If you have any questions concerning the website,
Contact Linda Diaz ldiaz@midland.edu or 432-683-2832, ext. 2

Day Three: CO2 Facilities and Field Trip

Day Four: CO2 Production and The Business of CO2 Flooding

The fee covers the following: Course Instruction, Course Materials and One-Day Field Trip.
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
Course# G091 082Q
January 26 - 29, 2009
Monday - Thursday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fee: $1,895; Out of State $1,920
3.2 CEU's
Instructors: Stephen Melzer; Robert Trentham, Ph.D.; Robert D. Kiker
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SQL - APPLICATION TO OIL/GAS RELATIONAL DATABASES Register Now
(ITSW 1058)
Oil and gas companies dedicate significant resources to building and maintaining relational databases. Unfortunately, many of these companies do not utilize database utilities such as SQL, or Structure Query Language, to maximize their surveillance capabilities. This course will explore the functionality of SQL and how this programming language can be used to improve surveillance and maintain oil and gas databases. All users of today’s leading oil and gas database software, DSS32 and OFM, will benefit from this training. All course materials will be provided. Course materials include a demo production database and an electronic copy of the course manual.
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
Course# G088 082Q
January 28, 2009
Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fee: $175; Out of State: $200
.8 CEU's
Instructor: Celia Payne, Bass Enterprises
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DRILLINGINFO FUNDAMENTALS Register Now
(ITSW1058)
The training will go in-depth to cover how to perform various searches using the DI Search Wizard tool (including production, permit, and completion searches). The instructor will also cover how to set up your areas of interest, allowing you to stay ahead of the trends! Please feel free to bring any specific questions that you might have pertaining to projects that you are currently working on. For those that have used the site before, take advantage of this half-day session to hone your skills and get more out of Drillinginfo than you thought possible. For those who are new to the site, come find out why we're called the best value in the patch. Register directly by contacting: Cindy Stewart cstewart@drillinginfo.com
Location: Midland College Advanced Technology Center, 3200 W. Cuthbert, BTC classroom (Midland, Texas) click here, to see map (#4 on map)
Date: TBA
Fee: Paid directly to Drillinginfo
Instructor: Cindy Stewart, DrillingInfo Specialist


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OIL FIELD MANAGER (OFM) - INTRODUCTION Register Now
(ITSW1058)
This course introduces engineers, engineering technicians and geoscientists to the basic functionality of OFM production management software. This will include map functions, graphs and reports. We will also cover filters, groups and updates. A brief section on decline analysis will be discussed. The software vendor will provide OFM manuals (The fee includes the vendor's manual) .Registration limit: 10
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
Course# G093 082Q
February 24 - 25, 2009
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday - Wednesday
Fee: $870; Out of State: $895
1.6 CEU's
Instructor: Celia Payne, Bass Enterprises
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OIL FIELD MANAGER (OFM) - ADVANCED Register Now
(ITSW1058)
This course is for engineers and technicians with extensive prior OFM experience. It covers advanced analysis techniques. (It does not include advanced topics in project administration such as ODBC links).
Registration limit: 10
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
Course# G094 083Q
May 5 - 6, 2009
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday - Wednesday
Fee: $870; Out of State: $895
1.6 CEU's
Instructor: Celia Payne, Bass Enterprises
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SPECIAL TOPICS:



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UNDERSTANDING AND FILING OF RAILROAD COMMISSION FORMS AND PROCEDURES Register Now
(PTRT 1091)
This 8 hour course will cover an overview of drilling, completions, and production forms required by the Railroad Commission of Texas. The instructor is a recently retired Commission employee with more than 35 years experience in the proration/compliance area of the Austin office. This course will use the Railroad Commission of Texas Forms and Procedures Manual and there will be opportunities for hands on participation.

