He holds a B.S.C.E. from the University
of Notre Dame and an M.S.C.E. from Marquette University,
and, is a registered Professional Engineer in Colorado.
DR. KIRK E. BOATRIGHT
Is President and CEO of Engineering Consultants
International and Training Consultants International.
Formerly, Dr. Boatright was a drilling research engineer
with Exxon, petroleum engineer with Amoco, a roustabout
with Cities Service (OXY), and Dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences at Northeastern Oklahoma State University.
He is also an engineering and training consultant for vari-
ous major world oil and service companies. Over 10,000
professionals have participated in Dr. Boatright’s courses.
Dr. Boatright has extensive experience in drilling, comple-
tion, fluid flow, and offshore operations. He is listed in the
"Who's Who Worldwide" and in the "Who's Who Registry
of Global Business Leaders", and is the author of several
technical publications. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical
Engineering (Petroleum) from Oklahoma State University,
an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Oklahoma State
University, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Science from the
University of Arkansas.
JOHN C. BOURDON
Is a Vice President of John M. Campbell & Company. He
has more than twenty-nine years experience in hydrocar-
bon processing and specializes in sulfur recovery processes
for the petroleum refining industry. Mr. Bourdon has been
involved in the development of several sulfur-related
technologies and mechanical innovations, has authored
several papers and made presentations worldwide. He has
experience with several E&C firms including extensive
startup and troubleshooting activities. He consults for both
North American and international clients. He is a regis-
tered professional engineer and member of Chi Epsilon
Sigma Honor Society. Mr. Bourdon is fluent in English and
Spanish. Mr. Bourdon has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering
from the Georgia Institute of Technology and advanced
degrees in other fields.
ROBERT E. BOYD
CPA, is president of Boston Street Advisors, Inc., an invest-
ment banking firm in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has over twen-
ty years experience in the fields of venture
capital, corporate finance, accounting, risk management,
strategic business planning and management information
systems, domestic and international. He has worked as an
accountant for Warren Petroleum Company and as super-
visor of accounting and senior financial analyst in the
strategic financial planning group of Reading & Bates
Corporation. He has also worked in the banking, and
manufacturing industries holding positions as consultant,
financial management, treasurer and chief financial
officer. Mr. Boyd's international experience includes
engagements in Europe, Asia, Canada, South America, and
the Middle East. Mr. Boyd has successfully negotiated sev-
eral business transactions including serving on a team that
planned and restructured over $500 million of
corporate debt for a major multi-national diversified
energy concern, and has served as exclusive financial advi-
sor for the financing and sale of mid-market
companies across a variety of industries. Since founding
his own firm, Mr. Boyd has advised major energy and serv-
ice companies in the area of performance
measurement, and provided consulting for capital
acquisition, business development, transaction
structuring, valuation services, performance management
and strategic business planning for mid market companies.
He currently serves on many industry and community
boards. He has served on the Management Advisory
Practice and Legislative committees for the Oklahoma
Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Boyd is a past
president of the Graduate Business Association of the
University of Tulsa. He is a member of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is listed in
Who's Who of Global Business Leaders. Mr. Boyd is an
adjunct professor of Finance, Strategic Management and
International Trade for OSU - Tulsa and finance for the
University of Tulsa. He is a frequent speaker on businessre-
lated topics and has appeared on the business radio
program Biz World. Mr. Boyd holds a Bachelor of Science
in Business Administration from Phillips University with
majors in Finance and Accounting and a Master of
Business Administration from the University of Tulsa,
graduating with honors. He graduated from the Wharton
Executive Development Program of the Wharton School,
University of Pennsylvania, and is a member of Beta
Gamma Sigma, the honor society for collegiate business
schools. Mr. Boyd is a Fellow of the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania and is a Certified Public
Accountant in the state of Oklahoma.
J. FORD BRETT
Is President of OGCI/PetroSkills - the world’s largest petro-
leum technology learning and development
organization. Mr. Brett consults in the area of petroleum
project management, and has delivered workshops/short
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courses in over 20 countries. Prior to joining OGCI in
1991, Mr. Brett was with Amoco where he worked on
numerous exploration and development drilling projects
in the Bering Sea, North Slope of Alaska, Gulf of Mexico,
offshore Trinidad and the Overthrust Belt in Wyoming.
A registered professional engineer, he has been granted
over 25 US patents and is the author or co-author of over
30 technical publications. For his work on improved oil
well drilling techniques, he was honored in 1996 with a
nomination for the National Medal of Technology, the US
Government’s highest technology award. In 2000, he
received the American Society for Competitiveness Philip
B. Crosby Medal for Global competitiveness through
Quality in Knowledge Management, Best Practices
Transfer, and Operations improvement. Mr. Brett has
served as a Distinguished Lecturer for the Society of
Petroleum Engineers (SPE); as chairman of the SPE’s
Electronic Publishing Committee; and as a review chairman
for the “Drilling and Completion Engineering Journal.” He
holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Physics from
Duke University (where he was elected to Phi Beta
Kappa), an M.B.A. from Oklahoma State University, and an
M.S.E. from Stanford University.
DR. JOHN BURRELL
Is a petroleum consultant in London, England. He worked
for 21 years with BP as a seismic researcher,
interpreter and later as an oil and gas field subsurface man-
ager. He developed BP’s one-dimensional synthetic seismic
modeling package and provided 1-D and 2-D modeling
support to the North Sea explorationists. He worked on
AVO modeling in the North Slope of Alaska, China and the
North Sea and as a project geophysicist on the Clyde,
Beatrice, Thistle, Don and Magnus Fields in the North Sea,
laying the foundation for the acquisition of 4-D seismic
data over Magnus. Dr. Burrell also worked extensively on
two phases of development of the Bruce gas condensate
field both as a geophysicist and in subsurface operations.
For a year he jointly managed the subsurface development
of BP’s dry gas fields in the Southern North Sea. Dr. Burrell
has worked as an OGCI/ Petroskills instructor for three
years and is a member of the SEG. He holds a B.S. in
Geology, an M.S. in Geophysics, and a Ph.D. in Marine
Geophysics, all from the University of Birmingham,
Birmingham, England. He also holds a B.A. in Mathematics
from Open University in Milton Keynes, England.
DR. TED G. BYROM
Has been a consulting engineer since 1974 with extensive
experience in drilling and completions design and
operations since 1959. In addition to his petroleum-
related activities, he has taught graduate courses in finite
element methods at Texas A&M University and conducted
research at the Aerothermal Loads Branch of NASA
Langley Research Center in computational solid
mechanics. He has served as a drilling technology
consultant to Oryx Energy in horizontal drilling, and prior
to his consulting career he was a District Drilling Manager
with Unocal in Houston and Midland, Texas.
He is the author of a number of technical papers on
thermal stress analysis and co-author of two finite
element textbooks. He is a member of SPE, ASME, APS,
and is a licensed professional engineer. He is an SPE
Distinguished Author, and as a Technical Editor for SPE
Drilling & Completion he received an Outstanding
Technical Editor Award. Dr. Byrom holds a B.Sc. in
Petroleum Engineering, M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in
Aerospace Engineering, all from Texas A&M University.
D. G. (JERRY) CALVERT
Retired from Mobil in May 2000, and has remained active
working with API, SPE, ISO TC67 WC2 and as a
consultant in the areas of cementing and lost circulation.
During his 40 plus years in the oil industry, he worked
with DX-Sunray Oil, Dowell, and Mobil. During that time
span he worked in both up-stream and down-stream oper-
ations. He has spent the last 35 years in the area of well
cementing. Mr. Calvert has served on API committee 10
(presently sub-committee 10) on Well cements since 1967
and was chairperson form 1988 to 1990. He served a num-
ber of work and task groups during his service. He is a 35-
year plus member of SPE and authored or co-authored
over 20 SPE papers. He also served on the JPT editorial
committee. Mr. Calvert is presently serving on a joint
API/MMS committee to write a series of documents to
cover cementing practices in the Gulf of Mexico. The first
document “Cementing Shallow Water Flows in Deep
Water” has been completed and issued as API RP 65 dated
September 2002. He holds a B. S. in Chemistry from
Northeastern State at Tahlequah, OK.
RICHARD S. CARDEN
Earned a B.S. degree in Petroleum Engineering from
Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology in
1977. After graduation, he worked as a Drilling and
Production Engineer for Marathon Oil Company in the
Rocky Mountain region. He then joined Grace, Shursen,
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Moore and Associates (GSM) as a drilling and completion
consultant both domestically and overseas. During the first
few years working for GSM, he spent most of his time as a
wellsite consultant drilling and completing wells in the
field. The work included geothermal wells; deep, high-
pressure gas wells; air drilled wells; directional wells; and,
horizontal wells. He has been teaching drilling,
horizontal drilling and underbalanced drilling seminars in
the United States and internationally for more than 20
years. He has authored numerous technical papers on
directional drilling and underbalanced drilling. He was a
contributing author to the Underbalanced Drilling Manual
published by GRI.
DR. ANDREW CHEN
Is currently a senior engineer of AJM Petroleum
Consultants, a Calgary, Canada-based reserve evaluation
and auditing firm. His latest projects include reservoir
engineering aspects of oil and gas reserve and resource
estimates, economical forecast and budgeting, acquisition
and deposition, equity financing, and mid-stream supply
studies. Dr. Chen specializes in formation testing with
wireline testers in most aspects of WFT application and
interpretation, from pressure gradient error analysis and
fluid contact uncertainty quantification, fluid
identification/sampling, to permeability tests, WFT as DST
alternatives, and operation program designs.
Between 1986-1991 he was a university lecturer teaching
reservoir engineering before he worked with Schlumberger
Canada for 6 years, providing a variety of technical and
interpretation reservoir engineering support. Dr. Chen
earned his PhD degree in mechanical engineering at
University of Manitoba, Canada, and over the years has
several publications in the SPE proceedings, The Log
Analyst, AIChE Journal, and Journal of Petroleum Science
and Engineering. He has worked on consulting projects
from North America land, the Atlantic Canada offshore,
the Gulf of Mexico, Africa, Southeast Asia, Australia, the
Central Asia, and the North Sea.
DR. THOMAS L. COTTRILL
Is Emeritus Professor of Speech Communication and Dean
of the College of Arts and Letters at Northeastern State
University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Dr. Cottrill has over
30 years of experience doing consulting work in supervi-
sion and management, specifically for the advancement
and benefit of professionals in education. He is the fea-
tured speaker at many business, industrial, and education-
al conventions, and has taught for OGCI since 1981. Dr.
Cottrill holds a B.A. and an M.Ed. in Speech
Communication/Human Relations from Northeastern State
University and an Ed.D. from Oklahoma State University.
