Short Course Overview

Conference registration is required for enrollment in field trips and short courses, with the exception of the More! Rocks in Your Head teacher program. See the Registration page for details on registration options. Save with Early Bird rates until August 16!

The following are Short Courses planned in conjunction with the 2015 GCAGS Convention:

• Short Course #1: Geosteering for Young Professionals – CANCELLED

  Instructor: Sarah Stanley (IHS Energy)
  Saturday, September 19, 2015
  9:00 am – 3:30 pm
  Location: Houston Hilton Americas – Room 335 A
  Maximum 50 Participants
  Cost: $150 per person (includes refreshments, lunch, and all course materials)
  

• Short Course #2: Gulf of Mexico Primer: Regional Overview of the U.S. Deep Water Gulf of Mexico

  Instructors: Gary Steffens, Steve Barker, and Mike DiMarco (Shell Exploration and Production)
  Saturday, September 19, 2015
  9:00 am – 3:30 pm
  Location: Houston Hilton Americas – Room 336 AB
  Maximum 70 Participants
  Cost: $150 per person (includes refreshments, lunch, and all course materials)
  

• Short Course #3: Introduction to Regional and Play-Based Exploration

  Instructor: Frank Love (Ecopetrol-America)
  Saturday, September 19, 2015
  9:00 am – 3:30 pm
  Location: Houston Hilton Americas – Room 337 AB
  Maximum 60 Participants
  Cost: $50 per person (includes refreshments, lunch, and all course materials)
  

• Short Course #4: Core Workshop: Woodbine Sand and Eagle Ford Shale

  Instructors: Bob Loucks and Bill Ambrose (BEG)
  Saturday, September 19, 2015
  9:00 am – 4:00 pm
  Location: BEG Houston Research Center – 11611 W. Little York, Houston, TX 77041
  Maximum 40 Participants
  Cost: $195 per person (includes transportation to/from the George R. Brown CC, lunch, and all course materials)

• Short Course #5: AAPG Imperial Barrel Award Competition Training (Students Only)

  Instructors: Larry Garmezy and Steven Bloemendaal (Shell E&P Co.), Past Competition Participants
  Sunday, September 20, 2015
  9:00 am – 3:30 pm
  Location: Houston Hilton Americas – Room 336 AB
  Maximum 70 Participants
  Cost: $50 per person (includes refreshments, lunch, and all course materials)
  

• Short Course #6: A User’s Guide to Exploration and Production Biostratigraphy 

  Instructor: Art Waterman and Ryan Weber (Palo-Data)
  Sunday, September 20, 2015
  9:00 am – 3:30 pm
  Location: Houston Hilton Americas – Room 335 C
  Maximum 50 Participants
  Cost: $150 per person (includes refreshments, lunch, and all course materials)
  

• Short Course #7: Handheld X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Chemostratigraphy – Theory and Application to Mudrock Drill Core and Cuttings

  Instructors: Harry Rowe (BEG) and Alexander Seyfarth (Bruker Elemental)
  Sunday, September 20, 2015
  9:00 am – 3:30 pm
  Location: Houston Hilton Americas – Room 337 AB
  Maximum 60 Participants
  Cost: $150 per person (includes refreshments, lunch, and all course materials)
  

• Short Course #8: Introduction to Reservoir Fluid PVT Analysis for Geologists

  Instructors: Toddy Guidry (Core Laboratories)
  Sunday, September 20, 2015
  9:00 am – 12:30 pm
  Location: Houston Hilton Americas – Room 335 A
  Maximum 50 Participants
  Cost: $100 per person (includes morning refreshments and all course materials)
  

• Short Course #9: More! Rocks in Your Head: Workshop and Field Experience

  Instructors: Janie Schuelke (Consultant); Erik Scott (Talisman Energy); Angela Scott (Teacher)
  Saturday, September 19, 2015
  8:30 am – 3:30 pm
  Location: Talisman Energy USA, Inc. – 2445 Technology Forest Blvd., Suite 1200, The Woodlands, TX 77381 (Workshop); Panther Creek (Field Experience)
  Maximum 45 Participants
  Cost: $50 per person (includes lunch, all course materials, and take-home items for the classroom)