Class Outline:
• Schematic of RRC departments and contact information
•  Handouts
• P-5, Organization Report
• W-1, Application to drill, deepen, plug back or re-enter
• Plats, regular location, Rule 37/38, horizontal drain hole
• P-12, Certificate of pooling authority
• H-9, Certificate of Compliance, SWR 36, hydrogen sulfide
• TCEQ form for surface casing/usable water protection
• Q&A
• Break – 10 minutes
• W-2, Oil well potential completion or recompletion report
• Lunch
• Q&A
• L-1, Electric log status report
• P-4, Producer's transportation authority/certificate of compliance
• P-8, Special clearance request
• W-12, Inclination report and directional surveys
• W-15, Cementing report
• G-1, Gas well completion
• G-5, Gas well classification report
• G-10, Gas well status report
• W-10, Oil well status report
• W-3A & W-3, plugging wells
• Allowables, supplements and violation letters
• Helpful hints/Glossary of oil and gas terms
• Q & A
• Conclusion of class
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
Course# G117 083Q
April 22, 2009
Wednesday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fee: $225; Out of State: $250
.7 CEU's
Instructor: Linda Derryberry - recently retired from the Railroad Commission after 35 + years. Her jobs over the years have included the production area as well as the P-5 organization report area. During the late 1970's, she moved to the proration department where she has handled proration oil districts 8A and 08. Over the last 10 years, Linda has been the oil proration trainer for new employees in all the various areas of the state as well as the assistant supervisor of the department. She has coordinated the various seminars and regulatory EXPO's offered by the Commission. Linda also taught Forms and Procedures classes for the Commission at their traveling and Austin based seminars. She helped develop the Forms and Procedures Manual used in these seminars. Upon her retirement, has joined long time business associate Susan Perkins in oil and gas regulatory consulting.
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POLYMER GELS FOR CONFORMANCE-IMPROVEMENT TREATMENTS Register Now
(PTRT 1091)
This workshop will provide oilfield operators and professionals with information and methodologies required to successfully apply polymer-gel conformance-improvement treatments – including production-well water-shutoff and injection-well sweep-improvement treatments. The focus of the workshop will be on polymer-gel treatments for possible application to conformance problems and associated unnecessarily poor oil recoveries in West Texas . Covered also in this workshop will be the highly promising and underutilized use of polymer gels to improve the performance and the profitability of CO 2 flooding operations that are being conducted in naturally fractured reservoirs. There are many types of conformance problems and many different conformance-improvement (water-shutoff and sweep-improvement) technologies. The challenge is to correctly identify the offending conformance problem and then to select, design, and execute an appropriate conformance-improvement technology. Many operators do not realize that conformance-improvement treatments are reservoir-, well-, and problem-specific. This workshop will present information and conceptual tools that will: 1) help operators to successfully apply conformance-improvement polymer-gel treatments; 2) help operators determine what conformance-improvement technology (if any) can be effectively employed in order to remedy or reduce a given oilfield conformance problem; 3) list some “do's and don'ts” of conformance treatments; 4) help operators recognize misinformation that exists concerning conformance-improvement treatments; 5) provide means to improve the success rate and the profitability of polymer-gel conformance treatments, and 6) show how to avoid many of the pitfalls that have plagued operators historically when conducting conformance-improvement treatments and operations. Register by January 29th!
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
Please put "Pending" for the course number
February 17, 2009
Tuesday
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Fee: $275; Out of State: $300
.7 CEU's
Instructors:
Randy Seright is a Senior Engineer and heads the Reservoir Sweep Improvement group at the Petroleum Recovery Research Center at New Mexico Tech. His research interests focus on methods to prevent fluid channeling through reservoirs, to reduce excess water production during oil and gas recovery, and to improve sweep efficiency during oil-recovery flooding operations. Current emphasis is on using gels and polymer flooding for this purpose. Randy has been a registered professional engineer in Texas since 1983 and has taught short courses on polymer-gel conformance-improvement treatments in 10 countries. He received the SPE/DOE IOR Pioneer Award in 2008.

Bob Sydansk heads up his own consulting company, Sydansk Consulting Services, LLC that specializes in EOR/IOR and conformance improvement -- with special emphasis on polymer-gel use for water shutoff and sweep improvement. Bob formerly worked for 33 years at the Technology Center for Marathon Oil Co., where he conducted R&D in nearly all phases of chemical improved oil and gas recovery. Bob was an SPE Distinguished Lecturer -- lecturing internationally on oilfield polymer-gel technologies. In 2001, he taught internationally for the SPE a short course on the use of polymer gels for water-shutoff purposes. He is an SPE Distinguished Member.

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THE OILFIELD FROM PLANNING TO PLUGGING Register Now
(PTRT 2015)
This basic course provides an overview of all phases of oilfield operations. The attendees will be introduced to leases, geology, drilling, completing, and producing wells. The class is ideal for non-technical people wanting to learn “the big picture,” to broaden their oilfield knowledge, and to learn the value and importance of methods used in the oilfield and some ways to improve them. Topics include: Finding the Prospect, Leasing the Land, Drilling the Well, Logging and Testing, Casing and Cementing the Well, Completing the Well, Additional Wells, Producing Equipment, Producing Operations, and Plug and Abandonment.
Objective for "The Oilfield--From Planning to Plugging"
To present an overview of the terminology and applications used in exploration, drilling, and producing an oilfield, and the attendees should learn these terms and develop an understanding of the various activities that take place during the life of an oilfield.
1.) The instructor is the discussion leader.
2.) I use---One slide show (23 Minutes) "Oil Production". All points are discussed. Two DVD's:"Drilling for Oil" (25 minutes) and "Enhanced Recovery" (20 minutes). All points are discussed.
3.) Presentation and discussion items are in the form of Powerpoint slides derived from literature and presenter's experience.
AAPL (American Association of Professional Landmen) has approved this class for 10 RPL/RL continuing education credits and 10 CPL recertification credits. (RL, Registered Landman, RPL, Registered Professional Landman; CPL, Certified Professional Landman). Prerequisites: None
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
Course# G092 082Q
February 17 - 18, 2009
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday - Wednesday
Fee: $350; Out of State: $375
1.6 CEU's
Instructor: T. E. Gill is a petroleum consultant in Midland, Texas. His work experience includes 30 years of service in drilling, production engineering, facility design and operation, and engineering supervision with subsidiaries of Chevron Corp. in Texas, Oklahoma, Venezuela, Trinidad, Columbia, and the Rocky Mountains. Mr. Gill is a registered professional engineer in Texas and a member of SPE and NACE. He holds a B.S. in chemistry from Midwestern University and a B.S. in petroleum engineering from The University of Texas.
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ECONOMICS

