Geologica Training

What Geologica Training does

GeoLogica Training (legal entity: GeoLogica Limited, company number 12073289) is a UK-based private limited company founded in 2019 that provides expert-led geoscience training to the energy industry. It operates from a Poole, Dorset headquarters with a London registered address and a US regional office in Houston, Texas. Its course library covers the full subsurface discipline stack — basin analysis, structural geology, reservoir characterization, geophysics, depositional systems, and resource plays — alongside a fast-growing energy-transition curriculum spanning carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, geothermal, critical minerals, and geonuclear. Courses are delivered in three formats — virtual (interactive live online sessions), classroom (in-person lectures, case studies, exercises), and field (hands-on outcrop work worldwide) — and range from Awareness through Advanced competency levels. Sample pricing includes USD 1,200 for a 1.5-day virtual 'Geology for Non-geologists' course and GBP 1,950 (ex-VAT) for a 3-day classroom 'Geothermal Drilling and Completion' course; in-house and field support engagements are quoted per engagement.

The business operates a dual GTM: (1) scheduled public courses sold direct-to-individual through the company's Arlo-powered self-serve course portal, and (2) customized in-house training and modular field support services sold via direct enterprise engagement (phone and email, with UK and US numbers). A 5% non-refundable registration fee applies to all bookings. Underlying operational technology is third-party SaaS (Arlo for registration/certificate management, Stripe for PCI-compliant payments) overlaid by a proprietary BS8848-aligned Safety Management System and trained Field Safety Officers that enable worldwide field course delivery. The founding team plus staff claim nearly 100 years of combined energy-industry training experience and the company maintains a curated network of world-leading expert tutors who are active practitioners.

Revenue is generated across three streams: public training (one-time course fees), customized in-house training (professional services engagements), and field support services (modular or full outsourcing). Strategic industry partnerships — notably a core partnership with PACECCS for CCS training and supporting partnerships with the UK's Critical Minerals Association, the Renewable Energy Association, and the Geothermal Association of Ireland — anchor credibility and co-development across energy-transition verticals. Customer logos are not publicly disclosed; one named engagement is a deepwater reservoir field course delivered to coastal outcrops north of San Diego for a Guyana-focused client. The company is founder-managed (CEO Kelly Opre, COO Rich Cobb, Operations Manager Julie Leech, Technical Manager Lance Morrissey), with no disclosed external funding, parent, or subsidiary structure.

Name

Geologica Training

Legal name

GeoLogica Limited

Website

https://geologicatraining.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

GeoLogica Training is a UK-based private company that delivers expert-led geoscience and energy-transition training — covering oil and gas plus CCS, hydrogen, geothermal, and critical minerals — to energy industry professionals through public, customized in-house, and field courses delivered virtually, in classrooms, and at global outcrops.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Geoscience and Energy Training Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Business Schools and Computer and Management Training (6114)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Energy (Oil, Gas & Renewables) (EDABALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mining & Metals (EDABALAT), Earth Science & Geoscience Programs (EDAMABAI), Science Camps & Field Programs (Nature, Space, Marine, Geology) (EDAMABAB)

Keywords

• Geoscience training services
• Energy industry training
• Field geology courses
• Energy transition training
• Subsurface training

Headquarters

HQ city

Lytchett Matravers

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Training Courses: Scheduled public courses delivered virtually, in classrooms, or in the field. Fees vary by course type and duration. Virtual courses include tuition, electronic course manual, exercises, and digital/physical books. Classroom courses include tuition, all materials, and daily refreshments. Field courses include tuition, materials, in-field accommodation, subsistence, and travel. All fees include a non-refundable 5% registration fee.
2. Customized In-House Training: Exclusive training developed in close consultation with corporate clients for their teams. Can include off-the-shelf courses customized with client data sets, case studies, and specific requirements, or entirely new course development. Full service from technical design through logistics and safety management.
3. Field Support Services: Modular field course services including technical leadership, logistical planning, safety management, or complete field course delivery outsourcing. Clients can select specific service levels based on business needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

GeoLogica Training provides expert-led geoscience and energy transition training courses for the oil and gas and wider energy industries. Courses are delivered live via virtual, classroom, and field formats by a network of world-leading practitioner tutors. Offerings span scheduled public courses and fully customized in-house training programs for corporate clients, covering subject disciplines from basin analysis and reservoir engineering to carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, geothermal, and critical minerals.