GERALD R. COULTER
Is a consulting petroleum engineer and president of his
own company, which he started in 1994, Coulter Energy
International in Gainesville, Texas, near Dallas. Currently,
he is actively involved in consulting and technology trans-
fer of well completion technology, production
operations technology, formation damage, and well
stimulation technology. His prior industry experience
includes 12 years with Oryx Energy Company working in
the area of well completions, chief completion engineer,
manager of drilling and completions technology, and man-
ager of the offshore Gulf of Mexico drilling, completion,
marine facilities, and environmental/regulatory group.
Previously, he was with Halliburton Services for 16 years
as a stimulation research and application engineer and
group leader in Duncan, Oklahoma, and technical advisor
in London, England. Prior to this, he was with Conoco
working in the area of geological and geochemical
research. Mr. Coulter is a registered professional engineer.
He was a SPE Distinguished Lecturer (1992-1993 and
1999-2000), and has chaired and served on numerous SPE
committees. He founded the Completion Engineering
Association, served as its first chairman and continues to
be involved in the CEA. He has authored numerous tech-
nical papers and patents and has taught well completions
related schools throughout the world. Mr. Coulter holds a
B.S. in Geology and a B.A. in Chemistry from Oklahoma
State University and an M.S. in Petroleum Engineering
from the University of Oklahoma.
DR. BRYAN T. CRONIN
Has 15 years of technical experience with deep-water clas-
tics (turbidites) at outcrop, on the sea floor and in the sub-
surface as hydrocarbon reservoirs. He has been involved in
education and training for 9 years with postgraduate (mas-
ters and PhD) students, oil company employees, and other
industry professionals. Dr. Cronin has run reservoir field
courses for 9 years for industry (specialist geology/geo-
physics; foundation for engineers; asset team integration
courses and team-building events) in the Alps, Pyrenees,
Western Ireland, SE Spain, eastern and southern Turkey).
He also ran a series technical short courses for industry.
From this year (2005) he is converting all of his energies
into training for the oil industry, whilst maintaining and
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supporting his own geological field research campaigns,
largely independent of Universities. Dr. Cronin has a Ph.D.
from the University of Wales, Cardiff, an M.Sc from the
National University of Ireland, Dublin (Petroleum
Geology), and a B.Sc. form the National University of
Ireland, Cork.
DR. DAVID K. DAVIES
Is a geologist/petrophysicist with more than 30 years expe-
rience in the description and evaluation of conventional
and unconventional hydrocarbon reservoirs, worldwide.
He has received the Levorsen Award of the AAPG in recog-
nition of his contributions to reservoir science and is
Distinguished Lecturer of the SPE and SPWLA. Dr. Davies
is author of more than 150 publications in professional
journals dealing with petrophysics, geology, geophysics,
reservoir and production engineering. He has received sev-
eral major research awards from the US Department of
Energy and National Science Foundation and has been a
Fulbright Scholar. From 1966-1980, Dr. Davies was
Professor of Geology at Texas A&M University, University
of Missouri at Columbia and Texas Tech University where
he also was Chairman of the Department of Geosciences.
Since 1980 he has been president of a Houston-based,
international consulting and service company specializing
in reservoir description and evaluation. Dr. Davies received
his B.Sc., Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees from the University of
Wales and M.S. degree from Louisiana State University, all
in Geology.
DR. GERHARD DIEPHUIS
Is based in Assen, The Netherlands, and is an independent
geophysical consultant. After finishing Geology/
Geophysics study at the University of Leiden and a stint as
Research Assistant to Prof Hagedoorn, he joined Shell
International. In a 20 year career, Diephuis worked in
Malaysia, Australia, UK, Oman and The Netherlands in a
variety of positions in both Exploration as well as
Petroleum Engineering Departments in technical as well as
managerial functions. He was the main instigator of the
Natih multi-component survey, a major Shell confidential
project. The results were published on the 1996 EAGE
conference where he co-convended a workshop on multi-
component techniques. He started his own consultancy
practice in 1997 and since then he undertook a wide vari-
ety of assignments from education to university students
and industry professionals to large-scale evaluations in
North Africa and the Middle East and fulfilling a key role
in design and interpretation of an exceptional hi-res 3D
survey. Having been Associate Editor for “Geophysical
Prospecting” since 1997, Diephuis took over as Editor-in-
Chief In October 2002, a position he held through 2003.
JOHN F. DILLON
Has over 28 years of industry experience working for
major companies such as ConocoPhillips and BP, as well as
consulting in geoscience, organizational excellence and
staff development. He has worked the entire exploration-
development disposal chain, from early basin analysis,
through development, to end of field life farm-outs.His
experience has spanned a wide range of play types, rock
types, and environments of deposition. His development
experience has taken him to the North Sea, Dubai, West
Coast Africa, and Alaska. His exploration efforts have been
in Angola, Congo, Libya, Niger, and the Western US. He
brings experience to the room beyond the science itself,
including: the management of personnel associated with
the science, project development from conception through
to high level approval, as well as years of
experience in "how can we get things done" and "why is
this important." He has been deeply involved with the cre-
ation and refinement of learning and staff development
programs since 1990. He earned a B.S. from Marietta
College, and a M.S. from the University of New Mexico.
CLEON L. DUNHAM
Is the President of Oilfield Automation Consulting. Mr.
Dunham was with Shell Oil Company in artificial lift and
associated systems from 1964-2000. While with Shell, Mr.
Dunham was also a Production Automation Coordinator
in The Netherlands. In this role, Mr. Dunham provided
training services and implementation support to Shell’s
operations worldwide. Since retiring from Shell, Mr.
Dunham has been active with the API and ISO in develop-
ing standards and recommended practices for gas-lift. He
has also helped to organize and conduct international
workshops and conferences for gas-lift, gas well deliquifi-
cation, electrical submersible pumping, and progressive
cavity pumping. Currently, Mr. Dunham is working to
help organize the Artificial Lift Research and development
Council (ALRDC).Mr. Dunham has published numerous
articles in publications such as the Journal of Petroleum
Technology, World Oil and American Oil and Gas. Mr.
Dunham holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Cornell
University, and has done graduate work at Louisiana State
University and Tulane University.
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WILLIAM (BILL) E. FORSTHOFFER
Joined with John M. Campbell & Company to deliver the
Pumps and Compressors course. Mr. Forsthoffer has over
30 years of pumps and compressors experience including
establishing his own company, Forsthoffer Associates, Inc.,
whose objective is “The Optimization of Rotating
Equipment Safety and Reliability through Understanding
and Vendor-User Communication.” Mr. Forsthoffer holds a
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of
Detroit, Michigan.
ALAN FOSTER
Is a training consultant with John M. Campbell &
Company, he is based in the UK. Mr. Foster spent 25 years
with Petrolite Corporation and Baker Petrolite, involved in
oilfield and refinery operational problems and their resolu-
tion by chemical treatment programs. Mr. Foster has
developed and taught courses on oilfield water treatment,
oilfield and refinery corrosion control, as well as other oil-
field and refinery chemical applications, since 1978. The
non-technical courses in which Mr. Foster has experience,
include Effective Presentation Skills, Project Management
and Train the Trainer. He is a Chartered Chemist, Member
of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a Fellow of the
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. He is a
qualified trainer, holding a Certificate in Training and
Development and a Diploma in Training Management. Mr.
Foster received his B.S. in Applied Chemistry from
Portsmouth Polytechnic (UK) and his MBA from Leeds
University.
ERIC A. FOSTER
P. Geol. is a Managing Consultant with PetroSkills-OGCI
based in Houston. He has 30 years of operations and man-
agement experience in the oil and gas industry. Prior to
joining PetroSkills, he was with Landmark responsible for
managing Geoscience and Engineering consultants, repre-
senting Geological, Geophysical and Petrophysical soft-
ware applications and services for global operations.
Starting as a geologist in field operations in USA, South
America, North Sea, Trinidad and Mexico, he then worked
as Training Instructor and Coordinator for
worldwide operations at Core Laboratories in Dallas and
subsequently moved to Calgary as Manager, Geological
Operations. His background has included all aspects of
formation evaluation and the application of software to
geological and drilling engineering data acquisition and
interpretation. He has acted as a technical advisor/consult-
ant on projects throughout the world, and has extensive
experience in the design and delivery of training programs.
He was an instructor of petroleum technology at Mount
Royal College and SAIT in Calgary and in-house for
Amoco. He was nominated for Distinguished Lecturer
award.Eric graduated with a B.Sc. (Honours) degree in
Geology, from the University of London; he is a registered
Professional Geologist and is a member of APEGGA,
AAPG, CSPG and SPWLA. He served as Publications
Chairman and on symposium committees for the CWLS,
he co-authored the paper on computer data formats (LAS)
and has compiled numerous technical papers and training
materials. He is a certified tutor for online learning.
JEREMY (JERRY) J. GILBERT
Had a distinguished career for over 36 years with BP
Exploration, working in a wide variety of reservoir and
petroleum engineering posts at technical and management
level. After initial experience in BP’s Research Center he
worked in Libya, Kuwait and Abu Dhabi before spending
almost ten years in Iran as a Lead Reservoir Engineer and
as Planning Manager. Returning to the UK in 1979 he
moved to Aberdeen and became Petroleum Engineering
Manager for all of BP’s UKCS and UK Onshore fields.
Following a period in San Francisco as Vice President –
Production, responsible for Alaskan and Californian fields,
he transferred to Wytch Farm, Europe’s largest onshore
field as Deputy Development Director. Late in the 1980s
Jerry became BP’s Chief Petroleum Engineer with function-
al responsibility for all of BP’s petroleum engineering
worldwide. Before retiring from BP, Jerry spent a number
of years in Alaska as an advisor on equity negotiation and
field operational integrity. He served on boards at IMM and
IP; for the SPE he was Chairman of the major London
Section and chaired technical committees. He also partici-
pated in industrial advisory boards at Heriot-Watt
University, Imperial College, Robert Gordon’s University
and University of Alaska - Fairbanks.
DR. J. ROBERT GOCHNOUR
Is a Senior Advisor in BP's Upstream Technology Group,
Reservoir Engineering Team, in Houston. He has over 27
years of oil and gas industry and technology experience.
He joined BP Exploration, Shared Petrotechnical Resource
in Houston in 1997. He currently manages the Excellence
in Performance Predictions subsurface R&D project. Prior
to that, he led the Reservoir Performance Prediction
Network and was one of the main technical contacts to
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BP. He is a member of the University Recruiting. He
received his B.S. (1973), M.S. (1975) and Ph.D. (1976) in
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from
Pennsylvania State University. He was named a Centennial
Fellow of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences,
Pennsylvania State University, in 1996. Gouchnour has
been associated with the research, development, and appli-
cation of reservoir simulators, reservoir engineering, and
production technology throughout his career with Gulf Oil
Corporation (9 years), Chevron (6 years), Scientific
Software-Intercomp (2 years), and Tigress (5 years). He is
a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and Tau
Beta Pi. Gouchnour has taught over 100 industry short
courses as well as graduate petroleum engineering courses
at the University of Pittsburgh and West Virginia
University. He has a number of publications, the most
recent is SPE 86758, "Integrating Data for the Reservoir
Engineer", which appeared in the June 1996 Journal of
Petroleum Technology.