Students should leave the class ready to setup and run full economics on any data. Registration limited to 10.
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
Course# G097 083Q
March 31 - April 1, 2009
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday & Wednesday
Fee: $570; Out of State $595
1.6 CEU's
Instructor: Celia Payne, Bass Enterprises - has 25 years in oil and gas experience and 10 years in oil and gas software instruction. She structures the class in an easy to follow manner that applies everyday examples and uses of the PHDWin software.
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ECONOMIC EVALUATION AND INVESTMENT DECISION METHODS Register Now
(BUSA1092)
Organized for managers, engineers, geologists, landmen, scientists, accountants and others concerned with evaluating investments; the course addresses the economic analysis of income and service producing investments based on discounted cash flow analysis procedures. Covering economic analysis techniques used to optimize the development and operation of mining, petroleum and non-natural resource production, and processing operations, the 4-day course addresses both before-tax and after-tax analysis considerations. The textbook, Economic Evaluation and Investment Decision Methods, 11th Edition, by Franklin J. Stermole and John M. Stermole, demonstrates the evaluation techniques presented using a variety of applications for people with technical and non-technical backgrounds, with or without previous evaluation experience.
We have registered with the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy as a CPE sponsor. This registration does not constitute an endorsement by the Board as to the quality of our CPE program.
Prerequisite: None, Eligible for 32 CPE credits - $15 additional charge added for CPE credit.
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
Course# G085 083Q - In-state Regular; Fee: $1,995
Please put "Pending" for the course number - In-state with CPE credits; Fee: $2,010
Please put "Pending" for the course number Out-of-State with CPE credits: $2,035
May 18 - 21, 2009
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Monday - Thursday
3.2 CEU's
Instructor: John M. Stermole, IEC
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REMEDIATION AND RESTORATION OF HYDROCARBON AND BRINE CONTAMINATED SOILS Register Now
(PTRT2025)

Click here for a brochure- detailed description for the class
Register by April 30th!
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
Please put "Pending" for the course number
May 11 - 12, 2009
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Monday & Tuesday
Fee: $495; Out of State $520
1.6 CEU's
Instructor: Kerry L. Sublette - is the Sarkeys Professor of Environmental Engineering at The University of Tulsa. He has 19 years experience in a wide variety of bioengineering problems. He worked for six years in a corporate R&D environment for Combustion Engineering. Dr. Sublette also has 12 U.S. patents, nine of those in bioprocessing inventions. He serves as Director of the Integrated Petroleum Environmental Consortium (IPEC), an EPA Research Center comprising of The University of Tulsa, the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, and the University of Arkansas. He teaches the two-day seminar, Fundamentals of Bioremediation of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soils .

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CORROSION TECHNOLOGY

BASIC OILFIELD CORROSION Register Now
(PTRT2020)
This course is designed for both student and professional to first understand the basic corrosion processes and then to learn to apply this knowledge with specific emphasis on oil and gas applications. Class will apply to TNRCC and Office of Pipeline Safety/OSHA experience and training requirements.
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
Date to be announced
Instructor: Rob Cochran

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OIL FIELD CHEMICAL PROGRAM Register Now
(PTRT2020)
This course is designed for both student and professional to first understand the basic corrosion processes and then to learn to apply this knowledge with specific emphasis on oil and gas applications. Class will apply to TNRCC and Office of Pipeline Safety/OSHA experience and training requirements.
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
Date to be announced
Instructor: Rob Cochran

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www.geographix.com

BASIC SEISVISION
The main focus of this course is to introduce you to the geophysical data management, analysis and interpretation component of GeoGraphix Discovery called SeisVision. Practical, hands-on class exercises with 2D and 3D seismic data will emphasize horizon and fault interpretation techniques. Geological well ties and interpretation along with synthetics will also be used in the interpretation. Powerful integration to PRIZM and GESXplorer will also be included in this comprehensive course.
Recommended for geologists, geophysicists, engineers or technicians who have a basic understanding of seismic interpretation. The course should benefit both the new user and those who have some basic familiarity with SeisVision.
For more information please call the PPDC at (432) 683-2832.

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DSS FUNDAMENTALS
This comprehensive 2-day course will provide an excellent overview of the DSS System. Employing a lab-based approach, DSS Fundamentals has been designed to shorten the learning curve for beginning users. This course covers a broad foundation of skills that provide the student with the tools to quickly monitor and analyze project performance by well, group, pattern, and field.
For more information please call the PPDC at (432) 683-2832.

