Training & Technology Transfer

Worldwide Training and Technology Transfer

Transferring and Teaching Computer and EarthSciences Technology.

We offer a variety of courses in :

• Basic and Advanced Seismic Interpretation and Quantitative Interpretation

• Basic Petrophysics and Geomechanics

• Exploration Economics, Uncertainty and Risk Analysis

The following are some of the courses we teach.

 

• Risk Mitigation Courses

• Economics and Risk Analysis of Petroleum Ventures

• Petrophysics Courses

• Basic Petrophysics - Introductory Log Interpretation and Analysis
• Petrophysics and Petroleum Development Geology

• EarthScience Courses

• Basic Seismic methods and applications for non-EarthScientists
• Advanced Seismic methods and applications
• Advanced Seismic Interpretation Using AVO & Attributes

• Reservoir Geophysics

• Advanced Reservoir Geophysics
• Seismic Data Acquisition Design

• Quantitative Seismic Interpretation

• Quantitative Seismic Interpretation

• Mapping Courses

• Statistics, contouring and subsurface mapping

Areas where courses were taught



PLACE	DATE	SUBJECT
Calgary	2012 -> 2015	Quantitative Seismic Interpretation private in-house course
Calgary	2010	Quantitative Seismic Interpretation private in-house course
Calgary	2009	Taught Seismic methods at SAIT Polytechnic for a Geophysical Technologist Diploma
Calgary	2008	Taught Reservoir Geology at SAIT Polytechnic for a Geological Technologist Diploma
Calgary	2008	Taught Seismic Processing at SAIT Polytechnic for a Geophysical Technologist Diploma
Calgary	2007	Taught Log Analysis at SAIT Polytechnic for a Geological Technologist Diploma
Calgary	2007	Advanced Interpretation of fractures in Clastic Reservoirs for CPI Chinese delegation
Calgary	2007	Taught Reservoir Geology at SAIT Polytechnic for a Geological Technologist Diploma
Calgary	2007	Advanced Interpretation and Prediction of Clastic Reservoirs for CPI Chinese delegation
Calgary	2006/2007	Taught Seismic Processing at SAIT Polytechnic for a Geophysical Technologist Diploma
Calgary	2006/2007	Taught Reservoir Geology at SAIT Polytechnic for a Geological Technologist Diploma
Calgary	2006	Taught Seismic Processing at SAIT Polytechnic for a Geophysical Technologist Diploma
Calgary	2006	Advanced Interpretation and Prediction of Clastic Reservoirs for CPI Chinese delegation
Calgary	2006	Taught Seismic Processing at SAIT Polytechnic for a Geophysical Technologist Diploma
Calgary	2006	Three day seminar in AVO and Rock Physics for CPI Chinese delegation
Calgary	2005	Taught Seismic Processing at SAIT Polytechnic for a Geophysical Technologist Diploma
Calgary	2004	Taught Reservoir Geology at SAIT Polytechnic for a Geological Technologist Diploma
Calgary	2004	Taught Seismic Processing at SAIT Polytechnic for a Geophysical Technologist Diploma
Calgary	2003	Taught Seismic Processing at SAIT Polytechnic for a Geophysical Technologist Diploma
Abu Dhabi	2002	Applied Subsurface Mapping
India	2002	Advanced processing, AVO and Rock Physics
Calgary	2002	Exploration and Prediction Technologies for Continental Clastic Reservoirs for CPI Chinese
Egypt	2002	Acoustic Inversion, Stratigraphy and Reservoir Prediction
Albania	2002	WinPICS loading, interpretation and mapping course
Cuba	2001	Advanced Seismic Processing AVO and Acoustic Inversions
Egypt	2001	Advanced seismic processing and AVO
Egypt	2001	Seismic field design and processing principles
Calgary	2001	Seismic Advances and Methods in exploration & development for non geophysicists
Mexico	2001	Seismic Stratigraphic Interpretation
Mexico	2001	Advanced Seismic Interpretation, AVO and Modelling both Clastics and Carbonates
Calgary/China	2002	Advanced Structural and Stratigraphic Interpretation
Cuba	2002	Advanced Seismic Processing and AVO
Algeria	1999	Seismic Health, Safety and Environment
Algeria	1994	Interactive Seismic Processing
Poland	1994	Interactive Sparse Spike Acoustic Inversions
Saudi Arabia	1994	Interactive Seismic Processing
Russia	1993	Interactive Seismic Processing
Bahrain	1993	Interactive Seismic Processing
Nigeria	1993	Interactive Seismic Processing
Abu Dhabi	1993	Interactive Seismic Processing
Libya	1992	Interpretation, Seismic Processing and Acoustic Inversions
China	1991	Advanced geological & geophysical modeling
Malaysia	1991	Interpretation, geological & geophysical modeling
Singapore	1991	Interpretation, geological & geophysical modeling

