Event Description

Course Description

This course offers a review of the typical petroleum engineering problems found on the professional registration examination. Topics include drilling and completion, production logging, economics, improved recovery, and formation evaluation. Course materials and sample problems are updated each year to remain abreast of changes in the examination.

Learning Objectives

A Strategy for Preparing for the Examination
Major Work Behaviors
Technical Specialty Areas
Example Problems and Solutions: Drilling and Completion, Production Operations, Reservoir Engineering and Improved Recovery
Formation Evaluation

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for anyone desiring U.S. professional registration. This course provides the most recent changes in requirements for the U.S. professional registration examination and suggests study tips for those planning to take the exam.

CEUs

1.6 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) awarded for this 2-day course.

Cancellation Policy

A fee equal to 25% of the course fee will be charged for cancellations less than 15 working days before the course begins. No refunds will be made for cancellations after the course begins.

Attachments


Event Contact	Event Coordinator
Kristen Lee	Kristen Lee
(972) 952-9443	(972) 952-9443

SPEI: Review for the Principles and Practice Exam

Wednesday 21-Jul-10 8:00 AM to Thursday 22-Jul-10 5:30 PM CDT

Speaker Dr. Richard G. Hughes and William D. McCain, Jr.

Biography

Dr. Richard G. Hughes is associate professor and holder of the Mr. and Mrs. Boyd H. McMullan Professorship in the Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering (PETE) at Louisiana State University. He earned a BS in Petroleum Engineering from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and held various production, reservoir and IT positions with Tenneco Oil Company, Dwights EnergyData and Amerada Hess. He then obtained MS and PhD degrees in Petroleum Engineering from Stanford University prior to joining the University of Oklahoma’s Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering as an Assistant Professor. His research interests include utilizing CO2 for EOR and carbon sequestration, modeling of multiphase flow in porous media and rock fractures, production data analysis, natural gas storage, and unconventional gas reservoir engineering.

William D. McCain, Jr. is a visiting professor of petroleum engineering at Texas A&M University. He was Professor and Head of the Department of Petroleum Engineering at Mississippi State University for many years and spent 14 years as a consulting engineer with two different petroleum consulting firms. He is the author of the widely used textbook, Properties of Petroleum Fluids.