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GEOGRAPHIX - GESXplorer
The main focus of this comprehensive three or four-day course is to introduce you to the geological data management, analysis and interpretation component of GeoGraphix Discovery called GESXplorer. Workflow oriented class exercises cover project creation, importing various types of data (including cartographic, lease well and seismic data), creating layers and basemaps, cross-sections, gridding and contouring surfaces to final presentation montages, and calculating volumetrics. Integration with other Discovery modules is also discussed, including optional SeisVision exercises. Recommended for geologists, geophysicists, engineers, technicians or those involved with oil and gas exploration or exploitation. The course should benefit both the new user and those who have some basic familiarity with GESXplorer.
For more information please call the PPDC at (432) 683-2832.

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LOGM INTERMEDIATE SEISVISION
This course provides interpreters with the necessary tools to make better synthetics and increase confidence when tying well data to seismic data. The class is divided into two sections: the first section focuses on hands-on class exercises providing practical workflows from reformatting and editing log curve data to creating first pass synthetics and presentation quality plots; the second portion focuses on hands-on exercises providing practical workflows on how to improve the synthetic match using the various analytical tools available within LogM, including pseudo-curve estimation, rigorous fluid substitution, phase and frequency panels, wavelet extraction, wavelet editing, AVO offset modeling, and creating 2D synthetic seismic models from geologic cross sections.
For more information please call the PPDC at (432) 683-2832.

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PRIZM
This course will introduce you to the petrophysical data management, analysis and interpretation component of GeoGraphix Discovery called PRIZM. PRIZM’s well log curve data management, analysis and interpretation workflows will be emphasized. Powerful integration to SeisVision and GESXplorer will also be included in this comprehensive course.
For more information please call the PPDC at (432) 683-2832.

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SYNTOOL
SynTool is a synthetic seismogram application that allows you to create highly flexible synthetic seismograms and then use the synthetics to determine the best correlation between well and seismic data. SynTool provides all the necessary tools to generate a high quality synthetic. SynTool has options for curve editing, TVD corrections, various checkshot applications, and an array of filter selections, seismic/synthetic correlation panels, and wavelet extraction. The interpreter can interactively customize a synthetic to maximize the correlation to the seismic data.
For more information please call the PPDC at (432) 683-2832.

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www.lgc.com

ARIES FUNDAMENTALS Register directly with Landmark
This four-day course is for any client wanting to use ARIES to organize, manage and evaluate economic and production data. It is designed to highlight Aries most frequently used features and capabilities. Intended For: Reservoir, Production and Acquisitions Engineers, Geologists, Engineering Technicians, Reservoir Analysts, and Managers.
Prerequisites: Prior use of Windows and basic understanding of Oil & Gas industry terminology.
For more information please call the PPDC at (432) 683-2832.

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GEODATA MANAGEMENT IN OPEN WORKS
This course teaches you to create and manage a project in OpenWorks that stores and maintains geologic data used for subsurface interpretation by other Landmark applications. Topics include loading and management of general well information, well logs (both in ASCII and binary format), deviation surveys, seismic navigation data and cultural data.
For more information please call the PPDC at (432) 683-2832.

OPENEXPLORER
This course teaches you how to use OpenExplorer to manage, view, query, and analyze large quantities of regional E&P data. Topics covered include a review of ArcView GIS documents and map manipulation tools, creating, manipulating, and customizing E&P themes, performing spatial analyses on E&P data, transferring data between OpenWorks projects, creating GIS layouts, using data query managers to query the OpenWorks database, and using OpenExplorer Forms and Reports tools to view and extract information from the database.
For more information please call the PPDC at (432) 683-2832.

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PETROWORKS
This course introduces you to workflows in PetroWorks, Landmark’s interactive petrophysical interpretation software. Hands-on exercises are incorporated into the short daily lectures, giving you the opportunity to immediately apply what has just been discussed.
For more information please call the PPDC at (432) 683-2832.

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PRACTICAL SEISWORKS
This course will provide working geoscientists with the skills needed to be able to interpret and map seismic data using SeisWorks. The course presents and follows suggested workflows for interpreting seismic data and incorporating well log data for the most accurate interpretations. In a hands-on, full-day workshop, participants will go from uninterpreted seismic and well data to completing an interpretation using automated interpretation of both seismic and fault data, and to producing final contour display maps.
For more information please call the PPDC at (432) 683-2832.

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STRATWORKS
This course introduces you to workflows in StratWorks, a highly interactive cross section, correlation, and mapping application. Hands-on exercises give you the opportunity to immediately apply the information that has been learned in lecture. A hands-on StratWorks workshop and a StratWorks, SeisWorks integration workshop are designed to help you tie together information from the previous days.
(Note: this course does not cover geologic data loading. Geologic data loading is fully covered in the GeoData Management in OpenWorks class.)
For more information please call the PPDC at (432) 683-2832.

