Menu:

Latest news:

Seminar dates for 2008 have been announced.

Training Seminars

INTRODUCTION

Dravis Interests offers applied training seminars to the petroleum industry. Since 1987, over 145 seminars have been given to a broad spectrum of petroleum geoscientists representing over 30 major and independent oil and gas companies.

These seminars include an Advanced Carbonate Field Seminar to Caicos Platform in the southeastern Bahamas, a five-day introduction to carbonate depositional systems and play types, a two and one-half day seminar on sequence stratigraphic approaches in carbonate exploration and development geology, a two-day overview of modern carbonate environments, processes and products, with application to hydrocarbon plays, and an applied carbonate diagenesis seminar. A new seminar on Cretaceous carbonate plays around the U.S. Gulf of Mexico is available on a private basis.

Seminars are given in classroom and field locations. Both public and private versions are available for most of these seminars. Seminar length and content can be tailored to a client's needs. Contact Dravis Interests, Inc. for more information.

PAYMENT OPTIONS: You can still pay by check (I can provide an invoice) or you can use Pay Pal, a secure online service that will let you pay with a credit card. To pay with Pay Pal, call Jeff Dravis at 713-667-9844.

Seminars Currently Available:


Public Seminars Currently Offered:

Seminar Desription

Dates

Location

Overview of Modern Carbonate Depositional Systems

TBA

Houston

Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation

December 1-5, 2008

Houston
NEW Seminar
Carbonate Geology for Oil and Gas Exploration and Development 		July 21-25, 2008 Vienna, Austria
Taught through HOT Engineering,
For more information and to register contact Sylvia Reyer at

Advanced Carbonate Field Seminar

October 12-19, 2008

Southern Bahamas (Turks and Caicos Islands)

Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy

TBA

Houston

Seminars currently available only on a private basis:

PREVIOUS INDUSTRY SEMINARS

2006:
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Public Version), University of Houston, Hilton Conference Center: Houston, Texas (11/27-12/1)
Overview of Mesozoic Carbonate Plays Along the U.S Gulf Rim: Influence of Setting and Structural Controls, Tyler, Texas (9/7)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Through Baker Atlas Training): Houston (8/21-8/25)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" taught through HOT Engineering: Vienna, Austria (6/19-6/23)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" for Occidental Oil & Gas: Turks and Caicos Islands (6/4-6/10)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" for Occidental Oil & Gas: Turks and Caicos Islands (5/21-5/27)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" (Public Version): Turks and Caicos Islands (5/1-5/8)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Private Version), Occidental Oil & Gas: Houston (4/3-4/7)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Private Version), Occidental Oil & Gas: Houston (3/20-3/24)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Public Version), University of Houston, Hilton Conference Center: Houston, Texas (3/6-3/10)

2005:
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Public Version), University of Houston, Hilton Conference Center: Houston, Texas (12/5-12/9)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" (Public Version): Turks and Caicos Islands (10/24-5/31)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Through Baker Atlas Training): Houston (8/8-8/12)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" (Public Version): Turks and Caicos Islands (5/2-5/9)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" (Public Version): Turks and Caicos Islands (5/15-5/22)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" for Suncor Energy Inc.: Turks and Caicos Islands (4/18-4/25)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Public Version), University of Houston, Hilton Conference Center: Houston, Texas (2/28-3/4)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation", Anadarko Petroleum Inc: Houston (1/31-2/4)

2004:
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Public Version), University of Houston, Hilton Conference Center: Houston (11/29-12/3)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation", Suncor Energy Inc: Calgary (11/22-11/26)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Through Baker Atlas Training): Houston (8/2-8/6)
“Carbonate Facies and Reservoirs” and “Overview of Carbonate Diagenesis and Porosity Evolution” for NExT Training: Tulsa, Oklahoma (7/12- 7/15)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" (Public Version): Turks and Caicos Islands (5/3-5/10)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Public Version), University of Houston, Hilton Conference Center: Houston (3/1-3/5)

Return to Top
2003:
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" for Occidental Oil and Gas, Houston (5/12-5/16)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" (Public Version): Turks and Caicos Islands (4/30-5/7) .
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" for Burlington Resources Canada (Calgary): Turks and Caicos Islands (4/9-4/16) .
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Public Version) Houston (2/3-2/7)

2002:
 "Carbonate Facies and Reservoirs" and "Overview of Carbonate Diagenesis and Porosity Evolution" for NeXT Training, Tulsa, Oklahoma (10/28 - 11/1) "Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Public Version) Houston (8/19-8/23) "Diagenesis and Porosity Evolution of Limestone and Dolostone Reservoirs (with Jack Wendte), CSPG Short Course, Calgary, Canada (6/10-6/12) "Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" (Public Version): Turks and Caicos Islands (5/1-5/8) "Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Public Version) Houston (3/4-3/8)
"Carbonate Facies and Reservoirs" and "Overview of Carbonate Diagenesis and Porosity Evolution" for NeXT Training, Tulsa, Oklahoma (2/4-2/6)

