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COURSE INFORMATION

Geophysics for Geoscientists and Petroleum Engineers
Type:
Training Course

Length:
2 Days
CEU:
1.6
PDH:
16

Fee:
$1895 CAD


Upcoming Sessions
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Course Description
This is a course for Geoscientists and Engineers on mitigating risk and increasing profitability using integrated geophysical solutions in the oil and gas industry.

This 2-day course follows the life cycle of an oil or gas property, from concept to booking reserves from the engineering point of view. Case histories are used to illustrate the geophysical tools that would apply to solve an oil field development problem at various points in the property’s lifetime.

The course is designed to identify specific operational problems and provide integrated geophysical tools to help solve that problem. The course will address issues such as:



Simplified Machine Learning applications and workflows will be used to add clarity and enhance the learner’s ability to decide which geophysical techniques are of value to integrate into their project process flows.
The case histories clearly illustrate where integrated geological, geophysical and engineering data are critical to the project’s success.
The case histories will include unconventional, conventional, oil sands, and other petroleum production settings.

A complete set of course materials is included in this course

Who Should Attend
The course is ideal for Geoscientists with a least 5 years of experience and their asset team Engineers. This course is also recommended for Management, Financial Analysts and Team Leaders as the case histories give a qualitative learning experience without the need to understand all of the technical details.

  • Introduction: Life Cycle of an Oil and Gas Property
  • Fundamentals of Geophysics
  • Integrated Geophysical Apps used in the Drilling and early Facilities Planning Stage
  • Integrated Geophysical Apps used in the Completion and Stimulation Stage
  • Integrated Geophysical Apps used in the Development and Production Stage
  • Integrated Geophysical Apps used in the Booking Reserves and Resource Stage
  • Summary: Team collaboration for value-added business success!

John L.J. Duhault, P.Geo.
John Duhault is an “Advisor Risk-Mitigator Trainer” Geoscientist who has over 42 years of industry experience including over 50,000 hours as a geoscience interpreter in Canada and internationally. He is passionate about teaching the business value of integrated geophysics through the “storytelling” of case histories and has presented papers in North America, Europe, and New Zealand.

Mr. Duhault graduated from the University of Manitoba with a BSc in Geological Engineering. During his career he has found significant reserves of oil and gas for senior exploration companies and numerous junior independents. He also founded and led two private junior oil and gas companies.

Now Mr. Duhault is the Principal Consultant for Starbird Enterprises where he specializes in conventional exploration, unconventional resource-play, and energy transition industry (Geothermal, CCS and Helium) seismic interpretation. He also teaches in-person and virtual courses on integrated geophysical applications for Geoscientists and Engineers.

Mr. Duhault is a Past President of the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (CSEG) and is currently the Vice-Chair for the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG).

Mr. Duhault is a member of APEGA, CSEG, SEG, CSPG, SPE, and SPEE.


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"I really enjoyed the course. John did an amazing job at solidifying my overall geophysics understanding and provided relevant case studies of actual execution."
- Anon.

"I thought the case studies really showed the benefits of geophysics. John was an extremely knowledgeable instructor with real life experience. I really like the detailed PDF's to reference in the future."
- Anon.