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AAPG short courses offer a wealth of information in a short period of time. They are an effective and efficient way to learn about the industry. With so many to choose from, there’s something for everyone.

Short Course
Houston, Texas
Monday, 20 May 2024, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

This one-day class provides an overview of portfolio management, reserve and resource reporting and methods and best practices for assessing and risking reserves and resources. The course objective is to provide interpreters and managers with the knowledge needed to evaluate resources and reserves, minimize bias in defining uncertainty and risk so that they have a better chance of building a profitable portfolio of opportunities. Instructor Bob Shoup Bob Shoup is the Chief Geologist for Subsurface Consulting &Associates LLC (SCA) and Director of Clastic Reservoir Systems. He is a Board Certified Petroleum Geologist with over 40 years’ experience in basin analysis, regional studies, new play generation, prospect evaluation, field studies, and project management. Bob began his career at Shell Oil in 1980; followed by four years working for private oil companies before becoming an independent consultant in 2003, consulting in Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, and New Zealand. In addition to consulting, Bob is an instructor for Subsurface Consulting and Associates where he teaches courses in basin analysis, prospect evaluation, subsurface mapping, map review, clastic depositional environments, and reserve estimation. Bob has also conducted peer and project reviews and map audits for a number of companies. Bob is a proven oil finder with a 46% exploration success rate and over 135 MMBOE discovered reserves.

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Short Course
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) is one of the key approaches to reducing CO2 emissions from the energy and industrial sectors. This short course will provide in-depth training on the USGS CO2 storage assessment methodology and how to proceed with an assessment.

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Short Course
Houston, Texas
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

This course summarizes the “Petroleum Resources Management System (PRMS) classification system. PRMS guidelines are compared to SEC reserves reporting rules which, at the option of the audience, are also covered in significant depth. The course also emphasizes guidelines for unconventional (low permeability) resources, which are underemphasized in the original (2007) PRMS document but have received more detailed coverage in the updated Canadian Oil & Gas Evaluation Handbook (COGEH) in a recent section on Reserves Other Than Resources (ROTR).

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American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Short Course
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Friday, 24 May 2024, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Safe and efficient carbon sequestration requires high quality rock characterization data.  Advanced core & cuttings digitalization allow us to rapidly collect statistically robust, AI-ready data. This course presents the combined core and cuttings digitalization techniques of CoreDNA and QEMSCAN analysis, providing mineralogy, rock strength, grain size, porosity, pore size and permeability datasets.

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