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The Petroleum Geosciences Program offers MA and MS degrees.
Hydrogeology Certification Program
Geographical Information Systems
Graduate Level Petroleum Short Courses
Geosciences Graduate Students
Geosciences Thesis
Petroleum Geophysics Short Courses
Most courses are taught on the University of Houston Campus, in room 207 of Science and Research Building 1 Entrance 14 off of Cullen Blvd. See Map for directions.
Petroleum Geophysics Short
Course Brochure
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Seismic Wave and Ray Theory |
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May 4th - May 8th |
Schuster |
$2000 |
Application and Interpretation of Converted Waves |
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May 11th - May 15th |
James Gaiser |
$2000 |
Rock and Fluid Physics |
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May 18th - May 22nd |
John Castagna |
$2000 |
Reservoir Geophysics |
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| Date | Instructor(s) | Tuition |
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May 25th - May 26th |
John Castagna |
$1000 |
3-D Seismic Interpretation I |
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| Date | Instructor(s) | Tuition |
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May 27th: 1pm - 5pm |
Dr. Christopher Liner |
$1000 |
3-D Seismic Interpretation II |
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| Date | Instructor(s) | Tuition |
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June 1st - June 5th |
Dr. Fred Hilterman |
$2000 |
Geophysical Data Processing |
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| Date | Instructor(s) | Tuition |
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June 8th - June 12th |
Dr. Christopher Liner |
$2000 |
Seismic Migration |
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| Date | Instructor(s) | Tuition |
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June 15th - June 19th |
$2000 |
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EM |
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| Date | Instructor(s) | Tuition |
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June 22nd - June 23rd |
Strack and Thomsen |
$1000 |
Seismic Attributes for Reservoir Carbonates |
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| Date | Instructor(s) | Tuition |
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June 24th: 1pm - 5pm |
Kurt Marfurt |
$1800 |
Additional short course information:
- Note that most courses are two-week courses. One will be taught as a one-week course, and the "Current Topics" are one-day courses. The daily schedule for one-week or one-day courses is 8am to 12 noon, followed by a lunch break, and then continue with afternoon sessions from 12:45pm to 4:45pm each day. The daily schedule for two-week courses is from 8am to 12 noon each day. For the two-week courses, some afternoon study sessions and field trips will be scheduled by your instructor.
Contact Information
Department Chairman:
Dr. John F. Casey
Director, Professional Geoscience Programs:
Dr. Donald S. Van Nieuwenhuise
E-mail: donvann@uh.edu
Phone: 713-743-3423
Fax: 713-748-7906
Short Course Program Manager:
Tram Nguyen
Department of Geosciences
University of Houston
Houston, Texas 77204-5007
E-mail: tnguye36@mail.uh.edu
Phone: 713-743-3402
Facsimile: 713-748-7906
Short Course Venues:
On Campus: The short courses are held at the University of Houston in our dedicated seminar room on the second floor of Science & Research Building 1, Room 207. Courses requiring computer applications will be held in our computer Lab in Room 230. This lab has up-to-date computer hardware, including visualization capabilities and industry standard software. The campus is conveniently located 5 minutes from downtown Houston and 20 minutes from both major metro airports.
