DigitCore Institute for Learning
We are pleased to announce the opening of a brand new training initiative for technical professionals in the oil & gas industry. We offer a new, dedicated classroom for taught courses, as well as on-site core logging facilities, and a diverse portfolio of field based courses and trips.
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Courses cover specific topics, including:
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Introduction to Core Logging (Clastics and Carbonates)
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Geology field trips examining a variety of formations and depositional settings, as well as a Geology for Non-Geologists field course
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Production Geology: introductory, intermediate and advanced level
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Petroleum Geology of Clastic depositional systems
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Interpreting Fractures in Cores
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Formation specific half or one day classroom or core based courses (e.g. Montney, Duvernay, Cardium, Belly River / Milk River, Mannville analogue, Exshaw a.k.a. Alberta Bakken, Mississipian or Devonian limestones)
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Completions and fracking technologies
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Unconventional reservoirs: introductory level
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Reservoir Engineering: introductory level
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We also offer bespoke courses tailored to your company's needs. ​Most courses run over one or two days to maintain a high level of focus; to minimize time out of the office; and to ensure that the courses are affordable for professionals in transition. Courses are typically very hands on, with plenty of worked exercises.
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Initial offerings are mainly geological in scope, but our plan going forward is to offer a wide variety of technical courses in engineering and other petroleum related disciplines, to be taught by recognized leading experts in their field.
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Jon Noad of DigitCore led the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geology 2017 Student Industry Field Trip ("SIFT") to Dinosaur Provincial Park. The 32 SIFT participants were the top students from every university geology department in Canada. Also in attendance was DigitCore CEO Y. Greg Hu.
The DigitCore Institute for Learning is led by Jon Noad, who brings twenty-five years of experience as a geologist and sedimentologist working for companies such as Husky, Murphy, and Shell, as well as in mining and marine geology. He is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Alberta, and formerly spent two years managing the MSc. in Petroleum Geology at Delft University. Jon has a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Sedimentology from the University of London.
Jon Noad delivering a presentation on Upper McMurray Stratigraphy on Thursday, May 18 at the 2017 CSPG Core Conference
