Course Listings

SCA’s full training course listing is below. Click on any individual course title for the complete description as well as upcoming public session dates.

• Advanced Artificial Lifting with ESP – Rajan N. Chokshi, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Advanced Sucker Rod Pumping – Rajan N. Chokshi, PhD or Gabor Takecs, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Applied Biostratigraphy in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production – William N. Krebs, PhD IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Applied Contouring Workshop – Sia Agah P & IH
• Applied Deep-Water Sedimentology & Stratigraphy – Jon R. Rotzien, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Applied Drilling Engineering Optimization for Drilling Engineers – Robello Samuel, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Applied Drillstring Mechanics for Drilling Engineers – Robello Samuel, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Applied Seismic Interpretation Workshop – James J. Willis, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Applied Subsurface Geological Mapping – Robert ‘Bob’ Shoup or Sia Agah or Jim Brenneke P & IH
• Artificial Lift and Production Optimization Solutions – Rajan N. Chokshi, PhD P & IH
• Artificial Lift and Real-Time Optimization for Unconventional Assets – Rajan N. Chokshi, PhD P & IH
• AVO, Inversion and Attributes: Principles and Applications – James J. Willis, P2hD P & IH
• Basic Petroleum Engineering for Non-Engineers – Susan Howes, PE, PHR P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Basic Petroleum Engineering Practices – Kirk Boatright, PhD, PE P & IH
• Basic Petroleum Operations – Ruben O. Caligari IH
• Basic Reservoir Engineering for Non-Petroleum Engineers – Christine Ehlig-Economides, PhD IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Basics of the Petroleum Industry – Hal Miller or Susan Howes, PE, PHR P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Basin-Floor Fan Systems (South-Central Pyrenees, Spain) – Steve Cossey, PhD IH
• Big Bend Field Course – Eric D. Carlson IH
• The Book Cliffs, Utah: A Case Study in Coastal Sequence Stratigraphy – William Little, PhD P & IH
• Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage – An Engineering Perspective – Christine Ehlig-Economides, PhD and Dimitrios Hatzignatiou, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage – A Geological Perspective – Stephen A. Sonnenberg, PhD P & IH
• Carbonate Sedimentology and Sequence Stratigraphy – Oscar Lopez-Gamundi, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Cased Hole and Production Log Evaluation – James Smolen, PhD P & IH
• Cement Evaluation and Repair Workshop – William K. “Bill” Ott, PE and James Smolen, PhD P & IH
• The Daniel J. Tearpock Geoscience Certification Program – SCA Staff P & IH
• Deepwater Deposits Field Course (Arkansas – Oklahoma) – Lesli J. Wood, PhD IH
• Deepwater Operations Geology and the Technology to Acquire & Evaluate Data During Operations – John Keasberry IH
• Deepwater Systems, Ainsa Basin, Spanish Pyrenees: Application to Hydrocarbon Prospectivity and Unconventional Plays – Kevin Pickering, PhD and Steve Cossey, PhD P & IH
• Depositional Evolution of the Gulf of Mexico Sedimentary Basin – John W. Snedden, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Developing Robust Production Forecasts: Do’s and Don’ts – Srini Prasad P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Drilling Fluids – Lee A. Richards, PhD, PE P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Economic Evaluation of Petroleum Opportunities – Ed Savage P & IH
• Effective Petroleum Systems Analysis – Robert ‘Bob’ Shoup IH
• Effects of Mechanical Stratigraphy and Structure on Naturally Fractured Reservoirs (Central Wyoming) – John C. Lorenz, PhD and Scott P. Cooper, MS IH
• Electrical Submersible Pump – Design and Optimization Using Nodal Analysis – Rajan N. Chokshi, PhD or Gabor Takecs, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Elements of Petroleum Geology – Stephen A. Sonnenberg, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Energy Transition for Petroleum Professionals – D. Nathan Meehan, PhD, PE P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Evaluating Well Performance for Unconventional and Conventional Reservoirs – Robert ‘Bob’ Barba IH
• Folds, Faults, and Hydrocarbons in the Southern Canadian Cordillera: Short Course and Field Trip – Peter Jones, PhD IH
• For Safe Drilling: Formation – Fracture Pressure Interpretations and Analysis – Selim Shaker, PhD IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Foundation of Petrophysics – James J. Willis, PhD P & IH
• Gas-Lift & Deliquification Applications – Rajan N. Chokshi, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Gas Lift Design and Optimization Using NODAL Analysis – Rajan N. Chokshi, PhD or Gabor Takecs, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Geology-Based Topical Contouring Workshops – Robert ‘Bob’ Shoup P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Geosteering: Best Practices, Pitfalls & Applied Solutions – Lacie Knight, PG P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• High-Continuity Sandy Turbidite System: Application to Hydrocarbon Prospectivity (Haute Provence, SE France) – Kevin Pickering, PhD and Steve Cossey, PhD P & IH
