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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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.

Phone: 281.870.2476

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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. 

Phone: 281.870.8455

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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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Bruce Gordon
Bruce Gordon

Engineering Manager | Materials, Corrosion & Integrity

Bruce is a chemical and materials engineering specialist with over 40 years in the energy industry. He has worked for Shell Development and Shell Offshore in the materials and corrosion specialty and has spent the last 25 years working as a project and process consultant for both onshore and offshore developments ranging in size from a single well or vessel upgrades to many of the biggest offshore projects in the world.

Phone: 281.870.8455

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Neil Burns
Neil Burns

Failure Investigation Manager

Neil is a metallurgist with over 25 years of practical experience conducting failure analyses, materials assessment, and corrosion testing on a broad range of industrial and commercial equipment and components.

Phone: 281.870.8455

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.

Phone: 281.870.8455

Email: GKing@vikingeng.net

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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 deep water, high pressure, high temperature, and highly corrosive reservoirs. 

Phone: 281.870.8455

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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