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The technologies we are providing training on are the same technologies we use in our consulting and professional work. We are sharing our experience to cover personal cash flow requirements, to improve the way those who attend our classes do their business, and to introduce our technologies and capabilities to the oil industry. We have vetted a NetWork of professionals, and are preparing spatial resumes to support oil industry consulting needs. We are documenting Best Practices, and lease these Best Practices and the improvements to the Best Practices to the industry for an annual fee.

Listing of NetWork Courses:

Course ID#
Select Below for Course Description		InstructorCourse Name
OG13212.1H. Roice Nelson, Jr. Best Practice Documentation Process
OG31121411432.1D. Bradford Macurda, Jr. Seismic Facies Analysis
OG311214114323.1D. Bradford Macurda, Jr. Advanced Seismic Facies Interpretation Workshop
OG311214135.1Samuel D. LeRoy, Ph.D. Practical Gridding Methods for Petroleum Mapping
OG311214154.1D. Bradford Macurda, Jr. Seismic Facies and Sequence Analysis of Carbonate Depositional Systems
OG31121415413.1D. Bradford Macurda, Jr. Seismic Facies and Sequence Analysis of Terrestrial and Shallow Water Siliciclastics
OG31121415415.1D. Bradford Macurda, Jr. Seismic Facies Analysis, Sequence Analysis, and Hydrocarbon Reservoirs of Deepwater Siliclastics
OG31121415415.2D. Bradford Macurda, Jr. Deepwater Sedimentary Outcrop Analog Field Trip to West Texas and California
OG3112211.1H. Roice Nelson, Jr. Immersive Environments
OG31143314.1H. Roice Nelson, Jr. Real-Time Drilling Best Practice Documentation
OG314121.1Roger N. Anderson 4-D Monitoring of Oil & Gas Production

We appreciate your consideration of our seminars - following, please see a short description of each offering. If desired, your company's data can be incorporated into the course content. Also, if you have a specific requirement for a seminar on a topic not shown, please check with us as we are continually creating new courses. Additionally, Course Instructors are available on a consulting basis, to apply his areas of expertise to your company's distinctive projects. For additional information or to schedule a seminar please contact Laura Hullman at 713.781.6881, laura@energists.com.