2001:
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Public Version) Houston (12/3-12/7)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Public Version) Houston (8/27-8/31)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies"
(Public Version): Turks and Caicos Islands (5/24-5/31)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" for
Phillips Petroelum: Turks and Caicos Islands (5/2-5/9)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" for University of Nebraska, Lincoln: Turks and Caicos Islands (3/9-3/16)
"Carbonate Facies and Reservoirs" and "Overview of Carbonate Diagenesis and Porosity Evolution" for NeXT Training, Tulsa, Oklahoma (2/5-2/7)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Public Version) Houston (1/22-1/26)

2000:
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies"
(Public Version): Turks and Caicos Islands (10/19-10/26)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" for
ExxonMobil: Turks and Caicos Islands (9/17-9/25)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Public Version) Houston (8/21-8/25)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" for Colorado School of Mines: Turks and Caicos Islands (5/9-5/16)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies"
(Public Version): Turks and Caicos Islands (5/2-5/9)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Public Version) Houston (2/28-3/3)

1999:
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" for Marathon Oil, Inc: Houston (9/27-10/2)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies"
(Public Version): Turks and Caicos Islands (5/4-5/11)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" for Conoco, Inc: Houston (4/19-4/23)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Public Version), University of Houston, Hilton Conference Center: Houston (2/22-2/26)

Return to Top
1998:
"Overview of Modern Carbonate Depositional Systems" (Public Version): Houston, Texas (10/5-10/6)
"Carbonate Facies and Reservoirs" and "Overview of Carbonate Diagenesis and Porosity Evolution" for Amoco Production Company: Tulsa, Oklahoma (9/14-9/16)
"Overview of Modern Carbonate Depositional Systems" for Permian Basin Graduate Center: Midland, Texas (8/17-8/18)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies"
(Public Version): Turks and Caicos Islands (5/7-5/14)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" for Suncor Energy Inc.: Turks and Caicos Islands (4/28-5/5)
Led "Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" for University of Nebraska, Lincoln: Turks and Caicos Islands (3/20-3/27)

1997:
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Public Version), University of Houston, Hilton Conference Center: Houston (12/1-12/5)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" for Mobil Oil: Turks and Caicos Islands (9/30-10/6)
"Carbonate Facies and Reservoirs" for Amoco Production Company: Tulsa, Oklahoma (9/9-9/10)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Public Version), University of Houston, Hilton Conference Center: Houston (6/9-6/13)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies"
(Public Version): Turks and Caicos Islands (4/24-5/1)
"Actualistic Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy - Principles and Applications" for Phillips Petroleum, Inc.: Midland, Texas (3/3-3/5)
"Actualistic Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy - Principles and Applications" (Public Version), University of Houston, Hilton Conference Center: Houston (2/26-2/28)

1996:
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Public Version), University of Houston, Hilton Conference Center: Houston (12/2-12/6)
"Actualistic Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy - Principles and Applications" (Public Version), University of Houston, Hilton Conference Center: Houston (11/13-11/15)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" for Mobil Oil: Turks and Caicos Islands (10/7-10/13)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Public Version), University of Houston, Hilton Conference Center: Houston (6/3-6/7)
"Modern Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" (Public Version): Turks and Caicos Islands (4/25-5/2)
"Actualistic Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy - Principles and Applications" (Public Version), University of Houston, Hilton Conference Center: Houston (3/5-3/6)
"Actualistic Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy - Principles and Applications" Chevron Overseas Petroleum, Inc.: San Ramon, California (2/21-2/23)

1995:
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Public Version), University of Houston, Hilton Conference Center: Houston (12/4-12/8)
"Fundamentals of Carbonate Diagenesis and Porosity Development" for Amoco Production Company: Houston, Texas (10/23-10/25)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" for Mobil Oil: Turks and Caicos Islands (10/16-10/22)
"Actualistic Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy - Principles and Applications" for Conoco, Inc.: Houston, Texas (9/7-9/8)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" for Exxon U.S.A: Midland, Texas (8/21-8/25)
"Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy and Plays" for Pakistan Exploration & Production Advisory Committee (PEPCAC): Islamabad, Pakistan (8/6-8/10)
"Actualistic Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy - Principles and Applications" for Numac Energy: Calgary, Canada (6/21-6/23)
"Applications of Carbonate Diagenesis to Exploration and Development Geology" for Numac Energy: Calgary, Canada (6/19-6/21)
"Actualistic Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy - Principles and Applications" to Santa Fe Energy: Jakarta, Indonesia (5/11-5/12)
"Modern Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" (Public Version): Turks and Caicos Islands (4/25-5/2)
"Actualistic Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy" (Public Version): Houston (4/11-4/12)
One-day short course for Amoco Production Company (Venezuelan Group) entitled "Carbonates Applied to Petroleum Geology": Houston (1/26)