 

 

Endorsements

 

“Dr. Andreas Stark is an exceptionally capable geophysicist who has written the standard college textbook for learning that subject under my direction as his dissertation advisor. He is equally skilled in applying the learning in field and in explaining it. ...... He also has sterling moral qualities. I strongly encourage you to get to know him and to find something you can do together. Donald W. Mitchell”

Don Mitchell, Professor, Rushmore University; advised Andreas at Rushmore University (A Chartered Management Institute UK accredited institution)

 

“Andreas Stark has extensive experience in all aspects of seismic interpretation in a wide variety of oil and gas prospect areas internationally and in Canada. He is a trainer and consultant who has provided high quality, innovative interpretations .... He is a dedicated, personable professional who works well in a team environment or on individual assignments.”

Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, Good Value.

Fred Rayer, President and Director of Alconsult International Ltd

 

“Andreas Stark is a very up to date Geophysicist. He is innovative and cost effective and has great wealth of experience and knowledge. He is honest and hard working. If you have a project you want him to take on he will honestly tell you if he is the right one for the job. He gets along with other co-workers very well.”

Top qualities: Expert, Good Value, High Integrity.

Patrick Ward, President and CEO of Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd.

 

“I have known Andreas since seven years when he had first delivered a training program (advanced seismic processing, AVO and rock physics) on behalf of the Canadian Petroleum Institute to ONGC, India. After the program, ONGC informed that the participants evaluation revealed that he had got the highest ratings wherein the participants has commended his deep knowledge and excellent communication skills. Subsequently Indian participants attending the summer program at Canada too spoke highly of his expertise. He has been producing great results and I sincerely wish him all the best in his professional endeavors”

Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, Good Value.

Pawan Gupta, agent for ONGC


 

“Andreas is a power user of the geophysical/geological workstation software provided by Divestco. He has deep and detail knowledge of the subject matters and his consistent, reliable suggestions have made the products better. I have appreciated his superlative work from exploration concepts to final maps and consider him a very original, fluid thinker and communicator.”

Dennis Meisinger, Geophysical Product Manager, Divestco Inc.

 

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Published Books



Seismic Methods and Applications

Check out this AWARD WINNING TEXT that's used as a teaching and reference tool world wide.



A Study of Business Decisions under Uncertainty

This thesis discusses methods to minimize the risk and uncertainty encountered in business especially in oil & gas exploration.



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Our Staff



Regina Stark has a College diploma in Human Resource Administration and Law, and a strong background in Human Resources and Training with over forty years’ experience.
She held the position of Director of Human Resources with a large utility company for most of her career, where she had responsibilities for all human resources and training of several regional offices with more than 1200 employees.


Dr. Andreas Stark, P. Geo. is a Professional Geoscientist with extensive experience in the areas of Exploration and Risk Management, Exploration & Development Geophysics, Geological and Geophysical Technology, Geophysical Management, Computer Science & Software Management.
Andreas entered the industry in 1966 with a seismic contractor as an observer and in 1971 moved into seismic processing where he became an Assistant Party Chief. In 1975 he moved to the oil company side and held positions as a Research Geophysicist, an Interpretation Geophysicist, a District Geophysicist, a Director of Geophysics and from 1994 until 2017 operated his Consulting Company.


During the late 1980’s Andreas joined an international Geoscience software company and became General Manager of the Canadian office. It is during this period that Andreas started to become more involved in Technology Transfer and Training, which he continues to do to this day.


Andreas is an aggressive result oriented proven Oil and Gas Finder, who was directly involved in the drilling of over a two hundred and fifty wells with a high Success ratio (82%) and has helped find over 1.275 BBOE conventional and around 2 BBOIP resource in the Athabasca Oil Sands Area and together with Regina has trained over a thousand industry professionals in geology, geophysics and geo-science technology