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Dr. Greg Samways: Course creator and presenter. How does geology help us understand the reservoir? What do we actually need to know about the reservoir that the geology can help us with? How can we use our understanding of the geology to predict reservoir properties ahead of drilling? These are the questions that we want […]
Dr. Greg Samways: Course creator and presenter. Formation Evaluation and Petrophysics mean different things to different people. Outlined below are a selection of the core modules that we are preparing, that can be mixed and matched to make eLearning or Flipped Classroom courses. The modules covered could include: Rock and Fluid Properties, Conventional Core Analysis, Special Core Analysis, […]
The feedback from trainees attending conventional 5 day classroom-based courses typically include the following comments: “The 5 day course was too short” but “we are too busy to be away from the office for more than 5 days!”. “There was not enough time to practice what you have taught us”. “We would like you to […]
Dr. Greg Samways: Course creator and presenter. Data Evaluation and Integration in Exploration and Production One of the key issues in exploration and production is the extent to which specialists have become isolated in their work, due to the advanced nature of their disciplines and the complexity of methods and language used. This can lead […]
One very practical way of acquiring workplace skills would be a project-based, on-the-job training programme for sub-surface G&G skills. Feedback from trainees attending conventional 5 day classroom-based courses typically include the following comments: “The 5 day course was too short” but “we are too busy to be away from the office for more than 5 days!”. […]
TimeScale Creator: A great tool for creating chronostratigraphic columns.
Skills, like bagpipe playing, need practice and management! We are in the process of building a simple skills portfolio management tool that will allow users to create their own “Job Descriptions” from the library of skills, then self-assess their competence using an industry-standard competence analysis framework. This tool will provide individuals with a means to manage […]
A key issue I am very aware of in multidisciplinary projects is the common lack of integration between disciplines, mainly due to breakdowns in communication related to the jargon involved with specialist subjects and the lack of understanding of what each of us is capable of. Much of my time managing these projects is spent explaining what the […]
No excuse not to brush up your seismic interpretation skills: OpendTect is free to download. There are several free plugins as well, and lots of very sophisticated commercial plug ins.
GPlates is desktop software for the interactive visualisation of plate-tectonics. GPlates offers a novel combination of interactive plate-tectonic reconstructions, geographic information system (GIS) functionality and raster data visualisation. GPlates enables both the visualisation and the manipulation of plate-tectonic reconstructions and associated data through geological time. GPlates runs on Windows, Linux and MacOS X.