Return to Top
1994:
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Public Version), University of Houston, Hilton Conference Center: Houston (12/5- 12/9)
"Fundamentals of Carbonate Diagenesis" for Amoco Production Company: Houston (11/2-11/4)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" for Mobil Oil: Turks and Caicos Islands (10/17-10/23)
"Actualistic Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy - Alternative Approaches for Exploration and Development Geology" for Permian Basin Graduate Center: Midland (8/29-8/30)
"Subsurface Exploration in Carbonates: Cores and Logs" for Amoco Production Company: Houston (7/11-7/12)
"Modern Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" to Chevron Corporation: Turks and Caicos Islands, (5/8-5/14)
"Modern Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" (Public Version): Turks and Caicos Islands (4/27-5/4)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Public Version), University of Houston, Hilton Conference Center: Houston (2/28-3/4)

1993:
"Modern Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" (Public Version): Turks and Caicos Islands (11/14-11/20)
"Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy" to Home Oil: Calgary, Canada
(11/9-11/9) (with J.C. Wendte)
Lectured on Carbonate Plays and Burial Diagenesis in Industry Synergy Course "Carbonate Facies and Diagenesis Models" for Home Oil, Norcen, Husky Oil, Mobil and Pan Canadian: Calgary, Canada (11/4-11/5)
"Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy - Principles and Applications" for Enserch Exploration, Inc.: Dallas (10/28-10/29)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" for Mobil Oil: Turks and Caicos Islands (10/19-10/24)
"Modern Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" to Chevron Corporation: Turks and Caicos Islands, (10/3-10/9)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" (Public Version), University of Houston, Hilton Conference Center: Houston (6/14-6/18)
"Modern Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" to Chevron Corporation: Turks and Caicos Islands, (5/10-5/15)
"Modern Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" (Public Version): Turks and Caicos Islands (5/1-5/8)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Development Geology" for Union Pacific Resources Company: Ft. Worth (3/29-4/2)

1992:
"Carbonates Applied to Exploration and Development Geology" for GeoQuest Training: Houston (11/30-12/4)
"Modern Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" (Public Version): Turks and Caicos Islands (11/17-11/24)
"Modern Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" Chevron USA: Turks and Caicos Islands, (10/4-10/10)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Development Geology for GeoQuest Training: Houston (9/21-9/25)
Short Course "Burial Dissolution in Limestones and Dolomites - Criteria For Recognition and Discussion of Controls: A Case Study Approach (Part 1: Upper Jurassic Haynesville Limestones, East Texas; Part 2: Devonian Upper Elk Point Dolomites, Western Canada," AAPG/CSPG Short Course "Subsurface Dissolution Porosity in Carbonates, Calgary, Canada (6/21)
"Modern Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" to Chevron USA: Turks and Caicos Islands, (5/11-5/16)
"Modern Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" (Public Version): Turks and Caicos Islands (4/24-5/1)
"Exploration for Carbonate Plays" to Conoco, Inc: Austin, Texas
(1/27-1/31)

1991:
Presented "Exploration for Carbonate Plays" to Conoco, Inc: Austin, Texas (10/28-11/1)
"Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" for Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Annual Meeting, Short Course #4: Houston, Texas (10/16)
"Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" for Mobil Oil: Turks and Caicos Islands (10/8-10/13)
"Modern Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" to Chevron USA: Turks and Caicos Islands, (9/30-10/5)
"Canadian Hunter Exploration Ltd. Carbonate Course": Calgary, Canada (7/22-7/26)
"Modern Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" to British Petroleum Ltd.: Turks and Caicos Islands, (6/16-6/24)
"Advanced Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" for Esso Resources Canada Ltd.: Turks and Caicos Islands (5/8-5/17)
"Modern Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" (Public Version): Turks and Caicos Islands (4/18-4/25)

1990:
"Exploration for Carbonate Plays" (Public Version) at GeoQuest International: Houston, Texas (12/3-12/7)
"Seminar to Caicos Platform, British West Indies" for Mobil Oil: Turks and Caicos Islands (6/19-6/25)
"Advanced Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform" (Public Version): Turks and Caicos Islands, (5/14-5-21)
"Modern Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform, British West Indies" for Canadian Hunter Exploration Ltd, Calgary: Turks and Caicos Islands (4/20-4/26)
"Exploration for Carbonate Plays" to Conoco, Inc: Austin, Texas
(1/22-26)
"Exploration for Carbonate Plays" for Chevron USA: Houston, Texas
(1/8-1/12)

