Viking Course Instructors

Our training programs are delivered by experienced Viking professionals and independent industry experts who are selected for their technical expertise and real-world experience. They don't just teach course material—they share lessons learned from the field, answer questions, and encourage meaningful discussion.

Passionate about mentoring the next generation of energy professionals, they are committed to helping participants gain the knowledge and confidence needed to make a lasting impact on the industry.

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In-Person Course Instructors

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Peter Erpelding, P.E.
Peter Erpelding, P.E.

Independent Subject Matter Expert

Peter is a consulting engineer for Viking Engineering and specializes in mechanical and thermal analysis of drilling and completion equipment. Mr. Erpelding is heavily involved in engineering projects involving deepwater, high pressure, high temperature, and highly corrosive reservoirs. 

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Parveen Sachdeva, Ph.D.
Parveen Sachdeva, Ph.D.

Engineering Manager | Renewables & Special Projects

Parveen Sachdeva has over 18 years of oilfield experience. His expertise is in critical well design, flow assurance modeling and thermal analysis of wellbore heat transfer.

Phone: 281.870.8455

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Barry Cresap, P.E.
Barry Cresap, P.E.

Director | Well Engineering

Barry has over 20 years of oil and gas experience, primarily working as a lead / senior drilling engineer over a variety of campaigns and rig types including land rigs, jack-ups, semi-submersibles, and drillships. His engineering experience spans across both conventional and unconventional designs and operational practices including deepwater, shelf, and horizontal drilling. 

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George King, P.E.
George King, P.E.

Independent Subject Matter Expert

George E. King is a Registered Professional Engineer with 50 years of continuous oilfield experience starting with Amoco in 1971. He has held senior engineering positions in Amoco, BP, Rimrock Energy, and Apache Corp. He currently researches and consults on well interventions, casing deformation, fracture-driven interactions, unconventional resources completions, and shut-in/start-up operations. He has presented over 100 technical papers, podcasts, webinars, and book chapters.

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Khalid Hasan, P.E.
Khalid Hasan, P.E.

Senior Well Design Engineer

Khalid Hasan, P.E., is a tubular design specialist with more than 22 years of experience supporting complex well design in both Offshore & Onshore environment. He has designed numerous deepwater, HPHT wells around the world. His career includes over 14 years with Hess Corporation as a tubular design Subject Matter Expert (SME) and Technical Authority (TA).

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Jaime Avendano
Jaime Avendano

Senior Drilling Engineer

Jaime Avendano is a Senior Drilling Engineer with 27 years of experience in land and offshore operations across the Gulf of Mexico, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East.

Phone: 281.870.8455

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Alvaro Chan, P.E.
Alvaro Chan, P.E.

Failure Investigations Manager

Alvaro Chan, P.E., is a Materials and Mechanical Engineering Consultant with Viking Engineering and brings more than 25 years of experience in metallurgy, materials engineering, failure analysis, laboratory testing, and technical consulting. Throughout his career, he has supported the energy industry in engineering, product development, asset integrity, and operational reliability roles across North and South America.

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Steve Bradley
Steve Bradley

Quality Assurance Director

Steve has over 40 years of experience working in the Upstream and Midstream sector of the Oil & Gas industry. His expertise is in drilling and completion equipment, with his specialty being in OCTG’s and threads. He has conducted Vendor Audits/Assessments for compliance to both ISO 9001 and API Q1 of many OCTG manufacturers and processors around the world.

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Bruce Gordon
Bruce Gordon

Engineering Manager | Materials, Corrosion & Integrity

Bruce has over 40 years of experience in materials, corrosion, and asset integrity engineering within the oil and gas industry. His career spans both research and field application, with a strong focus on materials selection, corrosion management, and system-level integrity across offshore and onshore facilities.

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Neil Burns
Neil Burns

Failure Investigation Manager

Neil has over 30 years of experience in metallurgical engineering, corrosion, and failure analysis, supporting oil and gas, chemical, power generation, and industrial clients worldwide.

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Nelson Osorio
Nelson Osorio

Engineering Manager | Production & Reservoir

Nelson is a Chemical and Petroleum Engineer with more than 20 years of experience. Nelson started his career as a Field Operations Engineer in Colombia and later moved to the USA working with ScandPower Petroleum Technology (now part of Schlumberger), GATE, and currently Viking Engineering. His experience includes onshore and offshore projects worldwide.

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Online Course Instructors

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Sampath Bukkaraju, P.E.
Sampath Bukkaraju, P.E.

Engineering Manager | Viking Digital Services

Sampath Bukkaraju is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas with over 16 years of experience in the management and execution of deep water, shallow water and onshore projects in GoM, Permian, South Texas, West Africa, Caribbean Waters and Offshore Brazil.

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Howard Duhon, P.E.
Howard Duhon, P.E.

Topsides Operations Senior Advisor

Howard has 38 years of work experience, with 15 years in Petrochemical Industry in process and project design roles. For the last 23 years, he has been in Oil and Gas consulting roles with the 12 years being involved specifically in Systems Engineering.

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