• Hydraulic Fracturing: Theory & Application – Jennifer Miskimins, PhD IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Hydraulic Pumping – Rajan N. Chokshi, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• In-Well Fiber-Optic Sensing – Dennis Dria, PhD P & IH
• Integrated Deepwater Depositional and Petroleum Systems – Bradford E. Prather P & IH
• Introduction to Drilling Engineering – Lee A. Richards, PhD, PE P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Introduction to Risk and Uncertainty Management – Susan Howes, PE, PHR IH
• Introduction to Subsurface Machine Learning – Siddharth Misra, PhD
• Managing Mature Oilfields with Capacitance-Resistance Modelling – Larry W. Lake, PhD and Jerry Jensen, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Mapping & Interpreting Clastic Reservoirs – Robert ‘Bob’ Shoup P & IH
• Mapping Seismic Data Workshop – Alan Cherry P & IH
• Maximizing Upstream Oil/Gas Exploitation Value by Leveraging Subsurface Excellence, Innovation & Digitalization (SSXID) – Srini Prasad P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Modern Coastal Systems of Texas Field Course (Galveston, Texas) – Julia Smith Wellner, PhD P & IH
• Nodal Analysis in Self-Flowing and Artificial Lift Wells – Rajan N. Chokshi, PhD or Gabor Takecs, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Nodal Analysis (Petroleum Experts IPM Software) – Rajan N. Chokshi, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Petroleum Engineering Fundamentals – Ruben O. Caligari IH
• Petroleum Fluids and Source Rocks in E&P Projects – Alexei Milkov, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Petroleum Resources and Reserves: An Overview of Recommended Geological Practices – Robert ‘Bob’ Shoup IH
• Petroleum Systems Modeling – Lothar Friberg, PhD P & IH
• Plunger Lift – Rajan N. Chokshi, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Pore Pressure, Fracture Pressure and Well-Bore Stability – Selim Shaker, PhD IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Practical Interpretation of Open Hole Logs – Robert ‘Bob’ Barba P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• The Practice of Seismic Stratigraphy in Deepwater Settings – Bradford E. Prather, PhD P & IH
• Predicting Organic Shale Well Performance – Robert ‘Bob’ Barba P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Pressure Transient Well Test Design and Interpretation – Christine Ehlig-Economides, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Principles of Mapping with Petrel^© – Laurie Green, MSc, PG IH
• Principles and Practices of Mud Motor – Robello Samuel, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• PRMS and SEC Reserves and Resource Regulations – W. John Lee, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Production Forecasting for Low Permeability Reservoirs – W. John Lee, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Project Management for Exploration and Development Projects – Robert ‘Bob’ Shoup P & IH
• Project Management Professional Exam Prep Course – Jill Almaguer, PE, PMP P & IH
• Quality Assurance/Quality Control Skills in Subsurface Mapping (QAQC) – Robert ‘Bob’ Shoup IH
• QC Techniques for Reviewing Prospects & Acquisitions – Robert ‘Bob’ Shoup P & IH
• Refrac Candidate Selection, Execution, and Performance Evaluation for Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs – Robert ‘Bob’ Barba IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Reserves Estimation – W. John Lee, PhD P & IH
• Reservoir Characterization for Mudrock Reservoirs – Stephen A. Sonnenberg, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Reservoir Characterization of Clastic (Sandstone) Reservoirs – Lesli J. Wood, PhD IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Reservoir Management of Unconventional Reservoirs: From Inception to Maturity – Shah Kabir P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Resource Assessment and Risk and Uncertainty Management – Robert ‘Bob’ Shoup P & IH
• Seal and Reservoir Pressures Analysis for E&P Prospect’s Risk Assessment – Selim Shaker, PhD IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Sequence Stratigraphy Applied to O&G Exploration – Oscar Lopez-Gamundi, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Shale Reservoir Workshop: Analyzing Organic-Rich Mudrocks from Basin to Nano-Scale – Ursula Hammes, PhD IH
• Shale Reservoir Core Workshop: Sedimentologic and Stratigraphic Assessment of Organic-Rich Mudrocks – Ursula Hammes, PhD P & IH
• Structural Geology & Tectonics as Applied to Upstream Problems – Catalina Luneberg, Phd and James Granath, PhD IH
• Structural and Sequence Stratigraphic Field Course (Hill Country, Texas) – Lansing Taylor, PhD or Molly Turko, PhD P & IH
• Structural Styles and Tectono-Stratigraphy for the Mid-Continent – Lansing Taylor, PhD P & IH
• Structural Styles in Petroleum Exploration and Production – Lansing Taylor, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Unconventional Resource Plays – Workshop – Stephen A. Sonnenberg, PhD P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Visual Rock Characterization – Robert Merrill, PhD P & IH
• Well Control for Drilling Engineers and Senior Rig Personnel – Lee A. Richards, PhD, PE P & IH
• Well Stimulation Workshop: Practical and Applied – Leo Roodhart, PhD and Gerrit Nitters P & IH (Live Online Version Available)
• Well Tie Workshop – Alan Cherry P & IH