Some experienced petrophysicists choose to attend these courses twice and pay their own fees. |
CFP: A powerful, highly technical and industry relevant course. Covers a wide range of technical topics with a powerful manual | Shantanu, Doha 2010 |
CFP: ..the practicals, especially the saturation height function, was excellent. Very elegant workflow | Whiteley, Doha 2010 |
CFP: An excellent course with a well designed workflow to integrate all the data (logs, image logs, cores, Pc data, pressure transient tests and plt) to understand the complex carbonate reservoir | Abde Lmottleb, Dubai 2009 |
| CFP: Excellent course | Al-Awadi, Dubai 2009 |
| IPRC: ..very good answers to questions. Impressive | Areago, Dubai 2009 |
| IPRC: The Instructor is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic and is a very good communicator | Odukue, Dubai 2009 |
| IPRC: Wish I had attended this course years ago. Even before the course had finished it had positively impacted our current SCAL program. A petrophysical epiphany. | Hodgkinson, Dubai 2008 |
| IPRC: This is a perfect course and it doesn't need any kind of improvement | Ahmed, Dubai 2008 |
| IPRC: .. Instructor has great experience, good question handling and excellent presentation skills | Anon, Dubai 2008 |
| IPRC: ..concepts explained in a clear, uncomplicated way | Ryan, Dubai 2008 |
CFP: An insightful & excellent presentation | Anon, Dubai 2008 |
IPRC: ..condensed ..an Instructor with vast experience who keeps himself up to date ..excellent tips ..methodical manual | Kaur, Dubai 2008 |
CFP: A really excellent course. Thank you so much Dr Mark! | Choi, Dubai 2008 |
CFP: 'Mark provides a simple, pragmatic process for evaluating complex fracture/carbonate systems. A valuable tool in any petrophysicist's arsenal' | Lafferty, Prague 2008 |
CFP: '..open-minded instructor. ..warnings and large list of tools which improve C&F evaluations' | Henry, Prague 2008 |
CFP: 'Mark really focuses on the important things - very practical , very good' | Zechner, Prague 2008 |
CFP: '..highly recommended for people involved with carbonates or fractured carbonate reservoirs' | Vishunavai, Prague 2008 |
CFP: 'A very good course. Inspiring' | Rasmussen, Dubai 2007 |
IPRC: '.. instructor was very good, passionate ..kept everyone's attention very well and involved them in the lectures' | Whetton, Prague 2008 |
IPRC: '..perfect, chronological course manual' | van der Wal, Prague 2008 |
IPRC: 'Down to earth lectures; eloquent, robust petrophysics' | Crineita, Prague 2008 |
IPRC: 'Everything I hoped to learn and more' | Whiteley, Dubai 2007 |
IPRC: 'An extremely practical & powerful course ..will increase the petrophysicsts knowledge & abilities exponentially' | Sen, Dubai 2007 |
IPRC: 'The best course I have attended. Informative and practical!' | Bakhshi, Dubai 2007 |
IPRC: 'An excellent course for petrophysicists, geologists and reservoir engineers alike. ...delivers a sound technical evaluation' | Lafferty, Kuala Lumpur 2007 |
IPRC: 'Good teacher, excellent manual. Skips tools physics and gets straight to purpose and use of the data' | Schroder, Vienna 2007 |
IPRC: 'Excellent presentation & course material' | Grant, Vienna 2007 |
IPRC: ' Enthusiastic Lecturer - he has a passion for his subject' | Steyn, Vienna 2007 |
IPRC: ' ..enthusiastic teacher with an amazing knowledge of the subject .. excellent teacher' | Francis, CapeTown 2007 |
IPRC: 'Recommended as an excellent practical guide to petrophysical analysis' | Barton, CapeTown 2007 |
IPRC: 'THE LECTURER IS GREAT! I learnt things I could actually use!' | Anon, CapeTown 2007 |
CFP: 'Essential knowledge for all G&G personnel involved with Carbonate Reservoirs' 'The lecturer was good, and clear in speech' | Harstad, Norway 2006 |
IPRC: 'Clear, comprehensive documentation which provides a reference for future petrophysical studies' | Drummond, Scotland 2006 |
CFP: 'Excellent lecturer, enthusiastic and knowledgeable. Very good course content - seems to cover all aspects of carbonate petrophysics. SCAL interpretation very good. Best petrophysics course I have attended.' | Sollie, Vienna 2006 |