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WORKSTATION & OPENWORKS ESSENTIALS
This course teaches the essential elements of UNIX and the OpenWorks environment. Topics covered include the UNIX file system, shell, utilities relating to data management, customization of the shell, X-Windows and OSF/Motif environments, the OpenWorks command launcher, tools and utilities, basic troubleshooting, and routine backup and restoration of data. This course lays the foundation for working with confidence at the workstation and fulfills the prerequisites of many of our more advanced courses.
For more information please call the PPDC at (432) 683-2832.

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Z-MAP PLUS COMPREHENSIVE
This intensive five-day course spans a wide range of Z-MAP Plus functionality and workflows, targeting the independent geoscience professional handling both technical and data management responsibilities. Both interpretive and data management aspects of the software are covered. Numerous workflow-oriented, hands-on exercises accompany a lecture format. (40% lecture, 60% hands-on).
For more information please call the PPDC at (432) 683-2832.

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WORKSTATION GEOLOGIC & GEOPHYSICAL ANALYSIS:


www.hampson-russell.com

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PETRA® Register Now
(ENGG1036)
PETRA® is PC based software that was created with the goal of providing integrated geological and engineering solutions. By using leading- edge technology, PETRA can assist geoscientists with today’s prospect generation and acquisition studies. This course will cover data management, data manipulation, and the integration of geological, geophysical, petrophysical, and engineering data. Students will visualize results using the interactive mapping, cross-sections, log cross plots, and custom spreadsheet features. Learning objectives: the student will have a sufficient working knowledge of the primary functions of the software to be able to return to the office and begin using the modules for most day-to-day operations. Furthermore, the students will develop an awareness of additional features available should the need arise. Pre-requisites: Working knowledge of Windows and know the various types of geologic data, i.e. logs, formation tops, maps, production. Registration limit: 10
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
February 5 - 6, 2009 (Thursday & Friday) Course# G081 082Q
April 16 - 17, 2009 (Thursday & Friday) Course# G083 083Q
May 14 - 15, 2009 (Thursday & Friday) Course# G084 083Q
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fee: $570; Out of State $595
1.6 CEU's
Instructor: Greg Hinterlong, Chevron

Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
March 10 - 11, 2009 (Tuesday & Wednesday) Course# G082 083Q
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fee: $570; Out of State $595
1.6 CEU's
Instructor: Peter Lufholm, Saga Petroleum, LLC
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INTRODUCTION TO MERLIN AND APPRENTICE: APPLIED WATERFLOOD APPLICATIONS Register Now
Reservoir simulation has for many years been recognized as the best technology for optimizing well drilling and completion practices, and overall reservoir management. But it is not widely understood that most of this value can be gained through quick look modeling. This school will teach professionals the work flow required for single well modeling studies that can be completed in an hour or less, and full field studies that can be completed in days. Models will be developed and then modified to understand the influence of well spacing, production and injection rates, and reservoir heterogeneity on waterflood performance.

This school includes an introduction to the Merlin simulator and Apprentice mapping product, primary and secondary production history matching, waterflood pattern setup, and integration of reservoir heterogeneity through Dykstra Parsons layering. The Apprentice mapping product will be used to build a full field model and then perform a full field optimization for a waterflood.

The last day will be devoted to working user problems brought to class. This gives students additional confidence with simulation, and allows the instructors to help students with problems new user's experience.

A complimentary 4 week lease of the Merlin/Apprentice/Avlaon/MerlinView3D products with support/upgrades is included for each class attendee ($3,000 value).
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
Please put "Pending for the course number
March 2-6, 2008
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Monday - Friday
Fee: $1,975; Out of State $2,000
4.0 CEU's
Instructor: James L. Buchwalter, P.E. - is president of Gemini Solutions Inc. (GSI). He and Dr. Ray Calvert started GSI in 1996 after a 15 year career as a reservoir engineer with Texaco. GSI markets a user friendly PC based integrated mapping, simulation, and nodal analysis system throughout the world, and currently the company has licenses in more than 65 companies. GSI also offers reservoir engineering training and consulting simulation services.

He is a member of SPE and has worldwide experience in reservoir engineering, and simulation. He maintained and enhanced Texaco's in-house simulator before forming GSI. He was also active in developing easier to use simulation interfaces, which resulted in a faster simulation work flow at Texaco, and expansion of the simulation community from a dozen or so experts to hundreds of engineers in the 1990's.

He has published numerous times on various topics in the reservoir simulation field, and recently co-authored a text book in applied reservoir engineering. He holds B.Sc. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Ohio State University, and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Rice University.