ROBERT D. GRACE
Is President of GSM Enterprises, Inc. Mr. Grace has more
than 30 years on-site experience as a consultant in
blowouts, fires, well control, and deep drilling and
completion operations. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in
Petroleum Engineering from the University of Oklahoma,
and is a Registered Professional Engineer. He has conduct-
ed seminars worldwide in Well Control and Drilling
Practices since 1968. He served as Head of the Petroleum
Engineering Department at Montana Tech. Mr. Grace has
solved drilling problems in every corner of the globe, both
onshore and offshore. As a well control expert, he has spe-
cialized in handling and supervising the most complex
blowouts the industry has known, including the largest
blowout in Texas history. He designed and supervised the
industry's deepest relief well. As a consultant to Kuwait Oil
Company following the Gulf War, he was responsible for
well control in the Giant Burgan Field. Mr. Grace has
authored numerous papers on well control and drilling
practices. He authored Advanced Blowout and Well
Control released in 1994 by Gulf Publishing and
co-authored the industry's standard Drilling Practices,
published by Pennwell.
DR. RICHARD H. GROSHONG, JR.
Is a structural geologist who heads 3-D Structure Research.
Previously he worked ten years in the Cities Service Oil
Co. research laboratory and 20 years as professor at the
University of Alabama. He has published numerous papers
on rock deformation and on structural balancing, restor-
ing, and modeling in the AAPG Bulletin, Journal of
Structural Geology, Tectonics, Tectonophysics, Eclogae
Geologicae Helvetiae, and the Transactions of the GCAGS,
among others. He wrote the book, 3-D Structural Geology,
published in 1999 by Springer-Verlag and reprinted in
2002.He has been associate editor for Geology and
Tectonophysics, Chairman of the Structure & Tectonics
division of the Geological Society of America; a visiting
professor at the Universite' de Lausanne and at the
University of Petroleum in Bejing, and an AAPG
Distinguished Lecturer. He won Best Paper Awards at the
1995 International Unconventional Gas Symposium and at
the 1998 and 1999 meetings of the GCAGS.He holds a B.S.
from Bucknell University, a M.A. from the University of
Texas, Austin, and a Ph.D. from Brown University.
DAVID HAIRSTON
Is a senior staff engineer and instructor with John M.
Campbell and Company. Mr. Hairston is a Registered
Professional Engineer in several U.S. states. With over 30
years of experience in project management, engineering
and design, material logistics, and construction manage-
ment for oil and gas facilities. Project experience includes
pipeline transportation and production facilities, both
onshore and offshore. Worldwide project and construction
management experience at all levels including grass-roots
gathering, processing, and pipeline systems with a capital
cost of over USD$ 2.5 billions. Specialized technical
expertise includes river and special obstacle crossings
using open-cut, bridging and directional drilling methods;
offshore construction and logistics planning. Mr. Hairston
has been published in ASCE Magazine, Proceedings of
Marine Technology, Proceedings of several industry
Pipeline Conferences, and the Oil and Gas Journal. He
holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M
University and an M.S. in Civil Engineering for the
University of Houston.
DR. W. GREG HAZLETT
Is Training Director for OGCI/PetroSkills where he designs
competency-based training programs, evaluates course
materials and instructors, teaches training courses, and
consults on technical issues. Prior to joining OGCI, he was
Vice President of Gemini Solutions, Inc., where he was in
charge of the petroleum and geological engineering con-
sulting group. Dr. Hazlett specializes in performing reser-
voir characterization, engineering and simulation studies.
Studies include deep-water Gulf of Mexico oil and gas
fields, a granite gas reservoir offshore India, and steam-
floods in California. He has also worked for Mobil as a
drilling engineer, and for Texaco as a steamflood project
manager in Colombia, and as a reservoir and simulation
engineer in both research and Kuwait operations.
Dr. Hazlett was a Lecturer at Texas A&M University and
an Associate Professor at New Mexico Tech. He has pub-
lished on petroleum engineering topics, served as SPE
coordinator for the Reservoir, Gas Technology, and Fluid
Mechanics and Oil Recovery Processes committees, and
has testified as an expert witness. Dr. Hazlett has B.S., M.S.
and Ph.D. degrees in petroleum engineering from Texas
A&M University and is a registered Professional Engineer
in Texas.
DR. A. DANIEL HILL
Is Professor of Petroleum Engineering and holder of the
Robert Whiting Endowed Chair at Texas A&M University.
Previously, he served on the faculty at The University of
Texas at Austin, where he taught for twenty-two years after
spending several years in industry. He holds a B.S. degree
from Texas A&M University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees
from The University of Texas at Austin, all in chemical
engineering. He is the author of the SPE monograph,
Production Logging: Theoretical and Interpretive Elements,
co-author of the textbook, Petroleum Production Systems,
and author of over eighty technical papers and five
patents. He has been a SPE Distinguished Lecturer, served
on numerous SPE committees and was founding
chairman of the Austin SPE Section. He was named a
Distinguished Member of SPE in 1999. Professor Hill is an
expert in the areas of production engineering, well stimu-
lation, production logging, and complex well
performance, and has presented lectures and courses and
consulted on these topics throughout the world.
GEORGE E. HILL
Is a Senior Technical Training Instructor with Halliburton’s
Energy Services Group in Houston, Texas. He has more
than 40 years experience in oil field exploration and devel-
opment with 28 of those years dedicated to the develop-
ment and presentation of drilling fluids and
engineering technology training programs. Mr. Hill began
his career with Baroid Drilling Fluids as a Drilling Fluid
Sales Engineer in 1973 responsible for field sales and serv-
ice in the United States Mid Continent Area and Gulf of
Mexico before transferring to the training department in
1979. His responsibilities in training have included devel-
opment and instruction of training for drilling fluid field
service engineers in all phases of drilling engineering and
technology. His education includes a BS degree in Physics
from the University of Texas at Arlington, graduate studies
in Petroleum Engineering at the University of Houston,
and studies in Education at the University of St. Thomas
for a Masters Degree in Education.
TIMOTHY HOWER
Is President of MHA Petroleum Consultants, a Denver-
based petroleum consulting firm. Mr. Hower was formerly
Engineering Manager for Enron Oil and Gas Company and
Senior Manager of Exploration and Production Studies
with the former Intera Petroleum Division (now
Schlumberger Holditch Reservoir Technologies). Mr.
Hower has over 21 years petroleum engineering experi-
ence and has conducted technical studies in the North
America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and
Africa. His recent assignments include serving as Acting
Exploitation Manager for the Offshore Australia Business
Unit of Santos Ltd. in Adelaide, and in-house consultant
for the Shell affiliate NAM located in the Netherlands. He
has co-authored Managing Water-Drive Gas Reservoirs, a
textbook published by the Gas Research Institute, and
has been directly involved in the development and
instruction of MHA's technical courses for BP Amoco. Mr.
Hower received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in petroleum
engineering from Penn State University in 1981 and
1983, respectively. He has been the Chairman of the
Denver SPE section for 2001/2002 and was recently pre-
sented with the SPE Henry Mattson Technical Service
Award for innovative contributions in the field of engi-
neering of gas reservoirs.
ROBERT A. HUBBARD
Is a training consultant with John M. Campbell &
Company. He is based in Norman, Oklahoma with over 30
years experience in oil and gas facilities. Mr. Hubbard spe-
cializes in gas dehydration and economic evaluation. Mr.
Hubbard joined John M. Campbell & Company in 1980,
within the company organization he has held the positions
of Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, President and
Chief Financial Officer. He now provides consulting and
training services worldwide. Previous to John M. Campbell
& Company he held various engineering and management
positions at Texaco Inc. from 1972 to 1980. Mr. Hubbard
is a member of SPE, AIChE, and GPSA, he has chaired the
SPE Facility Engineering Committee and is a member of
the European GPA Management Committee. He holds a
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B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Kansas State University,
and an MBA from Tulane University.
GREGORY HUENI
Is Vice President and co-founder of MHA Petroleum
Consultants, a Denver-based petroleum consulting firm.
Mr. Hueni has over 29 years petroleum engineering experi-
ence and has held vice presidencies at Intera Information
Technologies and Jerry R. Bergeson and Associates. Mr.
Hueni's experience includes managing and conducting
integrated reservoir studies in the United States, Germany,
the North Sea, Kuwait, Australia and Venezuela. He has
provided expert witness testimony on numerous gas
pipeline, marketing and reservoir performance issues. Mr.
Hueni has published papers regarding dual porosity reser-
voirs, gas cycling in low permeability reservoirs, pressure
buildup in hydraulically fractured reservoirs and wellbore
pressure drops in tubing for high water cut gas wells. Prior
to the formation of MHA, Mr. Hueni developed and taught
courses related to reservoir engineering, analysis and simu-
lation for Jerry R. Bergeson and Associates. He has been
instrumental in the development and instruction of MHA's
technical courses for BP Amoco.Mr. Hueni received his B.
Sc. and M. S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rice
University in 1971. He is an active member of the Society
of Petroleum Engineers and the Society of Petroleum
Evaluation Engineers.
WILLIAM E. HUGHES
Is a graduate of Harvard University's law school and a
practicing lawyer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, who has handled a
wide variety of cases involving oil and gas related matters.
He has studied in France and lived in Morocco and
received a Fulbright scholarship to teach U.S. and
comparative law at the University of Tunis during the
2000-2001 academic year. He teaches courses at the
University of Tulsa, including courses in comparative and
international law, European Union law, banking law, U.S.
Constitutional law, and an introduction to the U.S. law and
legal system for non-U.S. lawyers and graduate students.
DR. NEIL F. HURLEY
Is based in Golden, Colorado, and is the Charles Boettcher
Distinguished Chair in Petroleum Geology at the Colorado
School of Mines (CSM). Before he joined CSM in 1996, he
worked 14 years in the oil and gas industry for Conoco
Inc. and Marathon Oil Company. He specializes in multi-
disciplinary studies that involve carbonate and sandstone
sedimentology and diagenesis, fractured reservoirs, forma-
tion evaluation, dipmeters and borehole images, and hori-
zontal drilling. His work includes studies in Egypt,
Tunisia, Syria, Abu Dhabi, Turkey, Mexico, Argentina,
Australia, China, the North Sea, Texas, New Mexico,
Alaska, Michigan, and Wyoming. He has been an AAPG
and SPE Distinguished Lecturer, and he is the past Editor
and current Vice President of AAPG. At CSM, he teaches
beginning and advanced log analysis, reservoir characteri-
zation, advanced carbonate field seminars, and integrated
exploration courses. Dr. Hurley holds B.S. degrees in
Petroleum Engineering and Geology from the University
of Southern California, an M.S. in Geology from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Ph.D. in Geology
from the University of Michigan.