1989:
"Overview on Applied Carbonates" for Houston Geological Society: Houston, Texas (11/18)
"Exploration for Carbonate Plays" at Geoquest International:
Houston, Texas (8/21-25)
"Advanced Carbonate Field Seminar, Caicos Platform (Public Version):
Turks and Caicos Islands (6/27-7/5)
"Advanced Carbonates School," Esso Resources Canada Ltd.: Calgary and Turks and Caicos Islands (5/8-5/27)
"Overview of Carbonates Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation" to Schlumberger, Inc.: Houston, Texas (3/6)
"Exploration for Carbonate Plays" for Conoco, Inc.: Austin, Texas
(1/23-1/27)

1988:
"Exploration for Carbonate Plays" at Geoquest
International: Houston, Texas ( 12/12-12/16)
"Carbonate Geology Applied to Petroleum Exploration
and Production" for Tenneco Oil: Lafayette, Louisiana (10/5)
Esso Resources Canada Basic Carbonate School: Calgary, Canada
(5/5- 5/12)
"Exploration for Carbonate Plays" for Conoco, Inc.: Houston, TX (1/25-1/29)

1987:
Seminar on Carbonate Play Relationships and Case Histories to Union Pacific Resources Company: Houston, TX (12/1)
Lectures on Carbonate Geology Applied to Petroleum Exploration and Production for Tenneco Oil: Houston, TX (10/27)
"Applied Carbonate Exploration" for Tenneco Oil: San Antonio, TX (4/27-5/1)
Esso Resources Canada Basic Carbonate School: Calgary, Canada
(2/9-2/16)

Return to Top

EXXON SEMINARS
1986: Chairman and Major Instructor, Advanced Carbonates School: Houston, Caribbean, Texas and New Mexico (4/22-5/12)
1985: Chairman and Major Instructor, Advanced Carbonate Facies School: Houston, Carribean, Texas and New Mexico (4/22-5/17)
Chairman, Basic Carbonates Schools, Houston, Texas (1/21-1/25 and 1/28-2/1)
1984: Organizer and Instructor, On-site Carbonates School Guangzhou, China (11/26-12/17)
Chairman, Basic Carbonates School, Houston, Texas (11/5-11/9)
Organized and led field trip for Chinese geological delegation to central Texas (8/8-8/28)
Chairman and Major Instructor, Advanced Carbonate Facies School: Houston, Caribbean, Texas and New Mexico (4/24-5/18)
Instructor, Basic Carbonates Schools, Houston, Texas (1/30-2/3 and 2/6-2/1)
Chairman and Instructor, On-site Carbonates School of Exxon USA, New Orleans, Louisiana (1/16-1/20)
1983: Chairman and Instructor, Basic Carbonates Schools, Houston, Texas (11/44-11/18 and 1/24-1/28)
Chairman and Major Instructor, Advanced Carbonates Facies School: Houston, Caribbean, Texas and New Mexico (4/25-5/19)
1982: Instructor, Basic Carbonates Schools, Houston, Texas (7/12-7/16 and 7/19-7/23)
Instructor, On-site Carbonates School of Esso Australia, Sydney, Australia (6/12-24)
Chairman and Major Instructor, Advanced Carbonate Facies School: Houston, Caribbean, Texas and New Mexico (4/19-5/14)
Instructor, Basic Carbonates School, Houston, Texas (2/22-2/26)
1981: Chairman and Instructor, Basic Carbonates Schools, Houston, Texas (12/7-12/11 and 4/20-4/25)
Guest Lecturer, Exploration School, Houston, Texas (11/19)
Major Instructor, Advanced Carbonates Facies school: Houston, Caribbean, Texas and New Mexico (4/27-5/19)
1980: Revised Advanced Carbonate Facies School and developed new classroom notebooks and field guidebooks
Guest lecturer, Reservoir Geology School, Houston Texas (12/4)
Chairman and Instructor, Basic Carbonates School, Houston, Texas (11/17-11/21)
Instructor, On-site Carbonates School for Lagoven Petroleum Company, Maracaibo,Venezuela (9/29-10/6)
Leader of Holocene Field trip for Esso Resources Canada geologists, Bahamas and Florida (6/30-7/4)
Major Instructor, Advanced Carbonate Facies School: Houston, Caribbean, Texas and New Mexico (4/21-5/16)
1979:
Developed new in-house Basic Carbonates School with lecture and laboratory format
Chairman and Instructor, Basic Carbonates School, Houston, Texas (11/26-11/30)
Instructor, On-site Carbonates School of Lagoven Petroleum Company, Maracaibo, Venezuela (7/9-7/23)
Instructor, Advanced Carbonate Facies School: Houston, Texas and New Mexico (4/23-5/19)

Return to top


Dravis Interests and Dravis Geological Services can be contacted by email, by phone at (713) 667-9844, or by mail at 4133 Tennyson St., Houston, Tx 77005-2749.