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SEISMIC-MICRO TECHNOLOGY
www.seismicmicro.com

If there is enough interest, we will offer the following SMT classes:

GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL DATA LOADING (Data Importing)
This course is designed primarily to show data loaders how to use SMT software to load various types of geological and geophysical data. Interpreters are encouraged to attend in order to learn how to QC their data. This course assumes the user has a fundamental understanding of the data types used in this class. Registration limit: 10

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INTRODUCTION TO 2D/3D PAK INTERPRETATION
This class is designed for the person who has never worked with 2d/3dPAK or who needs a refresher course on 2d/3dPAK. The course stresses development of skills by progressing through a basic seismic interpretation workflow using SMT software. This course is not intended to teach entry-level interpretation skills or definitions. Registration limit: 10

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EXPLORING IN THE 3D WORKSPACE (VUPAK)
This course is fast paced and assumes that the user has basic interpretation skills. Attendees should be at least moderately skilled at using KINGDOM software. 2d/3dPAK tools, including the Calculators and Depth Conversion, will be explored. Gridding parameters and algorithms for different kinds of data will be discussed. Accurate depth conversion will be demon­strated by "hands-on" generation of depth maps. Stratigraphic interpretation of seismic data will be made using different attribute analyses. Class interaction is highly encouraged. Questions and/or problems about interpretation methods and philosophy will be covered during the day. Registration limit: 10

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For more information go to www.petroskills.com

PRACTICAL DRILLING SKILLS Register Now
(ENGG 1091)
Discipline: Well Construction/Drilling
Level: Intermediate
Designed for: Drilling engineers, company men, supervisors, toolpushers, drillers and technical managers responsible for improving drilling performance at the rig site.
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. .For a detailed outline of the course, click here.
To register contact: www.petroskills.com or call (800) 821-5933. Fee is paid directly to PetroSkills.
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
Feburary 23 - 27, 2009
Monday - Friday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fee: $ 3,275 Paid directly to PetroSkills
Instructor: Petr Ex Specialist

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For more information go to www.petroskills.com

PRODUCTION OPERATIONS 1 Register Now
(ENGG 1091)
Discipline: Production and Completions Engineering
Level: Foundation
Designed for: Petroleum, production, reservoir, facility, drilling and research engineers; geologists; field supervisors and managers; service company engineers and managers.
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 understanding of wells, their design, operation and treatments. This is one of PetroSkills' most popular courses. For a detailed outline of the course, click here To register contact: www.petroskills.com or call (800) 821-5933. Fee is paid directly to PetroSkills
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
March 23 - April 3, 2009 (2 weeks)
Monday - Friday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fee: $5,650 Paid directly to PetroSkills
Instructor: Mr. Jeffrey S. McMullan, Mr. William K. Ott, P.E.

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WELL STIMULATION: PRACTICAL AND APPLIED Register Now
(ENGG 1091)
Discipline: Production and Completions Engineering
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, horizontal and multilateral wells, to tight gas / unconventional reservoirs, as well as oil reservoirs.

This practical course is designed for those involved in all aspects of well stimulation. To be better able to make 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.
For a detailed outline of the course, click here. To register contact: www.petroskills.com or call (800) 821-5933. Fee is paid directly to PetroSkills
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
March 9 - 13, 2009
Monday - Friday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fee: $3, 175 Paid directly to PetroSkills
Instructor: Mr. Gerald R. Coulter

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CASING AND CEMENTING Register Now
(ENGG 1091)
Discipline: Production and Completions Engineering
Level: Basic
Designed for: Personnel responsible for planning, overseeing, and conducting casing and cementing operations; operator and service personnel.
This course builds a firm foundation in the principles and practices of designing, planning and conducting successful casing and cement jobs. The course uses a process-based perspective that takes participants from initial casing depth and size selection, casing and liner design procedures, casing running practices, planning and executing primary cementing, through remedial cementing and plugging operations. In addition to the necessary technical information and procedures, the course is laced with considerable practical, experience-based content. Participants will be furnished Dr. Byrom's textbook, Casing & Liners for Drilling and Completion, and computer spreadsheets to facilitate routine calculations. For a detailed outline of the course, click here.
To register contact: www.petroskills.com or call (800) 821-5933. Fee is paid directly to PetroSkills
Location: Midland College Advanced Technology Center, 3200 W. Cuthbert, BTC classroom (Midland, Texas) click here, to see map (#4 on map)
April 27 - May 1, 2009
Monday - Friday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fee: $3,175 Paid directly to PetroSkills
Instructor: Mr. Aaron Klein

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PETROLEUM PROJECT MANAGEMENT: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES Register Now
(ENGG 1091)
Discipline: Petroleum Business; Introductory/Cross Training
Level: Intermediate
Designed for: Exploration, production and management personnel interested in applying project management techniques to their operations.
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 application of project management to the upstream oil and gas business. . For a detailed outline of the course, click here.
To register contact: www.petroskills.com or call (800) 821-5933. Fee is paid directly to PetroSkills
Location: Midland College Advanced Technology Center, 3200 W. Cuthbert, BTC (Midland, Texas) click here, to see map (#4 on map)
April 20 - 24, 2009
Monday - Friday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fee: $3,275 Paid directly to PetroSkills
Instructor: Mr. Erich Ramon Ramp