Course Descriptions

Course ID#
Select Below for Expanded Descriptions		InstructorCourse NameDescriptionLength
OG13212.1H. Roice Nelson, Jr. Best Practice Documentation Process Best Practices are defined as "Management practices and work processes that lead to world-class, superiour performance." They consist of Best Skills, Best Processes, Appropiate Resources, and Best Solutions or Case Histories. Walden 3-D, Inc. has developed a formal process of building Best Practices and documenting improvements semi-automatically in a continuous improvement environment. This course introduces this process, and provides attendees with an opportunity to outline and start work on Best Practices they need documented.1 Day
OG31121411432.1D. Bradford Macurda, Jr. Seismic Facies AnalysisCourse Objectives and Items You Will Learn About:
  • To use seismic facies analysis to evaluate and interpret a volume of seismic data to recognize diverse stratigraphic play opportunities.
  • The geological significance of reflection configurations and what environments they represent.
  • Depositional models and how to test and map them in seismic data.
  • How to prepare environmental and lithofacies maps from seismic facies maps.
  • Geological processes operating in a variety of environments.
  • How to improve the geological predictions of plays and prospects.
5 days
OG311214114323.1D. Bradford Macurda, Jr. Advanced Seismic Facies Interpretation WorkshopThe Advanced Seismic Facies Interpretation Workshop offers an opportunity to interpret a company's data, using the principles of sequence and facies analysis to solve exploration-exploitation interpretation problems. The workshop uses either traditional paper copies and/or workstation technology. The intent of this workshop is:
  1. To provide continued training and reinforcement in the concepts and techniques of seismic facies analysis and other stratigraphic and sedimentary ideas. The purpose of this is to extract the maximum amount of geological information from the seismic and well data, and apply it to exploration and production problems.
  2. To analyze proprietary data belonging to a company; and evaluate plays, produce prospects, and solve reservoir problems.
5 days
OG311214135.1Samuel D. LeRoy, Ph.D. Practical Gridding Methods for Petroleum Mapping Computer Gridding can speed up map production and geological interpretation by allowing us to work with large data sets and produce a legal audit trail. However, computers don't make maps. Geologists make maps. This course reviews the methods used to represent surfaces and properties: gridding; contouring without gridding; direct surface modeling; and combination methods. This is a practical hands on approach to optimally derive geologic information from our data.1 Day
OG311214154.1D. Bradford Macurda, Jr. Seismic Facies and Sequence Analysis of Carbonate Depositional SystemsCourse Objectives and Items You Will Learn About:
  • The seismic expression of carbonate depositional systems (including supratidal, ramp, shelf, shelf margin and reef, slope, and deep basinal carbonates).
  • The trapping configurations and occurrence of hydrocarbons in carbonate rocks.
  • The stratigraphy and depositional environments of carbonates from the supratidal to deep basinal settings.
  • Use of carbonate sequence and seismic facies analysis to be more successful in prospecting in carbonates.
  • The difference between systems tracts of carbonates and siliciclastics.
5 days
OG31121415413.1D. Bradford Macurda, Jr. Seismic Facies and Sequence Analysis of Terrestrial and Shallow Water SiliciclasticsCourse Objectives and Items You will Learn About:
  • The geology and occurrence of hydrocarbon-bearing terrestrial and shallow marine sandstone reservoirs in a broad variety of depositional settings.
  • Current ideas on how sands are transported and deposited in a broad spectrum of depositional environments.
  • The utility of systems tracts in terrestrial and marine environmental recognition and reservoir, source, and seal predictions.
  • The role and limitations of seismic data in environmental recognition.
5 days
OG31121415415.1D. Bradford Macurda, Jr. Seismic Facies Analysis, Sequence Analysis, and Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in Deepwater SiliclasticsCourse Objectives and Items You Will Learn About:
  • Outcrop exposures and geometries of deepwater sands.
  • Known occurrences globally of hydrocarbons in deepwater siliciclastics, including seismic and log expressions.
  • Depositional processes and environments of deepwater sediments.
  • Sequence and seismic facies analysis of deepwater environments.
5 days
OG31121415415.2D. Bradford Macurda, Jr. Deepwater Sedimentary Outcrop Analog Field Trip to West Texas and CaliforniaThe purpose of this field trip is to provide an explorationist with an enhanced working knowledge of how to analyze deepwater clastics. The area concerned with is the western part of the Permian Basin, the Delaware Basin. The specific field area is 100 miles east of El Paso and involves the southern part of the Guadeloupe Mountains southwest of Carlsbad, and the uplifted area to the south called the Delaware Mountains. The field area is entirely in the state of Texas.5 days
OG3112211.1H. Roice Nelson, Jr. Immersive EnvironmentsImmersive Environments are impacting the bottom line allowing better data integration, multi-disciplinary team communication, and presentation of complex 3-D and 4-D interpretation results. As one of the innovators who brought this technology to the exploration and production business, Roice provides candid insights into how to optimally use theaters, the state-of-the-art in the technology, and what the next developments are likely to be. 1 Day
OG31143314.1H. Roice Nelson, Jr. Real-Time Drilling Best Practice Documentation Real-Time Drilling provides a practical and mission critical example of the power of Best Practice Documentation. This course can be stand-alone, or taught right after the Best Practice Documentation course. The course deliverables include a Business Process Model of the Well Planning Process, documentation of the model, a listing and rating of software supporting the process, and a beginning list of solutions or case histories.1 Day
OG314121.1Roger N. Anderson 4-D Monitoring of Oil & Gas Production 4-D Technology has proven its value and is becoming widely used to optimize reservoir characterization and hydrocarbon recovery. The technology is so new and has evolved so fast that many in the industry do not understand what 4-D technology is, where it has been, and where it is going. Case Histories are used to describe the 4-D methodology, scale, economics, and quality control. 4-D reservoir monitoring is a significant business driver, with benefits to oil producers and service companies.1 Day

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