Petro-Ed

INSTRUCTORS

Dr. Eric Dahlberg, is President of ECD Geological Specialists and Saskatchewan Petroleum Ventures Ltd, of Calgary ad is an internationally recognized geologist, author, and award winning presenter, having presented over 300 seminars, worldwide, on contouring techniques, applied hydrodynamics, and computer-supported exploration during the past two decades. Dr. Dahlberg earned degrees in Geology, Sedimentary Petrology and Geochemical Exploration from Williams College and The Pennsylvania State University in 1961, 1964, and 1967. He has been active as a visiting professor at several North American Universities. Since 1979 he has been an independent petroleum geologist/consultant in Calgary during which time he has developed and marketed numerous exploration prospects and plays, initiated several regional multiclient oil and gas studies for both major and junior oil companies, completed over three-dozen petroleum hydrogeology projects in regions as diverse as Chad, Africa and the North Sea. He is an acknowledged worldwide expert in this field and is the author of "Applied Hydrodynamics in Petroleum Exploration" published by Springer-Valag in 1982 with an increased second edition published in 1994. He has presented over 295 professional short courses to members of the domestic and overseas petroleum industries. Having just completed hydrocarbon evaluation projects in eight east African countries he is currently focusing on developing oil and gas possibilities and prospects in western and eastern Saskatchewan. He is a citizen of Canada and the USA, a veteran of the USMC, and a member of the CSPG and APEGGA.

Alphonsus (Phonse) J. Fagan, M.Sc., P.Geo., is a petroleum geophysicist with more than two decades experience in the oil and gas industry. In that time he has worked in the Calgary oilpatch for a major oil company (Amoco Canada), with the Goverment of Newfoundland and Labrador's Energy Branch and as a private consultant. In various capacities throughout his career he has become intimately knowledgeable of the Atlantic Canada petroleum industry, in terms of the public policy aspects, its history, and the geological prospectivity of the various sedimentary basins of Newfoundland and Labrador. In this regard he has authored and co-authored several reports, papers and magazine articles and has been a frequent presenter at local, national and international conferences to raise awareness of the Province's petroleum potential. Since August 2005 he has offered his services as a geophysical and policy/regulatory consultant. Mr. Fagan has also had an enduring interest in educating the public about the petroleum industry and has given numerous seminars over the years to audiences of all ages. In 2001 he established Petro-Ed to offer short courses relating to the petroleum industry in the Atlantic Canada market.

Dr. Larry Lines is the Head of the Dept. of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Calgary and is Chief Geophysicist with Global Harmonics Consulting. His career includes 17 years with Amoco Production Company, 4 years as the Chair in Applied Seismology at Memorial University of Newfoundland, and 5 years as Chair in Exploration Geophysics at the University of Calgary. He served SEG as Editor of Geophysics, Distinguished Lecturer, Chairman of SEG Publications Committee, and has served on many of their committees. His career has involved both the theory and applications of geophysical imaging and inversion.

A. Easton Wren, Ph.D., is well-known in Canada and recognized internationally as an innovative geophysicist who is a leader in the application of new seismic techniques and has an aptitude for conveying concepts in a lively manner through courses and documentary TV programs. Dr. Wren is current in state-of-the-art seismic methods, has lectured at U.S. and Canadian universities, and has presented industry-oriented courses to a wide variety of audiences.

He received his B.Sc. (Hons) in Geology in 1960 and his Ph.D. in Geophysics in 1968 from the University of Glasgow in Scotland. His professional experience includes positions with Ray Geophysical Company in Libya, the United Nations in Uganda, Amoco Canada and PanCanadian Petroleum in Calgary. In 1978 he founded Petrel Consultants and was President and General Manager of the company until 1986. Since that time he has been an Independent Consultant , a Visiting Professor to the University of Calgary and an associate of the GSC.

Dr. Wren was elected President of the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists for 1981, received the Society's Best Paper award in 1974, the Meritorious Service Award in 1977 and Honourary Membership in 1988. He is the author of several published papers on seismic processing and interpretation, is a past editor of the Journal of the C.S.E.G. and was General Chairman of the joint C.S.E.G.-C.S.P.G. Convention, Exploration Update in 1979.

He has been heavily involved in the development and presentation of training courses in the exploration industry. In 1987 he was Distinguished Lecturer for the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (A.A.P.G.).

He is an active member of S.E.G., C.S.E.G., and A.P.E.G.G.A. He has also been a Visiting Professor to the University of Kansas and was the host of CFAC-TV Calgary's "Science Spectrum" documentary programme.