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COMPLETIONS AND WORKOVERS Register Now
(ENGG 1091)
Discipline: Production and Completions Engineering
Level: Foundation
Designed for: Beginning Level drilling operations, production operations, workover and completions personnel; petroleum engineers; drilling and completion contractor personnel; service company personnel
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 objectives of the course are to focus on delivering and maintaining “well quality”. The course can be customized for specific locations and conditions. For a detailed outline of the course, click here.
To register contact: www.petroskills.com or call (800) 821-5933. Fee is paid directly to PetroSkills
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
May 18 - 22, 2009
Monday - Friday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fee: $3,225 Paid directly to PetroSkills
Instructor: Petr Ex Specialist

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PRODUCTION ENGINEERING

MANAGING SUCKER ROD LIFT WELL FAILURES Register Now
(PTRT 2010)
This class is designed for oil field foremen, well site supervisors, and any other one interested in reducing the frequency and cost of well equipment failures in order it improve their profit margins. Discussion will include examples from a successful well failure management program; understanding basic well failure causes including sucker rods, tubing and rod pumps; scheduling repairs or maintenance; prevention techniques such as corrosion inhibition and others.
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
Course# G098 083Q
April 2, 2009
Thursday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fee: $175; Out of State $200
.8 CEU's
Instructor: Kent Gantz, Schlumberger
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AN INTRODUCTION TO COILED TUBING Register Now
(PTRT 2010)
This 8-hour course presents coiled tubing (CT) as a tool for workover, drilling, and completions services. It reviews conventional CT workover and completions applications, the properties of CT, its manufacture, the key elements of a coiled tubing unit, and subsurface tools for CT applications. A significant portion of the course covers mechanical and hydraulic performance of CT, including work limits, buckling, and fatigue. The course is intended for engineers, engineering technicians, field personnel or anyone interested in the history, applications, and benefits of coiled tubing. Participants will gain an understanding of the manufacturing process required to mill coiled tubing, the many applications of this versatile tool, the surface equipment for running it, subsurface tools, and the importance of job design and planning. Objective and Goal: The intention of the course is to give the student an understanding of coiled tubing as a well intervention tool.
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
Course# G112 082Q
February 12, 2009
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday
Fee: $175; Out of State Fee: $200
.8 CEU'S
Instructor: Jeff Harris, B. J. Services
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Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
Course# G115 083Q
May 5, 2009
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday
Fee: $175; Out of State Fee: $200
.8 CEU'S
Instructor: Jeff Harris, B. J. Services
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WELL SERVICE & WORKOVER PRESSURE CONTROL Register Now
(PTRT2010)
This course will provide an understanding of the causes and effects of well pressure and instruction concerning the technique of pressure control. The course is designed for both operator and contractor personnel concerned with well service and workover operations. Open discussion and questions will be encouraged. The sources of well pressure, the character of well fluids, the mechanics of seals, the design of both surface and downhole pressure control equipment, and typical pressure control operations will be explained.
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
Course# G086 083Q
April 22, 2009
Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fee: $175; Out of State Fee: $200
.8 CEU's
Instructor: Mike Cure, XACT Technologies, Inc.
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THE WELL PLANNING PROCESS Register Now
(PTRT2010)
This 1.5 day course will provide a comprehensive overview of the well planning process. Aspects covered will include well objectives, multidisciplinary coordination, information resources, elementary geology, surface access, regulatory compliance, drilling fluids, bit programs, circulation hydraulics, drill string design, rig selection, well construction design and economics. Any individual who participates in the planning of wells such as geologist, geophysicist, land men, right-of-way and claims specialist, contract administrators, reservoir engineers, completion engineers, production engineers, regulatory compliance specialist, surveyors and safety and training specialist can benefit. Learning Objectives: The student will gain a comprehensive awareness of the well planning process in order to drill wells in a competent and cost effective manner
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
Course# G087 082Q
February 19, 2009(Thursday)
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
February 20, 2009 (Friday)
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Fee: $270; Out of State $295
1.2 CEU's
Instructor: Mike Cure, XACT Technologies, Inc.
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BASIC OILFIELD OPERATIONS TRAINING Register Now
(PTRT 2015)
This 12-hour course will cover Positive Displacement Pump Principles, Centrifugal Pump Principles, Electric Submersible Pumps, Production Separator Principles, and Emulsions and Heat Treater Principles. We will also cover Sucker Rod Pumping Principles and Beam Pumping Units as time permits. Each topic will be covered using the former ARCO Oil and Gas Company BOTS Training Series. Manuals will be used along with video instruction. Classroom discussion and overheads will enhance the exchange of ideas and clarify the processes. A test will be given at the end of each module. This course assumes that the student has limited experience with the topics covered and that they have a basic understanding of fluid flow, temperature and pressure. At the completion of this course the student will be able to explain operating principles, identify major parts of oilfield operations equipment, and explain how oilfield fluids move and are treated for effective separation of oil. The last class period will include a trip to a modern working tank battery.
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
Course# G089 082Q
February 3 -19, 2009
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Tuesday & Thursday
Fee: $270; Out of State $295
1.2 CEU's
Instructor: Albert Garza, Pioneer Natural Resources
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TECHNICAL - GEOLOGICAL & GEOPHYSICAL

