HGS Continuing Education Course - "Prospect Evaluation Methods for Seismic DHIs" (1 Day)

Prospect Evaluation Methods for Seismic DHIs

Instructors: Henry Pettingill and Rocky Roden

Thursday, January 23, 2025 | 8:00am – 5:00pm

Core Lab  Building 2, 6323 Windfern, Houston, TX 77040

Cost:  HGS Members $280.00 

HGS Student / In Transition Members $50.00

Non-Members $350.00 

Emeritus $140.00 

Registration will close Thursday, January 16, 2024 at 5:00 pm.**Non-Members can submit an application and pay their dues before registering to get the member price. Please call the HGS office at 713-463-9476 to be registered only AFTER your application and dues are submitted.**

Course Description:

One-day survey class covering all aspects of the evaluation of exploration prospects that are supported by seismic anomalies known as Direct Hydrocarbon Indicators (DHIs). The class is shortened from a longer version taught to Members of the Consortium and has the proprietary Consortium content removed.

The class has a strong practical orientation and uses actual prospects and realistic exercises to illustrate the applications of the various concepts and analytical procedures used in the technical evaluation and investment decision process of DHI-supported prospects.

The course leverages over 20 years of learnings and workflow developments that have emerged from the Rose and Associates’ DHI Interpretation and Risk Analysis Consortium.

The course also gives the participants a global context of DHI-driven exploration, including analog learnings from the Consortium’s 390-well calibration database.

After taking this course, participants will have familiarity with all concepts and techniques in the risk and resource evaluation of DHI prospects.

Who Should Attend:

Geoscientists, engineers, and managers involved with evaluating exploration opportunities in seismic DHI’s. The course-work assumes the participant has a basic working knowledge of subsurface Exploration concepts.

For more information on the Rose and Associates DHI Consortium

Please visit https://www.roseassoc.com/dhi-consortium.

*Attendees will receive a Certificate of Continuing Education for 8 PDH and digital course notes

About the instructors:  

HENRY S. PETTINGILL - Principal Consultant and DHI Consortium Chairman

Henry S. Pettingill is a Petroleum Geologist and Exploration Manager who has been in the oil and gas industry since 1983. He joined Rose and Associates in 2018 after 16 years with Noble Energy Inc., where he finished his career as Chief Geoscientist. Prior to that, he served as Director of Business Innovation from 2013-2015, and as Director of Exploration Technology from 2002-2013. His responsibilities included overseeing the Global Exploration Portfolio, Risk Analysis, Geoscience Technology, and Staff Development. Prior to joining Noble, he held various technical and managerial positions within Repsol and Shell. His assignments have focused on Deepwater Exploration and Appraisal, International Exploration/New Ventures, Exploration Risk Analysis, and Portfolio Management. Henry has authored over 100 conference presentations and technical papers, and has taught classes in Exploration Risk Analysis, Creativity and Innovation for E&P Organizations, and a Deep Water Clastics field trip in the Spanish Pyrenees. In 2017, he was recognized by AAPG as one of the industry’s “100 Explorationists Who Made a Difference.”

Mr. Pettingill holds a BA degree from the University of Rochester and an MSc degree from Virginia Tech (USA). He is an AAPG Certified Petroleum Geologist and an active member of AAPG, SEG, and SPE. He is a Trustee Associate of the SEG and AAPG Foundations. Pettingill is chairman of Rose & Associates’ DHI Consortium. He serves on the Advisory Board of Virginia Tech Department of Geosciences.

ROCKY RODEN - Rocky Ridge Resources Inc. Consultant

Rocky has owned his own consulting company, Rocky Ridge Resources, Inc., for the last eighteen years and works with numerous oil companies around the world on interpretation technical issues, prospect generation, risk analysis evaluations, and reserve/resource calculations. He has authored or co-authored over 40 technical publications on various aspects of seismic interpretation, AVO analysis, amplitude risk assessment, and geoscience machine learning. He has over 45 years in the industry as a Geophysicist, Exploration/Development Manager, Director of Applied Technology, and Chief

Geophysicist. He has been a principal in the Rose and Associates DHI Risk Analysis Consortium since 2001. He works with Geophysical Insights on the integration of advanced geophysical technology in machine learning software applications. He is a proven oil finder with extensive knowledge of modern geoscience technical approaches (past Chairman, The Leading Edge Editorial Board). As Chief Geophysicist and Director of Applied Technology for Repsol-YPF (retired 2001), his role comprised advising corporate officers, geoscientists, and managers on interpretation, strategy and technical analysis for exploration and development in offices in U.S., Argentina, Spain, Egypt, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Venezuela, Malaysia, and Indonesia. He has been involved in the technical and economic

evaluation of Gulf of Mexico lease sales, farmouts worldwide, and bid rounds in South America, Europe, and the Far East. Previous work experience includes exploration and development at Maxus Energy, Pogo Producing, Decca Survey, and Texaco. He holds a BS in Oceanographic Technology-Geology from Lamar University and a MS in Geological and Geophysical Oceanography from Texas A&M University.