Short Courses
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Registration/Cancellation Policies and Procedures (non-convention courses only).
2008 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention Short Courses
Pre-Convention Courses
Instructor: Andrew Miall
Date: May 5 - 6, 2008
Max. Attendance: 25 participants
Course Fee: $750
Shale Gas Critical Fundamentals, Techniques and Tools for Exploration Analysis (SCPRE02)
Instructor: Basim Faraj
Date: May 5, 2008
Max. Attendance: 25 participants
Course Fee: $575
Basic Petroleum Economics (SCPRE03)
Instructor: Dave Volek
Date: May 6, 2008
Max. Attendance: 25 participants
Course Fee: $500
Canada Rocks: The Geological History of Canada's Sedimentary Basin (SCPRE04)
Instructors: Nick Eyles and Andrew Miall
Date: May 7 - 8, 2008
Max. Attendance: 25 participants
Course Fee: $750
Practical Sequence Stratigraphy: Concepts and Applications (SCPRE05)
Instructor: Ashton Embry
Date: May 5 - 6, 2008
Max. Attendance: 25 participants
Course Fee: $700
Sequence Stratigraphy: Principles and Applications (SCPRE06)
Instructor: Octavian Catuneanu
Date: May 7 - 9, 2008
Max. Attendance: 25 participants
Course Fee: $800
3-D Seismic Interpretation (SCPRE07)
Instructor: Bruce Hart
Date: May 7 - 8, 2008
Max. Attendance: 25 participants
Course Fee: $800
Instructors: Hans Machel and Jay Gregg
Date: May 8 - 9, 2008
Max. Attendance: 20 participants
Course Fee: $950
An Introduction to Petroleum Geostatistics (SCPRE09)
Instructor: Clayton Deutsch
Date: May 8 - 9, 2008
Max. Attendance: 25 participants
Course Fee: $750
Exploration 101: Basic Geological and Seismic Principles in the Upstream Petroleum Industry (SCPRE10)
Instructor: Easton Wren
Date: May 9, 2008 (Half day)
Max. Attendance: 50 participants
Course Fee: $25
Risk Analysis of Exploration Plays (SCPRE11)
Instructor: Bob Turner
Date: May 9, 2008
Max. Attendance: 25 participants
Course Fee: $700
The Stratigraphic Setting of Lower and Middle Triassic Strata, Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (SCPRE12)
Instructor: Jim Dixon
Date: May 9, 2008 (half day - morning course)
Max. Attendance: 20 participants
Course Fee: $350
The Stratigraphic Setting of Lower and Middle Triassic Strata, Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (SCPRE13)
Instructor: Jim Dixon
Date: May 9, 2008 (half day - afternoon course)
Max. Attendance: 20 participants
Course Fee: $350
Exploration: From Geology to the Seismic Section (SCPRE14)
Instructor: Bob Parker
Date: May 7-9, 2008
Max. Attendance: 25 participants
Course Fee: $1350
Instructor: Munir Sharar
Date: May 5, 2008
Max. Attendance: 40 Participants
Course Fee: $500
Formation Damage Evaluation, Reduction and Removal (SCPRE16)
Instructor: Brant Bennion
Date: May 6, 2008
Max. Attendance: 40 Participants
Course Fee: $500
Instructors: Denis Schmitt, Doug Patterson, John Walsh
Date: May 7, 2008
Max. Attendance: 40 Participants
Course Fee: $500
SAGD 101 in the McMurray – Cartooned for the Layman! (SCPRE18)
Instructors: Doug Walsh
Date: May 7, 2008
Max. Attendance: 50 Participants
Course Fee: $500
Log-Core Integration (SCPRE19)
Instructors: John Nieto, Ross McLean, David Kelly
Date: May 8, 2008
Max. attendance: 20 Participants
Course Fee: $500
Instructors: Paul Elliott, Tahereh Mirzadeh
Date: May 9, 2008
Max. Attendance: 40 Participants
Course Fee: $500
Clastic Facies and Depositional Environments (SCPRE21)
Instructors: Bill Arnott
Date: May 5 - 7, 2008
Max. Attendance: 20 Participants
Course Fee: $1100
Post-Convention Courses
Structural Styles and Interpretation Techniques in Fold-Thrust Belts (SCPST01)
Instructor: Shankar Mitra
Date: May 20 - 23, 2008
Max. Attendance: 25 participants
Course Fee: $1000
Applied Structural Geology (SCPST02)
Instructors: Mark Cooper & Marian Warren
Date: May 20-22, 2008
Max. Attendance: 20 participants
Course Fee: $1500.00
Clay Minerals and Their Effect on the Electrical Behavior of Shaly Sandss (SCPST03)
Instructor: E.C. Thomas
Date: June 17, 2008
Max. Attendance: 75 Participants
Course Fee: $750