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INTRODUCTION TO LOG INTERPRETATION AND QUALITY Register Now
(PTRT 2010)
This 3-day course is designed to provide participants with fundamental principles necessary to understand and interpret open-hole logs. The concepts will assist participants to recognize permeability, hydrocarbons and identify rock and fluid types. The session will also include illustrated techniques for recognizing log validity. Participants are encouraged to bring their own logs to complement existing real-life case studies.
Day 1: Introduction to Log Parameters, Resistivity, SP, Gamma Ray and Porosity
Day 2: Topic - Determining Porosity, gas effect, and lithology from logs and calculating water saturation.
Day 3: Topic - Methods used to recognize a quality log and logging tool limitations. Register by February 12th!
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
Course# G095 083Q
March 2 - 4, 2009
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Monday - Wednesday
Fee: $995; Out of State: $1,020
2.4 CEU's
Instructor: Gary Batcheller, GWB Consultants
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A CRASH COURSE IN LOG ANALYSIS: AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET WORKSHOP Register Now
(ITSW 1058)
This workshop is designed to give participants experience in spreadsheet log analysis using Microsoft Excel, as well as skills in accessing and downloading digital logs for analysis. A spreadsheet workbook of customized log analysis routines will be supplied to participants as freeware to use on their own logs. The workbook incorporates a variety of log analysis techniques for reservoir evaluation of porosity and water saturation, as well as prediction of fluid recovery, and rock composition analysis. Basic skills in Microsoft Excel recommended. Class limited to 20. Register by April 30th!
Location: Midland College Advanced Technology Center, 3200 W. Cuthbert, BTC classroom (Midland, Texas) click here, to see map (#4 on map)
Course# G101 083Q
May 21, 2009
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday
Fee: $275; Out of State: $300
.8 CEU's
Instructor: John Doveton - Ph.D., Senior Scientist at the Kansas Geological Survey engaged in research and applications in log analysis, mathematical geology, and petroleum geology. After graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Geology from Oxford and a Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Edinburgh, he worked as an Exploration Geologist for Mobil Oil in Canada. He has taught petrophysical log analysis classes at the University of Kansas since 1975, as well as in academia and industry in North and South America, the Middle East, Europe, India, and Australia. He has been a Distinguished Speaker for the Society of Professional Well Log Analysts. Dr. Doveton has authored three textbooks in log analysis and is a co-author of petrophysical computer software.
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HOW TO IDENTIFY BYPASSED OIL AND GAS (MISSED PAY) IN OLD WELLS FROM DST DATA Register Now
(PTRT 1091)
Who Should Attend: This course is for geologists, engineers & technicians who encounter or utilize DST results and reports in their exploration & production decisions. In fact any professional who needs to make more sense of the numerous old DSTs, which are present in so many wells, often with confusing results. Particularly appropriate for those prospecting for bypassed pay using logs and geology, who may wish to verify their conclusions from the DST or for regional geologists using show maps of DST results.
Content: This course is a non-numerical introduction to understanding DSTs & DST pressure charts focusing on pattern recognition and practical “quick look” techniques. Numerous field examples & case histories are utilized and theory is kept to a minimum. Course manual contains numerous DST charts, which can be used for trouble shooting problem DSTs later. It is a permanent reference source. To avoid problem of attendees forgetting procedures taught at the course, all techniques are given in cookbook format ‘fill in the blanks'. A key emphasis of the course is to show how to identify missed (damaged) pay in competitor's ‘dry' wells & additional pay in your own producing wells. This is an important skill to complement log skills. In summary, the course is designed to provide participants with information not normally encountered in routine service company training seminars and to impart some interpretive skills gained by the instructor in over 25 years of experience. Register by January 15th!
Location: Midland College PPDC Building, 105 W. Illinois Ave. (Midland, Texas)
G110 082Q
February 2 - 4, 2009
8:00 am - 5:00 pm - Monday & Tuesday
8:00 am - 12:00 pm - Wednesday
Fee: $575; Out of State: $600
1.6 CEU's
Instructor: Hugh W. Reid, operates a petroleum consultancy in Calgary, Canada, which specializes in DST design and interpretation. He has broad experience in teaching DST courses to the petroleum industry in Canada and overseas. He received his B.Sc. (Geol.) from the Univ. of Bristol, U.K. in 1968; he has 26 years experience in DST analysis and hydrodynamics, 10 years with Mobil Oil in Calgary and over 16 years as an independent DST analyst and as technical manager for Delta P Test Corp (specialized DSTs in tight gas sands). Mr. Reid is the author of various DST manuals and technical articles on formation damage and closed chamber DSTs in tight gas sands. He is past president of the Canadian Well Logging Society, and also a member of SPE, AAPG and CSPG.