Top Energy Training

Instructors

When you take an energy training course from TOP Energy Training, you have access to expertise from faculty members at numerous universities, as well as professionals with a range of industry backgrounds and environmental approaches.

Michael Arthur 

Michael A. Arthur, a geochemist and sedimentary geologist, is Penn State Professor of Geosciences. He is a past Department Head in Geosciences and is a …

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Margaret Ash 

Ms. Ash started with the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in 2005 as an Environmental Protection Specialist covering southeastern Colorado and then moved to …

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Matt Balhoff 

Dr. Balhoff’s research specializes in Chemical EOR, Geological CO2 Storage, and Reservoir Simulation. He focuses on the flow of subsurface fluids with applications to hydrocarbon …

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Linda Battalora 

Linda Ann Battalora, J. D., Ph.D. is a Teaching Professor in the Petroleum Engineering Department at the Colorado School of Mines. She earned her B.S. …

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Mike Batzle 

Dr. Batzle held the Baker Hughes Distinguished Chair of Petrophysics and Borehole Geophysics at the Colorado School of Mines, where he was a member of …

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John Beckworth

John Beckworth served as Associate Dean in the Law School from 2013 through 2018. He has taught Oil and Gas Law during the past three …

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Paul Bommer

Dr. Bommer has extensive experience in reservoir evaluation and drilling and production practice. His research includes the investigation of oil field cementing operations and design, …

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Dan Brockett

Dan Brockett is with the Penn State Extension Shale Energy Education Team. He lectures and teaches on energy development from shale, the economics driving the …

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Terry Engelder 

Dr. Engelder is a leading authority on the recent Marcellus gas shale play. He has previously served on the staffs of the US Geological Survey, …

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Alfred William Eustes III 

Dr. Eustes specializes in drilling operations and experimental and modeling research. He has twenty-four years of drilling, completion, workover, and production engineering and operations experience. …

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Cliff Frohlich 

Cliff Frohlich is an earthquake seismologist and Associate Director at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG), where he has been employed since 1978. He …

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Lee Ann Kahlor

Dr. Kahlor’s primary research interest is in health and environmental risk communication with an emphasis on information seeking and processing. A secondary interest is in …

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Jim Ladlee 

Jim currently serves as Associate Director at the Penn State Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research (MCOR) and Director of Special Initiatives for the Shale …

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Art Markman 

Art Markman is the Annabel Irion Worsham Centennial Professor of Psychology and Marketing at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also the Founding …

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Dave Messersmith 

Dave Messersmith is an Extension Educator with Penn State Extension’s Shale Energy Education Team. He has delivered educational programs on Marcellus shale and natural gas – focusing …

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Drew Nelson 

As Senior Manager, Natural Gas for EDF’s US Climate and Energy Program, Drew is focused on understanding how best to work with governments and companies …

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Hilary Olson 

Dr. Olson’s technical research integrates biostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental data with core, well-log, and seismic data to examine the Earth’s stratigraphic record. Her research includes stratigraphic …

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Jon Olson 

Dr. Olson specializes in geomechanics, production optimization and environmental impact issues related to unconventional oil and gas development. His research includes hydraulic fracture design and …

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Mike Parker 

Mr. Parker recently retired after over 35 years of service as a Technical Advisor within ExxonMobil Production Company’s Upstream Safety, Health, and Environment organization. Mr. …

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Bridget Scanlon 

Bridget Scanlon is a Senior Research Scientist at the Jackson School of Geosciences, Univ. of Texas at Austin. She has worked for 20 years on …

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Steve Sonnenberg 

Dr. Sonnenberg specializes in sequence stratigraphy, tectonic influence on sedimentation, reservoir characterization, unconventional resources, and petroleum traps. His career includes leadership positions at Exxon, EnCana …

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Bryan Swistock 

Bryan is currently a Senior Extension Associate and Water Resources Coordinator for Penn State Extension in the College of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecosystem Science …

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Rick Tallini 

This year marks my 50th year in the explosives business. The adventure began in 1967 when I joined the United States Air Force and served …

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Azra N. Tutuncu 

Dr. Tutuncu held various research and leadership assignments in Well Engineering, Rock Physics, Geomechanics and Subsurface R&D groups at Shell International E&P and Shell Oil …

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David Yoxtheimer 

David Yoxtheimer (P.G.) is a hydrogeologist and extension associate with Penn State University’s Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research and serves as a liaison to …

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