Your Best Strategy for Petroleum Education
We think you'll agree with leaders of the world’s largest oil companies. Every year they send their best people and teams to AAPG short courses, schools, and conferences. These companies credit continuing education as necessary “to get the best in upstream training” as part of their career success.
Our professors and mentors all draw on actual industry experience to make their teaching more relevant. AAPG emphasizes hands-on experience in addition to formal presentation.
Course Proposal System
Is there a course you would like to see AAPG offer? Do you have a field trip you would like to present through AAPG? Use this new online system to submit your suggestions.
Education Catalog
Short Courses
Short courses are the best way to learn about the industry and packed with information. With so many to choose from, there’s something for everyone.
Using the tools you need taught in the AAPG course Seismic Interpretation in Fold and Thrust Belts taught by John Shaw.
Education Conferences
These conferences are offered in the winter and the fall for five great days of Geoscience training and include some of the best courses AAPG has to offer. Mix and match the courses to optimize your learning experience.
Online Courses
Can’t get away from the office to take a short course? Is there no class in the subject you want offered in your area? Try these online course offerings. These range from short module -- to help you brush up your skills -- to semester length courses with written assignments each week. And with the offerings in the works and being planned this is definitely an area to keep your eye on.
Companion field seminar, Seismic Interpretation of Compressive Structures, also lead by John Shaw, takes you to the Canadian Rockies to appy the tools taught in Houston.Field Seminars
Getting out in the field and being able to touch, see and feel the objects of your training makes for the best possible experience. Our seminars are designed to maximize your time and travel with a combination of field work, lecture and class work.
GeoTours
A more vacation-centered, family-focused version of the AAPG field seminars. Why not help your family understand just what it is you do by taking them to Alaska, the Grand Canyon or follow the steps of Lewis and Clarke in Montana on one of AAPG's GeoTours.
Petroleum Technology Transfer Council
AAPG has assumed a management role of the Petroleum Technology Transfer Council. PTTC has been providing technology transfer workshops tailored especially to the independent oil and gas operator since 1994. PTTC offers a number of reasonably priced short courses related to geology, geophysics, engineering, and operations at locations across the U.S. Details on upcoming events from PTTC and other industry organizations are maintained at their Web site at: http://www.pttc.org/tech_alerts.htm. Registration for these events will be handled locally by each course provider as outlined at the PTTC Web site.
Other Education Resources
- Calendar
- Check your calendar against ours and see how you can mesh with AAPG meetings, educational opportunities and events.
- Distinguished Instructor Program
- Select individuals who are set aside to bring their classes to you.
- Distinguished Lecture Program
- Chosen for their expertise, these individuals tour twice a year giving lectures to local societies, universities and others wanting to learn more.
- Hedberg Research Conferences
- Specially designed conferences centering on specific geoscience technology and industry issues.
- JCORET
- The Joint Committee on Reserves Evaluator Training has launched a Web site providing contact information and FAQs about JCORET. Training materials and instructions for creating training materials are also featured.
- Slide Bank
- An online resource of slides to assist someone giving a public presentation. These slides for download have been developed by the AAPG membership and the topics are wide and varied.
- Visiting Geoscientist Program
- AAPG has many volunteers who are willing to visit your campus or school. They want to help students expand their knowledge and have generously made themselves available for a campus visit.
- Workshops
- From time to time AAPG offers workshops topically focused and often jointly with other similar-interest societies to maximize our resources.