ALFRED R. JENNINGS, JR.
Is a well stimulation consultant with Enhanced Well
Stimulation, Inc., located in Athens, Texas, approximately
75 miles southeast of Dallas. He actively provides well
stimulation consulting services throughout the world.
Prior to establishing Enhanced Well Stimulation, Inc., in
1995, he worked for Mobil R&D Corporation and Mobil
E&P Services, Inc. While working for Mobil for almost 14
years, Mr. Jennings was involved in various applications of
well stimulation (acidizing, acid fracturing, and hydraulic
fracturing) throughout Mobil’s worldwide operations. Prior
to Mobil, he worked 15 years for Halliburton Services in
all aspects of hydraulic fracturing research and field appli-
cations. Mr. Jennings is a registered Professional Engineer
and has authored and co-authored 95 US patents pertain-
ing to applications and techniques for well stimulation. He
has written several technical papers and articles and has
served on numerous SPE Committees. He received a B.S.
Degree in Chemistry and an M.S. Degree in Petroleum
Engineering from the University of Oklahoma.
MORGAN L. JONES
Began his engineering career in West Texas with Amoco as
a field petroleum engineer. He later transferred to Amoco
International assigned to Trinidad W.I. engaged in the off-
shore point Radix/Teak exploratory-development program.
In 1973 he joined Phillips Petroleum Company in Gt.
Yarmouth as Sr. Drilling Engineer-UK. In 1976 he was
named Sr. Drilling Engineer on the Worldwide Deepwater
SEA GAP project engaged in worldwide exploration pro-
grams with the Discoverer Seven Seas. In 1978 he trans-
ferred to Norway as Drilling Engineering Director-Greater
Ekofisk Operations. He later became Chief Offshore
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Engineer-Greater Ekofisk overseeing all offshore engineer-
ing operations. In 1980 he was named Technical Director
for Phillips Alaska-Prudhoe Bay group. In 1983 he was
transferred to the panhandle of Texas as Regional
Engineering Manager of Drilling, Production, Process and
Reservoir Engineering operations. In 1985 he was named
Manager of Drilling – Eastern Division-GOM in Houston.
In 1992 he was appointed Drilling Manager USA-Alaska. In
1995 he was named Manager of Drilling Worldwide D&P.
Mr. Jones has authored articles on planning/design drilling
organizations, improvements and wellsite supervision
through process management. He chaired and facilitated
the Phillips Petroleum Company OLS- MAXWELL process.
As worldwide Drilling Manager he facilitated under-balance
drilling operations, deep multi-lateral drilling and offshore
extended reach drilling operations. Mr. Jones holds a B.Sc.
in Industrial Engineering and Management from Oklahoma
State University and is a registered Professional Engineer in
the State of Texas. He has served on numerous SPE, API,
AADE and IADC committees.
DR. MOHAN G. KELKAR
Is a professor of petroleum engineering at the University of
Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His main research interests
include reservoir characterization, production optimiza-
tion, and risk analysis. He is involved in several research
projects, which are partially funded by various national and
international oil companies, the US Department of Energy,
and Oklahoma Center for Advancement of Science and
Technology. He has taught various short courses for many
oil companies. In addition to teaching courses across the
United States, he has taught in Canada, Indonesia,
Singapore, Nigeria, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Scotland, India,
and Denmark. He has been a consultant to many oil com-
panies, as well as to the United Nations. Dr. Kelkar holds a
B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of
Bombay, an M.S. in Petroleum Engineering and a Ph.D. in
Chemical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh,
and a J.D. from the University of Tulsa.
STANLEY KLEINSTEIBER
Mr. Kleinsteiber’s gas reservoir engineering experience con-
tains work on several fields that make him qualified to
present this course to Chevron Texaco Australia. The most
relevant US example is the Anschutz Ranch East field locat-
ed in the Western Overthrust Belt along the border
between the states of Wyoming and Utah. The field con-
tained over 2 Tcf of a very rich condensate fluid (average
yield of 180 bbl condensate / MMscf of wet reservoir gas).
Mr. Kleinsteiber and his colleagues at Amoco developed
the initial plan of depletion for this field using composi-
tional numerical simulation. Mr. Kleinsteiber’s specific
contributions were in the areas of fluid property characteri-
zation, well testing and simulation studies for various
development options. The field was ultimately developed
by full pressure maintenance using a combination of pro-
duced hydrocarbon gas and purchased nitrogen as the
injection fluid. The field achieved peak gas production
rates of 700 MMscfd, averaging 25 MMscfd of gas and
associated liquids per producing well and 41 MMscfd per
injection well. Mr. Kleinsteiber’s most relevant international
experience is related to exploration well testing in the
Mediterranean Ocean offshore Israel. He was retained by a
client to evaluate DST tests conducted on a high perme-
ability sand (360 md) encountered in the well. Mr.
Kleinsteiber has also performed field development studies
for coalbed methane reservoirs in the Bowen Basin of east-
ern Australia, and well test analyses for exploration wells in
Hungary. The Gas Reservoir Management course has been
presented by Mr. Kleinsteiber to in-house clients such as
Japan National Oil Company (Tokyo), BP Indonesia
(Jakarta) and EGPC (Cairo). The course was well rated in
each of these locations. The material covers aspects of gas
reservoir management related both to low permeability
onshore fields and high deliverability offshore fields. The
material presented during a specific class will emphasize
only those aspects of gas reservoir management that are
appropriate for the current students. Example fields dis-
cussed during the class that may be similar to the assets
operated by Chevron Texaco Australia include the
Goodwyn field (NWS Australia), the Tangguh project
(Indonesia) and the Mahogany field (Trinidad). All of the
projects deal with large reservoirs, with high deliverability
wells using LNG export.
ROBERT G. KNOLL
Is one of the world’s leading horizontal/complex well
experts. He has more than 29 years of uniquely diverse
upstream experience, holding senior operational, technical,
and managerial positions in oil and gas projects
worldwide. As project coordinator of the internationally
acclaimed DEA-44 Project (Horizontal Technology JIP), he
has acquired unparalleled exposure in applying modern
exploitation technologies to real-world problems. Since
1990, he has authored and presented more than 200
technical training and management programs in every
major petroleum province in the world, with consistently
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excellent reviews. His multidisciplinary background of
engineering, geology, field operations, and management,
accompanied by an entertaining talent for explaining com-
plex issues, provides for a uniquely positive and immedi-
ately applicable learning experience.
DR. JAMES F. LEA, JR.
Is a professor and Chairman of Petroleum Engineering at
Texas Tech University. He spent 20 years with Amoco
Corporation and was involved in consulting on flowing/
lifting wells, testing, and research on lift methods, creating
new computer programs for lifted and flowing wells, teach-
ing production schools and monitoring JIP's on pipeline
flow, artificial lift, erosion, corrosion, and others.
Dr. Lea is on the API and SPE committees for electrical
submersible pumps, gas lift, and artificial lift systems, and a
member of API committees developing Recommended
Practices (RP) for gas lift and ESP’s. He has authored and
co-authored over 50 technical papers and articles on
artificial lift systems, has been an SPE Distinguished
Lecturer two times and has presented and organized
numerous conferences for artificial lift. He received the SPE
Production Engineering Award in 1996.
Dr. Lea is a Registered Professional Engineer in Texas, has
nine US patents, and holds a B.S. and an M.S. in
Mechanical Engineering from the University of Arkansas,
and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Southern
Methodist University.
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DR. LARRY L. LILLY
Is Vice President of John M. Campbell & Company with
over 30 years experience with Engineering & Consulting
companies including design, commissioning and startup.
Dr. Lilly provides consulting and training services world-
wide including process simulation applications, facilities
operations and detailed project development. Dr. Lilly is a
member of AIChE, GPSA, GPA Europe and numerous local
technical societies. He has published extensively on gas
and liquid properties, world energy economics and process
calculations. Dr. Lilly has presented invited papers for
international conferences. In addition he has co-authored
numerous operating manuals and equipment selection
manuals used by major oil companies. Dr. Lilly has also co-
authored three books on Gas Conditioning and Processing
and Computer Applications for Production/ Processing. He
holds a B.S., an M.S. and a PhD in Chemical Engineering
from Oklahoma State University.
DR. DAVID A. LINK
Is a geologist with Dover Technology, Inc. in Houston,
Texas. His domestic and international oil industry experi-
ence spans more than 25 years, covering areas in North,
South, and Central America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
His field experience extends from Alaska to Antarctica and
South Africa. His teaching experience includes 21 years
with OGCI plus lecturer positions at Northern Illinois
University, Northeastern Illinois University, and the
University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Dr. Link has a Ph.D. in
Geology from Northwestern University and is co-author of
Exploration Methods for Sandstone Reservoirs.
PERRY LOVELACE
Is Manager of Facilities Development for John M.
Campbell & Company, a PetroSkills member. Mr. Lovelace
specializes in Maintenance Management and Competency-
based Training Programs and has 25+ years experience in
industrial training and consulting. After graduate studies,
he worked for a large consulting mechanical/electrical engi-
neering firm applying rigorous systems analysis to industri-
al facility design and construction. He has dedicated his
career to providing high quality learning experiences, keep-
ing in tune with the changing economic and technological
environment, especially as applied to long-term facilities
and equipment management. He has assisted many organi-
zations through on-site
consultation and training. Clients include industrial and
utility organizations of different types and sizes in the
United States, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab
Emirates, Qatar, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand,
Malaysia, Singapore, Trinidad/Tobago, UK and Mexico. An
engaging and popular speaker/facilitator, Mr. Lovelace con-
tinually receives high marks from participants. A member
of the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals
and the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Mr. Lovelace also
holds a B.S. in Science Education and an M.S. in Botany
from the University of Oklahoma, with pre-doctoral
studies in Plant Ecology at the University of California.
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DR. JAMES D. LOWELL
Offers over forty years of experience in the exploration for
petroleum reserves. He has been involved in projects
worldwide, covering a broad range of structural and strati-
graphic regimes. His work has involved regional
geologic evaluations as well as projects at the prospect
level. Dr. Lowell has published widely in the field of struc-
tural geology, including a book on Structural Styles in
Petroleum Exploration and has taught industry schools on
the subject for 23 years. He was a distinguished lecturer for
the AAPG and for Esso Australia.
