Short Courses
SPE has worked with recognized experts in their fields to develop short courses (1- to 2-day courses) covering a wide-range of industry topics. These courses are offered in conjunction with SPE conferences or by SPE sections. Continuing education units (CEUS) are offered for attendance at these courses. Current course schedule
4D Reservoir Management 
John Waggoner, WesternGeco
A Cost-Efficient, Systems Approach to Unlocking the Uncertainty
of Environmental Risk in Coalbed Methane Projects: The Three Keys - Risk
Analysis, Strategic Environmental Systems Management, Quality Control &
Assurance
Anthony Gorody, Consultant
Application of Artificial Intelligence & Data Mining in
Production Optimization
Shahab D. Mohaghegh, West Virginia University & Intelligent Solutions,
Inc.
Assessment and Mitigation of Reservoir Formation Damage
Faruk Civan, University of Oklahoma
Asset Management – Tools, Process and Practice
Alok Jain, Asset Management Solutions, Inc.
Casing and Tubing Design Seminar
Peter Erpelding, Viking Engineering, L.C.
Coalbed Methane
John Wright, PhD, Norwest Questa Engineering
Joe McHenry, Norwest Questa Engineering
Coalbed Methane Engineering Methods
Michael Zuber, CDX Gas
Coalbed Methane Reservoir Analysis
John Wright, Questa Engineering
Coiled Tubing and Its Applications
Ed Smalley, NOV CTES
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
James Murtha, Consultant
Susan Peterson, Consultant
Diagnosis and Practical Solutions for Wellbore Fluid- and Heat-
Flow Problems
Shah Kabir, Chevron Energy Technology Company
Rashid Hasan, University of Minnesota-Duluth
Drillstring Design and Operating Limits for Horizontal
Wells
Frank Schuh, Drilling Technology, Inc.
Enhanced Oil Recovery Fundamentals
Larry Lake, University of Texas at Austin
Field Development Economics
Mark Cook, TRACS Int'l.
Formation Damage: Mechanisms, Diagnosis, and Prevention
Mukul Sharma, University of Texas, Austin
Fracture Design for Minimum Off-Balance Growth
A. Ali Daneshy, Daneshy Consultants
Fundamentals of Reservoir Simulation
Grant Robertson, Anadarko Petroleum
Robert Gochnour, BP America
Gas-Condensate Reservoirs
Abbas Firoozabadi, Reservoir Engineering Research Institute
Geological Sequestration of CO2
Charles A. Christopher, BP Americas
Sam Avasthi, Avasthi & Associates
History Matching and Conditioning Reservoir Models to Dynamic
Data
Akhil Datta-Gupta, Texas A&M University
Horizontal Well Completions
Gary Corbett, Baker Oil Tools
Hydraulic Fracture Diagnostics: Understanding Fracture Geometry
and Well Performance
Craig Cipolla, Pinnacle Technologies
Norman Warpinski, Pinnacle Technologies
Michael Mayerhofer, Pinnacle Technologies
Shawn Maxwell, Pinnacle Technologies
Hydraulic Fracturing/Pressure Analysis
Michael Smith, NSI Technologies
Integrated Reservoir Management
Abdus Satter, Satter & Associates
Ganesh Thakur, Chevron Petroleum Technology Company
Intelligent Well Technology
Arashi Ajayi, WellDynamics Inc.
Michael Konopczynski, WellDynamics
Introduction to Underbalanced Drilling
Steve Nas, Weatherford Asia Pacific
Mechanisms and Models of Formation Damage
Faruk Civan, University of Oklahoma
Modern Production Decline Analysis
David Anderson, Fekete Associates
Modern Well Design
Bernt Aadnoy, Stavanger University
Monte Carlo Simulation for the Oil and Gas Industry
James Murtha, Consultant
Susan Peterson, Consultant
Optimizing Gas Fields using Integrated Asset Modeling
Dr. Michael H. Stein, Premium Petroleum Consulting
Dr. S. M. (Sam) Avasthi, P.E., Avasthi & Associates, Inc.
Petroleum Reserves
Bob Wagner, Ryder Scott
John Hodgin, Ryder Scott
Practical Aspects of CO2 Flooding and Sequestration
Charles E. Fox, P.E., Kinder Morgan CO2 Company, L.P.
S. M. (Sam) Avasthi, P.E., Avasthi & Associates, Inc.
Michael H. (Mike) Stein, Premium Petroleum Consulting
J. M. (Jay) Avasthi, Avasthi & Associates, Inc.
Reservoir Aspects of Horizontal and Multilateral Wells
Sada Joshi, Joshi Technologies International
Reservoir Characterization: From the Laboratory to the
Field
Larry Lake, University of Texas at Austin
Reservoir Modeling with Geostatistics
Clayton Deutsch, University of Alberta
Reservoir Simulation for Practical Decision Making
Dean Rietz, Ryder Scott Company
Miles Palke, BHP Billiton Petroleum
Review for the Principles and Practice Exam
William McCain Jr., Texas A&M University
Risk Analysis for Development Applications
James Gouveia, Rose & Associates
Mark McLane, Rose & Associates
Risk Analysis for the Petroleum Industry
Cheryl Collarini, Explore Enterprises
Dennis Jordan, Collarini Associates
Rock Physics for Reservoir Characterization and Recovery
Monitoring
Gary Mavko, Stanford University
Streamline Simulation: Theory and Practice
Akhil Datta-Gupta, Texas A&M University
The Formation and Prevention of Oilfield Scale: From the
Laboratory to the Field
E.J. Mackay, Heriot-Watt University Institute of Petroleum Engineering
K.S. Sorbie, Heriot-Watt University Institute of Petroleum Engineering
Waterflooding Concepts, Design Prediction and Optimization
Iraj Ershaghi, University of Southern California
