Course Descriptions

Module, Description and Cost

Module 1: Introduction to the Oil & Natural Gas Industry - $180
After taking this course, students will have a general understanding of the basic geologic and engineering concepts utilized in the exploration and production of oil and natural gas. They will understand the uses of crude oil and natural gas, their importance and geographic distribution. Students will have a basic understanding of exploration, drilling, completion and reserve estimation techniques and methods currently used in the oil and natural gas industry.

Module 2A: Petroleum Business Applications - EXCEL Level 1 - $225
This course is designed to teach students the basics of Microsoft Excel 2003. Students will learn to work with worksheet data; edit, copy, move and delete data; format and print worksheets; create formulas and use numeric formats.

Module 2B: Petroleum Business Applications - EXCEL Level 2 - $225
This class will cover more features of Microsoft Excel 2003. Students will learn how to work with multiple worksheets and files; use range names and comments; use other functions including financial, logical, date, lookup and round; work with data series; outline worksheets; create and format charts; manage files; and customize Excel preferences.

Module 2C: Petroleum Business Applications - EXCEL Level 3 - $225
Students will learn how to work with worksheet data as a database including: sort and filter data, subtotal and data table features and database functions. Students will also create conditional and custom formats, use paste special, consolidate worksheets, create and revise pivot tables, use worksheet protection and templates, use HTML files, export and import data and record and edit macros.

ONLINE EXCEL 1, 2 & 3 - $675

Module 3A: Petroleum Business Applications - ACCESS Level 1 - $180
This course presents the learner with the fundamentals of Microsoft Access 2003. Students will learn to create, work with and edit tables, set field properties, use find and filter, print data, create relationships using simple queries, modify query results and analyze tables.

Module 3B: Petroleum Business Applications - ACCESS Level 2 - $180
This course is intended for users who need the intermediate skills of Microsoft Access 2003. Students will learn to modify tables, use operators in queries, design advanced queries, create action queries, use database utilities, manipulate
controls and use design view and editing tools.

Module 3C: Petroleum Business Applications - ACCESS Level 3 - $180
This course teaches the more complex aspects of data handling using Microsoft Access 2003. Student will learn to use charts and subforms, work with indexes, replicate databases, create and use basic macros, use switchboards and create custom toolbars.

ONLINE ACCESS 1, 2 & 3 - $540

Module 4: Well & Production Data Management - $180
After taking this course, students will have a good understanding of the terminology and abbreviations commonly utilized in the oil and natural gas industry. They will also utilize common industry databases (i.e. scout ticket, production,
activity, etc.) to build and run queries, as well as generate reports, graphs and basic wellbore schematics.

Module 5A: Mud Logging - $45
After taking this course, students will have a good general understanding of the history and current utilization of mud logs. The course will provide an overview of the drilling operation and more specifically the drilling mud system. Students will be introduced to the various methods and techniques by which mud logging data are collected, interpreted and incorporated into the final mud log. In addition they will be introduced to the most common software programs and data output formats utilized in the industry.

Module 5B: Electric Logging - $135
After taking this course, students will have a good understanding of the history and current utilization of open hole logs. The course will provide a broad overview of the various log types, how they work and how the data from each is utilized in the oil and natural gas industry. Additionally, students will utilize specific software utilities to generate common displays for use by oil and natural gas professionals.

Module 6: Introduction to Oil & Natural Gas Economics - $45
After taking this course, students should have a general understanding of basic engineering and economic concepts utilized in the exploration and production of oil and natural gas. Students should understand the uses of economics to value oil and natural gas assets, the importance of economic estimates in the exploration, drilling, and re-completion of wells as well as reserve reporting practices currently used in the oil and natural gas industry.

Module 6A: Oil & Natural Gas Economics - PHDWin - $135
Students will learn the basics of oil and natural gas economics and reserves estimation. Specifically, they will utilize PHDWin tools to integrate production decline curve, pressure and volumetric data to generate reserves and economic reports. Additionally, they will learn to generate data for maps in Petra or Geographix.

Module 6B: Oil & Natural Gas Economics - POWERTOOLS - $225
Students will learn the basics of oil and natural gas economics and reserves estimation. Specifically, they will utilize PowerTools to integrate production decline curve, pressure and volumetric data to generate reserves and economic reports. Additionally, they will learn to generate maps incorporating labels, bubbles, contours and time bubbles to illustrate the information collected and created.

Module 6C: Oil & Natural Gas Economics - OGRE/ARIES - $225
Students will learn the basics of oil and natural gas economics and reserves estimation. Specifically, they will utilize OGRE\ARIES tools to integrate production decline curve, pressure, and volumetric data to generate reserves and economic reports. Additionally they will learn to generate data for maps in Petra or Geographix.

Module 7: Land & Lease Records - $225
After taking this course, students will have a general understanding of the landman’s role in the oil and natural gas industry, beginning with the acquisition of an oil and natural gas lease and continuing through to the disbursement of well revenues resulting from the drilling of the well on the oil and natural gas lease.

Module 8A: Geological Mapping - Geographix - $270
After completion of the course, students will be able to create a project, import grid, culture, well and production data as well as raster and digital log data. They will be familiar with the creation of basemaps, structure maps, isopach maps, production maps and geologic cross-sections.

Module 8B: Geologic Mapping - PETRA - $270
After completion of the course, students will be able to create a project, import grid, culture, well and production data as well as raster and digital log data. They will be familiar with the creation of basemaps, structure maps, isopach maps, production maps and geologic cross-sections.

Module 8C: Geologic Mapping - ArcView - $315
After completion of the course, students will be able to create a project, import grid, culture, well and production data as well as raster and digital log data. They will be familiar with the creation of basemaps, structure maps, isopach maps, production maps and geologic cross-sections.

Module 9: Résumé Writing & Interviewing - $90
After completion of this two-night course, students will have fine-tuned résumé writing and interviewing skills. Students will work on their résumés during class.

Module, Description and Cost

ONLINE EXCEL 1, 2 & 3 - $675

ONLINE ACCESS 1, 2 & 3 - $540