DONALD S. MACPHERSON
Is from Edmonton, Alberta. He graduated from the
University of Alberta in 1965 with an MSc. in Geophysics
and Isotope Geochemistry. Upon graduation, he was
employed by Mobil Oil Canada in Calgary where he
worked for seven years. He has subsequently worked for
Mobil in Dallas, New Orleans, London, and Vienna. He has
been involved in all aspects of geophysical data acquisition,
processing and interpretation. Throughout his career, Don
has participated in teaching courses in the technical aspects
of geophysics and has always had a keen interest in bring-
ing clarity and understanding of the tools of the trade to
people that become involved in using and interpreting seis-
mic data. For the last ten years of his career with Mobil,
Don was with Mobil’s Training Department. He was the
manager of the Training Department in Dallas and was the
principle lecturer in the geophysical courses.
HARVEY MALINO
Is an Instructor/Consultant for John M. Campbell &
Company. He has 35 years of experience in the Chemical
and Hydrocarbon Processing Industries. During his 28
years with Union Carbide Corporation/UOP, he held both
technical and commercial positions. These included:
Molecular Sieve Technical Manager - Design and Field
Service; Licensing Manager for the Ethylene Oxide
business; Area Sales and Marketing Manager for Southeast
Asia; Business Manager for the Gas Processing Business
Group; and, World Wide Sales Manager for the Gas
Processing Business Group. Mr. Malino has lived and
worked in New Hampshire, Maine, New York, Singapore
and Chicago. He is currently based in Charleston, South
Carolina where he is President of his own consulting busi-
ness. Mr. Malino is a registered Professional Engineer in the
State of New Hampshire. He sits on the Advisory Board of
the Laurance Reid Gas Conditioning Conference in
Norman, OK. Mr. Malino earned a B.S. in Chemical
Engineering from the City College of New York; and, an
M.B.A from Pace University in New York.
LOUIS MATTAR
Was the principal author of the world-renowned E.R.C.B.
publication Theory & Practice of the Testing of Gas Wells,
1975, which is the authoritative text on the subject. For
several years, Louis was Associate Professor at the
University of Calgary where he taught courses in Reservoir
Engineering and Advanced Well Testing. Since 1981 he has
been with Fekete Associates, a consulting company that
specializes in well testing and reservoir engineering. He has
analyzed and supervised the interpretation of thousands of
well tests and specializes in the integration of practice with
theory. He has appeared as an expert witness in several
Energy Board Hearings. He has conducted studies ranging
from shallow gas reservoirs to deep sour wells, from small
pools to a 5000-well reservoir/completion/production
study, and from waterfloods to gas storage. Louis teaches
the CIM course in “Gas Well Testing, Theory and Practice”,
as well as “Modern Production Decline Analysis” to the
SPE and to several companies. He has authored 45 techni-
cal publications. He is an adjunct professor at the
University of Calgary.
DR. MARK A. MCCAFFREY
Co-founded OilTracers, LLC (www.oiltracers.com), a firm
specializing in the integration of geochemical, geological
and engineering data to solve oil exploration and
development problems, in 1999. Previously, he spent ten
years at Chevron and Arco working on these issues.
Dr. McCaffrey was a 2001-2002 Distinguished Lecturer for
the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He was the 1995 recip-
ient of the Pieter Schenck Award from the European
Association of Organic Geochemists for “outstanding work
on biomarkers in relation to paleoenvironmental studies
and petroleum exploration.” In 1998, he received (with
project co-workers) the Arco Award of Excellence “for
developing a new charge and migration model for the
Brookian petroleum system, allowing improved charge risk
assessment for prospects on the Central North Slope of
Alaska. He is a senior or co-author of 26 articles on petro-
leum exploration, reservoir management, oil biodegrada-
tion, hazardous waste remediation, paleoenvironmental
reconstruction, and marine chemistry. He is a California
Registered Geologist (License #5903) and an AAPG
Certified Petroleum Geologist (Certificate #5339). Dr.
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McCaffrey received his B.A. degree (1985) from Harvard
University, magna cum laude with highest honors in
Geological Sciences, and his Ph.D. (1990) in Geochemistry
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institute Joint Program.
KEVIN MCLAUGHLIN
Is a training consultant with John M. Campbell &
Company, he is based in the UK. Mr. McLaughlin worked
in the UK Chemical industry for 20 years prior to moving
into the oil and gas production industry, where he has
worked for more than 20 years. He has specialized
knowledge and experience in water treatment associated
with oil and gas production systems. For more than 15
years he was manager of a group of technical specialists for
a major Production Chemical Manufacturing company,
with additional responsibility for product development,
management and application in oil and gas production
systems. He has traveled extensively to onshore and off-
shore locations throughout the Eastern Hemisphere
solving water treatment and separation problems. Mr.
McLaughlin has developed and taught courses in oilfield
water treatment since 1990. He is a Chartered Chemist,
Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London, UK,
and a member of SPE.
DR. HOWARD L. MCKINZIE
Is a petroleum consultant from Sugar Land, Texas. His
prior industry experience includes 21 years with Texaco,
Inc. and Getty Oil Company in numerous areas of
production and completions engineering. Specific special-
ties include sand control, downhole oil/water separation,
compact surface oil/water separation, artificial lift with
progressive cavity pumps, formation damage, water shut-
off, drag reduction techniques, and well stimulation by
acidizing and fracturing. He also worked in the area of sur-
face well logging, and was one of the co-developers of
QGM™ (Qualitative Gas Measurement) and QFT™
(Qualitative Fluorescene Technique). He holds numerous
patents in several of the above areas. Dr. McKinzie was the
Chairman of the Completion Engineering Association in
1991-1992, after being vice chairman in 1989-1990. He
was a member of the research team that received the
Special Meritorious Award for Engineering Innovation
from Petroleum Engineer International (1999). He was
also a member of another team that received the Hearst
Newspapers Energy Award for Technology in 1998. He has
twice received Texaco’s Corporate Technology Innovation
Award. Prior to joining Getty, he was employed by GTE
Labs in Waltham, Massachusetts, where he worked prima-
rily in the areas of catalyst development research and
developing photo-catalytic techniques. Dr. McKinzie held
a post-doctoral appointment in Chemistry at Brown
University, and subsequently taught Engineering several
more years at Brown. He received his B.S. degree in
Chemistry and Mathematics from Central Oklahoma
University, and his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from
Arizona State University.
DR. CLYDE H. MOORE
Is a consulting geologist in Lakewood, Colorado. In addi-
tion, he is the director of the Applied Carbonate Research
Program, an Emeritus Professor of Geology at Louisiana
State University, and a research professor at Colorado
School of Mines. He spent a number of years as a research
geologist with Shell Development Company in Houston.
During this period he did extensive research on carbonate
platform evolution, modern coastal clastics and ancient
turbidite sequences in Texas, the east coast of the United
States, and west coast borderland basins. Dr. Moore has
over 38 years experience in all aspects of the geology of
sedimentary rocks including the sequence stratigraphic
analysis of carbonates and siliciclastics in both outcrop
and subsurface. He has researched modern sedimentary
environments of carbonates and siliciclastics and has
extensive experience in studies of the diagenesis of
carbonates. In particular, he is recognized as a leading
authority on the evolution of porosity in carbonate rock
sequences. He has worked on sedimentary sequences
across the Gulf of Mexico, Central America, Mexico, the
Caribbean, Canada, the western interior of the United
States, the western Pacific, Europe, and Pakistan. In the
AAPG, he was the Continuing Education Committee
chairman and initiated the AAPG field seminar program in
the late 1970's. He has been a Distinguished Lecturer and
short course lecturer for AAPG. He received the AAPG
Distinguished Educator award in 2001. He leads an annual
AAPG carbonate sequence stratigraphic field seminar cen-
tered in the Cretaceous platform carbonates of central
Texas. This highly acclaimed field seminar has had an
uninterrupted run of over 25 years. Dr. Moore is editor of
Geology of Carbonate Porosity, and co-editor of the highly
acclaimed AAPG Memoir 33, Carbonate Depositional
Environments and Jurassic of the Gulf Rim. He wrote
Porosity in Carbonate Rock Sequences, an audio-visual
course, and is the author of the book, Carbonate
Diagenesis and Porosity, as well as numerous articles in
international journals. His new book, Carbonate
Reservoirs, was published by Elsevier in 2001. He holds a
B.S. in Geology from Louisiana State University and an
M.S. and a Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Texas
at Austin.
CARLOS DIAZ MORALES
Is a Drilling Fluids, TFM, and Engineering instructor for
the Halliburton Energy Services Group. He has 30 years
experience as a drilling fluids engineer, drilling engineer,
drilling manager and technical instructor. He has been flu-
ids engineer, drilling engineer, drilling supervisor or
drilling manager on numerous difficult and high profile
wells and projects. His broad experience has been through-
out the countries of Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil,
Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia. Mr. Diaz has been a
drilling engineer and drilling supervisor for Petroperu and
Bridas Exploration, drilling fluids engineer for Shell E & P
in Peru, drilling engineer for Baroid Pigmina in Brazil,
drilling fluids coordinator for Dresser Mexico, drilling
engineer for Occidental- Peru, drilling superintendent for
Dresser Kellogg in Venezuela and Halliburton Colombia.
He holds degrees in Industrial Engineering and Petroleum
Engineering from the University of Peru – Lima.
D. JOHN MORGAN
Is based in Denver, Colorado, and is President of John M.
Campbell & Company with over 30 years experience in
the design, startup and troubleshooting of oil and gas facil-
ities. He has published extensively on sour gas treating,
sulfur recovery, CO2 treating, materials of construction,
LNG training, and cryogenic gas processing. He consults
for both North American and international clients in the
gas processing industry. He performs training in LNG facil-
ities, oil and gas production facilities, and gas plants
around the world. He is very active in industry activities
including membership of the Editorial Review Board of the
Gas Processors Supplier's Association, the Program
Advisory Committee of the Laurance Reid Gas
Conditioning Conference, and had served as Adjunct
Professor of Petroleum Engineering at Colorado School of
Mines. Mr. Morgan has many years of experience training
non-native English speakers. He holds a B.Sc. (Honours)
in Chemical Engineering from London University; and an
M.E. in Chemical & Refinery Engineering from Colorado
School of Mines, USA.