Product overview

GeoLogica Training offers expert-led geoscience training services for the energy industry through four core service offerings: Customized Training (tailored in-house courses), Field Support Services (comprehensive field course delivery), Field HSE (health, safety and environment management for field training), and Public Training (scheduled open enrollment courses). All courses are delivered in three formats—Virtual, Classroom, and Field—with subject disciplines spanning traditional oil and gas geoscience (Basin Analysis, Structural Geology, Reservoir Engineering, Geophysics, etc.) and energy transition topics (Carbon Capture and Storage, Hydrogen, Geothermal, Critical Minerals, Climate). Courses range from Awareness to Advanced competency levels. Key courses include Geology for Non-geologists, Geothermal Drilling and Completion, Hydrogen Landscape, CCS courses (Seals and Containment, Geochemical Effects, Reservoir Characterisation), Structural Styles/Fault Characterization, Salt Tectonics, and Women in Energy Field Experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Customized Training

Quantifiable outcome

• Field courses bridge the resolution gap between cm-scale core data and dm-scale seismic data, providing practical understanding not replicable through virtual alternatives
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered supporting and core.

• Critical Minerals Association (CMA)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerGeoLogica partners with the UK's Critical Minerals Association supporting the development of secure, responsible critical mineral supply chains. This partnership aligns with GeoLogica's energy transition training portfolio covering critical minerals for renewable energy technologies.
• Geothermal Association of Ireland (GAI)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerGeoLogica partners with the Geothermal Association of Ireland to promote and advance the use of sustainable geothermal energy in Ireland. Supports GeoLogica's geothermal training courses including drilling, completion, and resource evaluation.
• Renewable Energy Association (REA)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerGeoLogica partners with the REA to support increased awareness, investment and development of renewable energy. This partnership reinforces GeoLogica's geoenergy transition training offerings spanning hydrogen, CCS, geothermal, and renewables.
• PACECCScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGeoLogica partners with PACECCS supporting the continued growth and operational challenges within the emerging CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) industry. PACECCS has enormous experience in CCS having worked on many significant global projects. Joint training seminars conducted to share knowledge on CCS capture, transport, and storage topics.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• CGG: Geoscience data and services company that has historically offered training in geophysics, reservoir characterisation and interpretation. Overlaps with GeoLogica on subsurface geoscience training but as part of a much wider geoscience data services business.
• SLB (Schlumberger): Largest oilfield services company, parent of NExT and provider of its own digital learning and competency programs. Competes broadly with GeoLogica for in-house technical training spend within super-majors and NOCs.
• Halliburton: Major oilfield services company that delivers technical training programs (including Landmark and drilling-focused curricula) to its global operator clients. Competes for enterprise training budgets across subsurface and drilling disciplines.
• RPS Group: Global consulting firm with a dedicated energy training and competency practice serving oil & gas, renewables, and energy transition clients. Competes with GeoLogica for enterprise learning programs but with a much broader consulting portfolio.

Direct peers

• PetroSkills: Largest dedicated upstream oil & gas and energy training provider globally, offering public, in-house, and elearning courses across the same subsurface disciplines (reservoir, geology, drilling, production) that GeoLogica serves. PetroSkills is the most direct head-to-head competitor for both public scheduled courses and customized enterprise training in the energy sector.
• IHRDC: International Human Resources Development Corporation, a long-established provider of petroleum and energy training programs, elearning and competency frameworks. Overlaps with GeoLogica on technical subsurface courses and in-house programs for oil and gas clients.
• NExT (an SLB company): Schlumberger's energy training division, providing expert-led upstream and energy transition courses (including CCS and digital) delivered globally. NExT directly competes with GeoLogica for enterprise customized training contracts and for technical talent among practitioner tutors.
• Abinger Group: Boutique upstream consultancy and training provider for the oil & gas and energy transition sectors, offering expert-led courses, in-house training, and field studies. Closely comparable in size, founder-led profile, and expert-tutor model.

Others

• DeGolyer & MacNaughton: Independent reservoir-evaluation and geoscience consulting firm that occasionally provides technical training and seminars to oil & gas clients. An adjacent, technically-oriented peer rather than a direct training competitor.
• AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists): Professional association for petroleum geoscientists that runs conferences, workshops, short courses and field trips. While not a direct competitor, AAPG's education programs overlap with GeoLogica's geoscience field courses and serves as an alternative channel for practitioner learning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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