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Gas Storage for Field Supervisors and Operators This course is for field supervisors and operators in the natural gas storage industry who want to deepen their understanding of storage fields, storage operations, risk management and best practices. There are a total of 8 modules in this course with 37 separate sub-modules covering the following: Gas Read More

Brock Engineering is currently preparing computer-based training (CBT) versions of its schools and expects to launch the first one by March 1, 2020.  This training will be offered through a learning management system (LMS) that will incorporate all of the class material used in the instructor-led training (ILT) and include exercises, reviews and quizzes to Read More

November 8, 2018 Brock Engineering concluded its 1-1/2-day training school in Underground Gas Storage for Field Supervisors and Operators today in Kalamazoo, Michigan.  Sixteen participants from across the country participated in the school.  The school covered the topics of well construction, optimization and impairment, well and field integrity, wireline operations, abnormal operating conditions, regulatory overview Read More

November 11, 2018 Brock Engineering announced today that it has scheduled its Underground Gas Storage training schools for 2019.  The schools are scheduled to be held at Western Michigan University’s MGRRE facility in Kalamazoo, Michigan in September and October.  The 3-day Gas Storage School for engineers, geologists and others seeking an in-depth look at gas Read More

May 8, 2018 Brock Engineering, LLC has announced a second gas storage school in its training line-up.  This school will be a 1-1/2 day school held at Western Michigan University on November 7 and 8, 2018.  The training involved with this school will focus on well construction, well and field integrity, recognition of abnormal operating Read More

So, when you have been consulting for a while (21 years in my case) I find it is important for others to know you are still out there. How can you best keep your name in front of the companies that might consider hiring you? One way that I have found that works is to Read More

This is a story about reinvention. A couple of years back things were a bit slow in the oil and gas business. We were on vacation in Florida and I was struggling to discern what I could do to use what I know and build up my business. My wife and I took a tour Read More

We have secured the rights to make limited copies of this classic book on gas storage, Underground Storage of Fluids by Donald Katz and Keith Coats (1968).  This book is essentially a ‘holy grail’ of information on underground gas storage.  If you are lucky enough to find it on E-Bay, you are likely to pay Read More

06 February 2018 Brock Engineering, LLC announces that it has scheduled two new opportunities for its Underground Gas Storage School. The first one comes from a partnership with the Southern Gas Association.  This school will be held in Plano, Texas 17-20 April 2018.  According to Tim Brock, president of Brock Engineering, ” This partnership with Read More

Brock Engineering held its third underground gas storage school recently in Kalamazoo, Michigan.  It was attended by 20 participants from industry and government.  Subjects included gas storage basics, basics of reservoir engineering, well construction, storage field/well analysis, logging programs for existing wells, and risk management/regulatory update.The next school is planned for September 11-13, 2018 at the Read More