DAVID PATRICK MURPHY
Is Senior Staff Petrophysical Engineer for Shell Interna-
tional Exploration and Production. He is also Formation
Evaluation Lecturer for University of Houston Petroleum
Engineering Graduate Program. Mr. Murphy has over 30
years experience at Shell with emphasis on all aspects of
petrophysical engineering and 13 years teaching experi-
ence at UH (concurrent with Shell time). Publications
include the annual “Advances in MWD and Formation
Evaluation” feature in World Oil (1993-present), “NMR
Logging and Core Analysis—Simplified” in World Oil
(1995), and contributions to Carbonate Reservoir
Characterization: A Geological-Engineering Analysis, Part II
(Elsevier 1996). He is a judge for Hart’s E&P annual
Meritorious Engineering Awards (1997-present) and an
industry advisor for Oilfield Review (1997-present). Mr.
Murphy is a member of Society of Professional Well Log
Analysts (SPWLA) and Society of Petroleum Engineers
(SPE). SPE committee membership has included Edu-
cation and Professionalism Committee and Measurement
While Drilling Reprint Editorial Committee. Mr. Murphy
is a licensed professional engineer in Texas, Oklahoma,
Louisiana, and California. He earned a B.S. degree in
Petroleum Engineering from the University of Oklahoma.
LARRY T. NELMS
Is based in Denver, Colorado, and is a Managing Senior
Vice President with Ryder Scott Company, Petroleum
Consultants. He has 22 years hands-on and management
experience preparing reserve estimates and reserve reports
with Ryder Scott. Before joining Ryder Scott in 1982 he
worked in various petroleum engineering assignments
with Exxon, Dome Petroleum and Mizel Petro Resources.
His background with these companies included reservoir
surveillance, reservoir and economic studies, training and
management. He was on the committee that prepared the
second edition of the SPEE Monograph 1 “Guideline for
Application of Petroleum Reserves Definitions”. Mr. Nelms
holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Mississippi
State University and a M.S. in mechanical engineering
from the University of New Mexico.
TIM NIEMAN
Tim Nieman is a Senior Decision Analyst for Geomatrix
Consultants, an Oakland based geotechnical and
environmental engineering consulting firm. He performs
decision and risk analysis for various organizations facing
complex decision problems. Recent oil and gas consulting
work includes risk analysis of deepwater pipeline routing;
portfolio analysis for budgeting E&P R&D portfolios; and
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development of methods for assessing new basin entry
opportunities. Other recent work includes development of
remediation and reuse strategies for impaired properties,
including former refineries, manufacturing facilities and
pipelines; numerous projects for the Yucca Mountain pro-
posed nuclear waste repository; and cancer causation mod-
eling for national health organizations. He teaches various
courses on decision analysis and quantitative modeling.
Mr. Nieman was formerly Director of Operations for
Lumina Decision Systems, a decision analysis consulting
and software firm. Prior to that, he spent 14 years with
Amoco as a geophysicist, economist, and risk and portfolio
analyst. He has a B.S. in geology and an M.S. in geophysics
from Michigan State University, and an MBA from Rice
University.
DR. J. M. PEDEN
Is Professor of Well Technology at the Department of
Petroleum Engineering at Curtin University of Technology
in Perth Western Australia; a Principal Technolgist for
Advanced Well Technologies Pty. in Perth WA and also
Managing Director of PITAC Ltd. in Edinburgh, Scotland
Previously at Heriot Watt University, he was the Shell UK
Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Chairman and Deputy
Chairman of the department from 1982 until 1991. In
1991, he founded the Horizontal Well Technology Unit.
His specialties are focused primarily on production
technology but he also teaches courses in reservoir and
drilling related topics and was a visiting Professor of
Petroleum Engineering at Stanford University. He was
employed by Shell in both the Middle East and the North
Sea. He has consulted internationally for the majority of
major operating and service companies in areas such as
horizontal wells, sand control, multilaterals and other
aspects of well design and troubleshooting.
Dr. Peden’s principal areas of expertise are in well
completion design; formation damage; sand control; and,
horizontal and multilateral wells. He has published over
100 technical papers, two textbooks, and contributed to
numerous conferences as a keynote speaker. He has been
an active member of SPE, holding a number of posts
including Chairman of the Aberdeen Section in 1986/87.
In 1999/2000 he was an SPE Distinguished Lecturer on
the subject of multilateral wells. He obtained his B.Sc. in
Chemical Engineering in 1970, returning to University in
1976 from Shell, to obtain his M.Eng. in Petroleum
Engineering and was awarded his Ph.D. in 1983.
DR. DAVID PELTON
Is the president of the Speakwell Company and has been a
professional communicator for over 25 years. Since 1975
he has performed for-and spoken to-audiences in the
United States, Central and Western Europe, Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Russia, the Ukraine, and Southeast Asia. He
has taught at major colleges and universities and has been
an active seminar/workshop teacher for business and
corporations in California, Colorado, Louisiana, New York,
Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia and in Canada, England,
Holland, Ireland, Wales, the Czech and Slovak Republics,
Malaysia, and Singapore. Dr. Pelton founded the Speakwell
Company in 1995 and it quickly emerged as a leader in
the communications resource industry. Today he is a mem-
ber of numerous training institutes and societies and
enjoys a national and international reputation as a com-
munications consultant, lecturer, trainer, and coach. He
holds degrees from Cornell University, the New England
Conservatory of Music, the University of Cincinnati and is
currently on the adjunct faculties of several Louisiana col-
leges and universities, including Our Lady of Holy Cross
College where he has been a lecturer in Speech and Music
since 1999.
RICHARD H. PIGGIN
Has been an independent geophysical marketing consult-
ant for 14 years, and is currently assisting major organiza-
tions in finding applications of new technology in the
upstream oil-industry, in addition to his lecturing activities
on behalf of OGCI. Prior to this, he was Corporate
Product and Marketing Manager for Gearhart Industries in
Ft. Worth, Texas. Earlier, he spent 23 years with
Schlumberger in many countries worldwide, starting as a
field engineer and was latterly Division Manager for
Indonesia, Regional Marketing Manager for the Middle
East and Technical Consultant in Acoustics at
Schlumberger-Doll Research in Ridgefield, Connecticut.In
addition to his wide experience of electrical wireline meas-
urements and interpretation, as well as his ongoing activi-
ties in pursuing improvements in Petrophysical technolo-
gy, he has been associated with new developments in
Gravity, NMR, Multi-Beam Swath Bathymetry and other
measurements, and is joint patent-holder in a method for
Inverse VSP. He graduated with an MA degree in Natural
Sciences from Oxford University.
DR. JOHN D. PIGOTT
Is an internationally recognized energy expert with more
than twenty years experience in worldwide hydrocarbon
exploration-exploitation. Formerly an explorationist with
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Amoco International Oil Company where he conducted
seismic stratigraphy and basin analysis in Southeast Asia
and Africa, John has achieved a superior record of geologi-
cal- geophysical success in the discovery of several world-
class oil discoveries, and has built a record of leadership
and uncompromising integrity during the successful exe-
cution of such responsibilities as an Advisor to Foreign
Energy Ministries and an Exploration and Exploitation
Consultant for Oil Companies Worldwide. Recent clients
are the USGS, PDVSA, ECOPETROL, GUPCO, MOL,
PEMEX, YOMENCO as well as Anadarko, Apache,
ChevronTexaco, ExxonMobil, Perez, Santos, and
Wintershall.
An Associate Professor of Geology and Geophysics at the
University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, Dr. Pigott
has published more than 100 papers and graduated more
than 30 students on topics in integrated basin analysis.
The director of the OU Basin Analysis Seismic Stratigraphy
MPI Laboratory, his present studies focus on basin evolu-
tion, risk analysis, paleostress determinations, 2-D and 3-D
seismic processing and sequence stratigraphy principally
in basins of South America, Africa, Middle East, and
Southeast Asia. Dr. Pigott holds a B.S. and an M.A. in
Geology from the University of Texas at Austin and a
Ph.D. in Geology from Northwestern University.
MARK S. RAMSEY
Is a registered professional engineer with over 20 years of
experience in multidisciplined research and drilling
operations engineering. He is a member of the Technical
Advisory Board of Cabot Specialty Fluids. He has chaired
technical sessions for the SPE, IADC, and OTC. He has
served on the SPE drilling editorial review committee,
serves on the Drilling Technical Advisory Group of the Gas
Research Institute, and represents clients at meetings of the
DEA and the DEA-Europe. He chaired the Horizontal and
Directional Drilling subcommittee of the AADE in
Houston. Mr. Ramsey was an invited guest speaker of the
Japan National Oil Corporation during their International
Symposium on Horizontal Drilling. Mr. Ramsey was
named a Charter Member of the Texas Tech Academy of
Mechanical Engineers and earned the "Distinguished
Instructor Award" from Exxon. He assisted Amoco in
developing their successful Training to Reduce
Unscheduled Events, and spin-off seminars and work-
shops, currently conducted worldwide. He is known as an
innovator and holds over 30 US and international patents.
Mr. Ramsey is the author of several papers, trade journal
articles, and the monthly Imagineering column for the
industry publication, The Brief. He has investigated
“Intelligent Completion” technologies for GPRI. He was
selected by Schlumberger to author the drilling module of
their “Online Glossary”, and created Amoco’s first internal
website for drillers. Mr. Ramsey holds a B.S.M.E. from
Texas Tech University. You are welcome to go to Mr.
Ramsey’s web site at www.tdaweb.com
SCOTT B. RANDOLPH
Is an engineering and management consultant with more
than 25 years experience in the natural gas and oil
business. Mr. Randolph has worked in pipelining,
production engineering, completions, drilling engineering
and operations, and research and development. He spent
14 years with Amoco Corporation in various engineering
functions and 6 years with OGCI in various management
functions in the areas of organizational learning and
training. He has managed projects in the areas of drilling,
organizational learning, and slimhole technology in the
United States, Canada, North Sea, and Australia.
Additionally, he conducted over 50 training courses in
project management, drilling, organizational learning and
petroleum technology. Mr. Randolph is currently the
Operations Manager of the GTI Catoosa Test Facility in
Tulsa, OK, and a consultant specializing in slimhole
technology and new technology development. He has
authored articles and SPE papers on slimhole technology
and organizational learning and is a member of SPE and
AADE He holds a B.S. in industrial engineering from West
Virginia University.
DR. SAMMI H. RAZA
Is a consulting petroleum engineer in Houston, Texas. He
has worked for Amoco, Amerada Hess, and Saudi Aramco
in various high level technical and management positions.
He has 35 years of diversified experience in oil and gas
field development planning and implementation,
reservoir management, recovery enhancement under
primary and improved oil recovery schemes, and project
optimization. His experience, covering onshore and off-
shore oil and gas projects in the United States and the
Arabian Gulf, deals with reservoirs under natural drive,
waterflood, and enhanced oil recovery processes.