CFP: 'The course focuses purely on petrophysics, not geology as other courses I have attended did. I think generally the quality of these courses is very good, some of the very best when it comes to petrophysics.' | Anon, Vienna 2006 |
CFP: 'I actually thought the lectures were very good with very little that could be done to improve them. My attention was held for the entire time. Important points were reiterated which facilitates effective learning.. interesting and practical approaches, provoking thought. A passionate and enthusiastic teacher.' | Lott, Vienna 2006 |
CFP: 'Very good performance of Mark. He is very motivated. Resulted that the course was very interesting throughout..' | Bang, Vienna 2006 |
IPRC: 'I was really much impressed with this course and made a short presentation to Geoscientists and Petroleum Engineers in our company. Many of them appreciated the course...' | Agarwal, Abu Dhabi 2005 |
IPRC: 'good manual with detailed text'; 'great competent instructor'; 'good examples combined with experience of the instructor'; 'covers the whole process from start to finish very thoroughly and with enthusiasm'; 'the slides were very good, informative without being overcrowded.. enthusiasm of the instructor.. very well structured lectures.. lots of good tips'; 'Recaps were very good. Topics were presented in a good order making it easy to understand the connections and whole picture' | Some comments from Norsk Hydro, Norway 2005 |
IPRC ' ..and I have to say again: it has proven an extremely thorough and useful week of lessons! It is on a daily basis that I'm peering into the course manual to check something, find a reference etc. So very glad I joined it last minute.' | Brandsen, Houston 2004 |
IPRC 'It is like having a Master Degree in just one week!' | Yepes, Houston 2003 |
IPRC 'Thanks for the excellent course .. it has changed the way I work and helped me settle into my new job..' | Hall, Vienna 2004 |
IPRC 'An excellent course’ | Piene, UK 2003 |
IPRC 'An excellent course. ..one of the best courses I have ever been on’ | Gutteridge, UK 2003 |
IPRC 'This course is one of the best I have had until now, easy to follow, well structured, and full of useful tips that can be used in our everyday work. I am very pleased that I have followed the recommendation to attend it, and also with the manual.’ | Georgescu, PGL UK 2003 |
IPRC '..a very well presented course .. thorough and very well modified to the audience “As a Reviewer of Petrophysical Results” .. I recommend it to all G&G staff. An appropriate course especially for beginning Geologists .. I have learned a great deal and will certainly know what to look for now’ | Rice, Aramco 2003 |
IPRC ‘A very good and comprehensive course, well structured with a detailed, well illustrated manual’ | Clewes, CoreLab 2002 |
IPRC 'Very good, well presented, good mix of lectures and workshops’ | Leitner, UK 2003 |
IPRC 'very interesting and comprehensive’ | (Illegible), UK 2003 |
IPRC 'Very good course where you learn how to deal, appreciate & interpret all petrophysical data’ | Al Awwad, Aramco 2003 |
IPRC 'The course is approached from a ‘work through’ angle of a fields life. Mark is very knowledgeable & open to questions and new ideas from attendees of the course’ | Curtis, TFE UK 2003 |
IPRC ‘Looks at big picture. Lots of neat, new tricks. Excellent integration emphasis. Good core knowledge’ | *Anonymous, Chevron 2001 |
IPRC ‘Informative and enjoyable’ | *Anonymous, Chevron 2001 |
IPRC ‘A very good course - lots to cover but all important and relevant’ | *Anonymous, Chevron 2001 |
IPRC 'a good, well constructed course’ | Abuladim, UK 2003 |
IPRC 'Several years ago I took your "Integrating Petrophysical Data - Established and Emerging Techniques" and was very happy with the course. I noted you continually updated your course. Do you still teach the course …’ | Bernard, Talisman 1996 |
IPRC '… a very enthusiastic lecturer’ | Nijam, Shell 2003 |