His interest integrates know-how gained from: Oil
recovery research with Amoco; academic appointments at
the University of Houston and the Middle East Technical
University in Turkey; in-house/industrial course
development; and, training in reservoir engineering,
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reservoir management, waterflooding, and carbon dioxide
flooding. He has authored numerous technical papers, has
several US patents, and served the SPE in various capaci-
ties including a distinguished lectureship. Dr. Raza has
degrees in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from
Montana Mines, Pennsylvania State, and Stanford
University.
DR. LANNY J. REED
Is a consulting geophysicist and emeritus professor of
Engineering Physics at Northeastern State University in
Tahlequah, Oklahoma. He has 45 years of experience in
technical training and presentation of technical materials,
as well as research experience in industrial, university, and
government laboratories. He is a member of SEG, EAEG,
AGU, American Association for the Advancement of
Science, and American Association of Physics Teachers. He
is the author of numerous publications. Dr. Reed holds a
B.S. from Miami University in Ohio, and a Ph.D. in
Geophysics from the University of Tulsa and is
beginning his 22nd year instructing for OGCI/ PetroSkills.
BILL REHM
Is a consultant in Controlled Pressure Drilling and the
author of “Practical Underbalanced Drilling and
Workover” He has some 30 years of experience in
controlled pressure drilling starting with some of the early
foam drilling on the AEC site in Nevada and foam work
over in California up though experiences in Canada and
present day operations with gaseated fluids in such divers
areas as the Austin Chalk, Illinois, and California. In his
broad experience he was an early contributor to well
control technology and was Chief Engineer for a service
company when drilling chokes were first being introduced
as a method of controlling well pressure. As General
Manager of Horizontal Drillers, a directional drilling com-
pany, in the early days of learning in the Austin Chalk, he
participated in the development of many of the ideas that
lead to today’s controlled Pressure Drilling. At present he is
active as a consultant in Managed Pressure Drilling and
actively engaged in corrosion control and foam work-over
in Wyoming. Controlled pressure training experience
includes helping develop and presenting some 30 sessions
in “Underbalance Drilling” a course developed under con-
tract to the DEA. He holds several patents and has written
more than 50 publications on the subjects of well pres-
sures, well control, horizontal drilling, and underbalance
drilling. He holds a BS in Geology and Geological engi-
neering from MSM.
DR. LEON H. ROBINSON
Retired from Exxon Production Research in 1992, and has
remained active working with the SPE, API, ASME, AADE,
and as a drilling consultant. He was a 1993-1994 SPE
Distinguished Lecturer; a member of a MIT steering com-
mittee for Rapid Drilling and Excavation; a member of the
drilling advisory panel for the Houston Museum Energy
Exhibit and served four years on the Editorial Advisory
Board of the Petroleum Engineering International magazine.
During his 39-years with Exxon, he had the opportunity
to make contributions in many technology areas, such as:
explosive drilling, drilling data telemetry, subsurface rock
mechanics, drilling and hydraulic optimization techniques,
solids control (including mud cleaners), well log interpre-
tation, gravity drainage of oil, tertiary oil recovery, on-site
drilling workshops, worldwide drilling fluid seminars, and
rig site (troubleshooting) consultation. Dr. Robinson
received the 1985 SPE Drilling Engineering Award, holds
34 U.S. patents, 24 international patents, three Exxon
Distinguished Lecturer Awards, and the 1999 American
Association Drilling Engineering Meritorious Service
Award. He was chairman of the committees that authored
the IADC Mud Equipment Manual and the AADE Shale
Shaker and Drilling Fluid Systems Handbook. Presently,
Dr. Robinson serves on the ASME Petroleum Division's
Environmental Operating Committee, is a member of the
National AADE Drilling Technology Conference Planning
Committee, Chairman of the API committee rewriting API
RP 13C and 13E, chairman of the ASME Committee writ-
ing a Solids Control Book, and is an advisor to Sandia
National Laboratory Diagnostics While Drilling Project. He
holds a B.S. and M.S. in Physics from Clemson University,
and a Ph.D. in Engineering Physics from North Carolina
State University.
GERRY H. ROSS
Is based in Texas. He is an instructor and marketing direc-
tor for Petroskills-OGCI. He has 26 years formation evalu-
ation and rock based Petrophysics experience as well as
participating in Oil & Gas operations from exploration
through production. While with Core Lab he provided
training to both majors and independents on a world wide
basis. During this time he was also the instructor and co-
ordinator of an extensive internal petrophysics applica-
tions program. This multi-year program focused on the
applications of rock and fluid data in log analysis, forma-
tion evaluation, reservoir engineering & production. As
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General Manager of Core Lab Instruments he worked with
major research centers and universities globally to provide
reservoir conditions instrumentation for reservoir engi-
neering, reservoir description and formation damage
research. His international oil & gas knowledge was
developed though extended assignments in South
America, Asia, the North Sea and the USA. Gerry holds a
B.Sc. in Geology from Bedford College, London University.
He is a member of the SPE, SPWLA, PESGB, SEAPEX and
a past president of the Aberdeen Chapter of the SPWLA.
RICHARD H. SCHROEDER
Is Founder and President of RHS Management, a company
based in Dallas, Texas, specializing in technical and
management consulting for the petroleum industry. Mr.
Schroeder has more than 35 years of experience in
engineering, international operations, management and
teaching experience in all phases of exploration,
production, research and corporate development. Mr.
Schroeder specializes in reservoir management, production
optimization, personnel development, communications
and multi-discipline team building. He spent nine years
with Exxon; he was involved in engineering research and
supervision. Mr. Schroeder spent eight years as Senior Vice
President with May Petroleum, an independent drilling
fund company; eight years as President of Rosewood
Resources, a privately-owned international integrated oil
company; seven years as President/Vice Chairman/
Consultant of Harken Energy Corp., an international
exploration company. He has authored articles and manu-
als on various phases of petroleum engineering and per-
sonnel management. Mr. Schroeder is a member of API,
SPE, IPAA, and TIPRO; is a Tau Beta Pi Fellow; he has var-
ious outstanding lecturer awards. He holds a B.S. in
Engineering Science and an M.S. in Petroleum Engineering
from the University of Texas at Austin.
KENNETH L. SCHUESSLER
Is a Senior Petroleum Engineer with MHA Petroleum
Consultants in Golden, Colorado, with over 25 years of
petroleum engineering experience. Mr. Schuessler’s career
has focused on performing reservoir engineering analysis
to support reserves valuation, production optimization,
and field exploitation. He has also managed numerous
large field and equity redetermination studies involving
several teams of multidisciplinary professionals. Mr.
Schuessler has held vice presidencies with Jerry R.
Bergeson & Associates, INTERA Petroleum Division, and
SI International (formerly STA), in which capacities he has
been responsible for conducting reservoir engineering
studies as well as managing staff and business develop-
ment. During his career, Mr. Schuessler has prepared and
presented work, including expert witness testimony, before
state and federal regulatory agencies, courts and arbitration
panels. Prior to the formation of MHA, Mr. Schuessler
developed and taught courses related to reservoir engineer-
ing and well test analysis for Jerry R. Bergeson and
Associates. While at STA, he directed the development of
an in-house short course in integrated studies. Mr.
Schuessler holds a B.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering from
the University of Wyoming (1976) and has performed
graduate studies at the Colorado School of Mines. He is a
Registered Professional Engineer (Colorado) and a mem-
ber of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the Society
of Professional Well Log Analysts.
JOHN SCHUYLER
CAM, CCE, CMA, CMC, CPIM, PMP and PE, is a decision
analyst, evaluation engineer, and investor. He founded his
consulting practice, Decision Precision* in 1988. He has
over 30 years of experience in analysis, consulting, train-
ing and management, primarily in the energy industry. His
focus has been in feasibility analysis, appraisals, corporate
planning, and evaluation software. John has presented over
230 courses in 33 countries since 1990. He was vice
president and petroleum engineer with Security Pacific
National Bank, planning and evaluation analyst at Cities
Service Oil Co., manager of business systems for Cities
Service’s Petrochemicals Division, and senior management
consultant with a national accounting firm. John is a
member of eight professional organizations and is an
author and speaker on modern analysis practices. John is
the revision author of Decision Analysis for Petroleum
Exploration, author of Risk and Decision Analysis in
Projects, and has written over 40 articles and handbook
chapters. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in mineral-engi-
neering physics from Colorado School of Mines and an
M.B.A. from the University of Colorado. His Web site is
http://www.maxvalue.com.
DR. RICHARD D. SEBA
Is a petroleum engineering consultant in New Orleans,
Louisiana. During 28 years of employment by Shell Oil
Company in locations around the world, he held staff and
management positions in research, reservoir engineering,
and E&P and corporate economics. He has taught reser-
voir engineering and petroleum economics at Tulane
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University, Stanford University, University of New Orleans,
for SPE and Shell. For the past 19 years, he has taught
courses in petroleum economics, risk and uncertainty, and
international E&P contracts for Shell and OGCI. He is an
SPE Distinguished Author, has served SPE as chairman of
the Distinguished Lecturers Committee, chairman of the
Economics Award Committee, chairman of the Textbook
Committee, and as a member of the Speakers Bureau. He is
a member of the Society of Independent Professional Earth
Scientists and is a registered professional engineer. Dr. Seba
is the author of Economics of Worldwide Petroleum
Production (2nd Edition, 2003), published by OGCI. He
holds B.S. and M.P.E. degrees from Oklahoma University
and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas, all in
petroleum engineering.
DR. MUKUL M. SHARMA
Is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Petroleum
and Geosystems Engineering at the University of Texas at
Austin. He has worked, published, taught and consulted
extensively in the oil and gas industry for the past 20
years. He is the recipient of the 1998 SPE Formation
Evaluation Award, the 2002 Lester C. Uren Award and the
2004 Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum
Engineering faculty. He has served as an SPE Instructor for
12 years and as an SPE Distinguished Lecturer in Oilfield
Water Management in 2002.
STANFORD A. SIEMENS
Was with Phillips Petroleum Company for 28 years with
reservoir, petroleum engineering, and management assign-
ments in Australia, Venezuela, US, Norway and England.
His supervisory and management roles included: Drilling
and Production Manager in the Ivory Coast; UK Drilling,
Production and Development Manager; Ivory Coast
Country Manager; Engineering and Construction Manager
for Phillips Europe-Africa; and Manager of Phillips
Worldwide Drilling and Production Services. Mr. Siemens
became interested in conflict resolution early in his career
and practiced methods for resolving conflict in his man-
agement positions. He and his project managers successful-
ly employed conflict resolution processes in their North
Sea construction projects during the early 1990’s. While
Manager of Phillips Worldwide Drilling and Production
Services, he developed a reputation for positively address-
ing conflict and led several formal conflict resolution activ-
ities in addition to being involved in many informal con-
flict resolution exercises. More recently, Mr. Siemens has
obtained a graduate level Certificate in Conflict and
Dispute Resolution from Southwest Missouri State
University (SMSU). He is completing the requirements for
becoming a registered community mediator in the state of
Missouri and will provide mediation services on behalf of
the Center for Dispute Resolution at SMSU. He has adapt-
ed and applied these general conflict resolution techniques
to the particularities of the petroleum industry.
DR. ROBERT A. SKOPEC
Is an independent consultant for Petrophysical
Applications International, Inc., specializing in formation
evaluation, coring, core analysis, rock mechanics, forma-
tion damage assessment, reservoir modeling, and laborato-
ry instrument design based in Houston, Texas. Bob also
serves as manager of the Petrophysics discipline for
PetroSkills/OGCI. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in
Petrophysics in the Department of Geology and Petroleum
Geology at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Bob has
spent over 25 years in industry, principally in core and log
analysis in various technical and managerial positions for
Diamond Shamrock, Sohio, Gearhart Industries, Oryx
Energy (Sun E & P), and Texaco. He has served as
President of the Society of Core Analysts (SCA) and on the
Board of Directors of The Society of Professional Well Log
Analysts (SPWLA) and Logging Characterization
Consortium (LCC). He has served as Associate Editor of
the “Log Analyst” (petrophysics) and has chaired numer-
ous technical committees for SCA, SPWLA, and API, and
served as a member of the SPWLA and SCA technical
committees. He has been an SPE, SPWLA, and SPE/AAPG
Distinguished Lecturer, served as Executive Editor of SPE
Formation Evaluation and SPE Reservoir Evaluation and
Engineering Journals, and as an Associate Editor of the
AAPG “Bulletin”. Bob holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from
KSU and a Ph.D. from Aberdeen University. His E-mail
address is skopec@flex.net.
DR. JOHN S. SNEIDER
Is President of Sneider Exploration, Inc., an exploration/
exploitation consulting service that conducts studies
around the world, but with a focus in Latin America,
Europe, and the United States. He is also involved with
industry training. He has more than 15 years experience in
Venezuela, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Mexico, the
North Sea, Switzerland, Korea, the Gulf Coast, Alaska, and
the Permian Basin. From 1994 to the present, he has been
a partner in PetroTech Associates, providing
exploration/exploitation with analysis and evaluation of
reservoir, seal and flow barrier rock types. While working
on his Ph.D., he spent 18 months in the Elf Acquitaine
Paris office working various sequence stratigraphy projects
focusing in the North Sea. From 1989 to 1990 he was a
consultant for Green Hill Petroleum, Inc., in East Texas,
and previously was a geologist with Shell Oil, Inc., in
South Texas. He earned his Ph. D. in Geology and
Geophysics from Rice University and holds a B.S. and an
M.S. in Geology from Texas A&M.
DR. LAWRENCE W. TEUFEL
Is Professor of Petroleum Engineering and holds the
Langdon Taylor Chair at the New Mexico Institute of
Mining and Technology. In 1979, he went to Sandia
National Laboratories. During his 20-year tenure there, he
was the principal investigator of several cooperative U.S.
Department of Energy/industry projects working in the
areas of hydraulic fracturing in tight-gas reservoirs, geolog-
ic characterization and fluid-flow simulation of naturally
fractured reservoirs, and petroleum-related rock-mechanics
studies on reservoir compaction and subsidence. After his
appointment at New Mexico Tech in 1994, he established
an industry consortium on stress-sensitive and naturally-
fractured reservoirs. The consortium develops methodolo-
gy and tools to determine the impact of in-situ stress and
production-induced changes in stress state on reservoir
characterization and well/reservoir productivity. Dr. Teufel
is an author of over 80 publications. He has received
awards from the US National Committee for Rock
Mechanics and the Society of Petroleum Engineers and has
been a Distinguished Lecturer for the American
Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Society of
Petroleum Engineers. He received a B.S. degree in geology
from Syracuse University in 1973, an M.S. degree in geolo-
gy from Texas A&M University in 1976, and a Ph.D. in
geology from Texas A&M University in 1979.
DR. MANGAT R. THAPAR
Has been a geophysical consultant for 16 years in Tulsa,
Oklahoma. He is president of International Geophysical
Company, Inc., and Visiting Professor of Exploration
Geophysics at Oklahoma State University. He spent 11
years with Cities Service/Occidental Oil and Gas as Senior
Geophysical Associate and other positions. Dr. Thapar has
a U.S. patent on color display of seismic data and he has
done considerable work in the areas of direct hydrocarbon
indicators from seismic data, seismic attributes for 2-D and
3-D seismic data, and seismic signal enhancement tech-
niques, seismic modeling, log analysis, and VSP modeling
for the PC. Dr. Thapar has extensive worldwide experience
in seismic data processing, seismic attributes and analysis,
and professional training in exploration geophysics, seis-
mic exploration, modeling, statics, seismic attributes, VSP
data processing and modeling. He has authored numerous
publications and presentations related to seismic data
processing and analysis. Dr. Thapar holds B.S. and M.S.
degrees in Applied Geophysics from the Indian School of
Mines, and a Ph.D. in Geophysics from the University of
Western Ontario.
DR. MICHAEL I. TREESH
Is the Discipline Manager for Geology and Geophysics for
PetroSkills, the owner of Peaks Consulting Co., and is a
partner and executive with Northstar Pipeline and
Production Company. He has 30 years hands-on and man-
agement experience in the oil and gas industry. Before
opening his consulting practice in 1993, he worked for
Texaco, Mesa Petroleum, Total and other domestic and
international companies as a successful exploration and
development geologist, moving to management midway
through his career.His background includes managing
exploration/development programs, developing cohesive
strategies, formulating creative solutions, building and
training teams, and assembling and managing professional
staffs. His innovative approaches are used in exploration
management, assessment of plays and prospects, portfolio
management, and creation of inter-disciplinary work
teams. Current areas of research include: reservoir charac-
terization, exploration efficiency, developing effective com-
petency-based organizations and building successful teams.
Dr. Treesh holds a B.S. in Geology from Ball State
University, an M.A. in Geology from Bowling Green State
University, and a Ph.D. in Geology from Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute.
DR. DAVID WALDREN
In 1977, after seven years of post doctoral research in high
energy particle physics, Dr. Waldren joined the embryonic
British National Oil Corporation. In 1979 he was employed
by Intercomp as a reservoir engineer working on simulator
development and reservoir studies. In 1983, he became
Technical Director of International Petroleum Engineering
Consultants Ltd. and a technical expert for the Asian
Development Bank. Since 1988, he has been an independ-
ent consultant as well as a professor in petroleum engi-
neering at Imperial College of Science and Technology,
London. He is a SPE Distinguished Lecturer for 2001-
2002. Professor Waldren has wide experience using a vari-
ety of commercial reservoir modelling systems.
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JOHN BRUCE WELLS
Is Managing Director of Citizens International, a global
consulting firm providing strategic policy and program
support to international companies, donor agencies, foun-
dations, and national governments, with a special focus on
facilitating public-private partnerships. Mr. Wells
has 20 years of experience in the design and management
of innovative public-private alliances and the analysis of
corporate strategies to manage social and environmental
concerns. Prior to joining Citizens International, he led the
corporate consulting practice of Chemonics International
Inc, where he helped clients such as BP, Shell and
Honeywell apply corporate social responsibility principles
to their developing country operations. Mr. Wells was also
the founder and president of The Bruce Company, a two-
time Inc. 500 firm that advised the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Energy,
World Bank and United Nations Development Programme
on global environmental issues. His firm led efforts to
launch EPA's voluntary corporate programs on climate
change and clean energy, including the Energy Star pro-
gram, and he was awarded a Citation of Excellence by the
United Nations Environment Programme "in
recognition of an outstanding contribution to the
protection of the earth's ozone layer". Mr. Wells received
his undergraduate degrees in Economics and Mathematical
Methods in the Social Sciences from Northwestern
University, where he completed graduate studies in
Economics.
ROBERT (BOB) V. WESTERMARK
Is a registered engineer with international and domestic
experience, Bob has worked both on and offshore includ-
ing underbalanced, horizontal, multilateral, coalbed
methane, and geothermal drilling wells operations. As a
team leader, he has run successful drilling and completion
alliances and partnering programs. Mr. Westermark has
also managed a research drilling test facility. Currently he
is Operations Manager for Seismic Recovery LLC, which is
developing with DOE funding, an innovative petroleum
technology for enhanced hydrocarbon recovery based on
downhole vibration stimulation. Mr. Westermark has
authored and co-authored over 17 technical papers and he
has been the instructor for numerous in-house courses,
ranging from basic drilling classes to casing design and
well control. In addition he has taught advanced topics
including horizontal drilling and multilateral completions.
In this capacity, he communicates clearly with all levels of
students, field and office employees, management, third
party contractors, and the general public. He received a
B.S. degree in Petroleum Engineering from Montana
College of Mineral Sciences and Technology and is a
Registered Professional Engineer in Montana.
SCOTT J. WILSON
Is a partner and petroleum engineer with Ryder Scott
Company, L.P., with offices in Houston, Denver and
Calgary. Prior to joining Ryder Scott, he was a Principal
Engineer with the Atlantic Richfield Company, advising on
well performance issues. He has 20 years of varying oil and
gas experience spanning all major petroleum producing
regions in the world. Mr. Wilson has taught nearly 100 ses-
sions on NODAL analysis, gas reservoir engineering, pro-
duction forecasting, and advanced reservoir engineering.
Class reviews are consistently positive due to his informal
teaching approach and presentation style. He coordinated
the development of several Windows™ based NODAL and
Decline programs, two of which are the primary tools used
at the Prudhoe Bay and Kuparuk oil fields. Mr. Wilson is a
Registered Professional Engineer in Alaska and Colorado, a
member of SPE and SPEE, has authored several technical
papers, and holds two US Patents. He received a B.S. in
Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines
and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Colorado.
DR. DING ZHU
Is an Assistant Professor of the Petroleum Engineering
Department of Texas A&M University and General Partner
and Consultant for EHZY Engineering. She holds a B. S.
degree in mechanical engineering from Beijing University
of Science & Technology, and M. S. and Ph. D. degrees
from The University of Texas at Austin in petroleum engi-
neering. Dr. Zhu has worked at the University of Texas as a
Research Scientist for 11 years before she joint Texas A&M
University. She is an expert in the areas of production engi-
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complex well production (horizontal, multilateral and
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design and optimization, well stimulation and other pro-
duction projects for companies around the world. For the
past ten years, she has taught short courses on production
engineering topics in the US, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil,
and China. Dr. Zhu is author of about forty technical
papers and is currently co-authoring a book on
Multilateral Wells that will be published by the Society of
Petroleum Engineers (SPE). She is a member of the SPE
Production Monitoring and Control Committee.
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